Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 114, 26 April 1888, Page 2

Local and General News.

For the Wiangtinui Derby, 1890. there; are five Somnus candidates nominated. . ; *;3VellinKton«Mtinawatn Kailway Company shares are quote I at 17/6, sellerß. " The defeat of Laiug by Slavin is another powerful argument in favor of protection. __ .The Feildinj? footballers are reminded "of the piactice to.be held on Saturday' alterco'o4 on the Oval at half past two.

I The Hon. Major Eopata, M.L.A., Mr Carrpli; M.H.R., and Major G.V. Shanrionv went to Wanganui by this morning's train, r, j | A two-year-old eon of Mr Elson, chem- ! ist, of Greymouth, fell into a tub ef boil- ! ing water, the other night and died from, j the effects. Mr Elson was formerly in business in Blenheim. The clerk of the Licensing Committees gives notice the next quarterly meeting of the Halcombe comnrittegL snlLbe held* on s'^' day of June, and of the Feilding committee on Wednesday the 6th June. / ,-' ! : ,- ; The warmth of the weather now pre- • '-vailifig:'' < has' s in'dul^ % 'a-'' v i^aeft^in'''fiuß'' neighborhood to import some fruit trees for planting out. We hope his Best exRotations will be fulfilledi^but we haye our doubts. '.». £■ *- '-•' The polling for Local Option was proceeding as we went to press. The interest; taken in the matter very' slight, many people treating it as the merest farce, in which opinion they are not likely to be contradicted. The death . of Renata .Kawepo, who leayisyprpperty valued. atf a quarter of a million, is likely to be a " ctiuck in" f or the legal fraternity. There are two wills in existence, and therefore two factions of claimants who. will fight until the last sixpence has gone. ' The following gentlemen have been elected members of the Makino school committee : — Messrs Fry, Pearson, Apel, Bosher, Holden, Mai, and Newell. At a meeting held after the close of householders' meeting, Mr Fry was elected! Chairman. Mr Haybittle has just received some marvellous works of art, showing forth the various excellencies of a particular brand of tobacco. It would puzzle Buskin to describe all their beauties. Breeders of stock should go and see the picture of the Durham bull. The Anchor Hotel, of Wanganui, has long: been a favorite resort of visitors from Feilding and its neighborhood. The proprietor, Mr John McLaren, has a notice in/ our issue to-day, to which our readers and the travelling pubbc generally are referred to for information on the subject ofc harges, &c. We congratulate our energetic contemporary the Napier Evening News on the enlargement of that paper.. We are infoimed that its circulation has been doubled under the new regime. The editor modestly claims that his paper is the most independent and most readable one in Hawkesißay. There is a further exodus from the Wairarapa to California. Mr Stenhouse, for many years connected with the Greytown Brewery, and lately of the Eagle Brewery at Masterton; left Auckland yesterday en route for Los Angelos, California. It is said that several other Wairarapa residents are only . awaiting further news from California to make- a start for that country. The purchasing public (especially those who pay cash) will be pleased to learn that S. J. Thompson, of the Red House is now marking off his first autumn and winterimpqrtationsof drapery. Theexteritand variety has never been greater than, at present at the Ked House. It. ever has and always will be the aim of the proprietor to make the Bed House the cheapest Warehouse in Feilding.-^ Advt. A requisition to the Mayor of Dunedin is being circulated amongst the retail traders for signature. Its object is the calling of a mass meeting of the citizens to consider the question of retaining the population. The members of the House of Representatives will be invited to attend. [Much better to requisition the Mayor to get rid of the retail dealers as one in ten of the population in Dunedin aro in that line.] . ' / i ' On our first page to-day Mr H. J. Haliday, saddler, of Fergusson' street,has a new and attractive advertisement to which particular attention is requested. The recognised excellence of all articles in the saddlery line, and* the -genuine quality and workmansnip of job work, in harness or other items of the trade, turned put by Mr Haliday, has long"- been a matterjpf public in this town antf'disfoict. 'Mr' Haliday offers special inducements to all cash customers. Wokxing* May. ~ Before yob "begin your heavy spring work after a winter of relaxation, your system needs cleanfung and strengthening to prevent an attack of Ague. Bilious or Spring Fever, or some other Spring sicklies that will unfit you for a; season's; work. You will save lime much sickness and expense if you will use one bottle of Dr Soul's Amen* can Hop Bitters in your family this month. Don't wait " Burlington Hawk eye." It will be a matter of interest to many of our readers to know that Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. are shortly to resume their now celebrated auction sales of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company's lands. The next sale will be held on a date to be fixed next month, when the township of Paraparaumii, situated on the company's line only some 33 mills from Wellington, ,will be sold, together with the. fertile pastoral lands adjoining, comprising some 4000 acres, subdivided ' into convenient farm blocks. In view of the disgust and even indignation expressed ' among 1 - the " better classes" when a ■■ .'.' small- man fails, and seeks the protection afforded by the Bankruptcy Court, we would suggest it be made a felony to nla unless the liabilities of the debtor tot up to a thousand pounds anil over. This would give an impetus (of a kind) to trade even ia the dullest tunes. The "gentility" of bankruptcy would be restored, and the " lower classes" kept in their proper places. The idea is a good one and will, no doubt, meet general approval. A Good Housewifb. — The good house* wife, when she is giving her house its spring renovating, should bear in - mind, that the deaf inmates of her house are 5 more precious titan many houties, and' that their systems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating .the stomach trad bowels ..to prevent and cure the diseases arising from spring malaria and miasmii, nnd, she! must know that there is nothing that will do it so per* fectly andsurelv as Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters, the purest and best of medicine*. "Concord K . H. Patriot." , A writer in nn English Society paper writes:— l may say, by 1 the' way. that £6000 is prpbably .the- biggest thing in the way of a single medical feo that has been heard of in our day. Sir Morell himself got a thousand guinea* for going to Cannei to see Mr Stirling Crawford, nndDr Hahn had tlie same nmount for coming from J^erlin to Mr Montagu Williams, Sir Henry" Thompson received two thousand (of winch ho retunie.l hf If) for liis nttentionx to poor old '* Badm guet." ; but these are " unoonsidered trifles' compared with the fee Sir Morell Mackenzie has declu»edi ■ ■'

