Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 82, 9 January 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

The Grattau Riggs Company will reappear in Feilding on Thursday, 28th inst. Constable Tuohey has been appointed an inspector under the Factories Act, for Feilding. It is stated that a wealthy English syndicate has purchased the type foundries m the United States for £5,000,000. The practice of cremation is rapidly spreading in France. Lawyers and doctors are divided as to its utility, A sum of £40,000 is being collected m Italy for the purpose of giving a fitting celebration to the jubilee of the Pope next year. Our readers are rommded of the Rev Mr Birks' lecture on " Mr John Bright," in the Wesleyan Church, on Monday evening at 8 p.m. The Mayor will preside. The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next at seven o'clock. Brethren are specially requested to note the alteration of the hour of meeting. The agent of the Accident Insurance Company Bhould be able to do a good business here if the number of accidents is a help. We regret to learn that the Eev W f Harris, Primitive Methodist clergyman , was thrown from his horse, on Thursday and was seyerely shaken. He is confined to his bed. At the meeting of the Fire Brigade, held last ni^ht, Mr J. C Morey, the Captain of the Brigade, was elected delegate to represent the Brigade at Christ* church. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to- day — Warnings for northerly gales and ram hold good at all places south of Napier and Wanganui. This morning Mr Bassett had on view the carcase of a bullock which turned the scales at 1100 lbs. The meat was of prime duality. The beast was from the herd of Air James McKay, Kimbolton Road. This morning Mr Corkery brought us in a plate of the most beautiful and well flavoured strawberries we have seen for many days. They were grown in Mr Corkery's garden at Bunnythorpe. Fourteen of them weighed one pound. Itabbits are dying in the Wilcannia (N.S.W.) district in thousands, on account of the dry weather and scarcity of food. The town itself is infested with them, and large numbers are killed in the streets daily. Eeports continue to come from Western Australia as to new finds of gold. A fresh discovery of alluvial gold has just been made in the Irwin district, which is said to be extremely rich. One man unearthed £170 worth in four days, while others found various nuggets. The chapter of accidents is an unusually long one this season, A son of Mr Holmes, of Makino, had his leg broken the ofher day, and Major Moore, of the Kiwitea, was thrown by his horse stumbling. Luckily he is a splendid horseman or lie might have been seriously hurt. The Governor of New York declares that the system of carrying out death sentences by means of electricity has been attended with success, and he favours a repeal of the edict which excluded the press either from being present or publishing details of the execution. In Victoria the use of the lash is found to be a deterrent to crime, and of late in the serious robbery and burglary cases the Justices have been very severe in their sentences. At Melbourne four men were sentenced from five to sixyears' imprisonment, with solitary confinement, and on several occasions to be whipped. During a thunderstorm which prevailed at Sydney recently, a youth named Watson was struck by lightning in his bedroom at his father's residence. He had 311 st returned home, his clothes soaked, when he was struck. Sraull hopes of recovery are entertained. The fact of his clothes being saturated is considered to have prevented instant death. Mr Lucas is s£ill in communication with the Wauganui Harbour Board with reference to the balance of their endowment tfloclt, witli tlje ob|ect of obtaining a reduction in the price per acre. The principal ground of the request jls that no thirds would be returnable from the Board for the purpose of road oonstruc* tion, as in the case of Government land. There are fifty two sections unsold, varying in area from about fifty acres to five hundred, and should the reduction sought for be obtained, the Association will at once take up the land. Stockowners in this district (says the Palmerston Times) complain of the disappearance of portions of their flocks and herds in a mysterious manner. So serious has been llie loss W some instances as to necessitate action being taken to discover the cause. Some owners have lost over £150 worth of stock and others from. £50 to £80, tho total shortage this year being estimated at over £2000. In order to secure greater socunty a number of owners have agreed to employ Mr C. Guillam Scott (brother of Mr J. G. Scott, of the Bank of New Zealand) to act on their behalf and attend every sale of stock m tho district, and also make periodical visits to the Freezing Works. He will commence operations 00 Ist February. Ladies who have a difficulty in getting v real good article m kid glovos aro requested to road Mr J. B. Hamilton's advertisement on our third page, relating to a further shipment of kid gloyes just received iiiveot from one of the most famous glove manufacturers m the world. As a guarantee that these glovos are what they are represented to be, every pair boars Mr Hamilton's name and addross stamped inside. Ladies are respectfully requested to purchase one pair and giye them a good trjal'i— Avyy,

Mr Mat, Bcldt has \usi got in some new linos in saddlery and grindery. The attention of athletics is directed to the programme of the Kiwitea sports, to be held on the 22nd inst, which appenrs to^lay. Thirty thousand cases of influenza are reported in St. Louis, U.S., 10,000 in Chicago, and 50.000 in Copenhagen In the latter instance the extreme sudden ness of the attnek is very marked. Cubbe and Darra«li have purchased a big lot of London samples of corsets and umbrellas; also, 82 sample ends of tapestry, Brussels and Kidderminster carpets, all of which will be sold cheap for cash. Mr and Mrs George Hitchtnan, of Kimbolton Road, have the greatest sympathy with them during the illness of their daughter Nellie. We aro glad to be able to stato that this week she is on tho way to recovery. — Catholic Times, The number of lodges under the New Zealand Constitution is now 78. This, says the Post, leaves only eleven lodges in the district holding charters under foreign Constitutions, and even this small number is, we learn, likely to be considerably reduced with in the next few months by further transfers of allegiance to the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. It is not generally known that the pig, the duck, and the oyster are just as much scavengers as the dogs in Constuntinople, and the adjutant birds in India. But people will still hauker after pork, become victims to the charms of ducks associated with green peas, and their souls will be seduced by the lays of the amerous oyster until the end of the world, when time shall be no more. The Public Trustee, Mr J. K. Warburton, notifies in another column that all accounts owing to the late Mr A. Broadbent must be paid to the Public Trnstee, or to Mr J. H. Hankins, Palmerston North. All persons having claims against the estate are requested to send the same in to Mr J. H. Hankins, Palmerston North, on or before "Wednesday, the 10th February. Printed forms may be had from Mr Hankins, or any of the agents. Everyone knows of the increased value certain lands have attained in this colony through railway communication, but what is that value compared with London properties? We read in The Times of the 20th of November that the South Eastern railway company coveted a piece of land 16 feet deep, and comprising an area of 4134 superficial feet. The land was of little use to the owner, but what did that matter? The railway company wanted it ; he asked .£1,250,000 for it ; which is at the rate of thirteen million pounds sterling per acre 1 The company is still without that land, and its owner still without a use for it.