Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 93, 29 January 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ — Ever/ vice has a cloak and creeps in under the name of virtue. Robert Ralph was fined 20a and costs at Auckland for being the owner of eight un (branded sljeep over four old.

The Wanganui Town. Band have entered for the Feilding Band coutest. Small boy (across his mother's knee, to whom she was applying the slipper)— Hold on, mother ! Don't strike — let's arbitrate. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m* to day. — Telegrams to expect' strong sjutluriy winds have »een sent to East coast stations between Lyttehou and the East cape. The Hon. W. J. Larnach was married j at St. Paul's, Wellington, ou Thursday last, to Constance De Bathe Brandon, eldest daughter of the late A. De Bathe Brandon, M.L.C. The yatch Maritana has been purchased by a Welliugton syndicate. Those who know the builder, Mr Carr, of Auckland, predict that he will send another boat to beat her next year. Messrs F. E. Jackson and Co. will hold a Earn Fair in Palmerston to-morrow. The sale will commence at noon. This tirin will also hold a special sale of iSapier sheep on Saturday. The town was crowded with visitors to-day, who were attracted by Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stock sale and the sale of sections in the Wanganui Harbor Board Block, conducted by Mr Barnes at the Assembly Eooms. God took the softest clay and his purest colors and made a fragile jewel, mysterious and caressing — the finger of a woman ; then he fell asleep. The devil awoke, and at the end of that rosy finger put — a nail. — Victor Hugo. Mr Horace Dixon, the counter clerk at the post office, left by the mail train to-day for his annual holiday which he will spend in Auckland. We hope he will have a good time. Mr Haliday, who has already many friends in Feildmg, will take up Mr Dixou's duties. The Chronicle crows thusly : — Not to mention numerous champion stock breeders, Wanganui men at present hold the championships for shooting, lawn tennis, and pugilism. Not a bad record. Yes, but why leave out The Premier, surely he holds the political belt ? On Tuesday evening last the Eoyal Dramatic Company produced the drama *• Dora "to a good house. The perform* ers were frequently applauded during performance of " Dora," and in the second part, which consisted of a miscellaneous programme, several of the performers were encored. The Hon. G. W. Cotton, of South Australia, addressed a well-attended meeting at the Trades Hall, Christchurch, on Tuesday last, on the State Bank and Land questions. He strongly advocated the establishment of a State Bank of issue, and the re-purchase of land in order to make small blocks for village settlements. Writing on 12th December, the London Correspondent of the New Zealand Herald said: — "Mr William Bowron. who was for some time dairy inspector in New Zealand, died on the 30th ult., at Olaphain, and was buried on Monday last, a funeral address being delivered by the President of the Methodist Free Church." It wae rumored m Palmerston on Saturday that there would be some interesting revelations in regard to the horse Moonee, which paid the sensational dividend of £131 at the Wellington Summer Meeting. A well-known 'sport' was interesting himself in the case, and expressed his intention of taking proceedings in the matter. The following entries have been received from Sydney for the Amateur Athletic Champion Meeting : — W. T. Macpherson, 100 yds, 250 yds, half mile, long jump, putting weight, and 440 hurdles ; A. E. Sefton, 100 yds, 250 yds, 440 yds, long jump, and putting weight; G. Bailey, one and three-mile walks ; E. J. White and Corner, half-mile, one mile, and three miles. The sawmill at Taonui, formerly owned by Mr Adsett, but which was recently acquired by the Manawatu Timber Company, is now in course of removal to Mr Curtis' bush in the Manchester Block, under the superintendence of Mr Wm. Biiley. The bush on the new site will give an ample supply of timber for several years. The contractors are the Messrs Adsett Bros, sons of Mr H. Adsett, who established the old mill on the Totara Eeserve, Taonui, about fourteen years ago. A case which excited considerable interest waa heard at the Nelson Eesident Magistrate's Court on Thursday last, the Picturesque Atlas Company being . the plaintiffs. The defence was that the defendant verbally agreed for only a portion of the work. Mr Turnbull, E.M., gaye judgment for the plaintiff for the full amount and costs, basing his judgment on the decision of Mr Justice Williams at Dunedin ; and also on the belief that the weight of evidence was on the plaintiffs side. There is a blight affecting the onion crops around Awahuri which threatens to entirely destroy it. It is a form of mildew appearing first as small spots upon the leaf which enlarge rapidly and cover the whole plant, when the leaves wither and shrivel as though scorched by heat, and the bulb becomes soft and eventually rots. This, together with the heavy percentage of thick necked onions, caused by the cold winds which pre vailed last spring, checking the growth of the bulb and making them run to top, must shorten the crop considerable. If the weather will only keep fine for a short period the grass seed cutters in the surrounding distnets will reap a rich harvest. The crops, especially that of cocksfoot, which is very popular in this part of the country, have failed in the South Island, and reports from other parts of New Zealand have not been yery promising. Therefore grass seed will most probably be Belling above the average price this year, and as some splendid crops around Feilding are in course of preparation for the market, the harvesters will no doubt be well repaid for their work.

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