The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1887. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 8, 5 July 1887, Page 2

The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1887. Local and General News

We regret to learn that Colonel Noake ! is indisposed^ and is confined to the house jat Marton. . A meeting of the vestry of St. John's Church was held this afternoon at Mr Bray's office. ... ■We 'have' to acknowledge receipt; of Russell's monthly timetable and guide to the. Wanganui Exhibition, for July. Mr Pollock had a fine display of cakes and confectionary in his shop on Saturday prepared for the children's feast to-night. Mrs Pincent found a " rosary yesterday morning. It now lies at this office where the owner can receive it on paying the expenses. The Jubilee tea and entertainment to the scholars attending the 1 State School are proceeding in the Town Hall as we go to press. ; j It is wonderful how liberal members of the House get just about election tames. I Mr James JMton, M.H.R., has generously made a donation of £2 to the Mosgiel Factory Brass. Band,The funeral of Mr J. Ball, an; old resident at Makino, who died last Thursday, tpok^pla'ce on Sunday last, and was largely attended by friends of the deceased. ' At the conclusion of the, meeting of the Manchester Road Board on Saturday, Mr John Cotter tendered his resignation as a, member of the Board. Mr Geo. Hutchison, one of the candidates for the Waitotara seat, opened the campaign in that electorate on Saturday night by an able speech. He received votes of thanks and confidence. The football match — Wanganui v. Manawatu — was played at Paimerston on Saturday last, and resulted m a win for the former team by two tries to Palmerston's nil. The .match was a keenly competed one, and good play was shown onboth sides. : : Tto way the money goes ! Says the Post :— -It is understood that the Representation Commissioners are to receive between them a sum of 900 guineas. The official members of the Commission are to receive 200 guineas each, and the nonofficial members 100 guineas each; 1 Yesterday we inspected some planks S of totara in Messrs P. and J. Bartholomew's timber yard. There are seven of them 18 feet long by 18 inches wide and 2 inches thick. The grain of the wood is singularly beautiful even for totara. We understand the planks haye been reserved to be worked up into furniture, for which the wood is well adapted. It is reported that Edison has discovered that an explosion of terrible force can bo obtained by introducing a platinum wire into each end of a glass vessel, half filled with water and attaching a dynamo - machine. The electricity decomposes the water into gas, which can be fired with explosive force. The explosive can, of course, be handled with perfect safety, and is cheap enough. Shortly aftertwelve noon yesterday, a horse attached to a trap belonging to Mr W. G. Haybittle, bolted from the store in Fergusson street, gallopped up Manchester street, and turning the Gornei? at the Public Library it went down Bowen street, then changing direction into Warwick street it collided witn the handrail of the' Makino bridge there, and came to a standstill; - No serious damage was donei -Another runaway horsejand trap, the property of -Mr Marshall, milkman, _ found its way down Den bigh street yesterday. This ono Tosulted in serious injury,^theirap .andharness being broken to pieces. '.; ''■■''- '-"■-- •

