Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 140, 19 May 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

Sharp frost yesterday morning. The outward 'Pnsco mail will close at Feilding' to morrow, at 3.45 p.m. Additional entries are made to day to Messrs F. It. Jackson and Co's Palmerston sule. The Manchester Rifles will parade on Friday next, at the barrsCcks. The Pobson -Kennedy Company tonight will play "Neck or Nothing." One of the managers of the National Bank of New Zealand was in Feilding today. Comfortable board and residence may be had oh application to " H.T." care of Stak office. The appointment of the Feilrtine: Postmaster as Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, is not yet gazetted. Mi- John D, "Valentine, builder, is erecting & Cotrifor table cottage for .Mr H. Booth on hia farm at Makino. Tne usual monthly meeting of the Feilding Maßonic Lodge will be held, on Monday night. The premises of the Bank of Australasia are to be considerably enlarged. Mr Atkins, architect, is preparing plans. Petroleum, it is alleged, has been discoyered at Wai-nui-omata, near Wellington. This is another wrong to New Plymouth. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to- day — Warnings for northerly gales hold good at all places. The usual monthly Band of Hope meeting will take place this evening, in the Methodist Church, All are invited. A good programme is expected. Mr F. Pope was the successful tenderer for Messrs Cobbe and Darragh's new building to be erect ■>-? In Manchester street, opposite the Bank of Australasia. We learn that M r Trimble has received a lai are number of entries for his horae .sale which takes place on Saturday next, the 23rd mat, at, 1.30p.ni, in Mis Hastie's yard. Visitors to the performance tonight aro specially requested to notice that owing to the length of the pieces the curtain will rise at 7.55 sharp. Mr Hinman will eive an address this evenms* in the Gospel Hall, His subject willjbe " rhe Great Tribulation " Seven o'clock is the hoar appointed and all are invited. One day last week Mrs Turner's carriage was upset. When going into Mr F. Owen's place, the horse jibbed and the vehicle went over. Fortunately the ladies who wore dnymg escaped unhurt. Some careless and probably ignorant horse drover caused a driven horse to collide with a lady pedestrian m West street, on Sunday morning. The lady was thrown down and severely bruised. After Woodville has done with the Railway Commissioners, Feilding intends to commence a worry to get the platform at the Railway Station, covered in. There is no rest for the wicked — Commissioners. A serious accident happened near Fox ton yesterday to W. Cole} 7 , stockman for Barber Bros. While mustering 1 cattle his horse fell. Coley was picked up uu> conscious and has remained so ever since. A few clays ago when one of Mrs Hastie's servants was skating at the rink in the Assembly Rooms, she fell and broke the smaller bone of her left leg, and at the same time sprained her ankle. Dr Sorley was sent for and relieved the sufferer. The following are the Aucklnnd census returns : — County of Eden (including the City) males, 26,743 ; females, 27,46 ; total 54,203. City of Auckland, males, 14,966 females, 15.040; total, 30.006. The Borough of Auckland shows a decrease of 3155 persons. While the Feilding footballers were driving through to Palmerston on Saturday, one of the wheels came nft" the brake, and they were delayed a considerable time on ihe road. The wheel was replaced, however, and the team arrived there half an hour late. Good news has been received by the local shareholders in the Puhipuhi Pros pector's Mine, to the effect that the new machinery is working splendidly, and that from a considerable parcel of ore 50oz of silver to the ton has been extracted. Shares have doubled in selling value. On Saturday last a mob of fat cattle passed through Awahuri on the way from Stratford to Edeukillie Park, Palraerston North, the property of Messrs D. and W. Manson, of The Pines, Feilding. The cattle were in prime condition averaging about BJcwt., and are for the freezing and local markets. Mr Alf McDowall was in charge. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Messrs G. Kirton and J. C. Thompson, J.P.s, on the application of himself, a prohibition order was issued against Norman Charlton, to be in force for one year to all licensed houses in Feilding, Palmerston, Awahuri, Ashurst, Halcombe, Sandon, Cheltenham, and Birmingham. Mr Sandilands appeared for the informant. Yesterday afternoon Mrs Eobert Somerville had just started for a drive, when one of the bolts smashed. The horse immediately took fright and kicked itself clear of the harness. It was stopped by Mr Charles Wickham. Mrs Sotnerville was thrown out and cut about the head and body. She was attended by Dr Sorley, who says the injuries, although painful, are not serious. The children were unhurt. At a meeting of the Malbnrougb Rugby Union a resolution was passed unanimously : — " That in the opinion of the Union, smoke concerts, after football matches, are in many respects undesirable and in no way advantageous to foot ball, and that members be reuqested to refrain from taking part in any festival of the kiut 1 , and whenever they can be avoided. The Union are senchug this resolution to the other Unions they hope it will be adopted. In the R.M. Court holden at Wanganui yesterday, the following cases were disposed of, viz. — Mitchell y. Kidd, and Flyger v. Williams. In the former case judgment was entered for the defendant, with costs of Court 15s, solicitor's fee £1 Is. In the latter case the plaintiff abandoned his chance of action, consenting to costs £1 16s being allowed to defendant. Mr Barnicoat, instructed by Mr W. A. Sandilands, represented the defendants in each of the above cases, in which evidence was taken here last Court day. Our Awahuri correspondent writes : — The Endymion Hotel had a narrow escape from burning on Sunday evening. The servant who had been in one of the upper rooms, on leaving it, must have inadvertently set fire to the curtains with the candle without her noticing the accident. Fortunately some of the neighbors happened to be standing upon the road, and seeing the flames rushed upstairs and tore the lighted hangings down ; and so averted the destruction of the hotel which, but for their promptitude, must have been burned down as the fire had already hold of the walla.