Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 123, 9 April 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The Feilding ft. M. Court will be h«Jd on Wednesday next. We learn"' from the Napier News that Mr Youngtusb'and has liberated some opossums in the Seventy Mil© Bush. - The'notes' and * remarks made by Mr 1 Macintosh, the judge, in connection with the recent Band Contest, will be published in our next issue. The'Taraniki Herald piously says "The sneers of, the Times will not hurt us> nor-' the untruthful statements of the Post injure our breakwater." „, ~ - i •" ;■ .1 --, The poll for the election^of a Committee at 1 Pahnerstbri 5 " oV Thursday' last resulted in the re-election of .the old committee, and for au , increase ; of all licenses.' ■ As.giying an idea of the value. of hops, • we (Nelson Colonist) may state that Is 3d per pound has been offered for a parcel of • 6ft bales, but declined, the holder anticipating that he will obtain a better price. We have to thank Mr J. W.,Hombersley, the Hon. Secretary, of the-Horo,whe-nua Jockey Club for a copy of the programing, of the Hack Eace meeting to be held oil the' new racecourse : oi the Club, at Otakion May 25th 1891- .„,„ ' " - Mr Matthew, Home Secretary;-Bpeak-in£ at Birmingham, , said tlie country hardly knew ; the danger, it had gone through in connection with, the Bfhring Sea and New Fouadland fisheries' difficulties, and what it had escaped through Lord Salisbury's diplomacy A Melbourne paper say 8 that the bush fires, are all over, and thousands oi Toasted sheep are to be seeu huddled together in the corners of the paddocks on yarious stations, the majontty of them dead, while others cannot exist much longer in their agony. - A, brutal ' outrage is reported .from Bocky Hill, near Candelo, N.S.W. An old man, named Mark Southwell, was drinking in company with two-young men, named Thompson and Ryan, and after they had got him almost into ideated, they saturated his clothes with rum and then eel; fire to them. He was so- dreadfully burnt that his life is despaired of. A correspondent writes: — ''Now that the principal local bodies concerned have decided upon definite action with reference tq the bridge at Aorangi, it is time the Borough Council did something to make a decent road from Bussell street to the river,' which is, without doub,t - the stoniest and most dangerous piece of road in the whole district, and a disgrace when compared to pur other excellent bye-ways and high-ways." It is rumoured that the Marquis of Lome would be willing to accept the post of Governor-General in the'event of an Australasian Domimon being formed, Princess Louise having foregone her previously expressed objection to the climate of Australia. But — there is'nt any rumour that' ,the Australasian Dominion' is hankering for the Marquis, nor does any body care a button whether'the Princes* objects to the Australian climate any more, or not. The following graceful apology, waa made on Saturday last by the Hawie's Bay Herald : — We yesterday stated, that t the report that "none of the Ministry exoept Sir Banqneteer Seddon had an appetite was a false and malicious libel. Our ; words have soon received conclusive i proof, for it is announced that the Hon. Mr Beeves (the only educated man in the Ministry, as his own newspaper states), is about to feed in public. Hence he has ' an appetite, and by inference his colleagbare, also— Q E. D. A good story is told in the Spectator of J one of our living bishops who once stayed'" at the house of a country gentleman— a teetotaller, On' the ~< dinner 'table there | iwere no intoxicants, but the host said to \ his guest in an undertone, ' Mr lord, you . will find some wine in your bedroom/ < By and by the squire came to dine with. , the bishop, and found wine set before, him, but the bishop ,aiso took care to say , quietly dunng the dinner, * Mr So-and i so, you will find some water in your'bed-, ; room.' The Oamaru Mail says :— -Complaints ' are common in Canterbury of, the annoyance caused to horses by a fly which attacks them when they are at work and warm. It darts at their necks and throats, inflecting stings which render tbe.auimale .frantic and unmanageable. TheVpest; is- supposed to be the brown fly {Gasteropkilus retenn**), the peculiarity of which is that it always attacks the horse the throat or chest. These jests have been onljr too- common in the Oroua and Manawatu ior some time. The hew