Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 123, 17 May 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

Waipawa wants to be a borough. Mails for Europe via San Francisco will close to-morrow.

The Wellington Opera House is to be rebuilt.

The Hon. W. W. Johnston has commence stocking his land at Awahuri.

All lines of sheep sold well at Stevens and Gorton's sale at Awahuri last Tuesday,

Sir George Grey has declared "the Chinese must go." That settles the question.

There have been no less than six Maori deaths at Awahuri during the past four months.

Captain "Pairchild intends this winter to commence clearing his bush land near Awahun.

The dates of the Church of Engrfand faervices at Mangaone and Kiwitea, are published to-day.

Mr John Stevens will leave for India with a shipment of horses in the s,s. Takapo on June 10th.

The Manawatu Times says Dr Kockstrow will probably be a candidate for a seat m the Palmerston Borough Council.

Mr F. T. Lethbridge was returned unopposed for ward No. 1 in the Manchester Road District.

Alterations are made to-day in the dates of Mr Greenwood's visits to Feildiag and Palmerston.

An unreserved sale of furniture will be held on Weduesday next, the 23rd mst., at Mr Train's residence, Grey street.

Cobbe and Darragh are selling real good Homespuns at lOd and Is per yard, also Heavy Striped Dress Goods at 7d per yard.

Jurors summoned for the District Court to be held at Palmerston to-morrow are notified their attendance is not required.

The Palmerston Fire Brigade has resolved, That any member using obscene language at a meeting or practice of the Brigade, be fined Is.

Mr Carthew has now on view some excellent specimens of bookbinding executed at the establisment of Mr A. D. Willis, of Wanganui.

Cobbe and Darragh are now showing, at the Cash Exchange, a large selection of Ladies' Ulsters of the very latest styles, prices range from 18s to 295.

A meeting of householders will be held in the schoolroom on Saturday night, at eight o'clock, for the purpose of electing a school committee for the ensuing year.

In view of the probable increase jh the Customs tariff we advise our readers to make their purchases with all convenient despatch. They will save money by so doing.

A notice appears to-day anent a poll to be taken of the ratepayers 111 !No. 6 subdivision bf the Manchester Road District, on Tuesday the 22nd instant. The names of the polling places are also given.

According to the N.Z. Herald Archbishop Hed wood's trip to Eome is in connection with the canonisation of Pere Chanel the first Roman Catholic martyr in the South Pa cine.

Oobbe and Darragh are now showing, at the Cash Exchange, Feilding, Fmlay's Sheetings 90 inches wide, at Is 9d per yard, these goods soil in Wellington at 2s per yard. Other makes in stock at 7£d, lOd, Is, Is 2d, Is 4d, and Is 6d.

We are clad to learn that Mr M. Keen has so far recovered the use of his leg, which was broken at the last Feildmg races, that he expects to resume active work shortly. He informs us that anyone who needs them can haye his crutches now he is done with them.

Some youngsters made seyeral indecent drawings on the windows of the Post office on Sunday last. It may be interesting for parents to know the penalty for this offence, under the Police Offences Act, 1884, is twelve months' imprisonment with hard labor.

Messrs Bailey Bros., the well-known Bawmillers, have resolved upon extending their operations by opening a sawmill in the Faraekaretu block. The situation of the mill will be on Mr J. Green's property in Eangatira adjoining the Ngeiline, and the plant, we learn, is already on the ground. The rumour is current that another well-known sawmiller contemplates starting a mill in that part of the district, and is at present negotiating for the purchase of suitable bush. — Advocate.

The proposed marriage between Prince Alexander of Battenburg and Princess Victoria has not been abandoned, bat merely postpomd till it can be carried into ioree without Prince Bismarck thinking ,H necessary to oppose it on the groju'nil ' ■ Of international po'icy. The crisis 'originated when Prince Bismarck first -lizard that Prince Alexander was to be recognised as a German prince and to receive the Order pour le Merite, and be appoined to the command of an array corps. The second crisis was the ann v cement of the betrothal. The general opinion is that the political rca« sons against the match are irrefutable.

" Dear Pollen" has come back to the Legislative Council after all.

The ordinary meeting of the Feilding Masonic Lodge will be held on Monday next, visiting brethren are invited to attend.

The head master of the "Foxton school has been summoned for assault, he having inflicted punishment on one of the female pupils.

Gram returns in the Wairarapa are satisfactory this year. Mr T. E. Chamberlain, of Opaki, has thrashed from 35 to 40 bushels to the acre.

A. meeting of members of the Feilding Volunteer Fire Brigade will be held in Mr Bray's office to-morrow evening at half past seven o'clock.

