Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 116, 6 April 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr Macarthur, M.H.R., will address his constituents in May. The Manchester Road Board was Bitting as we went to press. A meeting will be held in Feilding on Thursday next of cricketers, with the view of forming a county club. We have to acknowledge receipt of the N.Z.L. & M.A. Company's report of the Sydney markets, dated March 22nd, There will be a meeting of the Sports Committee at Mr Bray's office this (Sat- \ nrday) evening. We remind our readers that the Most Rev. the Primate will hold a confirmation service in St. John's Church on Monday eveniag next, at 7.30 p.m. Some new entries have been made to Messrs F. R. Jackson & Co.'s sale on the j 14th instant, and among them we notice a line of lambs from the famous Endowment Block, where the best mutton on the coast is now grown. The Kiwitea Road Board notifies that ! the dog tax in their district has been fixed at 7s 6d, with a rebate of 2s 6d on all j dogs registered on or before June 80, 1889. ' Mr Church, of Kiwitea, has been appointed Deputy Registrar, at his store, Kiwitea. We have received a very excellent sample of flax, dressed at the hempmill of Messrs Gichard, Caldwell, & Co. It is the finest specimen we have yet seen, and if the whole of the fibre turned out is of equal quality, it should take a high place in the market. The sum of £56 7s 6d has been raised by public subscription in Auckland for the relief of W. Skelton, armourer's mate of H. M.S. Lizard,' who lost his leg some time ago through injuries received whilst assisting in extinguishing a fire which broke out in Auckland. The authorities have been pleased to appoint a Bon of Mr Diamond, of Makino, as messenger to the telegraph office. The work in connection with the Post and Telegraph Offices in Feilding has increased very much lately, and this addition to the staft has not been made before it was needed. The evangelistic services, conducted bj Mr Duncan _ Wright, of Dunedin, in the Presbyterian Church, during the oast week, vrere brought to a close last evening, on which occasion there was a large attendance. . Mr Wright towards the close of his address, strongly condemned the growing spirit of gambling in the colony. At the close of the service the Bey. Mr Murray, on his own behalf and on that of the congregation warmly thanked Mr Wright for his labours and trusted good results would follow therefrom. Mr Wright left for Bulls to-day on his evangelistic mission. . Yesterday morning Mr J. C. Thompson left for Onehunga, Auckland, where he will reside . for some time. We regret that the ill -health of Mrs Thompson haß made it necessary for that gentleman to sever his connection, even temporarily, with' Feilding, and hope the cause of his absence will be removed by his estimable partner in life being restored to perfect health and strength. Mr. Thompson will be much missed, be-cause-he has; always been a most useful citizen, a- painstaking Magistrate, a diligent member of the Borough Council, and the life and soul of the temperance cause in this district. A moderatelyrfilled house greeted the Alf Lawton Last Sensation Company on Thursday evening last. The back seats were crowded, but the. front seats were neglected by the~publie. Mr Alf Lawton, in bis different comic songs in character, was excellent, and was deservedly encored each time he appeared. Miss Spencer, with her sweet soprano voice, sang her I songs to perfection, and received justice at. the aud&nce.h&nds. The step dancing [of ..Mr:. .Law.ton . and' Miss Spencer was ! greatly admired, as also was the sand jig • given by the latter. .The performance concluded with, a laughable farce; and :»ll were unanimous that they had got "talnejt' for their money. The performante was repeated last night to a good at<£ndanees „ ? . ■ „- ■ .';

We have pleasure in referring our clients to a notice which appears over leader to-day. Mr G. V. Shannon was in Eeilding today en route for his estate in Waituna for a "few days. He will then leave for Auckland. - Mr Reading received a telegram to-day frbnj the Fisk Jubilee Singers, asking for the Feilding Assembly I'ooins on or about the 17th instant. At the criminal sessions yesterday, at Wellington, R. T. Price, for larceny received two years' hard labor. His Honor refusing probation. The C oinniissioners (says the Hsrald) have decided to erect Refreshment Rooms at Aramoho, and -instructions have been given to prepare specifications. .j. . Mr E. Wakefield, formerly member of the House, and -now editor of the Weilington Evening Press, is about to pay a visit to England and the. Continent. . -. The Mosgiel Woollen Campany haye received an order from London from a West End house for 200 rugs similar to those shown at the* Cohudenea. The order was entirely unsolicited. A correspondent, writing to the Financial News, defends the Lyttelton and Timaru Harbour Boards from the sweeping condemnation by that journal of the New Zealand Harbour Boards generally. On Thursday, at Chmtchurch, Mr Justice Denaiston sent a bankrupt, .named John Henderson, to prison for three months. The bankrupt, who had carried on business in a small way aa a general storekeeper, had kept no books for the last three years. $ I Wntiug recently to a friend m Wellington, a Melbourne resident remarks that robberies in that city are becoming noted. ♦♦ Houses," the writer says, " are ransacked continually. One family the other night were drugged with ether, while the thieves continued their unlawful search of the premises," . . The abnormal' severity of the season and the extraordinary heavy snowfalls hare made the wolves exceedingly aggressive in the Southern Provinces. Issuing from the Podohan and Volhyman and Lithuanian forests, they have assembled in formidable numbers, compelling the inhabitants in the smaller towns and the Steppe hamlets to observe a constant watchfulness. On the Nicolaieff postroad a pack of some two hundred wolves appeared some days ago. They were partially dispersed by an organised raid, but such travellers as haye the temerity to proceed by that route in sledges are officially warned to see to their weapons. On Saturday a man in an inebriated condition called at the Post Office delivery counter at Masterton, demanded a pint of beer, and was locked up for safe keeping. On being brought before the Bench he complimented : the police for their action, stating that he Had a considerable sum of money in his possession, which he would probably haye otherwise lost. At the Dunedin Police Court on Thursday Alexander McGregor and Murdock McLeod were fined £100 each, or three months' imprisonment, for being unlawfully in possession of an unlicensed still. The imprisonment will not relieve them of the fine. McGregor asserted that he knew nothing of the affair, but had gone with McLeod to cut wood at a place. As he is a son of a well-to-do farmer this statement was disbelieyed by the Bench. Cobbe and Darragh will be showing their new goods at the Cash Exchange early in April. Their purchases of general and fancy drapery for the coming season are, owing to their increasing trade, on a large scale. And as they have already established a reputation for the variety, excellence, and cheapness of their goods, we are sure the public will do well to defer making their purchases of Winter Drapery until they nave inspected the new stock at the Cash Exchange. — Advt.