The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, DEC. 27, 1890. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 81, 27 December 1890, Page 2

The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, DEC. 27, 1890. Local and General News

Te Kooti, with a dozen followers, has arrived at Masterton. The Queen has consented to become God mother to the Governor's son. We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of pieces of bride's cake, with the compliments of Mrs and Mr Stewart. When a young man embraces all his opportunities he is quite apt upon occasions to get an armful of something •nice. A female miser died lately in Paris, and her friends cast lots for her furniture A statuette fell to her daughter, and she was about to dash it on the ground in vexation when bank-notes and securities valued at £2000 rolled out from the interior. Oh Tuesday last Mr F. A. Awdrey wa6 married to Miss Clara Jane Bray, fourth daughter of Mr Charles Bray, C.E., oi Feilding, at St. Johns Church, by the Rev. A. Hermon. We wish the happy couple every happiness in their new life, and at the same time hope they will live to enjoy many a Christmas and hew Year with as pleasant memories as this. The annual treat took place at the Awahuri State School on the 19th inst. It wa« in every way a great success, a large number of children, with their parents and friends, being present. A number of prizes were given to the most deserving pupils. Special prizes were also given for attendance, recitation and spelling. Many of the pupils recite exceedingly well, and the spelling, especially in the higher Btandards, is very good. The school has largely increased of late, there being now nearly 100 pupils on the roll, and three teachers are now employed. The Birmingham (England) Justices are taking vigorous action in regard to " tied houses, " and have determined to refuse to reuew licenses in all cases in that town in which it is found that th property belongs to any one of the brewery companies. The question of the power of Justices to refuse to renew licenses to " tied houses " is to be submitted to the High Court of Justice for decision, and the decision will be awaited with great interest, as a decision against the brewers would affect the drink traffic all over England. It is always pleasing to note the success of colonials at Home in any occupation whatever, and late advices state that Mr Percy Baldwin, of the Middle Temple, has passed with honors his final examination before being called to the English Bar ; also that Mr Gerald Baldwin, of St. George's Hospital, has passed with much credit the professional examination of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, London, in anatomy and physiology. Both these young gentlemen are the sons of Captain Baldwin, proprietor of the New Zealand Times. A new trouble will be added to life in the colonies when the 2£d ocean postage stamp comes into use. At present the humble " bawbee " has practically no circulation south of the Equator, and it is not too much to say that many of the sons of old colonists are altogether ignorant of its existence. Certainly the intro- ; duction of this new coin will in itself be an education in arithmetic, and the boy who now knows •• how many beans make five ' will have to look to his laurels. But for all that there will always be a trouble, and the mental anguish of the average man who wants to know how many twopence halfpenny stamps he can buy for a shilling will always be a subject for the sincerest pity» There is now on exhibition in the window of Mr Fred Hoffman, Lambton Quay, Welliugtou, an exceedingly baudsome solid silyer cup for the Feildmg Hunt Club. The cup is of purely hunting design, with horns, whips, &c. It stands on an ebony pedestal, upon which is a shield bearing the following inscription :— " Feildiug Hunt Steeplechase Hunt Club Cup, won by Percy E. Darnell's "Asper," 12st 101 b, ridden by T. | Cameron, Bth September, 1890. The trophy has a case surmounted with a horse in the act of taking a hurdle. The article in question is really superb, and reflects the highest credit upon the manufacturer. Mr A, E. Hislop, of Lambton Quay. A correspondent writes as follows to the Wellington Post :— The first trial of the Buckeye Harvester this season took place at Foilding on Saturday last. The crop operated upon was one of tall green oats, self-grown, ou land that had been ploughed but never harrowed. The bottom was consequently very uneven, and in places the oats were considerably laid and tangled. Two horses worked the machine with ease, and during the afternoon many of the farmers of the district put in au appearance and expressed their pleasure at the excellence of the work done. Several machines were disposed of on the ground, and the company were congratulated on the production (if a machine so well suite A to the rsquira^neats of th»t district.

