Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 92, 21 January 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ The proooss of dismantling has commenced at the railway station. . , More than 3,000,000 fashion plates are annually exported from Paris to England and America. ""; Tn« Cnntoms revenue for the year 1887 \ ,wb« Li.280,685, ac axainßt L 1,311,30« for i 1886. -. .;■ ; ; ; -. : - •';,; •'' ' * \~;/ : f Jtfr j. 0. Th&ttvpemii »' at pi»s6nt" tn r Welhiigton attending a se^on «f ft& ' r Grand Lodge of Good Tempkrs.

&sJI very 4(Msgr gale of wind from the *SL Wt b*te|£Aere ?on Thursday night. iMtev aSlulJ^^e very refreshing-showers : l^^^' r *>^t v ;^_ '*^'~~\ V The' EeWrnii^Offibe^jfor tfie Borough givOT notice that as-Dr F< A. Mpnckton was the only candidate nominated/ he was duly elected to fill the vacancy in . the Council. . The Bey: C. Gaustad will lecture in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening XVI century in its significance for the ' present time.". „ ■-<■• ■ I Mr C. ' Wilson, formerly one of the | nmtgrs , v Qf, tto . Wanjjanju CjoJ}ej?Ute/ School, is at present' editm^he- Soapier* 3 Evening News, and editing it with marked ability .g T.^*' >f ; ; '" ■■] "\-, J. W. Butter, *4e 4&& for &%ortlf Eockhampton, who was arrested for fpr T > gery a few days, ago, attempted to; commit ; suicide by stabbing himself with a, Btile'tto, he also took laudanum^^, ' During the month of the arrivals in this colony' numbered 1476,' and the departures, 7ss. For the port of Wellington the stand thus— Arrivals, 556 ; departuresfi6£, y-^%, learn from the Goyernmontr Gazette that :~Th«^Colonial Ireasurer .will; on the 20th February, be prepared to receive apppllications from local bodies /under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act; 1886/ - # ;!•/ £\ ' /!/ ,; "' The !oßT,Jjloy4f]Eeatmg, at one time of Pate£,/aIBO Pnlmerßtou, has left hit. charge : : at'"W^aimato and 8* secured ;another fareweli^and a purse of sovereigns. He is |" great" farewells, and, never seems^to staysvery long anywherW ■ ; The? coinage of \aii\English sovereign now costs three^farthings at*the mint; The coinage: of twoT half sovereigns^ costsabout' six/ farthmga. and about eight •farthings will replace their gold lost in ten years when they fall below their legal weight.- _.... T -: The annual general meeting of the Feilding" Jockey Olub/ will be held this evening at Lights Denbigh Hotel at eight o'clock. Gentlemen who intend to become members are requested to attend personally or ->to send in their names to the secretary. '. * A very large and choice assortment of Kaiapoi Clothing just opened at the Red' House, they consist of the well-known Saddle Tweed Suits, also Boys'" and Youths' Suits, Trousers, and Trousers . and Tests. Go and inspect beforejbur* ing elsewhere.— Advt. -. ■' . . •' The second o wool sale of the. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company was held on Wedribsday last' in Wellington. The highest price was 7£d: The local brands', 1 W was passed inat?sjd,T passed in at 6^d, JHF sold -at '6§d,:RS, washed, 7|d. : Sheepskins realised from 2£d to 3^d. During the December quarter of 1887, as compared with- the corresponding quarter of 1886, the r Customs- dutje^ showed an increase in, spirits, tobacco, sparkling : Australian ■ wines,, ' tea, j sugar, godds'by weight, goods ad, valorem nnd miscellaneous, but a decrease in t-i(;ars and unuff, "wine generally,' ale and beer, coff ee, v o'6eoa, arid opium. i 4 One 'district 'of j'faiuce* exports 4,00O;6OO" francs wefrtn of ; .tJ^eese which bears' thehighest price iii Wery market in the world. It shows the economic genius of the French people. This 'highly prized cheese of .Roquefort, winch sells for 2s a a pound, is madejof-.the milk of the sheep. The Amateur, Charles Nelson master, ran on theJbank at the Manawatu Heads ou Thursday night. Th*e vessel was laden with timber foT?Mess v i* P. 'and'-J. Bartholomew. We understand the cargo, which was insured, has been abandoned. There was a runaway yesterday, afternoon in Manchester street. *A lady was in the trap who behaved very pluckily. She allowed the frightened horse to wind itself up the inohne, and then she drove it into the. fence^ above the Cash Exchange whereat came to a standstill.,- «^ ■ Ik addition to the low prices ruling at the "Jubilee Store" (the, most liberal yet introduced) special reductions will be made during January in order to red nee stock before re-stocking. This is no mere " puff' so commonly exhibited of late, but a genuine business notice.