Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2, 19 June 1890, Page 2

Local and General News

The Feilding Hounds met ai San dor 3 c terday, and had a most successful run f Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day : Telegrams to expect frost or very cole night have been sent to all places. A L ndon correspondent says that Mi Brvce is mentioned as likely to be iucludidin the new batch of K.C.M.Cx.'s, It is said that Mr A. D. Thompson wili shortly commence to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Palmerston North. We have received from Mr George Kidd, of Kiwitea, a peach blossom potatoe which weighs 31bs 3ozs, and is sound righl through. 1 Come and see the Old English Coi tumes and th*j Wonderful Donkey kindly lent by Mr Barnum, of Olympia, Lonlon, at Fire Brigade Flurry. It is not generally known — and cer- : tainly not by the members of the Welling. ton City Council — that by clause 82 of tiie Cemeteries Act. 1882, dead bodies mny be disposed of by burning. The Wellington Tramway employees have gone out on strike. This will not affuct the ordinary traffic of the tramway, because the proprietors have secured the services of a new staff of employees. Mr Macarthur addressed the electors at • Sandon on Tuesday night. There was a very good attendance, and at the conclusion of hip speech Mr Macarthur was . accorded a vote of thanks. The Austrian War Office reports that a ! man ordered to report for military duty ■ at J?re*sburg was dismissed because his heart was on the right instead of on the • left side of his breast. M.ssing Friends will be found at the Feilding Fire Brigade Show on Wednest day and Thursday, July 2 and 3, at the ' Assembly Booms. Says yesterday's New Zealand - Times :— Dr Johnston, of Feilding, who recently paid a visit to England for the , purpose of pursuing his medical studies, returned to New Zealand by the Hauroto on Sunday last. We were glad to see that Mr H. Wors- : fold, who has been laid up for some time with injuries to his foot, was able to attend to his duties as member of the Feilding School Committee, at the meeting la6t night. The team to represent Feilding against 1 Wanganui will be chosen from the follow- ! ing players on Saturday night : — Bobinson (2), Parr, Dyer, Hariner, Shannon, Henry, Harmer, Strachan, Tennent, Whisker (2), Gregory, Keightly, Nicholson, Matravers, Johnston, Bray, Belfit, and C. Keightly. Giants and Dwarfs at the Specialty Show on Wednesday and Thursday, Assembly Rooms, Feilding. Chang and Tom Thumb. We (Manawatu Herald) have been informed that a hempmiller in the Hawkes Bay district lately got his returns for two lots of hemp sent to London and to San Francisco. The London sales netted him £11, the Frisco sales £20 10s. He appreciates the American market. According to a " London special " Mount Vesuvias got in a great state of mind when a couple of New Zealand politicians (saye the mark) went to look into his mouth. The venerable old smoker spewed ashes and lava at the intruders, but being excited missed everytime. A more experienced Fireman than Vesy was looking after them. In consequence of the sudden demand for Lincoln wool in England, a rise of 3£d per lb occurred for that class of wool last year, and Lmcolns for breeders are m very great demand. As much, as 250 guineas was paid for one of Mr Dudhng's Lincoln rams last year, and 450 guineas was given for three sheep from the Biby Groye flock. This sudden and extensive demand for lustre wool must have a favourable effect on the prices of the Lincoln-cum-merino flocks of this colony. Come and see the ugliest man in the world and handsomest ladies in New Zealand; also, Bachelors' Comforts at Fire Brigade Wory. Mr Cobb opened a forty-ton stack of ensilage last week at Eaukawa, which, from its excellence, has again proved beyond a doubt that there is no risk in preserving green fodder by weighing with 2ft of earth. This time he put in thistles and all the rubbish that would be mown, but the cattle eat it as greedily as his last year's stack of English grasses, although grazing in a fattening paddock. Manawatu Times.

