Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 50, 15 October 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

The Kiwitea Roatl Board will meet on Saturday next.

South street road is now open for traffic the bridge having been put in repair.

All inspectors of sheep are authorised to receive rates upon sheep, by the last Gazette.

During the gale on Sunday a few panes of glass were broken in some of the store windows.

We have to acknowledge receipt of a batch of Parliamentary papers from the Government Printer.

A man may not add a cubit to his stature, but he may add to his business by judicious advertising.

The Hon. Mr Hislop has re-joined the Ministry, and the Governmental image has gotten back its feet of clay.

The Bank of New Zealand will observe to-morrow as a general holiday in Feilding and all its other branches throughout the colony.

Dr Legrand Dv Saule, a celebrated French physician, claims that 75 per cent, of epileptic children in Paris hospitals are born of intemperate parents.

About ;£SO has been subscribed in Kiwitea towards the erection of a building for the Church of England. The site has not yet been definitely decided upon.

Mr Carthew has been appointed agent for the New Zealand Times, and requests regular subscribers to give him their names in order that he may deliver their copies. We (Wanganui Herald) hear that Mr Broad, of the National Bank, leaves on Tuesday for Greymouth, where he takes up three months duties while the local manager is absent on leave-

"We have to thank H. M. Lyon, Esq., the courteous secretary of the Wellington Racing Club, for a copy of programme for the Spring Meeting of the Club, to be held about the middle of November,

Stock having begun to move off even more rapidly than he anticipated, Mr Peter Thomson has just replenished his shelves with a lot of new goods well worthy of the attention of the most fastidious.

We are glad to announce that the health of Mr Beattie continues to improve and his medical attendant, Dr Monckton, assures us he sees reason to hope for com plete eventual recovery.

Mrs R. D'Orsay Ogden is, we understand, a niece of Sir James Fergusson, formerly Governor of New Zealand, also one of the directors of the C.L. and L. Corporation, and after whom Fergusson street, Feilding, is named.

The new stock which has been before alluded to in his advertisement has now been received by Mr Haliday, and his supply of saddlery, harness, grindery, &c, may now be said to be as complete as that of any other saddler on the coast.

News from Samoa states that a severe shock of earthquake occurred at Apia on the 19th September, and lasted between 50 and 60 seconds. No material damage was done, though houses and trees, and eyen the ships in the harbour, shook very much.

The South Canterbury (Timaru) Re*fngerating Company have just concluded arrangements with Messrs Roid and McLean, Dunedin (Colonial Union Company), and the Messrs Nelson, to freeze 26,000 sheep at the local works for the former, and between 30,000 and 75,000 for the latter, per annum.

The Gisborne Borough Council are experimenting for a supply of water from artesian wells. A bore has been sunk 600 feet without a sign of water, and it has been decided to go 400 feet further if necessary. The cost of the well so far is £800.

There can be no question that coachbuilding is a specialty of Feilding, and Mr A. L. Parr haß now in course of completion a wagonette, two dog carts and a spring trap. The work is being pushed on with two of them to have them in readiness f..r the Agricultural Show, to be held in Palmerston next month.

The Baby Ogden Company played to a good house on Saturday night. The dramatic version of Oliver Twist was presented, and every part was well sustained by the several actors. The only fault we could find was that that distinguished character " The Artful Dodger" was kept a little too much in the back ground.

In a small store not many miles from the Makino, a youngster was caught red handed, a few days ago, helping himself without previously calling in the assistance of the proprietor. The offender was promptly tied up with a stout rope and left bewailing his hard fate until he was relieved by one of his parents. Now we hear that an action for assault, battery, and false imprisonment is on the tapis.

It was a remarkable circumstance in connection with the recent fire in Collins street, Melbourne, that the whole of the building occupied by Allen and Co., music sellers, was not destroyed ; but the peculiar method of construction Bayed it. When it was erected the partitions between the rooms and the spaces between each floor and the ceiling below were packed with sawdust, so as to deaden sound. The water poured npon the building to prevent the spreading of the flames went into 4he sawdust, and so made the buil i ig practically invulnerable as against i ie fire. — Dunedin Star.

As will be seen by advertisement the Baby Ogden Company will give a dramatised representation of Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's world-renouned work, Uncle Tom's Cabin, in the Assembly Eooms on Thursday evening next, when that youthful wonder, Baby Ogden, will fill the role of Eva the Angel Child. The caste will include the full strength of the company, and on this occasion, we understand, Borne special scenery will be introduced. From the popularity of the piece, and the very favorable impression the company has made on the Feilding public we expected to see a crowded house. It is worthy of note that there is no extra charge for reserved seats, tickets for which may be obtained from Mr Carthew, and that a concession is made for family tickets.

