Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 132, 14 May 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

The Kiwitea Eoad Board will meet on Saturday next.

Major Kemp is seriously ill with inflammation of the lungs.

Mr C. BrowM, of the Manchester House, informs us he opened yesterday some splendid lines of gentlemen's over coats.

A special sitting of the Borough Council will be held to-morrow at noon, for the purpose of hearing objections to the burgess list.

The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill was rejected by the House of Lorda by a majority of 27. The Prince of Wales voted for the Bill.

We have been favored with a view of some exquisite oil paintings on cards, by Miss Neil. They are at present to be seen at Mr Carthew's.

With deep sarcasm the Westport Times calls Mr Seddon, M.tf.R., "A prominent man of letters and representative of the people." This is rough on Dick.

For illicit whiskey making at Greymouth, Taylor was fined on one charge £25 or three months' imprisonment, and on a second .£IOO or three months' imprisonment. Taylor has gone to gaol.

The Catholic Times, in the hands of the present editor, continues to improve, and we feel convinced that in a few brief months that journal v/ill occupy a high position in the newspaper press of tho colony.

The hounds will not hunt this week. A small rush has set in to the Baton river.

Mr Carthew's monthly case of books and periodicals arrived to-day.

The Oroua Downs estate is going to be cut up directly and sold by public auction.

New Zealand hemp is quoted at £36 5s ;o £36 10s in London.

The West Coast A. and P. Association have decided to hold their next annual show on November 13th and 14th.

The Awahuri football team met the Bulls team on Saturday, and were defeated by two goals and a try to a try.

Count de Jouffray d'Abbans, until recently French Consul in New Zealand, has been appointed French Ambassador at Zurich.

The Austrian and French Governments have agreed to be officially represented at the International Labour Protection Congress, to be held in Berne next September.

A meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society will be held to-morrow evening, at the offices of the Colonists Land and Loan Corporation, to consider letters received from the Canterbury Society,

Considering the enormous demand for flax just now for the English and American markets, it is surprising no effort is being made in the colony to work up the raw material and export it in a manufactured shape.

A correspondent writes, "The depression is still very severe in Auckland." Very likely, but Auckland has vast internal resources which, as they are developed, must make a change for the better before many months are over.

A Brisbane telegram reports the blacks are becoming troublesome again. Mr Watson, a squatter at Cooktown, and Evans, a stockman, were attacked, and Watson was killed and Evans severely wounded.

News has been received in New York trom Honolulu of the death of Father Daruien. The reverend gentleman was highly respected, and his death occasioned deep regret throughout that city and also in London.

We have received a cash price list for arms and ammunition from Mr F. Berry, of Makino, which will be published in our next issue. In the meantime we may inform sportsmen that the prices are exceedingly low.

The Wanganui people intend " keeping good hours" for the future, and the Borough Council have intimated to the Gas Company, that they want the street lamps reduced from 63 to 20. This is " a retrogade step in the right direction," and the Gool Templars ought to be jubilant. The lonic, which left Lyttelton on May 2nd, put back to that port last evening with a broken crank shaft. Her mails will be forwarded by the 'Frisco boat, and her passengers transferred to the Coptic. This is the first accident which has happened to the direct mail service. The New Zealand railways this year carried 3,182,803 passengers or 319,047 less than last year. The goods traffic amounted to 1J920,431 tons or 194,699 more than last year. The net profits for the year amounted to nearly 2i|- per cent, on cost of opened lines. „ A London telegram says : — lt is expected that the charge of murder on which father McFadden stands committed for trial will be withdrawn. The charges against several others, who are alleged to have been implicated in the death of Inspector Martin, will, however, be gone on with. The prospectus of the proposed Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company, providing for £4,000 shares at £5 each, is bwrig issued. Nearly half the required number of shares have beeu taken up, including 400 of Hon. R. Campbell and Mr J. McLennan, and 400 of Mr J. Beal.

A man named Michael Dowliug died at Blenhiein on Friday while undergoing an operation for cancer at the Hospital. He had chloroform against the advice of Doctor Cleghorn, who oporated. Mr Nairn administered the chloroform, and before the operation was over the patient suddenly ceased to breath.

We understand that Captain Olsen of the Salvation Army, will leave for Hawera on Friday next, where he will be stationed for about six months. He will be succeeded by Captain Jennie Bamsay and Lieutenant Bessie Blincoe, who will arrive on the day Captain Olsen and family take their departure.

Mr Hyde-Parker, pianist and professor of music, has determined to extend the exercise of his profession to Feilding, and has taken the upper portion of Glasgow House, which will be used as an Academy of Music under his direction. For further particulars we refer our readers to the advertisement in another column.

Sydney Taiwhanga, M.H.R. was sued at the Eesident Magistrate's Court, Auckland, for £20 13s Id for bread supplied, and was ordered to pay in three montliß. The Magistrate (Dr Giles) remarked, "You are one of those who make laws for the whole colony, and it does not look well for you not to pay your Baker's bill.

