The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1890 Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 90, 23 January 1890, Page 2

The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1890 Local and General News

The Feilding Brass Band will play tonight in the Rotunda. Tho Jubilee celebrations in Wellington yesterday were very successful. The advance in the piioe of wool this season means a gam of five millions sterling to Australia and New Zealand. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day : — Warnings for westerly gales have been. sent to all piaces. The acceptances for the Tufakina hack, races are as follows : — Hurdles, 11 ; Handicap, 16 ; Flying, 15 ; Maiden Hurdles, 13 ; Maiden, 21 ; Bracelet, 18. A farmer in Otago was recommended to use sheep dip to cure ring-worm on some young cattle. The ring : womi was squelched — but the cattle died too. A silver watch found by Air John G'Leary, now staying at the Empire Hotel. Feildiug, has been left at the Star office. Owner can have it on paying expanses. We have to acknowledge, with thanks, the great courtesy paid to our represent tative af; the Paluierston Sports and entertainment yesterday, by Mr Pirani, the secretary, and the other officers. Mr Bive, Mr Slipper and Mr Major are candidates for the vacancy on the Wanganui Education Board. One hope 3 to plunge in, the other to slip in, and the thud to get in by a majority. Referring to an indiscretion committed by one of Mr Daw's horses the other day, we have been requested to state that the steady old stager who acts as tutor to pupils in the barke, was not the offender. The stock sale at Birmingham to be held by Messrs F. R. Jackson & Co. on February the 6th, promises to be a brilliant auccese. We publish a list of entries received up till to-day, to which we diieot the attention of buyers. We understand that Judge Broad has received an intimation that he is to be appointed District judge for Wangauui, Palinerstou North, Hawera, and New Plymouth, in addition to Nelson, as from the Ist of February next. It is probable that, says the Wanganui Herald, under the new arrangement, Julge Ward will relieve Judge Broad of some portiou, at all events, of the Westland district. _M l l_»J\_F. Domiolly, formerly o a© of the leading hairdressers in Wellington, has commenced the exercise of his profession in Feilding, having purchased the lease, plant &c. of Mr J. E. Henry of Ferimssou street. Mr Donnelly informs us that his sole reason for retiring from business in Wellington was owing to delicacy of his health which he hopes will be reinstated by the more tracing atmosphere of this favored locality. Mr 8,. Hare, who has been discoursing for some time past, with considerable success, in the " Tent" at Palmerston N. has arranged to give a lecture iv *!irt Feilding Assembly Rooms on Sund;i afternoon next at 2.45. The subject advertised is one of deep interest, and deals with the Earth as it is to be. A number of Mr Hare s friends will accompan}' him. to assist in the singing, and some favorite hymns will be used. As the seats are free, and all persona are invi.>-ii, there will no doubt be a good attendance. Referring to Professor Kudarz, the wonderful prestidigitator who will perform in the Feilding Assembly Rooms to-morrow and Saturday evenings, a Wellington paper says :— One of his new illusions is intitled "Le Cocon" and is said to eclipse in wonder and ingenuity anything previously in the way of magic. Professor Kudarz takes a piece of tape and stretches it across the stage, then hangs a piece of paper upon it. kept in place by a slight frame, and proceeds to sketch upon it in bold outlines the figure of a silkworm. At a given word the paper bursts open, displaying a cocoon of golden silk. The framework is then lowered on to a chair, aud while the audience are wondering the cocoon becomes animated, and, slowly opening, discloses the head and shoulders of Mdlle. Kudarz, gracefully attired to imitate the appeamnce of a butterfly. The effect is exceedingly pretty. s # An official ruling has been received b} r the District Grand. Lodge of Wellington, E.G., from the Grand Secretary of England, Colonel Shadwell H. Clerke, as to the interpretation of clause 219 of tho English Masonic Constitutions. This clause was interpreted in this colony by certain authorities as giving any throe members of a lodge the right to retain the charter in defiance of the decision of the majority of members to transfer the allegiauce of the lodge to a new Constitution. This view was very strongly combatred by the leaders of the movement in favour of the establishment of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. Colonel Clerke, after consultation with the Grand Registrar of England, states that the matter was settled in connection witb the establishment of the Australian Grand Lodges, the Grand Lodge" of England holding that the will of the majority must rule, and that the majority have power to transfer the allegiance of a lodge to a new Constitution. The decision removes some sbi-ious difficulties iv the way of the institution of the Now Zealand Grand Lodge. The rule of the Grand Lodge of Scotland on the subject was only adopted a couple of yeavs ;su:o, and is a copy of the English clause, so that the ruling of the Grand Lodge of England in this case will apply also to Scotch lodges. It is eyident the Grand Lodge of England does not objoct to colonial lodges assuming the right of self-govern-ment if fctey wish to do so. — Post.