Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 571, 1 November 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

Goods ex Wave Queen, from London, for Mr Carthew, arrived in Feilding thiß morning. Further particulars anon. Results ot th# Cap to be ran to-day in Melbourne will be posted up outside the Star office immediately after receipt of telegram. . Messrs Hall and Tripe have changed their address, and in future their consulting and operating rooms will be at the Glasgow House, Grey street. It is currently reported m Wellington (says the Dunedin Star) that the Marquis of Normanby, who is en route far the colonies, is to be a resident of Wellington, or he will settle near Feilding on the Manchester Block where the Duke of Manchester owns land. The annual Home Missionary meeting m connection with the Wesleyan Church will be held this evening, when a number of Beverend gentlemen will f^r» addresses. The assemblage will meet in the church, Grey street, at 7.30, when the presenoe of all interested is requested. A petition to the Minister of Justice praying for a mitigation of the sentence passed on C. L. Wildbore, convicted of assault at the last sittings of the Supreme Court and sentenced to niae months imprisonment, now lies at Mr Carthew's shop for signature. Several hundreds of well wishers to the family have already affixed their names. Further particulars regarding the death of Robert Wilkinson at Dunedin on Saturday last, state that he had gone out shooting on a pony, and it is surmised that the pony was. startled by his firing, or slipped and threw him. At any rate, on search being made, on his not returning at the usual time, his body was found quite dead. H« was 21 years of age.

Shearing was commenced yesterday at the Oroua Downs. A concert will be held in St. John's Sunday school room this evening. T. K. Macdonald and Co/s Landed Property Guide for October is to hand. It is stated the Manawatu A. and P. Society made a profit of over L2OO on their show. ' We have to thank the (Government Printer for No. 1 of Hansard and a batch of Parliamentary papers. | Stevens and Gorton held a stock sale to«day which was well attended. Are* port will appear in our next issue. A few energetic lovers of sports are arranging for scratch sports to be held at j Palmerston on the 9th inst. Special trains from Feilding will be arranged. , Programme will be published on Thursday. ■;*:•• Mr Haybittle received five railway trucks of goods to-day. A new adver- ' tißement, giving full particulars, will appear when the packages are opened out. The Herald says :— Richardson having agreed to meet Lain; in Wanganui, it is probable that a match will take place in about two or three weeks, for a stake of from £25 to £50 a side. Mr Walter Ramsay, saddler, Wellington, wishes it to be understood that he has moved into those premises once occupied as the office of Truth, near the Eire Brigade Station, Manners street. An " Extra" will be issued from this office to-morrow morning giving a precis of the Financial Statement. If the statement comes to hand at a reasonable hour this evening the extra will be published then. A Press Association telegram from Dunedin states that the National Insurance Coy's profit for the year is £16,333, to which is added last years balance of £4236 making an available balance of £20,669. The directors, declared a 10 per cent dividend, which added to the interim dividend paid in May* ab« sorbs £9806, leaving £10,854 to be carried forward. Hanlan's record for the usual Amer« ican course for a sculling mateh — 3 milrs with a turn — which was 21min 9 sec, was beaten on August 28th by a Philadelphia man named Galanaugh . He rowed in a 32-foot paper«shell, weighing 271 b ; the water was in good condiiton, and there was hardly a breath of wind, so that everything was in favor of record breaks ing. The new record is 20min 22 1-5 th sec. " Mercutio" in the N. Z. Times is responsible for this :— He squints. I will not mention his name, but in Queenstreet he is as well-known Garrard or the town deck. His squint is his crowning characteristic. Walking along the other day with his usual impetuosity, he came in contact with a bushman. " Confound you," he said ; " why don't you look where you're going P" The bush* man stared him in the face. "And confound you/ said he; "why don't you go where you're looking? The King of Persia once ordered hit Vizier to make out a list of all the fools in his dominions. He did so nnd put his Majesty's name at the head of them. Che King asked him why, and he imme •liuteiy answered,* V Because you intrusted a lac of rupees to men you don 'l know, to buy horses for you a thousand miles off, and who'll never come back," "Ay, but suppose they do?" "Then £ shall erase roar name and insert theirs. To-day's Times sarsj— Mr Perston, local manager of .the Bank of New South Wale*, receired a telegram yesterday stating that at the half-yearly meeting oi the Bank, held at Sydney, a dividend oi 15 per cent., with v 2\ per cent, bonuc, was declared, and £12,000 carried to the reserve fund, making the latter £900,000. — A young man named Charles Upham shot himself last evening at his parents' house, Tinakori road, Wellington The cause of the suicide was mouetaay troubles. A meeting of the Sports Committee was held on Saturday night, nearly all the members being present. . The prizes to be given away will be the same as last year. The privileges will be sold by tender instead of by auction as heretofore. The only alteration made was that in the gate charges children up to eight years of age will be free, from eight to twelve years half price, adults Is. The future meetings of the committee will be held every Friday night at Mr Bray's office. Mr F. Y. Lethbndge was appointed permanent Chairman, and Mr H. L. Sherwill Secretary. The owner oi the well-known imported trotting pony, Prince Charming, intimates his intention of giving a prize of £10 10s for the "best three-year-old exhibited at the show of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association, of 1891, being the progeny of Prince Charming. This direct encouragement to breeders ought te have the effect of introducing a highly desirable class of animals, admirably adapted for pony carriages, combining the qualities of good roadsters with speed, endurance, and good temper. There is always a good market for this description of ponies in the South Island. Those ladies who are fond of novelties, who are delighted to see the latest fashions, and who admire the beautiful at any tune, should, without doubt, visit the showroom at Te Aro House, Wellington. Thk "lonic" and "Rimutaka," mail steamers, brought us several cases of the latest outcomes of fashion in ladies' and girls' untrimmed straw hats. There is an immense variety of plain, fancy, and speckled straws, while the shapes are all and London, and may be seen in profusion at Te Aro House, Wellington. We do not think that any house in the city can show anything at all to equal our millinery or millinery requisites for style, elegance, and value, aud we would advise every lady in Wellington before deciding on purchasing to see our new summer fashions at Te Aro House, Wellington. We would extend a cordial invitation to one and all to walk through our warehouse, and visit the mihaery department. Our assistants will be only too happy to show all the novelties received up to date, fend no one will be pressed to buy at Te Aro House, Wellington. Our imported millinery bonnets and trimmed hats are the creme de la creme of Parisian and London fashions, and need only to be seen to be at once admired and purchased at Te Aro House, Wellington. The order department is under the management of a practised and effioient milliner, second to none in the oity. All orders will be executed in finished style and elegance at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Our Refreshment Room on the premises open daily during business hours will be found to be a wonderful convenience by visitors from the country to Te Aro House, Wellington,