Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 32, 1 September 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

, Mr vill (address tfiV electors at Stairway £his everiiajg. •The Borougfi Council will meet* this evening at the usual hour and place. The Manchester Eoad ; Board will meet next' Saturday afternoon. Mr J. H. Fry, of Makino, is about to visit England ier a few months. n;Qne r pf the charms;-pf>."She/' and of Eider jpCag^ard'^ other works, is perfect? purity of sentiment. ■ * n .,A, /Philadelphia!! woman swore her husband was enough to "irrigate |a cheruphin" „ ■ « -.. A concert will be held in St. Johns' ichocth'ouse.oij Tuesday evening nextjin Aid of- the Suncfay^chp^l^ibrarj. S We hart 1 to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for " She" to--morrow night. ••»»--»-'^— « - '-■— - - ) The- annual • examination at the Feilding State School) will be lield on Wednes. day, Thursday, and Friday next, the 7th, Bth, and 9th of September, by Mr Vereker Bindon. ' ; Thie following item is from the Manawatu Times': — -We 'learn 'that 1 a slander ! case, is likely to come before the Court in /Palmerstpn shortly, • It is probable there will be a sitting of ;the B>M, Court here on /Tuesday next to hear' a charge agaiust a man who is "'alleged" to have «6xriniitted a fergery in Halcombe' about two years ago. We understand that' as f the nominations for the election will take" place ; on. Friday, the 16th instant, at Palmereton, ; intending exhibitors of horses at ; the Horse Parade, appointed to be held then; will not be able to do so. . „....,.-' ...... We would direct the attention of the Manchester Road Board, to one of the bridges on the F.eilding-Halcombe road, about two nule's this side of Halcombe, where pneof the flanks has 'giveii way,, leaving a large hole to the danger of the travelling public. ' ■;'.'• A correspondent of a Wellington paper says:---- A strong commentary on the ridiculous railway tariff on timber is given by,; the .fact -that a Palmerston: timber (merchant is having his. timber brought from Makino (Feildiitg) by waggon for fid lessrthan he would have te pay by rail. , We are glad to learn that. Mr, J. M, Kennedy lias ho .fur. recovered as, to be able to resume business as hairdresser, in his : premises in Ferg'ussdn street. : The billiard room attached to the saloon is "also open, under the control of an experienced murker. ' Mr- Keen has just received a consign ment of boots and shoes of all kinds of the popular " Wellington Brand." M r Keen informs us that his price* are placed so low that he is quite indifferent on 'the 5 B ! ubjectjD|{ Freefcradejv. v .Protei!tion so long' 'as he can encourage judicious re* trenclinient by. selling geod bobts at cheap rates. ' Paring toTthe sparfcity of attendance at itinerant shows in. We,st Coast Townshipja and J ttie 'flinty* hearteflness of^obduraw newspaper- ; proprietors who have Inow determinedTT-with^goodfXeason — to refuse showmeh.'creilit \ the latter have concluded to' discontinue advertising, revert to first pririciWesi and bring out; the time nonored Pandean- pipes and drum. jThJs.will save, % deal pf^trpubjte. ? ; n A majrjriaceiwas celebrated yesterday /*t the residence ,,of Mr C. JBray, the. contracting parties wereMjsa Porthonae, eld : est daughter of, Mrs Aitken, of Ash iirsC a'ntfMr'A.'Eaae, brother of the'late Mr J. W. Eade, of Feilding. The Eev. Mr Griffin, of Sandon, officiated, and there was &' large number of relatives and -f riendti- •of-the—happy— eouple present to witness the interesting ceremony* 'Tb-mbrrow night Mr J. H. Stevens will lecture on '"She" the most wonderful book of , the. age, H^jeiULillustrate tne subject by transparencies illuminated by electric 'light. ' Mr Stevens is already ; wejl^known as a lecturer, 1 and has in the past always been fortunate in choosing a subject of general ; an.d cppular interest. 'Tife dbming' lecture will be ■no 'exception , but/will 1 intact 1 fai^ exjceed any'b'f his prefvi6tiß efforts T Wei are'pleased to know there will be 'a- 'crowded' house, as upiwardsiofrfourj hundred seats have: already (beettitaken* < : ■ ••trri-'-in': ro j-'-i-. •-■■■•• ''-'<■ We'fapfcVt&hetir-tixafi Mr.HaWy Lee;' while: cleaning biw $rhv> on the Awahnr'i* B*adi on iTuesday fast, unet< withi rather accident, i - < rlt the hjprse.be^ame, alarmed., at^th^ flashing and. bolted*, tfyrjiwine Mr Lee dow'ni with .the result tliat one of the •wKeefs of the nisl)ody. : He'iS ttow/iit^ep tp^ bari of Dr .iTohriston, 3 -!* 0 progres'sing :; a ( i ; - Jlatisfalctofify as can be expected. .<•::! : „. ■. •r • : ■"'" i■■y '• r * ;/ I ,- : ' .-" I „.'.A'gen.tlema.ri in Auckland' Writing to a ' friend in J Feildih'g says: — "I suppose you haye r heard" Of "the 'slipppseia £nd o f by J Will ffaekson in Kimberler- It inbt,'juit' ; s£dnd^ftn> on'd side while Ijput up the typeY ''"'*. Tiiff. manj! t'ftiends of pur genial, nfFable«-and erstwhile fellow citin zeir, Wilfred Jackson, j^.-quire,rwill be glad to hear that, as we have predicted the g«|lden wealth,- ofHHej fa&T , famed : Kiinißetley, J , w,hi§h,',h'a|s , refused to 'yi&id^taelf^captive to the" effete^'sons of Australia, haff~before r the energy, pluck. ,'aira'en' 1 erlirWor 1 our warm-hearted and openvhanded' Iriehd;-: liierallyr squirted from the grouai^-" Just so. <,<^ : ] •'Mf'J. H. Shaw 1 ' barrister, late of Wellington, (brother of Mn>E.nK? Sha r W| of j *Feildiitg4°-l)a^}ttstr:had«eoivf«iwd*>-upon I him.by-.ihe. r TJnivl'nsstjofiMelbourup two ' -new deg«»e»*--one4n* A-rtß-.-tha^ofHß. A., ; and one in Law, that ofqlj.L.M, r ;:iT6 the former of. these' iiV^r -SWw, has been eititled for .many: y^ars; past/yhavine dc.n;; the work of i i^wh,ile |V '4je was a student in the University^ but he ne.rer claimed it til) .lately* f ; .T|l>«vL»*tw:#fii i ee fc .^^tkMi, is tljenext Tuehei- >te'p ! -ih,.th<? FuciflLy' o!f : Law aboTe tlie degree prei'iousty lield by liim^rf. flm!:> *•••"', -'- A