The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1889. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 124, 25 April 1889, Page 2

The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1889. Local and General News

j The Feilding Brass Band have been ! engaged to play at the Foxton Races on Saturday next. The Manchester Bides will parade for inspection and drill to-morrow evening at the usual hour. The Secretary of the Feilding Club desires us to intimate that the English papers have now arrived. Mr B. Thompson, member for Marsden. addressed his constituents at Arapohue, and received a yote of confidence. The Manchester Bifles returned to Feilding on Tuesday night from the Nelson Easter Encampment. Captain Edwin telegraphn to-day: — Warnings for heavy westerly gales and rain have been sent to all places. The stock sale of Messrs Stevens and Gorton to-day was well attended and prices have slightly declined. A full report will appear in our next issue. The district quarterly meeting of the Loyal Manchester Lodge, 1.0 0.F., will be held at Feilding on Friday, April 26th, at 6 p.m. At Maidstone, England, aB prored by investigation , 1 09 electors accepted a pound apiece to vote for a candidate and then cast their ballots for the opposition. It is rumoured that " Smith," who fought Laing yesterday at Wanganui, is no other than "Costello," a leading Australian pugilist. The Poneke footballers met the Auckland Grafton Club on Tuesday last in a match at the Tramway Company's grounds, Epsom, aud defeated them by 12 points to six. Extensive alterations, under the supervision of Mr Watts, builder, are being made at the future residence of Mr Turner on Whisker's late property. Good progress is being made with the work. Mr G. F. Richardson, Minister of Lands, addressed the Mataura electors at Wyndham, Invercargill, on Monday night, receiving a vote of thanks and confidence His speech dealt chiefly with the land question. Sir John Hall and Lady Hall and their family, who arrived from England by th» R.M.S. Simutaka, l«ft Wellington on Tuesday afternoon by the s.s. Mararoa, for Lyttelton. on their way to their station in Canterbury. Mr Frank Lincoln, the renowned American caricaturist, who is at present playing in Melbourne, has, through his manager, communicated with Mr Beading to the effect that he will shortly visit New Zealand and will include Feilding in his tour. The meeting of householders at Makino, to elect a School Committee, on Tuesday, was poorly attended, when the following were elected for the ensuing year — Messrs J. H. Fry (chair jaan), J. Holder (secretary), G. E. Little, Cawood, Peterson, W. Baker, and T. Strawbridge. A private letter received in Wellington from Sir Julius Yogel says he has sent in his resignation as a member for Christchurch North to the Speaker. He intends to remain another year at Home, and will then return to the colony, but not with the intention of re-entering political hfe. A man, whoso name is unknown, was drowned in the Otira river, Hokitika, on Tuesday. The body is being cony eyed to Kumara. Another man, whose name is also unknown, met with an accident while shooting at Kaiwakawa. He shattered his thigh, and was laying in the bush all last night. It was freezing hard the greater part of Monday. A large bell for the Feilding Fire Brigade has just been cast at Te Aro Foundry (says the Post.) The bell has a very fine tone, and should give every satisfaction, A somewhat similar one wae recently cast at the same establishment for use in Invercargill. At the present time Messrs. Luke and Sons are oueily engaged in the manufacture of flax strippers, orders of which are numerous. The Mayor of Wellington, Mr John Duthie, was a visitor to Feilding yesterday. Mr Duthie came by way of Ashurst, and visited a portion of the Pohangina, the Harbor Board Block, and Kiwitea. He expressed himself as being surprised at the marvellous amount of clearing which has been done within a very few years by the settlers, and the real work of opening up the country achieved by them. The tennis tournament of the West Coast players took place at New Plymouth on Monday last. Messrs Bawson and Baker, representing Palmerston, beat Messrs Welsh and Tonka, for Hawera, 3 sets to 1, and played Wanganui who won Ist set, Palmerston then won a love set, 6to 8. The match with New Plymouth was drawn after an exciting game. Palmerston winning the singles but losing the doubles, both sides were, however, equal in the total games. A dance was given to the players in the evening.