On Saturday afternoon the attendance of ladiea at the rink was so great that the Bupply of skates was insufficient to meet the demand. In the evening there were more skaters and spectators present than on any previous occasion and the popularity of the institution may now be considered as established. This result is in a great degree to be attributed to the invariable courtesy and attention of the proprietors.

We regret to chronicle the death of Mr Bichard William Morphy, which sad event took place in the Wanganui Hospital on Sunday night, at the early age of forty two years. Mr Morphy had been in very delicate health for some months and the fatal termination to his illness wa? not unexpected by his family and friends. He leaves behind him a widow and seven children to mourn his loss. The funeral will take place to-morrow.

In a recent telegram from Constantinople it was reported that some Kurds had first outraged and then burned an Armenian girl in the presence of her parents. It has since been ascertained that the real truth of the matter was an Armenian chief had been annoyed by his wife over some trivial domestic matter, and had boiled her to death. We are glad it was no worse. He might have eaten her. We expect when the Press Association corrects the yarn for the aeoond time, that the omitted particulars we have suggested will be supplied to a suffering public.

As -will be seen by advertisement the Basonica Company, who have been playing before large audiences in Wanganui and other towns on the coast, have announced to appear in the Assembly Booms on Friday, May 24 (Queen's birthday). This talented little company is comprised of four youths and one lady, who, after the Tisife of the Lynch Family of Bellringers, caught the idea of extracting music from basins, in which they have been most successful, and have won the admiration of all who have listened to them. We shall have more to say regarding them on a future occasion.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following: cable message from their London office, dated lOlh inßtant : —

"Tallow— Market better; good mutton is worth £25 10s, and beef, £24 10s per ton respectively. New Zealand hemp — Medium quality is worth £34 10s per ton."

It is perhaps hardly necessary for us to remind our readers that Sparks' Opera Company open to-night at the Assembly Rooms, as the Company have been so well billed and advertised for the past week. We notice they were accorded a most enthusiastic reception last night at Palmerston North. The Masonic Lodge, and other bodies postponing their meetings in honor of the occasion, and we nave no reason to doubt that the Feilding pnblic will welcome them equally as hearty. Those in want of good seats should attend early.

The Commissioner of the Crown Lands has taken cognisance of a considerable amount of phormium tenax which has been taken without authority from Crown Lands. The rangers have received instructions to report any case of the kind that comes under their notice, as it is a breach of covenant to deal with any flax on landa leased from (Jovernment without obtaining the necossary authority. In one case it is reported that a bargain had been made for flax which was on ground not even leased. The Department heard of it in time to prevent this unlawful profit being made.

Drafts of the several Bills which are to be introduced next session are to be considered by the Cabinet, next week. Amongst the Bills which are to be brought forward are the Electoral, Hospitals and Charitable Aid, Chattel Securities, Patents, Industrial Designs and Trade Marks, Medical Practitioners, Copyright and Libel Act Amendment, and Civil Seryice Reform and Classification. It is understood that in the Libel Law Amendment Bill the provisions of the new English Act will be adopted, so as to render the libel law of the colony identical with that of Great Britain, — Post.

We haye secured the agency of the largest and best calico manufacturer in the world, and have the exclusive right to sell certain special brands of the best description, at the Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.

As a preventative to imitation these calicoes are made up in lengths of 12yds, and have a stamp of Te Aro House, together with the width and quantity. No others are genuine, and these can only be bought at Te Aro House, Wellington.

The following is a brief description of these special makes of calicoes : — EI, 32m wide, is a stout, long cloth, and very useful for children's nightdresses, at 3s lid per dozon. E2, 36m wide, is a soft, family long-cloth, pure fiuish, at 4s 6d per dozen. E3. 32ins wide, is a fine double warp calico, very strong aud soft, at os od per dozen. E4, 36ins wide, is a stout family shirtiug, 7s 6d per dozen, at Te Aro House, Welhugton.

E5, 36m wide, is a fine family medium shirting, beautifully finished, at 8s 6d per dozen. E6, 36in wide, is a stout twill, soft and pure finish, admirably adapted f>r Gentlemeu's night shirts, at 7s 9d per dozen, at Te Aro House, Wellington,

The gems of this agency are the halfbleached or scoured grey calicoes. These we have m fine, stout, and heavy makes, aud are not to be equalled for durability, finish, and gtmerul excellence of manufacture. The numbers range consecutively from SI to So", the widths 32 and 36in wide, and the prices vary from 3s lid to 10s 6d per dozen yards, at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Every mother, every housekeeper, and ladies generally should make it their duty to inspect these, and take at least one dozon yards as a sample of the bast and purest calicoes ever yet shown in this city or at Te Aro House, Wellington.