Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 140, 26 June 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

We hear that a new storekeeper is about to start business at MakinoW« have to acknowledge receipt of No. 9 of Hansard from the Government Printer. Fifty thousand acres of Grown Lands will be opened in the Maungakaretu and other blocks to-morrow. The Eev. A. Hermon -rill hold divine service in the Mangaone school room this evening, at half past seven o'clock. We regret to learn that n son of Mr Marshall, dairyman, is very ill, suffering from the effects of a fall from a horse a tex? days ago. Messrs Stevens and Gorton will hold sales of Japanese curios on Wednesday, stock on Thursday, and fruit trees on Friday next, in Feildmg. A fourth and final dividend of 5d m the £ in the estate of S. J. Cottrell (making 10s fid in oil) is now payable to the Feilding creditors at the Stab office. The poachers who 'are in the habit of shooting on Sundays are strongly suspected of killing and stealing a considerable number of turkeys from Mr Heneon's farm. In the estate of the late Hon. John Johnson, of Wellington, duty has been paid on £306,172 Is 7d. That of Mr J. Goodaon was sworn at £31,282, and paid ' on that sum. The new residence of Mr Charles Boe, erected on hit property near the Oroua Eiver, is a 79x7 handsome and commodious building. The contract is now completed and the family removed into it last week. For having in his possession a portion *et% distilling plant, William Eiddle has been fined £75 by the Masterton B.M. with, the alternative of six months' imprisonment. The money was paid and notice of Appeal given. The following was the prayer of thanksgiving of a Feilding man when he came home the other day :— " I've been to Auckland, and the Blu2 too, but I bless 1 the Lord, for I live in "Manawatu. " If he hed another shot this would have been poetry. The public will be pleased to learn that 8. J. Thompson, of the Bed House, has jitst opened up 20 cases of winter drapery (latest fashions), comprising dresa materials, trimming*, hosiery, laces, gloves, men's clothing, Crimean and woollen shirtings, etc For cash the prices are lowest in town.— ApvT. At a meeting of Court Loyal, Feilding, A.0.F., No. 5768, held at the Foresters' Hall on Wednesday last, the following were elected officers for the ensuing term : — Bro. W. S. Porthouse, O.B. ; Bro. W. Wenham, S.C.E. ; Bro. C. Wickham, S.M,; Bro. B. Bowler, J.W.; Bro. (i. Worefold, 6.8. ; Bro. M. Belfit, J.B. At a meeting of Charles Henry's creditors yesterday, he was asked "if he had not lost a great deal of money in the way of expenses during the last three or four years through having so much to do with lawyers The bankrupt replied that he had, bendes havinSiSeveral of the profusion amon/jst hie .creditors at the present time. 'These queries put By a knight e»|i^'lohg>olw.toßaß6lf. ' v .-■*: ■

The consideration of the tariff will bo resumed in the House this afternoon. It is expected the tea duty de bait? will ome on, and that the division will be a close one. The Feilding state school " broke up" for the mid- winter holidays on Friday last. The school will re-open on Monday, July 9th. Maurice Kelly, of Wade, stated to be 104 years of age, died yesterday rooming. j He drank whiskey copiously for 87 years, according to his own statement. The fi^ht to a finish between Murphy and Molloy for £25 aside and the light weight championship took place at Dunedm on Saturday and was won by Murphy. The Police at Christ church hare re» ceived information that a leg with a boot on was found on the beach three miles north of New Brighton on Sunday after* noon. O. M. Snelson and Co. will hold a sale of furniture and effects in M> Charles Henry's house, in Byre street, on Thursday next. We understand Mr Honry will proceed to Napier, where he wilicommense business again. Constable Meehan, E.M. Court bailiff, notifies in another column that he will sell, or cause to be sold by auction, at the Empire Hotel stables, on Wednesday (tomorrow) at 1 p m., a double 3eatedbuggie, m the case of Eobert Drury v. Pekama Tupekopeke and Areta Pekama, unless judgment is previously satisfied. An application has been made in Wellington Chambers, on behalf of the Law Society, to strike Mr Willoughby Brassey, of Qisborne, off the rolls, on the ground of misconduot with regard to the Cook County Council. After argument, the Chief Justice did not consider the grounds sufficient for striking him off the rolls or suspension. The Wellington Divorce Court, was occupied on Saturday hearing the Gases of Wilkinson v. Wilkinson, Moellor v. Moeller, and Soufflot y. Soufflot. In each instance it was the wife's petition for a