Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 130, 2 June 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr Greenwood, dentist, will be in Feilding on Tuesday next. About 270,000 lbs of tobacco are grown in New Zealand annually. We regret to learn Mr James Hastie still continues dangerously ill. Plans aro being prepared for new Post and Telegraph offices in Palmerston. The Licensing Court will meet at Halcombe on Tuesday, and at Feilding on Wednesday next. A British Admiral says England wants twelve dozen of swift cruisers. Fancy buying warships like eggs. We are glad to see that Mr Oliver, of the Empire Hotel, has returned from his trip looking all the better for the change. On Thursday next the election of a representative for No. 2 ward, in the Manchester Road District, will be held at Halcombe. The Manchester Road Board was sitting as we wqpt to press. Our report of the proceedings will be published in. our next issue. Honesty is the best policy. A Napier i Eaper (the News) " prigged" a paragraph j •om the Star without acknowledgement, and then got a wigging from Typo for writing it. j The Napier Telegraph says : — " As good a whiskey as ever was brewed has been j distilled in New Zealand." Our " esteemed contemporary" omits to mention I what it was good for. Cobbe and Darragh have opened up a lot of really good Black Cashmere Stockings, both in Children's and Ladies' sizes. ' They are also giving special value in Black and Colored Velveteens and Dress Goods. — Advt. j The longest case whioh the Court of Appeal has yet dealt with is that of McDonald v. Te Ara Takana aid others, I which was commenced last Saturday, and is not yet finished. The case is expected to last another day or two. — Post, It is announced to-day by Mr Fagau that an entirely new stock of ladies', gen- j tlemen's, and children's boots and shoes ! has been purchased in the best houses in Wellington, which are now open for inspection at oHasgow House. . We publish in anothor column an in- I teresting announcement from J. C, Morey : aud Co., of the Bon Marche. The firm . are now cfferring some extraordinary j bargains in fashionable drapery at moder- > ate prices. J. C. Morey and Co. are i agents for the Bannockburn dress tweeds. It seems that " dry rot," the enemy of builders, is a sort of contagious disease. Good authorities state that it can be carried by saws and other tools which have been in contact with infected wood, and that such transmission and impregnation is often the cause of the mysteriously rapid decay of originally sound timbers.

Mr Digrnan, inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, was on an official visit to Feilding yesterday. Mr Scobie Mackenzie is understood to be leading the free trade section of the House in regard to the Tariff. | The time for receiving tenders for leas- ; ing the Ferry Reserve has been ex- j tended to Saturday, the 9th inst.. by the Manchester Road Board. To-morrow all offertories of the Church of England throughout the Diocese of | Wellington will be given to Maori Mission. Oue tender has been received for floating the barque Weathersfield off the Waikanae beach, and it is probable that it will be accepted. The tender of Mr R. Cornish for supplying the Feilding State School with firewood has been accepted. There were five other tenderers. A Mr Rush, who has just been elected a Palmerston Borough Councillor, thanks the burgesses for his return, especially as his election was against the wishes of "the snobocracy of the Square." There is a law which punishes persons who obtain from hotels or boardinghouses food and lodging without paying for them. This ought to be extended to advertisers and subscribers of newspapers who are guilty of the same mean crime. To-day Mr Hill advertises an improved farm to let at a low rental. The property is well situated, being only one mile from the Feilding Railway Station, and therefore should be applied for at once as this opportunity is one rarely to be met with. Mr John Stevens will leave Bulls for Wellington on Monday en route for India with horses. His steamer will depart from Wellington on or about the 10th instant. We hope Mr Stevens will have not only a prosperous, but a pleasant and profitable voyage. For the information of those persons who have had their names enrolled as firemen, and who were not present at the last meeting of the Brigade, we may state that it was fully understood at the meeting that although, the Brigade is not yet equipped, each member stands pledged, in case of a fire, to attend, and do all in his power that may be necessary on the I occasion. Mr Carthew has just received a large consignment of toys, dolls, and fancy goods in great variety. Among the articles are hundreds of ornaments of designs never before seen in the colony. As they were " cleared at the Customs" before the new tariff was passed, Mr Carthew informs us the prices will be remarkably low. Further particulars will be given by advertisement in our next issue. We have to acknowledge receipt of a new paper entitled Dawn, published in Sydney, N.S.W. It is to be the Australian woman's journal, and mouthpiece phonograph to wind out audibly the whispers, pleadings, and demands of the sisterhood. The editor is Dora Falconer and we wish her eyery success in her plucky venture. Mr D. L. Murdoch, general manager of the Bank of New Zealand, has resigned his position. Mr John Murray is likely to succeed Mr Murdoch as general manager. It is rumoured that the cause of Mr Murdoch's resignation was the appointment of the committee of investigation. We regret to have to record the death of the youngest child of Mr J. C, Thompson, J. P., of Feilding, which occurred at Wellington on Thursday last, in which town Mr Thompson and his family have recently been temporarily residing. The funerai took place this afternoon. We beg to tender Mr and Mrs Thompson our sympathy in their bereavement. We have to acknowledge receipt of a copy of Gilbert Rock's Australian novel "Colonists." The story is an adventurous one well told, and should be of enthralling interest to all who have had experience of life on the gold fields. We learn from the Dunedin Star the first edition was exhausted within three days after its publication, and a second edition is now being issued. Profit $1,200,—" To sum it up. six long years of bed-ridden sickness, costing $200 per year, total $1,200 All of this expense was stopped by three bottles of Dr 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. The Australian correspondent of the Dunedin Star says : — The power of discovering tho whereabouts of gold in a wonderful manner is attributed to a re- j cent arrival in Victoria. According to the statement of a sister, who applied to the Secretary of Mines to have experiments made, this man receives severe shocks when standing on auriferous ground, with varying violence. It has been suggested that tho supposed gift, of the man may be utilised instead of boring rods. 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 and 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. At a horse race at Alma, N.M., re" cently two miners jjot into a dispute, dor* ing which one called the other a liar. Tbe man whose veracity was thus ques* tioned, challenged the other to a duel with 42" calibre Cots revolvers at 30 j yards. The firing took place at a spot in I the outskirts of the town, where several similar encounters hare occurred. At the word the two men fired almost simultaneously, and both fell dead- One was struck just above the right eye and the other near the end of the nose, the bullet parsing out of the back of tho hend. The spectators were hi^hlr delighted with the excellence of the shooting displayed by both menThe London correspondent of the Dunedin Star says : — 1 hear that some of the largest importers and wholesale venders of the best New Zealand mutton mean to act on :he hint given by Sir Michael HicksBeach in the House of Commons the other night, and prosecute all retailers who sell New Zealand meat as Scotch or English, under the Food and Drugs Act of 1885. If this idea is carried out and can be worked it will have, I promise you, a most beneficial effect on the trade. Butchers themselves admit it ; moreover, the better-class tradesmen will not be sorry to be obliged to be honest. The temptation to deceive customers has hitherto been almost irresistible. What- Jones thouorhf right: Smith felt was justifiable. When, however, selling a leg of Canterfa.uy mutton as prime Scotch becomes a felony things will be altogether different.

