Feilding Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1889. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 83, 17 January 1889, Page 2

Feilding Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1889. Local and General News

Mr Hudson, dentist, was in town to-day. The Feilding State School will re-open on Monday the 21st instant. The death is announced of an old Welfl lington resident, Mr Joseph Burne, who arrived in this colony in 1848. London contains 260,000 working single women, whose individual earnings do not average more than Is per day. Little Scrub and British Lion were yesterday scratched for all engagements at the Wellington Summer Meeting. Captain Harlow, of the Salvation Army, Wanganui, was fined Is and costs 14s yesterday. The fine was paid. The Manchester Rifles will parade tomorrow evening at 7.30. It is rumored that an action against the Feilding Borough Council is likely to arise out of a recent impounding case. The reason some men can't make both ends meet is because they are too busily engaged in making one end drink. Last year the grain merchants got all the benefits of the rise in wheat ; this year the farmers will reap the harvest in a double sense. The Manawatu Racing Club on the advice of the Metropolitan Club, dismissed the protest against Paradox, winner of the Maiden Plate on Boxing Day. The Maori football team met Castleford (Yorkshire) club on Monday, and were defeated by three goals to three tries. For laying poison within six feet of the road a Taradale proprietor has been fined 5s and costs. The maximum penalty is jeio. The Premier expects to leave Wellington for Auckland in about a week, and will address bis constituents at Hawera en route. The intercolonial cricket match between New South Wales and Victoria was concluded on Tuesday, the former winning the game by eight wickets. We have received from Mr E. Goodbehere, the Feilding agent of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, a copy of the very elegant calendar of the company for current year. Six vessels of the Australian squadron arrived in Wellington on Tuesday afternoon, viz., the Orlando, Calliope, Rapid, Opal, and Lizard, from Auckland, and the Raven from Lyttelton. A Woodville special to the Post says : — Samples of chalk or plaster of Paris were shown in Woodville yesterday, brought from Pohangina. Large quantities have been discovered on the ranges behind Danevirke. Its commercial value is said to be i£lo per ton. The Wellington Appeal Court has granted leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Roche v, the Attorney General. This is a case in which the court ruled that Mrs Roche, a married woman, of Dunedin, could not hold a publican's license. Even a worm will turn sometimes, and the following notice in a Nelson paper is a shining example : — " On and after Ist January, 1889, all orders for Printing or Advertising, the amount of which doeß not exceed Ten Shillings, must be prepaid."

Mr Summers sent us yesterday half a dozen bottles of horehound tonic beer, manufactured at his establishment in Gladstone street. As a summer beverage we found it excellent, lwvng bright, and sparkling, while pleasant to the palate. It is worthy of note that this beer is entirely non -intoxicant. Mr R. C. Tennent, manager of the Bank of N.S.W., having returned to Wanganui, Mr Smith, his substitute, took his departure on Tuesday for Nelson via Wellington. During his stay in Wanganui Mr Smith has made many friends, and his business relations have been of a pleasand description. A very awkward thing happened at Newport lately. At a fashionable dinner party the hostess allotted a certain lady to be " taken in" by a certain gentleman. The gentleman obeyed, although the lady happened to be his divorced wife, to whom he had not spoken since some time before his marriage to a second wife. A contemporary says : — " J, H. Craig is believed to be the largest man in the world, He is 32 years of age^ stands 64ft 4£in, and now weighs 7631b5. He used to weigh 8381bs, but by means of tobacco keeps himself under 8001bs. ' ' We should say there was either a lie or a misprint concealed in this paragraph somewhere. The Canadians are not going to leave all the talk about annexation to Uncle Sam. The Halifax (Nova Scotia) Herald makes an admirable suggestion ; — " It has occurred to us that the present is an opportune time for the British Foreign Office to consider the propriety of taking steps to re-acquire possession of the United States of America." The " new curate" in Wanganui has got himself into hot water by " flying on face of providence," and professing to disj pise the press and its reporters. The poor i lad has in consequence been castigated in a manner that will make him " sorry he spoke. 11 We are surprised a little that the local papers should have been so severe on the offender, because they surely must have known the Rev. youngster was suffering from inflation caused by his " new pair of breeches." Messrs Dalgetty and Co. cable from Melbourne : — " We held our twelfth wool sale on Friday, offering 1260 bales. There was a representative attendance of buyers, and a somewhat better tone was manifest in the biddings. Late prices were well maintained. Good greasy merino realised lOd, with 12£ d bids for superior. A strong demand also prevailed for greasy crossbred and scoured. We quitted upwards of 1000 bales, making a total of 2800 for the week, and 23,000 for the season."

From our Wanganui exchanges we observe that Dr Monckton, of Feilding, who represents that Borough on the Hospital Board has become a convert to the proposal for the erection of a new hospital at WanganUi, on the ground that the existing building is inadequate to present requirements. So long as the country districts which will not require the hospital are not bled for funds to erect it, there can be no objection to the erection of a new building, but as a representative of a country district Dr Monckton will do well to keep this phase of the question in view. — Manawatu Times.

