Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 47, 27 September 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr Seddon, M.H.K., was kicked in the stomach by a horse some days ago, and ia confined to bed in consequence. Mr Peter Bell, draper, is mentioned as a probable candidate for the Wanganui mayoralty in the event of Mr Laird not standing again. On Sunday last the Right Rev. the Bishop of Wellington attained his *' jubileft" as an ordained clergyman, having taken holy orders 50 years ago, viz., in the year 1838. The Lyttelton Times has been shown a hen's egg six inches by three, and weigh- ' ing a quarter of a pound. This must i j have been the production of some unforI tunate hen trying to solve the egg and a i half puzfcle.

The Doric arrived in Auckland on Monday. | i Mr John Dnthie is a candidate for I the mayoralty of Wellington, and has opened the campaign agam.st his opponent, Mr T. Kennedy Mucdonald, with vigor. The late warm rains have done a great . deal of good in this and the surrounding districts. Feed for stock of all kinds is iu abundance, and the gardens are all j looking well. Messrs Stevens and Gorton held a sale of stock here to-day. The entries of cattle were numerous, and there was a good attendance of buyers. Prices were well maintained. A full report will appear in our next issue. Cobbe and Darragh have a good selection of garden tools, consisting of spades, rakes, hoes, and trowels. They also hold a large .stock of Tates' renowned garden seeds. Mr W. Carthew, bookseller and stationer, with a view to further accommodation for storage, has just added an additional room to the back portion of his business premises. This should mean more bis. A notice will appear in our next issue from Dr Speers, in which he informs his numerous clients in this district that his address will, for the future, be 42 Margaret street, Sydney. The advertisement reached us too late for publication to-day. The Herald has reason to believe that gold will yet be discovered up the Wanganui liver. As there is a £10,000 reward offered by the Government for the discovery of a new gold field, prospecting should be actiye during the coming summer months. The promoters of the entertainment to be given in aid of the Public Library have decided to have it a week later than was at first arranged, the date now fixed being October 10th. The object of the postponement is to allow sufficient time for making the affair as great a snccess as possible. Referring to a disagreement which had taken place between'a couple of acquaintances in Feildmg, a mutual fnend said " Let it up, old man, remember what the scriptures says, lex talionis," which means, you know, if your brother hits you on the chops give it back to him back again." Fact ! The Birmingham Town Council intend to present Mr Joe Chamberlain with the honorary freedom of the borough. The casket takes the form of a temple, and is surmounted by the figure of a fisherman. It is rumoured in the clubs that the casket has been manufactured out of thirty pieces of silver. Oh ! Mr E. Meadows, representative of a London firm, was in Feilding to-day making enquiries in connection with the eheese and butter produce of the district. He informs us he will return in about a month to do business. He left by the morning tram for Longbarn, and will go on to Wellington to-night. Says the Palmerston Times : — " The lambing in the Cainpbelltown district is expected to result in a bona fide increase of 100 per cent., although the Advocate will haye it that the " morality" among the lambs has been great. It was Judge Ward, we believe, who first associated morality and mutton, when he traced crime to the difficult digestion of tough •chops." A Wolverhamotonrorrespondent states that during a heavy thun lerxtoin a collier named Bates, who had lust Um sight through nn accident, was heing I<-H home, when a dish of lightning was refl-cted on the spectacles he was wearing to conceal his disfigurement. After the peal of thunder wh'ch followed he complained of pain in his head. Ihe next moment, to his surprise, he found that he had re gained possession of hi* eyesight. The occurrance has caused considerable excitement in the locality. Further evictions have taken place at Woodford, accompanied by the most atrocious cruelty. Houses were demolished by means of a battering ram, and the occupants were turned out at the point of the bayonet, many being most brutally assaulted by the bailiffs armed with crowbars. One tenant was so fearfully injured that within a few minutes he expired. The sceue was most painful, and it was only by the greatest violence being shown by the sheriff and the men under him that a not did not ensue. The whole district has been thrown into a. state of ferment and revolt. A very largely attended meeting of parishioners