The Feildmg Brass Band will play this evening on Manchester Square, commencing at half past seven. The half-yearly meeting of-sharehold-ers in the Bank of New Zealand was held In. Auckland to-day . ir > A ne.w. advertisement from, Mr ' John Taylor, blacksmith, appears on the first page to-dayV Mr Taylor has earned his reputation as a horse-shoer, and. hopes by strict attention to business, combined withjoivilityj.to^reoa^ye a share of ptfb^ he support, as in the past. . We nreglad to notice t^gif t rfnefcion held to-daj, by Colonel Gortort, in aid of the fundp of the Church of cEn«l»ndyw*«; a success. The great and small cattlej Hold at the yards realised good prices.' An auction was? held later in the diy in' the upstairairoom ofSMeg^Sterensiand Gorton's premises in* Ferjjusson street. X-he -show of articles on the tables was varied, especially on that pre« sided over by MissK<>sh, where the most tempting edibles and fruits of all kinds made actively display. There were also fo*Js atfd afefew pigs presented. A full notice will appear in our next issue. .. Princ* vWilliaml of Prussia, tne^eldest* son of the Crown Prince, is an iIU conditioned swash* buckling 'Jingo,' who has for years been on Tery indifferent terms with his fat her and mother. : ; In appearance he is Gprman and soldierly, sare for one physical . defect. 1 "This is a withered arm, finished >off with bulls of flesh from which spxput fire -smaller balls with round nails onHhem. The sight of this misformed member inspires strangers with. such repulsion that the Prince conceals it in a pouch in , his uniform whenever possible. The arm is so weak that he can hardly raise it. Mentally, the Prince falls f*r shortof either his father or mother. He has all the obstinacy and greed for the con« quest that distinguished the Kaiser, without any of that grand .old man's good qualities. The Princess is a colorless girl unlikely to exercise muck influence, either for good or eril, on her huaband or the Empire. Her principal character' istic seems to be parvimoniouiiness ; indeed, both the Prince and Princess are mean m money matters to a degree.