The Fielding Star. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1888. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 103, 31 March 1888, Page 2

The Fielding Star. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1888. Local and General News

The shareholders have determined to rebuild the Wellington Opera House.

There was a smart shock of earthquake here about half past seven this morning.

Messrs Jackman and Belfit have taken the contract to cart the cargo from the Pleurae.

On Thursday the silver medals were issued to the state school ohildren, who are highly delighted with them.

The Auckland Bell complains that the Bussian sailors are not over honest. Their motto is evidently to " spoil the Egyptians."

Performers at Miss Atkins* concert are reminded there will be a rehearsal in Messrs F. K. Jackson and Co.'s auction room to-night at 8 o'clock.

Services will be held by tho Eev. H. M. Murray al the Maneaooe Schoolhouse on Wednesday next, th* 4th inst., at 7.30 p;m.

Typhoid fever broke out on board the Busaian war ship Rynda, in Auckland. Sewage from the city running iuto the harbor is supposed to haye been the cause, or the men were infected wheu on shore.

A house, owned and occupied by a native namedJßuera, at Kaukapapa, waß burned down on Thursday afternoon. Buera lost £10 in cash, and a lot of clothing. Nothing was saved but some bedding.

The following are the tenders received by the Kiwitea Boad Board on Thursday last :— Harper's Line — Pinsent an i Frederickson, L3B (accepted) ; Younger and Laing, L 5 4; Slink and Wiokham, L 54 18s ; E. Cornish. L 62. Kimbolton road —A. W. Hedges, LIO 10s (accepted) ; Younger and Lain;, Ll6; E. Cornish, Ll6 17s 6d ; Fosland and Bobiuaea, Ll9 ss.

The Rangiora Standard «ajs the want of advertising a small affair proved very costly to a defendant in the E. M. Court recently. Two stray cows valued accord* ing to some of the witnesses at £1 to £10, which were not advertised as "come astray" hare cost the defendant the tidy sum of about Ll4. The lesson to be learnt from this is to advertise. If a cow corner io your place, or a dog, adyertise them. If you want to sell anything, advertise.

The fight between Laing and Matthews which was to have eventuated on Thursday at Auckland, resulted in a complete fiasco. Five minutes after the men were in the ring Laing had punished his opponent so severely that the police put a stop to the show for fear Matthews should be seriously injured. This result must be very unsatisfactory for " the members of the fancy" who put their little pots on Matthews.

Mr Munt, an old Wellington resident, visited his block of land in the Birmingham Small Farm Settlement a few days ago, and is highly delighted with it. He considers the prospects of the settlement to be remarkably good, especially as, with the other advantages, a school building is about to be erected which is a direct encouragement for purchasers to get on their land as soon as possible. Plenty of pigeons are coming down from the ranges.

The shooting season for native game opened yesterday, and,' as we anticipated would be the case, imported game was poached to a large extent;. Fortunately pheasants are not too plentiful this season, and therefore very few, as far as we can learn, were knocked over, but the slaughter among the hares was very considerable. As the latter were killed without licenses *' on the cheap," the local Acclimatisation Society is a positive loser thereby.

A notice, over leader to-day, informs the publio that on and after Tuesday next the Post and Telegraph office will cease to open from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and correspondence will only Tie obtained after a p.m. by the owners of private boxes. "We admit this will be a great deprivation to the public generally, and especially to working men who cannot spare the time to go to the post office during their working hours, but as a great number of other post offices iv the colony have been similarly treated, Feilding cannot complain.

It will be remembered that the Hon. Dr Pollen was most virtuously indignant last session at the reduction of the honorarium to members of the Legislative Council, and declared his intention of declining to receive the reduced amount or to continue to serve an ungrateful country. His somewhat melodramatic exit caused a good deal of amusement at the time, and it was doubted whether after all he meant to resign. These doubts have now been confirmed almost to a certainty. At any rate, the veteran politician has not yet sent in his resignation, but he haß, we believe, drawn the honorarium for last session, in fact, sending down~from Auckland for it. Probably h(| will draw 1i for a fiaw eessione more* I—Pest.1 — Pest.

A detachment of the Manchester Rifles, under the oommand of Lieuts Fleaßants and Barton, will proceed to Wangamu | by the morning train on Monday to attend a review to be held there on that day. Members are reminded they must be at the Feilding railway station at not I later than 7.25 a.m. Makino members will be picked up at the Makino platform. The Feilding raceß will be held on i Monday, and, weather permitting, a large | attendance may be expected. Each succeeding year the local races have been a aucoesa and we have every reason to believe this will be no exception to the rule. The stewards have made every posaible provision to meet the convenience of the. . public, and a good day's sport and amusement may be confidently anticipated. After hearing evidence into th« circumstances attending the wreck of the ' sbipPleione, the Court considered that the Captain had committed an error of jndg* ment in relying too much upon his own chronometer. If he was not satisfied as to bis position, he should have taken soundings, and have to until daylight. The Court censured him for net having taken this course, and ordered him _to pay the costs of the enquiry, amounting to nine guinea*. His certificate was re* turned. The N«w Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable message from their London office, dated the 27th inst. : — Tallow- -Market steadier. It has been lower since last we telegraphed, but has recerered. Good mutton is worth 25s 6d and beef 23s 9d per cwt* New Zea» land hemp— Medium is worth L2B per ton. Frozen meat — Market unchanged . Fob the Autumn and Winter Seasons we have received the latest fashions in every department, which have just come to hand by the steamers Coptic and Rim- ! utake, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. We have for the last ten days been busily engaged in opening oat and marking off many thousands of pounds worth of the choicest, freshest and cheapest lots of goods for Autumn and Winter wear, that it was possible to get for love or money, at Aro House, Wellington. Thb contents of each case were nar» rowly scanned, and closely criticised as to weight, color, finish, appearance, &c, and we can safely say that no such ad* mirable selection aud no such first class 1 value have ever &s yet been offered to the public of this city by either Wholesale or Retail drapers, or «yen at Te Aro House, , Wellington.