Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 139, 17 May 1890, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr J. Fowler has been appointed postmaster at Bunnythorpe. Nominations for the Birmingham sports on the Queen's Birthday are published elßewhere. . In Napier and Chriatchurch the Queen's Birthday will be celebrated on Monday the 26th instant. Notice is given that the Manchester Rifles will parade in full drese at 10 a.m. on Saturday the 24th instant the Queen's Birthday. The Wanganui Herald "hopes Sir Walter Buller will be a candidate at the next general election." For why, and for where? If Balaam were alive and in New Zealand just now he would not bid them "saddle him. an < ass." He would say, " Saddle me the Minister for Lands." . Tenders are invited by Mr E. W. Collins for felling 120 acres of bush on Forlong's road. Further particulars may be obtained from Mr Hill at Mr Adsett'e mill, Taonm. "Mercutio" in the Auckland Herald says the " Salvation Army is the only real practical Christian organisation in our midst." " Mercutio" never speaks without reason. The state of parties in the New Zealand Parliament- just now is exquisitely simple. The Ministry have no policy, while the policy of the Opposition diners in no particular from that of the Ministry. The Secretary of the Feilding Jockey Club invites separate tenders for, the formation of a new race course, and for fencing thereon. . Plans and specifications may be eeen tit the office of Mr Bray C.E.

A grandmother of' Mrs Maybrick, Mrs Polly Bartlett, was hanged in America in 1806 for the murder of her husband. Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day :— Warnings for -westerly gales have been sent to all places south of East Cape and New Plymouth. The settlers in and about Birmingham (Fowler's) are preparing a petition to the Postmaster-General, asking for a daily mail aeryice with Feilding. A notice appears to-day anent certain deviations in the Watershed road, between the junction of Ulysses road with the Watershed road, and between the junction of the Midland road with the Watershed iroad... . While in thia district good laboring men are scarce and employment plenty, they are being driven out of this Colony to other parts of the world, which do not possess a tithe of its advantages for settlement. We regret to announce the death of Mr William Harvey, father-in-law of Mr Charles Bray, C.E., which took place on Thursday last after a brief illness. The deceased was for many years a resident of Nelson. The funeral took place this afternoon. The London Times correspondent at Cairo says Mr Stanley tells him that the distance which he has travelled on foot in the last expedition, is 4,400 miles, and 1,000 miles in conveyances of one kind or another, The expedition occupied three years*,: During the voyage of the schooner Maud Graham from Lyttelton to Auckland, two brothers named Fitzgerald, one of whom was captain, were swept overboard and drowned on Sunday last. A private telegram received by u» (Herald) to day from Wellington, states that the Governor has consented to the reduction of the upset prices of the unsold sections in the Wanganui Harbour Endownment Slock. Says the Napier Herald : — Mr W. Douglas, of Te Mahanga, has just receiyed the returns of thirty bullocks frozen by Messrs Nelson Bros, on his behalf, The bullocks averaged 7501b5., and realised a fraction over £6 a head. We are glad to sea that there is a pros pect of improvement in the wheat market. Th« Timaru H»rald eays:— lt was reported to us on Saturday that sales of prime wheat haaYbeea made at 3a per bushel, and that there is every probabil* ity of the market still rising. Series are fairly brisk in oats,. but barley-wr slow to move off. •; Mr J. T. Stewart, C.E. 1 was in Feilding on Thursday in connection with a proposed bridge over the Kiwitea stream where it crosses Kimbolton Boad. Mr Stewart's report is not yet completed, but it will probably be ready in time for consideration at the next meeting of the Borough Council. In a controversy on the temperance question in the Times just now, a correspondent calls attention to what Sir Jamefr. Faget Bays:— "l would maintain that/ so far as I can judge of the brain work of different persons, they haye done the best and most who have habicually and temperately taken alcoholic drinks. Good gold diggings have been discovered at Moh-Ho in China, but the Government will not allow them to be opened for fear of disorder from the flocking of adventures. The Emperor has a special dread of West Coast miners consequent upon the treatment his countrymen received from them at the JHau Hau in the. days of yore. A correspondent of the Lancet giv.es. the following graphic description of the symptoms of influenza :— Cannot speak— got no voice ; cannot walk — got no legs ; ; cannot sleep— got too much head; cannot lie down— cough too much;, cannot eat — got too big a throat ; cannot write — : j got nothing to say. Why ? Influenza. The report of the Sweating. Commission has been published. A few abuses are exposed in connection with the Employment of Females Act. The question of boy labor is a feature of the report, which the Trade Unions will have to face. The establishment of labor offioes under proper governmental control i» recommended. The N.Z. Times says the report is true and to the point, and its recommen.ii't.ions cannot fail of being productive of good to the Colony, if they are carried out. On -Thursday night there was ft good deal of exoitement in Wellington, caused by a rumour to the effect that the railway employes were to go out on strike on Sunday unless the Commissioners acceded to their wishes. The Commissioners, however, have stated that they are not likely to be seriously put about by a strike at any time. A telegram from Chrißtchuroh states that according to the Secretary of the Railway Servants' Society of -New Zealand, the rumour of a strike was without foundation. , The only case on record of an umbrella, being returned to its owner is mentioned by the Wellington Post, which says : — While taking a ticket at the Halcombe Eailway Station a few days ago, a passenger for the city put down his umbrella, and forgot to take it up when hurrying off to catch the train. The umbrella was a very good one, and the owner, without much hope of recovering his property, nevertheless mentioned his loss to the guard. The property was duly returned to its owner two days later. This is creditable to the railway authorities. We are glad to learn that Mr T. W. Bapley, of the Telegraph Department, Wanganui, has passed well in the Barristers' general knowledge examination, for which he went to Wellington recectly. Of all the candidates who entered, Mr Bapley was the only one who took Greek as a subject. The result is particularly creditable to Mr Bapley, when it is remembered that he had only the. spare moments in the brief intervals of a somewhat trying profession, to devote to his studies. His success should incite other young men in the Government and other services to use their time profitably and for a set-purpose. — Chronicle. An Aunklander now resident in Mcl bourne writes to a friend in the Northern city: — "Melbourne is very unheal thy just now, and will be until the drainage is taken thoroughly in hand. At present it is a disgrace to a Turkish town, and they are about the worst in the world. The dirty linen of the. land boom is .still being washed out, tho court-, hem.; kept busy'with bankruptcy, fraud, itc. I think that Melbourne's prosperity resembles > that of New Zealand, s ten years ago. but the Melbournite is as proud of his stinking city and its supposed prosperity ; as ever, he was; but I think the condition of the natural producers, or the farmers, is a fair index of the true condition of the whole. The farmers in Victoria are in a very bad way, and are clamoring for reductions in rent, taxes, and charts of all kiads." Cobbe and Darragh have received their new samples of Kaiapoi Tweeds, and are now prepared to take orders for Suits to Measure at very moderate prices. The fit and wear of their blothing have given the. greatest satisfaction to their customers, and as before they are prepared to guarantee the fit and finish of all garments which they u&dertaks. ■■■■■■ Vl ■■■ '■■>