clause proposed to' be* added to Government contracts provides that subcontracts let without consent ; are to ,be yoid, aad the letting of them is to be considered a wilful breach of the contract, It also provides that the Minister may, at his own discretion, pay, any moneys due to the sub-contractor, a,nd nothing in the clause is $o be deemed; to interfere With the rights of person's '" under the Workmen's Wages Act, 1884, or under any valid absolute assignment. The new clause is to be added as a second subsection to clause 18 of the general conditions. ♦• Eureka"" sends us the following Ideally illustrated solution of the puzzle , which appeared in our last issue : — " Arriving at Feilding, I call at the Empire Hotel, and I say to the landlady ' If you'll give me as much more money as I have in my pocket I'll Bpend sixpence.' She does so, my sixpence goes, and I have three farthings less than when I began* At the Denbigh Hotel, I make a similar request as at the first house of call. The request is granted, -my sixpence is spent, and I fttn another three farthings short, my funds, in fact having dwindled down to a solitary threepenny bit. 'At the Feilding Hotel the hostess supplements this by making it sixpence, which being spent I have nothing left. Thuß it will be seen that the amount I started with was five pence farthing." There is a good legal story going the round* at Auckland about a leading law* yer and a Judge's summons. On the <locamettt being read by the party interested it was found to'state that he was to appear before Justice Gillies! Ho win simply horrified at the prospect of there 1 beinc achanßo of venue, from this *orld to .the next, and said he- would prefer to to.stop nmohg " the devil's own. " On investigation being. made it whs found that the' summons was an old forin'of judge's summons, dated 1884, which had been used' by "niiitnke, nnd which some of the legal firtna keep printed for convenience Another good yarn is totil of an information which" jwns laidf^'l-he, inform mant* swore !•, that the defendant had ,Vhreateii*;"J« l iio,",kick« him; Co. hell and 1 further," '"an<J' then' Ml/wWd Wld** 1 !' phraseology of thcjnformntinp. " wju'cli tliis deponent verily l»eli*»Ves v b> will do, i Unless restrained !"• -Napier Xeiegr&pa- -

The Postal and Telegraph guide for April came to hand to-day — nine days overdue. * ••> Captain Edwin telegraphed at. 9 aim. to-dn v: — Warnings for gules from the the westward have been sent to all places. A. Gazette extraordinary, issued Mondny niglit, c >ntaini a proclamation that Parliament stands prorogued ' from the 9th of tins month to the 27th. Serious -floods have occurred 'Hi the Cairns district^ Brisbane. Several fami-lies-had to seek refuge in trees.' Traffic is auepen.ded. Harry ; Lainjj and WiHiam NoWe re» manded on Tuesday for seven days on a sWnge of alleged robbery, baring failed to find the necessary sureties, have not, so far, been admitted to bail. We regret' to learn from the Post that Mr F. W, Haybittle, senior partner in the firm of; GeprgeliThotnas and Co. is confined; to; his !bed <with| a severe attack of dyee'uteryl His condition was somewhat Benous on- Tuesday, but yesterday, an, improvement was noticeable. - ! Mr Gal way, watchmaker and jeweller, has opened in premises next, to Mr Svendsen's with a beautiful selection of jewel lery' consisting of brooches, rings, studs, etc., and invites inspection. Mr Galway desirea to draw attention to his jobbing department, as all work done bj him ie guaranteed for twelve months. The light-weight champion of New Zealand, Mr Bob Matthews, will give an exhibition of his skill in the Assembly Booms ' on Saturday night. He will also, perform with the Indian Clubs. Matthews is a spare active young man, and who knows something of these things, said be did not think there was a man., in New Zealand-could knock out the'Ught-weight champion in four rounds. Matthews met Thomas, Cnbin, Schwass and Ellis at Blenheim, the three last named being heavy-weights, and in each instance gaye, a remarkably good account of himself. Writing of a match at Blenheim between Matthews and Tommy Williams a local paper says : — " Matthews Bhowed the most determined pluck and powers jot endurance. There can be nd doubt the fight was a perfectly honest one and Williams, who showed that .he waß an admirable boxer, did his lstit to knock his opponent out. The whole affair was carried out with propriety.