Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 30, 8 September 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The E.M. Court will be held to-morrow. Mr Rolleston was to-day unanimously elected Leader of the Opposition. We have to acknowledge receipt of Hansard No 20 and 21. Ruera te Nuku is requested to call at the Star Office. The Saudon Four mill burned down on Friday at midnight, was insured m the Colonial Office for £600. The telephone between Feilding and Awahuri, was opened to the public at 9 a.m. this morning. A crisis is pending in Hayti, and General Kippolyte, the President, has strongly garrisoned the seaports. The Awahuri Bridge commission concluded taking evidence on Saturday last, and Mr Brabant, R.M. will forward his report to the Governor forthwith. Several cases of truant playing from ' the State School have been reported, and the services of the Truant Inspector should be retained at once. The rainfall in this district for August' l'B7in., is the smallest for nine years excepting August 1885, when only l-45in. fell, and 2646 inches were re* corded for the whole year. Yesterday a man named William McKenzie when bushfelling in Riddiford's bush near Chelteinham, had both legs broken. Dr Johnston set the fractures, and the patient was sent on to the Wanganui hospital by the mail train to-day. Captain Edwin telegraphs: — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to- day — Warnings for easterly gales and rain have been Bent to all places northward of Blenheim and Hokitika and for frost to all other places. The number of traps, buggies and other vehicles which are driven without lamps in the streets at night is a nuisance. If the owners will not have consideration for the safety of foot passengers, the law should step in and compel them to do so. The second wire between Feilding and Palmerston is now in position. This will make it impossible for the slightest delay to take place in the transmission of telegraph, messages, and will consequently be a great eonyenience to both the press and the public. This "will be a busy week in Feilding. Wednesday — Hunt Club steeplechase and EL.M. Court, Thursday— F. R. Jackson's stock sale, Trimble's Horse Fair, Borough Council elections and parade Manchester Rifles, Friday, talking things over, and Saturday the great FeildingPalmerston Football match. The following are the costs claimed in the Awahuri Bridge enquiry: — Feilding Borough Council. £32 10s ; Fitzherbert Road Board, £26; Manawalu Roud Board. £36 19s 3d; Borough Council, €29 8s; total, £124 17s 3d. These are solicitor's and witnesses expenses only. The Commissioner remarked that he did not agree with such high rates, and very likely the ratepayers would not. — Manawatu Times. Referring to the use of the term " anonymous libeller " by Mr Hutchison theother day and the Speaker's effort to rule it un* parliamentary, the Press says : — " It was quite evident that the Speaker had more than his match, and that the Minister had, in attempting to dictate to Mr Hut* chison, found himself in the position of a blustering bully brought face to face with a perfect master in the art of fence." Mr J. Hyde-Parker, who has an advertisement in another column, has met with great success in this and adjoining districts. All his pupils have given satisfaction by the progress they have made during his course of instruction, being well grounded in elementary knowledge, and performing advanced music. One of his pupils, under twelve years of age, can play nearly all Mendlesohn's " Songs j without words," an achievement which ] will be appreciated by all lovers of music. They were brothers. They worked their farm on the W.H.B. Block together. One of them smoked. The other did not smoke. They paid their bills regularly every month. The smoking brother was charged 5s a month for his tobacco. The non-smoker banked money equal to what his brother smoked away. When these savings amounted to £20 the non-smok-ers bought a thoroughbred heifer. When he was bringing the heifer home she fell over a cliff and broke her blooming neck. Moral : Don't measure your own virtue by your brother's vice. The funeral of the late Mr Perry took place yesterday. The cortege, when it left the late residence of the deceased numbered' nearly two hundred persous who had assembled together to pay a last tribute of resgect to one who was in life known and esteemed as a good man and an energetic settler. Arriving at the Birmingham cemetery the last melancholy offices for the dead was performed bp the Rev Mr Birks, assisted by the Rev Mr Stewart. Mr A. Eade was the undertaker. A shocking fatal accident occurred on Saturday m the Otamakipua Block. 25 miles north of Hunterville. Two men,' Devtrn nnri Ash, were fellina a tree and had cut the front scarf with, an axe and sawn the buck, and were standing behind as it fell, when it slipped back over the slump. Devern was struck by it. and lay insensible for two hours. When he recovered consciousness he found the tree had cut the body of Ash in halves. Tie reniaiDS had to be carried fifteen miles through busli before they could be put on a conveyance. An inquest, was hfld and a verdict of accidental death was returned We hear from Mr Richmond, secretary of the Feilding Tennis Club, that the ground which is situated near the corner of Manchester and South street?, is to be top dressed and rolled ho as to be in good playing order by the beginning of the season. The Borough Council will bo asked to clear the flax at present standing iv South etreet, und to see that the drain's are put into proper order. Altogether a sum of X' 39 1 os, bas been spent liiM'ii the ground iv levelling, fencing, aud draining. Marrucarpa trees are being planted for shelter. It is hoped that members will readily respond 10. Ihe cull <for subscriptions now <lue for tin; • nsnii'ir y-<ar. AdeU f £10 los l^s to bo p:iid off. and the- c will 'un theco-t of a mil;.-!', a inov. l ig lnauhmn, nets, bulls, etc, to ..provide for. It is proposal to challenge thu various neighbouring clu'>s during the coming sea.si>: ■, >u:d to hold single and "doubly fcoumauuuts.