Several cases of diptheria have been reported at Pahiatua and Hawera. The general election may be expected to take place m October. There are now one hundred members on the roll of the Feilding Club. Mr Aikwnght will address the electors at Marton on Monday the 23rd mutant. It costs Great Britain £700,000 an nually for salaries and allowances to the royal family alone. Found — a sum of money. Will be returned to the rightful owner at the Feilding Fire Brigade entertainment on Wednesday and Thursday, July 2 and 3. • "Typo" for May is to hand, and, as usual! is full of matter important and interesting to the trade. In another column we publish an interesting letter from Mr W. W. Corpe, of Makiuo, addressed to the Minister for Lands. Mr Manson, of the Pines, has bushfellmg to let in lots to suit parties. Applications may also be made to Mr Bridle at Stanway. Mr M. Keen, bootmaker, Fergusson street, will have an extensive advertisement in on Saturday. His new stock has arrived, and is now being opened out. 1 and 2, who have just arrived from Japan, at the Assembly Rooms on Wednesday and Thursday nights, July 2 and 3. See them. The Hons. John Ballance, Messrs John Bryce, G. Hutchison, and D. H, Ma;; rt ur, M.H.E.s, went down by Irai ) yesterday afternoon to be present at the opening of Parliament. The Telegraph says: — Eight of the Hawkes Bay schools have had to close for the winter holidays earlier than usual owing to "la grippe " being prevalent among the children. Rlectric lighting is at a discount in New York, The commissioners of Public Works there have decided to resume the use of ;.as for hating the streets of the metropolis rather than paj the hitih price demanded by th'- electric companies. Natural Curiosities, both from land and water, will be exhibited at the Gigantic Show on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Fire Brigade Entertainment Assembly Eooms. His Excellency the Governor is not popular in Wellington, because he does not spend money freely in entertaining. His lordship should take a wrinkle from business men and " administer the judicious pint" occasionally. He would be better liked. We remind our readers of Mr Knott's lecture to-morrow evening. If they want a seat they had better be in time, as from the impression made by his former lecture there is little doubt the Methodist Chape] will be crowded. The chair will be taker precisely at 7.30, and Sankey's hynam will be used for the singing. Magic Lanterns, Fairy Tales, Clown i Eefreshments, Music, Fun, Fire Engine, Band, the Castro Family, the Fortuneteller, and 1000 other curiosities at the Assembly Kooujs on Thursday and Friday, July 2 and 3. One good laugh is worth ten thousand bottles of physic. Yesterday we inspected a set of nickel mounted gig harness made by Mr William Bellve, saddler, Fergusson Street, tc fie order of a gentleman residiug at Cheltenham. Everything about the set is first class, the material being good, and the workmanship undoubted. Mr Bellve has a new advertisement in to-day to which we recommend the attention oi farmers and settlers. Mr T. Hyde has made an interesting experiment this season in growing a patch of Kohi rabi for sheep. The udvan tage (says the Woodville Examiner) oi this crop over turnips is that the edible part is entirely above ground so that there is no waste. Sheep fatten well on i f . Mr Hyde considers the district especially suitable for the growth of Kohi rabi as a fattening off crop. In reply to the allegation made by the N,Z. Times that Mr Ballance would table a vote of no confidence in the first days of the session the Wanganui Herald says : — lt is not likely that the leader of (•■he Opposition should have made up his • nind to move an amendment on the AiMivss-in-Keply before an inspection of thi iiold and of the enemy's position as disclosed in the speech. It may be necessary to haye " move light." The Wellington Woollen Company has had a moat successful rear. The profit and loss account shows that the credit balance for the year, after writing off £2000 from the machinery plant and properties account, and increasing the reserye account from £2143 Is lOd to £4000, amounts to £7370 2s 4d. The Directors recommend the payment of the annual dividend of 8 per cent, (of which 4 par cent, for the first half-year has already been distributed) which will absorb £2954 3s 6d, leaving a balance of £4415 18s lOd to be carried forward to the credit of next year's account. Madam La Crosse, the greatest fortuneteller ever known, now travelling through the colonies, will make her first appearance on the 2nd and 3rd of July in the Assembly Eooms, Fire Brigade Entertainment. See press notices for this living wonder.