Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 43, 8 October 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The Woodyille Examiner is now published daily. The population of the world is set down at 1480 millions. The sawmillers have arranged to raise the price of timber 6d per 100 feet. The Palmerston North Eifles presented Lieut. Hall with a handsome marble clock, on the occasion of his marriage. Owing to pressure on our advertising space, leading and other interesting matter is unavoidably crowded out. The price of bread has been raised one penny on the four pound loaf, by the Feilding bakers. Captain Younghusband, British Political Agent, who was reported to have been killed by the Eussians in Pamir, is safe. The next quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of N.Z. will be held at Christchurch, on Tuesdayj 13th instant. A pleasant rainfall commenced on Tuesday night, and continued at intervals during yesterday. It was much needed. It is hard to satisfy everybody. Consumers complain of short weight in delivering coal, and dealers complain of long wait in paying bills. "We learn from the Woodville Examiner that Mr Bathbone had this season 142 lambs from his stud flock of 80 ewes. That takes some beating. Eailway operations will be begun at Woodville and Eketahuna directly plans can be got ready. Formation and work not needing skilled labour will be let on piece work, the bridges by contract. Maud : " This book on wealth says young girls who wish to have bright eyes and rosy cheeks should take a tramp through the woods or fields each morning before breakfast." Kitty : " But suppose you couldn't find a tramp ?" The other day when Mr Charles Wickham was driving up the road which leads past Mr Butherford's slaughter yard, the dray upset, with the result that the shaft horse and leader were thrown on their backs, and the shaft of the dray was broken. Fortunately Mr Wickham was not riding on the dray and so escaped unhurt. The Dunedin Eugby Union have communicated with the proprietors of the Maryborough Express, demanding an apology for the publication of the charge against the Otago team of having attempted to sell the match against Canterbury, and asking for the name of the , Wellington correspondent responsible for the allegation. Mr Phillip Mennell, special correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle, is now in Wellington. He is collecting material for a book on the Australian colonies, therefore many of the " m6st prominent" people of the Empire City are, as the Yankee says, " doing their level best" to get him to giye them a " local " in his book. Amongst the cases set down for hearing to-day is one in which Mr J. Saunders, of Awanuri, claims £80 damages form Mr |A. Campbell of the same place. According to the statement of claim it is alleged | that during the months July and August defendant's pigs destroyed on plaintiff's I land a number of lambs belonging to the ! latter. Mr Fitzherbert appears for plaintiff.—Standard. Captain Marshall was in Wanganui on Tuesday on business, and tells us that the work of snagging the river is proceeding most satisfactorily, about forty-one miles having now been cleared of all obstructions. The worst part of the work has been accomplished, and from Koriniti (where the party are now at work), it is expected that the rest of the undertaking to Pipiriki will be finished about the beginning of next month. — Herald. To-day we publish the advertisement of the well-known American Trotting Stallion, Oakgroye, the property of Mr J. B. Warriner, of Upper Tutaenui, near Marton. This really excellent sire will be at Mr Fitzherbert's, Cinder Hill, Makino, on each Tuesday, and on Wednesday at Feilding and Palmerston. For other particulars we refer horse owners to the advertisement. Several gentlemen went to see " Oakgrove " yesterday at the Denbigh stables, and expressed themselves higly pleased with the appearance of this grand sire. As showing the danger to which persons are subjected whose occupations compel them to be in the bush each day, we may mention an incident which occurred yesterday to a gentleman who is engaged (says the Standard) working at a sawmill a few miles from Palmerston. He came out of the bush yesterday for the purpose of catching his horse which was grazing in a small clearing, in the middle of which stood a large nmu, half rotten. He walked along towards his horse, and in doing so stood near the tree for a few moments. Thinking it was just as well not to remain near the tree long he moved away, and had scarcely done so before a tremendous branch came down with a thud and struck the exact spot where he had been standing a minute before. At this time there was hardly a breath of wind blowing, the heat being most intense.

