Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 35, 16 October 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

The Kiwitea Eoad Board will meet on Saturday next.

Holiday to-day with officers of the Bank of New Zealand.

An English mail will close at the Feilding post office at 4 p.m. to-morrow.

A requisition is in course of signature asking Dr Monckton to stand for the mayoralty,

The Herald is advocating the establishment of a frozen meat and refrigerating Company at Wanganui.

New Zealand last year sent to England 766,417 carcases of mutton as against all Australia's 88,811.

The recent rise in the price of wheat meant an additional £30,000 to the farmers in North Otago.

The Feilding Cricket Club will open the season to-morrow by a match Married v. Single. Play to commence at 2 p.m. It is expected there will be a large attendance of spectators to witness the match.

Letters of naturalisation have been issued to Wilhelm Miers. Frederick Miers, and Otto Walter, labourers, of Feilding.

An Indiana Judge has decided that a man who has been assailed with rotten eggs is justified ia shooting with intent to kill.

A brake load of new furniture was sent from Eade and Venn's establishment this morning to the order of a resident at Bulls.

In Waikato there are so many parsons and churches that tney have become a grievous burden to the people. So says the local paper.

Is it cheek to ask a newspaper proprietor how many " Kathleen Mavourneen" subscribers he has on his books ? Wo should say it was.

A young man named Michael Sheehan attempted to commit suicide at Auckland on Friday night by cutting his throat. The wound is not considered dangerous.

In a letter to the Auckland Weekly News Mr Vaile says the Wellington - Wanganui line of railway goes through Sandon. This is news.

Christianity in India is, according to Sir Charles Aitchison, adducing 5 per cent, faster than the growth of popula* tion, and is making greater progress than at uny lime since the Apostolic epoch.

The Wanganui Herald says the Investigation Committee of the Bank of New Zealand have made two serious mistakes. They have exaggerated the Bank's losses, and they have been vindictive.

Mr W. Spriggens has an inset in today, by which he announces he will commence a great sale of boots and shoes on Thursday next, in piemiaes near Mr VV. G. Haybittle's, in Fergusaon street.

Concise and to the point was the curious letter sent by a farmer to a schoolmaster aa an excuse for his son's absence from school: — " Cepattomtogoatatnn.' ' This meant— kep' at 'ome to go a-tatrin (gathering potatoes.)

The football match between the Native team and Kent, on Wednesday, was won by the former by a goal and try to a try, but in a match against Moseley on the following day, the Natives were defeated by two goals to one goal and a try.

At Masterton Mr Artbur Bunny, solicitor, was fined 10s for failing to stamp a letter in which the receipt of a cheque was acknowledged, the Bench, however, exonerating him from any intention to defraud the revenue.

A private letter from a gentleman in Canterbury to a friend in Waikato states that a private shipment of frozen meat returned in net cash to the shipper in Ch i istchurch over £9 6s each for bullocks, and £1 for sheep. — Waikato Times.

At a meeting of the Feilding State School Committee, held at the school rooms on Saturday evening last, it was was resolved, in view of the alleged prevalence of scarlet and roseola fevers in the town, to close the school dunug the present week. This is, we think, a wise step, and should meet with general approval.

The three men who left Westport in an open boat last Sunday week, and who were thought to hayo gone to the Mahakipawa diggings, were capsized four miles southward of Little Wanganui. They managed to get safely ashore, but were much exhausted. The men intend returning to Westport by sea with the first favourable breeze.

A fire occurred at Dunedin on Sunday morning in a four-roomed cottage occupied by Michael Fahey, a labourer, in which a man named Maloney was burnt to death. The other inmates, consisting of Fahey, his wife and family, escaped with the greatest difficulty, the man and his wife being burned, the woman so severely that her case is considered hopeless. It is believed that the huaband and wife were under the influence of drink

The Calcutta correspondent of the Pioneer, a paper published at Allahabad, in the N. W. provinces, says :- -Before leaving the subject I may observe that a batch of New Zealand horses have been recently landed, and are now at Garden Reach. It is said only a certain propor tion are intended for Government use. They a c a fine lot, one or two being par* ticularly promising creatures. The New Zealand trade bids fair, indeed, from all one hears, to become a regular and established one.

