Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 42, 21 September 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ A slight shock of earthquake was felt here oh Thursday night at 10.10. The nett cash result of the social gathering in the Assembly Rooihb on Tuesday night wa9 £15 ss. On dit that a general company of performing fleas will give an entertainment in Feilding ere long. This show ought to " catch on and draw." The Gulcher Electric Light Company has made an oiler to light Feilding, but the Feilding people will remain satisfied with the sun, moon, stars and kerosene for a little while longer. The closing night of the Einkmg season will be Monday next when the popular Miss Mabel Sylvester will appear in the grand mask carnival and perform her great fire act. Everybody is going. The body of the child Thompson, who was lost so mo weeks ago from Ko Katau. Carterton, was found on Thursday lv t, gully nearly five mileß from the place -where the child was last seen alive. Mr Peter Thomson, who has now added ironmongery and groceries to his business, notifies the a;t on our third pfige to-day. We are confident Mr Thompson will receive a fair share of support in these new lines of business, as the whole of. the stock has been well selected in the best markets with a special view to the requirements of the local trade. The following ambiguous little paragraph is from the Dunedin Star : — " At the next meeting of the City Council Cr Cramond will move — ' That a water service be laid on to the Northern Cemetory before the dry season commences.' " We always knew the Dunedin folks were a thirsty lot in this life, but had no idea they wanted liquid refreshment afterwards. The Napier News reports that "so dense is the bush in a Crown reserve at Puketitiri that a settler who was in town the other day said he would not clear ii for seven pounds an acre." Very likely, but we will guarantee to find a hundred men on this side oi the ranges to do the work for thirty shillings an acre — and make money at the job. .There are settlers and settlers. The following calculations made by ub from the reports of the Postal Department presented to the House, speak for themselves. The money order and savings bank transactions at the various offices in 1888 as against those for 1887 show : — Bulls — decrease 2 per cent. Foxton — decrease 1 per cent. Marton — decrease 8 per cent. Woodville — decrease 8 per cent. Feilding — increase 13 per cent. Palmerston — increase 14 per cent. A correspondent writeß from the Feilding Small Farm Block : — I am glad to see there is great progress being made with our roads in the Block, and I should like to see some one take the matter in hand in the Palmerston Block, and have something done to the roads there. One man had four horses bogged in the swamp which forms part of the track, and it took no end of trouble for himself and four other men to get the poor brutes out. A lady, returning to her home on the Feilding Block, got into difficulties in the samu place and narrowly escaped losing her life." Speaking of New Zealand wood, the Tiinbor Trades Journal says : — " The huge logs of kauri pine Heem to resist all efforts to sell them, and do not by their own qualities tetnpt bu3'ers. The fact h the wood has been tried by most of tht ' London trades, and found wauting in most of the characteristics that wood ot this, kind would require. Its large siz<would make it invaluable for signboards, facias, etc., but it will uot stand wet and dry ; it warps shrinks and twistß in all manner of ways when exposed alternately to rain and sun. We fear it will never suit tho London market, and will have eventually to be offered positively 1 wjthout reserve,' and so clear, it up."