I The inspector of schools, Mr Bindon, is now paying an official visit to Feilding. Captain O'Shea is bringing an action to upset his divorced wife's marriage settlement. The Her 0. H. Spurgeon has recovered sufficiently to remove to the seaside at Eastbourne. The Methodist (Ecumenical Congress has opened its session in New York. A hundred and twenty British delegates are ! present. The sum of £5479 haying been passed through the totahsator at Hastings the colonial revenue benefited to the tune of £82. The Wanganui Bowling Club opened the season on Saturday last. The Premier and Mrs Ballance were amongst those present. Babbitts and hares are increasing to an alarming extent in New South Wales. Bavages in the Cobar section have driven the stock off the runs. The officers o£ the Feilding Masonic Lodge paid a fraternal visit to the Manawatu Kilwmning Lodge N.Z.C., Palmersfcon North, on Tuesday last. The stock sale held to-day by Messrs F. B. Jackson and Co. was well attended , and the prices realised were well up to the yalue of the stock offered. Captain Edwin telegraphs: — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Telegrams to expect strong easterly gales and rain have been sent to all places, Beport of the quarterly meeting, held at Birmingham, in connection with the Wesloyan Church will appear in our next issue. The Russian Goyernment is indisposed to act in concert with the European Powers in China, owing to the violence of the national feeling just now against the Protestant and Roman Catholic faiths. At the inquest on the body of " Manny" McKenzie, held at Palmerston on Tuesday last, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The deceased had only insured his life about a month ago for in the Accident Insurance Company. The election of a member for the Waikato district in the House of Representatives, in place of the Hon. J. Bryce, resigned, took place on Tuesday last. The returns show the following as the polling : — Lake, 656 ; Murray, 430. We learn from the Telegraph, that the Napier Metropolitan Club has decided that the patrons of the totalisator shall pay the \\ per cent Government tax. This is a blunder which we trust will not be copied on this coast. We learn from the Manawatu Daily Times that with commendable enterprise, a sheepowner in this district has engaged •the services of a veterinary surgeon to report on the strange disease at present existing among sheep which was referred to in our columns recently. The "Rev C. Voysey, who was deprived in 1871 for heresy, and afterwards founded what is known as the Theistic Church, declares Mrs Besant, who re* cently announced her conversion to theosophy, is in a hypnotised state, and that theosophy is a fraud. The German Chamber of Commerce reports that hardly half the export trade of Great Britian has been injured by the events in South America, the McKinlej tariff, or the discontent in the labour ranks. It is hopeless to expect to over* take England in the race for commercial precedence, and they must be satisfied for the present to keep up the advance gained during the last twenty years. The Chamber urges the Government not to depart from a protectionest policy. The last ball of the season takes place in the Assembly Eooms tomorrow night, and those who have not already secured their tickets should do so at once. The committee are all working very hard at the decoration and other surroundings and it will not be their fault if the ball is not a gigantic success. We have heard of a great many going in fancy dress, so, with the floor in good order, good music, good supper, and good company, we expect on Saturday morning to hear the cry : "It was the best ball of the season." Yesterday morning as Messrs Cobbe and Darragh's brake was about to start off, one of the horses not haying been worked in that position before, commenced to plunge about until the other horse came to the ground where he was in great danger of haying his head trampled on. Both horses were promptly seized and two of Mr Rutherford's men coming to assist, the traces and reins were cleared away and the horse extricated from the dangerous position, fortunately without injury to either horse or brake. On the subject the famous Land Bill of Mr McKenzie, the Timaru Herald says :— " We have heard it said that Mr McKenzie means to employ a portion of the recess in stumping tbe country and stirring up the people against the Legist lative Council for their treatment of the Land Bill and some of the other Government measures. Before he is through with his journeyings and spouting he will find out that he has made a mistake in fancying that he can excite the con« stituencies against the Legislatiye Coun* oil for having protected the country from a portion of the mass of fads and crudsties that went to make the bulk o! Government policy in the session which has now ended. It is probable, however, and we are sorry to believe that it may be so, that the Ministry, being anxious for an excuse to cram the Council with subser yient members, dropped both the Land Bill and the Electoral Bill so as to create a plausible basis for such on uncon» sfcitufcioaal proceedings."