Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 8, 18 July 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The San Francisco mail may be ex" pected here this afternoon, and letter 3 will be sorted into private boxes at 8.45 p.m. to-night. Ashurst is going ahead. A Trotting Club is to be formed there this evening. An interesting artiole entitled " Diphtheria and Croup Cure" appears on our fourth page to-day. The Manchester Rifles will parade for inspection by Major Newall on Thursday nest at 7.30 p.m. A pinch of soda beaten to a foam in either molasses or houey, will cut the phlegm from a baby's throat. The Fire Bngade turned out last night under Captain Morey, when wet and dry practices were held. Superintendent : " Johnny, do you love your teacher ?" Johnny : " Yes, sir ; but she ain't struck on me much. The annual general meeting of Church members will be held in St. John's schoolroom on Tuesday the 23rd inst. at 7.30 p.m. Mr Alfred Eade has just received his monthly consignment of carpets, rugs, down quilts, &c, for other particulars see advertisement in our next issue. It is notified by advertisement to-day that Mr William I. Bolane has been appointed Manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company in Wellington. The butchers in Napier have raised the price of meat one penny per pound. Now, if the working men raise their rate of wages in proportion, they will only be doing a fair thing. Notwithstanding the severe frosts which have been experienced during the last six weeks, the tea plants at Mr Fergusson's farm, near Birmingham, have not suffered in the slightest degree. Mr W. Moore, of Palmerston N., who has been for some time in charge of the stables at Mr Walkely's Hotel there, had his leg broken yesterday when attempting to stop a runaway horse. Mr Henry Arrow, of Waipawa, who has patented his hand safely fire escape in England, Australia, and America, is at present in Wellington giyiag exhibitions of the working of the contrivance. One of Feilding's young hopefuls, aged seven, called on a banker yesterday with four bright pennies, aud reaching to thy counter on his tip toea said, "Please saye this up till it gets fifty pounds," By wire yesterday we were informed by Mr Eoake, the Huntsman, that the stag from Nelson arrived safely in Wellington, where the first stag hunt in New Zealand will eyentuate on Tuesday next. Messrs Cornfoot Bros. Pohangina have sold their ewes at the splendid price of 17s 6d — and were cheap at the money. A very choice lot of two tooth from the Oroua Downs. All true lovers of the game will read with avidity the letter of a local Child of the Flowery Land, translated by our rugged old friend " Old Grumble," on the subject of " football as she is played," We are desired to intimate that Mr Scott, wathmaker and jeweller, will open on Wednesday next with a full supply of jewellery, &c, in the shop next to Mr Peter Thompson's, opposite the Star office. A Maori boy, William Kern, was accidentally shot at Ahepara (Auckland), on Thursday last, by a man named John Houston, while handling a revolver. The bullet, which entered his side, has not yet been extracted. The Minister of Defence informed Mr J. GL Wilson, on Thursday, that the reason why the services of the Foxton Volunteer corps were not accepted, was there were already five corps in the Manawatu and Eangitikei. Owing to its original merits, and the fact that it has incorporated the Referee, the Christchurch Weekly Press is now the most interesting journal of its kind in New Zealand. Mr Oarthew has been appointed Feilding agent. For particulars see advertisement. An important decision to medical men was given by Colonel Boberts, E.M., at Masterton in the case of Milne v. Riddle. The facts are thad Riddle summoned Dv Milne by wire to attend another man, and as the latter did not pay, Dr Milne sued Riddle, judgment being given for plaintiff with all costs. The popular temperance advocate, Mr J. Knott, is advertised to preach in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening, and to lecture in the same" place on Monday evening. On Tuesday evening Mr Knott will visit Mangaone and lecture in the Public Hall, and on Wednesday will give an address in the Maori Meeting House, Awahuri. A profitable, although dishonest, (l industry " might be found at the railway stations in the collection of newspaper stamps from the loose wrappers. These stamps have, in most cases, passed without defacement, or have received only a slight stroke from a lead pencil. To-day we publish a replace advertisement from Mr Thomas Ballinger, of Wei hngton, in which he calls attention to his last shipments of galvanised and black corrugated iron. The fullest details are given for the guidance of residents in the country districts who desire to send their orders to Mr Balhnger's Empire Works, Wellington. The Ashurst School Committee have passed a resolution with the object of holding a meeting of Chairmen of the various Committees on this side of the Rangitilcei ri' er to c nsider a proposal for separation from Wan^anui Education District, and the formation of a new one with PulmerßtoQ as ihe centre.— Manawatu Times. The election of Mr Charles Bray as a lieutenant of the Manchester Rifles, should prove of considerable advantage now that the full complement of men has b«ea made up, aud ihe services of so useful and energetic an officer oannot fail to assist in every way to promote the beat interests of the corps. It is worthy of note that the recruits who have joined lately aro over the average stature, and of good yhyaiciup.

