Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 93, 12 February 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ Some Feilding butter realised Is per lb in London. The Doric arrived in Wellington on Sunday-. The Resident Magistrate's Court will Bit here on Thursday next. Mr C. Y. O'Connor has been appointed Engineer-in-Chief for the colony. Mr W. H. Warren is admitted to be one of the best elocutionists in the colony. The new ranger made a good haul yesterday and " pretty well" filled the pound. An electric storm broke over the Taranaki district about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Two men, named Tuckey and Molloy, were drowned in Lake Brunner on Saturday. Horace Bent, the nigger man, is now a patient in the Melbourne Hospital with a broken jaw. The net profit ef the colony this year on wool, produce, frozen mutton, &c., will be something over three millions. It is anticipated that 2£d per lb will be ihe ruling price for good quality of cocksfoot this season on the coast. Th« Maori football team met the United Service Club at Portsmouth on Saturday, and won by three goals and a try to nothing. The Earl and Countess of Onslow Lord Cranley, two children, and suite are booked to leave London by the P. and 0. Company's steamer Victoria on February 22. : The Foxton Racing Club have presented their late Secretary, Mr J. K. Russell, with a gold stop watch for his past services. Mr F. Andrews succeeds him in liae pceiiicD. "

Meeting of the Horticultural Society Committee to-night. Our collector will be out to-morrow, and we hope he will be successful in his work. Mr J. E. Henry, secretary of the club, intimates a meeting of footballers will be held on Thursday next at 8 o'clook in the evening. The names of the Feilding Licensing Committee for the current year are : — Messrs E. Goodbehere, Haybittle, Kirton, Rutherford, and Sherwill. On Sunday a well-known Waitara blacksmith, named Telfar, was drowned in the river. Judge Denniston was sworn in yesterday morning, and left for the South il the afternoon. T. McKay won the dancing contest easily against McLennan, for L2O a-side, at Marton, the Championship of the North Island, and 75 per cent of the door-money. Owing to pressure of business in the Native Lands Court, Mr Ward will not preside at the R.M. Court here on Thursday. The Bench will be occupied by Justices of the Peace. The Masterton correspondent of the N.Z. Times says that " Patience" was produced there by a number of amateurs and attracted full houses. Mr W. Bray gave a capital readition of Grosvenor. A startling inset is published with our issue of to-day from Mr C. Smith, of Te Aro, who is disposing of his splendid stock of drapery in The Other House, Manchester street. A Feilding man standing on the deck of a steamer from Melbourne, the bows of which were aimed straight at New Zealand, was heard to mutter — " Thank goodness, we will get something fit to eat in a few days." The Nelson Evening Mail refused to publish the Jockey Club's nominations because the Club would not advertise, and says that when racing clubs prefer to support a racing organ to a local journal it is only fair they should go to it for what they require. At the wool sales at Christchuroh yeaterday morning several foreign buyers attended, but refused to buy if oneeighths bids were taken. The brokers refused to give way, and the sale proceeded. The buyers were only local. Although the Wellington Post states very decidedly that Mr O'Connor has been appointed Engineer«»in-Chief , members of the Cabinet now here seem to know nothing about it, and state that no appointment has jet been decided on. The agent of the Presa Association in London is learning geography, and has discovered that Jamacia is **a British colony in the West Indies." Why he should rejoice over his discovery, and telegraph the information to us is a mystery as deep as that which hides the bill of fare at the dinner Lord Beresford had with the Emperor of Germany. The valedictory address of Judge Ward, when he left the Bench the other day, has received the approval of all the respectable newspapers of the colony. The deep sarcasm expressed, when he said he would prefer that people "should ask why he was not appointed, rather than why he was appointed," must have been galling to those at whom it was directed. At the request of Mr G. J. Boudry, Mrs Macarthur has consented to turn on the gas at the Palmerston gasworks on the 23rd instant. The town will also be illuminated on that evening, and for this Mr Boudry is now making special arrangements. — Manawatu Times. [If the railway authorities are "up to Dick" they will run a " special " from Feilding to Palmerston and back on this occasion.] We understand that in response to many enquiries from stockowners in this district, Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co. will hold a ram fair in Feilding next year. This will be very popular, and consequently largely patronised, because Feilding is now the centre of one of the finest Bheep growing districts in the colony. We congratulate Messrs Jackson and Co. on the energy of their firm, and the enterprise of their local representative, Mr Carr. The new ranger commenced bis duties yesterday in a most energetic fashion, which reminded one forcibly of the proverbial new broom. A grey horse, which never in its life before was guilty of an indiscretion, opened a gate and wandered into the street twice, and was promptly impounded on each occasion, while a horse which was tethered by a 'gentleman on his own section, was liberated (by itself, of course), and marched oft to durance vile. We believe in a man doing his duty, but there is such a thing as over zeal. The Halcombe Cricket Club are sending a strong team here to play the return match to-morrow. We hope our local team will be able to give a good account of themselves. The following members have been picked to uphold the honor of Feilding, viz.: — Messrs Benson, Fetch, Sherwill, Valentine, Stevens, Nix, Simpson, Millen, A. Pringle, Mason, and Wrightson. We may state that the Halcombe Club have not been beaten this season, therefore we expect our men will have their work cut out to score a victory. There has been lately an alleged ghost cruising about on the Tapnui road, a few miles from here, which has been the cause of alarm to at least one able bodied settler on the block. Conjecture is paralysed as to who this " memory of a departed spirit" can be, because it is said to wear the regulation winding sheet and things, whereas all who have " shuffled off this mortal coil" in that neighborhood have been bushmen who died with their boots on, poor fellows, and who, when returned to the bosom of mother earth, were clad only in their ordinary moleskins and flannel Bhirts. In our opinion a handful of coarse salt discharged in the rear of the alleged apparition would solve the problem. At a meeting of local shareholders of the Wellington Meat Preserving and Refrigerating Company, held at the offices of Messrs Stevens and Gorton, at Bulls, the last balance.sheet oi the company was read, and adversely criticised" by those present. Mr Donald Fraser, a director, explained the losses of the company were caused by useless and unprofitable shops being kept open in Wellington, owing to the preponderance of town interests. The country directors were opposed to these, but the majority were against them. If the shops had been shut up the company would have a shown a profit of £1400. He advocated that the number of directors should be increased from six to seven. The following resolutions were passed: — '* That the directors be requested to carry out a clause that has already been passed to let all the butcher's shops' excepting one. — That the shareholders present are much dissatisfied with the manner in which the accounts are placed before them, inasmuch as there is an enormous expenditure of over .£9OOO sterling ap wages, salaries, and charges which is nit given in sufficient detail as to enable the shareholders to judge where the losses yearly occurr ; and had it not been for the courtesy of Mr Donald Fraser, they would not have known that a loss of £986 occurred in the shops during the last financial year, clearly showing that a gross and reckless mismanagement has taken place; — Condensed iroui Advocate.

