Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 113, 17 March 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The Oxford and Cambridge boat race will be rowed on Saturday. The Manawatu Railway Company in tend to introduce an amended tariff. The San Francisco mail arrived in Feilding by the noon train yesterday. Om- exchanges trom the Wellington Press have come to hand yery irregularly • o£ lateFootballers are reminded of the meet ing to be held to-morrow night at Mrs Oliver's Empire Hotel. The organ used at the Requiem Mass in St. Bridget's on Sanday was kindly lent by Mr Carthew for the occasion. The Wellington Posfc considers the Flannagans, mother and daughter, ought to have been hanged, instead of respited. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day : — Warnings for easterly gales and rain which were sent yesterday hold good. Yesterday Mr Arkwright went down by the mail train en route for England, Miss Arkwright now being well enough to undertake the voyage. The present Ministry is supposed to be an anti-stoat and weasel Cabinet, a consistent friend of the small settlers' henroost, and a patron of tinned rabbit. — Wairarapa Daily. At the next session of Parliament the Ministry will introduce a general Hahday Bill under which there will be no work done between Sundays. Full wages to be paid by employers. We direct the attention of farmers and others desirous of purchasing useful stock, to the advertisements of Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale at Awahuri to-morrow, and of Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s sale at Palmerston on the day following. The criminal sessions at Wanganui opened to-day. There is only one case on the calendar — viz., Regina v. Toinlmson, alleged embezzlement. The civil sittings will be equally trifling, as the only suit set down for hearing is that of Craig v. Studholme. We are glad to notice that New Zealand has been " carrying the war into the enemy's country " and that Captain Edwin's prediction of a heavy gale on the Queensland coast has been amply yerified. This ought to teach outsiders to leave New Zealand weather alone. We have to acknowledge receipt of complimentary tickets for the Circuit Gathering of the Primitive Methodist Connection, to take place on Good Friday, ' the 27th inst., in celebration of the open- ] ing of the new parsonage in Feilding. Our attention has been directed to several hundred unfortunate " muttons " : which were penned in the sale yards from Friday until Monday afternoon, * without bite or sup. Ifthisis nofc more gross cruelty, then to kick and beat one's wife is . but a gentlemanly attention. S We understand our local auctioneer, i Mr Trimble, has received instructions [ from Mr Radford to sell his entire stock : (the bulk of which is new.) on Thursday i| next afc "The Other House," Manchester etreet. We are led to believe there i is to be no reserve as it is the vendor's wish to quit every line. Some excitement has been caused amongst the Maoris at Gfcaki by the ap- . ■ pearance in their midst of a Maori prophet, who arrived there some little time ago from the Waikato with fifty followI ers. His mission is to cause the return ' ; of pigeons to the district, which have been particularly scarce for some years past. i No doubt owing to the dampness and heat on Sunday, a perfect plague of mos ! quitoes visited this district. Houses on . ; the flat had them in myriads while those higher up on the hills were equally punished. The little pests were furiously , bloodthirsty, and tackled the most case ; hardened " oldest inhabitant," as well ; as the softest " new chum." Mr H. D. Bell, counsel for the plain- . tiff, in the Whitaker v. Hutchisi v case, has I lodged an appeal against the .judgment ; given by His Honour the Chief Justice to the effect that the names of Mr Mitchelson and Sir Harry Atkinson should not be struck out of the suit as defend- ' ants. The question will be arg&ed at ■ tho Court of Appeal next month. We are now able to set at rest the : many enquiries as to whether " The | Phonograph " (Edison's wonderful talk- ; ing machine,) is likely to be brought to : Feilding. The manager of the Assembly ! Rooms informs us .that Messrs MacMahon, the proprietors of the machine, : have engaged that building for an exhibition on Wednesday 25th instant. Messrs R. and E. Tingey, of Palm<=rs« ton North have just received a really beautiful consignment of drawing room, dining-room and passage sanitary and gold papers. There are some ot the most magnificent designs it is possible to conceive, and an inspection of them is an ; artistic treat. This being St. Patrick's Day the banks kept it as a close holiday. A numbei* of our sport loving citizens took advantage of the fine weather to go to the Sandon races where we hope they will have a good time and spot all the winners on the machine. Others went to the Ashurst Sports, where an ample share of amusement has been provided. Says the Catholic Times :— The latest explanation for the sudden retirement from parliamentary life of Mr IX Goldie is that he was so horrified by having to draw £150 as a fee for a feW days attendance at the House last session that the shock has incapacitated him. He has not returned the money yet, but is expected to do so — on the same date as Mr Scobie Mackenzie returns his. They haye the good old sort of fishermen in or about Blenheim, to judge by the following extract from a private letter originating in that locality : — "I caught a salmon trout last Thursday uight Weighing 2%\ b. It Was 36 Jin in length, 36£iu m girths and 10-£ mm depth. I caught it with a thin piece of whipcord, and a bit of fat mutton for bait. How is that ? I am the boss fisherman of New Zealaud."— Dunedin Star. Mr William Spurdle, a well-known and respected citizen of Wanganui, has been missing since Saturday last, and no trace whatever of him can be found. During Saturday evening he visited several hotels, and imbibed freely, having in his possession a number of bank notes He left an hotel at 11 o'clock saying he was going home, and it is stated by those who were in his company before he left, that he was quite capable of taking carp of himself. On Sunday morning, when his family found he had not arrived borne, inquiries were at once made, and all endeavors to find him have up to thf present been fruitless. It is sn mused thafc the missing man has mistaken hb way, and fallen into the river, while another theory is prevalent that he ha: met his death by foul play. Great anxi j ety has been caused among his relation*- | and many friends by the sudden disappearance of Mr Spnrdle, who was highly esteemed, and was Colour-Sergeant of the City Rifles, ]

We notice by advertisement that Mr Trimble intends holding his next Horse Fair on Saturday the 2Tst inst. People vi want of a horse, or those wishing to part, can't do better than attend the sale at Mrs Hastie's yard ou Saturday next at 12 o'clock. At the conclusion of the horse sale Mr Trimble will dispose of the privileges in connection with the Autumn Meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club. The mortal remains of the late Mr J Waldegrave were laid to rest in Palmers ton Cemeterj- on Sunday. I>e^pite -tliestendy rain wliicli fell during the ufter noon, a large number of deceased's friends and acquaintances attended the funeral, muny coming from distant parts. The seryice at the "rave was very iinpressirely rendered by the Key. H. B. Harvey. Mr Childers has been asked to express his yiews in regard to the desirableness of legislative interference with the liberty of male adults to work as long as they pleased. He has replied in the following terms; — "As a general principle, no man should be punished for working as long as he will There is, however, one exception. For instance, if a railway servant is employed for too many hours accidents may occur, and, the State is justified in prohibiting such excessive employment. It is possible that excessive work in mines may haye the same re suit, butl have never seen evidence of this, and it would be necessary to produce such unanswerable evidence hefore interfering by law with the duration of a miners' work. What I think is the dan - gerous notion which the State should absolutely repudiate is that; because the majority in a trade for several reasous, or- in order to raise power or wages, desire to prohibit men from working more that a certain number of hours, the State should step in and enforce . their desire. The State has a perfect right to decide for how many hours it will employ men in its own workshops (arsenal, dock yards, &c), but not to decide what private employers should do. The State has the absolute right to restrict the labors of women and children."