Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 134, 6 May 1890, Page 2

Local and General News

«- i Dividends in the estate of Mr E. Toung, ■ a. bankrupt,. are- now payable at the Stab ofifice. We have received a very fair sample of green peas grown at the Birmingham settlement. Among other additions made to Messrs F; R. Jackson and Co.'s sale at Feilding on Thursday next, are the pnviliges of the Cavalry Tournament to be hold on the FeildingJßace Course on Saturday j the 24th instant, the Queen's Birthday. Terms and other particulars will be given on the day of the sale. An ew and improved theodolite stand has just been completed by Mr G. W. Fowles, mathematical instrument maker, of this town, to the order of Mr C. A. Monntfort, surveyor. The peculiarity of the stand is that by a simple piece of mechanism in the brass work on which tbe theodolite is placed, the instrument can be so adjusted as to place the plumb bob directly over a> surveyor's peg, or any other fixed- point in the. surfaoe of the ground, without, shifting the legs of; the stand, which has bepn .compulsory. in thei brdiniwy stands.. The whole affair is very ingenious, an,d wi^ be. the means of saving'much yaluabfe time, It is worthy of note ihat the brass and wood work were all db'ne|on the premises of Mr Fowles.

Wirth's circus to-morrow night. There will be a meeting this evening of the FeUding School Committee. Mr Daw will commence running a line pf coaches to Wai tuna on Saturday. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Boacd will meet to-morrow in Wanganui. The Australian Bfondin will appear in Feilding on Thursday, opposite the Denbigh Hotel. The Awa Huri bridge is reported to bevery utiaafe for vehicles auad^horsemen, owing to the starting of several planks on the decking. Mr Saml. Knight has grown a quantity very gdbd cape^^ gooseberries this'aeasdri, and next year he hopes to rival the New Plymouth growth. We understand it is probable that an atfctioh' sale; conduoted by Mr Trimble,*, will shortly be held in the Birmingham Town Hall, to be followed? by; » concert and dance. Qn Friday evening a meeting will be held at Mrs Hastie's Sample Rooms to consider the best means of affording relief to the widow : 6nd brphansJof the iat e George Evans, who aire left totally unprovided for. "t , v"V> -*, .* 7. ' " On her^ferm at Morellands, in the Har- . bori Board Block, Mrs M. Brown is having a substantial seven roomed house erected in place of the pnedestroyed by fire about a year jago , , Messrs Sha^, Gibson, .Phil- r potfa ahdF. Brbwhliave also recently put' up dwelling houses on their several section's in the same locality, Mr Simpsony of -Byker Farm, will leaye by the Tongariro, which sails from Lyt-tleton-next. week, for, a trip to the Horn c country. - JWp. /hope. Mir Simpson will enjoy his tirip, which he expects will extend over a period of six months. . By Mr W. Trimble setting- up in the business of auctioneer in Feilding, the funds of the Borough Council will be benefitted to the {extent of -240 per annum. Thajfc amount was paid over to Mr Hill, the Town ,Clerk,jlast week by Mr Trimble as the' fee due for His annual license. A The programme for the Birmingham iSports,- to .be, held on .Queen ty Birthday, is pubii_.h T ed ; to-dayJ ' Nomma.i6ns.will be ' received up^to WSdhe6day. lt l4^h May; Mr J. E. Henry is the handicapper. About £30 will be ginen in prizes. The vari6us events have been well Arranged, so that the interest of the spectators .-will not jbe aUowed to wane at any period during the day. "A y \ yj -..] } .r>7 The Rer Charles Clark has brought liis fii-St; series of Melbourne^ lectures '* close. "* "He" proceeds J^a^rowTcial tour, after,which he will visit the other colonies;., anc! bn bis retdrn^to*Melbo|urn^he, givei another series. TMr Gl^r-|rflkin'|_ ail 1 his old powers of mterestipg his auviii-nces, which in Melbourne have been jyery|la«!ge paes.-: PX-..M' '■ LX-. '^ lV ' Hard-looking' citizen--** Db you w&nt ,to hire a nian ?' Merchant— ' No. I've, no. use for a man thafe drinks.? j Hard-' looking citizen (with offended dignity)— 1 1 can bring you any number of witnesses to prove that I'm not a drinking man, sir/ Merchant (motioning him to the door) — ' You oan t establish an alibi for .that, breath.' At- Chnstchurch on Saturday a husband' of 18 years was ordered to' find a surety of £50 that he would pay los a, week towards 'tJEe JBuppbrt M ,Inß wif^: aged 17, and their"one fchiliT. 4 *'Ts mar-' 1 ria'ge a failure ? " Theirs evidently is. '* She didn't care about '. living . with, him"i; and he " Didn't want Whye with ,her.", *' You are a pair of young fools," said the Magistrate,: Thjs B*y of Plenty Times works off the following as original -.—Looking over our old ledger we see a long army of names of former 'subscriber. ' who -are indebted to us. Some* of them have movejd away, and are lost to sight.although to memory dear. Others are carrying^ the 0 cofttributipn,. boxes in pur,,, most; respectable churches; and others again have died, and ore now angels in heaven, but they owe us just the same. The Chronicle has the following, which may attempt some young folks about to commit matrimony into waiting till the; snows of winter haye gathered bn their heads :— " Old maids and bachelors may take encouragement from ) the' fact taut yesterday was celebrated a marriage at &t. Mary's Church, the contracting parties to. which .had aggregated one hundred and twenty years. This example is worthy of imitation by 'persons ofleSs mature ages." : < • 'V In a descriptive article on Tel-01-Kebir ' a oorpqralin the 19th, tells the following amusing stpry>:— When in .the Egyptian camp I came across some little tin boxes labelled with a word which I hurriedly read as "potage." Some of the tins I brought in, and, .promising my comrades a treat, I had a kettleful of water boiled, and emptied ihtoJit-;*the contents y of the:; I tins. After a good stinng thejstipposed soup was seryed out., The first comment j was that it was curiously black. When it was cool enough to be tasted the wry faces made over it were a caution, and there was a roar of Blacking, by —!" Blacking it was ; the label which I had read "pqtage'V was actually "enrage.'' The Sydney Evening, News,., in regard to the policy of Protection v. Freetrade, makes the following pungent remarks :— . Protection and Freetrade are doing for shipping in the Southern Hemisphere, what they did for; it Jin -the J Northern Hemisphere. .Protection wiped . the American flag off the seas, anc^ Ereptradycarned the ' British "' flag to evdfy quarter of the world. Here is. how Yic-toi-ia and New South J Wales} stand:— Victoria owns 125 steamers and 270 sailing Vessels for a total tonage ;of 80,291 tons. New South Wales 496 steamers and 6do_Bailing.yeß.Bels .for a, iotal tonage of 133.438 tons., . -No wonder, the old salts of West Sydney^ and i ßelmam i keel-hau l l the ProtectioniKt philosophers when they "put up for election. • "•'" .70-