After twenty days hearing the McNeill will case came to a conclusion shortly after noon yesterday. Mr Baker yesterday called rebutting evidence, putting m the box Mr and Mrs Flyger, Mr McDougall and Mr A. Hanna, who denied several of the assertions made by witnesses on the other side, more particularly as to the evidence given by the Rev. Mr Wright and D. M. Hanna. AJ^gr the evidence was concluded Mr Balm-asked that the. case be referred to Wellingtorifor further consideration. His Honor then declared the evidence closed, the counsel agreeing to arguQ-fihe question in Wellingtoh.-r- An approximate estimate of the costs in the Flyger-McNeill case puts them down at £90 a day, which for 20 days would make a considerable hole in £2000. A cricketer who filled a conspicuous place in his day has passed away ' in the person of Roger Iddison, of York shire. He was one of a noted band of professional players who, when the Yorkshire County Club was first established on a regular footing, at once earned a high reputation for the .Eleven, and those whose cricket memories go back five - and • twenty years will recall many a good match in which he figured with Slinn and Hodgson, Anderson, Atkinson, and Edward .Stevenson, the wicketkeeper. A little* later, when i Yorkshire reached the very top of the tree, he was one ' of a great Eleven, which included George Freeman, Kmmett Pinder, and Lnnkwood. Iddison formed! one of the first English teams that, visited Australia.

We are quite sure that a visit to our Show Boom would be positively delightful; and whether the visitor roams through the Millinery Department or passes on to the Mantle Boom, the eye would 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 and, without controversy, the best in the city. We have also an abundance of millinery requisites of the newest description, special attention having 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. 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.