Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 89, 26 January 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

Fifteen hundred bootmakers are locked oat at Bristol. Mails for Europe via 'Frisco close here to-morrow at 3 p.m. The Feilding State School ro -opened yesterday after the Christmas vacation. The men in the Sundorland (England) ship yards have struck as a protest against a reduction in their wages. Under the new Factories Act employers will find it to their profit and advantage to encourage the Wednesday half-holiday ; movement in Feilding. i The young woman Annie Ellory, who j was arrested a fow days ago on a charge of alleged child desertion, was brought up at the Piiluiorstoa Police Court on Saturday, and remanded for a week. A meeting of settlers interested in forming a Political Association for the Kiwitoa and the districts in the neighbourhood of Foildmg, will be hold in the Assembly Booms to-morrow afternoon, at 4 o'clock. A man named Hoskmg was brought down from Pemberton on Saturday last, suffering from congestion of the lungs. Ho was attended to by Dr Charlton, and sent on to the Wanganui Hospital by tram yesterday morning. Bush tiros have been very good this season at Apiti, particularly the burns of Messrs Potts Brothers, Bonnott Bros, Marsh, Meohan, Stewart, and Bilderbock. The Apiti post offico hod a narrow escape from boing dostroyed. Now that hop boor has boon declared to be an intoxicant and therefore dutiable, it is high time people should be told how to make this beverage properly. The following is t)w mode adopted by the upper classes m Engiaad #;jd on the continent of Europe :— To four quarts pf water add two good handfuls of hops, about a doii«n raisins, and a piece of white ginger ; let it boil gently for two hours, taking* care it does not boil over, then strain over three cups of sugar, bottle when cool and cork well. If you want to put a "backbone" into the beer add a fow handfuls of oats or wheat when on (he boil. Verb sap.

The Dunedin Jockey Club have decided not to make the public pay the totalisator tax in the future. Mr F. Arkwnght, of Marton, left for England on Saturday in the Rotomahana. Under the heading of Feilding, the War Cry reports " Soldiers, recruits, converts fought well ; Devil defeated ; four wanderers returned." Captain Edwin telegraphs: — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for easterly gales and rain have been sent to all places northward of Napier, Taupo, and Raglan. We regret to learn that Mr J. Jefferies' residence at Buunythorpe was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. The house was insured for £300 in the Imperial, but Mr Jefferies' loss will be over £400, The local paper says :— The Liberal party in Waipawa is approaching the stage of disintegration, the outward and yisible signs of which may be observed in remarkable freedom of speech by its leading members to and of each other. A London telegram says :—" It is believed that Lord Knutsford will submit the name of the Governor designate of New Zealand to Lord Onslow, who will sound the Goyernment of the colony on the subject." We may add that the latter will then submit the name to the Knights of Labor and the Trades Unions whose decision will, of course, be final. It is reported that one of the principal witnesses in the Fraser v Imrie slander case, wbqse testimony had so much to do with the result, and whom Judge Kettle (says the Manawatu Times) spoke so highly of as a truthful and straightforward member of society, has done the Pacific slope, one Palmerston tradesman suffering to the extent of £50. If the new law against drinking in Germany is accepted by the Parliament of thafc country, a man who wants to get drunk will have to do so in bed with the door of his room locked. The cheerful and convivial general drunk, now so popular in Fatherland, is doomed, but as a set-off the Emperor will not introduce legislation against Saver Kraut feasts. It is an " open secret " in Wellington j that the majority was secured by the Go- j vernment for their candidate Mr McLean, by the threat that if he were rejected, large numbers of " extra hands" employed in the " biggest wooden building in the world " would be discharged. And yet this is a " Liberal Government." The Ministry evidently prefer slaves to free men. The Assembly Rooms are now thoroughly ventilated m accordance with the requirements of the Borough Council and approved by Mr Hill, the Town Clerk.' In order to allow the heated auto escape a window has boen placed oyer the door of entrance, and two of the windows in the lantern lights on the roof have been made so as to swing open when required. The work was done by Mr W. Heald in a workmanlike manner. A correspondent of tho Wellington Post says that a bumble bee was seen last week in Sussex Square. This must have been blown over from the South Island, as tho bee has not been introduced into this. It was brought to the South Island some ten years ago to fertilise the red clover. It is believed this is the first time it has been seen in the North Island. [These useful insects have been " settled " in our district for some time, at least over two years.] News lately readied Melbourne from Bairnsdale that locusts are coming from the north-east and both hop and maize growers are much alarmed. Caterpillars are also rapidly advancing from the same direction. They are now within four miles of some of the most extensive hop plantations. It is reported that hi a valley, at the head of the Clifton, on the Back Water, the ground is carpetted with caterpillars, which are rapidly travelling southward. Grave results are feared, as both hops and lnaize are just in condition when a visit of this nature would prove disastrous. Persons whose apple trees are suffering from the American blight or woolly aphis may be pleased to learn that one orchard in the Ngaire district has been freed from the pest by the painting on of cream on the branches in the winter time. One application almost abolishes the blight and a second one completes the cure. If this remedy proves to be as certain as it is represented to be, we may again see Ribston Pippins and Blenheim Orange apples in the market before long ; apples which are both first* class, but are much subject to the woolly blight.— Hawera Star. From a list of the lucky persons who drew placed horses in the Summer Cup and Carfington Stakes respectively, promoted by " Tattersall " of Sydney. •• Phaeton " (of the Auckland Weekly News) says that the first prize in each case came to Auckland. Vespasia, the winner of the Summer Cup, was drawn by a company at Dargaville, and the amount of the prize was £9000. Trieste was drawn by a local merchant, and the sum set opposite his name as the result of his piece of luck is £8100. It is understood, however, that he laid off some £3000. The third prize of the Summer Cup (Magnus) was drawn by a resident of Kumara, New Zealand, who receives £18130. An ex-Mmister of the Crown, who is now following up his profession as a surveyor, had a novel experience the other day. He accepted a lift from a carter who was going the same way, and the conversation drifted into politics. The carter was a strong Ballance man, and m tho course of his remarks he said " even if Ballance is wrong sometimes, 1 would vote for him if it was only to keep that blooming (a harder word than this was really employed) R out," When R — ~~- got got down he said " Well, good bye, old follow, and thanks for the ride ; but you have been entertaining an angel unawares for lam R ." The man was not a whit abashed for he only said : " Well, you know my opinion of you, anyway." The plans for tho proposed hotel building to bo erectod on tho Kimbolton Road, and Manchester Squaro, near Messrs Cobbo and Darragh's store, have now been completed by Mr Larcomb, the architect. The building has a frontage to Manchester Squaro of 87ft, and to Kimbolton road of 67 feet. The front elovation has a hoight of 32ft with an ornamental structure 41 ft at the highest point. On the grouud floor there are : 1 dining room, 4 parlors, 1 commercial room, 1 billiard room, 1 sample room (separate from the hotel rooms) and a commodious bar. There are also, kitchen, pantry, and offices, with a large concrete collar underneath. In the second storey there are 18 commodious and well yentilated bed rooms (single and double) 2 pnyate sitting rooms, bath room and offices, with proper legal fire escapos. Over the corner of the building where the public entrance to the bar saloon is situated, there is an ornamental balcony. The wholo promises to be a very handsome addition to tho town. Tonders will be invited for tho work in about a weok. Ladies who hasro a difficulty in getting a real good article in kid Blflyps are requested to road Mr J. B. Hamilton's advertisement on our third pago, relating to a further shipment of kid gloyos just rocoivod direct from one of the most famous glove manufacturers in the world. As a guarantee jtfraj; these gloves are what they are represented ,to be, pair boars Mr Hamilton's name and address stamped inside. Ladies are respectfully requested to purchase one pair and give them a good trial.— Advt.

