The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1888. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 25, 9 August 1888, Page 2

The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1888. Local and General News

We have received No. 22 of Hansard, i A mendicant was begging for bread and butter in Feilding yesterday. t Members hope the session will close s about the 22nd or 23rd inst. c The E.M.S. Alameda arrived at San t Francisco on Sunday., \ The firebell will be rung to-night at \ eight o'clock. « English mails via San Francisco will : close here to-morrow at 8 p.m. The lateet statistics show that there are , ■ 16,449,990 Sunday scholars m this world. j The R.M.S. Ruapehu from England, , via Hobart, should arrive in Wellington , on Sunday, , A " howling drunk" went up the Kimbolton road a few nights ago. Several young females were alarmed by the brute. The audited accounts of the Borough of Feilding for the year ended March 31st, 1888 are published with to-day's issue. In order to prove the fallacy of " Pro- - tection," Government have given the order for the Wellington Post office clock to an English firm. A flaxmill is about to be started at Waitara, By the way, when is the flaxmill going to start here to which certain privileges were granted some months ago a by the Borough Council ? V The Wanganui Herald says : — We trust f some day the railways of the colony wil g be run on principles that are likely to r encourage people to cuter on local induss tries, in place of by rule of thiunb redtapeism. s There was a flare of fire seen in the direction of the Makmo last night. The mghtwatchtnan gave the captain of the Fire Brigade a timely call, but there was » nothing which required the services of brigade. Yesterday we saw some very excellent samples of ham aud bacon prepared by ~~ Mr Fairfield Thompson, of this place, to fill a private order from Wangauui. They were quite equal, if not superior, to the '- famed Canterbury production. When the escaped Jonathan Roberts' shirt was found " close to where his trousers and vest were found last wee':," the Government refused to send an " exir pert" to report on it. This economy is s commendable, because unusual. Special juries have been granted or the .. application of the defendants in the libel ,_ cases Martin v. Gillon and Martin v Blundell Bros. The cases are set down , for trial at the next civil sittings of the ° Supreme Court, commencing on the 13th s instant. — Post. . The New Zealaud Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received 0 the following telegram from their Lonk don office, dated 3rd instant : — ' Tallow ;. — Market firm. Good mutton is worth 255, and beef 23s per cwt.' The advisableness of supplying all public libraries and institutes throughout the Colony with copies of ' A Manual of - the Grasses and Forage Plants useful to . New Zealand ' is being brought under the notice of the Government by Mr Bruce. The Mahakipawa diggings are likely to turn out very well. The indications of quartz reefs are plentiful, and the gold in the gully promises to turn out well as P soon as the creeks go down. Most likely , it will be very patchy like Deep Creek was in the old days. The '* dairy expert" has exploited Wan- • j<anui and will do ditto to Hawera and • New Plymouth. From thence he will • proceed to Auckland and " still onward" to Te Reinga where he will jump off and go to teach departed spirits how to make butter and cheese out of ghosts' milk. ; We hear that great changes are likely to be made in the running of the trains ' on the Wanganui section of railway. The 1 , through trains from Wellington to New , Plymouth are to be abandoned as utter failures. The Goyernment officials are , also getting tired of playing " second 1 fiddle" to the Wellington-Manawatu i Railway. The wonder is how they stood it so long. We have a notice in to-day with refer- i " ence to outstanding accounts rendered up to June 30. We feel sorry to be com--1 pelled to put clients or customers to expense, but their own carelessness or indifference to our wants are alone to blame. We object to striking the names of old j subscribers off our books, but if they no p longer can pay, their patronage is worse ! than valueless to us. i Sir Bernard Burke is collating inforJ mation from " our leading families" with i ! the view of publishing a book on the same t I lines as " Burkes English Peerage," to c be entitled •' Burkes Colonial Gentry." c This work, of ever published, ought to be the most entertaining bo. k of the age. " Burkes Family Romance" is truly considered a collection of yarns which put Baron Mun h u-sen in the s 1 shade, but would have to " hide its diminished head" if the true tale of "our j » colonial gentry" were told. The funeral of the late Mr Rees-Moj»g r took place on Monday afternoon. The first part of the burial service was read in I the Collegiate School Chapel by the Rey. v Mr Williams, the choir singing the hymn 4 ' Now the labourer's task is o'er." The g > coffin was followed to the cemetery by a t long procession, consisting of the boys and masters of the school, and several b townspeople. At the grave the boys sang tl the hymn " Let Saints on earth in con- ! cert sing." The service at the ceine'ery i J waa conducted, by the Rev. Mr Tudor. — j T Waneauui Herald. ! to

