Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 141, 28 June 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

A batoh of parliamentary papers is to hand. Sir Harry Atkinson has now recovered and was able to attend the House yesterday. We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for the Cantata on Tuesday, The banquet to the Hon. John Bryce will be held in the Butland Hotel, Wanganui, this evening. A meeting of the Council of the Manchester Bifles will be held at the Stab office on Saturday, at 7.30 p.m. The Feilding Football Club is still waiting for a reply to its " standing" challenge to the Marton footballers. Now it is well known rmking is a popular amusement, a heavy tax should be put on rinks and nukists— like that on drinks and dnnklats. An old lady who has resided for many years in Cromwell, Otago, was arrested -for murdering the illegitimate child of her daughter, but has since been discharged. It is probable the shop at " The Other House" will be opened in a few days with an unusually large and varied stock of boots and shoes. "Do you think I'm a fool. sorP" than* dered a fiery Scotch laird to bis new foot* man. "Ye see, sir," replied the canny Soot, "I'm no lang here, and I dinna ken yet." Service will be held m St. Bridget's Church to-morrow morning at nine o'clock to celebrate the festival of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Eev. Father Graaty will officiate. Tenders are invited by Messrs Stevens and Gorton for 1600 stabs to be delivered at the Sanson sale yards of the firm before July 20th, Tenders will be received up to Wednesday July 4th. Our readers who are interested in orchard planting are reminded of the sale, to-morrow, of fruit trees and ornamental shrubs, at Stevens and (Norton's auction rooms, Fergusson street. Notice is .given to-day that Bobert Parr, a bankrupt, will apply for his discharge on July 25th at the sitting of the Bankruptcy Court to be held in Pahnerston on that date. Mr John Prior is solicitor for the bankrupt, A bad accident ocourred yesterday to Mr A. Strawbridge, a workman at Gawler and Co. 's Cheltenham Sawmill, whereby he had his right hand so much injured that Dr Johnston, who attended the sufferer, had to amputate two fingers. We learn from the Napior papers that a gang of skilful burglars have been plying their avocation very successfully in that prosperous town. Their latest feat was to break into a clothier's shop and supply themselves with complete outfits of wearing apparel. This morning Dr Johnston was sent for suddenly to attend Mrs Nixon, of Makino, but on his arrival he found she had died about half an hour before (5.30). The deceased wae^njtir her confinement. It is now kno\wj»at an inquest will not be necessary .^- It is stated that a Feilding resident, together with a brother at Wanganm, have between them interests in the Pemberton Small Farm Association to the value of £500, and the whole of this amount has goae— with Dudley Byre — for investment in San Francisco ! The seedless raisin is produced by simply arresting one of the processes of nature. When the grape is about onehalf ripe the end of the vine is bent down and buried in the ground. This prevents the formation of seed and the full development of the fruit, but it ripens all the same, and has a delicious flavour. The sculling match between Hanlan and Trickett was rowed at Bockhampton on the 13th instant, and, as everyone knows, Hanlon was an easy victor. Our esteemed contemporary, the Wanganm Chronicle, on Tuesday last published a sporting item to the effect that "Both men were in active training and doing excellent work f. r the coming event." Our contemporary's sporting writer m«st be a lenifll decendant of Bip Van Winkle j For two mouths past the members of j the Presbyterian Church choir, assisted by a number of prominent local vocalists, ! have had in active rehearsal Boots' celebrated Cantata "Faith Triumphant," which as a piece of music, is pronounced ' to be unrivalled in its class. The principal characters represented are — Queen of Syria (Soprano), Mrs J. JJ. Bishop ; Wife ef Naaman (contralto), Miss Bellve ; Hebrew Maid (alto), Miss Fraser ; Iran, Prophet of Israel (tenor), Mr A. Eade; | Nnaman, Champion of Syria (bass), Mr J. Bartholomew; Assyrian Priests, Messrs Harigill, Puryes, Stevens, and Shearer. The choruses will comprise 30 voices. The well-known ability and popularity of the leading performers, and the great merit of the cantata itself, coupled with the object of the performance, should , serve to 1 indue* the attendance of a large iad a^fa^attve atldienbe.

Our exchanges with, the Wellington Press come to hand yery irregularly. The N.Z. Times says: — A deputation of Wellington district members will wait on the Premier with reference to the Manawatu Gorge line, next week. They say there's a pub at Broken Hill whioh takes £10 > per day over the bar for drinks alone. The drought must be very severe up that way. The auction sale of stock to-day was well attended, buyers being present from \ Manaia, Hawera, and other parts of the j ©oaat. Sheep were in considerable de- ] mand and consequently realised good : prices. A full report will appear in. our next issue. I Mr Pish, a Dnnedin member, got a nasty I compliment paid him the other night by the Ladies' Gallery. When he got up to speak on Samuels' Divorce Bill the whole of the ladies in the Gallery, and it i was pretty full, got up and walked out. Mr Fish is evidently not a favorite with the ladies. We observe tnat a couple of mendicants who did very well in this district have got into trouble at Blenheim. Men who live on the plains are not so warm hearted as bushmen, and therefore it is not so easy to swindle the •' gentle shepherds." Dagging sheep would have made Peabody himself hard hearted. One reason which is being advanced as showing the necessity of extra taxation is the fact that, in consequence of the depreciation ia the value of property in the | colony, it is estimated thai after the next valuation for property tar purposes, which will take place next year, the tax will only yield £280, 000, instead of £360,000 as at resent. The sale of Japanese curios held yesterday by Mesrrs Stevens and Gorton was a great success. The attendance was very large, visitors from all parts of the district being present. As tho articles were all good and competition keen, the prices realised were simply astonishing, yet everybody seemed satisfied that they had only given fair priceß. We learn from a correspondent in the Waipawa Mail that some witnesses in the R.M. Court there are troubled with " a' dry cough" when awkward questions are put. This, in the opinion of some people we know of, would be a modest virtue and evidence of a strong sense of decency. When some witnesses give evidence in the Feilding Court a cough never troubles them— on the contrary. To-day's Chronicle says:— The police received information from Marton that a little girl named Maud Carroll, 11 years of age, had been burned to death at Bonny Glen. It appears that she was engaged toasting some bread for her mother, who was siok, and her clothes caught fire. Medical aid was at once summoned, but the little sufferer only lived a few hours. The Bey. Father Ginaty, whose exertions in connection with the opening of The Magdalen Asylum in Canterbury are so well known, and have been so succesful, is now in this district in connection with the good work. He is collecting subscriptions from the charitably disposed. The institution is now m full working order. There are thirty penitent?, from Auckland to Otago, who are of all denominations, Jew and Gentile, now under such treatment as must ensure their effectual reformation. Mr Canon, the Chairman of the Wan ganui Education Board, waited upon the Premier and the Minister of Education, while in Wellington, on the subject of the silver good attendance medals, the cost of which had been disallowed by the Auditor -General. The matter was referred to the Solicitor-General, who also gave it as his opinion that the expenditure was contrary to Jaw. Ministers promised to bring the question before the Cabinet, at its sitting yesterday, and the result will probably be telegraphed to the chairman to-day . A few days ago it was reported to the police that a lad had discovered the dead body of a Maori m the upper Aorangi bush. He gave such a circumstantial account of the state aud position of the remains that a search party was organised by Constable Moehan yesterday, and the bush scoured far and wide, but without result. Enquiries have been made among the Natives but no one is reported as missing. The boy describes the body as being in a stooping position supported by a supplejack, the feet resting on a coat which is lying on the ground, the flesh of the face decayed, and the hair fell off when pushed with a stick. There is only a bare probability that the story is true.