Local and General News

Feilding Star, 21 November 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

Messrs G. M. Snelson and E. Edwards were nominated for the Palmerston mayoralty. Captain Edwin telegraphs :— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warning for gales with rain within 12 hours have been sent to all places. We are glad to announce that Mrs Hicks (the mother of Mrs Hastie, of the Feilding Hotel), is rapidly recovering her health. Messrs Cobbe and Darragh have had the approaches to both entrances into their new store asphalted, which is a great improvement. It is a matter for congratulation on the ptfrfc of the burgesses that the Borough Council has let a contract for the repairs to Beattie street bridge. Mr G. H. Swan, M.H.8., has been returned unopposed as Mayor of Napior. Mr Swan has now held the position for seven consecutive years. Amone the gentlemen gazetted as Assessors under the Land and Income Assessment Act,- 1891, are Robert Frankliu, Otalri, and James Purtiss, Halcombe. Mr Trimble, by order of the sheriff of "Wanganui, sold to-day a, piece of land situated near Halcombe which realised £50 oyer the mortgage of £100. Yesterday morning a first offender was charged before Mr Kirton, J.P., with being drunk in a public piace. The accused was discharged with a caution. This morning early there was a bright sunrise, but later on a dense fog rolled in from the sea and enyeloped the town. There was a cold draught of wind with the tog, which did no good to inyalids. The Secretary of the Marton Cricket Club sent down Word last night to Mr Nicholson, the Secretary of the Feilding Club, that the Marton team could not play to-day. The funeral of the late J. J. Walker took place yesterday. There was a very small attendance. The Reyd. Mr Harris officiated at the cemetery. Mr Alfred Eade was the undertaker. The Feilding Cricket Club have accepted a challenge froni the Wanganni College Clnbi to play a match at Feilding on Wednesday December 16th. The collegiates will arrive by the first train from Wanganui, and leave by the afternoon train for Wellington. On Thursday evening by the train from the North, Mr Richmond (of Goodbehere and Richmond), returned with his bride from their honeymoon tour. A number of friends were on the platform of the railway station to meet and welcome the happy couple. We hear there i3 some probability that there will be an improvement in the train services on this section of railway by running the 10.53 a.m. and 6.12 p.m. trains every day, instead of only on Mondays, Wednesday, Thursdays and Saturdays. This is the delicate hint our contemporary, the Catholic Times, gives long-winded customers : — WHAT U. O. We echo the sentiment. Yesterday Mr Carthew received his usual monthly consignment of books and periodicals fi-orxj London. Tliey eornpriss nil the Jatest publications and new editions of the most popular writers of the day. Mr Carthow has also received a large assortment of wonderful toys for Christinas. At the Wellington A. & P. Bhow on Thursday the great attraction was the horse jumping. Ra-ugitikei horses were well to the fore, the ladies' high jump resulting in a dead heat betweGn Miss McKelvie's Ngatitoa and Mi'3 D. G. Riddiford's Spartan, while in the leaping match Mr R. H. Aldworth's Ratu was second, and Mr D. G. Riddiford's Spartan third, the contest being won by Mr W. E. Bjdwell's Canute. OwiGg to 3 large numberof complaints received, protestifjg against the short time allowed in which to forward the returns under tbc Land and Income Tag Act, tlio Commissioner of Taxes has extended Hie time for making the returns from the 28th instant until the 31st. Tiio extension, in addition to being convenient to those who have to fill up the returns, irilj give betler facilities to the assessors who wi're appointed rather late. We notice that the Fire Brigade had a good dry practice last evening. The new conditions for the second competition ijor Lieut. Shearer's medal, to be competed for hi/ members of the Brigade, are as follows :— -Jiagi/je to be placed in position, having pole ami swLdg Lars in place, all lids closed, and caps and lever bj:ake on. Competitors to stand 20 yards from engine ; at the blow of whistle run to c+i'g.iii,<3 ; jiftke out pola, throw off swing bars, loci? c--av^-i<»p;e, throw out lovers, take Oil suction cap'' ayid iiy one length of suction hose, take oil' delivery ca^oa near firlc of cngino, couple anil run out uQft length of delivery lioso fins! iix branch, return to engine, unlock levers, and strike buffers, time to bo t=ikoii from blow 0f whistle to strike, of buffers. Competition If) be run under Association rules, copies oi ,\/hi«Jj pn» be seen on application U> .oflaeei-s of the 'lir/gii'lo. The competiI tiou is j,o Uiko place oil .ijii.tun.iUiy, the 28th, ' at 3 p.m.

Mr A. J. Parsons has been elected j Mayor of Wanganui. The Horticultural Show, to be held in the Assembly Booms on Wednesday next, promises to be unusually attractive as the promised exhibits are all likely to be of a high order in their several classes. Our attention has been drawn to the fact that the Education Board of Wanganui is : guilfcy of robbing every country teacher, assistant teacher, and cadet in their employ of sixpence per mouth for exchauge on cheques. This is not just, nor in fact legal. By the train to-day (which, by the way, was half an hour late) Mv Dermer, of Awahuri, received a Jersey cow and calf from the herd of Mr Stuckey. Both were prize takers at the Wellington A. and P. Show. The prevailing epidemic is an oft recurring topic of conversation. This morning a portly gentleman well-known to members of a local body in this district', was thus accosted "Have you had la grippe yet," the reply cacao " No, I am too big to be gnpp'd.''