Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 150, 19 July 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

Reading matter will be found on our first page. There was a very heavy fall of hail here this morning. Volunteers are reminded of the parade to-morrow night. W« notice that Mr W. Watts has commenced to erect the bell tower in Manchester Square. The libel action, Adam Armstrong v. The Wairarapa Observer, has been settled. The Observer apologises and pays costs. We regret to hear that Colonel Stapp had to return to New Plymouth on Tuesday night owing to the serious illness of Mrs Stapp. We have to acknowledge receipt of comphmentary tickets for the Church of England festival in the Foresters' Hall to- morrow evening. The installation of officers of the Feilding Masonic Lodge will tako place on Monday next. The proceedings will be followod by a ball. Jack Taiaroa, the well known native footballer, declined to play at Wellington unless the team was a purely native one i He does not believe in half measures. The Herald Bays that the police have secured photographs of Dudley Eyre for transmission to America and elsewhere in order to assist in securing the defaulter. The dead body of a man whose name is unknown, was found at Leslie Pass, near Waiau, by one of Mr Duncan Rutherford's boundary riders on Tuesday morning.

There has been a heavy flood in the I Rangitikei river and the Onepuhi Bridge j ! rendered impassable for horses and drays, j but planks have been placed for foot passengers. The Governor has had no word as to whether he is to be appoiuted to this colony for another term, but expects to be sent to the Cape Colony vice Sir Hercules Robinson. Mr Wilson, tho member for Foxton, is exerting himself to have that port reopened as a Port of Entry and the Manawatu Herald says there is reason to believe he will succeed. Mr John Ollivier has retired from the contestf or the Ashley seat as the electors want a local man to represent them. A fossil named Marmaduke Dixon is in the field. The Rev. W. Harris will deliver a lecture entitled " Common Mistakes," in the Mangaone school-room to-morrow evening, after which, a coffee supper will bt held. In the debate on Supply Mr Brutio strongly condemned the frequent allusians to " the working man and said the working man was better off in New Zealand than in any other part of the world. In Wanganui yesterday a man, named Charles Enerby, was fined £9 9s and lis costs for illusmg a boy. Half the fine was ordered to go in payment of the lad's expenses, and to provide him with clothes. The Wellington Chinamen are so disgusted with the increased duty on opium that they have unanimously resolved to stop importations. This means that the article will be smuggled, and the duty lost to the country. It is currently stated in Melbourne that litigation is likely to take place between the representatives of the deceased partners in the Argus proprietary, in order to compel one to purchase the share of the other, in pursuance of the agreed method of winding up the original partnership. The new patterns of paperhangings just received by Mr W. G. Haybittle, are of the latest English designs selected by him personally from samples forwarded by the manufacturers. As our readers are informed m the advertisement, the pnces are remarkably reasonable considering the splendid quality of the articles. We see by an exchange that on Saturday, the 9th instant, there was a local meeting of shareholders in the Equitable Insurance Association at Hokitika, at which fifteen thousaud shares were represented. A sub -committee, with a solicitor, were appointed to enquire into the affairs of the Association, and report in a fortnight. The Committee to which Mr Walker '\ proposes to refer the question of privilege in connection with the memorandum of Mr Macdonald, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, will be composed of the Speaker, the Colonial Secretary, Sir John Hall, Messrs Ballance, Ormond, Samuel, Downie Stewart, Seymour, and the mover (Mr Walker). The following are the names of Feilding juryinon summoned to attend the District Court to be held at Palmerston North on Wednesday, the 25th instant : — E. Barton, Charles Bull, John Campbell, G. W. Fowles, Joe. Fowles, Walter Stevens, Wm. Stevens, H. Rutherford, H. J. Haliday, R. Humphries, C. Roe (senr.) Hugh Johnston, John Gould, and E. Goodbehere. The Foresters' Hall to-morrow night will possess no ordinary attractions to lovers of good music and of good cheer. The Annual Social Gathering and Promenade Concert in connection with the Church of England will then be held, and we understand great preparations are being made by the ladia* and gentleman on the Executive Committee to ensure the greatest success to the event. The hotels and clubs in Wellington are said to be bo bad that " globe trotters" have to be lodged in Government House at the expense of His Excellency the Governor, If he treated this sort of people as " sundowners," Sir William would not find the expense so great as to complain of it; nor would they trouble him so much, and would probably be content to put up with the worse accommodation of the hotels, even if they had to pay for it. We again direct the attention of our readers to the sale of Feilding, Palmerston, and Foxton properties to be sold by Messrs T. K. Macdonald and Co. tomorrow (Friday) at their auction rooms, Manners street, Wellington, at eleven o'clock. The sale is being held to close the partnership accounts in the estate of Messrs Harcourt and Co. The Feilding properties include houses and land in Gladstone street, Makino road, and Queen street, and building sites m East street and Manchester street, of which details appear on the first page. The Wellington correspondent of the Napier Telegraph says : — The general conclusion come to is that the Opposition has abandoned the hope of office, they want the session closed as early as possible, so that they can attend the opening of — or, at all events, go to — the Melbourne Exhibition. Rumour — that suspicious jade — has it that a number of the members want the Government to send the Hinemoa with them, so that they could haye a cheap hotel to live m whilst visiting the Exhibition. The members of the House have receiyed an invitation, free railway pass, &c, so you need not be surprised if the rumor becomes a fact. Lucky Bargees! The New Zealand Times •ays: — The Premier was not so well last night, his cough being so bad that he was obliged to leave the House early and go home. Supply was accordingly postponed. — It is intended to set up Supply the first thing to-morrow, when it is anticipated that l~r Witney's amendment will be negatived on the voices, or, if division be called for, by an overwhelming majority. — The Freotrada Party held a caucus yesterday, and resolved that they would " not hamper their future action by joining any party except on a question of principle — It is said that on a careful " whip" being made with reference to the question whether tho San Francisco mail contract should bo renewed, there was found to bo an assured majority against the renewal of tho contract. Some time ago tenders were advertised for in this papor for tlie construction of a log (irate to protect the bank of the Oroua. Although wg hear of want of work, yet very few tenders wero received, aud those at such an exorbitant price as to be prohibitive. Dr Monckton then determined to try und effect a diversion of the river from his land by a cheap groin formed by close stabs, at an angle, faced with boards, and strongly spurred behind. The effect appeared good enough to cause several modifications of the same to he built m I different places, and the late flood applied what was wanted, viz : a crucial test, which every one troubled with superfluous hydraulic power, will be pleased to learn haR proved the plan to be both I cheap and effoctiye.