The flare of a fire was. seen last night, about 10.50 in the direction of Ashurst.

Wright, Stephenson, and Co. have sold the racehorse Silvermark to E. Monaon, of Queenstown.

Mrs Corrado has been transferred from Terrace Gaol (Wellington), to the Lunatic Asylum, under the warrant of the Colonial Secretary.

The wreck of the Koranui was sold at Wellington ou >aturday for £25, the Union Steamship Company being the purchasers.

A boy named Davy was run over by a fire engine and killed in Karangahape Road, Auckland, on Saturday, during the practice of the Newtown Fire Brigade. The wheels of the engine passed over the lad's neck.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson & Coreport a fairly good sale at Ashurst on Friday, there wus a very good entry of stock and good attendance. Prices ruled as under : — Forward bullocks, £3 17s 6d; Syr old steers, £3 ; 2^yr old steers, £2 17s ; yearling steers, 24h ; 2yr old heifers, 325 ; empty cows, 33b ; dairy cows from £3 10s to £4 10; fat wethers in wool from 13s to 14s; ewes and lambs, 8s 6d,

The Feilding Brass Band will play for aboixt half an hour in front of the Assembly Rooms on Thursday evening next, commencing at 7.30 o'clock, and before the Ogden Company's performance they will play a piece on the stage entitled " Bonuy Scotland." This being the first public appearance of the united band under Bandmaster Haybittle, it should prove an attraction.

A sitting of the Wellington Divorce Court will be held at the conclusion of the civil sittings of the Supreme Court next week. The cases to be heard consist of the following : — Brodie v. Brodie (decree absolute) ; Malcolm v. Malcolm (decree absolute) ; Dodwell v. Dodwell (decree absolute) ; Nilson v. Nilson (decree nisi) ; Carlson v. Carlson (decree nisi) ; Longhurst v. Longhurst (decree nisi) ; DeLautour v. DeLautour (decree nisi). His Honor Mr Justice Richmond will preside.

The recent cold gales of wind have done a good deal of damage to fruit growers, because in this settlement the gardens, for the most part, are protected by live or dead fences from the northerly winds only ; the consequence is that when a southerly buster (fortunately of rare occurrence) sets in, fruit trees and shrubs, unless of the hardiest kinds, suffer more than they otherwise would if the latter wind: were held in greater awe, and fences erected to guard against them.

The Christchurch Telegraph gives an instance of how money doubles. A Dunedin servant 20 years ago placed £10 in the Sayings Bank and this, with interest, had a few days ago totted up to £21. We, in Wanganui, haye had even a more noticeable instance iv the Cainck case. In 1872-73 he nad £300 invested and when the statement of liabilities in the Ashforth estate was filed the amount -stood at £719. The servant girl got her £20— Carrick, unfortunately for him, did'nt. — Herald.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Wanganui opened this morning before His Hon. the Chief Justice. The cases of the calender are : — Patrick Dillon carnally knowing (2 charges) ; Hutana Matenga, forgery ; W. Swayne Fleetwood. breaking and entering ; Win. McDermott, rape ; Win. Whelan, false pretences ; Daniel Phillips, larceny as a bailee and false pretences ; Chas. Walter Langstone, forging and littering ; Thos. Naughton alias McNaughton, abduction ; Eobert Stockwell Hassell, forgery and uttering (2 charges, the prosecutor in one being T. J. Nichols) ; Charles Hart Ashforth, converting trust money to his own use (prosecutor Stephen Carrick.)

The Town Hall, 3reyiown, was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning at 4.40. The Oddfellows' annual ball was held on Friday night, and the dancers had only left the hall a short time before the discovery of the fire. The hall, fire engine sheds, library, pound and other outbuildings are totally destroyed. A large amount of proper ty, including instruments belonging to the string and brass bands, and a quantity of things belonging to the Oddfellows and the Methodists, have also been destroyed. The building was insured for £300 only. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Summer Dress Fabrics. — The styles and designs this season are very varied, and include a large proportion of plain materials, with checks and floral designs " en suite" and a great number of elaborate and beautiful art fancies of French manufacture. We are satisfied that these will please the taste of the most exacting who may inspect them at Te Aro House, Wellington.