' New fashions for t^e Autumn Season are now ready for inspection, such as are certain to meet with universal approbation, because. se.lecl|d WAth.carpj -judges ment and' taste by bur special'representative in the -Home and continental markets—for Te Arp_Hpuse, Wellington. We are quite sure that a .visit to bur Show Boom wopld ,be t positively delight-, ful: and whether 'the visitor foams' through . the Millinery Department or passes on to the Mantle Room,* -the, eye would be charmed and correct tastes . gratified by an, inspection of the latest outcomes Pf fashion— -at Te Aro House,' Wellington. V :•' '•"■ ; AA. ■ a A * Our millinery is really very choice apd attractive aud, without controversy, the best in the city. We havp also an abundance of millinery requisites of the nearest . description , special attention having been giyen' by our Home buyer; to-the exact matching of all. Ladies can in this respeot, therefore* depend on -getting their ., . Wishes and tastes gratified at Te. Aro Houeie, Wellington. : . Our Mantle Room is brimful of the . latest novelties in mantles, jackets, furlined and imperial waterproof cloaks, in a Vast variety of materials,, shapes and sizes ; and such aa are adapted to please pyeryi taste. We specially V invite a minu|fce >pf^ all/ the, aqturan : • .novelties in our Shpw jßoQm,;and will be pleased to {»ive ample facilities, for..so f do f , r .-- -„ j.% -. .x.ui(.r\ii~- -V-- . '..pf. ■■•".i,.\,. mg-— -without pressing any visitor to buy —at Te Aro House, Wellington. — Advt.