Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 129, 31 May 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

A telegram from Westport states that j the Bank of New South Wales will ship ' nearly 3000 ounces of gold to-day. The tender of Mr W. Watts has been accepted for making additions to St. John's Parsonage. It is said that the English footballers realised LI 6OO m gate money daring their tour. They expected to get about L2OOO. Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stock sale held here t»-day, was well attended, and the prices realised were good. ! The case of McDonald v Te Ara Takana ' and others still occupies the attention of . the Court of Appeal, now sitting in Wei- j liugton. As Mrs Moran -will be leaving for j Palmerston in about a fortnight orders j for fitting and dressmaking should be ; sent in at once. j At a meeting of the Feilding Football ! Club held last night, Mr G. Saywell was ! elected captain, vice Mr G. Manning re- j signed. ! The New Zealand Times says that the I revision of the tariff narrowly escaped \ causing a total rupture in the Ministry j on Sunday last. j Candidates for promotion among noncommissioned officers of the Manchester Rifles, will be examined by Lieutenant Colonel Stapp on the 22nd of June. The Salvation Army, who were indicted as a nuisance by the Quebec Grand Jury, has been s<-» declared after a long trial before the Courts, and will be adated. AYe have to acknowledge receipt of Hansard No. 2, for the present session, and a batch of Parliamentary papers from the Government printer. Mr Howell, late of Wellington, has started as 'a hairdresser in premises, in Fergusson street, next to Mr Henry, fruiterer. He solicits, by advertisement in another column, a share of public patronage. Mr Howell makes ladies' hairdressmg a specialty. The Wanganui Herald says :— ' Charley' Richardson, who has on two occasions met Laing, is evidently not afraid to have another trial of skill with him, and he challenges him to a fight to a finish for LSU aside and the New Zealand Champion Belt. We expectrto hear from Laing in a day or two. Au advertisement appears to-day, over leader, from Mr Robert Loudon, of 244 Sussex street, Sydney, who intimates that he is now in business as a produce and general commission agent. _ As Mr Loudon is well known in this district as a first class business man of undoubted probity, we are certain whatever business is entrusted to him will be completed to the satisfaction of all parties. Petitions ara already coming in freely from officials who have been discharged owing to the exigencies of the colony, The Government wish to have the petit* ions referred to a Special Committee. It is intended that the Committee shall consist of Messrs Balldnoe, Barron, Grey, Hall, Vl c Arthur, Mills, Ormond, Reeves, E. Richardson, W. D. Stewart, and Sir H. Atkinson. i 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 winter importations of drapery . The extent aud 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 the Red House the cheapest Warehouse in Feilding. — Advt. . A case of true love Which has not run very smoothly has lately occurred in Wellington. A young gentleman of fashion has been staying here for. some time, and has been payiug his addresses to a highly respectable young lady. This youth, who belongs to a very old and well-kn«wn family at Home, is one of that class known as' remittance men. He professed himself deeply enamoured of the young lady, to whom he became engaged, aud arrangements had been made for the wedding to take place on Monday last. So late as Saturday night the young man was in a well-known retail establishment in one of the leading thoroughfares buying articles for the wedding. But when Sunday's bells were ringing for church the young man had evidently altered his mind, for a Homeward bound steamer is now carrying the false and fickle one en route for his ancestral home, while the cruelly- jilted young lady is left to mourn the deceitfulness of men. — N.Z. Times.

Now that we may expect some cold weather and the Wiuter is duly setting in, tl>e matter of purchasing Flannels is a very important one, and "one who knows" advises all and sundry to either buy personally or send their orders to the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. We have an immense stock of Flannels for the present season that are tin usually cheap in price and good in quality, comprising — Ist, a lot of useful imitation Welsh at 4£d, 6£d, B|d, 10§d, and ; Is per yard ; 2nd, a Very nice soft make called super medium Welsh at Is, Is 3d. Is 6d, and up to 2s 6d per yard; 3rd, heavy Welsh Flannels a very strong | make at Is, Is 3d, Is 6d up to 2s 6d per j yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington. 4th, A very fine make of Flannel with pink list called Saxony Electoral at Is, j Is 3d, Is 6d, Is 9d, 2s, and 2s 6d per yard. sth, " The Lancet" Flannel— this is a special outcome of the celebrated Health- I cries Exhibition in London, which can be depended on for comfort and wear, ! and is guaranteed by one of the best makers of the day, and the holder of a j prize medal "not to shrink"— prices are Is, Is 3d, Is 6d. Is 9d, 2s. 2s 3d, and these can only be obtained, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. ! Lastly, we hnye Colonial made Flannels in White, Shetland, and Grey from Is to 2s 3d per yard. Those who wish to support local "industries" will, no doubt, purchase these at Is, Is 3d, Is 6d, Is 9d, : 28, according to quality, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro I House, Wellington. j