Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 50, 24 October 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

Another brass band is about to bo formed in Palmerston North. _y '" ' : 'i> ' V * ,'-. .*:yr* ■ • ':-rv'd ! ' -'-• *The' medal presented by volunteer- Dry Charlton for the best score made by a recruit at the class firing, is now on view in the window of Mr Galwaj*, jowollor. Rock salt laid in such quantities that .. sheep can always obtaiu it/is a preventative of half tho ills that mutton is heir to*. Mr Walter Rutherford, late managing clork for Mr J. H. Hankins, has been ap-' pointed clerk of. tho' Manawatu Roai Board. ; A j A -A We learn from the Manawatu Times „ that Miss Olive M. Walkloy, of Palmerston North, has secured junior honors in the Trinity College musical examination. The Otaki Masonic Lodge will be opened on 13th Novombor, and as special trams are to be laid on frpm Wellington ana elsewhere, it is expected, .that the gathering of Masons will be a very largo and representative one. The following cablegram has been sent by the Hon. Mr Buckley, president of the Wellington branch of the Irish National Federation, to John Dillon : — " Deeply , regret the death of Parnell. New Zealand expects the .union over the grave. Staunch to you. The Wellington Manawatu Railway Company, with that owlish stupidity which now marks its management, . omitted to give any. official intimation in this district of the concessions made in respect to persons wishing to yisit Wel - lington to hear General Booth. We regret to hear of the death of. Mr T. Voss, an old and respected settler of,' Stanway, Halcombe. -. 'Uhe -circhmatance' is doubly sad, as • the deceased leo Lyes a family of eight .childrei I ,}' the eldest of: whom is only fourteen, and a^wldowat' present under medical treatment in. Wellington.—Advocate. , . j- .'A It was a selection from Mozart, anda few other grand conipos'ers, yery well, in labt' brilliantly, played by a skilled violinist. Our Scotch friend,' listened at-, tentivoly and politely, but at tho con- i elusion remarked with a regretful sigh "Eh man, but I would like to hear a tune on the fiddle." He is a Feiiding man. To-day Messrs Cobbe and Darragh announce that they have now commenced business in their new brick store, where they are offering an immense variety of drapery, millinery, boots, clothing, crockery, groceries, and fancy goods, the equal of which has never been exhibited on the West Coast. The public are invited to inspect the stock without being c yj<jctedto . buy. Complaints have been made to us that the Borough Council nocturnal official* i *akes with him a large and fierce dog,* which prowls about back premises and scratches up newly planted gardens, This companion surely cannot be required for protection, as no oue is likely to molest the official indicated, therefore the dog had better be left at home iv future. With reference to . tho failure of tha champagne vintage, of course we are sorry for ourselves, but our special regrets are for the various Fire Brigades in the world who will thus be limited in the matter of the consumption of this "their favorite beverage. Still, as long as , tho gooseberry crop, doesn't give out, we do not know that our actual deprivation will amount to any appreciable .quantity. There can be very little' doubt that salmon trout are increasing in New Zealand waters, and particularly so in Wellington Harbour.' . Some few days ago a very fine specimen of sea trout was caught off the Queen's Wharf, and on Tuesday evening one about 10lb weight , was caught in Oriental Bay, and onA^hsirA nesday night two smalier ones^fere cap., tured in the same neigh b^ufnood. On Thursday ev^aing last a Feilding audience was fa retired with an entertainment by the/Trehair-Osborne Concert Company . JJhe singing' was of a highclass cl^iy^cter and furnished a pleasant J2vgarj n tr> s amusement, and although tho attendance was fair it might well have been better. Misses Osborne, Johnston, Parsons, and Gardiner, and Messrs Kilner and Nairn sang solos, duets, and a quarttete, while Mr King played several violin solos with taste and skill. The several pieces were well received and to say that several encores were demanded by the audience should be a sufficient guarantee of their excellence. A number of gentleman assembled at the Star Hotel, Palmorston North, on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of .making a presentation to Mr F. Pirani in recognition of his brave conduct at the late fire iv the Square. The presentation , took the form of a handsome marble -clock, from thfl establishment of Mr Hugli, having the following inscription : , — " Presented to Mr Fred Pirani by a few residents of Palmerston North, for bravery and zeal displayed on the occasion of the burning of the Occidental Hotel on the 12 th of September, 1891. when he. was mainly instrumental in saving their properties from destruction," A handsome tea and coffee service was also* provided for presentation to Mi*S ( Pirani. Mr J. G. Scott made the pre r ' j sentation. Wo have great pleasure ih adding our congratulations to Mr Pirani. Of course everybody in this part of the Colony recognises the talent of the Payno Family who are advertised to appear here on Thursday next, but the following extract from a Victorian paper will be of interest : — Wo havo sat out, in different colouial cities, • whole seasons of Italian, Euglish, and comic opera, wo havo listened to Mduie. De Muvska, Amy Shorwin, and the Carandims, Simonsens, and other popular songsters of the day, wo have sat below Remenyi, tho famous violinist, listened to equally famous pianists, attended the principal organ recitals south of tho lino, and royollod in the music of Cowan's Exhibition orchestra and chorus ; we haye dbne °11 this and moro in the same hnc*, but ye never remember spending a more pleasant musical evening than that passed with the Paynes. We never remember seeing au audience so reluctant to leaye as was this ono. Whon the last number had bo3n sung, tho occupants of the hall sat ; for a moment or so before making a move jn the hope that it was not really " all oyer."— -Mail, Castlomaino, Victoria.

