Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 47, 17 October 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

We have to acknowledge receipt of a batch of Parliamentary papers from the Government printer. A fine salmon trout weighing nearly 12 lbs was caught off the Queen's wharf (Wellington) yesterday. A man named Thomas has been committed for trial at Auckland charged with manslaughter, for alleged illtreatment of a child. What is claimed to bo a portion of the true cross has been received by the Roman Catholic Bishop of B#ndigo, from the authorities at Rome. The members of the firet fifteen of the Football Olub will meet at Mr Donnelly's on Saturday week 24th October, at 4 p.m. for the purpose of being photographed. If, as we are told, one ton of coal yields almost 10,000 feet of gas, how many tons of coal does the honorable member for Dunedin East, represent. The Manawatu . County Council has 1 awarded Mr Chariton £o compensation for injuries to Ms horse sustained through [ a defective culvert on the Awahun Road. '. One of the dances played the at Feilding Football Club's ball the other night, was a very pretty waltz to the air •' On the Ball," specially arranged by Mr 8. . F. Haybittle. The Sydney Bulletin says : — Some of Morgan, the bushranger, lies in a corner of Wangratta cemetery. His skull doesn't. It is used as a tobacco jar by a N.S.W. legislator. The Catholic Times congratulates the editor of the Oamaru Mail on his discoyery that such a work as an English dictionary exists, and expresses a hope that the said editor will use it. We haye to thank the Roy Fatb.Gr Pat- ' terson for complimentary tickets for the grand Catholic Soiree, concert, and social to be held on Monday next in the Theatre • Royal, Palmerston North, in aid of St i Patrick's Church. ', Lieiit-General the Hon. H. Feilding. one of the founders of the Manchester settlement, and after whom the township is named, has just been appointed Inspec-tor-General of Recruiting for the British Army. How property is destroyed. "So you've left the house you were living in. When did you go ?" " Oh, we went the day before yesterday, but the boys have commenced breaking the windows al- ' ready." With reference to the telegraph poles which interfere with traffic on the Feildmg Awahuri road, the Manawatu County Council has been informed by the Postal Department the matter will be enquired into by Dr Lemon the next time he is in Feildmg. In the twenty years ended 1890 New Zealand exported, in six principal lines, produce of the value of nearly 108 millions sterling : — Wool, nearly 63 millions, gold, 24£; grain, llf; kauri gum,4j; frozen mutton, 4^-; flax, 1^; butter and cheese, 1£ millions, A Masonic service will be held by the Rev Mr Raikes in All Saints' Church Palmerston North on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. We understand a collection will be taken up in aid of the Palmerston Hospital. There will be a full choral service on the occasion under the conI ductorship of Bro Prew. The road overseer of the Manawatu County has been instructed to have the middle bridge in Whisker's bush put m good repair or removed, and the watertables cleared from Feildmg to the top of Mount Stewart, also to repair culvert on Mount Stewart hill and road near water hole on Feildmg-Awahuri road and fence the same against stock drinking at the said waterhole. The Trades and Labour Council at Dunedin have appointed a deputation to waifc on the boot manufacturers, to see if a settlement re the bootmakers difficulty about the statement could bo arranged. Failing any arrangement being , come to, the council pledged its moral and financial support to the bootmakers. The President and Secretary were in» structed to wait on the Premier and ask him to give an address. In 1881 thore were imported into New Zealand 5,644 watches, of a declared value of £14,054)— average £2 9/9. In 1890 the imports were 16,259 watches, of a total valuo of £14,480— average 17/10. The total value of (he watches in the two years was nearly equcl ; but the propor^ tion of the number o. f watches was nearly three to one. We suppose the increase consisted of Waterburys.— N.Z. Trade Heview. A correspondent writes : — An intelligent Lascar who paid a casual visit to the R,M. Court on Wednesday whilst expressing admiration for the patience exhibited by the E.M. very pertinently observed that the ends of justice would be better and more rapidly served by the exclusion of all other witnesses while one was being examined. In India, he says, no witness knows what evidence another giyes— we fear that perjury would become too common were vacillating witnesses denied the privilege of a proper '•lead."

