Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 20, 2 August 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

J l '' A ' ♦-- w_ , T:t Ti. I- r-. ,'-"■»•■'• ; .» -■'-•■•"■-'■'" :; '^ » -' i "^-.Y ; -< L v 7 M.r Arkwright will address %e«^ect(^s L At "Beaconsfield to-night. . 7 T .7. 7.A.money order and ; savings bank office haa been! ppetind at Ashhurst. - The Borough Council will meet on Thursday-next.-., r -. .- j ct 'The Manchester' Bifles will parade for Government Inspection on Friday- ne?ct. Mr Sherwill has been appointed Feilding, Agent for .the .New Zealand Accident Insurance Company. "■- \ . We have to. acknowledge receipt of List of Properties for sale by Messrs Bakef Bros., of Wellington. 7 . We publish to-day the list of entries for Messrs F.. B. Jackson and Co.'s next Feilding stock sale, which will take place on Thursday, the llth inst. ' We 1 regret to learn that Mr H. W, Haybittle of Palmerston has for some days bton confined to his bed -by a serious attack of a moat painful and dangerous illness. He is,-however, in gcod hands and will we trust soon be about again. — Manawatu Times. An accident happened, on Wednesday last to Henry Bosher, a. resident on Man-, gaone Boad, Makino. He was engaged in loading trucks in the bush for Mr Corpe's mill, when a log slipped down the skids, knocked him down, and fell! on him. Beyond a few bruises Bosher was unhurt. He had- a wonderful escape! ** the log was 15 feet long and 3 feet in [diameter, 7 .:■ 7Yy On Satarday evening a deputation -representing various sections of the community waited on Mr L. G We*t, Mayor of Palmerston, and requested him to. become n candidote for the liana <ratu seat, The result has not definitely transpired, but a requisition is now being circulated asking Mr West to agree to stand; and) should this be substantially signed he will probably consent to do ao. — Times. It ia proposed to form in Auckland; a Civil Service '• Co-operative Store, on similar lines to the English ones which j haye T proved so successful. ■ . _Jnder.ex.Btipg circumstances when the " roar" for retrenchment must end in a reduction of .salaries in the Civil Service, the promoters are wise m their generation. Whether other storekeepers &o. will look upon the movement in a favorable light, is another question. Although' they oomplau. many of the civxl servants are "poor pays yet they would be sorry to lose their custom—especially in Wellington, We pete that the welkknown firm of Stewart D%wson4cCo. have just received ex s.s. Kaikoura, a case containing a first class assortment of gold and silver jewellery, and the gooda having left Liverpool at spch a .recent date as June Ist, the public may rely onthem being of the latest fashion and design. For fall particulars we refer the readers to our fourth page. W.e may also add that S,D & < '6. haye added Jto their other lines the fi»air ing/of watches— no matter where boujjlit or where made— at the lowest possible prices. - Jicorrefpondent m the Chronicle is greatly exercised in his mind over the amount earned by Mr John Stevens in connection with the : purchase of the .W,aimanna Block.; As a. piajter.of .fact, Mr Stevens got ?d an .acre . for all thie claims he bought up for the Government audj. might by Jaw-have exacted £600 more than he was paid, as some of the Jand he, bought was returned to th^; natives as reserveß by the Government, the commission on which he relinquished, though he was legally entitled to it. Had the Government not secured Mr SteveniTaid, they would not have been 'rtbie tbTsecure a lot of tho rery besi land in : the block. The Chronicle's correspondent, I fancy, knows what working on commission means, ancl that it iji a very fluctuating kind of income these bad times. If private trafficking in native lands were allowed, Mr Stevens would have been able to havje ;earnei a very much larger commission oh his pun-has I j had they been made for tlie "Land Riug.'.''J who paid Brissenden- such princely fees; • — " Lounger'7iu the Herald.

