Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 37, 10 September 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

The New Zealand War Cry is to be enlarged to eight pages. The Oroua Downs estate is being surveyed and divided into blocks for sale. If Mr Jellicoe is elected for Oamaru, he will lead both sides of the House, and drive the rest. The B.M.S. Eimutaka arrived in Wellington, from London, on Sunday afternoon after an uneventful passage. Mr Jelhcoe is announced as a probable opponent to Mr Hislop in his candidature for the Oamaru seat. Manton is reported doing- very well in Sydney, but the Referee does not think him nearly as good as Carbine. We understand there is a good programme provided for those who attend the Band of Hope meeting this evening All are invited. The honorarium of a M.H.E. has been impounded by order of the Supreme Court and there is a row in the House in consequence. If Mr Hislop is re-elected at Oamaru, he will be re-instated as Colonial Secretary. He will be re-seatod, and so will be the Premier's proverbial pants. The Secretary of the Feilding Football Club, Mr J. E. Henry, has received a challenge to play a team from Wanganui on Saturday the 21st instant, at Feilding. An expart in the cheese business writes from Christchurch, stating that not more than 4d a pound can be depended on as the price of cheese this season. — Examiner. Sir Robert Stout's Parliamentary fnenda entertained him at dinner at Bel. lamy's on Saturday night. There were a large number of members of both Houses present, Difficulties having arisen m the Chatham Islands m collecting the dog- tax, the Government propose to eend three or four, members of the Permanent Force to the Islands shortly, to act aa police. In the opinion Of the Public Petitions Committee, Alexander Dundas, of Palmerston North, who asks for additional compensation for loss of office, has no claim against the colony. A large quantity of timber will be sold by Messrs Stevens and Gorton on Wednesday the 25th instant, at Mr Warne's mill, Ashurst. Further particulars in future advertisement. An elderly couple, named Heathman poisoned themselves at, Timaru last week by taking laudanum. They wert found on Saturday, but had evidently been dead ten or twelve days. We direct attention to a new advertisement which appears ■ to-day from Messrs Eade and Venn. It will be seen that they have opened up large consignments of chairs of all descriptions. As a pleasant change from the burgoo and whiskey, which is the popular diet in Otago, sdme of the members of the House treated Sir Eobert Stout to a good Square meal at Bellamy's the other night. Yesterday afternoon a welL known , character named Langstone was arrested in Halcombe by Constable Meehan on a, charge' of alleged forgery, and taken to Palmerston North, where the offence was committed. - ' ' r The throw of the cricket ball by Billy, the Australian aboriginal, is ;now considered properly ' authenticated!, The distance was 142 J yards, measured with a new tape. Billy never threw less than 130 yards in practice. : ' '—■■ ; ■ ' ' ■'

Sydney , papers by , the mail steamer state that JDunkeld has been'backed to win the Vibiorian Derby down to 100 to 12. We learn from the Dunedih Star that the fee for the registration of letters has been reduced to threepence instead of sixpence as formerly. We do not find this "information in our Postal Guide for July which is the latest yet published. It is stated in a Wairarapa paper that ;he clothes worn by tfie presumed murderer of Hawkiiis. hare been found secreted, and that the police are now in search of an individual who is strongly suspected to .be the right man. Mr Femer, who was for so many years manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Dunedin, is now, on the business staff of ' Sunday Times at Home.' He obtained the appointment through the proprietor of that journal (Miss Alice Cornwell). To give some idea of the extent to which the flax trade has increased, a reference to our (N. Z Times) shipping column shows that the two sailing vessels, the Pleione and the Waimate. between them take for London 4682 bales. "During the last sixteen months," says the correspondent of the London Times at Cairo, " only four slaves were imported into Egypt and there have been only two cases of dealing between private persons. The slave trade may be reckoned as extinct in Egypt." A very youthful marriage was solemnised last week in Wanganui, the bridegroom being an undersized lad of eighteen summers, while the blushing bride had not yet reached her fifteenth year. Tern gora mores, piously, ejaculated the Chronicle in noting the event. We learn from the Herald that the Wanganui local prize-fighter champion, W. Paul, was a passenger outwards in the St. Kilda, for Sydney. Our contemporary remarks that if Paul takes up the noble art over there we may be sure the name of Wanganui will not be disgraced. In the House last- night- the Treasurer moved the second reading of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Bill, which enables local bodies to pledge their thirds of land proceeds as securiety for loan, and to spend loan money for a fer y where there is no bridge on a main road. The Bill was passed. In the discussion of the Railway Commissioners' appointment last night, Mr Fisher stated that he and the Hon. Mr Mitchelson had strongly stood out in the Cabinet for the appointment of an English expert as Chief Commissioner. He left the other Ministers to explain their position if they chose. The question who is to have the vacant portfolio is still exciting & great deal of curiosity. The list of likely members has now been narrowed down to three, namely, Mr White, Mr Fulton, and Captain Russell. We (Times) adhere to the opinion that Captain Russell will be the gentleman selected, if any selection is made. We learn from the Herald that the St. Kilda, which left Wanganui on Saturday night, took the following cargo : — 48,000 feet timber Bailey Bros., 402 sacks barley Hogan and Co., 900 sacks chaff, 200 sacks bran and pollard, and 600 sacks potatoes, A. Hatrick and Co., 30 sacks of flour, Dickie Bros., and 100 sacks malt Thatcher. Government having found job printing so very profitable are now .thinking of extending their operations in the direction of storekeeping, and arrangements are being made to supply Civil servants, their families and connections, with goods at a small advance over English cost price. As they can import goods " duty free" this move should turn out a success. There is nothing like Protection. The quarterly meeting of the Feilding Licensing Committee was held in the Court House yesterday at noon. Present — Messrs Sherwill (chairman) Kirton, Haybittle, and Goodbehere. Mr Sandilands, solicitor, appeared to support an application for the transfer of the license of the Empire Hotel from James Cattel to Mrs Oliver, which was granted. The report of the police on all the licensed houses in the Borough was satisfactory. Mr J. D. Valentine, builder and contractor, of Feilding, haß just erected, at Taonui, a 9-roomed dwelling house for Mr J. O. E. Carey, at present of Longburn, and who is about to take up his abode at Taonui. The building is a substantial one, and the work has been completed in first class style. Mr Armstrong, architect, of Palmer B ton, who drew the plans and supervised the erection of the building, speaks in high terms of the manner in which Mr Valentine completed his work.