Three hundred thousand tons of vegetables were brought into the City of Paris last year, and their yalue reached the amount £5,000,000. On Sunday Mr John Goulrl when riding down the Orona river bod, found a pan- of gentleman's gloves, which he has left at the Star office. At the farewell banquet given to the H;>ri John Bryce on Saturday night, no allusion was made as to the future leader of the Opposition. Ratepayers are reminded of the election for three Borough Councillors to tf.ke place on Thursday next. The candidates are Messrs Cartuew, Fowles, Lethbridge and J. C Thompson. The Hon Mr McKenzie, the Minister for Lauds, is reported to be fading away to a mere " shadow of his former self." He is experiencing what may be designated an " exodus " of adipose tissue. We are glad to be able to announce that Mr Macarthur. M.H.R., has so far recovered that he will be able to return to Wellington to morrow to resume his Parliamentary duties. A rich gold patch has been struck by two miners who haye been working at Donkey Gully, Echunga, South Australia, for the past two years with indifferent results. It is now explained that the proposal to erect an observatory on the top of Mount Blanc had been abandoned, as the proposers were unable to find rock for the foundations. The Premier, in a telegram to the Auckland Liberal Association, expressed a hope that the Waikato seat will be contested in the Liberal interest by a candidate personally acceptable to the electorate. The Alameda, with the English mails of Bth August, left 'Frisco for Auckland on 21st August one day late. TheMari* posa, with colonial mails of 17th August arrived at 'Frisco from Auckland on sth instant, contract date. The erection of Messrs Cobbe and DarragU's lofty brick store has made the firebell tower hide its diminished head, and the view from the top thereof is quite obscured, looking in the direction of the upper part of Manchester Street, We haye been favored with an inspection of some views taken by Mr Patten, our local photographer, of the Feildmg and Ziwitea buildings of the Church of England. They are really well done, and show that Mr Patten is in every way capable of turning out good work. The Dunedin Star's Wellington correspondent writes : — I have the best author* lty for sayinsf that wajor Stewart wrote a private 1 tter to Mr Bryce last Saturday night offering to retire from the Speaker ship if that would restore matter to the status quo. Mr Knott, the temperance lecturer, is receiving rather rough handling in Hawke's Bay, and one publican challenges him to submit to a jury of six moderates and six teetotallers, the question as 1 i whether himself or Mr Xuott looks like an old toper. At the last meeting of the Rangittkei County Couucil the following resolution was passed unanimously. "That this council express sympathy with the Hon. J. Bryce in the causes which led up to his resignation, and deeply regret his retirement from Parliament at the present time. The Hon Dr Pollen, alias "SoapyDan " is still hankering after arrears of pension, and wants to be paid £1380, for the period from July, 1873 to October, 1876. At the time mentioned the Hon gentleman was drawing salary and emoluments as a Minister of the Crown. One would think the Saponaceous Medico was qualifying for a " Labor Candidate." To-night and to-morrow uight the public of Feildmg will haye an opportunity of seeing Mr Bachelder'a famous Pautascopo of a tour through the United States, oi' which they should freely avail themselves. .The clever and amusiug unique entertainment of Mr Foley should prove a double attraction, and insure a bumper house on each occasion. Last night, by some unexplained meansi an old shed in West street took fire. The Brigade were soon on the spot and did all that was possible. There is a suspicion abroad that the burning of the straw stack in Mr' Roe's paddock, and the fire last night, were not quite accidental, but were orginated by some " hoodlums " to " give the Brigade a start." Should this prove to be true, and the offenders detected, their punishment will be severe.