A narrow escape from a serious conflagration occurred in Manchester street last night. About 10 o'clock Mr Pollock was making his usual tour of his premises before going to bed, when, on entering the bakehouso he found it to b&io. a blaze. It would appear that one of his assistants, who had left the bakehouse between 7 and 8 o'clock, had takeu some pieces of wood from the oven, whero they had beeu put to dry, and one of these must have been slightly on fire without being noticed.

The New Zealand Times' London correspondent writes : — The Old Bolrfiers in the Colony who saw service in the Crimea will remember Florence Nightin* gale "the angel of light." She is not expected to lire long. For some year* past she has been an in patient of the St. Thomas' Hospital, suffering from some injury to her spine, caused by the long hours she stood on her feet attending our wounded soldiers in the Crimean war. She is now in her 67th year and although a «reat inrnhd she is as cheerful as ever, and is specially delighted when any old veteran who pnssed through her bunds during that now far off war, visits her.

We have to thank the Government Printer for a copy of the Statutes for 1888.

The Under- Secretary of Justice, Mr C J. Haaeldeu, was in Feildmg yesterday on a visit of inspection to the R.M. Court.

We are requested to announce that the spring and summer goods, ex Tongariro, for the Red House, will be displayed tomorrow.

It may be said suir.mer has now seriously commenced, because the mosquitoes were very plentiful and busy last night.

Messrs Cobbe and Darragh, of the Cash Exchange, have just received a magnificent assortment of spring and summer goods. Particulars in future issue.

A Home Mission service and tea will be held this evening at the Wesleyan Chapel, Grey street. Tea will be laid on the tables between 5 and 6, and addresses delivered afterwards by the Revs. Watkin, Tinsley, Griffin, and others.

In the absence of plumbago, those who tire annoyed b.y a creaking hinge on a door may be glad to know that by ruboing the end of a common lead pencil upon the offending part it will immediately be reduced to absolute silence Black lead is one of the best lubricators known.

A prominent legal practitioner informs the Dunedin Herald that more legitimate conveyancing business has during the last three weeks, passed through the office with which he is connected, than was chronicled in any three months, for five years past.

Lovors of Home music resident near the banks of Makmo's sweet waters, have been delighted o'nights lately by the sweet strains of the " Lincolnshire bagpipes," played with great skill and execution by several experienced performers who have lately taken up their residence there.

Mr Haliday has now got his show window neatly partitioned off from the shop by a handsome glass frame, which will act as a protector to the saddlery, &c. , by keeping them free from dust or damp. A large variety of new articles, such as whips, spurs, &c.« &c., were exhibited this morning.

" Moral Heroism" will be the subiect of a lecture by the Rev. W. S. Potter, of Wellington, in the Methodist Church tomorrow evening. As the lecturer's ability is well-known, the subject a very interesting one, which we don't hear enough of in these degenerate days, and the charge for admission merely nominal, there should be a good attendance.

"That ton of coal looks to me about 200 pounds short," said a family man. "and by thunder I'll have it weighed. The way some of these coal dealers cheat is wicned." After he had had it weighed, he said to his wife; "It's all right; weighs about 100 pounds o^er." "How much will you have to pay for the extra weight, John?" "Nothing. That's their mistake, not mine."

Mr S. J, Thompson, of the Eed House, Peilding. has been appointed sole agent m 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 any sort to be worked by the hauds of man, as might be supposed, but a chemical preparation, which, when applied to scrub, briar, gorse, docks, sorrel, etc., destroys the same. The manufacturers, who are a Melbourne firm, have receiyed numerous testimonials from farmers, gardeners, and nurserymen, testifying to its destructive qualities, and highly recommending it to agriculturists and horticulturists. Mr Thompson is now opening up a consignment, and will be willing to give information to perßone wishing to test the " scrub exterminator,"

"Therk's a good time coming, boys '" What with the gold discoveries at Ma' liukipawa, copper lodes, alum deposits and other minerals constantly being re» vealed, and the prices of our staple products on the ascending scale, we may hope and confidently expect in the near future a va.<t improvement in the fortunes of the colony, and a large increase to the volume of business at Te Aro House, Wellington.

We are amply prepared for such a result. All our departments are stocked with the newest goods, most advantageously bought. Our utmost efforts here, coupled with the ability of our buyer in the Home market, hare for this season enabled us to give greater variety and better value than is usually to be had, while the prices are exceptionally low at Te Aro House, Wellington.