Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 38, 13 September 1890, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ Major Campbell, of Awahuri. has been mentioned as a probable candidate foi the Palmerston seat. The Uuited Assembly of the Knights of Labor will meet this eyemng at 7.30 in the Assembly Booms. The editor of the Woodville Examiner says the Palmerston correspondent of the N.Z. Times must be an ass. The buahfellers will meet this evening m the Foresters' Hall at the usual hour, to elect officers and adopt rules. Additions have been made to-day to entries for Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stock sale at Awahuri on Tuesday next. To-day Mr Adsett, the proprietor, gives notice that the fine four-year-old Clydesdale draught horse Bruce will stand this season at the Manchester Mill farm, Taonui. For other particulars see advertisement. In another column we publish an interesting account of the presentation made to Miss Edith Beardsall, prior to her marriage with the Eey. A. Hermon, which happy event took place on the 3 let of July. From the Parliamentary returns — Sheep returns show— Manawatu 157,023, increase 23,527 ; Rangitikei 362,019, increase 43,279; Oroua 248,140, increase 47,937 ; Horowhenua 62,402, increase 10,711. The Feilding Wesleyan Church will hold a bazaar, tea meeting, and promenade concert in the Assembly Booms on Monday, November 10th, the day on which the Prince of Wales' Birthday will bo celebrated. They hare been married six weeks, and she said. "jN'ow, don't oo stay out late, but come soon to your little wify tify !" They bud been married six months and she said, "If yon go out to-night, Smith, I'm going (o lock up the hoose and go ' over to sleep at mother,s." A varied and well selected assortment of glassware, crockery, ironmongery, &c, &c. has just been imported by Mr W. G. Haybittle, and is now on view at his popular and well known establishment in Fergueson Street. The several articles are really well worth a visit to see, as many of them are real works of art. We learn that a rumor is being industriously circulated to the effect that Mr P. Pirani will be a candidate for PalI uiereton seat at the coming election. Mr Pirani informs us that, a 8 far as his wishes are concerned, he has no intention of becoming a candidate.— Ma nawatu Times. That there was no necessity whatever jfor tho Bailway Commissioners to suspend traffic on this section on Thursdays is proved by the fact that specials are I being run to keep up with the, traffic. I One was run yesterday and another will be run to-morrpw. The tram from ■ Longburn last eyening also comprised no less than lifty-nine carriages. — -Manawatu Times.

Mr Mitchelson, in the House today, in moving the resolutions relating to Ocean Mail Services, said all letters could new be sent to any part of the world for 2£d, except by way of Brindisi. Mr John Stevens will be. in Feiiding on Saturday next. Tar water poured about the .roots of peach trees prevents the " curled leai." A heavy thunderstorm passed over this district this afternoon. Mr Sawyerß, Government dairy expert and instructor, arrived in Feiiding this afternoon. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day. — Warnings for gales and rain.? have been sent to all places. Mr Grant will preach in the Wesley an Church to-morrow iuoramg, and Mr Oanuell in the evening. The Napier News thinks that in the contest for the Palmerston seat Mr John Stevens will have eyery chance of success. ■ There will be a meeting of the Stewards of the Feiiding Hunt Club this evening at 8 o'clock, at Mrs Hastie's Hotel, Pineapples are a cure for dihptheria. The fluid is so pungent and of so corr .<- --sive a nature that it cuts out the diphtheria mucus. — Catholic Times. The Marton Opera Company have applied for the use of the Assembly Booms for a performance on the third of next" month. A ooffee supper and concert in connection with the Wesleyan Sewing Bee is aunounced to take place in the Foresters' Hall on Thursday eyenmg next at 8 o'clock. The admission is Is each including refreshments. Mr Shearer, cabinet maker, has been doing good work lately, and has now in hand a suite of drawing room furniture for the Feiiding Hotel. He has a new stock of perambulators, &c. Further particulars on Tuesday. There was an influential meeting of the supporters of Mr Macarthur held on Thursday night m Mr Owen's office. After doing a certain amount of preliminary work an adjournment was made until Thursday next. As there is every probability a drought, and consequent scarcity of water, during the summer months, settlers and others should look to their tanks so as to haye the benefit of the rainfalls yet to come. We h.ye to thank the author, Mr W. F. Howlett, for two copies of a pamphlet entitled "Tiremcs" being an essay towards the solution of the problem of j poverty. It is well got up and beauti--1 fuilv printed by Messrs Lyon and Blair, * of Wellington. The mode proposed by i the author is to limit the increase of i population. i A meeting of the electors favorable to Mr Arkwright's candidature for the Rahgitikei electorate was held at Cheltenham . last night. An influential Committee was appointed, of which Mr Mills was I appointed Chairman and Mr Templar hon. sec. ' A quantity of trout arrived yesterday ' by the mail train- to Mr SherwiU, the t Secretary of the local Acclimatisation i Society. There were about 4500, consistl ing of brown trout and f ontenalis. A notice » appears elsewhere anent fishing licenses , for trout within the boundaries of the , Wellington Acclimatisation, Society District", which are available all over the colony. * " Ascot," the celebrated sire, is advert ised to-day, and further particulars will t be published on Tuesday, as to terms &c. ■ The sporting writer in the Wauganui t Chronicle, " Oeo," says in this connection—Ascot stands at Feildine: this sea- { son, and will be in charge of Frank Gay, of the Empire Stables, well known as a \ careful man, and the horse should do a good season. A communication has been received by i the Grand Lodge of New Zealand from • the Board of General Purposes of thu I Grand Lodge of Victoria to the effect that . they have unanimously agreed to recomi meud Grand Lodge to extend recognition to the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. ' The ordinary commu nication of the Gran d k Lodge of Victoria takeß place on the loth instant, when the resolutidh'accordiQg recognition will be proposed. Speculative actions against newspapers may be brought on the queerest prex tences. Writs claiming. £10,000 in each case have been served on the proprietors of the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Daily Telegraph, and Sydney Eyening 3 News. The proceedings are taken under ' an old Act of Charles 11. , which renders any newspaper publishing advertisements • containing prices of admission of a Sun- ) day entertainment liable to a penalty of £50 for eyery Ruch adyertisement, which , fine goes to the. person who first institutes ' proceedings."

Why do we make these reductions and > why have an Extraordinary Sale ? Be i cause after a Successful Season's Trading . we find we have a Surplus of Stock in eyery department adapted for present wear. Because we like to clear out the goods of one Season to make room for the goods of the next. Therefore it ' answers our purpose to let the Surplus go for merely nominal prices during the Sale at Te Aro House, We llington. 1 Travelling now is comparatively cheap ; and easy— The railways haye effected v 1 great change in the habits of the publio and where decided benefits are in quest ion, distances are no longer considered as obstacles. Such a decided benefit is now offered to the residents of Manawatu at the Sale of Surplus Winter Stock at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Wellington. For every department we have marvellous bargains to offer, iv Millenary, Mantles, Ulsters, Jackets, Dresses, Flannels, Shirtings, Blankets, Calicoes, Sheetings, Men's, Boy's, and Youth's Clothing, and a thousand other things suitable for the present season. Our price list ■will be forwarded free by post to anyone addressing a request for the same to the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Wellington. It goes without saying that our Sales have always been attractive because of their genuine character, because of the Extensive Stock over which the bargains range, and because of the unmistakeable and heavy reductions that have been made at this Sale of Surplus Stock at Te Aro House. Wellington.