The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1889. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 9, 6 July 1889, Page 2

The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1889. Local and General News

The Manchester Eoad Board met this afternoon. We learn that Major Liddlo has purchased Mr J. Stanley Brace's property at Linton. The witnesses in the post office robbery case retunred to Feilding by the 12.30 train yesterday. The Kaiwhara murder case is set down for hearing at the Wellington Supreme Court on Monday next. By afire at Hawora on Thursday morn ing three shops were totally destroyed, The losses are estimated at fully £5000. Great fears are entertained that the House will reject the proposal for the modification of our electoral system on the Hare principle. Constable Shannon, who has been fulfilling the duties of Constable Meehan in the latter's absence at Wellington on the Allendale case, returned to Wanganui last night. The Marlborough Times Mahakipawa correspondent writes : — Things in the township are dreadfully slow, and there is a general complaint of the scarcity of money. In the House Mr E. H. Eeeve intends to ask the Government to consider the advisability of increasing the minimum letter weight to one ounce, and allowing newspapers to pass through the post free. The Government have received information that payable gold is reported to have been discovered at the end of the Puhipnhi Forest nearest to Kawakawa (Auckland) . Ten experienced men are on the ground. Messrs Macarthur and Wilson interviewed the Minister of Lands with respect to the proposal to enable local bodies to borrow on deferred thirds, and received a favorable reply from the Minister, who is having a clause drafted to give effect to the proposal. Owing to the extensive increaso in his business, our fellow townsman. Mr John Taylor, has been compelled to enlarge his smithy. The building is now roomy and well lighted, the dimensions being 40 x 20. Messrs Hub ler Bros., the contractors, have completed the work in a sai. - fa?torj r manner. Mr Mitchehon is ready with his Public Works Statement, and will deliver it on Tuesday if the way is clear. There is a strong probability, however, that the road may be blocked by the debate on the Representation Bill, which is expected to last two or three days. — N.Z. Times. A man named Christofful was found dead in hip bed, at Waverley, on Saturday. A quantity of pepper and wator in a cup was found near him, and the post mortem showed that he died from inflammation of the stomach accelerated by a copious dose of pepper. The Lyttelton Times is very severe upon Sir Harry's having advanced money to that semi-bankrupt body, the Taranaki Harbor Board. It ends a trenchant article as follows : — " The colony cannot afford to be sentimental about Taranaki. The people there made their bed. They must lie on it." The Palmersion Times significantly observes : — The manner in which borough councillors are attired is said to indicate the length of time they have occupied their seats iv the Cou- cil. At last night's meeting one councillor, who had been recently elected, noticed that while he ■was forced to put on watertights and leggings to attend the meeting, a much j older member was able to come down in slippers, the footpath from his residence being in good order. A somewhat remarkable incident occurred at the Commission Court lately. Mr Parnell is not a man of emotion and sentiment, but he was so much affected by Sir Charles .Russell 'a pathetic description of the early career and sufferings of Michael Da^itt that he cried in court. This is the only time, the Leeds Mercury London correspondent believes, that he has shown any emotion in public, and it must have been no ordinary effort of eloquence that drew tears from the cold and self- repressed leader of the Irish party. The Payne family of musicians who will give one performance at the Assembly Rooms on Thursday evening next, will come to Feilding with a splendid reputation- The Southland Times writes of their opening performance at Invercargill in the following terms : — " The Family possesses musical talent of a high order, and although several of them are yet, comparilivly Aoun^ in years, i/.iey have all apparently enjoyed the advantage of judicious training. Miss Liy.zie, the eldest of the daughters, possesses a soprano voice of extensive range, sings with feeling and expression, and throws into everything she does a spirited sympathy that carries her audience completely with her. She plays the yiolin and piano brilliantly. Miss Maud is an adept. Her singing was greatly admired, but when ehe played "The mocking Bird" on the violin— a really clever and wonderful performance — the audience became almost enthusiastic in their demonstrations of approval." With to-night's Stahwo issue their ch-cu-lar, which contains the words aud music of Hart's famous part song " The Bells." The Wellington Times describes the family's rendition of this piece as marvellous.

It is understood that Col. Trimble has accepted the Sergeant-at Arinship. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day : — Parameter further rise at all places iv the ISorth Island. Mr F. Berry's shop, Makino, was broken into on Thursday night and a quantity of apples stolen. The affair is ,n the hands of the police. The funeral procession of the late Stephen Oliver will leave tbe Empire Hotel to-iuorrow morning, at 10.80 o'clock, for the Sanson Cemetery. The Premier promised a deputation consisting of Messrs Uallance, Macarthur, and Seymour, to withdraw the Representation Bill, substituting another i'or it. A fancy dress football match will be held on the Oval on Wednesday next in connection with the christening of the new fire engine. For other particulars we refer our readers to the advertisement. We are glad to see that Mr J. C. Thompson has returned to Feilding, and taken the house lately occupied by Mrs Higgin. Mr Thompson would have been in Feilding to attend the last meeting of the Borough Council, but the steamer by which he had taken his passage from Auckland left a day later than advertised, therefore he did not arrive in Feilding until yesterday afternoon. Howard, of " severed hand" (Christchurch) notoriety is reported to have be^ii killed in Melbourne recently while working in the railway yards. While he was serving his sentence m Lyttelton gaol his wife became intimate with a Chnstchurch butcher, and subsequently went with him to 6an Francisco. Howard, after his release from prison, made his way to Melbourne, got work on the railway, and came to sad end between two trucks. There is positively nothing to surpass our " Rough and Ready" Serge for real, downright, hard wear. We have those in single widths, and in Indigo Blue from 9Ad to 1/6 per yard at Te Aro House, Wellington . There cannot be a greater variety, a more ample choice, or more sterling cheap - ness in Union anil Wool Crimean Shirtings, than those we are now showing, Our prices range from 11- to 2 '- per yard and every quality is excellent for th« price at Te Aro House, Wellington.