Any person who has resided twelve 1 months in the colony, and six months in ! his present district, is entitled to have' his name on the electoral roll. Any one who, having been enrolled, has changed ! his district within the last six months, can have his name transferred to the roll : of the district in which he now resides. ; We shall be pleased to supply forms, and all information, on application. '. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day — Warnings for heavy gales with heavy rain have been sent to all stations. -- j Mr Holt, who has been for some time ledger-keeper at the Bank of Ausferalas;a, - Feildiiig; left for Invercargill this' after- , noon. We congratulate Mr _Hqlt..on.,his. promotion. " The 100 yards match between M.r Belh't and A. Parr, on Saturday- last, resulted in a wnlkover for Belfit, who olaimed the stakes, ; £2. Parr was unable to attend and tlie oth«r side wauld not agree to defe^the^maich, :< A private telegram received _in Idwn last night states^thatLaing intends to return to Wellington at once^and; a match will *tx& doubfrbe affan|jed between him. and either MatthewS or Eiohardson, the Australian, who is expected to arrive shortly.— rTimes.. * ,' ? \ ( i . . ' ; ; : ; ' The statement is made that all- the i varied machinery of Great Britian- nowoperated by steam power is capable of: performing mprerw.ork,. and hence pro.ducing.mor^ prod.ae ? ts,;tha.n could.be .pro-/ : duced by^ the:ia^6Ur of iOp'.OOO.OOQ able* . bodied "men— a greater tiumber 'tHan all ' the a ble- bodied ' men ob earth. ■ ■"'•"' ' L ' ; .'The laid on the bi&ks i6i the Waitotara EiVer wktf l bough ? fc ''in by the mortgagees at 3s 9d per acre. As an indication of the state of the share market/ we quote; the prices "offered for shares in local enterprises at this .same sale,: r~. Wan«} ganui River Steam Navigation Company. .£1 paid . up,. lOd eaqh (taken) y Heads RailWay £6 paid up, lOd ; goffered). — Wanganui Herald. r ; , ; ; . Alaska's great glacier 'advances;: tor. ward the sea at the rate of > quarter of a mile a year. Its front is soine 500 ft high, its breadth varies from, three i to ten miles, and it is about 150 miles long. Almost every fifteen minutes, hundreds of tons ot ice, in large blocks fall int» the. sea, which they agitate in a violent manner. The ice is. extremely pure and dazzling to the eyes, and has tints of the lighest'blud as .well ; as of the darkest indigoi ::; ' : ;: ; .^ ;;i • '-'■:■ ■'■_■.' ' ' : ■';'.''';''■ '''': The American Dairyman 1 says:— -Let a drop of fresh milk fall into a glass of pnre water. : If the milk' : promptly disseminateß itself through the water, th« cow that yielded that milk is not with calf, but if it sinks to the bottom of the glass as it falls upon the water, and does, not produce but little of' a ; milky clouH the cow is pregnant. The specific gravity and viscidity of the albuminous milk being heavier than_ .water, thu^ retains, the drop'ofiriilk and 'causes it to-sink. : Messrs Macarthur and . Wilson. M.H.R.'s., who have been down to' Wellington, in reference to the removal of Mr Simpson, the Sheep Inspector, re% turned on F.rjdayi" : /They! report having waited on the Government, and urged the request of, the meeting held recently that Mr Simpson be retained. ment made no definite promise in regard to the matter, but have agreed to reconsider their' decision, and it is hoped that this will lead to a reversal of their former arrangements.— Times. The New Zealand Herald of 29th June soys: — There is at present oa view at Mr Steadman's, seedsman, some fine samples rf oranges of the St. Michael variety, grown by Mr Reader Wood, of Parnell ; also some splendid specimens of oranges from Mr W. J. Courtney's orangery at Ponsonby. These are of the variety known as "The Poor Man's Friend," and . Mr Courtney has in his orangery an orange tree bearing a cluster of three on one branch. On the four acres he has used nine tons o{ bonedust, 400 bushels of lime, and 400 loads of stable manure. The return has . been equal to 10 per cent on the money ex« pended. Valuable hints — When read please make a note of it that, gut sale of surplus winter drapery and clothing commences, on Friday, Bth, will last for a fortnighir only and .wilL be memorable throughout ; the province for the most incredible and amazing bargains ever placed., before the public by, the Te Aro-Hpuse,, Wholesale 'Family x>rapery Wareiiouese, Wellington. „ ~ V Con these prices — A few out of the many thousands that will be offered; Fancy if you can 2000 yards real French ' Cashmere in .all. colors- and.44 inches wide for-.l&per." yard ; silk' plushes, all colors, for Is 6d per yard; a lot of handsome Broche Satins, all colors, for Is per yard ; the remainder our Surah Silks, all shades, at B£d per yard; and spendid quality black"velVeteons for Is per yard; at TeAro House, Wellington. - »■- We nave about 1000 • dress lengths. pf Homespuns, Foule Cloth, Costume Cloth, and other winter materials good,; jisefujL, durable fabrics all' in 12 yard lengths and at the following prices: — 1/6, 3/11, 4/11, 5/11, 6/11, TAT."." All ihesTare under English prices. The facilities for travelling are now so great thattevery country settler, who feels for number oneV should hurry without further delay to. this memorable sale at Te Aro House, Wellington. .- ; : . We have bargains in every department as great as' t&osi enumerated aboyo, bilt our space would not allow further quota^ tions. Say we, m concluding, makeup your minds to come cheerfully, speedily, with a full purse and a hearty determination to secure the bargains at the sale at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.