The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1592.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 91, 30 January 1892, Page 2

The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1592.

The employers of Feilding are to be congratulated on deciding to close their respective establishments on "Wednesday afternoons. The employers having undertaken to do their part, it will now only remain with the public in town and country to do their share in the good work by completing their purchases within the hours prescribed. They can do this without the slightest inconvenience to themselves, while any failure on their part may have the effect of doing an injury to those who certainly are de aerring consideration. There is nothing so sensitive as trade interests, and where competition is so keen as it is in this district, the slightest thing may lead to complications in which only the employes can suffer. The busy days of the future in Feilding will bo Fridays and Saturdays, on account of the alteration of the sale days of the respective stock auctioneers, so that Wednesday is the best for the half-holiday for all classes of business men and tradesmen. We hope and trust that when the time comes each employer will vie with the others in keeping strictly to the agreement. The difficulty between the Bank of England and the Government of Queensland, caused by ihe indiscretion of Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, and the blundering of riir Samuel Griffith ia not yet settled, and the English papers continue to refer to it. The Financial News considers the lesson taught was a sharp and salutary one, and the incident has taught colonial politicians that they cannot malign with impunity. On the other hand, the Standard points out that the holders of Queensland stock will have cause of complaint against the Bank of England for bringing the stock into disrepute. Of course this is simple nonsense, because the Bank was the aggrieved in the first instance, and therefore cannot be held in any way responsible for consequences resulting from the acts of the aggressors. The Daily News saya Queensland has sunk to the position of the lowest of the Australian colonies, owing to the action of the Colonial Treasurer, whose administration has been characterised by blustering and muddling. The moral of all this is that self-styled Liberals in the colonies are not to be allowed to ride rough shod over old established institutions, which have taken centuries to raise under the only real democratic Government in the world. In an exhaustive article on the Pahiatua poisoning case the Woodville Examiner says:—" All things.considered we again contend there is little or no room to doubt that the affair was intentional, and malicious on tho part of some person or persons unknown, and that no stone should be left unturned to find them out. We consider that in order to aid tho police the Government should offer a handsome reward for evidonco which will solve this serious matter." We also consider the opinion here expressed perfectly justified by the surroundings of the case, and hope, to further the ends of justicp, the Government will adopt this suggestion. TjiEitu is reason in it. The Government of tho colony have demanded that Lord Knutsford should submit to them the names of candidates for the Governorship of New Zealand, and Lord Kmitsford lias consented. The Trades Unions have demanded of the Government of New Zealand that they be consulted in regard to the selection

mid appointment of Labor repr.esenta- J bives to the Legislative Council, and j we have not the slightest doubt but j that our Liberal Ministry will consent. The two cases are almost exactly parallel. The " consultation" may not take place openly, but that it will " eventuate " is certain. The Trades Unions have " established a funk" in the minds of the Ministry, and they ! are fools if they don't utilise it. ' Tiie editor of the Manawatu Standard makes mistakes sometimes. In his last issue he, in his eagerness to strike a blow at a political enemy, said : — "Mr D. H. Macartliur was so busy working up the new political association at Feilding that he could not attend the meeting of the Wellington Land Board. It is to be hoped Ministers will remember this when Mr Macarthur's term of office expires." As Mr Macartliur is no longer a member of the Land Board, surely our contemporary was wrong in blaming him for not attending. Local and General News The rice crops in Siam have failed. Last week 500 deaths from influenza were recorded in London. Thousands of emigrants to Siberia are being carried off by various diseases. A Fruitgrowers Association has been formed in Palmerston North. We wish the promoters eyery success. The Manchester Rifles received the Bixth prize value M 10s 6d in the volley firing. This is very creditable. The World says that Prince George of Wales will probably retire from the Navy, and marry Princess Margaret of Prussia. The advertisement mviling tenders for Mr Wollerman's Hotel building will appear in our next issue. In a speech made in London the AgentGeneral, Mr W. B. Perceval, mentioned New Zealand as " My own little colony." Who made it his ? The Lmcet thus describes a new remedy for influenza : — It consists of 30 grains of potassium bicarbonate, to be taken every three hours. A baby farmer in Berlin has been arrested on a charge of murder. In his house the bodies of 15 children were found. Mr Thomas Ward, of Wanganui, arrived in Feilding to-day to relieve the local postmaster, Mr J. H. Stevens, who is going away for his annual holiday. The Italian, German, and Austrian sections of the Church are discussing the claims of the various Cardinals to the papal chair on the death of Pope Leo. The death is announced of Sir Oscar Clayton, extra Surgeon-in-ordinary to the the Prince of Wales, and Surgeon-in-or-dinary to the Duke of Edinborough. An Auckland telegram informs us that at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company a dividend of 12£ per cent was deolared, and j£looo was added to the re-insurance fund. The Melbourne Argus commends Lord Knutsford for promising to submit the names of the Governors designate of New Zealand to the Government of the Colony before the final selection is made. In our report of the meeting of employers in our last issue, we inadvertantly stated Mr R. F. Haybittle was the mover of the first resolution whereas the name of Mr Macarthur should have appeared. Melbourne contains a number of Hindoos, and the Inspector of Nuisance says : "The Chinese are purity itself compared with the malodorous practices of the Hindoos. They are the filthiest people in the city." We have to acknowledge receipt of a copy of " The Young Soldier " being the official gazetto of the children of the Salvatiou Army, It is very interesting and deserves to be wjII mjported by all sincere well wishers of so good a causo. A number of suburban sections in the Villages of West Waitapu and Welford will be sold by public auction at Feilding on the sth March. Other sections will be ballotted for if necessary on the same day. The Gazette, of the 21st mst., contains a notice to the effect that 6,000 acres in the Apiti Survey district, known as the Oroua Coal Creek North Block, are now open for selection at the following rates : —Deferred payment, £1 3s lid to £2 Is lO&d, perpetual lease, lid to Is 3d per acre. Wheat is beginning to come in from the Sandon district. During the last few days some large parcels haye arrived at Messrs Richter, Nannestad & Co.'s mill, Palmerstnn North. So far as we can gather the yield will be well up to the average, and the quality of the grain is excellent. The Resident Magistrate of Auckland has decided that " tin bread " does not come under the denomination of " French bread," and has fined a baker 40s for not having his '" tin bread " full weight. This has been brought about by an Act passed last session, and bakers therefore will stop making " tin bread." At a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council in Wellington the following resolution was passed :—" That the Secretary be instructed to inform the Government that this Couucil claims the right of tho Trades Unions to be consulted in regard to the selection and appointment of Labour representatives to the Legislative Council." A Tasmaman paper says that theatrical companies of repute are fighting shy of New Zealand on account of the peculiar ways of New Zealand theatre proprietors who keep two tariffs— a lofty one for reputable managers with capable artists, and a low trending one for variety companies which inevitably come to grief and are cast upon the chanty of the people. The largest office building in the world is now being constructed in Chicago. It will bo known as the Masonic Temple. It is to be twenty storeys in height, and is to rise 370 ft above the level of the street. The lower floors will be used as stores, and the uppermost for Masonic purposes, a large hall to seat four thousand people being one of the principal features. Numerous doors will lead from this hall, one on to the roof, which is to bo laid out as a garden. There are to be no loss than fourteen passenger elevators and two freights, mail-chutes, heating, and every modern improvement. We learn from the Woodville Ex aminer that anolher case of poisoned food has turned up, happily without fatal results, but only by the merest chance, for on two occasions dogs have been killed by the same material. The facts are that Mr Marsh baked some biscuits (ginger nutsj a short time ago, and on tasting them later on Mrs Marsh found them to be bitter, and questioned the advisability of eating them. A fow wore given to the dogs, the result being that one died in a very short time, A few days later somo more were given to dogs, two of whicli died in convulsions after having purged violently. Ono of thrse is to be sent to Wellington to be ex« amiupd. A sample of the biscuits have been obtained by Detective Herbert. If you would live long mid prosper drink good Coffee. It niaketh the heart glad, keepeth tho brain clear, and helpeth digestion. Be sure and ask for Crease's AI Coffee. So{d only ia 1 and 21b (ins.

The denth rate in Paris from influenza alone is 250 per day. The funeral of the late John Bryce, of Fern Flats, Marton, took place to-day. The Manchester Road Board will meet on Saturday, February 6. The Bank of New Zealand lias declared a dividend of 5 per cent. A circus arrived in New Plymouth yesterday. It will probably visit Feilding. Lord Tennyson has composed a fine poorn on the death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. It i 3 understood that the detectives know more about the Pahiatna poisoning case than was devulgcd at the inquest. Mr H. W. Brabant, R.M., is gazetted as Judge of the Assessment Court for the I Borough of Feilding and the town district of Bulls. Mr Barton, the manager of the Bank of Australasia left yesterday for his annual holiday. His place is filled by Mr Mathias of the Palmerston branch. Mr Corkory has sent us a splendid sample of tomatoes grown in bis garden at Bunnythorpo, He reckons hia crop this season will weigh half a ton. The Premier will address the electors in Palmerston North in about a fortnight. If the Hon Sichard Seddon is with him there will be a banquet. The Colonists Land and Loan Corporation give notice that the sale of town sections in Ashurst will be resumed after March Ist. The United States exports for 1891 have increased £13,000,000 compared with the previous year, and the imports £5,000,000. Captain Edwin telegraphs :— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly gales after 20 hours have been sent to all places. The Woodville Examiner of Friday last cheerfully remarked : — For wholesale mendacity, humbug, and breach of faith, commend us to the Ministry and the Minister of Lands in particular. Mr H. F. Jannings opened The Ready Money Store to-day with a well-selected stock of goods. He will sell cheap for cash. He invites a share of public patronage. The postmaster gives a useful piece of information to-day. English letters will now be dispatched from Feilding every Saturday, yia Brindisi or Naples, to arrive in London in about 45 days. A meeting of the committee of the Colonists' Political Association is convened for Saturday next, the 6th instant, in the Assembly Rooms, at four o'clock in the afternoon. Punctuality is requested. Mr R. M. Johnstone, Government statistician of Tasmania, has an article in the Nineteenth Century in reply to the articles written by the Hon J. W. Fortescue to the same magazine criticising the Australian colonies. In future the policemen on beats m various school districts are to be Truant Officers, and will act under the direction of local committees, serving notices upon wanderers' parents in the first instance, and afterwards following them up by summonses if necessary. There is quite a gathering of clergy at the Key Father Patterson's at the present time, his guests including the Yerj Rev Fathers Walsh of Westport, and Gorgan, of Napier, and the lievs. MeKenna of New Plymouth, Smith, or Hastings, Dawson, of Waipawa, and O'Mara, of Hawera, who has been trans* terred to Masterton, — Manawatu Times. " Look here," said a fault-finding husband, "we must have things arranged in this house so that we shall know just where everything is kept." " With all my heart," sweetly answered his wife, "and let us begin with your late hours, my love. T should dearly like to know where they are kept." He lets things ran on as usual At the District Court on Wednesday, Mr Baker said lliat he was of opinion that tht " record sheet " should not be placed before the Bench during a trial. In his opinion, it was an improper procedure, and might bias the summing up of the judge. His Honor said that it was the usual practice, and lie did not think there was anything improper in it. — Manawatu Times. , The Colonial Analyst has not yet sent in his official report of the analysis he has been making of the biscuit, ginger, flour and sugar which he brought from Pahiatua last week. We are given to understand that the report has beeen deferred pending an analysis of some further parcels which, haye just come to hand of ingredients used in the manufacture of the alleged poisoned biscuits. — N.Z. Times. This is how the Hawkes Bay Herald puts it:— Mr Buick in his travels con » tinues to assert that the present " Liberal " Government is the first since Sir George Grey's Ministry. In that case the Stout-VogeUßallance combination was not a "Liberal" Government, and as Mr Ballance was kicked out by Sir George Grey, and is the Premier at present, Mr Buick seems to be proving a little too much. A meeting of the Fire Brigade was held last night. Capt. Morey presided. The resignation of Foreman Nicholson was accepted with regret. Firemen Ranger, Eade, and Keen were nominated for the position, and the election will take place on Friday next. A committee consisting of Lieut. Shearer, Firemen G. Say well, Eade, and Dixon, were appointed to report on the possibility of holding a concert on tho second Wednesday in March. The alleged reason for the battle between the Legislator and the Butcher in New Plymouth was that the latter had assaulted (punched the head) of the son of the member. While we commend his pluck, we think the Hon Member should not have used his fists, but instead ought to have put himself on the same level with his opponent and split his skull with a cleaver. This would have been more in keeping. At the same time we do not think that the incident was worth telegraphing all over the colony. Had the cleayer been used it would have been a different matter in more senses than one. We haye been shown by Mr William Smith the haulm of an extraordinary pea, the distinguishing name of which we have not been able to learn. Mr Smith in forms us that each seed of the variety sends up three main stems, which branch off near the top. They grow to a height of about six feet, and their striking feature is that all their flowers are pro ducod at the top of each shoot, where the pods subsequently hang in a cluster, making the work of gathering very easy. The haulm before us has fifty pods, each containing four good sized peas, so that if this haulm is a fair sample of. the whole, each seed produces GOO peas, and must, therefore, be deemed highly pro« lific— Oamaru Mail.