A new advertisement from " The Re 'House" wdl appear in our nezt issue. Captain .Edwin, telegraphs to«day.— Telegrams J-ixf. expect.-very cold nights 'have been sent to most all places. Mr Bruce, one of the candidates for the Bangitikei seat, was in Feilding today. Theserisationalodds of £250t0 £1 was recently laid, by a well-known Napier resident that Mr Ormond would beat Mr Iveas for Napier at the general election*. _ __ The Ucensee ofc the Pahautanui Hotel '*' has been fined £1 and 23* oosts. or seven da/v for having allowed a game of pyramids to be played in hit ' Billiard room after licensed hours. Puifordi a well-known resident of Auckland, was found dead in a paddock off Ponsonby road last -night by . Jwo b«?yg. f. The : cause of deaths is iin- „• known, but it is supposed to be apoplexy. The deceased was connected %ith : ther - press in Zealand and Yictpria for : many years. '■'" „.... A free snd independent elector?at Nip- '; ter wrote a letter to a candidate the other .' day offering^a'horse for sale at the mod. est figareTof £30, concluding his epistle 1 with the information th(at he had a vote.. Whether "this was a delicate way ofin» timating^-tltat his vote Was also for^salej; or would .be thrown in with the horse, it is impossible to say.". ... y-iu ;,;•-.. jS promenade concert* by the Makino B^cL i" announced .for Saturday next swthe^Town Hall, rftha programme perfermM bv 5 the bafid, under the supervision .of F. Clemens, at the recent Wan* ganui Exhibition, will be rendered at the follo|rijpg concert. A musical treat may be 1 depended on. The object of the conn cert is to aid the funds of the band, and as %& enjafance fee is a liberal oner-" a colonial Jtob^rt" — a bumper house ma j safely^be predicted. A man, ined Jtor his newspaper sub. .{cription at Melbourne, pleaded that, though he had received the paper, he had never ordered it. Asked the Judge. (Cope).; "If a baker left a loaf of bread at jour door, and yoa took it and ate it, would yon pay for that P V Defendant ; " Certiinl v your Honor, bat that is . 'a different thing." His Honor: " Not at all. Yon eat the loaf and devour the newspaper." Verdict for amount, with eostiti* & i-y <-.iJJ Y7.vv^' Mr JuD. Jackspn7an old and respected resident et Onehunga, is in receipt of a letter from' his daughter in Sydney in whioh it is stai^that W.^Jacksbn (suift posed to be her brother) is ihevfortunate discoverer of a reef of apparentlysolid gold, and that machlherrfr therextent of £5000 hab been forwarded in, haste from Melbourne to Kimberley for working the same. Mr- Jackson expresses astonishment at not having seen any notification of the find-in the Australian cablegrams, i Yesterday's .Chronicle says s-*- It; is, notified by advertieement i; mi another column that Alfred R. Lyons i has h^en , admitted a partner in the Well-known firm bf Messrs YFreemanß. Jackson and Go.'. Mr Lyons Will be; the 'residing part- • nerat the Feildingand Palmerston brant*':- i Mir Carr'" services will be. retained, and there will be no change in the Johnsonville agency, as reported > by, our ?,onte:nporary';", Mr F. R. Jackson «:h have control nsnsuah Mr Lyons is a thorough judge of stock, arid will, tire feel oertain, be an a»sistan«'e,to thefirinr^ I W.e heartily wish this, enterprising firm' a- long and prosperous career. - ' On Wednesday afternoon, MisvFlorence Shannon,^ secpftd daughter of Mr G. V. Shannon^ of this citji- wis: married to Mr Kobert Vicßeth, fourth son Of Mf J. Mcßt'th, of Rangitikei. ' Th«» oeremony was performed by the' Bey. . L. M. I*itt at the residence of the bride's father, in (he presence of about forty of the bride and bridegroom's immediate friends and relations. The bride, who wore a hand* some dress of cream silk^^tastelFnlly" trimmed with silk jactf- and orafjg i -bios* •om, was attended l»yy»ix _ bridißsmaids7 who were attiredf in cream nun's veiling, trimmed with caMinal silk. After the breakfast, at which the health of the. happy | a<r was proposed by Mr Ballance, the bride and bridegroom left for Rnagiiikei, via Masterton and Woodville.^— Wellington Times. -' Said one man to another {or if he did not say it, he meant it, which comes to the same thing) " Did you ever seeanything more ridiculously cheap than those tweed suits at 16s 6d, 18s 6d, aud 20s now. going off at To Aro House, Wellington ?' ? .". ; -._. J -y.y J Jy : y . Did yoh^ ever see anything , like the, bargains in sac and' Pagit coats for 7s 6d and 10s 6d, each. It tempts one to buy whether you want it or not. Fancy; too, a choice of good, durable tweed trousers from 3s 6d to 6s 6d, and your pick of tweed trousers and vests from 6s 6d, to 10s 6d at Te.Aio House, Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Wellington. As for pilot and Tweed overcoats, where can you see anything to equal them' at \%m 6d, 15s, 17s 6d and 20a each P No wonder such a roaring trade is now 'being done in the Clothing Department at Te Aro House;, Wellington, Have you seen the strong Harvard shirts and the durable Crimean shirts for owe skilling each; the white dress shirts at half-a-crown each, the flannel undershirts at 2b lid each, the strong military socks at 8d per pur. All these and a number of other articles eojulW cneap now selling "rapidly at the Wholesale; Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. 7 7 If yon have hot, O man, it is time you did. Come at once and secure some of these bargains. . If unable to come, send your wife, who will, doubtless, make far . better purchases than you would yourself -at Te Aro House, Wellington. All goods purchased at Te Aro House will, if so desired, be sent to the Wellington Bailway Station free of exj-jense.