We are informed that Mr John Pollock, of the Harbor Board Block, has been served with a writ by Mr Collins, his former partner, who claims to be entitled to a share in the property known as the Buckingham Palace Boarding-house, Manchester street. Messrs Goodbehere and Richmond have been instructed to defend the action for Mr Pollock, and the trial will take place at the next Wanganui sittings of the Supreme Court. The irony of fate could not much further go than that which overtook a Queensland unionist shearer. He was the leader of the gang which insisted on a hotelkeeper discharging his Chinese cook. The cook was an uncommonly good one, and the Barcaldine police had their eye on his services. As soon as John found himself without a billet the police engaged him. In the meantime the unionist had deliyered a harangue of a seditious character, for which the police arrested him. And the first thicg that unionist knew when he got into gaol was that he had to chop firewood for that Chinese cook. — Telegraph. Mr and Mrs J. W. Foley are announced to give a season of their grand drawing room entertainments in the Assembly Booms, commencing on Wednesday next, assisted by Mr F. W. Horton, ballad and descriptive vocalist and pianist. Mr and Mrs Foley are well-known as first class entertainers throughout the Australasian colonies, and have everywhere been well spoken of by the press, of which the following extract from the New Zealand Times is an instance : — " Mr Foley has nois untruthfully- been termed the ' Colonial Maccabe,' and judging from last night's performance, he runs that artist very close in many of his lines, and in others has decidedly the advantage." The annual meeting for the purpose of electing a new committee, etc., in connection with the Church of England, is to be held in the Kiwitea Hall on Tuesday, July 21st, at 7.30 p.m. The retiring committee will be able to present a very satisfactory balance sheet, and as the debt, which remained in the church when it was opened, has now being paid off, it is intended to recommend that the seats in the church be free. This practice of letting seats in church is always a most objectionable one and should never be resorted to, if it is possible to avoid it, so that we wish the Kiwitea people every success in their efforts to manage the church without it. The ordinary meeting of the Kimbolton Road School Committee was held in the Kiwitea Hall on Tuesday, July 14th. Present — Messrs Tappin (Chairman). Barrow, Mitchell, Gibson, Mills and Law. The teacher's reports on the school for the June quarter were read and a number of accounts passed for payment. MiFry attended, on behalf of the Education Board, to consult with the Committee as to the dividing line between the proposed new school districts. It was ultimately decided that the line" should follow Haynes' Road from the Oroua river to the old boundary between the Kimbnlton road and Beaconsfield districts, but that Messrs Haynes' and Vile's sections should be included in the Cheltenham districts. A Victorian orchard ist has succeeded in stemming the blight among orchard trees. The experiment was made on an old tree nearly dead from blight, with the result that the tree yielded the largest crop of any in the orchard. The mode of treatment was to dissolve loz of bluestone in a gallon of water, loosen the earth round the roots, then to pour the bluestone water on the loose earth close to the base of the tree about the time when the sap rises. The bluestone is turns equally distributed throughout all parts of the tree, About six gallons of bluestone water is sufficient for one tree. It should be applied about three times in dry weather, if possible. — Oaoiaru Mail. The Lake County Press gives the following instance of the sagacity and faithfulness of the dog: — " A well known local character had, as is his habit, become very drunk, and in that stale at* tempted to return at night to his home, a couple of miles from town. The dog went to the hut which had Another occupant, and succeeded in inducing the latter to accompany it along the road until the inebriate was discovered lying on a sheet of ice, and to which his clothing had become frozen. The inebriate was assisted to the hut, and though very much affected by the cold was made as comfortable as possible. It is more than probable that the man would have died but for his timely rescue. We gather from the Pahiatua Star fhat the decision of the Manchester Road Board to retain the t->ll on the Ashurst Bridge is , not approved of oyer there Referrine to it the Star says: —'* It will now remain for Government to take the necessary steps to compel the Road to at least reduce the toll at its bridge. The Manchester Road Board have been unduly fleecing the travelling public fnr years ; the toll is such a remunerative concern that it has furnished funds galore for all their road maintenance. Fair means have not prevailed ; now the Government, in the interest of the people must put the screw on." This is all very well from the Pahiatua point of view, but whjjit a'tfout the liability of the ratepayers on whose guarantee the bridge was erected. Additions are made to-day to the entries for Messrs Stevens and (J-orton's sale at Awahuri on Tuesday next.