The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1891. Personal

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 48, 20 October 1891, Page 2

The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1891. Personal

To-dat thwCiournal •ifcissued in an enlarged form, four columns having been^addedy; and a still further enjlargement will fee made on -the/ arrival of suitable now .on its way fromV [England; We have added to the printing" department a Double KoyaKprinting Tnachine, which will enable^ tqp publish a (much larger edition^tf^es^ti by tiie : appliances we have sihc e we asrajmeU^he':prpp'netbrsh'ip; : ;" This. giyeijM-ai^ opportunity; to thank our numeroiis|Bu^Bcribers and advertisers for theahe^tty jaiid liberal support which T- jias^li^en accorded- us during the ten years which . have now nearly passed fmnce the EEimniG Gpabdian was ;chaog?d -:to thei Fei^in<? Stae, and we dp f so s with the warmest feelings bf^gra/titude for the many substantial'f avOTS^we have received. We have endeavoured to the utmost of our pp'^efitoi advocate and ■promote the besti interests: of the> Borough of Feilding v and: the iSMrounding^pfosperous dwtrictSi. and have everyreasoh to be: Satisfied with the results of pur labors.; xjEhat' we; have shared in the success}*of>,puie, neighbors we are thankf^i:i;tp:-;be" able -to admit, f and success;lik6Ctheirs v has; enabled us by the acquirement; of 'additidhai. 'plant and iSa^m"ety^to : sinoeHtfi'Cii?perative. ». w sl ands s ;pf new- -j subscribers^ .and provide "Sthe;;;{addifion a i , advertising spac^^cessitatedvby^^he continued increase{6f us. ,

:lit an?articfls ofljtite anomalies of the Banliriiptcy^ Act^ \;the • Mercantile (Jazetfepointsjaimbral by qubting the caaesjiof ;;an;igndrant >but horiesfcman ."whb^By-fproe-'pi^irctoßtinbes.isiniade a b£U&uj)t^ and gejfcs into no end of trbilblbv witli thr eats, -.bf imprisonment and ibtherpainsVand penalties, arid of a, ■well^infqrmed, but intentionally dishonest rmani : who lives well, and has- aigbbdytime generally, at the ex-pense'-'Ofhiscorifiding 1 creditors. The latter, ; ; altti9Ugte:hia estate showa aa alarniiSg v deficienoy, has; his iurniture . returned' tb'ihia wife and gets his immediates~dißch^rge;. Now "comes *the,. rub.. ; Our jQirst f riendhas^ifS s^ts j and may^be brandji^'^s a dishonest ; raan :; s^^j&JlS^ of the Court pro4Jbxts kini from entering upon a business,Vif. he should so desire, at least !untiKhis;:minu^ is wiped out. Our se&orid||OTCjjmintance, whose position :h^bieM|^iscußsed in private, is free tppn,6e;again start a similar profitable concern^* such aa he has' recently * handeid^ over to his creditors' repre?sen^ative; The question arises, is : ; there/any : method by which the present; Act can meefc two such opposite cases on equable terms ?- 'Either. that, in the" first' : instance, a person could be prohibited' against his creditjsbr that intending delinquents shoulS" iave such re'siribtions placed upon, thsm that the consequences of their ultimatelyraccoiopliahed frauds ■ would be ih'et by jusfe measure. Under existing circumstances we are afraid not. . Better =it would bo. to repeal the Bankruptcy; Ac.t mi toto, 'and probably business throughout .might be conductedjon lines; less; -expensive to the pubiic;ahd more remurierative to the merchant ; V; and ; fraud, which is inhbrehtivmight possibly be deprived of

WH ar$ v.eiry .glad to. learn that the ■reportfiicl loss '<>i a' steamer "on the banks of .Nevrforindland with great loss of life^ -ias been 'proved to be untrue. It appears the Press Association -agent, somewhere, had been Hoaxed. No doubt the perpetrator of this ghastly jest was : highly delighted with; himself because o£ his -success. For ourselves we do not think this sort of thing should be even hinted at as a jest j but should be called by its proper name, a deliberate lie, which has only too likely caused a lot of needless pain an<J anxiety to the friends and relations of those whose "calling is upon the waters, and whogo down tq. the sea in ships." People have to mourn over the real calamities of the sea too often as it is. A poor wretch of a' reporter' in Canada has lately been, hunted almost out of his life he reported a Trince had been arrested for riot, when no such eventjtiad taken-:place, and. iwe think a similar .iun^^gt would not ■be thrown away on the-bthefoiSehder.

The folibwing-^isa-tllfi.traffi.cjretiiriis^ for the Napier-Taranaki section for the four weeks ending the 12th of Sepfeinber, and the corresponding period in 1890 : —

The passengers in 1890 were 29,237, and in 1891 38,258. W% at>re authorised by Mr E. Goodbehere to state that he will be a candidate for the position of Mayor of the Borough for the ensuing term. £.s a Councillor Mr Goodbehere has shown ' great ability in .--the conduct of Muni- ' cipal business, and we feel assured that be would, if elected, prove a most efficient Mayor. Mr Goodbehere's ad,d/.'£/j8 will bo published in our next i(3»il«,

1891 1890 Passengers,,, 4820 1 3 3523 18 8 Parcels .., §78 710 353 6 0 Goods ;.. 5145 §i% 5176 17 9 Miscellan'us 363 5 8 m% 4 7 J10.906 18 8 £9416 " 7 0