was held at Christ's Church Wanganui, on Tuesday evening, to consider the position of affairs. It was lively throughout, and cannot be regarded as being altogether creditable so far as language went, personalties being indulged in on both sides. One speaker stated that all the incumbents they had had been starved out, and that was what was being done with Mr Tudor. Ultimately an amendment to the resolution proposed by the incumbent's party was carried by 41 to 36, to the effect that the Synod be asked to make full enquiry into the causes of the present condition of the parish. The Band of Hope meeting, id the Methodist Chapel on Tuesday evening, { was attended by an enthusiastic audience. Allowing for the threatening aspect of cloud land, there was a good number ( present. Mr Gr. Smith gave a solo — I " Crouching beneath the arch." Miss t "Whisker recited, in a pleasing manner, " Little Jem." The Secretary read " The bridal wine cup," which was well received. Mr Roberts, who is a willing and acceptable worker, gave a humorous recitation — " Mr Dashington at college" — which brought the house down. Miss E. Watts and' Mrs Richardson gave a solo each, with which tho audience seemed highly pleased. Mr Harrison and Harriet Fuller also entertained the meeting. The President, the Rev. W. Harris, delivered a telling address from his own observations, on the evils of the liquor traffic. Mrs Richardson, as usual, kindly presided at the harmonium. The meeting took a lively interest in awarding the prizes for recitation, when Miss Whisker, H. Fuller, and P. Thompson were adjudged the recipients. The firstnamed young lady kindly returned her prize to be competed for at the next meeting. Mr S. J. Thompsou, of the Red House, Feilding, has been appointed sole agent in Feilding for the "scrub exterminator." It is not a machine to be worked by steam or by horse power, neither is it a tool of anj* sort to be worked by the hands of man, as might be supposed, but a chemical preparation, which, when applied to scrub, briar, goree, docks, sorrel, etc., destroys the same. The manufacturers, who are a Melbourne firm, have received numerous testimonials from farmers, gardeners, and nurserymen, testifying to its destructive qualities, and highly recommending it to agniulturists and horticulturists. Mr Thompson ib now opening up a consignment, and will be willing to give information to persons wishing to test the '■• scrub exterminator."

Captain Edwin telegraphs at 9 a.m. to- | d?y : —Telegrams to expect nsinz barona* pfp'r and southerly winds hare been sent to at) i laces The Wairarnpa Star vouches fo^ the following as a fact :— Maaterton bon f icp, eyeing a dilapidated- looking swagger sternly and severely, " Long beer did you say ? can you pay for it ?" " Guess I can," replied rags and tatters, throwing do vim a £5 note. Landlord to barman (in altered tones). "Hand that gentle- I man a chair, John, he looks tired." j Th«* English footballer* niet with an accident on Tuesday at Dnnedin, which was nearly attended with serious results. I When returning from a drive to Brighton I Bench, the nreiik fniled to hold in descending a steep hill and the result was that the vehicle was capsized over the bunk, smashing through a fence and rolling into an adjoining paddock. A. . number of the occupunts jumped out, ' but the others were unable to get clear, and were thrown hearily on the ground. ; Fortunately however, all escaped with slight injuries, though the escapes were almost miraculous. The Manawatu Time* say's : — Tbe employees at the Foxton fkxuiills are A routjh but honest body of men. anil judging by an incident which has been related to us, they appear to resent in the strongest of manners practices of dishonesty. One of the men recently appropriated a couple of pounds from the pockets of one of his mates. The delinquent, on being discovered, was stripped, lashed to a whipping-post, and given a sound thranhing with the "' tails." He was then taken to the river bank, and ** heaved in." This punishment lie was promised every day he remained in the place. Needless to say that the outcast soon made himself scarce. Probably in no country are examples of longeviiy so numerous and so striking as in Russia. Almost every dny (says the Pall Mull Gazette) the newspapers contain well authenticated accounts of women and men who took part in, and have a vivid recollection of, the mos noteworthy eveuts of the last quarter of the 18th century. The latest of these instances is that of a woman who is only 40 years younger than the Patriarch Isaac was when he died. This human relic of the pun I. who celebrated her 140th birtnday some weeks- ago, lives ex« elusively on potatoes and milk. She was at all times a strict teetotaller She is still livi-ly, brisk, iind cheerful, and can read without spectacles.