The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1888. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 93, 8 March 1888, Page 2

The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1888. Local and General News

«. The silver boom m Australia is on the ■wane. There are six newspapers booming at Broken Hill, The Assessment Court 'will sit at Haloombe to-morrow. The Feilding Brewery will be in full swing next week. The Eussian war ship Bynda will be in Wellington shortly. The Salvation Army is rapidly increasing iu strength in England. An Irish National League is about to be formed in Dunedin. Diphtheria and typhoid fever are now very prevalent in Oauterbuary. Mr Blacket is about to inspect the harbor works at New Plymouth. Sir Julius Vogel was to leaye for England to-day, in the Aorangi. The Wellington Post has " a pain oa its mind" about Wanganui just now. The Standard Insurance Company has declared a dividend of 7£ per cent. Wanganui is thronged with " speillers" and bookmakers just now, assisting at the races. Weights for the Feilding Jockey Club's Easter meeting will be declared on Wednesday the 14th. Major Purnell the winner of the Champion Belt, was a passenger yesterday by tram to Wanganui. A contemporary says " the war cloud still looms in the distance." We hope it will keep on looming. The Foxton railway station is not likely to be rebuilt as there is sufficient office accomodation available. The Wanganui hospital administration is a farce — according to our northern comtemporaries. They appear to know. It is rumoured in Napier that r Haggen is about to resume possession of the Woodville Examiner. Maior-General Gosset, who has been a resident in Auckland for many years, died on Tuesday. A notice of importance to owners of unregistered dogs, appears to-day from John Turner, dog registrar. The Official Assignee gives notice today that a third dividend on all proved accepted claims in E. J. CottrelTs estat - is now payable, In Dunedin, on Monday, two boys wero sentenced to six strokes of the birch for stealing fruit from an orchard. The Manawatu Herald says a rumour is current that after the end of this month Foxton will cease to be a Customs port. Mr Macmillan has let on satisfactory terms, the block of land at Awahun, containing 381 acres, advertised in this journal. A special train took down a couple of trucks of pigs on Tuesday night. No doubt there was a special reason for this expense. Detective Benjamin was in Feilding yesterday making enquiries as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the Public Hall. Yesterday afternoon a large mob of sheep, belonging to Mr J. Manson, went through Feilding to be put on that gentleman's land near Palmerston. We are glad to announce that Mr Manson is progressing favorably towards recovery and hopes to be able to leave his room very shortly. Yesterday was the hottest day we have felt this season. The rain promised by Mr Edwin did not put in an appearance, to the great disappointment of everybody. Leprosy is spreading rapidly among the Queensland blacks. This is one of the blessings of Chinese cheap labor introduced for the benefit of Protectionists. At the meeting of the Licensing Committee held yesterday at noon, present Messrs Butherford, Sherwill, and Haybittle, Mr Sherwill was elected chairman. That was all the business. The good woman of Tennessee who had her new bonnet buried with her doubtless had misgivings as to the style of the crown laid up for her above, or else she wanted to keep it from her successor. A Family named Doyle, living near Eillarney, became suddenly insane on January 29th, from the effects of poisonous foed, and fought horribly together. Next day one of the sons was found dead in the pigstye, with his face eaten away by the hogs. All the quidnuncs in Auckland are exercised m body and spirit over the pronounciation of " Calliope." If they become temporarily insane over a little thing like that, it is too awful to contemplate what the consequences would be if they had to tackle " Bellerophon." Slavin undertakes, to-night, in Wan-j ganui, to knock Charley Richardson outi of time in four rounds. Those "in the know" say Richardson will be allowed to come off best as an encouragement to Harry Lamg, who is enowine- extreme diffidence — not to say modesty — in the matter of Slavin's ohallenge to him. The Palmerston correspondent of the Post wired on Tuesday:— "lt has been ascertained that at the recent race meeting two individuals invested £20 each on the totalisator on Dudu, the winner of the M.R.C. Handicap, and had she not won they would have demanded back the money, and they had printed forms al- ' ready prepared to hand in to the proprietors of the machine. It is believed that the same tactics are to be earried out iil W&aganui by them.

A large number of volunteers, boat■aeing, and horse-racing men hare gone hrough to Wanganui by train during h« past two days. The railway sidings at Aorangi are sow being removed. This will be a jreat blessing to drivers of vehicles who have been for years complaining of the rails across tho highway. ] The list of entries for Messrs F. E. Jackson and Co.'s Feilding sale on Saturday next is unusually lengthy, and predicates a big auction. The Palmerston sale of the firm will be held on Thursday the 15th instant. To-morrow, sheuldthe weather be fine, the annual treat to the scholars attending the Feilding state school and the presentation of prizes, will take place on the sports ground. If the weather be unfavorable the tea and prize giving will be held in the school house. His Worship the Mayor will distribute the prizes: . Several cases of petty larceny have ! been reported to the police here within the last few weeks. In one instance a shop was entered, and some small change with a one pound note extracted from the till, and in another where, during the absence of a lady from her dwelling house, forcible entry was made and some cash stolen although a cheque was left as being probable too dangerous to handle. The purchasing public (especially those who pay cash) will be pleased to learn that S. J. Thompson, of the Bed House is now marking offnis first autumn and winter importations of drapery . The extent and variety has never been greater than at present at the Tied House. It ever has and always will be the aim of the proprietor to make the Bed House the cheapest Warehouse in Feilding, — Advt. Shbbwdness & Ability.— Dr. Soules' American Hop "Bitters so freely advertised in all tbe 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 in I compounding a Bitters, whose virtues are so palpable to every one's observation. — 'Examiner and Chronicle.' In the name of the Prophet Figs. We bave just bought a Bankrupt Stock of Drapery and Clothing, late in the possession of A. J. Price, Hall of Commerce, Wellington, have bought it cheaply, and will give any quantity of tremendous bargains to all Customers at Te Aro House, Wellington. We have removed this Bankrupt Stock 'o our own premises because we have more light, more room, and more comfort, for customers at Te Aro House, WeU lington. Wb are altogether too busy to make out a price list, but Customers always expect some thumping bargains from Bankrupt Stocks, and they will most assuredly get at this Sale more astonishing ones than they have ever seen or heard of in their lives at Te Aro House, Wellington. Countby Residents should rush to train early and eagerly. Bail way fares are now cheap enough and all Customers will save their fares many times over by coming to this Sale of Price's Bankrupt Stock at Te Aro House, Wellington. This Bankrupt Sale commences on Saturday, February 11th, at Te Aro House, Wellington.