Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 2271, 6 August 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

•::■.•;• ;; >'At,it[ \-::i :*?■;•} 'i.nUV -^lil xAI-i -■•;( , TThe Feilding B.M. Court will be held • on*Thn*f^tt>«ext«j };-;... (**■■•:,■■■.■•:) A quantity of interesting reading matter will be found on the*. back page; of this issue*. (>,). j * •.'ovo—^-.d-u A-x-.-Axn ' The bridge in; Derby street/over .the Makino stream, will be finished ; this. , .^fterntOpn, M^Bj~dpb. Heald, the contfac-. tor/having made a good job >f the wp*fk. A meeting of electors will be t held.this evening m Mr SherwiU's offipp^tpjfprm.a: committee to secure tne' return* of Mr' Macarthur as Member-foil Manawatu. /'■; ; The Rev. A. O, Williams, of Wanganui, -MS^^iKm.^ sun. day evening, and is arranging a service for the Maoris at Awahuri in the 1 after-fnpon*;.!:i-r'.v.'.i r -0 •"<• VA ■■• '"•-•.*.■ . Mr M. Keen has been making great improvements in his shop, and has added largely to his stock which he considers is jnpw the large-it and be**t inFepding, 7 Lambing is now going on very suocessf*ilfy\mlt__s -d-^o&V'Tli^lirakrin'ers find the present seasop^isi far .better fori sheep than that of last year as there is -better feed, and~the weather^is milder. The following is a list of names of gentlemen who have either been mMted. to become, or named as candidates forf the Manawatu Seat, in opposition to M& - Macarthur. In order to avoid anyin> ridftp *dißtm^ fi i alph^ti<^li>fdeß-4Arkwi-%ht.Baiistian, ■ Bell, Bull, Buick, Fraser, Fergusson, - , Johnston, Levin, Linton, Moncktori, Bussell, Snelson, Travers, Wakefield^ West. , | K)l'9i'' ! q()f|^ The faot of a suitable and commodious Accommodation House, having been erected at the Birmingham SfnaXtFarm Settlement, and being now o|>en under the energetic management of eoexperi- ' enced a host as the proprietor, Mr Lowes, . is striking evidence of the certainty of the future prosperity of that rising young settlement. In order that communication may be regular and uninterrupted and enable the settlers to experience no difficulty in getting to and from Feilding, a bi-weoklv express will commence run-- - ning at once, from Mr Lowes' house. The Feilding booking office will be at Hastie's Hotel. The next thing will be _ the opening of a Post Office. There is already a shop and store open, *-tbe proprietor of whioh would doubtless be only" too happy to undertake 1 the duties on the usual small allowance made by Govern- --< ment to village postmasters. 7ln an_the. - column appears the advertisement of the . Waitapu Accommodation Hojase. 0 . - -.7 •"?•

A smart shock of earthquake was felt here last night about ten o'clock. We understand Mr WeartVhias^no itkt" tention of becoming a cand_iatii_or the Manawatu Seat. \ \ u\ X' Mr Greenwood will, visit. EeddiUgv <s_ . Wednesday, the 17th instj.^ a*__^___y be consulted at the Denbigh H_t_lc«i**--w Mr John Kennedy, late of - _framono, has, we hear, purchased Mr Larson's Ha^mbe^otelf-of whach-f-he^^kxe^iioi^ session on-Tuesday. ; Mr Colville.bqot ruanufacturer _ ppenedi at' the "Other House'' ' to-day with a 2fts4_2- Hz^^^^¥*y°** Wmot tne stock he intends to display. Further notice will be made in a fut jure issue., ~- » « mrm r vgm' i agent at Dunedin must be a Scotchman. To-day jhe informs .ub by' telegrkph ! that 'by tha, falhng-jn of aj .brick kaln/ti irian receitett fatal injuries, and now ties ma critical' ciniditionj This is like the Irishman's descn^on*^*. f . an accident by which: W ■mah^^l fr°P the^roof of a six-storey buildin^-^a was ktllqd on the spot, and; xlied shortly afterwardsV, i „. Manawatu Raeiffg Club's annual meeting was very satisfactory. The Club nlt^gasficbalance in hand of £177 •lea.r, otall lia.bili.es. although the year started' ov-edraftp of^£7o. Mr Kvefr was^eje&ted hafrdi^*j»j>er. An amendmentto appoint a hanaWpping committee wai 1 lost. Th\ club areVking.ite ps to haVe the racecourse rested in t^steef appointed by the club and tbe fio^ougbt &qunoil, ia r f stead 'O. solely in the Council as at > present.^ % \ \ r; _fr A. D. Willis feels Vary much.hurt at his name being given dn onr report ;of the disgraceful sceW at thVTuhua meet* ing on Tuesday night, vWe (Herald) are* sorry/his name appeared ii_inc_*an affair ' The ropon was simply a tee^rd^o. what actaaliy transpired at the meeting/ ahd the scene m question th&spbject of gent-.; eral conversation in tow yesterday. 'Ji, was, no~ doubt, most foifa man ofTMr WUlis's standing\to be assailed; with inch ontrageotis charges, which no one who**knows hhn would live amom- ' ent's credence tp, and" which were simply the nnngs of a person whohadlost all *»elf contrbl for ..ihe tune being. l_r* Willis has. been too long a resident of Wanganui to be injured by such aspersions; and may rest content that thej cannot injurediis good name or fame. j to another [or if he did not say^it, he) meant it, which comes to--the same thing) " Did you ever see any-, thing more ndiculously cheap than those tweed suits at 16s 6d, 18s 6d, f^wlV2o. now going off at Te Aro House, WeUingtonP »' ! • ■■'■■.■'■ " : ""A Tm "' Did you ever, see anything like the; bargains in sac and Pagit coats for let 6d [and 10s 6d, each. 7 It tempts one to buy, whether you wantit: or not. Fancy; too, a choice of good,, durable tweed j^puseW from 3s 6d to 6s 6d, and^your pick of tweed, trousers and 1 vests from 6s 6d, to 10s 6d at Te Aid House, Wholesale family Drapery Warehouse, Welhngtbni ' : As for pilot and Tweed overcoats, where can you see anything to equal them at 12s 6d, 15s, 17s 6d and 20s each ? No wonder such a roaring trade is now /being done m the Clothing Department at Te Aro House, Wellington. Have you seen the strong Harvard shirts and the durable Crimean" Shirt, for one shilling, each, the white dress 'shirts at half-a-crown each, the flannel underl Bhir|s at 2a lid ewJb7, the strong military socks, at JB& per vpair. All these and a number .pf other articles equally cheap now 'selling rapidly aty" the Wholesale Family TPrapery Warehouse, Te Arp House, Wellington. j If you have not, O man. it is time you did. Come ateopce and secure some of these, bargains! If unable to come, send wife, who v^l, doubtless, make fa? better purchases than you would yourself at Te Aro Houyse, Wellington. All goods jijtrobased at Te Aro House will, if sp.deSirdd, be sent to the Wellington Railway Station free of expense;