Feilding Star. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1889. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 67, 23 November 1889, Page 2

Feilding Star. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1889. Local and General News

Mr Parsons lias been re-elected Mayor of Wanganui.

Mr Swan has been elected Mayor of Napier for the fifth time.

Mr G. M. Snelson has been elected Mayor of Palmerston -unopposed.

School Inspector Bindon is going to Australia for a holiday. He has earned it.

The Woodville Examiner hears- numerous complaints as to the scarcity of shear-

An Auckland solicitor claims £1250 da:nages for slander from a pawnbroker and mouey lender.

Mr Geo. Buckley has not yet been evicted from the Bank of New Zealand house in Auckland, and litigation is threatened.

We have to apologise to our Kiwitea and Birmingham subscribers for the non-de-li very of their papers on Wednesday. The runner forsot them.

Mr Sherwill reports having disposed of Mr G. E. B. Wrey's property in the Wanganui Harbor Board Block, consisting of 444 acres, at a satisfactory figure.

A man named Purcell was brought down from Cheltenham on Thursday with a broken leg, sustained by a fall from his horse. Dr Charlton set the fracture and the patient is now doing well.

To-day we publish the programnie of the concert to be given in the Kiwitea Hall on the evening of Friday, the 29th instant, in aid of the Church organ fund. The list is a most attractive one and foreshadows a brilliant success, After the concert there will be a dance.

As showing the profit to be made out of the beef trade, Mr Todd quoted the following figures. Beef can be bought here for from 12s to 14s per lOOlbs. which sells in Australia at 30s, and allowing that it could not be landed at less than £1 a hundred there was still a large margin for profit. — Wanganui Herald.

Says the Dunedin Star : —The death is announced of Captain W. E. tleywood, the well-known proprietor of the Albion Hotel at luvercargill, aud the founder and first instructor of the Inyercargill Garrison Band. He never recovered from the shock to the system caused by the burning of his hotel about fifteen months ago. • Mr Carthew has now received direct from the manufacturers ex Tainui and lonic, nineteen cases containing fancy goods, toys — all the latest novelties of the season, in fact. There are six cases of books for school prizes, published by Cassell, and Ward Lock and Co., and three

cases from other publishers. Mr Carthew makes special arrangements with school committees. An advertisement giving fuller particulars appears elsewhere.

A special meeting of the Borough Council has been convened for 11.45 a.m. on Wednesday next for the purpose of nominating a candidate for election as a rnern'ber of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board of Wanganui, and the United District of Wangauui aud Tatea. Marton and Feilding elect one member between them, but as we understand that the former Borough has left the matter to Feilding, the member nominated would be elected without opposition.

Mr S. Svendsen, book and shoe importer, has -just received, direct from Messrs Arthur and Co., the Well known boot and shoe manufacturers of Glasgow. Scotland, 10 trunks of ladies' boots and shoes, embracing every style. The goods arrived per s.s. Tainui, • and are now on view, and, being of splendid make and finish, should command a ready sale. Further particulars will shortly be given in handbills.

Collelo, who rode Tirailleur in his New Zealand and Oauterbury Cup victories, left Christchurch on Thursday night of last week, reached Wellington on Friday, and was at Wauganni the following day. He rode Foxton and Boulanger in their engagements at the Wanganui F-pvi- g Meeting. Collelo, who is engaged wi!h Mr J. J3elcher, of Wanganui, ia a sail sible, unassuming lud, w^io is steudih making his way up the ladder of fame in the profession, being one of the yery besi light- weights in this colony. — "Spec tator."

Mr S. J. Thompson, the spirited proprietor of the Red Hou .c, is again to the ibre with a new and attractive advertisement, which will appear in our next issue. Particulars are given of new Hues in drapery and millinery of every style and variety. The goods will be found well worthy of inspection, and being- offered at the moderate prices for which the Red House is famous, a speedy eleai-anec of these excellent goods should soon be effected amongst Mr Thompson's numerous customers.

A number of enterprising and energetic young ladies have formed a cricket club in Palmerston. The two essentials of colour aud dress have already been fixed upon, but bats and stumps, being 1 of minor importance, have not been pro cured. However, practice is held every afternoon, and the style in which the fair ones wield the willow is, in the highest sense of the word, artistic. It is understood that the use of guards and wicketkeeping gloves is to be dtHcoutiteuanced by this scientific club, as the bowling is to be all underhand, slow, and widf enough to to be halmless. A challenge to members of the mule cricket club is on the tapis, arid the lady cricketers, confi dent m their wiles and charms, are sanguine of victory. — Manawatu Times.

The proprietors of the Makino Fibre Mill are about to make all the necessary alterations to obviate the pollution of the water in the Makino stream by preparing a dam to collect all refuse fluid from the mill The water in the Makino will be turned by a sluice at the head of the dam, so that it will run pure and undefiled during the day time, and in the evening the darn can be flushed and cleared out without inconvenience to anybody. The manager, Mr' Palmer, expressed to a member of our staff, who visited the mill yesterday, his earnest wish to run the mill without giving the slightest trouble to. the adjoining residents, and to remove every possible cause of complaint they have, and we are perfectly satisfied he will do whatever he has undertaken to perform. The working of this miJI is of some importance, because it costs .£56 per week to keep it gning, and that ex-, penditure is worth considering.

Summer Dresß Fabrics. — The colours uiost iv favour- are Resedas, Mos6e.s Serpent, wit.h various shades of Terra Cott<t, Vieux Roses, etc. Our homo buyers have sent us a plentiful supply of those Fashionable colours iv all materials, so we shall be v;ull able to meet tho expected demand for thorn at Te Aro House. Wellington

Suininflr Dross Fabrics. — We would re. mind la'dios that our dressmaking department still holds the premier position in the 'city.' and wo have all the conveniencoa, roorn*taleat, ability, with efficient sUfIU. to maintain our prestige -at Te Auo ilouse^yellingtou. ■ . ..• • ' ■