Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 116, 1 May 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

Sir William Jervois has been elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Society. War is to commence in Europe this month, or it will be indefinitely postponed. We regret to learn that Mr Munro, of the flaxmill, Awahuri road, got bis collar bone broken on Saturday last. None of the tenders for Dr Monckton's log-crate have been accepted as they were all far beyond the Engineer's estimate. We regret to, learn that Mr W. E. Washbourne, of Collingwood, met with an accident this morning' which may prove fatal. On Thursday next Saturday return tickets to Turakina for the races, will be issued at all stations by the Railway .Department. ; ' ; The next quarterly nieeting 'of the Kiwitea Licensing Committoe will be held at the schoolhouee Cheltenham on Friday the Bth day of June. j An election for three members to represent Oroua, Kimbolton, and Pohangma wards in the Kiwitea Road Board, will be held on Tuesday the loth instant. - Applications for the position of night watchman for the Borough are to be sent in to Mr Carr, at F. R. Jackson and Co.'s, not later than six o'clock to-morrow afternoon. . . '•.■■.•• In the football match Englishmen v. Otago, played at Dunedin on Saturday, the Englishmen scored 8 points to Otago' s 3 and thus won their first match m New Zealand. The new advertisement from the Bon Marche* to-day is very attractive and proves conclusively that J. 0. Morey and Co. intend to keep pace with the times as regards varieties and low prices. Mr John Taylor has just turned out a very neat job of an iron railing to surround the grave of a child of Mr E. B. Gichard of this town. The work has been very tastefully executed. In common with the chimney sweeps m the Old Country, several of the banks in Hawke's Bay kept to-day as a special public holiday. How true it is " one touch of of nature makes the whole worid km." The funeral of the late Miss E. Cowan took place this afternoon and was followed by a large number of horsemen, friends, and neighbours of the family. We cordially sympathise with the relatives of the deceased. "Mazeppa," who is now writing for the Witness, has compiled a summary of the twojear»old performances for 1887*8. Carbine (Musket Mersey) heads the list; of winners with £1230, Pearl Shell (Musket — Pearl Ash) comes next with £831, Somneil (Apremont — Hammock) won £584, and Hilda (Musket— Onipn); £504, Carbine started in five races and won the lot. WoitKiHo-MEK. — 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 ihat 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." We have had a rarfeit of military experts to put the colony in a Btate of defence, and now we think it is time we got out Mr Goschen the "brilliant financier" of the present English Government, to put our finances right. The expense would not be great while the benefit in restoring the confidence of the British money lender in our ability to pay, would be simply enormous. It is seldom such a splendid opportunity i is afforded to those who are desirous of possessing really good reliable watches as that now made available to eyeryone by Messrs Stewart Dawson and Co., of Auckland. On our fourth page to-day we publish a new list of pnees to which, we refer our readers for further information. The character of the watches of Stewart Dawson and Co. already purchased by settlers and others m this district, stands unrivelled. We haye never heard a complaint, while we have known scores of people who spoke in their praise. The quarterly district meeting of Oddfellows was held in the Foresters' Hall on Friday evening last. Present — Bros. T. Ferry G.M., W . Laurie D.G.M., John Wright secretary, and the following delegates. — Wanganui — P.P.G.M. Hood, P.P.G.M. Benefield; Manawatu — P.P.G.M. Woods, P.G. Kolfe. The Manchester Lodge was unrepresented. The balance sheets of the various districts were found in order and passed. The usual routine business was transacted. The resignation of Bro. John Wright as secretary wa» accepted with regret, Bro. Hood being appointed in hii place. The next quarterly meeting is to be held in Wanganui In a local anent the Slavin-Laing contest the Wanganui Herald says: — "We notice that one of the papers that sent to us asking for first news of the glove contest, in its o lutnns denounced the show before it came on. Surely inoonsistenoy can hardly be earned further thau this/ LWe know of an individual in this town who first greedily devoured the contents of an Extra wo published giving the bare results of the fight, then rushed off and wrote a letter to an outside paper, in which he condemned this Journal for 'issuing such Extra. This hypocrite exclaimed against a glove fight as a sin, yet at the same time was guilty of making a cowardly stab in the dark at his fellow townsmen, like a vile assassin. It goes without saying the paper which contained thp letter in question gave full details of the fight.] ; „,,;•. : ; ?;

We regret to learn that Mr Tom Foster had his collar bone broken when playing football on Saturday afternoon. The purchasing pubho (especially those who pay cash) will be pleased to learn that S. J. Thompson, of the Bed House is now marking off his first autumn and winter importations of drapery. Tneextentand 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 ttie Red House the cheap-' est Warehouse in Feilding. — Advt. /The Wairarapa Star h-is thY follow* ing:— A day or two ago there came a thundering rap- .-siat- the ~ ticket -"office at the Mauriceville station, ani with exemplary rapidity the window was thrown open by the general ticket clerk. Bat he was lost in amazement when the buxom damsel who confronted him thrust rher head in at the^wmdow^ndjn hurried accents ejaculated— "Brandy and soda! Quick, please, the trian's coming." The Government Statician in his re* port states that the progress of the population of Australasian colonies shows that the births last year were 120,000; average per 1000 of population, 34*43; deaths, 47,600, being an average of 13*94. New Zealand snowed the lowest birth rate, with 3171. and also the lowest death rate, 1017- Immigration, 247,000; emigration, 182,000. The excess of immigrants over emigrants in New Zealand was only 977. Thkrb is on* title th*t should certainly be applied to the Proprietor of Te Aro House, Wellington, and no one has a better claim to it, and that is " Universal Benefactor,*' and a very striking proof of this it to be seen at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Bkino a successful tenderer for the Bankrupt Stock of P. ~A. Ilive, draper and Clothier, it ha| been decided to offer tho whole ef it amounting to over £4000 worth on Tuesday, May Ist, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. ft By It is in this way when times are somewhat depressed, wheel economy has to be practised, that true and honest benefits to society at large accrue, and the present opportunity of buying cheaply is offered to the masses by the Froprie* tor of Te;Ard House, Wellington. These will be wonderful bargains, in Calicoes, Sheetings, Flannels, Blankets, Dress Fabrics, Mantles, Ulsters, >'Cci» ; -;. tumes, Millinery, and a thousand other things too numerous to enumerate, at the sale of Rive's bankrupt stock, at Aro House, Wellington. CotruTßY residents would find it to their advantage to come early to this sale which commences on Tuesday, May Ist, and the railway or steamboat fare would be a mere bagatelle in comparison! with the extraordinary advantages to be gained at the Te Aro House sale of .Rive's bankrupt stock, Wellington. Oub Refreshment Boom will be open during the hours of business, and tea, coffee, cocoa, and a variety of edibles inaj be . had at any moment during the sale of Rive's Bankrupt Stock, at Te Aro House Wellington.