Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 12, 12 July 1890, Page 2

Local and General News

We have not received any exchanges lately from the Napiei Telegraph. Some sneak thief robbed a meat safe at Mrs Hastie's Hotel early this morning. Under the new proprietary the New Zealund Times can now claim to be " a real live paper." The Feilding hounds left for Wellington yesterday in the charge of the huntsman, Mr Roake. A tribute (in verse) to the Feilding Footballers, by a Mangaone correspondent, will appear in out next issue. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day : — Warnings for southerly gales and cold weather haye been Bent to all ylaces. Yesterday forenoon the chimney of Mr Matthew's dwelling house, in Eyre street, took fire and burned furiously for a few miuutes. We beg to remind those interested that the annual meeting of Church members will be held iv St John's Sunday School room on Mouday next, at 8 p.m. We (Chronicle) hear that there are no less than five candidates for the post of Handicapper to the Wanganui Jockey Club, among whom are Messrs Hately, Danvers, Evett, and Henry. A Western man announcing the illness of the editor, piously adds, " All subscribers who have paid cash in advance are requested to mention him in their prayers. The others need not, as the prayers of the wicked avail nothing." To-day's Times says: — The pack of hounds from Feilding were brought down to town by the last train yesterday even, ing for a day's hunt on the Miramar estate. Halt a dozen crack riders from the Rangitikei district have also arrived in town. By a resolution in the Legislative Council moved by Dr Pollen, it has been decided that the date to be set apart as a public holiday for the celebration of the colony, shall be the 30th of January, in order that it may be in accord with the historical fact. We are glad to learn that the Rev. Mr Murray, who has been rather seriously ill for several weeks past, returned from Wellington on We Inetdiy last, muoh improved in health by his trip to the E:npire City. Mr Murray will officiate at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow morning and evening. We (Wanganui Herald) cannot but think that tbe buoyancy with which Mr Hutchison meets all the snapping and snarling hurled at him in the Assembly, indicates a mind comfortably at ease, begot of confidence that all the charges made against the Ministry by himself will be substantially proved. Yesterday afternoon when a young gentleman was driving down from the Mangaone, he met a horseman who had nearly passed, when his horse shied, and came into collision with the vehicle. The rider was thrown heavily -nd lay for some minutes on the ground unconscious, hut afterwards was able to mount and proceed on hu way. Mr Trimble's sale of trees and plants from Mr James Laird's nursery, Wanganui, held on Thursday afternoon last in the yard at Mrs Hastie's Feilding Hotel, was well attended, notwithstanding the continuous heavy downpour of rain. The lots were all of first class quality, and the competition for them was very brisk. Upwards of 250 were offered, the whole of which were cleared at very satisfactory prices. There was another trial of Messrs Reid aud Gray's digging plough held at Mr WiLhaw Calder'B farm, Chatton, on Wed nesd&y (says the Clutha County Gazette), when there was a good attendance of representative farmei's in the district. On this occasion the plough was tried in stiff lea at the dtp'h of 9in, and did splendid work. There was not a vestige of grass to be seen on the surface, and yet the poll was thoroughly pulverised. At the request of several farmers the plough was tried at different depths and widths, but the result was the samo — perfect satisfaction. The proof of the pudding is the eating. Mr John Robert son bought the plough on the field. Mr John A. Millar. Secretary of the Maritime Labour Council, has published the following labour platform for the ensuing elections, which he asks the var» ious organisations to consider and re] or upon at an early date :— l. Protection ; 2. Progressive land and income tax ; 3. No sales of Crown lands or Crown pro* perties ; 4. Introduction of the referen dum, so that the people may reject or pass important measures upon which the two Houses disagree ; 5- Seamen's representatives ; 6. Eight Hours Bill ; 7. In - crease of payment to members to £200; 8. Judicious continuation of public works 9 Special tax on absentee landlords ; 10. Uniform set of school books for the Colony, published by the Government.