Another old resident of Feilding, Mr R Humphries, died on Thursday last. His funeral takes place to-day at 2 o'clock, Mr S. J. Thompson, of the Red House advestises a great clearing ca-li sale during the month of January. See adver:isenient Ui'Xt issue. Hoopers' Australian Frolics will appear in the Assembly Eootns on Monday evening next. Time and prices will be as usual, and further particulars are given in posters. Our report of the Birmingham Sports will appear in our next issue. Services were conducted at St. John's Church on Christmas morning and even* inir by the Key A Hermon, both services were largely attended. It is proposed by a number of Feilding amateurs to tender Mr Alexander, late of the Voss- Alexander Company, a com« plimentary benefit, to take place at an early date. The Christmas and Boxing Day holi« days passed off well, in a most decorous manner and all classes of the community apparently thoroughly enjoyed themselves. On Christmas Eve the town was gay with crowds of people, and the business places reaped in rich harvest. We have great pleasure in acknowledging receipt of a card with " kindly greeting, and all good wishes for the coming year," from the Evening News staff, Napier. A man named Hunt broke his leg while bushfelling at Bunnythorpe on Saturday, A tree fell on him, pinning him to the ground, where he lay until found by his mates. Messrs Baker and Cooke, solicitors, Palmerston North, notify to-day that at the next sittings of the Bankruptcy Court, they will apply for the discharge of Robert Parr. A siDgle innings cricket match was played on Thursdaj afternoon between teams picked from the Feilding Cricket Club and the Hunt Club, the latter proving victorious by 13 runs — Hunt Club, 60 runs ; F. 0. 0., 47. The minstrel entertainment giyen in the Assembly Booms last night was patronised by a crowded house, and was in every way a great success. There will be several changes m the programme this evening, and a report of the two performances will be given in our next issue, At a Scotch fair, a farmer was trying to engage n lad to assist on the farm, but would not finish the bargain until he brought a diameter from his last place. <o he said : " Run and get it, and meet me at the cross at four o'clock." The youth was up to time, and the farmer said, " Well, have you got your character with yon? " '* Na," replied the youth ; •' but I've got yours, and I'm no' comin'. ' A disgraceful scene occurred at a meeting of the Masterton Borough Council !on Tuesday evening last. A heated discussion was taking place on the question I of water supply, when one member used yery insulting language to another, and a scene of unparalleled confusion ensued. Challenges to fight were issued, and it was thought every moment that a pugilistic conflict would occur. One member left the chamber, and another threatened to resign. The proceedings, which were of a very exciting character, were brought to a sudden termination by a motion for adjournment being declared carried. Mr F. Bull recently forwarded to Messrs M. Lonagliy & Co. (Limited), of Dunedin, the well-known rope manufacturers, a sample of phormium tenax fibre prepared by his machine and asked them ro report upon its quality. Mr Bull is now in receipt ot the iollow^ng letter froni the firm :— " Dear Sir- -We duly received y«nir telegram ask n^ us to report on the fi:>re, and we beg to say that it is welldressed and free from gum, and altogether is as goo i a sample as we have lately seen. We value it at £20 per ton." A quantity of same has gone to London. At a meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce, Wellington, it was decided to draw the attention of the Government to the grave consequences to the trade of the colony arising from a decision in the Court of Appeal m the cases brought against the Official Assignee in the estate of Mr Kinross, of Napier. The effect of the decision was to enable the trustee of the estate to recover back from the creditors all sums paid away by the bankrupt within three months of his bankruptcy. It was also decided to request the Government to bring forward early in the session their promised amendments iv the Bankruptcy Act. Grasshoppers, locusts, rabbits, and beet es are doing great damage in New South Wales Through the southern portion of the colony grasshoppers are committing great depredations, and in some parts are so numerous that cattle fly before them, and men on the road have been obliged to light fires to save themselves. They have already destroyed thousands of acres of grapes. The locusts are also most devastating. aid rabbits are more numerous than ever. Sydney wa , before a thun !■ r-torm, lately swarmed with beetles, and people as they walked along the streets crushed them in dozens. At the annual meeting of the Longburn Freezing Company held on Saturday the following resolution was passed by acclamation :—" That this meeting pass a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Bull, Chairman of Directors, for his untiring attention to the affairs of the Company, which has produced the satisfactory result put before us to-day." Mr Bull has displayed exceptional interest in the Company's affairs, and to Mr Bull a great deal of the credit of the satisfactory report before them was due. Mr Bull has piovod himself eminently fitted for the position which he has so very effici ciently filled. A vote of thanks to the secretary. Mr Slewart, and the stuff wa< also passed. There wore terrible lots of newspapers posted to miners who went to the Roe burne rush in Western Australia, or thereabouts, but they did not always reach the parties to whom they were addressed. The following will explain where one batch went to. A postmaster at the port, finding his stock of newspapers getting so large that if he did not decrease it he would have to live out of doors with the snakes and sandflies, asked a friendly camel driver to take a load "anywhere, anywhere, out of the way." The camel driver consented, and a four-bushel snek was filled to the ton, and loaded on the " ship of the desert " Arriving at a camp some few hundred miles away the driver's " bowels yearned to do a trade," and a happy thought striking him, he put up the papers at auot on, the bids starting at sixpence per pound. Our informant says that Australasians, Sydney papers, and Illus* trated Journals fetched bii? prices, the Star being eagerly purchased by New Zt'nlandeni, wh le last but not least, The War Cry. was knocked down at an advance of twopence over the reserve ; and that is where the papera weut to. The success whioh has so far attended the distribution of our Christmas gifts is a sure proof that the selection has met with warm approval fur tho numerous visitors ;q Te Arj House, Wellingtou,