Mr Lambert, Station Master, returned to Feilding to-day, and Mr Ayre left this afternoon by the mail train. It is not yet decided who is to be appointed to the Halcombe Station. The name of a well-known Wellington > c f leman has been forged to seve 1 cheques, and a number of tradesmen have been victimised, but in small amounts. The police have no clue to the forger. Major Shannon arrived in Feilding today. He has now retired from business and will for the future reside on his estate in the Kiwitea, where he has also already an influential circle mi relatives and friends. A gentleman at a concert was much, disturbed by the coughing and sneezing of a lady next him. At last— He ■*• That's a bad cold cf yours." She— "l'm sorry you don't like it. It's the only one I've got. ,■ . ■ | The following are the weights for the H.B J.O. Steeplechase Meeting to be . run on June 21st: — Chemist, 12st 61b;' Faugh«a Ballagh, list 71b ; Mangaohane, | list olb ; Kangaroo, list 2lb ; Magnesia, ' 10st71b; Maccaroni, lOst 41b; Orange* man, lOst ; Denbigh, lOst ; Defamer, 9s t 121 b; Erebus, 9s 71b ; Allegro, 9st 61b; Promotion, 9st 51b; Premium, 9st 2lb ; Shillelagh, 9st ; Dun dine, 9at ; Blujebell, 9st. The exact amount of Customs revenue collected during the past month is not yet known, as the returns from Kaipara and Tauranga have not been received. The amount known to have been received s £143,880 Os lOd ; the princ'pil contributions being Ounedin, £38,390 10s lid; Auckland, L 32.264 8s 4d • Lyttelton and Ohristchurch, £27,887 2s 8d ; Wellington, £23,318 3s 9d The amount collected in April of this year was £101,553 17s, so j that last month's collections top it by over £10000. The estimate was £104; 116 13s 4d.

Now that we may expect some cold weather and the Winter is duly setting in, the 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 unusually cheap in price and geod 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 yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington. 4th, A very fine make of Flannel with pink list called Saxony Electoral at Is, Is 3d, Is 6d, Is 9d, 2s, and 2s 6d per yard. sth, " The Lancet" Flannel — this is a special outcome of the celebrated Healtheries 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 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 h>iye 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,, 2s, according to quality, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.