Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 142, 23 May 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The Wanganui Education Board will meet on Monday next. We learn from the local Star that there is a probability of a dairy factory being started in Pa hiatua. The Feilding-Sandon road is badly in want of gravelling. On. some portions of the road there are a number of ugly rntß, which render vehicle traffic dangerous. A few days ago a three year- old son of Air Richardson, of Makino, was playing with an axe when he nearly cut off one of his fingers. The wound was attended to by Dr Johnston. The 'Frisco mail will arriye to-night at 8.30, and will be sorted into private boxes. Monday being a holiday, a counter delivery^ letters will be made till 9 p.m. to-night. Our readers are reminded of the entertainment in' the Assembly Rooms on Monday night, when the grand Bpectacu- 1 lar drama, " Blow for Blow," will be produced by our talented local amateurs. We hope to sse r a crowded house. Notice is given that a poll for the election, of a .warden for the -Ongo ward will be taken on Monday, the Bth of June. Nominations must be left with the Returning officer, Mr E. Goodbehere, before noon on Monday, June Ist. Under warrants of distress the housebold furniture and effects C, of Norman Charlton will be sold by Messrs Stevens and Gorton on Friday, the 29th instant,' in their auction rooms, Fergusson street, .Feilding. • • , '■ The Wangahui Fishing Company promises to be a big success, ' and shares are being, freely taken up. In this connection' it will be a great boon to 1 Feilding people when they can rely upon having fresh 'fish at least' once a week. Messrs Cobbe.and Darragh have a new advertisement in to-day, in which they announce that they have just received a choice assortment of general drapery. As these goods have been 1 imported direct Messrs Cobbe and Darragh are in a posi- I tion to sell them at ' the lowest remunera- | tive prices, n f • . ; At a; meeting in Sandon Mr Grant said he believed, after sounding the pulse of the people throughout the, district, that an effort would bemade 1 to. take away the license from the house, at Awahuri as that house was not conducted .according tojthe letter of the law. — Standard. ,. We learn from the N. Z. Times that the rabbiters want a close season for rabbits of eight months in the year because the present indiscriminate slaughter is depnying the rabbiters of their means of hvhhood. This is just the' sort of thing our Liberal Government is likely to graut, but how about the stoats and weasels ? ' Only a dividend of 2s 6d in the pound is available for distribution acnougstc--the creditors of the fiaogitikei Fibre Company^ (in liquidation). The balance of.tbe money paid by the directors in satisfaction of the claims is still in the hands of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, but will be distributed among the creditors in the course of a fenv'days. „ - ■ The dates are published ' to-day , of meetings to be held in this neighborhood of those interested in forming a Farmers' Union. The Feilding meeting will be held in the Assembly Rooms on Friday, the 29th instant, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald, the broker of the company, and others will give addresses. All are cordially invited. • Mr H. Rutherford, butcher, had a fine display of beef, mutton, and pork at his establishent last evening. Mr Rutherford has just had his premises painted throughout,. and intends shortly to make further- additions and improvements to the building in order to meet the growing requirements 'of his already - well-estab-lished business. - - A debt collector in England has just been fined £5, at the instance of the Incorporated Law Society, for having repre sented in a letter that he was instructed byjhis '"client" to take proceedings for t the recovery of a certain debt. The whole matter turned upon the use of the word " client." It is a noun substantive sacred to lawyers, and must not be employed by other persons. A rather good story comes from Has; tings. Captain Holdsworth and a Maori convert to the Salvation Army are now touring the North Island, and were at Hastings a few nights ago. After the customary street parade a halt was made, and the usual testimonies were given. The Captain, in' mixed Maori and English, called upon his dusky friend to give his testimony, when the latter replied, " What the h you call that ? That's ,no Maori ; that's pigeon English 1" After this outburst of feeling the Army had recourse to united prayer.— Napier News. Not so very many years ago Mr D. H. ! Maciirthur stated, in the course of an address to his constituents, that a Ministry bold enough to carry out thorough reorganisation of the Civil Sorv : ca would arouse such a storm of opposition from the friends of the retrenched ones as to cost them their seat's on the Ministerial benches. Part of his prophecy has come true, (says the Manawatu'Standard) but the good sense of both parties in the House will prevent the fulfilment of the rest— for the Liberal party will be quite content with the present Ministry, and the Torins are too sensible to desire to take office in a time like the present, when they know the good sense of the majority of the people is with their •opjjonents. ■ - „'