The sum of £300 for a; : roaMto //the Oroua River, placed on the SujJ^ldmeht- '. ary ; Estimates to give access to tSe-Fejld-ing Special Settlement, was put on at t|e request of Mr Mfioarthur, M.H.It. Owing to pressure of other^inatter our leading article is unavoidably :'held,oyer> • A Gazette Eitrabrdinary wfcs published late Thursda y coiitiuuiug - ; a' piocla raatiou proroguing Pavhuuießt; until 19th Deceu«beri ' ? "^ ■ >-•*••" * • Captain Ecfwin telegraphed to-day : — Barometer further rise everywhere, but. ■talji^^iai ;: placeß"BOutli : 6fLytteiton and Hokitika. -Mr Hislop addressed a meeeing of electors of Oamaru ou Thursday night, and're'c'eive'd a uiia'iiiiiious 1 vote of thanks and confidence. Mr-X-K V. Kemsley, of the Napier Fire Bnjsjalie and lately foreman of works on the Woodville-Gorge section, has boen appointed Captain of the Wellington 'I ''ire Brigade at a salary of £175 a year with free quarters. At the last sitting of the B.M. Court at Marton a aettler was fined 20s and costs for allowing cattle to be at large on the roads. Three others were fined 5s and costs each. A writ has been served on the Bank of New Zealand- at -the instance ol Mr-jTv. VI ex ted, claiming £2oo ; damagea i for the' dishonor of a cheque whilst funds were available. The case will be heard at the Masterton District Court on Wednesday, 25th instant.— Pahiatua Star. Four new States were added to the American Uuion on Independence Day — Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana — and m recognition of the fact four new stars have been added to the flag of the nation. The national ensign therefore now consists of 42 stars and 13 stripes. A return of lambs sent Homo recently by Messrs Brewer and Krull is interesting. In April last they, could not get 5s 6d for. 800 lambs offered at Waverley and decided :o .send them Home frozen. It was a wise decision, as they have received 14s 6d each net at Waitotara, making a difference to them of £340. — Herald. We have to congratulate Mr Frank Bray on the excellent connection he haß secured since he commenced business as a hairdresser and tobacconist in Feilding. He has now found it necessary, to keep pace with the requirements of his establishment, to add to it a large stock of the best tobaccos of all descriptions and new pipes, particulars of which will be published in our next issue. The football match between teams representing "Wanganui and Feilding will be played on the Oval this afternoon, and as both teams have an unbeaten record' this season, the match should be well contested. Feeling runs in .favor of Wanganui, but we certainly think " our boys" will give a good account of themselves. The Wanganui men arrived by tho 10.55 train this morning. A Portsmouth correspondent writes : — <l In order to test the quality of the bayonets now being served out to the troops, .a number of weapons were indiscriminately selected from among those in use by the Inniskillon Fusiliers, and some sensation was occasioned in the garrison when the report from the testing experts in London was received notifying that 60 per cent of the bayonets were totally unfit for uso." The great timber clearing sale to be held on Wednesday next by Messrs Stevens and Gorton, at Mr Warne's Ashurst j is advertised to-day. It will be seen that 120,000 feet of first class totara timber will be offered in lots to suit purchasers. It is well known the timber from Mr "Warne's mill cannot be surpassed. The sale will commence at 11.30 a.m. and luncheon will be provided. The Inangahua Times states that nearly the whole of tho work on the Midlaud Railway is let in sub-contracts,, and owing to the number of applications the prices are so low that many of the hands cannot earn more from 20s to 23s "per week ; while in other instances work is undertaken by parties of men who, after laboring at it for a short time, throw it up in disgust and march off, leaving the contractors to benefit by the work done. A Queensland attorney had his pocket picked of his pipe and tobaoco-pouch the other day while interviewing in kia cell a prisoner charged with larceny, but detecting the theft before leaving the precincts of the gaol, he returned to the dungeon, and on his client owning up the lawyer presented him with a box of matches in token of his admiration, and volunteered to defend him on his trial for nothing. One little touch of nature re-established the Brotherhood of Man. Summer Dress Fabrics.— The Materials are principally fine, soft, draping woollans, light in textnre, yet wonderfully durable, with a nice -selection of some choice makes in cashmere, and an assort inent of beautiful mohairs, whioh bid fair to be extensively used during- the present season, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Summer Dre6s Fabrics. — The colours most in favour are Resedas, Mosses Serpent, with various shades of Terra Cptta, Vieux Hoses, etc. Our home buyers have sent us a plentiful supply of those fashionable colours in all materials, so we shall be well able to meet the expected demand for them at Te Aro House, Weiling'on. Summer Dress Fabrics. — We would remind ladies that our dressmaking department still holds the premier position in the oity, ana we have all the conveniences, room, talent, ability, with efficient 6taffs, to maintain our prestige at Te Aro House, Wellington. Summer Dress Fabrics.— -As we take dresses only in the order they are purchased to make up. our lady friends should at once see the desirability of preventing disappointment by attending to this matter without delay at Te Aro House, Wellington.