Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 96, 5 February 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

«. i A mob of 4500 sheep arrived in > this district from Napier on Tuesday. J Laws should never be in contradiction to usages ; for, if the usages are good, the laws are valueless. Mr Smith, M.H.R.. has secured the contract .for lighting the town of New ;. Plymouth for 25s a week. A specimen of Edison's invention, the • phonograph, has .got as far as Napier, where it has been exhibited to crowded houses. , , The date of Mr Trimble's sale at Mr • Bolfit's has been extended to the 14th ,' instant owing to Messrs F. B. Jackson ; and Co.'s Bam Fair at Wanganui.

; We.% li'aVe to ; iihank the RegistrarGeneral for a copy, of the report on the statistics'bf New^Zealaud for. 1889, : , with map of thJ( ; c6lony ■ and appendices. : Mr -Lowes, of Birmingham, has disposed of avsectiph of land next the^Public Hallto Mr Ahyoni who intends to establish a'tbakeryan that nsihg settlement. The s.s. Pakeha, the new cargo boat of .Shaw Sayill and Albion line arrived in WeliihgtohrHarbpr oh Monday, fche has carry Ing capacity for 90,000 carcases .mutton and . lOiOOO bales wool. It is rumoured that a company to be called '" The Unknown," comprising five or six of our " leading Stars " in the theatrical line, as in course of formation to make a toiir of the townships on the coast; It is notified to-day that the Rev. W. Morley, -who has occupied the Auckland and Ohristchurch Circuits, will preach in the Wesleyan Church on Sunday morning. This clergyman is recognised 'as one of the best preachers in the colony. Mr Thompson, for many years M.H.R* for Clutha, in Otago, aud at present representing ithe electoral district of Bruce, was a visitor to Feildmg yesterday. He; expressed himself as much pleased with the progress of settlement in this part of ;the country. The requisition 1 asking Mr Bruce to stand for Egmont was signed by 325 electors. The poll is to betaken on the 1 7th of this month. In complying with the prayer of the requisitionists, Mr Bruce announces himself as a pronounced opponent of the Ballance Government. Messrs W. L Bees and J Carrolb have been appom'ed by the Cabinet as Commissioners to enquire into the law relating to titles to native lands throughout the Colony. The Commissioners will spend at least two months in instituting their enquiries with regard to native titles in the North Island. The Wanganui Girls' College commenced its -scholastic term on Tuesday last wifcn forty-five pupils, seventeen of whom are boarders. This is a good beginning, and we hope to see the institution continue to prosper and prove one of the leading educational establishments in the colony.

At the monthly meeting of the Wanganui Harbor Board held last Monday tenders for the survey of the Pohangiua | township were opened. Messrs G. H. Scott, W. H. Flyger, and Gillett aud " Owen tendered, aud it' was decided that - the tenders he sent down to the SurveyGeneral's office for examination. A coTrespondent to the Wanganui Herald writes from Feilding complaining that Denbigh street is not open for traffic. He says it looks much like boycotting. The fact is the Borough Council have not; got the money or the recpaired bridge would have been put up long ago. Derby street is however open, and really more convenient for drivers bringing cattle from " the Northern Settlements." Inquests were held in this colony during the year 1889 on the b .dies of 581 males and 183 females Of these the deaths of 300 males and 52 females were attributed to accidental causes. Of the males 126, and the females 19, were drowned. The deaths of sixteen males and two females were attributed to van ous accidents on a railway or tramway. There were 4,7 suicides, 41 of males, aud 6 of females. The latest news from the Back Creek rush, Hokitiki, ou Saturday evening states that Hayes and party cradled 2| loads, with a return of 2;>z gold; wash, 4ft thick. S. Hughes and party, also with a 4ft wash, cradled a load for Bdwt. S.Stewart and party washed 30 loads, their return giving an average of sdwt to the load. Seyeral parties struck wash during the week averaging two o.r three grains to the disk for 4ft of wash.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m to-day :-— Warnings lor northerly gales and rain after from 10 to 16 hours have been sent to all places. In Finland not only have all Salvation Army meetings.-"" been prohibited, and Salvationists forbidden to wear their badges and uniforms, and to carry their flags, but the police have raided private moetmgs where a few Salvationists were met together to worship privately. When one has beeu tormented and I fatigued by his sensitiveness, says Chain* [ fort, he learns that he must live from day to day, forget all that is possible, aiid efface his life from memory as it passes. But he must not imagine he is sensitive when he is only ill-tempered. A special meeting of the Feilding School Committee was held last night. Present— Messrs Lethbridge (Chairman), Watts (Secretary), Gould, Hicks, Worsfold, and Morey. A resolution was passed to bring the compulsory clause of the Education Act into force. The Committee also resolved to carry out the clause with the utmostseventy. The New Zealand' Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable messuge from their London office, dated '30th ultimo: — Frozen Meat.-- -Market quiet. The price of mutton has declined id yer lb since last report. The- price of beef has advanced id per lb since last report, Tal ' low. — There is a fair demand, but quota tions are unchanged since last telegram N.Z. Hemp.. — I here is more enquiry for medium quality, but quotations are unchanged. Inferior quality has tallen 10s per ton since last report. - ■ The present unsettled state of the weather is causing the farmers around Feildmg a great, deal of anxiety' with regard to their grain crops, which are especially good this "season. In some cases the crops were cut weeks ago, but no opportunity has arisen to gather them in, it having rained (more or less)*atmost every day. Other crops -are dead ripe and cannot be cut " owing' to the beastly weatberf ' as one f armerreinarked. With the above state of affairs 'before us we do not think our farmers will reap a rich harvest this year:

