Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 54, 23 October 1890, Page 2

Local and General News

There will be mass m St. Bridgets next • Sunday at 8 o'clock in the morning. A settler near Birmingham has realised 32s 6d an acre off bis land this year by • his sheep. The Rangitikei and Oroua rivers have been in high flood for the last few days. A baby boy in Duuediu has beet* christened Sir Robert Stout McTavifeh^ - Poor lad ! The Basonicas will perform at Feilding on November 18th instead of 11th as at first arranged. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day: — Warning* for gales and ram have been seuc to all places. A meeting of Mr Maearthur's election committtee will be held this evening at 1 Mr Owen's survey office, at 8 o'clock. Mr Trimble begs to state that his furniture sale, which was to take place on Saturday next has been postponed. We have to acknowledge receipt of a batch of Parliamentary papers, and the last number for the session, of Hansard. Tbe time for receiving tenders for the erection of an office for Mr Sandilands has been extended to noon on Monday. The floods we have experienced this week are the " Kohai " floods. The bathing season has commenced among the natives. The recent wet weather has stopped operations at the railway works in tho Mauawatu Gorge. More land slips ate anticipated. We are informed by Mr J. C. Thompson, that the New Zealand Temperance Alliance Organisor, Mr Gloyer, will visit Feilding early next month. The Rangitikei Electoral Roll, completed up to the 11th instant, now lies at this office for reference. Persons whose names do not appear therein can have forms supplied them on application. By the Coptic, which should arrive in Wellington to-day, and tbe Rakaia, due on the 23rd instant, Mr Carthew will receive his supplies of Christmas books, fancy goods and toys. The following will play a cricket match againat a Palcaerston team, at Palmerston, on Saturday : — P. Roache, A. Newman, P. and B. Giesen, J. Roache, J. Bellve, B. Parkes, J. Bishop, H. Coombe, C. Aitken, E. Gordon. Emergencies, J. Walton and E. Worsfold. Sir Robert Stout addressed a large audience at Napier last night on political matters. In responding to a vote of thanks for his address, he stated that it was very unlikely he would re-enter the political arena. To-day we publish the first instalment of an article, which will be of great interest to many of our readers, on the early days of the Feilding Settlement, from the pen of a special correspondent of the N.Z. Mail, dated 7th March, 1874. To-day's New Zealand Times says: — Here is an instauce of smart cabling. At 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday Mr L. Bother despatched a cable message to Bremen, ' on the Wetser, in Germany, and received a reply on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. The statement that the average consumption of meat in Australia by each inhabitant is equal to 27tilbs per annum, or more than three-quarters of a pound of meat per day by eaoh man, woman, and child, appears to have horrified the Lancet, and it suggests that if it be true that the consumption of meat in the Colonies is in proportion to population nearly three times that in the United States, that an euquiry ought to bo made to see whether the effect of this enormous consumption affects the Australian mortality statistics. Cobbe & Darragh have a good range of Samples of Colonial Tweeds from which they are taking orders for Suits to measure, at from 67/6. They guarantee the lit and finish of all Garments which they undertake. No deposit required when ordered*

A complimentary banquet will be 1 given to-night to the Feilding Football Team by Mrs Oliver, of the Empire Hotel. We remind our readers of tbe sale of furniture and effects to be hn'id oh Monday next, at Mrs Newmans residence, i Root street, Makiuo. Mr W. Trimble is t the auctioneer. ' Dr Sorley notifies to-day that he may < be consulted at Mrs Duncan's, Manchester street, daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ! Messages may be left at Mrs Duncan's or at Mr Lethbridge's. ■ We are glad to learn from tbe Mana- , watu Times that the troubles of the Manawatu Road Board are now practically ended, aud it will be able to again , become a useful body. Owing to unforseen circumstances the Knights of Labor meeting will be held on Monday evening next instead of Saturday. A notice, stating the business of the meeting, appears on our third page The first meeting of the Sports Committee was held last night in Mr Sherwill's office and the usual preliminary work done. The regular meetings will be held in future on Tuesday in each week. The Terrace End School Committee, after a lengthy and stormy sitting, deoided that when a vacancy occurred in the Education district, the headmaster should be recommended for transferance. Ohl those School Committees I Mr Robinson, R.M. of Wellington, dismissed the charges preferred against the lads for stone-throwing in connection with the recent Chinese fracas at the Hutt, but it is understood fresh informations will be laid. Wellington papers record the death of Mr E. Dixon, which occurred at 2.30 yesterday morning at his residence, Weihngton. Mr Dixon was aged 65, and arrived in Wellington in the Royal Albert in 1853. His family connections were large, some being resident in this district. . The vagaries of the wind in Feilding are various, but in Foxton, according to the local Herald, the wind there is of an accommodating nature. A fortnight ago a breeze, a little more than gentle, blew down the totalisator shed on the racecourse, and .on Thursday night another mild hurricane blew it up again. The performances of the Surprises Company of Messrs Lawton aud Sylyo on Tuesday night, were yery attractiye and amusing. We are glad to announce that they will appear again next Saturday night in the Assembly Rooms, when no doubt they will be welcomed by a bumper house. The show is really a good one in eyery respect. To-day we publish a notice of the reappearance of Sylvo and Lawtou's Surprise Company in the Fedding Assembly Rooms on Saturday evening next. This will afford a capital opportunity to the suburban residents, and others who have not yet seen it, to witness one of the best performances of the kind that has yet been given on the Feilding stage. A Wanganui man was in Feilding yesterday and he was — of course — talking about the prospects of the elections. His interlocutor having abused one candidate aud praised the other for lub as yet untried political virtues, was floored by the reply, " Oh, yes 1 I know all about that, but we don't want perfection in a man, < we want a fellow with some faults, and Ballance has got 'em in plenty — that's why we like him, and that's why I and , hundreds of others will vote for him manfully. We don't want angels in Parliament — and we aint going to have em." For calm and assured modesty commend mto Mr Jobberns. The following ' is an extract from a letter written to Mr Donald, of Arthur and Co., read by the Official Assignee : — "I often think in business- a lot of annoyance might be saved if < people were more candid with each other. (Laughter,) I have always been v«ry cautious in my transactions. I never bargained when going into this venture to have a business from £10,000 to £12,---000 a year in 12 months. However, here it is, and it must be successful financially. No Jobberns ever knew the meaning of the word fail yet. I often wish you were near so that we could go into matters. However, give me your genuine support. You will be giving it to a straightforward, . honourable business man, in yours very truly, Daniel Jobberns."