The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1890.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 111, 13 March 1890, Page 2

The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1890.

Local and General News The Kiwitea Road Board will meet on Saturday next. ! The Pelorus Guardian says an antimony reef, has been discovered on the Pioton road. The various banks will observe Monday, the 17th instant, as a close holiday in honor of St. Patrick. Sir Harry Atkinson intends to pay a visit to Hawera where he will spend some time in retirement. The fifth and last wool sale of the N.Z. L. and M. Coy. will take place in Wellington on Tuesday, 18th instant. Messrs Hodges and Co. have obtained the contract for forming and culverting a road to the residence of Mr S. E. Turner. Five tenders were received. We are pleased to see that Mr Towler, the railway porter, who was injured in the execution of his duty some weeks ago, has now got back to work again. There are already so many totalisator race meetings in the colony that if they go on increasing at the present rate there will not be enough horses " to go round," in the course of five years. • The Wellington Press understands that the probability of Sir Harry Atkinson becoming a candidate for the Nelson seat at the next election is openly discussed in certain circles in Nelson. If he resolves to do so his election is, we believe, a certainty. Beefton is going through a period of depression which has never before been equalled in that district. Each male adult is now limited to seven drinks and three meals per diem, while Yankee grab and poker are only to be played on saints' days or public holidays. On Tuesday evening the train from Wangarmi knocked over a couple oi horses, the property of Messrs Cobbe, and Darragh, which were straying on the line. One was killed outright, and the >other was so much injured . that it is a question whether it will eyer again be good for anything. A meeting of a Committee of the Charitable Aid Board, with reference, to an Old Man's Refuge, and another of the Hospital Board, to- draw up new rules and regulations, were held in Waneanui yesterday, but Dr Monckton, who is a member of both, wes prevented from attending by professional engagements. We are glad to be informed by the inventor, Mr Bull, that a new flax dressing process has been patented and will be made known to the public shortly. The inventor claims to be able by the aid of the process to deliver flax in Wellington at about £9 per ton. — N.Z. Times. The Feilding Brass Band played a 1 number of selections on the Rotunda last night, and brought out a good number of spectators by their music. We understand that the Band's services have been engaged for the Marton Caledonian Sports on Monday next. The Postal Department has decided for the present not to incur the expense of a tn-weekly service to Mangaone. The Post Office will be opened at Mr T. J. Smith's store, and the first mail despatched on Tuesday next, after which mails will be exchanged between Feilding and Mangaone on Tuesday and- Friday afternoons. . The Palmerston people are beginning to feel. the pinch on the railway caused by the four mile length between Palmerston and Longburn, which counts as fifteen in freight charges, because there is divided interest and divided management, and the Manawatu Times trusts the day is not far distant when the Company's line will be the property of the colony. It is not generally known that the Mayor has, under the Borough Bye-la we, very great powers by which he may punish a restive or disobedient Councillor by fining him any sum not exceeding five pounds. This power was exercised in Hokitika the other day, and although the erring one took his punishment very badly, he had to submit and pay. The hearing of the case of Feilding Borough Council y. F. Gillett in the R.M. Court yesterday occupied nearly 4 hours. It is a rather complicated affair, and the evidence given was somewhat conflicting. His Worship very properly reserved his judgment till next court day, and it will require the exercise of a considerable amount of wisdom in arriving at a just and equitable verdict. The annual tea and public meeting in connection with the Presbyterian Church took place last evening, there being large attendances at both the tea and the meeting. The JEtev. H. M. Murray presided at" I the latter, and appropriate addresses were, delivered iy the Rev.- Mr Treadwell,of Wangannij Rev. Mr iWright, o£ Palmer •>: ston, Rev.. Mr Shirer, of Wellington, and Rev. Mr Harris^ of Feilding. .A detailed? report will appear in our next jsjßue.

