Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 107, 10 April 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

The Kesident Magistrates Court will sit in Feilding on Thursday next. The agent of the United Press Association in Sydney, calls small pox "a contagion." A new arrival asked a Feilding man " Why don't yon get up a Mutual Improvement Society here P He received the crushing reply, "We dont need it " Lieutenant Colonel Stapp has fixed the date of the six days training of the Eangitikei cavalry from April 23rd to the 29th. The day for the tournament has yet to be fixed. One case of petty pilfering was discovered at the fire this morning, when the salvaged goods were lying on the street, which Constable Meehan detected in time. £260 of the balance of the unexpended Education vote is to be alloted te the Wnnganui Board, and £200 to Taranaki. It is to be hoped a portion of this £260 will find its way to the Feilding school committee. A Melbourne teleeram gayß : — A carpenter named Frank Foster, a recent arrival by the Tarawera from Wyndham, New Zealand, committed suicide in the Yarra. because he could not obtain employment. lie leaves a wife and five children. Notice is given by the Manchester Eoad Board that it is the intention of the Board to raise a loan, under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886, of L 3350 for the construction of works in No. 6 ward, particulars of which appear in the advertisement. One of the latest rumours from Wel» lington is that the Colonial Treasurer is preparing a protective tariff which will go as far as 30 per cent in most instances, and it is also whispered that a measure is being drafted to get at bank depositors, ninetenths of whose money now escapes taxation. — Wanganui Herild The shooting season for imported game in the Manawatu-Bangitikei district will commence on May Ist and cease on the 31st July, both inclusive. Licenses to kill will be issued on payment of £1 each, and licenses to sell such game for £5 each, the postmasters at Palmerston, Bulls, and Feilding are appointed to issue such licenses. Another wreck on the beach at Ohau, as reported in our columns to-day (published as an extra yesterday) should force upon the Minister »f Marine the necessity of erecting an additional lighthouse is Cook's Strait. The number of wrecks attributable to the want of proper lights is becoming monotonous, besides being a useless sacrifice of valuable property. On Friday last Maitland J ennuis, a son of Mr E. Jennins, of Riverlands, Awahun, met with a painful mishap when playing with a cream separator. He gave the flywheel a turn and two of the fingers of nig left hand got jammed between the teeth of the cogwheels. The lad was brought to Dr Monckton, who dressed the injuries which are of a painful character. The. Greytown Butter and Cheese Factory Company {says the Wairarapa Daily) have recently received cable advice that the seven tons of cheese sent Home by them in the Kaikoura has re alised £46 a ton, or 5d a lb, in the London market. We hardly fancy the company will be satisfied with the result, which, by the time freight, commission, &c,are deducted, will, we imagine, only net them about 3d a lb here. Although pheasants are somewhat scarce on the open lands in this neighborhood, yet they are m great plenty back m the bush where they nave had shelter. Mr McGiashan informs us that they are almost a nuieanco to him on his farm on Kunbolton road. This will be good news for sportsmen who have been rather down hearted in consequence of the rumours which have been freely circulated to the effect no bags could be made this season. There are also plenty of hares in the back country. Constable Manning having received information to the effect that human bones had been found in the bush near to Tokomaru, last Thursday proceeded to that locality, and af 'or a walk of about half a mile, found the spot m the centre of some dense bush. The fire had gone through the timber, and the bones were found inside the trunk of a large rata tree, but they were calcined, and of course it was impossible to recognise anyone from them. The only clue to the deceased was the remains of a bottle, which had also been burned, and the inference is that some Maori must have got into the tree and died there. The Matter was reported bo the District Coroner, Mr Snelson t who lid not consider an inquest necessary. — &anawatu Daily Times*

Mr A. F. Halcombe was a visitor to Feilding to-day. A bunch of keys, a syringe, and a beaded panel front, lie unclaimed at the Stab office. Mr G. J. Scott has teen appointed manager of the Manawatu Building Society. Mr Tripe, dentist, left for Marton yesterday. He will return to Feilding on or p about the Ist of July. | The local option poll for the Borough of Feilding will be taken on Thursday j the 26th instant. 1 The Manawatu Standard quotes the liability of the Feilding Acclimatisation Society as £300. The amount is really only £30. A hid was sentenced to three months hard labor in Napier for finding a cheque, and cashing it at tne bank. He had not spent any of the money. A meeting of the vestry, m connection with the gift auction in aid of the funds i of the Church of England, was held in Mr i Bray'a office this afternoon. Several old West Coast miners, residing in this district, are beginning to oast longing eyes in the direction of Broken Hill. The telegram that "labor was in great demand" there, appeals to their feelings. We feel confident that after the fire of this morning there will be some talk in Feilding about getting up a salvage corps or fire brigade for the protection of property — and to keep down the rates of i»---j surance. A nightwatchman is what is wanted first. Mr Lloyd, of Awahuri, is haying a boat built, in Wanganui, for duck hunting on lakes or lagoons. -The boat, when completed, will be 10 feet long, 4 feet beam, with a depth of about a foot. Her draugnt of water will be only a few inches and she is being made light for convenience of postage from place to place, Wojjking-Mbi*. — Before you begin your heavy spring work after a winter of relaxation, your system needs cleansing and strengthening to prevent an attack of Ague, Bilious or Spring Fever, or some other Spring sicknes that will unfit you for a season's work. You will save time much sickness and expense if you will use one bottle of Dr Soul's Ameri» can Hop Bitters in your family this month. Don't wait " Burlington Hawkeye." The Bed House has, since its inception, been noted for the remarkable liberality with which all the business transactions of the proprietor have been distinguished. He intends, however, to go a step further, and for the next few weeks will hold a Great Cash Sale at which bargains will be off erred never before paralleled by any house in Feilding or neighboring township. Further particulars will be given in our next issue, but in the meantime we may say upwards of £2000 of drapery will be sacrificed. — Advt. A Rockhampton telegram in the Sydney Morning Herald says:— A man named Nelson, employed on board the steamer Maranoa, met with a horrible death while the vessel was off Percy Island. The vessel's engines broke down, and while he was engaged in repairing them Nelson dropped a spanner after the engines had started. He tried to recover it, but lost his footing, and fell into the crank pit. He was literally smashed to pieces, his neck and both arms being broken. His side was torn out. Fob the Autumn and Winter Seasons we have received the latest fashions in every department, which have just come to hand by the steamers Cop'ic and Him utake, at the Wholesale' Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. We have for the last ten days been busily engaged in opening out and marking off many thousands of pounds worth «f 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, Ac, nnd we can safely say that no such admirabJe selection and no such first class value have ever &s yet been .offered to the j public of this city by either Wholesale or : Retail drapers, or even at Te Aro House, Wellington. Wb quite expect this display of Autnma and Winter Fabrics will cause a sensa. tion, as well it might. Indeed, we are certain that no one could look long at the lovely things that we are shewing without feeling an lrresistable desire to purchase at Te Aro House, Wellington. Oub time has been »o fully taken up lately with preparing these new goods for sale that we are not just now able to enumerate the various items. Shortly we shall do so, but in the meantime we would invite all and sundry to come and see our display as a preparatory step towards making your purchases for the Autumn and Winter Season at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Pattkbns of the new goods will be forwarded free by post on application to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.