Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 144, 28 May 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

•■ Yesterday , there were six insurance agents in "Feilding. The honorable " dacinnatus " McKenzie goes south-on Alonday to address his constituents. Mr E. Goodbehere has shown us a . young stoat which was slam by his cat last Saturday, at his resideuce on the Kimbolton .Road. It is rumored (says the Palmerston Times) that branches of the Colonial Bank aud Bank of New South' Wales will shortly be opened in Palmerston. . MrD. R. Lowers was a yiaitor to Feilding yesterday. He is strongly impressed with the financial souudress of the place. i The mail for "Pemberton now closes at I Feilding on Saturdays, at 7:30 a.m* instead of Tuesdays, as hitherto. Captain Edwin telegraphs :— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for frost have been sent to all places. We notice" that Mr Shearer, cabinetmaker, has erected a very attractive sign board across, -the footpath opposite his business premises in Manchester street. A meeting of volunteers and others will be held in the Assembly Rooms on Friday 12th June. We will refer to this later.on. - • ■ ' ■ - ; " Messrs Stevens and Gorton held an ■ extensive sale of stock at- Feilding 'to-day. The attendance was large, and the bidding spirited. A, detailed report of the^ prices realised will be published in- our next issue. We notice by Mr Trimble's advertisement in to-day's issue, that ho has, amongst a lot of other articles for sale on Saturday, 50 "joints prime beef, and a large lot of dressed fowles just ready for. the oven. Our readers are reminded of the meeting ; called by the promoters of the" Cooperative and Farmer's Alliance Company to be held to- morrow afternoon, at two o'clock, in the Assembly Rooms. A cablegram from London to Nelson notified the death of theßey Innes-Jones, for many years mcumbernt of All Saints Church, Nelson. The deceased gentle,mau was father of the Rey Innes-Jones, for some time resident m Feilding, and bow of Bulls," Rangitikei. ' Afootball match for the Senior Cup, between teams representing Palmerston and Feilding, will be played on the Oval next Saturday. Play will commence at 3 p.m. sharp. Admission Is, to contribute towards the expenses,' members and ladies free. .w ~ ' : We are glad to be able to congratulate Mr J. E; Henry on his haying received the appointment of handicapper for the Canterbury Jockey Club. Mr Henry has 'given 1 ample proof of his ability in this, capacity, and he already is acting as handicapper for fifteeu clubs in the North Island. The Statutory meeting of the Feilding Borough Council was held yesterday. at noon.', The " following councillors', were •present, The 'Mayor, (W. G. Haybittle), and Messrs -Gould, "Watts, Goodbehere, ijutherford, and Sandilands.' in pursuance with notice the Burgess Roll of the Borough was adopted. On Tuesday last when a man named Goyle was working at a chaffoutter at •Halcombe, his armgot into the machine. His elbow was badly wounded and before Dr Sor ley, who was 1 sent .for some hours after the accideut, arrived' Goylo, bad lost a good deal of blood. He is now in a fair way towards recovery, but is still very weak. Mr Charles Rogers, of the Government Insurance Department, will lecture in the Assembly Rooms to-night. Mr Rogers will recite "The Little Hero,',' " Christmas Night in the Workhouse," " The Three Parsons," " The Death of the Old Sergeant," and will eing '.' One Fond Heart." Admission will be free, and all -are invited. The man Charles Hugh Tramor, who was arrested on a charge of alleged-sheep-stealing at Palmerston North, was acquitted as there was nothing to show that he had committed the act ; but the same accused 1 was committed for trial for stealing a saddle and bridlo. We learn from the Manawatu Times, that Trainor has again been arrested for alleged sheepstealing, and will be brought before the Court again to-day at Palmerston. - f - It will be of interest to many in this district to know that :— On the 9th of this month Miss Lizzie Clogstoun, of Christchurch, was married to Mr Robert Crossrnan, eldest sou of Major-General Sir William Crossrnan, M.P., of Cheswick and Holy Island,^ Northumberland* Miss Clogstoun'was the youngest daughter of the late Captain E. L. .Clogstoun, of Mount Four Peaks, "Canterbury. Our Awahuri correspondent writes ; — Several loyal Maoris having read the ac-' count in the Feilding STAR.as to the' inability of the Queen to proyide for the large retinue of the Emperor of Germany on. his proposed visit to England, have started on- an expedition, both on' sea and , land, for the purpose of procuring shark , and wild- pork, which they intend sending aa a present to Her Majesty in order that she may be able to entertain her guests as befits royalty. • At the meeting of the Oroua County Cricket Club held on Saturday last at the office of Mr Sherwdl, the report and balance sheet were read and adopted. Mr Henry Lance was elected Secretary riud Mr A Tompkins Treasurer. The' following gentlemen were elected General Commitlge; Messrs Coote, Halcombe, FosterPratt, Sandilands and Strachan. ,It was resolved to arrange matches with other clubston this coast, the dates of which ■will be supplied to the members in ordinary course. Efforts will be made to have a suitable pavilion built on the ground m time for next season. :We learn that Mr A. Ferguson, formerly Mayor of Palmerston .North, and now resident at Birmingham, is making an experiment of tea*growing there which promises to prove successful. '! he plants were rai-ed from seed, 300 being sown, and from these about 150 are how- errpwin« from lin. to sin. in lieig t It is not generally" known that ten can be grown in almost any climate. It is cultivated in India, Japan, Ceylon, to some extent in America, and has also been success* ' fully cultivated in Auckland. Ie will j stand any variation of climate, down to ! that which involves m inches of frost on the ground- for-a mouth in the year. The chief thing appears to be to guard the root-* of the plant from the direct rays of the sun. ' Two .crops can bo g-ifchered in tlie year, and the variety which Vlr Fer«u«on is cultivating is the Assjuri tea To thi roiuihly test; the experiment, Mr Ferguson is growing half Ins crop outride and half under cover, lie has no doubt of the' success of his exporinient, but wliethpr tea»growing could l>e made a wofit-ible industry in. the Colony is another question, the low nrioe of labour in leu-growing coni'tries hav,n» to be c-nMderwl " Tlvre is nothing, however, to prevent farmers crowing th. ir own tea. Air JTerpuson also, grows and.manufiicturerfhis onn tobacco. —Manawatu Times.