Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 28, 20 August 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

A meeting of the State School Committee will be held this evening. The Rev. A. Herinon, of St. John's Church, has been granted twelve months leave of absence by the Bishop, and will leave for England early in October. The improving and opening up of the Wanganui ltiver will be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to the colony in the course of a very few years. The sale of dairy stock at Awahuri today, by Messrs Stevens and Gorton, was the best ever held on the coast. The prices ranged for cows from £5 to £8 5/and competition was well sustained. About 200 persons were present. The annual football match between the Wellington and Hawkes Bay representative teams took place at Wellington on Saturday in the presence of about 2000 spectators, the local team gaining an easy victory by three goals and three tries to nil. Three young men, named T. Wickham, James, and Frampton, employed felling bush near Turakina for Mr J. Chellis, had the misfortune on Saturday last to get burned out, owing to a lighted candle being carelessly left burning. They lose about .£2O worth of property. The annual stocktaking of Messrs J. C. Morey and Co. will be concluded on the 31st instant, and it will be necessary that all outstanding accounts due to that firm should be settled on or before that date. Up to then goods may be obtained at the Bon Marche at cost price. Further particulars will appear in advertisement in our next issue. We notice that Mr John Duthie, of Wellington, i 6 about to form his business into a joint stock company. If is an open secret that when Mr Duthie has the time at his disposal, which the formntioa of the company will give him, he will seek to represent a Wellington constituency in Parliament. Should he be successful .we , feel assured he will, i#ake a most useful member- ;• ■ - ; ' l '-' ' ■ • „ A , naajteh for £5 a-side, , between .Mr Lovejoy^s Neek-or-No'thing anil Mr Hv P. Lance's • Wairere, came off on' 'the racecourse, 6ver ; .:trhe; steeplechase course, on Saturday afternoon last, the distance being two miles. Neck-or-Nothing went away with the lead, and was never collared, winning easily by about six lengths. Quite a large numbor of sport i witnessed, the match, and the winner was loudly cheered.

The Hon. John Bryce was in Feildiug yesterday. The San Francisco mail reached here yesterday via Wellington. -> Mr (J. C. Graham, official assignee, has been appointed assistant Resident Magistrate iv Wellington. Tenders for purchase of the farm of Mr Nicholas, in Ouuipbelltowu wilt close on the 24th instant. Fox ton wants more police protection. Hemp has a straoge attraction for a certain class. The attention of the authorities is drawn to a dead pig in the stockyard adjoining and belonging to the railway at Feilding. Madeline Eees George, third daughter of the late Mr J. R George, died at Wellington on Saturday, aged 14. The Sportsman reports that no two horses are doing better at Flemin°ton than Mentor and Carbine. "We have to acknowledge receipt from Mr S. J. Thompson, of the Red House, of a copy of Yates and Co.'s illustrated catalogue of garden seeds. Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day : — Barometer further rise at places north of Napier and Wanganui ; fall slowly elsewhere within the next 12 hours It is rumoured that the Premier intends to move on an early date that the House as at present constituted does not possess the confidence of the Government. This should be carried unanimously. The Manawatu Times came out in an enlarged form on Saturday. We congratulate our contemporary on his enterprise and feel confident it will bring a proportionate return. At a meeting of licensed Interpreters held in "Wellington on Saturday it was decided to form a Licensed Interpreters Association, and a committee was appointed to draw up rules, &c. Another mining boom was on at Reefton on Saturday, the Nil Despeiandum being the favoured stock. Shares rose from 2s 9d to 7s 3d, in consequence of the reported striking of a rich block of stone iv the mine. Those interested in the progress or reform of the New Zealaud railway system will be glad to learn that Mr Maxwell has accepted an invitation to attend a railway congress in Paris. Lucky bargee ! A meeting of the Feilding Volunteer Fire Brigade will be held next Thursday evening at 7.30, when all members are requested to attend as business of considerable importance will be brought forward. The friends of Mr J. Carroll will regret to learn that he had his leg broken on Sunday through his horse falling with him at Kairanga. Surgical assistance was at once procured and he is now progressing favourably. — Manawatu Times. A public test was made to-day at the Awahuri sale, in the presence of a large number of experienced farmers and dairymen, of butter preserved by Messrs Stevens and Mountfort's vacuum process, for preserving butter, &c, and it proved an entire success. Our local Mrs Partington says she doesn't improve of that teetotaler machine they have at the races, and that the intention of Government should be called to it so as to have it exhibited. She thinks it a foolish way of divesting one's money, and that it not only correctly encourages gamboling, but has a tenderness to seduce other kinds of immortality. Mr Stead informs the Canterbury Times that he has not yet made up his miud about the Australian trip, but thinks it improbable that Maxim will be a starter for the Melbourne Cup. The horse is going well, but Mr Stead is not tempted by his weight, and would be reluctant to spare Mason and Clifford during what promises to be a bus}' season in New Zealand. At the same time the idea has not been abandoned. In the Feilding Small Farm Block everything is looking -well. After a long spell of fine clear weather, which allowed a lot of good clearing work to be done, there has been a few days of nice warm rain, which has freshened up the grass beautifully. The lambing has commenced well, and with warm weather and plenty of good feed everyone looks satisfied. Several sections have changed hands lately at advanced prices. The only thing needed is a little more rapid progress in road-making, as the bush tracks are somewhat hard to negotiate. Bush falling is going on at a rapid rate all round. As an evidence of what may be done on the Wanganui Harbor Board Block with push and energy, we mention the following. In December, 1888, a section containing about 200 acres was purchased. In the same month men were started to fell and burn the bush. When that had been done the land was sown with mixed grass seeds of twelve varieties. Last i week it was ready for stock, and a mob of sheep put on, with abundance of good feed ready for them. Getting bush land cleared, fenced, grassed, and stocked in twenty months is smart work, especially when done — as in this case — at no extra expense. At the Police Court to-day William Thomas Henderson was charged with being drunk and was fined 5s and costs 2s. The same prisoner was also charged with using obscene language in a public place. Mr Win. Brandt and Constable Meehan proved the offence and the accused was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor in Wanganui gaol. Dr Monckton and Mr Kirton, J.P.s, were on the Bench. In sentencing the prisoner Dr Monckton said the Bench were determined to put a stop to this crime in Feilding and all similar offenders would be severely punished. It is a good thing we Country residents have such timely notice in thia instance, and it will give us a chance as good as the City folks at being at the opening of this Winter 6ale on Thursday, the first of August, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Well ! there is to be a price list issued on Saturday, and when we shall know further particulars, but one thing has always been certaiu, that if the Te Aro House folks advertise a thing it is bound to be strictly carried out — no bounce, no puff, but actual veritable truth, with the " mint mark" of Te Aro House's veracity on it. Even so ! they are described as Wonderful Bargains. first-clas6 Goods, which may be depended on as absolutely true. What is still better, there is no rubbish, no soiled Goods, no damaged articles. All are fresh and clean at this sale of Winter Drapery at Te Aro House.