Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 30, 25 August 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

Th^»Borpu^V'Gouncii mj§et tfes •night weeJc 1 ! ?\ J.&. '■■' : " ..... MryHeqry Sanson „ will contest th" Fo^bn Seat^with Mf^Wilspn; o^. ,B^il pf|^the iMinbhlsfcerl Bifles^this night week. , ; ' • ; |5- , / .The eleventh anniversary of the tive Methpaist Oh^b^in vPeilding, mil on Sun^^next. -) ' 1 iThp; next sitting'^ of^ tiie'EM; Court wiD^KiSe place on VTnursday, September Bth. J?he list of cases; set down for hearing^lali?e§dy a long oneV Information has^.beeri laid agains* three %|ll>known/TOSidents ~\. of "•iPeilding fpr^pbaWng, Thet cases will be heard the VEeace, on Wednesdayv the Slstjinlrt; y-. The Kaikoura left ; Wellington for England td-dayii "^ r "^Lmpng her passengers are. —Mrs Fry* Mikino, Miss Brown, FeilcU; fng, Mr Odrpei- Makino, and the Key. Mr GoppuigOT, JPalmerßton. The JCaraiiaki Herald sarcastically ren marks^:— 'M vWift. will? weJeel sure,, be sorry to hear s >that , Mrs C.^H. Hill, the alleged srepresentative of the London Post, hashsince tier arriva} at.Hotbfua, been confined..to her hotel, suffering from the effects of a'rough journey Jthither. k Lord Nelson left*lh«will, drawn just before he went into ihe battle of Trafal* gar, by which he^^qiieathed Ladyl Hamilton and her daughter -to his king and country, but neither kiag nor country accepted the' legacy, and they both came, to want, Lady Hamilton dying in »bject ; >ppv;erty. ! jii . ; 1 Business people in England made a good. thing out of the Jubilee week. An . immense amount was expended in labour involyed in- the /preparations for the re,J9icingß. . All jQu» t working classes ben'b--fitted to a great! ! extent. ; In NeV Zea-. land we caih get up— oh a '.small scaie-r-" the same kind of " Ju'bilatic" excitement, ; but it must be on a horse race. The Patea Mail cays that the name »f Wood ville is in fu<ure ; to be, so far as : our ■ immediate ■ neiuhbourhood is con » cerned, a name of the past, the towns haying, heen. rechrisfened " Alton" for postal purposes. A Post Office will be opened there on Wednesday next, and letters addressed to ♦• Alton" will, in due cour-e, find their iw^ to .the P^ost X)flice Store, Alton, m»e^ W^odyiM /; \ ' ';■■-] The Auckjan^ .Bell is very severe on idle tillers of the-soil, r and 'says-so'lohg as settlers are too l^jr,tp wash: out the buttermilk, and keep the pipe in "mouth~four'trme"s~a'B " lonl*~al'tlre r ipade"rF in the hand, and spend their day* in one idle, luzy, loafing, smokme, drinking, grumblinu lounge, so long will farming" fail to pay ; and thi*<*reekJy exhibition: which we hay« iu.^ueen feYery^ Friday, of the idl<B^wiiys ;: ;pf '} ; bur fttrinefs is one of the ntpst -deplorable and disA piriting of all the pha^s of !(M)lonial^fe. The following iieinr^are from the ,T©ert-^gdrocaie: — Mfjor de» 'hvers^ffils a^ressMMto -^ra^emj-ty^ he can't fiiCctid! building -I^rge endu'ghilib seat his audience. Of course: the Qppo-r sit ion declares "There's nothing jn it,". Well, we'll see when the " numbers are ,ud''- This is the .season for rwng^tip 'tfeingrttiaf wJeVe said '"'i^daVs' gone by," f%" o ptfolß6^nieii. 'Herb^is a BjleVjimen^ '§ir:; William: FoS one day! told the -House :of Kcp.resenta,ti.yeißithafcJ!it Trftal4j'4 P.»j'' .t^;Colony ; .ito : give . Atkmspn and . hU fauiily three milUpns ef money to get them away from the country. Additions have been mad^ to the^F.ejUdring sale -y^rds.. ,pf .Freeman., B». Jackson and X36. which will :be of great convemenbe to owners of sheep toj 'be soldY as well as to buyers who- wish' to 1 make ! examination; Yrf > them 1 before' bidding; Sheep pens haye been erected r»exti the cattle yards consisting, of if ,two /large and^ commodious receiving/pens, .aji^eighjteen, smaller;:penß , capable of containing" lots from otWm' dhd H m l> &®s Th^ ; whole, have been thorougUy I 'mettalled-' so aY to Be dry^aild'Cconifortable during ' all seasons of the year. The work r- was most efficiently perforinjed' by} Mjr IW. D/ rNicholas . under- (the :superintendai»ce- of Mr C. Bray, iCiyU Engineer! '.' }l '.', : ".'