Ministers do not intend to follow the practice of their predecessors in gadding about'the country until the very moment -when they have to meet Parliament', and then rushing to put tDgether a policy at random. They propose to hold aCa binet meeting on .Ylondav.at which policy measures will at once be taken into considera tion. All the holders of portfolios will remain in Wellington for some time: Mr Ward may need to proceed South after the end of next week, and Mr~McKenzfe proposes to make a' personal tour of inspection of the several land offices after another fortnight, but their colleagues wiil remain in charge of departmental affiirs. Whatever the policy to be'pre sented to Parliament may prove to be, Ministers promise that it will be fully matured long before the appointed time. We regret to learn: that the Hon; Sir. George Whitmore has sustained a' seyjere accident. It appears that on - Tuesday night last; the s.s. Southern Cross called : off his station on the East Coast: as! usual, and the boat came ashore. "Sir George, being desirous of proceeding to Welhng--tonUo, attends the ,-: session! had arranged to leave- by the steamer. The _ boat {bad-'---to he some -little distanciß from the : beach', ; and a man attempted to carry; Sir George out tp it- ; In getting. 'into v the' boat,^ however, by some mishap ho fell heay llyj on his left side on the gunwale, breaking his rib. He was in great pain^vvhen taken aboard the Southern Cross, where he had to remain three days before she arrived at Napier; where surgical assistance : was: procured; and = the; necessar y bandages were applied. Sir George came on here in the steamer, .and is,'; wa are glad to learn, progressing favourably. — Post. ' \ The Government, we: hear, intend shortly to appoint a Commission to : enquire into the working of the Public: Trust office. The business of the office hfiS as everyone knows, very greatly increased of late years, and complaints of the excessive cost of administration have leen from time to time made. ,■,';■. As a special audit a Commission mightVbe a i very beneficial thing indeed. There are very large amounts invested in various ways, and there is the question of man* agement. The value of the report of an 'enquiry Into these things depends, of cqurse, largely on the enquirers. If theenqturers understand w.'iat. theyare enquiring into their report will be valuable. If they do not the facts they get together in evidence will be the only valuable por* tion of their proceedings. To v get at these facts is a good idea.— N Z Times; The ordinary monthly meeting oi the Wanganui Hospital Board took; place yesterday, there being present Messrs Parsons (chair), Arkwright, Grant, Smith, .Remington, and Dr Monckton. The minutes of the previous meeting were road and confirmed, and the bank book , showed a credit balance of £219 Is 7d. Correspondence re Borough: Council valuations, and statement re rents was laid on the table. Mr Meuli's report on Hoppital properties was left in the hands , of a committee consisting of the chairman, and Messrs Smith and Liffiton, with power to take action. Mr Atkins wrote stating that re his account for profes sional services re Ho pital drainage, the charge was at the same rate as that recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects and less than either the Wellington of Canterbury Associa- : tions, it was resolved that the account be paid. Accounts amounting to £139 6d 6d were passed for payment, and the ) meeting adjourned. — Herald.

The following items are from the Manawatu Times of Tuesday r— To-day the Bank of New Zealand opened a perman* ent agency at Pahiatua under, the charge of Mr George Innes, formerly of Palmerston. — A cordial vote cf thanks was accorded to Messrs Richter and Nannestad on the Mayor mentioning that to them he was indebted for the generous gift of an ox for the proposed demonstration. — At last night's public meeting Mr G. F- Hawkins said that it was quite time the Mayor received a salary for his duties. The town was quite big enough, and the rates received were lar^e enough It was rendeied necessary by occasions like those, so that the Mayor could head a list with a substantial donation without feeling it, instead of as at present, having to put his hand into his pocket — At the Ready Money Store, Messrs J. Nathan an.l Co. Palmerston North, are displaying a splendid assortment of crockery and glassware, which riiu«t be s en to be appreciated. The var e';y is enorm-ms .nn ;t c prices remarkably low, while many de.-iim* are noyel and elegant. Some speci il lines in pre-<erving jars wiil attract the special attention of careful hous wives, and find ready sale . I