Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 156, 27 June 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The estate of the late Mr J. "Walde« grave has beeii sworn at £10,020. . New potatoes, from; Auckland have been on sale in Wellington this week; so says the New ZealaM Times. ... • Walter Buttaa,: Moss died suddenly at ARhburton on Saturday aged 55. He was a brother of Mr Mobs, ex- M. H . R. , B ritish Resident at Rarotpnga, and has been in the Colony since 1875. He was for some time bn.the West (Joast. Mr Buckland, an Auckland member, objects to the franchise being granted to women because forsooth— the first rotten egg thrown, at Mr Buckland during the recent election had been thrown by a girl. That -eggj: on the other hand, will be the reason why thousands of Auckland electors will now support the clause giymg the' frauchise to the other sex. The Herald says : -The election of at least one member of the Wannanui Li* censing Committee is arid to be ultra vires, an 1 that he has laid himself open to heavy penalties by si.tmg and acting on the Lieen-iiiii; Committee. The lawyers are to be kept busy over the whole affair, and will, no cioubt, £ft lha oyster, leaving tlie shells for the delectation of the losing side. The Wellington Watchman, commenting on the motion to adjourn the House recently to enable certain members to »t---tend a ball at Goyernment House, writes ; — "Altogether the opposition of the small band of patriots to " 'Ops " and to the wearing of black clothes and white ties and waistcoats',- was as pronounced as stubborn. Some wretched humorist pro-pounded-a's a reason for this opposition the fact that all the ' dress suits for hire in this city had -been already lent out,' and that it was not so much patriotism as the lack of black pants that earned the iudigdation."

The Hon. W. Bolleaton was a visitor to Feilding to-day. Muss will be celebrated in Sfc Bridgets Church, T?eilchns\ on Monday next , at 12 nuon (the feasts <f S. . Peter and St. Paul) The Feilding seconds went to Mai to. 1 by the mail train to-day to fulfil engage : merits with Runterville in a Junior Cup football match. Angry, or supplicating, constituents may now send thirty words, by'dela^el telegram costing a gentle sixpence, of either worry or pleading .to their representatives in Parliament. This is verily a sweet vouchsafemeht. Not before it was time, the public room in the Court House is to be heated, and a chimney and fireplace are now being erected. Other lmproyeinenta are also to be made for the accommodation of the reporters and witnesses. , The " Dutch auctioneer," Mr Fowler, who officiated at the Presbytenau gift concert, has a fund of ready wit. He electrified the friends of one good lady whose donation, in the shape of a hat basket he was selling, by saying she ought to have married Edison 1 The Eev R. Eaine, of Foxton, has been conducting a series of evangelistic services l'n the Methodist Church during this week. " The meetings haye been well attended, and we believe the earnest addresses of the rev g6ntlema.ii have been productive of much good. An advertisement appears on our" first page to-day from the well -known- Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, to which the special attention of the ladfes of this district is direction. Paragraph advertisements from the same house also appears to-day. The man John Ross who was charged before' Messrs' Sherwill and Haybittle, J.P.s at the 8..M. Court on Thursday, with obtaining cattle under false pretence*, was committed for trial at the next sittings of the District Court at Palmersfon N. Bail was allowed, accused £200 and two sureties of. £loo each. As an instance of the " tricks of trade " which, farmers haye to submit to, it was stated by a member at' a meeting of the Wairarapa 'and East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society on Saturday that he had bought some artificial manure m Wellington, and found on analysis that it contained 33 per cent of sand, A magnificent instance of red tapeism is furnished in connection with the recent discovery of a humtin 'skeleton in the Puhi.puhi Forest, An inquest was held, when the medical eyidence proved that Heatl^ had occurred at least 20 years and i possibly 50 year's before. The inquisition j and other papers were duly forwarded to the Justice Department in Wellington, but returned because not accompanied by _«li" usual certificate of the cause of death. It would require a clever man to furnish •this.— Post. The reflection suggested by listening toth.ivflippancy of Mr Buckland and the verbosity of Mr Smith, is that there must be sometuing radically wrong in tbe system of government which places in the hands of such men an" equal power in thegovernment of the coun'ry, so far, at least, as. voting is concerned, \ as is possessed by the speakers who had previously ad* dressed the House in the present -deba-e. Parliament may decree absolute equality amongst .its members,' but Nature has provided otherwise. — Post" A correspondent who has jiist returned from the district informs" the Wanganui Herald that a. large block of Jand, situate about five miles up the Kai Iwi stream and comprising several thousand acres, is about to.be cleared The character of, the soil is very rich indeed, and the coun try, when cleared,' should be a valuable addition to the sheep farming industry dome thirty men are already engaged in falling, who are located in four camps, the farthest of which is eight miles ir>m i tie open country. The timber is not rerj heavy and (he contiacts have been let at prices which should prove remunerative to average bushmen. Last night the Feilding Amateur Dramatic Society gave an entertainment in the Mangaone Public Hall in aid of the build- . mg fund, the following company taking part : — Mrs Oliver, Misses A. Bilderbeck, N. Parr and A. Keen, Messrs J. Pringle, T. Lucre, F. Petherick, W. Reading, C. Aitken, W. Porthouse, R. F. Haybittle, and F. Keen. The overtures and other music were given on the piano and violin by Miss Shorthall and Mr J. Stewart respectively. The attendance was good and would, no doubt, have been still larger but for the bitterly cold weather. From beginning to end the entertainment went off well, frequent laughter .and applause showing how much each performer , succeeded in pleasing the audience. A j number of yisisors went from Feilding i and all greatly enjoyed the nights outing, ' which wound up with a dance. .