Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 121, 4 April 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr Louis Holden has been elected as Warden on the Kiwitea Boad Board. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 9 a.m. to-day : — Warnings for southerly gales have been sent to all places north of Kaikoura, and Nelson. The site for a school house and playground at Apiti, is now being cleared by the residents, , who each give either a day's work or a day's wages towards it. As a provision for the winter, Messrs J. 0. Morey and Co. have imported a a number of splendid opposum and bear skin rugs. They are beautifully lined and finished, being probably the best eyer seen in this part of the world. At the banquet at Hokitika the other evening, the Hon. E. Seddon said the cardinal point of the Government policy was the repeal of the property tax and the imposition of a graduated land tax. A Maori woman at Gisborne the other day, in giving evidence before the R.M. Court, and desiring to impress the Magistrate with her important tribal, position, informed the Bench that she was "The ace, the highest card in the pack !" A sculling mutch has been arranged in Sydheiy be'wepn Tliomas Sullivan, late Amateur Champion of New Zealand, and Charles Stephenson, Cliampion of New Zealand, for a stake of £100, with a side wager of JBIOO. The race will take place Monday, the 27th instant, over the championship course. It is stated by the Canterbury Times ihat the recent death of Mr J. B. Grosson will probably hasten the appointment of a. paid handicapper by the (Jomiuifctee of the Canterbury Jockey Club. The names c^Mr C. ; .P. >/Wilhams, Mr U\ Powse, |ahd, Mr r J; .Ev Henry have been mentioned in ; c6nnecti6n; with the pos>i- J tibnß,;,and it is likely ■that oue of these jsentlern^ ? wUl^ b^ tHe close 6i the, season.

The rain to-day would iiinder the attendance T>f the public at the Foxton Races. Messrs Cobbe and Darragh, of the Cash Exchauge, were busy to-day openiug up a largo assortment of goods for the autum/i aud winter season. We have received from Mr W. R. Robinson, of Makino, a mushroom, which weighs 24 ounces, and is nine inches in diameter. Pheasants are now becoming very plentiful in the back country, and genuine sportsmen will have a good season this year- . ' Our readers are reminded that they must fill in their census papers' to-morrow (Sunday) night without fail. As the forms are somewhat intricate too much care cannot be exercised in doing this. Since the "retrenching" policy has been inaugurated Civil Servants have become much more polite and industrious than in " the good old days " now passed away. There now lies at Mr Carthew's a petition, to be signed by the ladies resident in this town- and district, to the House of Representatives, praying that female franchise be granted. Yesterday Mr Corpe, of Makino, sent away his last consignment of butter for the season. Since October Mr Corpe has put down at his Makino factory, and sent • to London, 1066 cases and 553 kegs of butter, weighing m all 44 tons. Last night the Public Hall at Bunnythorpe was opened by a concert, in which local amateurs and one or two from Feilding and Palmerston were the per- ! formers. A dance followed the entertainment, and the whole affair passed oft in a successful and very enjoyable manner. Yesterday Mr Oldham came down from Apiti for surgical assistance. It appears he was paring the hoof of a sheep, when the beast began to struggle, so that the knife slipping inflicted a severe gash up Mr Oldham's left arm. He was attended on by |Dr Sorley, who stitched up the wound. The adjourned Assessment Court sat yesterday at 10 a.m. Major Tuke, judge of the Court, was on the Bench. The following objections were heard: — E. C. Beattie, sections 385-9, valued at £40, reduced to .£32 ; also, section 189 suburban, yalued at £10, reduced to £8; J. Bartholomew, sections 453-6, valued at £60, reduced to £35; H. Holland, section 87, name of David Black substituted; E. Hubner, section 157, suburban, valued lat £8, reduced to £4 ; F. - Towler, sections 340-1, valued at £25, valuation to stand. A rare instance of pluck was witnessed on the Awahuri road on Tuesday. A young lad named Siegel was driving Mr Pickering's butcher cart, when the horse took fright and bolted. Siegel Btuck to the reins manfully, but as they were too slippery for him to hold, he tied a knot in them to give him a better control over the horse, which he was thus able to guide clear of passing vehicles and the handrails of the bridges he had to cross. By good steering he arrived safely . at Awahuri, where he was able to pull the brute up. -. , . •' Some few days ago we mentioned .that a section of land in Manchester .street had changed hands at the price of ten pounds per foot. The purchasers were Messrs (Jobbe and Darragh, who propose to erect a very handsome brick building for their business premises. The frontage to Manchester street will be sixty-six feet, and to Manchester Square sixty-five feet, with front elevations of eighteen feet. There will be a commodious verandah on the Manchester street side of the building. Mr Bray, 0.E., has the plans in hand, and the building when completed will be a very handsome addition to the town. Shades of Ma cauley ! Highland both ies, and natives covered with tar !! , Oh, my country, haa it come to this ? Thu following dreadful paragraph is from the Wairarapa Daily of March 31st :— • Since attention was called through our columns to the prevalence of itch in this town, there has' been a great demand for sul : . phur, and we are pleased to hear as a result that no further cases have been reported.' Lord Macaulejr was burned in effigy for what he said on this nasty subject, yet the Wairarapa Daily was " bobbing serenely along " yesterday, free from care and free from danger. . Blessed be the laws we live uiideL 1 . At the monthly meeting of, the Wan - ganui Hospital Board, held on. Wednesday bst, the medical attendants reported that there were five cases of typhoid fever in the Hospital during the past month, Dr Monckton asked whether the Borough Council had been informedof the matter, and whether they had taken any decided steps to find out the cause of the evil. He moved the following motion :— That the attention of the Borough. Council be drawn to the fact that typhoid fever cases come from one locality in the Borough, andthatjthey be urgently requested to take immediate steps to have the cause of the evil rectified." The motion was carried, Mr 3eo. Grant, of Sandon, enjoys a well-deserved reputation .as a schoolmaster as evidenced by the report. of the Inspector of schools, who ranked his school in the highest grade both as regards merit and system. As a preacher the ability of Mr Grant is testified to by the large congregations which assemble to listen to his sermons. His style is attractive, and he is noted for bringing out fresh ideas, and impressing them on the minds of his hearers, by using apt illustrations from both ancient and modern sources. He sets forth Bible principles and supports them in. a most convincing manner, his utterances evidently having been well thought out, and then forcibly expressed. Anyone who is inclined to doubt the authenticity of Scripture would do well to avail thempelves of an opportunity to hear him, that is if their doubts are honest, and they are willing to accept evidence on both, sides of the question. It is scarcely probable that a man of his talents will be allowed to remain in a small district like Sanson very long, when they could be exercised to greater advantage in a larger centre of population, where his powers would have more scope for greater usefulness. Taking this view, it is only natural that those who have had the pleasure and profit of attending services conducted by Mr Grant, should wish others to have the. same advantage. Mr Grant will preach in the Wesleyan Church to-morrow in the forenoon.—Contributed : Cobbe and. Darragh have purchased, much tinder regular price, a warehouseman's stock of Ladies 1 Stockings, Men's Socks, Undershirts and Pants. These goods, having been bought' cheap, will be sold cheap for Cash.— Advt.