.'. ■■;.* : .?T.hft vfollovfing items ,are. from : the^ jW^ilingion ; Post ': -f Wf ;^understands Government have suspended circulation 6t "vthiteV work/ " The" Ancient' History, of .the .M«p,ri," lentil they;cpnsideV 'wh^t 'slepS ! 'shpWia^be 1 taWn ' to eliminate or tone ddw-ni certain Iportions ofthe contents. — It is proposed in •to ffivndrar Georogical Scolarship in Canterbury College in memory of the late Sir Julius voq&Haast, ' the funds to be raised by publif^liiib- , sjcription, — The paddle steamer Despatch^'' which has been used for some years pa"st afp^tagßSai £t|Gi*jnfajni, tiS| bfeen ordfereal Uti s!f4UngC4n Jbf^her^fierf, the Brunner Coal Company., s .whpj|ntend ;: . to use her as a harbor "• aba t' in 5 these waters. .' 0 ' ~- Thfi^o^wjpgaitfm^ a'r> -from tye Manawatu Times :— A piece? of undeni" ,able quartz (bis, been found by person 8 " digfein'ir if h"ble o in c: the ground • ardjbinin* Dr Macintire's new residence, and ¥pecu> ! lations are rifp'fs to |herCft a reef in the>vioirtity,>and .ißaoiwhetffegit is gold bearing. — It is expe,cted jthfirej will be another football match' by^tne local team before the season closes, with" the Wancanui Club, and the contest will probably take place on Saturday.-week. As the Feilding men cann. t be got to take part it is probable that the Palmerston • lub will have to uphold the honor of the district by themselves.— - It wts freely stated in town on Tuesday i that^Mr, L,. t Q...Meat had decided ;>; accede' tb li tue J fli^m?Bt'niaae. a short tinie back, ariS oppose Mr Macarthur during the cominjj elections, No formal -an«- --■ rioun'cemeiit hasryet been made byiMr . West on llie subject. The pjdncipul— point on his programme is^sftid to beTrotection. , t tj, fc 'j*

The writs for the general election will be issued to»morro~w. The friends of Mr West.hjive decide^ to nominate him as aNjiandidate fp* ' Mauawatu. Ml f§j - : Captain Edwin telesrapjijs tfr-day :~-> t Telegrams to expect frtat l«ivt> beeh' Bent to all places. '«-".' The Tiraara Herald dUclariS^fchat a number of inquests are helb^faerely to ' enable the coroners to pocket their fees. ; * J ZOtfm^feW^mfirW in Mudie's library, that being 800 more I than is next ,iv favor which is also by Eider Haggard. -. It is statedpby th»;ManawattPißtliagra» pn good authority lhat Mr ThynneWill Tun for the Foxtpn seat against* all fedtaerff fThe|e afe folr c|nf idates now, waif., V JSrilsonf * Sanson, -and Burcham. . . t . 1; \" i?o? misconduct id managing the! affairs e-f a cliVrit nameil (Sraiton, a Kemp-sey-jsolicitor named Michael Kerrigan^ aras oji* the,,. 6th instant struck off; the. §he*JMJili qf^fhu. Supreme Court of iS'ew, and their Honours held 1 But no h%e.of K"isfever being reinstated I .' The nextfphase.of Waters case will be an application to thf Bankruptcy Court on Mondjay next. It wjll be remembered that Mr Graham, the .Official Assigned >lejftcted the proof putin Bythe City Ad* ?