The Manawatu correspondent of the / Wellington Post telegraphed:— " It is * stated that in consequence of the inability of the Manawatu Road Board to pay Mr , Grant his damages and costs, the.Supreme Court has appointed Mr H. Axup as a i receiver." This report will be a severe : blow to Palmerston. i A good deal of the trouble with children r might be saved if the little ones were \ kept warmly clad in the cold damp t weather. This can now be done at a very i c small expense, as Cobh and Darragh are selling (we might almost say giving away) little girls ulsters from 1/6 each, and ] little boys warm evercoats from 4/6. I j A bonus for the encouragement of the i manufacture of condensed milk, is sug- ] gested by Mr Mills, the member for Port 1 Chalmers, who wants a vote for this pur- | * pose to be placed on the Supplementary , 1 Estimates. Mr Mills judiciously paved i the way for this proposal some weeks ago 1 by distributing some most excellent [ \ samples of condensed milk manufactured j by an Otago firm, ' \ The Havelock correspondent of a Blen- i heim paper, writing on Monday, says : — ' There is no news of importance from the ' Mahakipawa goldfield, but there is a con- ' tinual stream of new arrivals daily. About 20 came over in the steamer Waitapu from Nelson on Friday, and I hear from authentic sources that a great many are now walking from Oamaru and the West Coast. There cannot be fewer than 500 men on the field. The whole business of the R.M, Court to-day was brought to a standstill by the absence of parties to suits who are resident in Halcombe. The custom has been to allow Halcombe cases to stand over until the arrival of the 11.3 a.m. train, but the inconvenience of the practice was so patent this morning that the Resident Magistrate has decided to put a stop to it. Suiters and defendants will, therefore, in future have to be in attendance at the Court House at the hour mentioned on the summons. The desirableness of appointing a Com* mission, to consist of three commercial experts -one to be selected in Auckland, one in Christchurcl', and one in Dunedm — for tiie purpose of preparing a scheme for reorganising the Civil Service, so as to bring its costs within the means of the colony, and fix the salaries of the Civil servants on a fair and equitable basis, to enable the House to deal with the whole question next session, is to be brought ud to-day by the member for Marsden. — To-day's Times. The following is from the Australasion. The conduct of a solicitor was bought before the proper tribunal, on the com* plaint of a professional brother, that he, the aforesaid solicitor of this honorable Court, contrary to the rules and regulations in that behalf duly made, and to tlie form of the statute and the dignity of his profession, having made some money out of land, had purchased a suburban line of cabs, and was running the line in his own name. The charge was proved against him' and it was expected that he would- have been struck off the roll, but the Judge said : 'This is a con» veyancing case. A solicitor may properl v deal in conveyances, be may charge For them, and may even draw them himself, though in this caso he is hardly iikely to do so, unless he is a donkey. I dismiss the complaint.' Our Tailoring the " talk of the town." Why? Because our Linings and Trim* mings are of the best qualities. We put no inferior stuff into the garments we make. We are always desirous that all we turn out sliall not only !ook well, but wear we 1. We have thus an eye to the future. A customer once served ly us comes again, not once or twice but «s lontr as we are wi hin reach. Try for yourself at Te Aro House, Wellington. Wht? We answer this by saving, Wher- else can you see such an excellent variety of superfine Cloihs, Worsted Ooatings, Venetians, Melton (^loth. Di» ngonals, Sataras, &c, &c. all suitable, and in much favor for Coats, Vests, and Suits? Where else can you obtain such a choice of Tweeds for Trousering* or Suits of Colonial or Foreign make ? We say confidently nowhere else, and all we ask is try for yourself at Te Aro House, Wellington. Why? Because our Tailoring Show Room is easy of access, is convenient for size, is fiited up with all the latest access sories. Because gentlemen may select their materials in privacy, away from the bustle of the shop, and our Cutter will be in attendance to give advice, which is in« valuable from his indubitable taste and experience. So we say try for yourself at Te \ro House, Wellington. Patterns with price lists and charts fwr self measurement forwarded free by post on application to James -initu, the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. Wellington.