dissolution of marriage on the grounds of her husband's cruelty and. adultery. The Chief Justice granted a decree nisi in each case. . The cable-repairing steamer, Sherard Osborne, while grappling for a portion of the broken cable on Friday last, by some means secured a single wire cable from Wellington across Cooks Strait, and broke it. The whole of tho work is, therofore c thrown on the cable from Wauganui, and necessarily there must be considerable delay in the work. At a meeting of the Juvenile Foresters, A.0.F., held at the Foresters' Hall last Friday evening, the following were elected officers for the ensuing term :— Bro. J. Evans, O.B. ; Bro. A. Newman, 5.0.8. ; Bro F. W. Foster, Secretary; Bro H, Bilderbeck, Treasurer ; Bro 0. Bilder- \ beck, S.W. ; Bro J. B. Young, J.W. ; | Bro A. Toy, 5.8. ; Bro D.L. Foster, J.B. | Thb Gbbatbst Blb88I»».—1 simple pure, and harmless remedy, that cures j every time, and prevents disease by keeping the blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and liver active, is the greatest blessing ever conferred ..upon man. Dr Soule's American Hog^ififctoro is '!"i . remedy, and its x ij.'i&voi!* are being blessed by thousands who have been saved and cursd by it. Will you try it P I See another column. — Eagle. " Pedestrian" writes:— "What is thsr matter with the Borough* Council, or the Public Works Committee ? The present condition of Manchester street, m places, is disgraceful, and reflects little credit on their management. Portions •, of the street (almost the principal one in the Borough) are next to impassable for foot traffic. Why not put the roadman to work there, and have a few loads of gravel spread, and so make the road passable?' Given up by the Doctobs.— "ls it possible that Mr Godfrey is up and at work, cured by so simple a remedjP" " I assure you that he is entirely cured and with nothing but Or Soule's American Hop Bitters ; and only ten days ago his doca tors gave him up and said be must die I " ♦' Well»a*day. ! " This is remarkable ! " I will go this day and get some for my poor George. I know hops are good. "Post. " Notice is given to-day that all persons found trespassing on lands owned, occudied or m charge of Mr John Saxon, or Mr Thomas Henson, with dogs or guns will be prosecuted. It is also notified that poison has been laid for dogs. These measures have been forced upon these gentlemen, by the fact of Sunday shooting being largely on the increase, and the dogs of the quasi-sportemen worrying and chasing the several flocks of sheep. It goes without saying none of the offenders have licenses. A great musical treat will shortly be offered the good people of Feilding. The TK>pular contata, "Faith Triumphant," by W. H. Boots, has been in active rehearsal for some weeks past, and will be renderod in the Presbyterian Church, on Tuesday, July 3rd. A number of popular local vocalists have leading part* assigned them, and a full chorus of thirty Yoicss have been secured. The production of the contata will be looked for with considerable interest. The conductorship 19 in the hands of Mr D. H Jenkins, who. has been unremitting m his exertions to insure the success of the cantata. An advertisement, giving full particulars, will appear in our next issue. A deputation of members interested in the speedy completion of the Manawatu Gorge railway will interview the Premier during dunng this week on the subject. The recent answer given by the Government, in reply to J>r JTewinan, that the line would cot be completed till 1891, is considered to disclose a policy sodisastrous j to the interests of the districts that many j members are much ; .^dissatisfied. The plans and specifications are ready, the money is raised v and voted, and there seems no sensible reason whatever why the line should not be finished, as Dr Newman suggested, in time for the Christmas holidays of 1889, instead of not being ready until two years after that time. We are pleased to learn that a very graceful tribute to the memory of the late William B. Bishop has been made by hie fellow workmen at the Kiwitea, Cheltenham, and Levin sawmills. A white marble column, standing on .a blue marble basement has beeu erected over the deceased's grave, the wholo surrounded by a chain and post guard. . The column bears the following inscription : " In memory of William Bartholomew Biahop. Di< d April 14,1 888, aged 30 years. Erected by his fellow-workmen." This tribute of respect on the part of the late Mr Bishop's fellow- workmen is an exceedingly meritorious one, and will serve to keep fresh the memory of one who was not only popular with hie fellow- workers, but was esteemed and respected by all who enjoyed his aoqsu^JaoqeeWjfc . ■ :