Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 60, 7 November 1889, Page 2

Local and General News

"•— I — '— The Borough . Council will meet this eyening. The Hugo Minstrels are now playing in Christchurch. The Banks in Wanganui will be closed on Saturday and Monday, the 9th and llth instants.:'" V; ■•" J Z_.; l '~A'- :.'": The sale of " 'Mr E. Young's bankrupt stock has been withdrawn by order of the Official Assiguee. Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day: — Warnings for westerly gales have been sent to all places. The Engineer of the Kiwitea Road Board, Mr Bray, invites tenders for a number of public works particulars of which are given in the advertisement. A special bank holiday will be observed on Thursday the 14th' instant in this district, by the Bank ofNew Zealand and the Bank of Australasia. V ■'. We have to acknowledge receipt of the last issue of Zealandia. It is a pleasure to us to see the rapid strides this truly colonial publication is making in public favor. Mr Carth'ewis the Feilding agent. A meeting of the Feilding Volunteer 1 Fire Brigade will be held, at the; engine shed to-morrow, evening at half past seven o'clock. As the business is of importance members are requested to be punctual. "The average salaries of assistant teachers in the. Board schools . of ' England is said to be £98 6s Id. In Ireland, the chief male teachers in elementary schools receive on an average more than £15 a year less than assistants"in. England, j If Filmer.did get .away by the 'Frisco : boat on Monday he is the third Wangan-' uiite who has favoured tho Zealandia. The other two were Dudley Eyre, of pious memory, and Ralph McNish. — Wanganui Herald. A teacher, questioning little boys about the graduation iii the scale of being, asked : •' What comes next to man ? " Whereupon a silver shaver, who was evidently smarting under a sense of previous defeat, immediately distanced all competitors by promptly shouting : " His flannel shirt, ma 'am !" " The Jingo Musical and Comedy Com- _ pany" are announced to . appear ih the Feilding: Assembly Rooms on Saturday evening next. According to the bill of fare contained in the adverti emjsnt, an enjoyable evening's amusement should be spent by those who patronise the show. . . The Makino store under the proprietor-, ship of Messrs Ratliff Bros., is now thoroughly well stocked with new seasons good's of all kinds and descriptions, selected from the best importing houses in the colony. Sheepfamiers and others ai-e requested to note that Messrs Ratiift Bros.. have woolpacks and other requisites o^. sale. To-day a notification appears over the signature of Mr John Notman, the secretary of the Wanganui Harbor Board, to the efiect that a number of sections of land in the Pohangina Survey District, are how open for selection on deferred payment. Full particulars as to acreage are given in the, advertisement. We may state, however, that should any other information be desired, the courteous secretary of the Board, Mr Notman, will gladly afford it on application jbeing made by letter. We have a suggestion to make to the Board of Railway ; Commissioners, and one which we think should be acted upon, viz., the issuing of railway tickets to accredited pressmen over the New Zealand railways at reduced rates. Newspaper men do a lot of travelling about in pursuit oftheir vocation at a great cost, and as the result of their labors is for the public good, - we do not see why some concession should not be made. We are led to ; make this suggestion owing to a private letter received by a member of our staff from a Brisbane journalist, who says that the Queensland Railway Commissioners, upon representations being made to tbem, at once arranged for the issuing of season tickets to members of the fourth estate at one-fourth the ordinary ticket rates. We hope — and we know our contemporaries will agree with us in this matter — that the Bailway Commissioners at Wellington will give consideration to our recommendation. — Napier News. We are indebted to the Secretary of the Local Court of Foresters for the following statistics of the Ancient order of Foresters for Great Britain, Ireland and the colonies for the year 1889 : — Districts, 279 ; courts, 4673; benefit members, 661,971 ; average members in each conrt, 141.; honorary members, 16,329 ; worth of court funds, £3,727,791 '; district funds, £472,084; total worth of funds, £4,199,875; average per member (say), £& Bs. Increase in the year : 12 courts, 12,198 benefit members, 427 honorary members, £157.558 court funds, and £26,794 district funds. The ncrease in New Zealand has been : Districts, 7 ; courts, 96 ; benefit members, ! 7365 ; honorary members, 109 ; Court i funds, £79,714 ; district funds, £13,780 ; ayerage members in each Court, 76. Wellington district: Courts, 23; members, 2084; average members iri each court, 90; district funeral fund, £3146 10s Bd, this added to the funds oftheCourta and the Juvenile funeral fuiid (£37 14s 6d) makes the total worth of £28,721 ; members initiated during the year, 314; while • the Courts' funds amount to £25.359 ISs 4d,-. being, a very fenhskantial increase during, the. year ; the. district , has .p^idipr. deaths, dviriiig the year £3so. . '' ' '■"'' Cobbe & Darragh haye received a full range of new Samples of Kaiapoi Tweeds, from which they are prepared to take orders for Suits^&c, made to measure. They, guarantee, the fit and finish of all Garments which they undertake^ and can • supply them at a slight advance on the ' prices .often paid for rettdy mades. I 1