Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 128, 4 May 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

The Manchester Road Board met this afternoon. Our Wellington letter and other matter unavoidably held over. The District Court will sit in Palmerston on Wednesday the 15th instant. Mr John Ollivier is a candidate for the Cbristchurch North seat in Parliament. Charles King, of Middleton, Mass, has liy«d 108 years. He has 600 descendants. Laing »nd Smith were brought before the R.M, Court yesterday on a charge of pnze-fiprhting, but the case was dismissed. —Herald. Messrs Jensen and Derby will commence work at their new flaxmifl, Oroua bridge, on Monday. The RM. Court will b» held here on Thursday next, when Mr Brabaat will preside for the first time. The execution of the Maori who mur dered the Pook family a few months ago will take place at Napier on Monday week next. The correspondence relating to Mr G. Fisher's retirement from the Ministry will be laid before both Houses when Parliament meets. The Woodville Examiner Bays :— lt has bien decided t^at Air J. ri. (iilberd will run Mr Ormond for Napier next general election, and his supporters make sure i f putting him in. Mr Gladstone, in an article in the Nin»teenth Century, expresses his opinion that the claims of the Pope to the temporal supremacy are obsolete.

The fire bell will ring a falsa alarm tonight at 9.30 o'clock, therefore residents will understand they need not "turn out." The Brigade will meet for a short practice at the same hour. Out of compliment to our new Governor, Mount Ruapehu got up steam when his Excellency was phasing, and gave him a we.come salute. This was civil, any way, to say the least of it. Mr E. J. Davies, practical watchmaker, lately with Kohn and Co. of "Wellington, has taken The Other House, where he will commence business in about a fortnight. Further particulars in future advertisement. With reference to the telegram anent Euapehu and the risiug of the Wangaehu river whioh appeared m our last issue, the Hawkes Bay Herald says that at 20 minutes past 12 on Tuesday a large body of steam rose in a column from Euapehu. MrH. L. James, 8.A., of Feilding, j has been appointed by the recess Library Committee to the junior assiatantship in the General Assembly Library. There were ninety- eight applicants for the office. — Chronicle. To-day's Chroniol© says: — Articles have been signed by Smith and Lamg for another glove fight, to take place at Wellington on Saturday, May 18th, for stakes of £50 aside. Smith is very confident of being able to beat Laing and ia eager for the contest. The Eev. Mr Murray will deliver a lecture at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow (Sunday) evening at 7 p.m., entitled " The Great Image ; or, the Four World Monarchies." The lecture should prove both interesting and instructive, and we hope to see a large auidence. The Chronicle states that when McNißh the l«vanting Wangaum gaoler, arrived at Ban Francisco, he was accompanied by a female partner. It is also stated that Dudley Eyre has g-one to Salt Lake City where he is expected to boom as a Mormon Elder and utahiiea his peculiar talentg. By advertisement Mr Jena Jensen notifies that he has appointed Mr E. Shannon as lu'b foreman and reprensentative at the Vulcan forge. Mr Shannon is is already well well known in this district as a first class tradesman. All shoeing will be carried on as before by a well known and experienced man.

At a meeting of the creditors of Banner & Liddle at Napier on Thursday the unsecured debts were shewn to amount to £7780, and those to secured creditore to £13,818. The assets are— Stock, £1093 ; book debts, £5305 ; bills receiyable, £9103 ; plant, £537; property, £7 5 ; deficiency, £;->@22. The meeting adjourned until Bth May. Mr Douglas, the stationmaster at Riv«rsdale, lnvercargill, who was run down by a waggon some week* back, his foot haying caught in a frog crossing while shunting, died on Thursday afternoon in the hospital. The immediate cause of d«ath was pneumonia. Mr Douglas was a young man, and leaves a widow and two children. Samuel Small, one of the oldest nativeborn residents of N»w South Wales, died a few days ago, aged 86. Ilia sister was the first white person born in Australia, his father having been boatswain on board one of the ships of the first fleet which arrived in Port Jackson on 26th January, 1788. The elder brother of deceased, William Small, is still living in the colony, being in his 93rd year. The committee of the Feilding Jockey Club met last night. There was a full attendance. The results of the Easter meeting were satisfactory, and after paying prizes and incidental expenses leaves a margin in favor of the Club. It was rej solved to send a cheque of £20 to the j owner of Corsair, in connection with the Flying Handicap at the last Hack Eace Meeting. Honoraria were voted to the Secretary and Handicapper. A committee was appointed to wait on Mr Turner to see it that gentleman would be willing to arrange with the Club for the use of a portion of his estate as a racecourse. There was a capital attendance at the Skating Bink on Thursday evening, the principal attraction being the mile race between Messrs Gosling and Roake. At half past eight the floor was cleared for the race. Eoake had the inside running and got slightly the best of the start which he held for the first seven laps. Gosling then glided past him in a most brilliant manner; the race from this out was never in doubt, Gosling winning comfortahly by three quarters of & lap. Messrs Macarthur and Lethbridge acted as judge and starter respectively and gave every satisfaction. The Rink will be open again as usual this evening. In soliciting the attention of the ladies of this province to our fashionable importations for the present season, we would respectfully ask them when they visit Wellington to inspect our choice assortment of mantle?, paletots, jackets, furhned cloaks, far caps, &c, &c, at Te Aro House, Wellington. The choice was never larger, the variety never greater, and the styles never more ct arming than are to be seen jnst now in rofusion at Te Ato House, Wellington. Our showroom is in every way well worth a visit, and we are certain it would be as advantageous to the visitors as to the proprietor of Te Aro House, Wellington. No lady requiring either an ulster or a waterproof should pass Te Aro Housa, as we have them in large quantities of the most fashionable description and at the most moderate prices. For Ulsters, brand new styles and fabrics, our prices range from 6/11 to 37/6; for waterproof mantles from 8/6 to 18/6, at Te Aro House, Wellington. In Ladies' short tweed jackets we aro showing a magnificent assortment, ranging in price from 5/6 to 21/6. In jerseys we have an abundant supply with brainded and smocked fronts from 3/11 to 10/6. We have also a very nice selection of Garibaldi jackets with belts in black, brown, grenat, navy, light grey and fawn, from 5/11 to 15/6 at Te Aro House, Wellington. .