Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 92, 6 March 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

We regret to learn from the local Star that diphtheria has made its appearance at Hawera. We have to acknowledge receipt of a cure for the rabbit pest from Mr Charles J. Pownall, of Wellington. The Ked House is again to the fore '. with new goods. Autumn and Winter drapery is advertised to-day. ; We are glad to see that Mr Armstrong ' is sow well enough to resume his duties at the Bank of Australasia. { ' The farewell tea jjiven in the Primitive ' i Methodist Church last night to fhe Rev. ' i J. Olphert, was well attended. A full i report will appear in our next issue. .

A meeting of the Licensing Committee will be held to-morrow at noon for the purpose of electing a chairman. A treat for children attending the Feilding state school, will Jbe given in the sports ground on Friday, The Assessment and Resident Magistrates Courts will sit on Thursday next. ! The Assessment Court will sit at Halcombe on Friday. We are glad to learn that Miss Spillane, who was hurt in a trap accident on the Awahun road a few days ago, is now doing well. Mr F. T. Lethbridge forwarded to Wellington yesterday a mob of wethers to be made into frozen mutton for the English market. A meeting of the sports committee will be held at Mr Bray's office this evening at eight o'clock. It is probable the complimentary fare* well concert to Miss E. Atkins will now be held in F. R. Jackson and Co.'s sale rooms. The petition in favor of the remission of the sentence passed on Mr Wildbore, has been for some time lying before the Minister of Justice. A reply, which will prebably be favorable, may be expected daily. At a meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club, held on Saturday evening last, a resolution was passed that Mr N. Nathan, of totalisator notoriety, be not allowed on the Feilding race course on Easter Monday (race day;. The Napier News has no faith in Maxwell the Autocrat and thinks " As an assistant 'fitter' in the Addington workshops, Mr Maxwell's services may be of some value, as an Assistant Railway Commissioner he would be a useless and obstructive cW on the wheels of railway reform." An accident of a very serious nature happened on Saturday &> a /acl at Hal- < combe. It appears that he was amusing himself by climbing a tree, and when he arrived at a height of about thirty feet, he lost his hold end fell to the ground. Dr Johnston was sent for, who, on his arrival, found several ribs were broken and the lad much shaken. He is now progressing favorably. Shbbwdnbss & Ability.— Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters so freely advertised in all the papers, secular and religious, are having a large sale, and are supplanting all other medicines. There is no denying the virtues of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of these Bitters have shown great shrewdness and ability m compounding a Bitters, whose virtues are so palpable to every one's observation. — * Examiner and Chronicle.' The purchasing public (especially those who pay cash) will be pleased to learn that S. J. Thompson, of the Red House is iow marking off his first autumn and winter importations of drapery . The extent and variety has never been greater than at present at the Red House. It ever has and always will be the aim of the proprietor to make the Red House the cheapest Warehouse in Feilding. — Advt. Mr Keen has just opened up a splendid show of English boots, etc., the work» manship of which is simply perfect. Among others there is a special line called the "'lmperatrice" which is en« tirely new. Mr Keen's advertisement giving full particulars will appear in o«r next issue, but in the meantime we recommend people to go and see for them selves. Maine News.— Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters, which are advertised ia our columns, are a sure cure for ague, bilU ousness and kidney complaints. Those who use them say they cannot be to highly recommended. Those affl cted should give them a fair trial, and will become thereby enthusiastic in the praise of there curative qualities. — " Portland Argue." The dangerous practice of riding quickly round street corners is again becoming frequent in the Borough. Last Saturday evening a young girl was nearly ruu over by a stupid or drunken horseman as he turned the corner of Manchester and Fergusson streets. It is high time a stop was put to such a dangerous practice. Borough bye-law No. 2, clause 32, says "No persons shall ride or drive any horse round the corner of any street or public place at a faster pace than a slow trot." The penalty is a fine not exceeding five pounds. A shopkeeper in town recently found a lady's valuable bracelet, and placed it on exhibition in his window with a view of attracting the attention of its owner. A few days afterward he found a gentleman's gold ring, and the two articles were shown together in the window, awaiting their respective owners. Strange to say neither article has yet been claimed or even enquired after. We would suggest that the finder hand over the " jewellery" to the police, which is the legal thing to do, but failing this, a few shillings spent in " judicious advertising" would doubtless result in the articles being restored to their respective owners. The Wellington Acclimatisation Society have recommended the Government to open the coming shooting season on the Ist of May instead of April. In consequence of this a spirited controversy is now going on in the Wellington papers, the writers contending that the season should be opened on April first as in previous years. As the majority of the Acclimatisation societies in the Wellington provincial district have fixed on April Ist as the date for the opening of the season, it is to be hoped the Colonial Secretary will not be led into committing a blunder at the dictation of the Wellington Society. Opening the season on April Ist will give general approval, but if delayed till May ; poaching will become rampant all over the district. The following will be of interest to our Feilding Borough Councillors : — " The Newmarket Borough Council are experi- '. encing the usual difficulties m regard to the removal of nightsoil from the borough, a good many ratepayers, rather than employ the nightman, have, it appears, been ' ] in the habit of burying mghtsoil in their . gardens to the annoyance of their neighbours and to the great danger of the i health of the borough. But the council ] have grasped the difficulty, and in future I no burgess will have any excuse for evad- ] ing the nightman, for the council have accepted a lump sum tender, and to meet < the cost will strike a special rate. Under < those circumstances there are very few J indeed who will not see that he performs < his duties so far as their own personal < premises are concerned. It is a step in < the right direction, and in the borough 1 of Newmarket the nightman will no longer have to collect his own fees or t complain about tenants leaving without a paying up. Another thing, it will save incoming tenants from having to pay « arrears due by their predecessors, a very £ fruitful scource of complaint and annoyance hitherto. — " Mercuric" m the J Auckland Herald. J