Local arid General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 48, 7 October 1890, Page 2

Local arid General News

The R.M. Court will sit here tomorrow. Mr Jellicoe announces himself a candidate for Wellington city. Mr Arkwnght will address the electors to-night in the school- room at Upper Taouui. There will be a meeting of Mr Macarthur's committee in Mr Owen's survey office this evening at eight o'clock. The Basomcas will give a performance in the Feilding Assembly Rooms on Tuesday, November 11th, of which particulars will be duly publieed. Everybody should go to the Maori entertainment in the Assembly Rooms this evening. The show is quite a novelty aud very interesting. At the first meeting of creditors in the estate of Daniel Jobberns, draper, yesterday afternoon, it was decided to remove the proceedings to Wellington. — Manawatu Times. The Manawatu Railway Company have decide 1 t> resume traffic on Thursdays, but Government will only conn* ct between Longburn and Palmerston on ihese days. It is not easy to realise that there is no: a single New Zealand Member of Parliament in existence, and that even the redoubtable Dick Seddon is now but a common elector. Sic transit gloria mundi. A special passenger train will leave Feilding for Palmerston to -morrow night at 7.15, leaving Palmsrston at 11.10 p.m., arriving at Feilding at 11.50, for the convenience of persons visiting the i Wild West Show. Last Sunday afternoon a large number of spectators assembled on the Square to listen to the music discoursed by the Feilding Brass Baud, who played a number of selections (mostly sacred) in the Rotunda most creditably. Mr W. Flyger, representative- of Mr Geo. Flyger, the well known tailor and outfitter of Wellington and Wanganui, is at present on a visit to this town and district, with a very large assortment of spring aud summer tweeds.

The Manawatu Daily Times complements Mr J. G. Wilson on his being the fir6t of the three candidates for the Palmerston seat to placo his yiews before electors iv print and has thus enabled them to judge what his opinions are m regard to some of tlie questions of the day. Mr Triinbles's auction sale on Saturday last of the assigned stock of drapery &c, oq the premises lately occupied by Mr Donkin was yery largely attended. The various lots put up were keenly competed for, and the prices realised were on the whole very satisfactory. As there were considerably too many lots to be got through in one day, the sale will be continued on Saturday next at Mr Trimble's Auction Mart. Messrs J. C. Morey and Co. have now completed the enlargement of their premises in Fergusson Street. There has been added to the shop a large apartment (29 feet by 12 feet) beautifully filled up as a room for the proper display of all kinds of dress materials, millinery, and ladies requirements. On Saturday next the Spring and Summer goods will be on view, and at night the shop will be illuminated with new lights. On Sunday the Rev. Innes-Jones preached his inauguial sermons at Greatford, Bulls, and San don, iv each placo there was a full congregation. Yesterday when Mr lunes-Jones was crossing the Terehiukau, accompanied by Mr Norman Gorton, his horse stumbled and fell. Mr lanes- Jones was for sometime under water, but fortunately was able to get clear of the horse and afterwards ..reraount ami get ashore. The rev. gentleman left in the afternoon for Wellington to attend the meeting of the Synod, none the worse lor his mishap*

The Aorangi (from London) arrived at Port Chalmers at 5 this morning. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly gales and rain have been sent to all places. The Wellington butchers have decided to dose their business premises on Wednesday afternoons — and thus give their employes a half holiday every week. The entertainment at the Awahuri School on last Thursday night was a success, and the net profits will reach about £6. One of the reasons why Mr Bell did not get a good hearing in Wellington was, that being Crown Prosecutor a number of those present took advantage of the opportunity thus given them to pay off old scores.