The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 1890. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 82, 30 December 1890, Page 2

The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 1890. Local and General News

* Thursda 7 next being New Year's Day the FEiLOiNa Star will not be published. Entries for Messrs Stevens and Gorton's Feilding sale on January Bth 1891 are published to-day. We are informed that Mr Pirani has leased the Palmerston Standard. There will be a meeting of the Jockey Club at Light's Denbigh Hotel to-morrow night. Mr Geo. Fisher, M.H.8., who has been spending a holiday in this district, during the past week, left for Wellington yesterday. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to<»day : — Warnings for northerly gales nfter from 10 to 20 hours hare been sent to nil places. The Clerk of the Court will attend at the Court House, Feilding, every Monday and Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. Owing to the success of the Feilding Hack Races the Palmerston people are talking about holding a two day's race meeting. At the races on Saturday last Mr S. Powell purchased Mahaseer, a Diomedes colt, from Dr Bennett, of Bulls, the figure being about £50. Last October Mr W. Reid, of Makiuo, sheared one hundred and eighty Romney Marsh hoggets which gave au average of ten pounds of wool in each fleece. This morning, at the Police Court, a well known native woman, named Hoki Pera, was fined 5s and costs for being drunk m a public place. The fine was paid. The return visit of Hooper's Australian Frolics Company, who were to have appeared in the Assembly Rooms last night, has been unavoidably postponed till Monday next, January sth. Another sensational tofcalisator dividend ! At the Wairengahika (Grisborne) races on Friday Bustle won the Halfmile Scurry, and paid his backers the acceptable sum of £'89 11s. Messrs Murray and Casey, the welU knovvn Drapers and Clothiers, announce that, owing to the expiration of the lea..-c of their premises, they Lave mode still Further Reductions in all branches in order to effect a speedy clearance. The gentleman who on Saturday took a great coat and binocular glass from the steward's room in the grand stand is requested to return the same to the Secretary of the Feilding Jockey Club, Mr Saadilands. Peter Dinwiddie and R. T. Walker, the publisher and editor of the Hawken Bay Herald, have been committed for trial on a charge of criminal libel preferred by F. C. Caasin, the alleged libel appearing in two letters on elecuon matters. Amongst the passengers for Auckland by the Monowai from Sydney are W. R Wilson, proprietor of St Alban*9 s'ikK from Victoria, and J. Crozier, a well known Australian breeder and sport--man, who hare come over to attend the Sylvia Park sale. There is a newspaper proprietor not far from this part of the country who keeps a list of those persons who " stopped the paper " during the recent election contest because their man didn't win. The list is appropriately headed — " A Category of Fools." It would b interesting if the names were published. There will be a ball in the Mangaone Public Hall on Thursday evening next, dancing will commence at eight o'clock. The affair should be a success a3 Mr Curreen, of Makino, will provide the music, and the refreshments will be supplied by Mr Gould, the well known caterer and confectioner. Mr Trimble will hold the first auction sale of the last decade of the nineteenth century at the Feilding Auction Mait on Saturday next at two o'clock, when an extraordinary quantity and variety of articles will be brought under the ham mer. An outlined description of the goods to be offered 18 given in the advertisement. We recently had the pleasure of inspecting some beautiful specimens of the Japan Iris in the gardens of Mr Samuel Goodbehere. The plants appeared to be thoroughly acclimatised, they had grown well and a number of them were in bloom, the flowers being exceedingly beautiful. The shading and tinting of the colours in some of the specimens were superb. The collection is one well worthy the inspection of all irho take an interest in floriculture. Last night the members of the Manchoster Rifles met to discuss the adviseableness of forming the corps into a Rifle Club. Captain Pleasants, Lieuts. Kirton and Goslinc, and a number of non-commissioned officers and men were in attendance. Although nothing definate >vas done, yet it appeared that the feeling was in favour of the change. The meeting adjourned until a futuro date of which notice will be given. Parades for Januarj are published today.

Tiiesk presents were not selected haphazard from colonial warehouses, and bought without an idea as to their fitness, but were carefully chosen from some of the best stocks m Britain and the Continent. The taste of our home buyer has been very conspicuous in this selection, and hence the unqualified terms of satisfaction expressed by the recipients, at Te Aro House, Wellington. And then we plan and measure rooms for these. We do this scientifically and accurately. We lay them well and never botch our work. Hotelkeepers, householders, and persons about to commence housokeepinff should keep these things in remembrance, not forgetting that during the present month their cash purchases will entitle them to many a handsome Christmas present at Te Aro House, Wellington. Special attention has been given to the Grocery Department at the Eed House, Kimbolton road, in which will be found a full range of eyery line belonging to a large and well-regulated stouk. Special prices will be quoted for large parcels in their department for cash buyers. As already intimated, we are giving a special discount in the Clothing and Boot Department for the Ch.mtm.as trade fur Cash.