Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 52, 29 October 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

The Manchester (England) Chamber of Commerce declare that the McKinley tariff is injuring trade. The Eev 0. H. Spurgeon has gone to Mentone, in the South of France, for the benefit, of his health. Messrs Nelson Bros, are building a freezing store at Southwark, on the bank of the Thames, capable of holding 180.000 carcases of mutton. A coffin-maker in one of the leading streets of London, happened to haye apartments to let, pasted bills upon the coffins in his window,, announcing, " Lodgings for single gentlemen." Several clergymen at Masterton having applied to give religious instruction in schools there, the Education Board has replied that it can only be done after school hours ; and then there can be no compulsion. The desire to be a member of the Legislative Council is a very laudable one, but there is no known reason why a disappointed aspirant should sit down and howl at the Premier like a melancholy dog baying the moon. We learn from the Wanganui Herald that rapid progress is being made in putting together the new steamer for Messrs Hatrick and Co- about one-third ol the work haying been accomplished. It is expected that the boat will be ready for launching in about a fortnight's time. Messrs Steven3 and Gorton have pura site for sale yards at Pahiatua and will commence thoir erection immediately. They have also determined to put up yards atLervin, and at Palmerston they are about to erect a large shed, in which it is their intention to conduct quarterly horse sales and sales of produce. We congratulate the firm on their enterprise. Mr Rowan, of Melbourne, who has been investigating the manner in which colonial meat is sold in London, considers it inadvisable to sent any one from Australia to manage the London sales of frozen meat, as there is no suspicion of any unfair dealings, and ho declares that the existing system at Smithfield is excellent. At Tuesday night's meeting at the Opera House, Wellington, General Booth stated that since tho Army had been in existence he had never taken any money from the funds either on behalf of him<' self or the family dependent upon hiai If there is any surplus when the expenses of the trip are paid, it will be devoted to the furtherance of the work in New Zealand. Mrs Kelly, the first white woman to settle in Southland, died at Invercargill on Monday last aged 81. She was an emigrant by the Philip Laing, one of the first ships to Otaao, being then Mrs Niven. She left two sons and one daughter, 30 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. She was the original owner of a large part of tho land now the suburbs of Invercargill, We have to acknowledge the receipt of the actuary's report on the mortality ex perience of the Australian Mutual Provident Society for the period 1849-1888-As a record of the experience of this So» ciety the information now made public can scarcely fail to be found interesting, while as a contribution to the vital statistics of the Australasias it will prove of considerable value. Tho Examiner says; — A conference of local bodies interested in the Gorge Road was held at Woodville on Saturday. Mr Bolton represented Pabiatua County, Mr Lelhbridge Manchester Road Board, and Mr Wallace the Fitzherbert Road Board. The representatives o£ Manchester and Fitaherbert Boards considered a joint meeting should be held to oonsiderwhich body should take the road over. Private letters received in Wellington during the past few days state that considerable dissatisfaction is caused amongst the traders in the South Sea Islands at the manner in which Mr F. J. Moss, the British Resident at Raratonga, is exercising his functions. Representations on the subject are being made to the New Zealand Government by the persons who consider themselyes aggrieved. — Post. The Resident Magistrate at Invercargil gaye an interesting decision on Tuesday last. A map wag charged with causingand allowing P&i'tle to trespass on the railway. Mr Raw'son held with counsel that thp word " allow " implied an active consent and knowledge, whereas the defendant was not aware that the cattle got on the line till served with the summons. The information was dismissed. The " bloated capitalist " has the pull over the "poor working man" eyen when the former is in the ranks of the unemployed, and we learn from an exchange that ,' There is some discontent expressed at the selection that has been made at Dunedin of men to proceed to the Otago Central railway works. It is stated that men who held property, and in good circumstances, were chosen from the ranks of the unemployed, in preference to others less favorably situated." " ' Mr j. Knott's name has become famous »1J over IJaw Zoa'lanij on account of his splendid recitals of J. B, Gouge's' dVatjpns. That he is an elocutionist of rare ability there can be no doubt. He is now reoit' ing that magnificent poem of Lord Tennyson's entitled " Enoch Arden," admitted to be one of the finest productions lii the English language. At almost every niace Mr' Kno'fcV has given thia, he has boon requested to give it a second time. He is to giye it in Feilding on Tuesday, November 3. From press reports we have seen, we predict a treat such as people do not always get. A Groytown pauej: pays : " The manner and matter of tfiis gentleman fosztvail a crowded house. His graphic interpretation of the gcern JJpwe'd like rythmic music from liis- lips'*, seldom bavp wo listened to a better elocutionist, by yoico and gesture he captivated his audience arid' touched tho inner chords of tWj? natnre. The story' }s ' a beautiful one, ;.nd it is tuld in so tejjing a way that it will be long remembered." Selections of music are introduced at intervals, which add greatly to the interest.