It is rumoured that the colonial war* ship Protector will be despatched to Port Darwin, and that about half a d<>zen torpedo launches are to be procured from England for the protection of the gulfs there. Nothing definite, however, can be ascertained. In consequence of the recent extensive sheep-stealing by Kyrrison and Batches i lor in the northern district, a sheep Farmers' Protection Association has been ! formed at Rangiora, Canterbury, to pro- ! tect tlie farmers against similar depredations in future. Heary as is the taxation imposed by the .new tariff we do not for one moment ' suppose that it will suffice to make both i ends meet, and restore financial equih» j bnum, if the colony maintains its present extravagant rate of expenditure in many unnecessary directions. — Post. J We have received a letter from the Rev. Father Ginaty in which wo are inform- J ed the opening ceremony of the Mount >' Magdala Magdalen Asylum will take place on Sunday next, by His Lordship the Right Rey. Dr Grimes. A question has been raised whether there is any precedent for the Governor absenting himself from the Colony while Parliament is in session ; and whether, before the departure of the Governor, the Ministry tendered any advice as to the inconvenience of his absence in the event of a charge of Government before bis return. Mr Hutchison has tabled a query to this effect.— N.Z. Times. From a report forwarded by H. H< Hayter, the Victorian statist, we learn that the following were the total returns of live stock in the Australasian colonies at the ena of the year 18R7 : — Horses, 1.439.484; cattle. 8,916,970; sheep, 96, 462,038 ;pigs, 1,114,171. Of the various colonies, New South Wales possesses the greatest number of horses and sheep, Queensland has the greatest number of cattle, while New Zealand takes the lead in pigs. A new clause given notice of by Mr Fergus in the Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Bill is of a decidedly useful character. It provides that when any person is arrested and brought before a i Court for any offence, and the complainant, or the person on whose behalf the j information was laid on the defendant, to pay all expenses incurred in making the arrest and bringing the person charged before the Court. The new clause has been drawn at tho suggestion of the Under-Secretary for Justice. We suppose everybody in Australia has heard of "Money" Miller, the.MeU bourne millionaire, who died recoatly. It is reported in town that the assest ment of his estate for probate purposes has already reached the enormous figure of three millions, and that it has not been half exhausted yet. This is a terrible satire on the futility of human endeavour for it is well known that the diseased millionaire was so eager to avoid paying probate duty on his estate that he kept »q unsigned deed of gift, so that if death seemed inevitable he could sign and so avoid piobate. But grim fate in mocking irony decreed otherwise, and when he died the paper was still unsigned. The consequence is the Government gets a regular windf til. The Akaroa correspondent of the Christchurch Press says :— " It is reported about Akaroa that the now not* onous J. Roberts was seen in that town, and that he had a long conversation with a particular friend there, aud the fact tiiat the Harbormaster's boat disappeared the same ni?ht, and has noL been seen since, makes people here believe that he was well stocked with provisions an.d pulled boldly out to seu, with the chance of being picked up by a passing vessel. As it has been blowing nor'- west for the last day or two, he would have made good progress, and got well olear of the land. He is an expert hand in a beat, and owned one when living here." The reward for the information leading to the discovery of the escaped convict Roberts has been increased to £50. Now that we may expect some cold weather and th© Winter is duly setting in, tbe matter of purchasing Flannels is a very important one, and "one who knows" advises all and sundry to either bay 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, 6Jd, B£d, 10|d, and Is per yard ; 2nd, a Tery 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, aud 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 huye 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. j