Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 134, 18 May 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

; Mr Greenwood, dentist, will be in FoiJding on \Veduesday June sth.

•The funeral of the late Mr Clark Dunn took place at Palinerston this afternoon.

. The Kiwitea Road Board met this afternoon. Our report will appear next issue

The Tarariaki Herald says "the despatch of business" by Parliament is " a pleasing fiction."

Mr James Fowell, an old settler at Aslrarsfc was killed on Thursday evening by the upsetting of his dray.

A young man named Henry Connor was drowned at Waipiri, Gisborne, whilst crossing a flooded creek.

The Very Rev Dean Jacobs has resigned tho Avchdeaconship of Chnstchurch. The Bishop has promoted the Rev Cvoasdailo Bowen to the : dignity.

"When Mr Levett was coming to town on Thursday, his trap was overturned by a passing dray taking " all the road." The horse kicked the trap to pieces.

We are sorry to learn that on Thursday a daughter of Mr W. B. Reterrieyer had a finger cut off when she was playing with her brother, who had an axe in his hand.

A sack of game reached us from the Wanganui Harbor Board Endowment Block on Thursday night. These little amenities assist to sweeten the editorial life.

The Wanganui Chronicle says : — lt is rumoured that Mr John Stevens' iß likely to stand for the- representation of the Manawatu, in opposition to Mr Macarthur, at the next general election.

The famous musical auctioneers, Messrs Lyons and Godward propose to pay an early visit to Peilding, and have engaged the Sample Koonis at Mrs Hastie's Hotel. Further particulars in future advertisements.

Mr Gilbert King, inspector of the Bank of New South Wales, was a visitor to Feilding yesterday. He expressed himself in strong terms of approval of the progress made in this district during the past six years.

Mr P. Jones, M.H.E. for Heathcote, received a voto of confidence at Ferry - road, Christchurcti, on Thursday last. He declared himself in opposition to altering the present educational system and to centralism.

,"A man named Patrick Dunn, alias Morgan, and Kate Harvey, an ex-bar-maid, were committed for trial at ChriatchurcH on Thursday charged with robbing Neil Leich of £9 iu the Palace Hotel on Tuesday. Bail was -allowed the female, but denied Dunn,

Messrs Baker and. Go., owners of the champion sire.: 6dmnus r ajso Lochnagar,* by The Paihitei:,.' \haV© Ipprchased the property known as~:A£tosbury's adjoining the Feilding raceeourse,l|for a stud farm. They have the timber now on the ground for the purpose of erecting substantial stud stables.

In the case. Lloyd v. the Manawatu Road Board, the jury "found a verdict for the defendant body with costs ;£7 15a. Mr Baker gave notice of application for a new trial on the ground of misdirection by His Honor which has been granted, and June 19th has been fixed as the day of hearing the new trial. '

In our advertising columns to-day Messrs Stevena and Gorton' announce that on Tuesday and Wednesday the 28th and 29th instants a great clearing sale will be held at the store of Mr W. Macrnillan, Awahuri. Settlers are strongly recommended to take this opportunity of laying in their winter's supplies.

The Dresden Tageblatt reports that a rich man from Saxony, whose wife was dangerously ill, promised to give the doctor half his fortune if he would only cure the lady. The patient recovered Tinder the doctors treatment, and the husband sent a large sum of money as the fee. The doctor, however, refused to accept the sum offered, and claimed half the manufacturer's fortune. The latter showed no inclination to part with the moiety of his fortune of 2,000,000 marks or more, and the phybician is now seeking satisfaction in a court of law.

A correspondent writes, " I notice the number of persons who arrived in this Colony during the month of April was 1098 and the departures 1593. Now this same thing occurs every month with charming regularity, I think I can explain the anomaly. The Customs only reckon as persons arriving in the Colony the actual passengers, while they count crews and passengers with the outward bound vessels as persons leaving the Colony." We don't know whether th^s is 'so or not, but it looks feasible.

To-day we publish in full the seventyseventh report of the directors of the Bank of New South Wales, presented to the general meeting of the proprietors, held on 30th.. April, 1889. The. figures speak for themselves, .and tell in plain language the marvellous prosperity of this well managed institution. Such a report must be not- only a satistaction to the shareholders, but a source of gratification to property holders generally in these colonies, proving as it does the undoubted stability of the Australasian community as a whole. r

He was charged yith sheep-stealing (aays Aulus), and the case was likely to go hard with him, as the poliee found the skins at his place, and had secured them under lock and key, ready tg produce againpt him at the trial. But a mate managed to abstract them^ and put others in their place, so the jury acquitted him. The accused then joined' the Salvation Army. He made his first appearance at the next meeting, and was roaring away ''I am saved! I am saved !" when a voice chipped in, " Yea, but you wouldn't have been if I hadn't shook the bloomia' skins." The rest was silence.