Dv tJharlton instructed the members of the Ambulance party last night and considerable progress wa» made. Tho Ec- union of the Manchester Rifles will take place at the Feildmg Hotel tomorrow evening. Messrs Freeman E. Jackson and Co, 'a sale to-day was well atttended. A fall report will appear in our next issue. A general meeting of the Feildiuj? Hunt Club will be held on Saturday the 22nd instaut at Light's Hotel. „_ Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day.— Warnings have, been repeated to all places south of Napier and Wanganui. . Some unlucky individual must have had a smash uf>' last night, because the debris of a vehicle were discovered this morning near Mr Norman's gate «n the Kimboltou Road. . Mr Trimble will continue his sale of Oapel's bankruptcy stock on Saturday at 1.30 p.m. As there are a large lot of good lines to be given away, we would advise all to attend th» sale. Our footballers are doing well. They had a fine practice last Saturday when some good form waa exhibited. On I Saturday next a scratch match will be j .pluyed. The first fifteen are particularly requested to roll up. In our advertising columns to-day Miss (jiesen intimates that she is prepared to receive pupils in music, drawing, painting, perspective and geometry. For other particulars we refer nnv readers to the advertisement which appears elsewhere. Mr Bellve, saddler, has just completed a yery neat set of trap harness, silver mounted, to the order of a local resident. Mr Bellve expects a consignment, of English and Colonial saddles in the course of a week, particulars of which will be duly advertised. Mr Thompson of the Red House has just had erected in his' shop a splendid show case for the display of silver and plated goods. Mr Eade was the maker and it reflects infinite credit on his skill as a cabinet maker. There are few in the Dunedm Exhibition to excel it. The quantity of wool sold in the colonies during the season 1889-90 was about 568,000 bales, of which 520,000 were for foreign consumption. One million one hundred and eighty-nine thousand bales represent the number exported from Australia during the same period. Notice is given to-day of the dißßolution of partnership hitherto existing be-, tween Messrs McGrath and" Lynch at Awahuri. The business will be carried on by Mr viichael McGrath alone, by. whom all accounts due from and to the partnership will be paid and received. Messrs Prior and Cooke are the solicitors. It may. interest the 'large sawmill proprietors in' New Zealaud to learn that the. refuse from the Canadian lumber mills can be converted into paper. One mill at O tawa treats 12,000 tons of sawdust annually that way. The paper from this material cau be made so thick and strong that when tarred and dried it can be used for building purposes, while paper of a fiver quality can be obtained by adding one- fourth of waste paper to the sawdust pulp. There is, we regret to hear, considerable mortality amoiig the fish in the Inglewood streams, Weg are informed that one person picked up 43 varying in size from the smallest up to fish of several pounds weight, and another person saw a lot of over twenty which had been pioked up. Many of the dead fish have an incrustation of ashes about their gills, and it is presumed that the large deposit of ashes in the streams during the past week coupled with the I<>W state of the streams and the wamth <5f- the water, is the cause of the mortality.— Hawera Star. New fashions for the Autumn Season are now ready for inspection, such as are certain to meet with universal approbation, because selected with care, judgement and taste by our special representative in the Home and continental markets — for Te Aro House, Wellington. We are quite sure that a visit to our Show Room would be positively delightful : and whether the visitor roams through the Millinery Department or >'iKses on to the Mantle Room, the eye vu.ild be charmed and correct tastes gratified by an inspection of the latest outcomes of fashion — at Te Aro House, Wellington. Our millinery is really very choice and attractive aud, without controversy, the best in the city. We have also an abundance of millinery requisites of the newest description, special attention haying been giyen by our Home buyer to the exact matching of all, Ladies can in this re. spect, therefore, depend on getting their wishes and tastes gratified at Te Aro House, Wellington. . Our Mantle Room is brimful of the latest novelties in mantles, jackets, furhned and imperial water-proof cloaks in a vast variety of materials, shapes and sizes ; and such as are*' adapted to please every taste. We specially invite a minute inspection of all the autumn novelties in our t?how Room, and will be pleased to give ample facilities for so doing—without pressing any visitor to buy -at Te Aro House, Wellington.— Advt.