The gentlemen who have been asked to conduct the enquiry into the oharges preferred against District Judge Rawson by certain residents of New Plymouth have not yet replied to the request to that effect made to them by Government a few days ago. — Post. The public have responded very liberally to the invitation of the scholars at the State School, to subscribe towari? s a fund to purchase cricketing and football materials. The head teacher, the Rev. Q. Wilks, is endeavoring to arrange to to have the use of the paddock next the school for practice. On Sunday, when a son of Mr Holland was riding from Bunnythorpe to Feilding, after the news of the fire had reached the family, his horse put its leg through a decayed bridge, or oulvert, and fell,throwing its rider heavily. Fortunately the latter escaped with only a few bruises of a not very serious character. "Puff" says:— " ParnelTs Scottish action against the Times has been dismissed, but Parnell has appealed ! So much the better for the lawyers ! They must be making a pot of money out of Parnell one way or another ! Never mind, there's plenty more where that came from ! They subscribed £50 to the fund at Hawera on Tuesday ! It would be precious hard to get £50 at Hawera for any good object, I know ! They'd better pay their butcher's and baker's and newspaper bills before they send money Home for Parnell's lawyers !" The sale at the Bed House is now in full swing. The special feature of this sale is that the stock is unusually heavy, consequently there is the greatest possible variety to chose from. Several very special job lines to hand, viz., the whole of a warehouseman's samples of hats (several hundred varieties), also about 4 dozen ladies jackets which are all being sold at less than wholesale prices for cash. The sale is to last for a short time only. All who need cheap goods (clean and fresh) should visit this annual stock sale the Bed House,— Advt. The following tenders have been re* ceiyed by the Public Works Department for the Ashurst contract—Napier-Palm-eraton railway .—Accepted — Knight and Honeybone, Christchurch, £14.484. Declined — Wilkie and Wilson, Wanganui, £15,776; A. Macfarlane, Wanganui, L 16.83 8; Carr and Bogle, Napier, L 17-,-216; J. Wbittaker and Co., Dunedin, LI 7,310; Glendinning and Griffin, Napier, L 17.414 ; W. G. Bassett, Palmerston North, L 18.54 8; Lovett and White, Auckland, L 18.680; Jones and Peters; Palmerston North, L 18.726; J. Saunders, Wellington, L 18.76 5; P. Scally, WoodyiUe, L 18.92 4: J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch, L 19.13 9; Coates and Metcalf, Palmeroton North, L 19.45 3; T. Denbigh, Wanganui, L' 24,320. Certainly the best medicine known is Sander and Sons' Eucalypti ExrsACr. Test its eminently powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief is in« stantaneous. In serious cases, and ac» cidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, acaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swelling — no in flamatipn. Like surprising effects pro* duoed in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the tunes, swelling, &o. ; diarrhoea, dfsentry, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article, and reject all others. — Advt. Visitors to Palmerston are respectfully invited to inspect the display of new goods just received and now opened out at The Bon Marche". Embracing what is admittedly the largest stock between Wellington and Wuuganui, of mantles, millinery, straw goods, dust cloaks, sun shades, cotton and stuff dress materials, and fancr and general drapery of every description The firm being direct importers are in a position to give their patrons equal value to anything obtainable in the colony, they invite inspection and comparison of their season's imports quite independently of any purchases being made. C. M. Boss & Co., the Bon Marche*. Palmerston North.— Advt. You should visit Wellington and above all things go to the sale of overplus summer drapery at Te Aro House. You should visit this sale. Why ? Because you will benefit' amazingly by so doing and make your money go further than it eyer did before, if you will but call at the overplus sale at Te Aro House, Wellington. You should visit the sale. Why ? Because the bargains have been numerous and astonishing and the remaiader of the overplus will be sold at still lower prices during the present week at Te Aro House, Wellington. You shonld visit the sale. Why ? Because it is the last week and it positively closes on Saturday next, February 16th, at 10 o'clock of the evening. Fail not therefore to give a look in at the overplus sale; Te Aro House, Wellington. You should visit the sale. Why ? Because you would enjoy the outing. Because you would purchase cheaply. Because you would save money and oeoause so many of your neighbors have done so by visiting the sale of overplus stock, at Te Aro Houee, Wellington. Do not delay, we cannot possibly extend the time, the sale will positively come to an end at 10 o'clock in the evening of Saturday next at Te Aro House, Wellington.