Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 102, 5 March 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

A discovery of silver deposit is reported from Norsewood. The decision in the case of Te Eooti has been appealed against. An intercolonial rifle meeting is to be held in Dunedin during the Exhibition. Mr Harry Adsett of the Manchester sawmills, Taonui, has opened a branch at Wanganui. We understand a distinguished pedestrian will appear in the Assembly Rooms on Saturday night. The Manawatu Times says, at the settling up of the Autumn races the club had a deficit on the meeting. The Telegraph flatly contradicts the report that Mr Ormand is anxious to retire from political life. The Maori football team played the Runcorn Club (Cheshire), and won by two goals and two tries to a goal. A stalk of cocksfoot grass was brought from Birmingham yesterday, which measures 7 feet 6 inches. It will be exhibited at the show to-morrow. The feeling between Germany and the United States re Samoa has assumed a more pacific character since Germany repudiated the declaration of martial law. A report was circulated in Feilding on Saturday evening to the effect that Mr Lowe's Hotel, at Birmingham, had been burned down. We are glad to know it had no foundation in fact. The annual general meeting of the Manchester and Kiwitea Acclimatisation Society will be held at the offices of the Colonists' Land and Loan offices on Saturday, the 9th instant, to elect officers, &c. The poll was taken yesterday for the £4000 loan for No. 5 ward of the Manchester Eoad District, with the result that the proposals were carried by a majority of 20 voters and 32 votes. Only 41 votes were unaccounted for. It is rumoured by those " in the know" that a well known local sport has been " consulting" Adam Bede, with such good results that a comfortable bank draft will reach him shortly after the winning numbers are out of the Newmarket Handicap, which was run on Saturday. We understand that Mr Williams has resold Mr Macdonald's house and the adjoining land at Awahuri to a gentleman from Chrißtchurch. The Maories are expecting to get about JSOOO over the land case, which will in a great measure reimburse them for the large amounts they had to raise for professional services. Owing to the reckless manner, last night, in which a mounted officer of the Salvation Army flourished, like a madman, a torch he carried, a gentleman who was also on horseback, and who met the procession in Manchester street, was very nearly thrown by his horse shying at the flames, and bolting terrified by the flare, the shouting, and the jangling banjoeg. To-day Mr James Fraser gives notice that he has now finally established himself in business as a plumber and tinsmith, in premises opposite the Denbigh Hotel, Manchester street. He will undertake all the usual work of the trade at prices to suit the means of everybody. Mr Fraser is now making blowers for applying sulpher, or ashes, to the blighted vines or fruit trees. The following should be a caution to those persons who are in the habit of collecting bullets at the Manchester Rifle butts. It is a quotation from the Defence Act, 1886 : — " If any person wilfully commits any damage to any butt or target or other property used by the forces, or without leave of an officer of the permanent staff searches for bullets in or otherwise disturbs the soil forming such butt he shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds." As considerable damage has been done, it haß been determined to prosecute in all cases. A cricket match will be played to-mor-row between the Feilding Cricket Club and the Feilding Football Club, play to commence at 1 p.m. sharp. The following men have been selected to represent the Feilding Cricket Club : — Messrs Benson, Fetch, Sherwill, Lance, Wrightson, A. Pringle, Valentine, Simpson, Millen, Stevens, and Morey. The following are the names of players to do battle for the Footballers : — Say well (2), Broughton, Iveson, Fowler, Halcombe, Horsford, Hirst, Parr, M. Belfit, Robinson, Bell, and Lovejoy. Football uniform to be worn. We may say that the footballers are very confident of victory.

The death is reported in the Wanganui Herald of Mr Strachan, who was formerly schoolmaster at Awahuri. The Crawford-Hunter party of Scotch vocalists will probably appear in Feilding about the middle of this month. Te Kooti was released from the Mount Eden gaol on Monday afternon. His sureties were found and he has gone back to the Waikato. Cobbe and Darragh have just opened up a big lot of Wall Papers in really handsome patterns, and at unusually low prices. The Times correspondent at Mahakipawa wires that last week's results were — Intermen and party, 270z of gold ; Hippolite, 270z ; Gregg, 15oz. The pictures to be disposed of by Art Union, as notified in another column will be on view at the Horticultural Show tomorrow. Tickets may be had from Mr W. Reading. The Persian public decided the other day that the railroad is an enemy of the human race, because a man who jumped off a train while in motion fell under the wheels and was killed. They accordingly tore the cars to pieces and would have wiped out the train employes if the latter had not taken to their heels. 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. Ail who need cheap goods (clean and fresh) should visit this annual stock sale the Red House.— Advt. A Westport man threatened to horsewhip the editor of the Charleston Herald, and the following are the remarks made by the latter there anent :— Poor devil ! We wonder how sick he was, and if he took a bottle of Schnapps and a bucket of mussels to put his stomach in order again ? Why didn't he go for a Turkish bath after reading it ? But the horsewhip part of his effusion lays us over properly. We wonder if ho has a horse? He must have a whip or he wouldn't talk about it. We wonder if he eyer had it taken from him and laid over his own hide ? We should like to know if he wears stays, and had his ears pierced ? However, we have an old strip of cowhide hanging up in our sanctum, and the never failiug paste brush is always on hand, besides in a case of emergency we can sacrifice a brick or two out of the grate. He is welcome to the favors this combination can bestow whenever he visits us. It will be seen by advertisement in another column that Mr J. J. Curtis, of Grey street, Wellington, draws the attention of the tradespeople and others to the advantage they will receive by having goods consigned to bis care. Consignees nt present suffer from delay m transit at Wellingtofl, 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. Parcels so sent are delivered at the door o« consignee, 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, o necessary branch of his business. — Advt. You should visit Wellington and abovall things go to the sale of overplus sume iner drapery at Te Aro House. You should visit the sale. Why ? Because the bargains have been numerous and astonishing and the remainder 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 i loses on Saturday next, a* 10 o'clock of the eyening. Fail not therefore to giye a look in at the overplus sale; Te Aro House, Wellington. 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. 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.