*an(jejand Deposit gompany in Waters',eslafe|for over £2000, The Company are now^gomi; to test the lesafitjkof the Assignee's action, and v at sitting of the Court on application will, bevinVde for an ordeWaifirig updii hinitp, admit the proofl—N Z. Times. '-■";' TheSSte^mer Charles J2dward,VniteTi arrived on TUesday^/vening from if elsoh' put in at the -Brothers jto take in a; con« signment of sperm oil. I< Sh > e : .brings| new*' of the capture of the largestiwhaie which: has been taken in those Xater^for the^ last J5 yfars. It was caughMby a* party, of Maori whalers on Mjon.iay night last.' and is a splendid specimen, measuring §£ feet long. The value/ of the annual was' estimated at £400,-rKftZ. Times. ' Judge Dowling, "of NegrASonth Wales,' has ruled .that solicitors employed by a .man's wife to. obtain a^iprphibition order can recover cost^ from the / huxband. In a case, of this natgrejthe defence yida? that it was not withli^scope of the wife's authority to employ an attorney for such a purpose,fbut,»tne judge held thai it was ;necessary that something should be don e^to- protect a husband against himself, and a w.ife was justified in obtain? ing legal. assistance with that object. ; • { '■-■ The friends of the late Mr Alexander;! Gould, who was long residenfcmr Palmer- 1 ' ston, will regret to hear of Kis|deathwhich occurred on Tuesday, night at his brother's' 'residence ; near Marion. ! Fpr some time past deceased had been suffering from consumption which of late -made rapid advance. Bunng his residence here his obliging, and quiet disposition secured' 1 loin many .warm ,fp£»ds who will sincerely ' mourn hii ] death. '[, Sftye . funeral 'will' takeplace in Palmerston on $atur-?\ day. Deceased was ' a ' member of 1 ihe . 'United Manawatu Masomc'liodge r f 621, E.G., and of ' various, other "i societies*,^ a[na will rprqbably; be buried ; "witliT Masonic, honors, TrManaw.atu f Times* , .[Deceased was well known in Feikung.] ... : ; ,j . . ', :< . ., ? From private adyices received in the colony from Bnenps Ay res, a dreadful account is given of La.Plata. , ,The writer says :— " EVery day 'brings worse^new'ft from the ruraL departments, and tells ofan im pending drought. We are menacjed willi the4os» of f mil lions of cows and' vslieep «!§ in year 1839* v Thousands of Ine said cows are under*' eo'ing skinning', and the beef is left (to jrft.t_.Qti. jthfli plains, .and JbeeLiaa^monib will be dearer in Buenos Ayres than in London. which has already ■ ctras^d h|qjv^Jp.Bes m Chili, is now bfe^l coming generhl/ in this province, and every day- seigg 50,<KK) sheepskins arrive -by rail in tbisfcity." | ; A Enne^Jin^entleman has made a suid^j .den^departure, leaving behind him ma 15J anxious, enquiring, and disconsolat^f triends. A few hours prior tjfayfig* de~» and^||ed a v^relm, to exchange cheques .^ith him for a day or' twb.-'Tniß is'-suc^h-'a common bit of ■ • financing," that nothing particular w use .suspected. Upon receiving the cheques from his friends he went straight to t ae> various banks and received coin of the^ suddenly remembered that he had a pras'J' sirife r m*zmww c mfa Vi £*MQer that <raß']Ust?q?a^iiiK 'the khore^ of 'this thkppy country «- atid he ; forgot r -td returin. One the gentleman's cheques ia to be framed and glazed, nnd hung up in | a t^,l% %fe^t 51 Timesq th«: Jl|aaii^ journalistic supporter of the policy joF ' "tHe^ present GoTernmeut, writes «ws": -^'" H v tfie' 'Opposition' should T^et %»to power, the three, E.s,, Kncouragement 'toVLdcal industries; knd th« : Eftst And, West v ChkStAßailwa:^ will )be.in serious danger. Education wll be .handed over to the tender mercies of a ; .'Royal Commission briefed -toitr^mpmp a' caseag/unstit. Encouragement' to Local Industries, will be the kind of encourage^ riient offered by a purely, revepue tariftr ■ Ekii an; 3 West CpaiPfiaHway'jnll be left, to sink or swim, as bestQfr oKn under existing. • arrflngements. To tnis ,we m,iy,add another H E , -.thej iExemptipn und.er,Uhle,Pr,pperjbyitax. <.Thi£ if the opposition gets in with a strong majority, will of, .course go by tl^e,bpard." Ojur -contemporary ' (^ayi- ike '•'Pdiiy. could scarcely nave put forth stronger argti;, ments in favour of the change it desir^ to deprecater' ---■—"- — — ]. _