Nominations for the Taonui sports close on October 31. Mr GL W. Lightband, one ot Nelson's oldest settlers, died on Thursday evening after a long illness. d The Feilding Fire Brigade had a ver 7 satisfactory practice last night. Captain Morey was in command. Several firms in Moscow have suspended payment. Tho liabilities of one ■p-f.them amount-to -E4BQ-OQQ.' y. yl Ay A"'' The Wanganni Board of Education will' commence its usual two day's sitting on Monday "afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock." Mr Dnbedat, chairman pf the.Dublin Stock JE'xchahge, who failed m December last, has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. The Napier .Telegraph.jcalls.the opinions of Sir Robert Stout, on the perpetual lease system " halfrbredStietland-Island-Yankee nohsense.'' ••' The Honi G. F. Bichardson addressed his constituents at Wyndham (Invercargill) on Thursday night. His speech was mainly'a criticism'of the actions of tbe Government. '- - Captain Edwin telegraphs: —Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day-Warnings for northerly gales and rain have been sent to all places northward of Napier and Wanganui. The Auckland police fell upon a veri« table marc's nest recently. They arrested a resident for carrying on an illicit still, and the evidence in the case showed that the apparatus seized was used for making ginger wine. If the declared intentions of the Borough Council ationt outstanding rates are earned.out to;the- bitter end, the incoming Mayor will take,office with a full treasury. We refer those concerned to the notice which appears elsewhere. lnforroatibn have been laid by Sergeant Manning, at Palmerston North, against a. nutaber of local drapers for a breach of thp law in emplojing females oii Saturday.: afternoons. Tlic cases will be heard before tho Resident Magistrate. d - The demand for land for settlement in the Auckland district is so keen that the Government surveyors cannot overtake their . work, hnd. ori Thursday last the Auckland Crown' Lauds Board resolved to ask for authority to eihploy, surveyors wh'p ficre not bn ihe staff. '• ' A ; He was a green hand in the bush, but he was determined to fell big trees. He got ouo down, he says, which turned out remarkably well, for he got from it two hundred logs, each two hundred feet long. Either it was a good sized tree, or he is training for the championship of liars. On Thursday evening a young man made a violent blow at another, without reckoning for a dodge. His fist smashed through a glass door. Dr Charlton put nine stitches in the wounded arm, and about a yard of sticking plaster on the hand. A glazier will mend the door. Menotti Garibaldi, at whose instigation the veterans of the Italian War of Independence .recently passed a resolution in favour of abolishing the article in the Constitution making Romanism the State religion, has also* convened a publio meeting. He maintains that the Pope is amenable to the common laws. Everyone who knows him will regret to learn that Mr Petavy was seriously hurt yesterday wheu working in Mr Lanco's bush near Halcombe. A limb struck him, and inffictod a severe scalp wound, laying the skull bare just above the temple. He was brought down to lhe Feilding Hotel where he now lies uudor the ca.ro of Dr Charlton. Thty were both good men. One lived on the .Kimbolton road and the other didn't. One was a baker and the other was a butter-maker. Tho baker supplied the butter-man with bread, and the-but-ter-man supplied the bak^^-with butter. The baker said toj^je-tmJwr-'man : " Your butter is sjiol-'t weight." The butter-man sauL-frcrtfie baker .* " Your bread is short •''weight then, because I weigh my butter with it." Said the baker : " I don't want your butter;" Said the butter-man: "1 don't want your bread." They smiled sweetly, bn each other and parted to meet no more. The diamond now cuts the diamond. We publish an " inset " from the Payne Family to-da3*. The shop nest the Shamrock Boarding House, Fergusson street, is advertised to let by Mr Halley. There will be a Band of Hope meeting in the Methodist Church:on Monday.