A refreshing shower of rain fell this afternoon. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.15 p.m. to-day :— E. to N. and N.W. gale after 16 hours with rain, Glass fall. The B.M,S. Tainui arrived at Auckland last night. She will leave for Wellington on Saturday. There is a rumour that King Solomon's mines havo been found in the Bembobo Mountain?. A horseman of experience says that the use of lard between the hair aud the hoof is an excellent remedy for the quarter cracks or other imperfections of the hoof. • Brains will tell, 'said a talkative" cmde to an old gent. 'Yes,' was the reply ; 'some kinds will, but the genuine article is known how to keep its mouth shut. — Washington (Jritic. A son of Mr Apel, a settler on the Makino Road, aged 14 years had his leg broken to-day by a fall from a horse. Dr Monckton was sent for and set the broken bone. Mr. Gladstone, who is one of the best examples of physical preservation extant, eats simple meals, with claret for lunch, aud claret or champagne and always port for dinner. A formula of his is to chew every morsel thirty-three times. The duty of a doctor to hia brother physicians, as defiued by the old code, is to pronounce them all murderers in the first degree. The old code has established among' physicians the same beautiful har mony which we observe m tomcats. As the Manawatu Road Board have done nothing towards remedying the evils complained of by Mr Grant, Mr Jellicoe has written Btating that unless something is done at once another action must be commenced. The feeding of sulphur to animals and poultry may be excellent at times, but it should never ba given in damp weather. If given in excess it causes leg weakness in poultry, and also injures larger stock. The Cabinet has had such a scare from the outspoken criticism of the press on the appointment of the Railway Commissioners, that they have not been able to rmister courage to make the appointment of a Judge. J. Clark won the walking match at Paknerston on Saturday evening last against Young Mickelson. The match was a well contested one, and the distance covered in 6 hours 33£ miles. Clark won by a few yards. In order to protect local productions in Victoria it is proposed to put a poll tax on all single girl immigrants. The tax will be levied in the same manner as the tax on Chinese immigrants. To make the impost equitable it should be on a weight for age basis — or a sliding scale of beauty. We have to thank the Minister of Lands for a copy of rhe Manual of the grasses and forage plants useful to New Zealand. Any of our readers may refer to the same on calling at this office. We will make further reference to this valuable book in a future issue. A. P. Meeks of Occidental three years ago was annoyed by the codhn moth. After trying several remedies without relief, he planted at the roots of his apple trees, tansy seed. This has completely eradicated the insect, and the orchard is free from its ravages. — Santa Rosa Democrat. Raw meat chopped fine and fed once a day will jn'oduce more eggs than other food that can be giyen the hen. One pound of rough meat to fifteen hens is sufficient. The meat should be lean, and, if preferred, may be cooked, but it gives better results when given raw. It is not expensive when the increased number of eggs is considered. According to the Wairarapa Star, the Rev. Mr Chapman at one time acted as a newspaper correspondent in that district. Let us hope he did not contribute anything but frozen facts to the press during that period, and that it was not on his own knowledge of press writing he made the statement that he did not place much reliance in what he saw in newspapers. — Chronicle.

At the financial committee meeting of the local Court of Foresters, held last evening, the quarterly and yearly balance sheets and auditors report were adopted. The Court has, during the past year, added £32 3s lOd to the Sick and Funeral Fund, making a total of £604 10s 7d, The Court has paid for sickness during the past year £71 18s 4d. Average per member £10 8s 4d. Notwithstanding the continued heavy winds experienced in this district a few weeks back, together with a severe frost, Mr Lucas' garden, in Denbigh street, is just now well worth visiting. His crop of apples promises to be very large, while in damsons, magnum bohum and other plums he has magnificent crops some of the trees being literally covered with fruit. The Boulangerists are said to be stigmatising M. Floquet as a coward for refusing to fight a duel with M. Laur, with whom he recently quarrelled in the lobby of the Senate. This is rather cool considering that M. Floquet whipped Boulanger not so long ago with his own weapons. Surely they do not expect he is to chastise the tail as well as the head of the party ! Mr Vincent Pyke -wired from Dunedin to the Premier on Saturday: — "A ridiculous hoax has been palmed off upon the Dunedm papers to the effect that the Government have aj p anted Mr J. Me Kerrow chief commissioner of railways, and Messrs Maxv/ell and Hannay assistant commissioners. Please authorise me to give the statement an unqualified denial." The necessary authorisation has not yet been received. We (Chronicle) understand that Messrs Walker and Hatrick have secured a full load of local produce for the barquentine St. Kilda, which will have quick deSqatch for Sydney, Let us hope she is but the first of a regular line of intercolonial traders, and that the entrance to the river will be speedily attended to and improved, so that no delay may be caused to vessels trading here from Australia and other foreign ports.

Many farmers have an idea that a turnip crop, in rotation, acts aa a regenerator of the fertility of the soil. t)r ! Gilbert, on the contrary, declares that it is the most exhausting of all crops if the produce be removed from the land, and that the prevailing idea is only partially justified when the roots are eaten off in the field where they are grown j Tins reasoning is so feasible that it does not require much evidence or argument to sustain it, although these are plentifully supplied. Superphosphate of lime is a wonderful manure for turnips, but when repeatedly applied, without a corresponding supply of nitrogenous matter, the crop of turnips is speedily reduced from 14 tons to 1 ton per acre. What is true of the turnip is more or less applicable to other root crops. — Age correspondent. Cobbe &, Dan*agh have for sale, cheap, a new double Buggy, made by Bouse and Herald, Wellington. Look out for the annual stock taking sale at the Bed Houee whicji will take place shortly. Every article marked^ down in price. — Advt.