Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 75, 22 December 1891, Page 2

Local and General News

A batch of Parliamentary papeps has come to hand from the Government printer. \Ve learn from the Examiner that the WoodYille-Blfßtahnna railway line is to be started this week,

"We fiave to acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Illustrated Sydney News, dated sth December, 1891. Messrs Stevens and Gorton held a very successful stock sale here to-day. The attendance was very large. 1 We have to thank the Secretary, Mr E. Goodbehere, for a complimentary ticket for the Summer Meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club. 1 The Christmas number of the Auckland Weekly is to hand. It is by far the best yet produced by the proprietors, and is a credit to all concerned . To-morrow afternoon at one o'clock Messrs Stevens and Gorton will sell by auction on the premises in Denbigh street, the stock of G. T. H. Lyne, a bankrupt. Those premises in Grey street jpd Manchester street, at present occupied by Messrs Cobbe and Darragh, known as the "Cash Exchange," are advertised to let or for sale. A man named Thos. Dudley was awarded £150 damages for the erroneous publication of his name in connection with a bill of sale in Hall's Gazette, a Sydney commercial journal. Mr" David Henderson, an old and wellknown colonist, and head of the saw milling firm of Henderson and Co., died at Masterton last Friday from influenza, at the age of 55. Train services for Christmas and New Year holiday excursions are published today. They are arranged in a very liberal scale, and therefore should attract an immense number of passengers. Our readers will sympathise with Mr Montague, of Palmerston N., whose only son was drowned m the Manawatu nyer on Sunday, when bathing with some other lads. A man who seems to know Wellington says : "If Mr Bell is elected, prayers of thanksgiving will be offered up in the churches ; if Mr McLean should head the poll, the people will get drunk." Captain Edwin telegraphs: — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Telegrams to expect rising barometer and strong southerly winds have been sent to all places. In our notice of the State School Concert we omitted to mention that Mr S. Strachan gave most valuable assistance to Mr Hill in working up details and proparing the youngsters for the several parts they had to play. The Napier Telegraph informs us that an old member of the New Zealand House, of Representatives, Mr Charles Woolcoek, died at Wollongong, New South Wales, early in the present month, of influenza. The Manawatu Times says:— Local professional peds are generally in good form for the athletic sports at Feiiding on Boxing Day, and they should bring to Palraerston a fair share of the prize money. The Engineer of the Manchester and Eiwitea lload Boards, Mr Charles Bray, accompanied by Mrs Bray, left here on Saturday afternoon by the train for the north, en route for the Lake Country. We hope they will have an enjoyable holiday. Said one Scotchman to the other: " Weel, Sandy, -she'll be gaun to the kirk on New Year's night ? " Na," replied Sandy, "No decent Christian Scottish gentleman should be in a fit state to gang to the kirk on New Year's day or night whatever." The following team has been selected to represent the Feilding C.C. in their matctr against Wellington, on Monday next, 28th mst: — Lance, 0. Millan, Bartholomew, Entwisle, Levett, Coutts, G-. Millan, Nicholson, Baillie, Manning, aud Hogers. Emergency, Dr Sorley. The Auckland branch of the New Zealand Journalists Institute celebrated its establishment by a dinner at the irtar Hotel on Saturday night. The Chairman, Mr W. McCulloch presided, and the Hon J. Ballance. Premier, and the Hbn J. McKenaie, Minister of Lands, were present. The programme of the Grand Christmas , Concert, to be held in the Assembly I Booms on Christmas night, is published to-day. As the object is to augment the funds of the Wesleyan Church, and the performance as a whole will be one of the 1 best ever presented to a Feilding audience there should be a crowded house. The grand annual Christmas bazaar of Mr William Park, of Palmerston North, is now open, and is described as being really very fine ; in fact a perfect paradise of books aud toys. Visitors to Palmerston should make a note, of this and inspect a stock which cannot be surpassed in the colony. On the 18th instant, at the breaking up of the Awahuri Public School, Mr George Nye, superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School, was presented with three handsomely bouud books. The presentation was made by Mr Andrew Campbell on behalf of the scholars attending the school, as a token of their good wishes. Mr W. Geo. Shearer, of the Manchester Furniture Warehouse, will have an interesting replace advertisement in our next issue; enumerating a few articles of a large consignment just received for the Christmas season. Mr Shearer will also give a discouutrof 10 per cent on all cash purchases during the festive season. The scholars attending the Awahuri Public School had their annual treat on Friday, the ISth inst. There were over one hundred children present, besides a number of visitors.- The children in this part are remarkably healthy looking, and. seemed to thoroughly- enjoy the good things provided for them. A number of yery nice bo;oks^ were; presented to the pupils who passed at the examination in September lastV^Qreat credit is due to the ladies who' had the management of the tables, as everything went off in the nicest manner. . The funeral of the late John Nicholson took place on Sunday afternoon. The cortege left the Empire Hotel, Fergusson street, shortly after two o'clock. There were eighteen carriages and vehicles, and upwards of fifty horsemen. The casket was covered with wreaths and immortelles, and at the cemetery several more were added by sympathising friends. The service for the dead was most impressively read by the Eev. W. Harris, Prirnitiye Methodist clergyman. Mr Harris concluded the sac] ceremony with an appropriate and affecting address. As a token of respect to Mr Christopher Nicholson, brother of the deceased, nearly all the members of the Football Club attended, while several of the staff of the Fbilding Star, by their presence, paid a last tribute of respect to one who had been for several years a member of the craft. A correspondent writes to us from Makino that the antics of light-fingered gentry there are becoming too much to be submitted to with patience. In one instance they entered, on a settler's pre- , mises and robbed the orchard, destroyed , the fruit trees, broke a pump, stole a potato fork and spade, broke the fowl- ' house and smashed the yard fence, stole two fat hens, pulled down the clothes line, opened the gates and drove out the cattle, besides doing a lot of other mischief. An entry was made into the end of the dwelling house and bread, sugar, gun-powder, shot, and caps were stolen. * Search was made for money by turning " everything in the house upside down, and the internal economy of theplaca was comi pletely disorganised. ' All this was done ) between the hours of eight o'clock and ten o'clock on Sunday morning.

Some people in America, says Max ( 3'Eell, are so pious that they open their jysters ■with prayer. • Mr C. Wickham, carrier, has started •mining a Brougham cab for passenger traffic between llie railway station and various ports of the town. < At the E.M. Court to-day, before '. Messrs Haybittle and Kirton, a man named H. Oxenham, alias " Deerfoot," i was charged with being a vagrant. The i case was dismissed. A second charge of drunkenness was proved, and as this was i the second conviction within six months i he was fined £3, or in default seven days' i imprisonment in Wanganui gaol. A very strong compaßy of Auckland vocal and instrumental favorites are touring from New Plymouth to Napier at the new year. They intend giving a concert m Feilding on the Bth of next month, when, if reports can ba believed, the music-loving portion of our community will have an opportunity of hearing some of the best singers that New Zealand has produced. All the artists are established popular idols iv the northern city, and some of them have more than a local reputation.