Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 73, 18 December 1888, Page 2

Local and General News

Messrs Bartholomew and Dunn have started a flaxmill at Levin. A northern exchange calls a drunk Maori " a tinted Bacchanalian." The Coptic, from Plymouth, via Hobart, should arrive in Wellington to-morrow. The banks will be closed here on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in Christmas week. We understand that Mr Gould is in favor of the dog tax being on a graduated scale in the Borough. The local paper says: — Pahiatua is likely to furnish food for gossip presently — a divorce case is on the way. To-morrow evening, at Palmerston, the installation of the R.W.M. of Manawatu Kilwinning Lodge 690 S.C, will take place. The entries received for the Feilding Sports on Saturday night totalled up to 192, or upwards of fifty more than last year. Captain Edwin wired we would have a heavy frost on Saturday night. What we did get was a warm wind and a great deal too much of it. Mass will be celebrated in St. Bridget's Church, Feilding, on Sunday next, December 23rd, at 11 o'clock, and on Christmas morning at 8 o'clock. As a result of the meeting of musicians held a few days ago, a string band is now being formed under the conduetorship of Mr John Curreen. It will be known as i the Makino String and Quadrille Band. We have received from Mr Sherwill, the ' ! Feilding agent, copies of the Phcenix Fire office calender, and pocket almanack for ' 1889. They are very handsome and should prove of great convenience to busi- ! ness people. ' Mr Christopher Brown, of Manchester , House, has a new advertisement in to-day in which he wishes his numerous clients a merry Chrismas, and in order that they , may fully enjoy this festive season offers a liberal discount on all cash purchases. Mr S. J. Thompson, of the Red House, < is to the fore to-day with his Christmas ] advertisements, to which we refer our readers. They will see there one ot the ] finest assortment of drapery, groceries and ] other tempting items, ever offered to an ' appreciative public. Dr Charlton has taken up hiß abode in the house, in Eyre street, formerly occu- c pied by Mr Price, and will henceforth ' pursue his practice in Feilding and the district. In this issue his card will be * found over the leader, giving the hours j when he may be consulted at his residence. * We loam from the Manawatu Herald j that Mr Russel has retired from the posi- r tion of editor of that journal and Mr a Thynne has assumed control. We are confident that Mr Thynne will do lionor "] to the position, and that his able pen will c prove a powerful factor in assisting the B prosperity of the Foxton district. Cobbe & Darragh's new advertisement appears in our columns to-day. The large and increasing trade which is being done by this popular firm is sufficient proof that those who patronise the Cash Exchange are so well pleased with the value i given them, that they not only go back -a again, but advise their friends to do the S same. 1

The Feilding Brass Band have beea ngaged to play at the Palmerston Caleionian Sports. A man, named Frank Rossa, fell off a mlk lying in the Wellington harbor, and ■/as drowned before being rescued. The Borough of Petone is goin*.{ in for t loan of £10,000 to be expended in watervorks :md draivn.'i-e. Mr Gould v.'ill support any p^opo*-.;*.! in 3orou<*h Council in tlie diroiTJon of ro)rganising the present impounding system. The new rules of the Feiiding Boxing Day Sports were compiled ftom those of ihe' Athlete Association of iin^iand, and Li*e therefore the best in the colony. Tbe cricket match between the Marton md Feilding teams played here on Saturlay last, resulted in a win for the visitors. Phe respective scores were as follows : — Fedoi:ig, Ist innings, 40 : 2nd innings, 74; total, 114. Marton, Ist innings, 93 ; 2nd innings, 23 ; total, 116, with nine wickets to spare. We regret that pressure on our space precludes om* giving a detailed report. At a meeting of the Feilding State School Committee, held on Saturday evening last, the whole of the members being present, applications for the position of head teacher were considered. Three applications were received — the Rev. Geo. Wilks, of Manaia ; H. H. Woodman, of Foxton ; John Harre, of Normanby. After some discussion the committee recommended the appointment of the Rev. Mr Wilks. At the installation of the Mayor of Geelong (Victoria) the other day, Councillor Humble, after returning thanks for the honor done him, invited the aldermen and councillors to meet him on the follow ing Sunday morning at the vestry of the Wesleyan Church a few minutes before the service commenced, aud to give an expression of what they felt in matters of of religious institutions, and to attend the service m the church. He said it was customary in Old England to do that and he believed it would gave a better tone to the business of the Corporation during the year. The Council agreed to act on the suggestion. [This is an example migbt well be followed in Nuw Zealand. Especially in Feilding.] A correspondent hi the Manawatu Times objects to the lowest tenders for contracts being accepted as, under that rule, *' outsiders who have no stake in the place" cut in and get the work to do, while the local ratepayers, who really know the value of the job and tender accordingly, are thrown out. The remedy is simple. Let the I estimates of the engineer be accepted as tbe true cost of the work to be done, and ratepayers who desire to undertake them send in their names to the local board to be ballotted for. Of course this plan has many objections, but still it would be a boon to the ratepayers, if they fulfilled the contracts fairly. This would do away with the disagreeable and expensive necessity of inviting tenders through the medium of the local paper. On the subject of the proposed Agricultural Show in Wellington the local Press says : — " The true purpose of establishing a Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association is entirely missed : and all attention is fixed on wnat ought to be regarded as an altogether subordinate and merely incidental consideration, — namely the local expenditure of money in connection with the Annual Show. Is this what all the enthusiasm means which baa been displayed in favour of the project ? Is it only pocket enthusiasm, something like the " love of sport " which often prompts a country publican to promote a race meeting when trade is dull ? If so, we venture to predict with the utmost confidence that the thing will be a hollow failure, and that there will be no Wellington Pastoial and Agricultural Association. This pocket enthusiasm, as we havo called it, has always been the bane of Wellington." We called it " catchpenny.',