Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 102, 5 March 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

Tuesday and Wednesday next will be observed as bank holidays in Wanganui, Walter Bush Batt, formerly of Kiwitea, is advertised for as a missing friend. Milk drank in large quantities is said to be a quick antidote in cases of poisoning by arsenic. Additions are made to-day to the catalogue of Messrs F. E. Jackson and Co.'s next Feilding sale. It is rumoured that Lord Randolph Churchill will shortly rejoin the Cabinet j as Secretary of State for India. j The Sydney Evening News estimates ' New South Wales must import three mil- i lion bushels of wheat this year. I Mr Knowles is now in charge of the ! Feilding branch of the Bank of Austra- : lasia. Mr Hodgson has gone to Australia to see a brother that now lies dangerously ill. We are glad to learn t'>at the Bishop of Wellington, who met with a severe fall on Sunday last, is now progressing satisfactorily. The date of his visit to Feilding is postpoced indefinitely. The Postmaster-General, Sir Julius Yogel is adding another convenience to the public to the many provided by his department, in a parcel-post. It is to bo i brought into oi>emtion within a, few months.

There will be service in St. Bridget's to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock. On Monday next the tram for Wanganui will leave Feildmg at 8.30 p.m. Lieutenant-Colonel Stapp was a visitor to Feildmg yestereay. lVff*Tsharles Bray, senior, returned fronx,Nelson last night. ■ A meeting of the Manchester Road was held this afternoon. The Peildmg Public Library subsidy, £18.1259 d, has been paid by the Goyernment. = ' ' Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day ;•— . Warnings for northerly gales after from 16 to 2o hours. Nominations are invited- by the^Ke.-' | turning Officer for candidates to fill two [ vacancies in the Borough Council. There was a very sudden fall in the temperature this morning. The cold was iutense just before sunrise. I Mr A. Bauckham requests that all accounts owing by the late Mr W. Batterbee, be sent to him, at Ashhurst, on or. before Saturday the 12th instant. Tenders for a schoolmaster's house at Stanway, Halcombe, are not required and the requisition for them has been cancelled The Telegraph gays " Hawke's Bay enjoys the greatest prosperity of any district in New Zealand." Even bankruptcy pays there. The details of the land to be sold by Messrs T. K Macdonald and Co., at Wellington, on the Bth instant, appear on our fourth page. Intending buyers - are requested to note the railway time table., The New Zealand Times says: — Mr Alfred L. Levy intends taking proceedings against some person or persons for something, which he deems expedient at present to keep secret. Somebody must be shivering in somebody's shoes; ' The Westport Times says : — Thanks to good management the local coal export continues to increase. The record for last week shows' 3^Bl tons 4 cwt., the largest quantity ever shipped from Westport in one week. . A French writer says to his countrymen , •' ' Fight at once, or ; disar W. We have been 14 years getting ready I , 'and will never.be better. prepared .than now. Go in at once, or we shall break down utterly in training." . : • ■ Not a da/ passes bat men and women of no note do great deeds; speaki great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs, the greater part that will never be known till that hour when many that are great shall be small and the- small gveat. . . ; ' ■. '■ - " s ■ ; ; : In Sydney lately a young man died through indulging in tinned fish. The fish gave him a bad attack of indigestion distending the stomach of deceased so much that it displaced the heart and. c msed death. The fish partaken of was aaned herrings which deceased had for breakfast. Owing to the refreshing showers of rain which, have fallen within the last few days, the whole face of' the country is changed, and in place of the parched appearance it had during the hot weather, green grass is now the prevailing feature. As a natural consequence of feed being abundant the market for all kinds of stock las much improved. On Wednesday night an attempt was made to enter the jeweller's shop of Mr G. W. Fowles, during the temporary absence of Mr Fowles at the Horhcultual Show. The burglar was interrupted in his enterprise before his object was accomplished. This should act as a caution to those persons who are in the habit of leaving their premises unguarded at night. Mr James Laird informs us (Herald) that Oamaru grass seed is being sold in Wanganui as Poverty Bay grown -seed. IE this is true the imposition should be ruthlessly exposed, as the misrepresentation means nearly two shillings a bushel of an imposition on the deluded parchasers. Farmers had therefore better be on the alert when purchasing grass seed, and be sure thej get what they ask for and not an inferior substitute. A correspondent in the Napier Evening News says : — The different Departments of the Government seiyice now are as well conducted, aye, and better, than they have ever been under any other Ministry. This statement will be endorsed by every one whose business brings him in contract with any of the the Departments. Correspondence is now replied to at once', whereas in the " good old days" remissness in that head was a continued cause of complaint on all sides. Fourteen dairymaids competed in what, was described as * An International But* ter-making' contest at the Dairy Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, England, recently. They were divided into two parties, one of eight, and another of six, the larger number being first set to work. To each competitor was weighed out 201 b. of cream, about tiro gallons; by measure. Some of the dairymaids turned the handles of their churns very rapidly, and others worked much more slowly, making only. twenty-five: rovolutions a minute. One of those wh» adopted the former method acheived her task within eighteen minutes, but one of the slow churners took an hour and eerenleen minutes. The largest amount of butter got from the 201 bof cream was 7£lb, and the least 6£lb. The facilities offered by the Manawatu Railway Company to reach Wellington at a very moderate outlay are certainly being taken advantage of by many resf- ' dents of districts adjacent to the line. j As a matter of health the outing is enjoy able through the pleasant railway trip ! to the Empire. City, while as to material ' and economical ' advantages these only want to be more widely known to be | thoroughly appreciated. As the stream j of visitors is steadily setting in towards ! one of the finest and most attractive ! buildings and businesses in the City, viz., the Te Aro House, Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, where the following combination of advantages are offered : Ist. A fine roomy, lofty warehouse, with abundance of light and all tho latest convenionces, so as to ensure the utmost comfort m buying. 2nd. A magnificent stock of General Drapery and Clothing bought in the best Home markets, directly from the manufacturers. 3rd. All goods are marked in PLAIN FIGURES, are sold at ACTUAL wholesale I'ltlCES, and any single article can be purchased, and any I ngth cut. 4th. Customers coming from the Country will effect a considerable saving of time and labor by visiting the Refreshment Room on the premises, open daily from 9 a m to 6 p m., where tea, coffee, cocoa, and other sliht refreshments may be had at exceedingly reasonable charges. Dressmaking aud Tailoring, , both first class, are other special advantages to be obtained only at the Tk Abo House, Wholesale Family Dhateky Warehouse, Wellington.