Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 42, 6 October 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

A Masonic Lodge is about to be opened at Ofcaki. Sir P. D. Bell has sailed for New Zealand in the Arawa. It is alleged Madame Bonuemain left Boulanger £1*25, 000 at her death. We have received from Mr W. Stevens the " first rose of summer." The half-yearly sitting of the Supreme Court, at Wanganui, commenced to-day. It is reported that the weasels and stoats killed several lambs on the estate of Mr Charles Bull, at Aorangi. Mr J. S. Harris, better known as " the Whiffler," of Wellington, died at the Te Aro Hotel yesterday afternoon. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly pales and rain hold good at all places. The Talune, with English and Australian mails arrived at the Bluff on Sunday. The Feilding portion of the mail should ariive on Thursday. Everybody is reminded of the plain and fancy dress ball to take plaoe on Friday next, under the auspices of the Feilding Football Team. H. M. Stanley has gone to Brussels to interview the King of the Belgians on matters relating to the Congo, He joins the Arcadia at Brindisi, en route to A ustralia. On Sunday night there was a heavy bush fire in a southerly direction from from Feilding, apparently at Kairanga. We notice neither of the Palmerston papers could give the locality. The Feilding Brass Band, according to announcement made on Saturday, played in the Eotunda last night, and attracted a large number of people, who greatly admired the good music provided. One of the members for Auckland Cit<\ Mr W L. Rees, addressed his constituents on Friday niyht. He said he considered that Mr Bryce. on resigning his seat acted like a petulant child. Mr Rees received a rote of thanks and confidence. The families of Mr Maurice Long (son of Edwin Long. R,A), and Mr Cotton, English barrister, who were killed in the railway accident in Spain, have demanded £20,000 damages on each of the liyes lost. We regret to report a re-appearance o blight on the apricot and peach trees in Napier, Up to within a few days ago there was a splendid show of young fruit, but now the leaves are turning black and are curling up, and the bright pr >spect of an abundant harvest is blotted out. — Napier Telegraph. , The Boss United <3-old Mining Company, HoHtika, washed up for nine weeks' work a yield of 2000 ounces of gold. Cleaning up the head boxes of the Humphrey's Gully Gold Mining Com pany gave a return of 12.807 ounces, the best result for the last few years. About 58 tail boxes have not been touched. There was an unusually large attend ance at the Eoraan Catholic Chapel on Sunday last, and worshippers from all parts of the district were present. It is more than probable that owing to the arapid increase of population it will be necessary for Feilding to have a resident priest before very long. The funeral of the iate daughter of Mr Holmes, who died on Saturday last, took place this afternoon. The children of the Presbyterian Church Sunday School, of which the deceased was a member, carried the casket to the -cemetery. The Salvation Army was also largely represented, the parents of the child belonging to that body. Mr Alfred Eade was the undertaker. "Yes " the young man cherrfully said" I have much to be thankful for. I live with a banker who looks after my little money, and a lawyer to make my will ; close by there is the parson to look after my soul, and the doctor to look after my body; the undertaker lives opposite while my landlord is the sexton, so what more does a man want ? The Economist ridicules Sir Chas. Tupper's suggestions for the solution of the Imperial Federation enigma, and adds that Canada may continue to tax British products, and j-et Gxeat Britain will tax herself to benefit Canada. The same paper considers that the increased production of wool may possibly have a permanent effect on the market. General Booth is expected to leave Sydney on Thursday, October loth, and arrive at Wellington on Tuesday October 20th, when a great reception march and meeting will be organised. The General proposes to conduct meetings throughout the colony aR follows: — Wellington, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 20, 21, 22 ; Auckland, Saturday, Sunday* and Monday* October 24, 25, and 26 ; Christchurch, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October, 29, 30, 31, and November, 1 ; Oarnaru, Monday, November, 2 ; Dunedin, Tuesday and Wednesday t November, 3 and 4 j and Inyercargill, Thursday, November, 5. It is seldom that snch a good opportunity is given as that now submitted by Mr G. M. Snelson, auctioneer of Palmerston North, to obtain a valuable price of land. It will be seen on reference to the advertisement which appears elsewhere ; that compact and desirable farm of 41l acres in the Kiwitea, part of the estate of the late Clarke Dunn, will be Bold on Tuesday the 13th instant. This is well as one of the best properties in the whole district. The other lots to be put up are all valuable, and worthy of the attention of settlers who desire to obtain a chtiice of building sections, in the surrounding townships, selected, by one of the best judges who ever lived in the colony. Thr appearance i^oth externally and internally of our widely known Family Drapery Warehouse is now extremely brilliant. With the advenl of the spring season comes an extra change of fashions. The dark, sombre tints of winter are now cotJlph tely effaced by the light* cheerful, beautiful, new colors tllfit dis, tingmsh the present season's fashions at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Stage tickets, with supper, for the footballers' ball on Friday next, are 4s for gentlemen and 2s 6d for ladies. Dnnng the voyage of the ship Taranaki from London to Port Chalmers, Mr Dry, second officer, and William Matthew fell overboard and the latter wag drowned. Nothing succeeds like success. The great attraction of the ball on Friday night will be the presentation of the cup and medals to the members of the team, and with the patronage promised the committee anticipate the ball to be the greatest success ever held in Maori land. This moraing Mr George Kidd showed us the braoelet, the trophy won by J. Steward's Kiwitea, at the last Hunt Club Meeting, being second in the Hunt Club Cup Steeplechase. The article was imported by Mr James Scott, jeweller, and while being very handsome, is in perfect good taste. The Wellington Land Board v has de cided to fix penalties for every day that lesses for overdue rents as follows : — Not exceeding £5, fid per day fine ; £10. 9d per day ; £20, Is per day ; £30, 1/3 per dav ; £40. 1/6 per day ; £50, 1/9 per day ; £60, 2s per day ; £70, 2/3 per day ; £80, 2/7 per day ; £90, 2/9 per day ; and £luO, 3s per day. A meeting was held last night at Mr Frank Bray's for the purpose of forming a cricket club. Mr Reading was yoted to the chair. It was resolved that a club be formed called: the Bed Star Cricket Club, the subscription being fixed at 5a for the season. Joe Robinson was elected Captain. A committee was appointed to see about the ground. A vofce of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting. A few days ago Mr T. G. Nicholas, son of Mr W. D. Nicholas, of Feilding, left Blenheim, where he has been stationed at the telegraph office for some years, and in referring to that event the Marlborongh Times said that during the resident of Mr Nicholas in Blenheim he had proved himself an able telegraphist, while in social circles he had been popular with all classes, hi* services being given ungrudgingly to charitable concerts, and whatever he took in hand he did with all his might, and with marked ability. Mr Nicholas has gone through to Wanganui, where he will be stationed fox some time. The Primate in the course oi a debate in the Synod last Friday night cm Mr Jellicoe's motion that women be eJigible to vote at church meetings, administered a scathing rebuke to some of his clergy and many of the lay members of tIW Synod. Several of the speakers persisted in using the word "lady," but at length the Primate could brook it no longer. With, a tinge of irony in his voice, the worthy prelate remarked that nearly every speaker to the motion had drifted away from the main question, because they had all of them referred to " ladies " instead of to " women," who were the only persons referred to in the motion. The word " lady " was nowadays, he said, so generally and so inappropriately made use of, that he began to doubt if there was such a thing as a woman left; on earth. Although the debate lasted for a considerable time, no further reference was made to " the ladies." — Post.