Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 7 June 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

Taranaki butter realises 9d per lb. in Napier. We have to acknowledge receipt of the Bible Standard for June. Tho Foildmg Band playod an excellent selection of music on Manchester Square, on Sunday afternoon. Wo have to acknowledge receipt of a quantity of Parliamentary papers, and Hansard No. 7. Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s next Palmorston salo will bo held on Thursday, tho 23rd instant. The Manchester Rifles will parade for i Government Inspection on Friday ] next iit 7,30 p.m. If the weather is fine they will march out with the band. i A line of 700 wethers advertised in Messrs F. R. Jackson and C'o.'s list, in our last issue, was put in in error. It has now been withdrawn. ! Givat Britain has entered into an extradition treaty with Russia. This is another blow at the lilmrty of Russian siil>jt><'ts to blow nji ihe'ir rulers and governors.

The Foildiug Band has not received an nvitation to play at the Wanganui Exluution. This is an ovei-sight probably. We are glad to learn that Mr Hill, our espeeted Town Clerk, ia steadily recovernjj from his illness. Mr llaybittle will leave for a trip to ' Sfew South Wales this week. We hope le will have a good time, and pleasant weather during his journey. Harry Laing, of Wangauui, publishes i challenge in another column to C. Hodges, of FeUding, to fight him for Lt'JOO a-side. No man knows society better than he who has worked his way up ; and there is no greater scoundrel than the one who has worked his way down. A notice appears to- day intimating that all stock must be removed from the property of Capt. John Catnpboll, of Trondjom, l>efore the loth inst. All pigs running there at that date will be shot. We have received a letter from Mr Wilson, the member for Foxton, m which he informs us he will be a candidate for the Foxton electorate at the forthcoming general election. His address will probably appear in a few days. Mr Newdigate Newdejjate, M.P., the great anti-Papist, is dead, It was about him that the story was told that having once complained that The Times did not report him properly, his next speech appeared absolutely verbatim with the original hums and haws and tedious repetitions. He didn't complain again. Mr A. Falloon, of the Endymion Hotel, Awahuri, died suddenly on Sunday last. The deceased had been ailing for some time, and was under treatment by Dr Frood. It appears that deceased came down to open the house early in the morning, and was shortly seized with a fit of coughing during which he burst a bloodvessel in the lungs. He was at once put to bed, and Dr Johnston sent for, but he died before medical assistance could be obtained. An inquest was held to-day before Mr Snelson, coroner. No postmortem examination was held, out of consideration to the feelings of the relatives, but on the evidence of Dr Johnston a verdict ot " died from natural causes" was given. The deceased wa6 buried this afternoon at the Terrace End Cemetery, with the rites of the Masonic body, of which he was a member. We hear that the Napier sheep* owners, since the heavy rainfall in that district, have been buying back sheep at an advance of about 72 per cent, on the prices at which they had, owing to the excessive drought, been compelled previously to dispose of them. Sheep, which they sold at 4s 6d have been re- ! purchased at the price of 7s 6d. Here was an opportunity for a man, by using a little foresight to hare made a mint of money. ' A return just presented to the Legislative Council, to the order of the Hon. M. Holmes, shows the total cost of edu« cation to the colony to ) be nearly Ll per head on the population. The gross expenditure for the year ending 31 st December last was L 549.333 7s Bd. less L 40--,-295 4s od, revenue derived from endowments and school fees, leaving a balance of L 609.038 3» 3d. The principal items are, shillings and pence being omitted : — Expenditure: Otngo Univ r*itv, £9,655; New Zealand University, £2,990 ; Canfe bury College. £7,316 ; Education Boards, £412,075. Recovered : Otasjo University, £1.306 ; New Zealand Uni« versity, £793 ; Canterbury College, £1,379 : Education Boards, £2,500. A shocking mining accident occurred recently at Johnson's gold mine, Cali* fornia Gully, Sandhurst, Victoria. Throe men named Henry Hoully, William Deeble, and Samuel Harry were sinking a shaft. They fired three holes, and came up to lunch. They then went down to drill another hole, when an explosion occurred, killing Hoully and Harry instnntly, their bodies being fe.irfully mutilated. Deeble, the third man, escaped with slight injuries. Debbie and Hoully were younjj men and single. Harry is about thirty vetirs of age, is married, and had three children. He is brother to Harry, the well-known cricketer. The cause of the accident cannot yet be ascertained, but it is presumed that the men had drilled into an old hole, which had missed fire. Dynamite was used in blasting. The Queen's Jubilee is a subject that has been engrossing the minds of British people "the wide world over," and in none more so than in the colony of New Zealand. Various and multiplied are the proposed methods of celebrating the event, but there are none so worthy of consideration or of such practical benefit to the masses in town and country , as that now commenced at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Listkn to it ! From this date, up to, and inclusive of Saturday, the 25th of June, in addition to selling goods at wholesale prices for retail quantities, we shall present customers with jubilee gifts according to the following scale, at Te Aro House. Any one purchasing goods to the value of 10/-, 15/-, 20/, 25/-, 80/-. 35/-, 40/-, 45/, 50/, 55/, 60/, 70/, 80/, 90/, J.nd 100/, will receive gifts worth 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 3/6, 4/-, 4/6, 5/-, 5/6, 6/-, 7/-, 8/, 9/, 10/, and in the same proportion up to J £50, and £100, at Te Aro House. The gifts comprise a multitude of useful and ornamental articles, specially selected by our buyer in London, and fitted to bo a standing memento of the Jubilee year. Orders received by post, if accompanied by cash, will receive the same consideration m this respect as personal presence at Te Aro House. Cottxtky residents visiting town, are reminded that they can be 'provided with necessary refreshments in our Refresh- i ment Room which is open every day, during business hours, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro