Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 84, 14 January 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

Members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of the capitation parade to be held at the barracks this evening, when Lieutenant-Colonel Newall will inspect the corps. A predatory cat came out of the forest on the west bank of the Oroua- river yesterday, and annexed a chicken belonging to a settler. A watchful dog at once went and annexed the cat. The cat is dead. Mr Hill Wells, the Londoner whose winnings at Monte Carlo recently attracted so much attention, is again at the table playing, but this time he has been a continual loser. Mr Christensen, of Grey street, had the misfortune yesterday to lose the whole of his well-bre,d poultry— some dozen in number — through being worried by a couple of dogs. Mr Christensen is on the track of the owners of those dogs. ] Pierce Lnndon, the young blacksmith ; in Mr Naylor's employ, who was one of] the victims of the poisoning ease, has ! gone home to Feilding for a few days (o recuperate. He will return in time for the inquest.— Pahiatna Star. An inexplicable problem is presenting itself to the press. The maximum population of the Wellington electorate is 85,000, and there are 10.000 names on the electoral roll, a quota altogether out'of sta« tislieal proportion of adult males to (he gross population. Makino is going ahead. A resident there has started conchbuilding, and has already turned out nearly a dozen yohiclcs. Yesterday ho impor^d through Mr Hopkins, agent for Mr Boalo, a large and powerful sewing machine for makiug up carriage leather work. The fii't man killed in the Franco* Prussian war of I<S7O has had his memory honored by a monument which has been erected near Worth. Singularly enough, he proves to have been , neither a German nor a Frenchman, but I an Englishman, who was with the Ger« man army. The Post says it is understood that at the end of his pivsent term of office, in April next, Bro. Henry Thomson, Most Worshipful Grand Master of iS T ew Zealund, will retire from the Grand Master's chair. His successor wdl be Bro. Malcolm Niccol, at present BW. Grand Supcrinlcndoiil of Auckland. A correspondent at Apiti reports that the gardens arc turning out some good samples this year in tho way ofyogotabiGjs, ftii.d one settlor pulled a turnip winch weigiioe J^lbs.— Bush foiling has nearly finished und th/» e^fiors are busy cutting grass seed.— A big pfGuJu is to be held on the Oroua, to-morrow. I Tho palnatua Star says, with reference to the poisoning case which has create^ such a sensation in' tjie, colony, and a statement made by the W.cod,vsb' Examiner to tho effect that one person had been marked ns the criminal, ■'■' there is absolutely nothing at prewmt known to justify the remarks that were published

The Kiwitea Road Board will meet on Saturday next. Mass will be celebrated in St. Bridget's Church, Feilding, next Sunday, at 8 a.m. Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s sale today was largely attended, and good business was done. Mr Carthew has received his usual monthly case of books and periodicals, which are a much better selection than usual, Captain Edwin telegraphs:— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to- day — Telegrams to expect lower tidos than usual during the next 24 hours have been sent to all seaports. Eight boys from Dr Barnardo's Home will visit Feilding on Tuesday next, and will give an entertainment in the Assembly Rooms. For other particulars see advertisement. The other day at Mr Sweet's shed on the Harbor Board Block, Mr Terry, of Makino, who is working there, sheared three full fleeced sheep in 4 i minutes. This will take some beating. Following the good example given by Palmerston North, the Wanganui employers are forming an association to secure a uniform hour of closing and a weekly half holiday. Letters received in Auckland announce that Bishop Luck, who is at present in Europe, has been seriously ill from bronchitis, and has in consequence left England and returned to Italy. The following item appeared in a Mississippi paper : *' Rev, A. Cathy, a minister, aged seventy years, living at Burnsville, recently eloped with Miss Millie Marlor, aged fifty one years. The lady's parents objected." News has been received in Auckland of the death, in England, of Mr Andrew Goldie, the well-known New Guinea explorer and botanist, who was a brother of William Goldie, Ranger of the Auckland Domain, and for some years a resident of Auckland. In a collision between two buggies at Napier on Tuesday, Mrs Davis, of Puketapu, and Mrs McKinnon, of Wairoa, received injuries which may prove fatal. Both are unconscious. Two children (Mrs McKinnon's and Mrs T. Irvine's) were also injured, but not seriously. An English religious paper recently printed the following remarkable advertisement :— " A cultured, earnest, godly young man desires a pastorate. Vivid preacher, musical voice, brilliant organiser. Tall, and of a good appearauce. Blameless life. Very highest references. Beloved by all. Salary, £120." Sir Walter Bullor, who has been visiting the mines at Lawrence (Otago), is well satisfied with the prospects of the Gabriel's Gully Company. During the year 3470 ounces, value £13 : 300, have been won from tho mine, and besides paying the stipulated 8 per sent on preference shares this will enable the directors to reduce the debt and declare a small dividend. The manager calculates it will take 25 years to exhaust the ground now being washed. Last night Mr Stanley, the great African explorer, lectured in Palmerston North, the subject being "Twenty-three years travel in Central Africa." The attendance was very good, the Theatre Royal being comfortably filled. There were about forty visitors from Feilding present. The lecturer was received with applause, and for two hours ho kept his hearers interested by the recitals of his marvellous adyentures which have made him the most famous man of his day, Mr Purvis, Chief Engineer of the lonic, brought out to the Wellington Acclimatizatioa Society two English jlT.tridges, two Hungarian partridges, two English cock pheasants, four English hen pheasants, one golden cock pheasant, and two golden hen pheasants. They were sent to the ayiary, Mastorton. The attempt to bring out lobsters tor the Otago Acclimatisation Society failed, the whole number, about 20, dying in the tropics. A short time ago a four footed patient was brought to St. Thomas' Hospital. He was a collie dog named Mac, and his mistress related that while out walking he had been attacked by another dog, and. during the fight was run over by a brougham Examination showed that one foreleg was badly fractured and the other bruised, whereupon chloroform was administered, and the broken limb encased in plaster of Paris splinters. Recently the splints were removed and the dog discharged cured. The patient was entered in the books as " Mac ; occupa* tion, pugilist." A most distressing coach accident occurred near Marton at about 5 o'clock on Tuesday night. A party set out in Mr Mclndoe's coach with the object of driving to Wanganui to hear Mr H. M. Stanley, but they had proceeded only about three miles when the horses shiod ; the leaders turned suddenly and started off at a right angle to the way the coach was turned, with the result that the conveyance was overturned immediately. The driver (Mr J. Hume), had three ribs broken, a nasty wound on the head and a number of severe bruises. Mr Hudson had his elbow dislocated and arm rather badly crushed. Mr Warren broke a rib and "injurod his knee. The other passengers, about twelve, got off with bruises and a fright. The Blalce, a grand addition to the British Navy, was launched at Chatham Dockyard in November, 1889. She is constructed of steel ; her dimensions are 375 ft. length, 65 ft, width, and 25 ft. 9 in. depth ; displacement of water, 9000 tons, Her deck only has protecting steel armour-plates, 3 in. thick in the centre, 6 in. thick at the side slopes, and 3in thick at the ends. The engines, by Messrs Maudslny, Sons, and Field, are of 20,000-horse power altogether, working twin screw-propellers, and giving a speed of twenty two knots an hour ; she carries 1800 tons of coal. The armament consists of two breech -loading 22-ton guns, of 9fin. calibre- ten quick -firing five ton guns, of 6 in.' calibre ; and ci?- . .teen quick-firing three- pounder guns, with seven machine-guns, The recent speed tria's, at sea, of the Blake and the Blenheim, a sister-ship built by contract ; at Black wall, were highly satisfactory ; these aro the largest vessels of their class yet built.