Shearing will commence at the Oroua Downs on Wednesday next. The Dunedin Jockey Club has decided to pay the Government totalisator tax out of the usual ten per cent commission. We publish with to-day's issue an i " inset " from the Canterbury Times office. This morning Mr Carthew opened the " Penny-in-the-slot " man and 7s was placed to the credit of the Dr Baraardo fund for the week. Captain Edwin telegraphs:— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to- day — Telegrams to expect strong westerly gales hold good afc all places. An association in (he interest of fruit growers has been established at Otahuhu, Auckland, One of its objects will bethe systematic export of fruit. Those burgesses whose rates are yet unpaid are reminded that all defaulters will be sued without any accepfcion, at the next sittings of the B.M. Court. The Hon tiie Minister for Lands has granted the application of the Ashurst Trotting Club for a portion of the Go« vernment reserve for the purpose of forming a suitable course, and the work will be proceeded with, at once. It is probable that the Minister of Lands will address his constituents some day next week, and the Premier will also probably address a meeting in Dunedm. A man named McKee, an old resident ofWaihou, (Auckland), was found dead on Wednesday last in a ditch containing eighteen inches of water, near Te Aroha. The programme of the Taonui-Colyton sports, to be held on the Prince of Wales Birthday, is published to-day, and shows that the committee have determined to encourage athletics by giving prizes on a very liberal scale. Mr S. Williamson, of Waituna, returned from his trip to Europe by the last San Francisco mail steamer, and arrived in Feilding to-day. He looks much stronger, and is in better health than when he left. At the E.M. Court this morning Mrs Hermine Voss, aged 38, the mother of 8 children, and whose husband now lies dangerously ill at his residence, Sfcanway road, with typhoid fever, was committed to the Wellington Asylum as a lunatic. Drs Johnston and Sorley were the certifying physicians, and Messrs Haybittle and Barton, J.P.s, occupied the Bench. We (Times) have it on good authority that the Primate has expressed his determination to resign at an early date, owing to his increasing years and infirmities. He attained the ago of 77 years a few days ago, and has suffered much lately from weakness of the heart's action, which caused him much inconvenience during the recent sitting of the Synod. At a well-attended meeting of the Feilding Fire Brigade last evening the question of providing uniforms for the members was definitely dealt with, and the same will be supplied within the next 14 days. Mr J. 0. Thompson was elected an honorary member, and others are invited to follow his example. The subscription per annum for honorary members is ;£1 Is.

The following is the Palmerston Electoral District, as amended by the Ke« presentation Commission ; — Palmerston comprises the ridings of Taonui, Ashurst and Filzherbert, of the Oroua County, and that portion of the Kiwitea riding, of the same county, which lies east of the Oroua Eiver, together with that part of the Mount Stewart riding, of the Manawatu County, situated east of tbe road leading from Halcombe to Palmerston, via sections 93, 94 and 77, block 13, Oroua survey district. This district includes also the borough of Palmerston. N.S.W, Eailway Commissioner Eddy, whose salary is £3000 a year and who has served the province for T|ust three years, has been granted leaye of absence on full pay. Mr Justice Foster, whose pay is £2600 per annum, who has served the colony three years and a half, and who is seriously ill, was at first altogether refused leave, and has now only been allowed six months. " What does that indicate ?" asks the Sydney Bulletin. The reply is simple enough. It is very easy for a colony to make a Judge like Foster, but impossible to make a Commissioner like J]ddy. One of the great attractions for the fair sex of Feilding during the past; two weeks has certainly been the magnificent window displays made by Mr J. B. Hamilton of the very latest craze in stylish new spring millinery and effects. The variety of styles has fairly dazzled and delighted all who have inspected these charming new goods. Mr Hamilton has an experienced and stylish milliner on the premises, and ladies placing their orders can have them trimmed exactly to their own taste and style. We have no doubt Mr Hamilton's efforts to please in this direction will be amply rewarded by a brisk season's business. M. Lockroy, a French journalist and politician, has published a book on the military situation which has caused a considerable sensation. He considers the French coast in the eyent of war would be afc the mercy of the Triple Alliance, but is of opinion the differential tariff has weakened the adhesion of Italy. He asserts that the British Empire is yuhierable at every point, aud proceeds to say that the French army and powder are unrivalled, and will play a formidable part in the next war. The share France will take is unknown, but M. Lockroy declares her military organisation is sufficiently powerful to destroy the whole people of any nation opposed to her. Sir William Fox writes a long letter to the New Zealand Herald pressing Mr Eees to say what he did with tbc £300 which a Parliamentary Committee reported had been improperly paid to him in. 1879 by the Grey Government, for which he rendered no service to the colony, and which the Committee recommended should be recovered from him. Sir William accuses Mr Kees of shirking explanation. — By the way, it would be interesting to know how much of the ' boodle,' from the temperance collections went into Sir William's coffers during the time he moved around for the 'good cause.' Those who liye in glass houses, shouldn't throw atones. — Napier News.