The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1889. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 4, 25 June 1889, Page 2

The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1889. Local and General News

The Feilding Stats School broka up for the winter holidays (two weeks) on Friday last. The contractor for the sinking of a well in Manchester Square for the Fire Brigade commenced operations this morning. Mr Shannon, the Customs expert, has commenced a crueade against the Auckland beer makers and sellers. Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day : — "Warnings for paatorly gales and rain have been sent to all places north of Lyttelton and Hokitika. We (Herald) hear that sugar is likely to be £1 a bag before long. In fact )at present it is hard to say the real value of this commodity, and holders are not much inclined to sell. The British record of football for 1889 shows tko appalling number of eight deaths and five serious injuries. Glove fights are not accountable for so many mj ixries or deaths. The flax industry on the Eangitikei Fibre Company's works on the Rhodes estate will employ 200 hands. One of the largest engines on the coast is to be used. A young man named William Morten* an apprentice on board the ship East Lothian, which is lying in the harbour off Pipitea Point, lost his life by drowning on Saturday afternoon, at Wellington. Not long ago Mrs B was teachingher son the Sunday School lesson about Jonah and his tarrying in the whale three days. Suddsnly the small listener interrupted vith : "My ! d'dn't he get a long fres tide, though, mr.mtna !" News from Samoa by the Mariposa statos that an American sailor was accidentally killsd on the 10th. A German saloon- keeper named Yoight was hand* ling a revolver carelessly when it exploded and shot the sailor through the heart. At the half yearly meeting of the local Juvenilo Foresters hold on Friday evening the following Tvera elected to the several offices :-— F. W. Foster, C.E. ; E. Bildsrback, E.G.R. ; A. E. Fester, Secretary; A. Bvs,j. Treasurer ; F.. A. Foster, S.W. ; T. Foster, J.W. ; O. Eilderbeck, S.B ; F= G. F. Bowles, J. 3. New Zealand owners, made ambitious perhaps by the big price paid for Carbine, want iong prices for their horses now-a--days. Only the other day it was stated that 2-500 guineas had beon refused for Corunna ; and now an offer of 2000 guineas for Manton is said to have been declined. Tha lateefc addition to the newspaper press of Naw Zealand is "The Age," a email sight page news sheet, printed p,t Christchurch, by Mr P. Guinness. It advocates the taxation of Jand according to value so as to have " land for use" and not held for speculative purposes and the " unearned increment." It will be remembered that the Govern ment were recently urged by tobacoonipts in various parts of the Colony to promote legislation compelling all persons engaged in the retail tobacco business to pay a hcensa fee. We understand it is very probable that the Government will iiitro duce thie session a Bill enacting that retail tobacconists eliall be licensed. Very Stout Old Lady (watching the lions fed) : '* 'Pears tc me, mister, that ain't a very bi£ pioce o' meat fer sech an animal." Attendant (with the greatest and most stupendous show of politeness on earth) : " I s'pose it does seem hk« a Bmall piece of meat to you, ma'am, bu; it's enough for the lion." An Auckland paper is responsible for this — An Auckland dame who is about seventy yeara of age was married last week to her seventh husband. All her spouaes hare left her at the call of Death, and judging by the appearance of her latest •* hubby" she will soon have the melancholy pleasure of placing him atop of those who have " gone before !' We direct the attention of those interested to a preliminary notice which appeSiri in another column of to-day's issue from Messrs Bailiff Bros., who have taken ovev Mr H. Penberthy'a business on the M-.kino road. TJr Penberthy also thanks his customers for their past patronage, and solicits a. share for his successors. We wish the firm of Messrs Ratliff Broß. every success. At the adjourned meeting of the Oroua Licsnsing Committee, the application of Mr Cofl6y for a renewal of license for the Endymion Hotel, Awahnri, was grantsd, in order to allow time for negotiations of the sale of the hotel to a Mr Harvey. The chairman (Mr Sanson) remarked that if the applicant failed to effect a transfer the Committee could csncel the license at any subsequent quarterly meeting. The country members held a meeting thin morning to consider the bearing of the proposed legislation in regard to th& election Byst9m upon their constituencies. Mr Seymour presided, and after some discussion a committee, consisting of Messrs. Macarthur, Seymour, and Lance, was appoiated to wait upon the Government pri>r to the introduction of the Electoral Bill, and urge the claim of an increase of the margin in favor of country distucts, end report the result to a further meeting-, to be heM as soon as all the country members arrive. — Post. We remind onr readers of the grand fancy dress carnival to be held at the ] Skating Rink this evening. Tha entertainment will be the best ever held in Feilding, and we are assured every preparation has been made to make the undertaking & brilliant success. A grand march will take place at nine o'clock, in which all skaters in fancj' dress will take part. We believe the costumes and j dreßses of the ladies and gentlemen will be most superb and attractive. A band will be in attendance. A large audience may be safely predicted. I A settler in the Harbor Board Block, of Blue Bibbon proclivities, vieit6d Be&consfield the other day. Being dekyed in that " classic " portion of the district, ha sought and obtained a night's lodging for himself and his horse, whom the owner declares closely resembles the celebrated "Carbine." Early next morning the H.B. settler and his steed left for home, at which they safely arrived. Tho day following the Beaconsfield settler, whose guest the Harbor Board man had been, called and claimed " Carbine," which the latter had caught, saddled, and rode home as his own. The H.B. man was profuse in hio apologies, and declared himself a victim to some strange " hallucination." We suspect Beaconsfield whisky must be greatly overproof.

The Financial Statement will be delivered in the House to-night by the Colonial Treasurer. We will publish an extra in the morning. A mfietins will be held on Thursday next at 5.30 p.m., at Mr W. Carthew's office, to receive the balance sheet and reports from the different committees in conn3Ction with uhe Morphy fund. A full attendance is requested. With reference to the breach of promise case brought by Phyllis Broughton against Viscount Dangan, Truth states that the lady accepted £10,000 in full satisfaction of all claims, including costs to date, with a declaration that she was in no way to blame for the rupture of the engagement. The lady who thus nearly obtained a countess' coronet is a daughter of a Mr Wright, hosier, Butter Market, Ipswich. A truly horrible crime has been perpetrated at Szill, Hungary. A small winegrower found his stock diminishing, and hid himself in the cellar to discover the thieves. He saw six tramps enter the premises, and, after copious libations, they prepared to take a cask away with them. At this juncture he came out of hia hiding place and attempted- to remonstrate with them. They seized him, however, put him under the win© press, and crushed him to death. A man who hap pened to look in to see what was going on waa forced by six wretches to drink the victim's blood, which was presented to him as wine. Eventually he managed to slip out, and, bolted tho cellar door, ran off for assistance to the neighbouring village. The authors of this heinous crime were captured in a state of helpless intoxication.