Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 127, 2 May 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

The Borough Council will meet this eyemng.

An efficient Brass Band has been es tablished at Ashurst.

We have to thank Mr J. H. Stevens, postmaster, for a revised list of telegraph offices.

Capiain Edwin telegraphs to-day : — Warnings have been sent to all places south of Castlepoint, Foxton, and Nelson.

Mr Pry ce -Jones defeated Mr Linton for No. 2 ward Manchester Road District, by eight votes — Pryce-Jones 28, Linton 20.

We have to acknowledge receipt of the Twelfth Annual Keport of the Auckland Scripture Gift Association for 1888-9.

By typographical errors in " Bulls-eyeß and Centres" in last issue " inking" appears for "rinking," and "spree" for " spec."

McNish, who " mysteriously" disappeared from Wanganui recently, has — says the Herald — reached the Pacific slope safely.

A man, named John Murphy, was killed by the Eailway at Waipawa on Tuesday night. It is belieyed to be a cas* of suicide.

A public debate has been arranged for May between Henry George and Samuel Smith, the Gladstonian member of Parliament for Flintshire.

We are erlad to announce Mrs Goodbehere has passed the dangerous stage of her recent severe illness, and is now rapidly regaining her strength.

A prisoner, named Jackson, escaped from the Wanganui hard labor gang on Tuesday. He had a run, and a swim in the river before he was re-captured.

Owing to the indiscriminate slaughter •of hares now going on, it will be absolutely necessary next year to have a close season to prevent their extermination.

" A. Tramp, Esq." is coming down the coast and his many friends on the Manchester Block will be glad to welcome the genial veteran and his fiery steed Boomerang.

Tae mile race between Messrs Gosling and Roake will come off at the Skating Rink to-night, at half past eight. Mr D. H. Macarthur has consented to act as judge.

The Wellington City Council Finance Committee have agreed to recommend a loan of i/5,000 to be expended in drainage, waterworks, street formation, and •r» tion of a Town Hall which is to cost £17,000. A sum of £6,500 is proposed to be expended on a recreation ground for Thorndon, an ' formation of Esplanade on the reclaimed land. The proposals will be considered at the meeting of the Council to-morrow night.

A special meeting ofthe Feilding School Committee was held on Tuesday night to consider the last inspectional visit of Mr Vereker-Eindon, made on the 20th of Marcb. Among other correspondence the resignation was received of the assistant master, Mr H. L. James, which was accepted with regret. The Inspector's report was then considered carefully, and a conclusion arrived at to the effect that certain changes were desirable in the staff, and resolutions were passed in accordance therewith. A letter from the Board at Wanganni, to the head teacher, was submitted by the latter to the committee.

A considerable number of persons in this district are suffering from somewhat severe colds.

A Maori woman was driving near Bulls on Tuesday when her horses jibbed and backed over a cliff. The woman was killed, but a child who was with her escaped.

At the sale of racing stock at Sydney on Tuesday last. Mantimwas passed in at 1700 gumeas. Pearshell was brought by Mr S. White at 315 guineas. Necklet was sold at 250 guinea*.

Notice is given to-day that the next quarterly meeting of the Feilding Licensing Committee (which will be the annual meeting) will be held at the Court House on Monday the 3rd of June.

The sale of Japanese curios to take place to-morrow at The Other House, will be well attended as the several items on the list are to be sold entirely -without reserve. Messrs Stevens and Gorton are the auctioneers.

An express train from Southport to London on March 30th, loaded with persons on their way to witness the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, was derailed at Peniston and wrecked. One person was killed and four seriously injured.

Mr Parr, coachbuilder, last week completed a very elegant wagonnette to the order of Mr Stephen Belive of the Harbor Board Block. The workmanship and finish was m everyway admirable, and creditable to th« maker.

Harry Laing was presented with the New Zealand Champion Belt at the Pier Hotel, Wanganui, last night. The ceremony was preceded by a supper. Laing goes to Sydney to try conclusions with Slavin, while Smith is going to San Francisco.

The Wairarapa Daily says ; — Mr Thos. Cotter of Greytown, who was suffering from cancer, and whose case was considered hopeless by the doctors, resolved to give " German Charlie " of Sydney a trial, and has just returned from his visit, to all appearances completely cured.

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of New South Wales was held at Sydney on Tuesday last, when a dividend of 15 per cent, and a bor.us of 2£ per cent, per anuum was declared. Ten thousand pounds wero added to the reserve fund, which now reaches £930,000.

At an entertainment in Kingston, Ontario, on March 18, a young lady stood on the United States naii >nal flag spread on the stage, aud the Chairman said the action showed the relation of the countries. Some Americans present took the matter up, aud paper bullets are flying freely.

The following is the total yield for tbe colony :— Wheat, 362,153 acres,. 8,770,246 bushels; Oats, for green food or hay, 84,505 acres ; for grain, 367,189 acres, 10,975,643 bushels ; Barley, 45,027 acres, 1,402,537 bushels ; Potatoes, 26,303 acres, 133,597 tons; Hay, 50,542 acres, 71,058 tons.

The other day a sportsman shooting at Pohangina, fired three times at a pigeon. As the bird did not fall a bleeding corpse to the ground, the cheerful and athletic gunner climbed the tree to secure hia prey. When he reached out his hand, the bird gave him a look of mingled sorrow and contempt, flapped his wings and flew away.

A lawyer of Temple Court was looking over some papers his German client had b ought, and every signature had a menace in it as it stood : — "A Schwindler.'" " Mr. Schwmdler, why don't you write your name some other way ; write out your first name, or something ? 1 don't want people to think you are a swindler." " Veil, my Got, sir, how much bettor you think that looks ?" and he wrote, •« Adam Schwindler."— St. Paul Globe.

The great Eitfel town was opened in Paris on March 31. Mr Stead of the Pall Mall Gazette, had a narrow escape from death. He was inspec'mg the tower in company with M. Olemeuceau when a sudden storm of wind and hail came up. Mr Stead was only 30 yarda from the top of the tower when he fell oyer some losse planks and lurjhed forward, narrowly escaping a fall of 800 feet to the ground by clinging desperately to some projecting ironwork till M. Clemenceau and some workmen came to his assistance.

A very enthusiastic meeting of the Hunt Club was held last evening at Light's Hotel, to consider when to commence hunting. It was decided to start on Wednesday next, the opening meet being at Mr John Saxon's, at 1 o'clock. Messrs Carr and Lovejoy called on all the farmers, this morning, around Mr Saxon, and we are pleased to hear that not one objected to the hounds hunting over their properties. This means a great deal, if hunting in the Oroua is to be a success. Given facilities for hunting, there should be a chance for farmers to sell horses at a good price, providing they breed the right sort.

The boss Napier Temperance man was in groat form. He was almost hoarse, but still he went on describing the vices of the drunkard, and giving passages of his own past dark career in lurid illustration. " 1 had a wife then," he cried, "I starved her during the day, and came in drunk at night aud hammered her. She was a young fragile thing, but I clutched her by the hair and dragged her round the room, and knocked her head against the wall untill blood oame." " You did ?" asked a big dirty man near the edge of tho platform. " I did !" yelled the orator. ' ' Well," said the man , with a step forward, " take that !" and under a well -planted blow in the middle of the face the orator disappeared.