Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 150, 12 June 1890, Page 2

Local and General News

The Goy eminent have withdrawn from sale deferred payment sections in the Wanganui Harbour Board, Block ud ver tided a few days ago. It is considered yery probable that the proposal to tax bachelors, which is finding much favour in Victoria at present, will be carried into effect. We again direct attention to Mr Trimble's great tree and plant sale to be held at tho Feilding Auctioa Mart on Satur day afternoon next at one o'clock. The Maori Maki Kai was committed for trial at New Plymouth on Tuesday for the Recreation Ground murder. Forty- seven witnesses were examined. Mr Macarthur will address the elector, in the Makino School room to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock, and at Birmingham on Saturday at noon, and on the evening of the same day at Halcombe at 8 p.m. Mr Collins, saddler, has just finished a set of harness for Mr Daw's four horse wagonette. The style and workmanship are remarkably good and the job reflects much credit on Mr Collins and his employes. This is probably the first four-horse set made in Feilding. In consequence of two spoilers haying received sentences of three mouths apiece aa vagrants at the Christchurch R.M. Court, there has been a general exodus of these gentry by the steamers leaving for Sydney, via Wellington. Eleven left on one vessel. The man who went out to milk and sat down on a boulder in the middle of the pasture and waited for the cow to come and back up to him, was the eldest brother of a man who kept tbe store and did not advertise because he reasoned that the purchasing public would back up to his place when it wanted something. On Tuesday ni_jht iwo men attempted to rob the Colonial Batik at Blenheim Howard, the accountant, on entering a few minutes after 11 o.clock, was attacked in the dark by two men who got in by a back window. He cried vigorously for help, and the men fled. Nothing was touched. The police were immediately on the spot. In the new scale of charges issued by the Railway Commissioners an important alteration has been made, which has escaped general notice, no particular atten tion haying been drawn to it at the time. On an after July 1, return tickets will again be issued. Under 20 miles, they will be available till the day after issue ; over 20 and under 300 miles for one month ; over 300, for two months. Over 20 miles the journey may be broken at any station. The price will be the usual Saturday scale of fare and one- third. Not long ago Mr Justice Connolly made some statements from the bench at New Plymouth reflecting on the character of Constable Gillespie, of Normanby, who was alleged to have committed perjury during the trial of an action. The Department has caused enquiries to be made in the matter, with a result, we believe, very much in the constable's favour. The remarks of hi. Honor, however, ha ye given the affair a special importance, and with a view to thoroughly elucidating it, Constable Gillespie will be indicted aud tried for perjury immediately. — Times. A strange point cropped up at the m< c - ing of the Heretaunga Licensing Committee. An application was made for a license for an hotel at Moawhauga, in the Patea district. All the European residents except one and most of the Native residents petitioned for granting the license, on tho ground that the hotel would be far bettor than the largo amount of bad grog now sold on the sly. Moa whanga being a Native distnct.'a Natiye Commissioner had to sit with the Com', mittee. All the European members of the Committee were in favour of issuing a license, but the Native Commissioner objected, and it was found that his single yote overruled the other five undei* the Act.

Mr'D. H. Macarthur addressed a large meeting of elector* at Bulls last Tuesday evening, and at the conclusion of his address received a vote of thanks. A woman named Mrs Porteous was burned to death at Henderson's near Auckland, on Saturday, while under the : influence of drink. ' A' Mr Knott's temperance Lcture la the Methodist Church on Tuesday was largely attended, the Rev. Innes-Jones presided. A full report will appear next issue. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day : — Warnings for northerly gales and rain from 10 to 16 hours have been sent to all places south of Napier and Kawhia. The Red House has a spectacular exhibition of new goods on yiew to-day well worth a visit. Mr S. J. Thompson, the proprietor, is determined to keep the settlers in this distriot fully supplied with all the latest novelties. To-day's Chronicle says: — The Education Board have withdrawn the notices of dismissal served on Mr Wilks and Mrs Liaaaman, the headmaster and mistress of the Feilding School ; and have notified the new committee of their desire to consult with them as to whether or not the services of the master and mistress in question should be dispensed with. The settlers at and near Mangaone met in the school house last night to consider the desirableness of erecting a Public Hall. Mr Shortall was voted to the chair, and explained the objects of the meeting. Ultimately a resolution was passed that a Public Hall be erected, the cost not to exceed .£l5O. A generous offer from Messrs A. an 1 J. B. Pringle of a section of land for a site, was acoopted with thanks. A resolution was then passed that a company be formed and registered at once, the shares tp ■ be one pound each. A committee was then formed, and a ' number of shares^ taken up on the room. Says the Wellington Times :— We believe that. if Sir Harry Atkinson finds himself unable through ill- health to retain the actiye leadership of the Government he will resign absolutely, and ' recommend that Mr Mitchelson, as next [ in eoniority of the Ministers holding seats in the House of Representatives, '? should be sent for to reconstruct the Ministry, in which case that gentleman would become Premier. It is the opinion [ of many friends, of the Ministry m the '. House that the course thus indicated will be adopted, and the idea appears to meet with general favour among the party.

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 having been [ giyen by our Home buyer to . the exact p matching of all, Ladies can in this re spect, therefore, depend on getting their wishes and tastes gratified at 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 » passes on to the Mantle Room, the. eye • would be charmed and correct tastegratified by an inspection of the latest outcomes of fashion — at Te Aro House, Wellington. New fashions for the Autumn Season ! are now ready for inspection, such as are j certain to meet with universal approbation, because selected with care, judgement and taste by our special representative in the Homo and continental mar« ' kets— for Te Aro House, Wellington.