Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 54, 3 November 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

American and European mails via 'Frisco close to-morrow. The French!' Government is attacking (he social evil. The talented elocutionist, Mr Knott, will give bis grand literary entertainment in the Foresters Hall this oveuing. A syndicate is being formed in Italy for the purpose of exporting fruit to London. We have to acknowledge receipt of a batch of Parliamentary papers, including No. 32 of Hansard. Tho Wairarapa Daily says a couple of trout weighing fifteen pounds a piece wero taken from tho Wairarapa lake on Thursday last. The Monte Carlo Gambling Company pays a dividend of 39 per cent. The receipts were £900,000, and the working expenses £400,000. Our leaders are reminded that Mr Chester, the wandering minstrel and humorist, will give one of his surprising and illimitable performances in the Assembly Booms to-morrow night. The gifts for tho Wosleyan Sowing Bee are coming in plentifully, and the^e on tho 9th inst. will be a decided success. A very elaborate programme is being prepared for the concert. Count Tolstoi, in his clever book on tho " Physiology of War," proves to his own satisfaction that JSlapoleon was no general. This is all very well, but most scholars will remember that the famous master of logic, Archbishop Whatelv, proved that Jfapoleon never existed at all. Some amusement was caused at the Palmorston District Court last Wednesday, when Mr Bay, solicitor, was being examined by Mr Baker. Tho latter asked him " What would bo the result if a certain plea was withdrawn?" Mr Jellicoo called out " You need not answer thatquostion Mr Bay, unless Mr Baker gunranreos your fee." Mr Bay gladly availed himself of tho loophole offered, aud lofuaeel to answer.

We have received from Mr J. C. Thompson, a press ticket for Mr Knott's lecture to ; mp;ht. The San Francisco mail may be expected to reach Auckland on Friday or Saturday next. Councillor Mark Cohen, editor of the Dunedin Star, is definitely out for the Mayoralty of Dunedin. We are sorry to hear that Mr C. Nicholson, the secretary of the Cricket Club, I ig yery ill with la grippe. j The result of the Melbourne Cup will be posted at the Star office this evening shortly after six o'clock. That troublesome epidemic influenza has attacked a number of people in Feilding, but so far the cases have not been of a very severe character. To-day we publish the programme of a grand concert to be held m the Assembly Rooms on Monday next, in aid of the Wesleyan Church funds. The popular Dobson-Kennedy Company had a coach accident on their way from Waitara to Plymouth. The Press Association agent wired an inventory of the damages. Captain Edwin telegraphs: — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings hold good at all places northward of Napier aud New Plymouth and have been sent to all other places. Two hen's egga were left at our office yesterday by Mr W. Golding, each woighing about 4 ounces and measuring 6i inches in circumference. They were the product of an ordinary hut well kept hen. The date of nomination for the TaonuiColyfon Sports has been altered from October 31st to November sth, and the Hunter's Competition ovent has been made open. The handicaps will be declared on Saturday next, Noyember 7th. A band will be in attendance, atfd the only thing required to make the sports a success is fine weather, Tho Midland Eoad School was examined on Oct. 14, by luspector Spencer, with the following results: — Standard 1. — 5 presented, 5 passed : John Brown, Minnie Lynch, Agnes Lynch, Frances Gray, Elsie Curtis. Standard 111. — 6 presented j 4 passed : Albeit Brown, Leonard Goldfinch, Eobert Gray, Ada Brown. The percentage of passes on number examined, omitting exceptions, was 90. ; A short time ago Mr H- Clap'iam made an offer to the Nelson City Council that he would undertake to treat a consumptive patient by his new process free or charge, and now the Council have sent j him a man named F. Humphreys, whom seven medical men have pronounced to be suffering from consumption, and who has been suffering for oyer five years, being now very weak. Much interest is being taken, in the case by the Council ] and others. According to Mi* Alfred Saunders, M.H.R., as expressed in his address to his constitnents, the present House of j Representatives consists of ten lawyers, i ten merchants, storekeepers, or auc- j tioneers, ten large landowners or agen/s of land companies, runholders or land speculators, ten farmers, six journalists, four Maorjs, two brewers, two mine agents, one doctor, one captain, one major, one pensioner, one shipping agent, one contractor, one builder, one painter and glazier, two working shoemakers, one working tailor, one stonemason, one brassfitter, one carpenter, one lamplighter, and four or five non-descripts, whom they -might call gentlemen. It is with much regrpfc we have to an» nounce the sudden death of Lady Buller, wife of Sir Waltu* Buller, of the Terrace, Wellington, which took place at an early hour on Sunday morning. Dr Henry, who had been attending her ladyship, was promptly sent for, but was too late to bo of any service, death having re* suited from sudden failure of fcbe heart's action. Lady Buller had been in poor health for some time, but her demise was totally unexpected, and will be deeply regretted by a very large circle of re« latioDS and friends, by all of whom she was highly esteemed and beloved. — N.Z. Times. The Custom duties collected at Wellington during last month amounted to £28,718 6s, as against £29,262 15s 6d, for September, and £24004 14s for tho corresponding month of last year. Tho details of last month's collections were as follows:— Spirits (in bulic), £2378113 Gd; spirits (in ease), £2117 2s ; spirits (perfumed), £22 11s 6<i ; cigars £63J> 5s Sd ; tobacco, £3796 2s 5d j wine (sparkling) £69 6s ; wine (Australian), £158 2s 6d ; wme (other kinds), £348 16s 10 ; ale and beer, £537 14s yd ; tea. £1225 5s 3d ; cocoa, chocolate, &c, £276 19s ; sugar and molasses, £587 9s 2d ; glucose, £9 | 6s 8d ; opium, £304 ; goods by weights, £3768 18s 4d ; ad valorem, £10,732 6s 3d ; other duties, £1782 5s 6d. From the following Y7c gather that Mr Clampett," the evangelist," has been married, also that he has some relatives : —Clampett— Price— On October 28th, at St, Luke's the Evangelist, by Rev. Me* Kenzie Gibson, Arthur George, ex« scholar University Medical College, New York City, second son of Robert Ciampett of Waterford, Ireland Rev. Frederick William Clampett, B.D.,Trin» ity College, Dublin, now of New York, U.S.A. ; nephew Rev. Dr. Clampett. Tasmania ; first cousin Rev. Albert Wyndham Clampett, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin, now of South Australia to Annie Evelyn, eldest daughter of E. Price, Christchurch ; grand-daughter of the late James Earngey, merchant, Sydney, and niece of George Earngey, Civil Engineer and Surveyor. — Christchurch Telegraph i The following instructions have been forwarded to the police throughout the colony regarding thecompulsory clauses of tho Education Act : — " The police will cautiously ascertained if on their beats, patrols, or sections there are any children over seven or under 13 years of age not attending school, in contravention of the law ; and, i£ not, they will make a note of the facts, taking the names of the parents or guardians, at the same time (where necessary) explaining to them the law relative to school attendance. In cases where the law is being so contravened, reports thereof are to be made so ! that the school committee or clerk (hereto may issue notices as provided by the Act, third schedule. IF after the service of these notices the contraventions still continue, reports are again to be made, so that the school committee or clerk may institute proceedings. The police will serve both notices and summonses, attend Court to prove cases, and render such assistance as they can to the education committee in enforcing the compulsory clauses of the Act."