A post office has been opened at Hiwinui. General Booth left Wellington for Lyttelton yesterday. EtTorts are being made to secure a telephone exchange in Palmerston North. The master printers in Berlin have determined to resist the demands of the iueu. Tho tunor of Messrs H. Collier and Co. will visit Foilding in the course of a week or ten days. Tho Wellington Woollen Company have •. declared a dividend of 8 per cent on the \ last year's transactions. Twenty-five " unemployed" have been sent to Pipiriki from Wellington, and will be engaged road-making. Mr Jackman had his anklo dislocoted the other day and has gone to the Wangauui Hospital for treatment. Athletes are reminded that nominations for the Taonut sports must be in by 8 p.m. on Saturday next, October 31. We arc authorised to state that Mr Edmund Gooc'beliere will contest the Majoral election against all-comers. '■ The conference on the bootmakers' difficulty opened at Christchnrch on Tuesday. The proceedings are kept private. Mr Dermer has added to his herd another pure-bred Jersey bull, which arrived by train last night from Auckland. The attendance at Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale to-day was greater than usual, and the prices realised were from fair to good. Mr E. T. Gillon, tho well-known editor of the Wellington Poet, is at present on a visit to this district recruiting his health which had become impared through oyor work. The funeral of the late Mrs T. Thompson, of the Spur road, took place to-daj'. There were about twenty carriages and twenty-five horsemen in the cortege, nearly all the settlers in the neighborhood by their presence testifying to tho respect in which the deceased was held. Mr Alfred Eade was the undertaker. The Exnmmer says : — Mr Westall, the popular dominie of Ormondville, is noth» ing if not thorough-even, it would seen, to yawning. Last Sunday he was at Waipukurau, and the Sabbath calm of the model village caused him to yawn and stretch his arms with so much in« tensity that he put his shoulder out in the process. Mr Govv and Dr. fteed came to his assistance, but it was some time before they put the dislocated joint in its pre«yawn position. To-day when Mr G. Anyon, with his wifo and two children, were driving down the Kimbolton road, a friend came up to speak to Mr Anyou who pulled up, and tho person who had stopped him putting his hand ou the splashboard ovor the wheel, the horse became alarmed and bolted over the siding of the terrace near tho Cheltenham Hotel. Mrs Anyon and baby were unhurt, while Mr A-nyon escaped with a few. bruises, but his son, who is about two years old had his loft leg fractured bslow the knee. Tho littlo sufferer will b<s left at Mr Gould's for treatment bj Dr Johnston, whoso assistance was called in. We need hardly remind our readers of tbo performance of the talented Payne Famil}' to tnko place tins evening in the Assembly Rooms. With reference to iheir entertainment the N.Z Times says: , — All the members of the Family are well trained. In part songs and choruses they arc exceptionally strong, and their voices blend charmingly. In the slave melody. "Steal away to Jesus," they excelled its original singers, the Fisk Jubilee Singer.*, and in the " The Bells" (heir imitation of the clanging of the bells were exceedingly well done, As an example of the tricks of vocalism the "Pibroch" part song was capital, the reproduction of bagpipe music being re mark ably good. Mr Knowles, manager of the branch office of the Bank of Australasia at Waipawa, had a narrow escape from drowning yesterday in a deep hole in the Waipawa river, about a mile above the bridge. He and Dr Godfrey were bathing, and after swimming about for some time, Mr Knowles, finding he had got into an eddy and being fatigued, tried to get up a papa rock face that was almost perpendicular, but it being slippery he fell back into water about 20 feet deep, and tried to swim to another place against the current, and sank. Dr Godfrey hastened to the place, dived down and getcing hold of his companion's shoulders, lifted him up and with difficulty got him out, quite exhausted but still conscious. — Woodville Examiner. An old and well -respected resident of Napier passed away after a long and chequered career on Wednesday October 21st. Captain Robert Baxter wns born at North Falmouth, England, in the year 1826. He came to New Zealand, landing at Wellington in 1840, He was one of those who rendered service at the Waikaremoana native disturbance. After engaging in the whaling and early wool trade of this port, he subsequently served as master of yarious vessels, The Gipsy, Ladybird, ps. Manaia. and others, in which capacity ho will be long romenr bered by the settlers of the district. The exposure and hardship of early colonial life helped to bring about his death at the comparatively ripe age of 65. He leaves behind relations and numerous frie&ds to lament his loss, — Napier News.