Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 100, 28 February 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

Bishop Hadfield has been elected Priniate of New Zealand. Cobbe & Darragh have for sale Green's Best Canterbury Bacon and Haras in cloth. The Native football team defeated the Leeds St. John's Club, on Tuesday last, by two goals and three tries to nil. We regret to learn that Mr H. Adsett, ofTaonui, had about 80 chains of tramway burned by a bush fire this week. It is rumoured in Napier that Mr J. D. Ormond is anxious to retire from politics and will not again be a candidate for a seat in Parliament. The following are the only nominations for the three vacancies on the Education Board :— Messrs J. H. Fry, G. Carbon, T. Hutchison, and the Rev. J. Ross. Several mobs of sheep, numbering in all 14,000 head, will come through the Gorge from Napier this week for this district, Messrs Richards, Larkworthy, and Davey being the owners. The Gazette notifies as an additional crossing place under " The Sheep Act, 1878," the place where the track to Hunterville, known as " Murray's track," crosses the boundary of the Napier and West Coast sheep districts. In Scotland there are 750,000 people who have no church couuection of any kind, and a Glasgow clergyman says that the want of sociability among the members is one of the chief causes that keep people away from the church. The Bank of New Zealand, Woodville, is threatened with legal proceedings by a Pahiatua resident for dishonoring a cheque when funds were available. The case will likely be heard at Napier, but the damages have not yet been stated. Mr Tosswill is acting for plaintiff. — Pahiatua Star. Mr W. E. Chapman announces to-day he has commenced business as house painter, paperhanger, &c, in Feilding. Mr Chapman is also agent for Washbourn's Hematite paints and McKeoghan's terra cotta paints, &c. For further particulars we refer our readers to his advertisement. A reporter of the Nelson Colonist has been round the hop gardens and reports that altogether the growers say that tney have every reason to be satisfied with the crops this season. They are decidely heavier than those of last year, and as the prices appear likely to rule higher, the growers should make up for some of their ill-luck of the paai few years, when crops have been light and prices low. The world produces for every pint of honey a gallon of gall, for every drachm of pleasure a pound of pain, for every inch of mirth an ell of moan ; and, as the ivy twines around the oak, so do unpaid advertising accounts encompass the unhappy newspaper man. Felicity, pure and unalloyed felicity, is not a plant of earthly growth. Her gardens are the skies. — Lord Bacon. Yesterday afternoon Mr Mason, who has been acting as manager of the Feilding agency of the Bank of New Zealand during the absence of Mr Allen, took his departure by the mail train for Wellington, en route for the Huttt, where he will be stationed for some time. During his residence here Mr Mason has made many friends who will always be glad to hear that he is doing well in his profession. MrL. E. Reade, of In vercargill. informs the Southland Times that he ia of opinion that tho death of his little boy the other day was caused through his swallowing some of tho seeds of olianthus, or kowhni, which grow near the house. He thinks the seed* germinated internally and so caused the littla fellow's death. The production by the Vivian Company of a thing callod ' Neck for Neck ' in Melbourne has causud a .small sensation. It appears that thero is a hanging scene in it, and the critics very justly condemn such abominable "realism, Certainly this sort of business ought to be put dow n with m heavy hand. Some of us will come to imnarTiifr quite soon enough, if there's justice in the land, without haying our feelings harrowed in advance.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.15 today :— N to W and SW gale within 12 hours. Glass fall. Indications show rain. We hear that Mr Gilmer has left the service of the Bank of New Zealand, and lias gone to try his fortunes at the Mahakipawa diggings. Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale to-day was well attended by the public, and the prices were satisfactory so far. A full report will appear in our next issue. On Friday last, just before sunset, Mr Menzies and some ladies were down at Menzies' Bridge when they saw two splendid trout, each being from 16 to 18 inches in length and of considerable girth. One of the fish leapt over a log lying in the water. They were seen further up swimming in shoal water, when the back and fins of the larger fish were seen out of the water. The sale at the Red 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 Red House, — Advt. Visitors to Paimerston 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 Wauganui, of mantles, millinery, straw goods, dust cloaks, sun shades, cotton and stuff dress materials, and fancy 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. Ross & Co., the Bon Marche". Paimerston North. —Advt. Certainly the best medicine known is Sandeb and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. Tost its eminently powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is in* stanfaneous. In serious cases, and ac» | cidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swelling — no infbiination. Like surprising effects pro* duced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swelling, &c. ; diarrhoea, dvsentry, 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 ut International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article, and reject all others. — Advt. It will be seen by advertisement of another column that Mr J. J. Curtis, in Grey street, Wellington, draws the attention of the tradespeople and others to the advantage they will receive by having tjoods consigned to his care. Consignees at present suffer from delay in transit at Wellington, and the consequent expense of storage, which would be entirely avoided. Those wishing to send parcels or presents to Europe are reminded that he has a cheap prompt delivery by each of the direct steamers for London. Par eels so sent are delivered at the door o< oonsignee, if instructed. It is also notif fied that he has special conveyance for the removal of furniture and luggage. Custom House work is, of course, a necessary branch of liis business. — Advp.