Yesterday afternoon Mr Carthew opened his usual monthly case of English books and periodicals. On this occasion the selection of books is particularly good.

Wairarapa North is now being plentifully sprinkled with toll gates. It is probably the hope of councillors to spend their declining years " keeping a pike."

On Monday the Awahuri natives held a meeting en masse about the Macdonald land case, after which five Maoris left for Wellington to be present in the appeal case.

When Eenata's strongroom, atUmahu, was opened on Monday last, only £20 was found by the receiver of the estate. There seems to have been " some previousness" about.

A football match between sides captained by W. Broughton and A. Parr will be played on the Oval on Saturday. All those who wish to play are requested to be on the ground at half past two sharp.

We hear that Mr Dowling, of Feilding, has re-leased his bush farm at Beaconsfield, which has been occupied by Mr J. Wallace for several years, to Mr Rutherford. This section is well known for the splendid feed it produces.

Mr Shearer, the secretary of the Fire Brigade, informs us that the concert on the 24th instant will be held in the upstairs room of Messrs Stevens and Gorton's premises, in Fergusson street. The programme will appear in our next issue.

To-day's Times says : — A very general expectation prevails that the Government will propose an increase of threepence m the duty on tea and a half-penny on sugar. In anticipation of these additions some heavy clearances are being; made, and especially, we believe, in Wellington.

Archbishop Redwood has completed his arrangements to leave town on Saturday, at 4 o'clock, for Auckland, to catch the out-going boat to San Francisco on his trip to Rome. The Archbishop will be accompanied by the Rev. Father Patterson, of Palmerston North, who will act as his private chaplin.

The Privy Council have reinstated Chief Justice Onslow, of Western Australia, who was suspended by the Governor, but deprecate the language used by him to Sir Napier Broome. The receipt of the news was the cause of great jubilation. A public celebration will be held, and an address of congratulation presented to the judge.

Nikau Bewa, of Tairua, dating on May 7, writes as follows to the editor of the Koriinako : — " Gold has "been found at Tapuaetahi, Poutapa, Tairua. The names of the persons who first found it are Eingi Ruihi, Nikau Bewa, and Taipeti. The persons who have shares in the same are:— (l) Heremia Topia, (2) Ngatoe Mate, (3) Hepa Mare, (4) Rewe Mare, (5) Wani, (6) Erueti Waha, (7) Mare, (8) Purangataua. These are the persons who came soon after the find. Gold is plentiful."

Pbofit $1,200,—" To sura it up. six long years of bed -rid den sickness, costing $200 per year, total $1,200 All of this expense was stopped by three bottles of I>r. Soule's American Hop Bitters, taken by my wife. She has done her town housework for a year since, without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it, for their benefit." — N.E. Farmer.

We now show some special bargains and extraordinary cheap lots in dress; goods, brought forward from the bankrupt estate of P. Kive Te Aro House, Wellington.

A varied lot of useful and attractive dress materials, in dress lengths, comprising — Striped fiannellas, homespuns, French foule, veilings, dress tweeds, wool ottomans, serges, lustres' beiges, carmelites, meltons, Sfc, will be shown. The orig» inal prices of these and our sale prices are given in the next paragraph. See them without delay at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Dress fabrics, in dress lengths, 8s lid for 2s lid ; 13* for 4s lid ; 15s for 5s lid ; 16s 6d for 6s lid ; Jos 6s for 7s lid; 17s 6d for 8s lid ; 23s for 11s 9d ; 23s for lls 9d ; 23s 6d for 12s 6d ; 25s 6d for 15s 6d, These are wonderful burgains, and are sure to be snapped up quickly, at Rive's bankrupt stock sale, Te Aro House Wellington. Thfee is also a large quantity of remnants of the above materials, varying in length from 2 to 11 yards, which will be sold at prices ranging from 8d to i2s 6d, according to quality and length, at the Te Aro House sale of Riye's bankrupt stock, Wellington.

Black velveteens from Is to 4s lid per yard ; coloured velveteens from Is lid to 2s lid, rather less than half price ; coU oured silks reduced from 5s to Is ; from 5s lid anu 6s 6d to Is 9d and Is lid per yard ; and a lot of excellent millinery trimmings from 3a 6d to Is ; from 5s 9d to Is 3d and from 6s lid to Is 6d per ya'd, at Te Aro House sale of Hive's Bankrupt Stock, Wellington.

Multitude* of other bargains in every department, w'll be shown on tables in the centre of the drapery, clothing, millinery, and carpet departments, at Hive's bankrupt stock sale at Te Aro House, Wellington.