Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 122, 21 April 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

I St. George's Day, Saturday, will be observed as a bank holiday. English mails, via San Francisco, will close to-morrow at 7.15 p.m. The Kiwvfcea Road Board will meet on Saturday. A. special train took down sixteen trucks of sheep yesterday af teraoon. Mr F. Train returned on Wednesday from ?>. trip to the Australian colonies. M:ijor Atkinson addressod his constituents at Havrera last evening. There are a few vacancies in the Manchester Rifle Corps, Recruits will be accepted during this month. The annual meeting of the Manawatu Building 1 Society will be held at Palmerston North, on Saturday, the 30th lust. It has boon decided that it is not legal to fire small shot into persons who go tm-kettling at weddings. The Aorangi from London is expected to arrive in Wellington about Sunday next. A shooting match, is being arranged between the Marton Royals, and .tho Manchester Riilos. It is rumored in town that the Awahuri Jockey Club are going to hold a Hack Steeplechase meeting on the 24th of May (Queen's Birthday). We have to thank the Secretary of the Foxton Racing Club, Mr J. R. Russell, for a complimentary ticket for the races to be held on Saturday. Mr E. Bellve notifies by advertise' ment that all persons found trespnssing, with guns and dogs, on sections 3 and 4 Wanganui Harbour Board, will be prose cuted. The balance of pay due to the member! of the Manchester "Rifles who attended the Easter encampment has been receivet and will be paid over at the parade oi the 29th instant. The rabbit proof fence at the southeri boundary of Hawke's Bay is now twentyone miles in length, and material is nov being carted for a further section of fou miles. The West Coast correspondent of tin Christchurch Weekly Press says:— <Th< desire for mental improvement in Greymouth is now at its lowest ebb, but bil Hards flourish, and eucre still holds it fascinating sway." A meeting of the Finance Committei of the Manchester Rifles will be held tb.ii evening, at the offices of the E. and O.A Corporation at 8 o'clock, to arrange rifl< matches for the season. The chief who is likely to be eelectei by the Ngapuhi tribe to take the place o the late Hakuene, is Wiremu Katene, o the Bay of Islands, formerly a metnbo of the House, and was for a time in thi Cabinet. It has been found that the Aucklam made ginger wine contains a large pro portion of alcohol. The police are gomj for the storekeepers who have been dis posing of this cordial for selling spiritou liquors without a proper license. The nominations for the 2-Year^Olt Stakes, 1888, ancl the Wanganui Derby 1889, in connection with the Wanganu Jockey Club, closed on Tuesday evenmi last, and 45 horses were nominated fo the '£- Year- Old Stakes and 69 for th< Derby. It is said that the captivity of Te Whit has moliiied and humiliated him so mucl that— according to the special correspond ent of tho Wanganui Herald — in repb to requosts from his people lie states tha his pipe is out, and there can consequently be no smoke. The next sitting of the R.M. Cour will be held at Feildmg, on Wednesday the 18tli of Maj r . Wo are pleased ti learn that Mr Ward, R.M., has so fa recovered his health that he will resum< his duties eu his circuit, on May 4th, a Pulmerston. At Wellington, Mr Justice Richmond m granting discharges to several debtors told them that although they were relieved by law of their liabilities thoj were not in honor and conscience, and ii they wore ever in a position to pay thon debts they were bound in honor to do so, The Foxton Racing (Hub will hold theii Autumn Meeting on Saturday. As the fields are large, and the train arrangements are excellent, wo have no doubi but what there will be a large attendant on tho course. The train leaves Feilding at 8.50 a.m., and will arrive at Foxtoi at 11.20 a,m. The Feilding Salvage Corps lias nol quite finished drawing up their rules ancl regulations. We understand there is ii hitch owing to divided opinion aa tt. whether the tunics should be fastened with buttons or hooks and eyes. When this difficult point is settled practice will begin. Mi 1 Pattle, sfcationmaster here, will leave next week for the Marton station where he will be in charge. Mr Lambort, who is already favorably known to the Foilding people, will.take his place. Mi Pattle is a most obliging and capable officer, therefore we hope his removal is in the direction of promotion. Last night some dogs attacked a flock of sheep, belonging to Mr H. Rutherford, running in the Oval. They were seen and a gun was put into active operation, with tho result that several wounded pet dogs nave been traced to their owners this movniug. Five or six sheep were killed outright, aud some others are badly wounded and torn. It is freely stated that the contractors for the Gorge railroad will make a rare good thing out of the work. All the tenderers took it for granted that the formation of the hill* was the same on l»olh sides of the gorge, and put in prices that would pa}' to cut through rock. As soon, howe\ r er, as th<» work was begun, it was found that the bush was only light scrub, and there was no rock to cul through. If, before calling for tenders, the Government had had a broad track cut through the bash so an to enable contractors to rightly estimate the character of the work, the contract price would have been fully £8000 lower than the accepted tender.— .N a pier Telegraph. Mr Wnrne's new saw mill on ihe Poi li.ingina road, some three miles from Asiihurst. is rapidly approaching com* pletion- Tho whole ot the brick and. leavy wood work is now finished and roofed over, and the necessary machinery and running aei\r are in course of erection. The mill is located in the midst of a block of splendid bush, with totara abounding on all sides. With the pros* nect of the railway running through the Gorge, before long, und a splendid bush to work on, Mr Warne should have a lmsy and prnfiHbl« lime in tl>e near future, Mr Warne has shown great eu lerprise in erecting his new mil! so soon ;if'er the destruction by fire of the old mi!!, ami we hope his energy air; promptitude will be crowned with suivess.