The Feilding Star "SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1889. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 107, 16 March 1889, Page 2

The Feilding Star "SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1889. Local and General News

During ten weeks forty-nine men committed suicide at Monte Carlo.

We have to thank the secretary, Mr Shearer, for complimentary tickets for the Grand Concert on Monday night.

The Wangauui gaoler has gone to San Francisco. He has left his wife and family behind him.

Local bodies applying for loans from the Government must send in applications before April Ist.

A meeting of the committee of the Horticultural Society will be held on Tuesday next.

The Kiwitea Road Board was sitting as we went to press. A full report will appear in our next issue.

It is not true that the burst up of the copper syndicate in Europe was caused by the reported opening of the Maharahara copper mine at Woodville.

Mr Meadows, of London, will visit Feilding on Tuesday and purpose giving several gospel addresses, of which due notice will be given.

A number of new books were added to the Library to-day, which will be issued to subscribers on Monday or Tuesday, after they have been numbered and catalogued.

The Fiji Islands mission has 27,097 church members and 101,150 attendants at public worship. Fifty years ago there was not a Christian on th« islands ; now there is not a heathen.

On the Harbor Board Block there has been some really good burns this year, notably in the cases of Messrs Brown Bros., Mr Harrison, and Mr Framton. There is abundance of feed on the cleared land for the winter.

At the Duuedia Police Court on Tue - day three youths were fined £1 13s each in all, or three days' imprisonment, for setting fire to grass and flax.

At the wool sale held at Wellington on Monday by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, there was spirited competition for all classes of wool especially for good lambs' wool the prices for which ranged from 6id to 7£d.

A notice is published to-day that the toll collector's office at the Otanstaki bridge is the dog registration office for the M anchester Road District, and John Aitken, toll collector, and James Purkiss, of Halcombe have been appointed deputy Dog Registrars.

Our readers are reminded of the Fire Brigade concert to be held in the Assembly Eooms on Monday. The programme — which is a very attractive one — is published in another column. Apart from the "value received" by attending the concert a deserving institution will be at the same time supported.

The Napier News has the following : — A country hotelkeeper sued a man at Court this morning, and ou his Worship looking over the bill of particulars, he said he would have to strike out one item — a bottle of champagne, 12s 6d. This wae a luxury he could not allow, it being not ' according to the statoots.'

The Financial News has a disagreeable article upon the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, (Limited.) It charged the directors with paving a dividend which had not been earned, and, generally speaking, with pursuing a course similar to that which had been attended with such inconvenient results for the Bank of New Zealand.

Some of the best musical talent in the district is to be found in the ranks of our local Football Club, and it is quite probable that when a team is chosen to make a tour of the North Island, capabilites in that connection will be a desideratum as well aB skill on the ball — " On the ball " and "On the bawl " as the Beautiful Pilgrim would say.

To-day Mr C. P. Mai intimates that he has a section of land for sale in the Makino, on favorable terms. The section contains first class well grassed land and ten acres of useful bush. The house ts well built with iron roof and is almost new. Vl r Mai may be communicated with personally or by letter. Mr Mai informs us a portion of the purchase money may remain on mortgage.

A meeting of the Feilding School Committee was held at the school room last evening, all the members but one being present. Mr "Wilks, head teacher, was also in attendance. The prize books were allocated, and other arrangements made in connection with the presentation of the prizes, which is fixed to take place at the school room on Tuesday next at 2 o'clock. A letter from the manager of the Feilding Assembly Kooms was read, in which an offer was made to rent the hall at a low figure for the presentation of prizes, but owing to the shortness of funds it was decided to present the prizes in the schoolroom, as already intimated.

A meeting of the Library Committe was held on Thursday evening when a good deal of business was done. The Treasurer reported the funds in a satisfactory condition and, after paying all accounts, a sub-committee was appointed to purchase a aupply of new books. A vote of thanks wjib passed to the Feilding Brass Band for its services, and a letter of thanks was ordered to be sent to Mr W. H. Warren for his kindness in giving a lecture for the benefit of the funds of the Library. It was arranged to have catalogues of the books printed as soon as ■possible and issued at a charge to subscribers. A letter proposing to hold an elocution contest, was held over for consideration at the next meeting of the committee.

The Banks will be closed on Monday,

A dance will be held after the concert on Monday evening in the Assembly Rooms.

The Heuui Ironworks, New Plymouth, ,iad a successful tapping on Tuesday evonmg at 5 o'clock, when the metal ran freely into the pig beds, and some good Digs were obtained. The furnace is in •npital order and working splendidly, and ihore is every indication of a most success* ul trial.

A fatal accident occurred at Golsboruugh, Hokitika, on Tuesday morning. The wife of Ed ward McCormick, a miner, went to a shed to milk a cow. The children who discovered her a few minutes afterward, 6aw her in a sitting possition, motionless. They gave an alarm and she was found quite dead, apparently having been kicked on the temple by the cow. (At the inquest it was found that she died from apoplexy.)

A very successful entertainment, consisting of minstrelsy, comedy, &c, took place in the Bunnythorpe school house last evening. It was given in aid of the school library fund, and was well patronised. With the exception of one gentleman from Feilding, the performers were all local amateurs, and their efforts to please were thoroughly appreciated by an enthusiastic audience.

The Manchester Rifle corps was inspected last night by Lieutenant-Colonel Stapp. There was a very poor muster as some of the officers and non-commis-sioned officers were absent at Blenheim, and a number of the members were away harvesting. However, there were enough to make it a capitation parade. The Colonel instructed the corps in the new course of drill, with tolerably fair results. Several absentees were fined in the usual amount. General Pooth, of Salvation Army fame, held a great gathering a few days ago in St James' Hall, to celebrate the commissioning of the 7000 th officer of the Army. The General, speaking on the great economy practised by the followers of his scheme, said : — They sent out a few years ago a couple of lads to New Zealand, who, when they landed, had only 203 between them. The result was that in 12 months' time there were 1 7 officers at the station, and an income at the rate of £10,000 per annum. The commercial organ, " Money," predicts a bad time for Australia, and says before long we shall see a universal smash among colonial joint-stock banks and discount houses. " Especially," it says, "in danger are those institutions which have taken part in the reckless competition to lend mi ney on the security* of the land and house property in Australia and the Argentine Republic." It is now thor oughly well realised that the land " boom" in both countries has been worked up higher aud higher with British gold, and being purely artificial must collapse like a pricked bladder the moment this adventitious inflation is withdrawn. The danger to the Australian enterprises in special lies iv the general insufficiency of liquid assets, rendering it absolutely impoosible for all the banks to stand against a sudden fa 11 in values, suchap experience shows is the inevitable consequence of over-spe-culation." Cobbe and Darragh have just opened up a big lot of Wall Papers in really handsome patterns, and at unusually low prices. 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 bpmg 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,— Ad vt.

You should visit Wellington and abovall things go to the sale of overplus sume mer 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 closes on Saturday next, at 10 o'clock of the evening. Pail not therefore to giyo a look in at the overplus sale; Te Aro Housp, 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.