To-day Mr J. H. Taylor, of Makino, sent away a truck load of pigs for Messrs F. B. Jackson and Co. 'a next sale at Johnsonville. They are as fine a lot as ever left Feilding. A meeting of employers, to discuss the Wednesday half-holiday question, is called by Mr W. G. Hajbittle Mayor, for to-morrow mght at eight o'clock in the Borough Council Office. We trust there will be a good attendance. Mr Grattan Riggs will play "The Irish Detective " in the Assembly Rooms on Thursday night. As this is one of the finest character he plays we expoct to see a crowded house. Everybody should go. The Wairarapa Daily reports that drunkenness about Masterton has been very prevalent of late, and there have been both week day drunkards and Sunday drunkards. Decent people have feared to walk the strgets, and many instances of actual annoyance have been recorded. In our advertising columns the firms of Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. and Messrs Stevens and Gorton notify that they will hold alternate fortnightly sales in Palmerston North, and tho Feilding sales will, in consequence bo held on Fridays instead of Thursdays as heretofore. For other particulars tho clients of the two firms are referred to the advertisement. His Excellency the Goyernor has been commanded by the Queen to convey her thanks and those of their Koyal Highnesses the Prmce and Princess of Wales for the expressions of sympathy which the Hoy a! Family received from New Zealand. The Royal Family have been much affected by the universal feeling of sympathy and grief at the loss which they have sustained* Father Dorgere, a catholic missionary whohas just arrived from Dahomey, says, according to an exchange telegram from Paris, that the funeral ceremonies for the late king will last 12 months, during which 4000 slaves will be sacrificed on his tomb. He also says that the slave tra^e between Dahomey and Portugal is still carried on to a large extent, an order for 10,000, slaves' having been given just before he left Dahomey. The influenza, we hear, has got a pretty good hold of natives on the Plains, and a native doctor from Taranaki sido, Huruhape, is haying a busy time. The natiyes say he is yery good, but they are always loyal to the verge of enthusiasm, at anyrate to their own doctors. A native doctor may lose 50 per cent, of his patients (says the Hawera Star) and retain a confidence which an European would forfeit by tho loss of 1 per cont. On Sunday last the bush fires did great damage on the Makino road. Some bush on the Kimbolton road was fired, and the easterly wind took it in the direction of Makino. Besides a good many hundreds of acres of grass burned and fences destroyed, a number of sheep were killed. At one time Mr Fry's house was endangered, but the neighbors mustered iv strength and kept the fire away. The heaviest sufferer will be Mr Baker, the owner of the sheep. Among the contributors at a concert which followed the Tuapeka Caledonian Sports, says the Tuapeka Times, was Mr W. F. Downes, the popular manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Wanganui, who made the hit of the evening. Mr W. F. Downes, who in the old days, many a time and off;, amused and delighted a Lawrence audience, as few others of his time could, prefaced his song with a few gracefully turned remarks, in which he took occasion to bring a few old memories back to life, making reference, at the same time, to the many pleasant evenings he had spent in the hall where they were then assembled, lie felt that though he came as a visitor be was in reality among old friends and still one of themselves. The warmth of the reception accorded Mr Downes only too clearly proved the correctness of his assumption, and he was made to understand that the memory of tho good old days and his pleasant connection with them was still well remembered. Mr Downes sang in grand style " Hock the cradle," a song that appealed irresistibly to tho typical gold digger. Receiving a thun« dering encore, he responded with " To be continued in our next," which also brought down the house.