— Advt. A firm in town was the other day the recipient of a most unexpected New Year's gift in the shape of a cheque for an account that had been written off' the firm's books years ago consequent on the debtor's bankruptcy. The writer intimated that the cheque included interest on the debt during the eight years that had elapsed between 'the date of its contraction and discharge. Such instances of commercial morality are so rare nowadays that they deserve the fullest publicity where they can be authenticated, as this one can be. — Dunedin Star. The revenue: returns for the December quarter are gazetted. The respective re ceipts were as follow (shillings and pence ommitted) :— Customs, £336,300 ; stamps, £110,639 ; Postal and Telegraph cash receipts, £8467 ; property-tax £664 ; beer doty. £14.628 ; railways, £209.307 ; registration and other fees, £11,744 ; marine, £4544; miscellaneous, £4519. Territorial revenue— Depasturing licenses rents, Ac, £8906; miscellaneous, £1173. The members of the Wellington Land Board at the meeting on Thursday morning, went jhtough the new Land Amend* ment Act, 1887, olause by clause, and after some discussion it was resolved on the motion of Mr Beetham, seconded by Mr Macarthur, "That, having n> view the experience and : information possessed by the Board, it is desirbable that all matterf relating to the* purchase of lands, dealing with the expenditure >of thirds,' or other cognate matters, be brought before the Board, ho that Ministers might-have the benefit bf their advice-"— Presß. Mr Seddon is furious.- Hisgbundle of, collect telegram* has been returned inn-' opened to him by the Government. The ukase has gone forth that, all messages sent a* Ministerial telegrams are to be referred back to the senders for collection. If this kind of thing goes on it will be worth no man's while to be a Liberal in New Zealand. To be thus deprived at one fell blow «f the chief recreation of. the recess is what no properlyominxied democratic representative enn submit to in this free country. Mr Seddon' " has" brought the punishment upon itis own 1 head. He tempted Major \ tknson too far. With others.* -of his political creed he had 1 trespassed so far upon -the Premier's patience by Uis irrepress ble ioquacity last session thjit, thinking tbrre.was no limit", to Mm sterial endur ince, he, continued, by the agency ofthe t'elegjaph' wires, to pour his vapid nniivens* into the ear of the Government. M h jor At« kin«on has proved himself equal to the ! Soecasion, nbdjiristng in, h>« wra'h, has j swept the wli«le «yHtem of frnnking tele-j-fromH away into »ha« nice little heap of i decapitated nb'ises nh eh by this time i niist be :is»utn>n^ considerable dimen* i liohfc — Ciiri«tcl&MreJ» PrMf, / -J. . t :■■-■' ■!■:•■ ■;'■-.;■- i . ■ ■■*'• ..'

The mill between Jack Burke and Foley takes place in Sydney to-day. Meeting of the West Coast A. and P. Association at Palmerston to-day. \s?)' Mr Harry Laing was a passenger&Jr the traiu from Wanganui this morning. He looks rery fit. j% The Eiwitea Eoad Board met dixa afternoon. A report of the proceedings will appear in our next issue. v -v We refer our sporting readers to the iKrvsrKsf mSiiti* 'wwrmwifim m Monday. A concert -will; be held in the Public on Thursday next. Programme will be ►published~next> .weekr*«.~ r £^~5 y r "^^rT- :x t f: . A meeting of the Council of the Manchester Rifles will be held in the Star Office ;on > Tuesday^ evening f , at seven o'clock sharp.. '"..''. Maj«r : J&eneral Sir George !Whit»nor ( e has resigned his office an bommanaW of :the Forces, and will retire when the an* nuat inspections are over. A new. Irish servant being asked whether his master^was .within, replied «iNo.'^When will he return P'^ "Oh, he didinotssay when he will come in ; he jonly toid'me to say Jie was outX The following horses went tp/Foxton by train iorday for- Jtfondays events :— Strenuous, Tongariro, Hagar and Wanda. We regret to near that Mr Jennins,,bf Biyerlands, met with a severe accident, this morning by falling off bridge over the Makino. GBJe was carrying a kegWbutter at the j time and by the fall hasiniured his thigh and spine. ; The annual^piciiio to the scholars attending the Makino state school was held yesterday afternoon in Mr Pearson's paddock on the Makino road. About "300 persons were present, including a large number of adult visitors from all parts of the district. The children were supplied' with toys and books, and were highly delighted with the spread. Two oboans. — Regulate first the stomach, second the liver ; especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and you will remove at least nineteen-twentieths of all the ills that mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. Dr Soule's American' Hop Bitters is the only thing that will Rive perfectly healtny natural action to these two organs.— Maine Farmer The following challenge appears in the New Zealand Times of yesterday: — "I will back a man to fight Harry Laing for £50 or £100 a-side, whole of gate money, and the Championship Belt, anytime within three months. A speedy reply will oblige.— Joseph. Eiley,, Post Office Hotel." We have . no doubt Harry, will accomoda'e him, and make him ''sorry lie Mbs PJiBTiNGTOir BAXB. rr-Don't , take any of the qqack rostrums, as 'they are regimental to the bums>n cistern : but put your trust 1 in Dr. Soule'a American Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits, and: all comic diseases. They saved Isaac from a severe extract of tripod fever. They are the ne plus untim of medicines.— Boston Globe. To conduct a business with true liber* ality, to study^ the taste and requirements - of . your customers/ - and acting on '• the belief that by first promoting their interests, we best 1 serre our own,- are the' surest means, .of obtaining public oonfi* den.cc. Having applied these principles to the retail trade at the •' Cash Exchange"; the increasing support weyhave received/ is a substantial proof of the wisdom of such a policy.