Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 92, 2 February 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

-*- The Borough Council will meet on Thursday next. It is intended to hold Athletic Sports in Foxton on St Patrick's Day. Germany has modified the duties on foreign meat. Cope peaches are selling in London wholesale at fire shillings eacb, Large numbers of sheep are arriving on this coast from Hawke's Bay. Tlie state of Prince George's health occasions some uneasiness. Yesterday and this morning the town was enveloped in smoke from the surrounding bush fires. We havo received the " Report of the Statistics of New Zealand for 1890 " and a batch of Parliamentary papers. Tho Russian Government has given orders for the construction of three new ironclads. The Schneiders, man and wife, have been sentenced to death for the murder of a number of servant girls under revolting circumstances. Mr F. M. Deighton lias been gazetted Superintendent of Agricultural Statistics for tlie Counties of Rangitikei, Oroua, ■Manawatu, and Horowhenna. Statisticians inform us there aro nlways 1,200,000 people on tho seas of tho world of whom 114,361 more or loss are always suffering from mal de mer. Wo notice that the Napier News annexed a local of ours anent " an exminister of tho Crown" without acknow- . lodgment. , The Gladstone pnrty am arranging to refuse to vote Government supplies be- • yond a short period, with a view to com- * pelling them to fix (lie generul elections for midsummer. Professor Strong contributes an article fo tlie Pall Mall Gazette, in which he defonds the cultured classes of Victoria from the attacks of Mr Francis Adams, , of Melbourne,

Colonel Gorton expects to be back in j the colony on the 20th April. j < The Marton Jockey Club will hold a j J race meeting on the 10th March. ( Over 4000 visitors are in Nelson assisting at the Jubilee festivities. * It is reported that Sir George Grey is , in a very weak state of health. At present there are nearly a hundred } tourists at Eotorua. i It is said that Canlerbury settlers are alarmed at the prospect of a shortage ' in sheep. The Woodville Examiner contradicts ; the report that the codlin moth was in the orchard on Woodlands road. ' The Hawera Star reports that influenza is very prevalent among the natives in ' the plains. We have to thank Mr Edmund Good- ; behere, the local .agent, for a calendar of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. Captain Edwin telegraphs :— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly gales after from 12 to 20 hours haye been cent to all ' places. The Austrian authorities are consulting : Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Ex- ; chequer, as lo the ability of England to , supply twenty millions of gold to enable , a gold currency to be established in Austria. We are glad to see that Mr Manson, of ■ The Pines, Feilding, is able to get about again. Altogether he has been confined to tbe house about three months from a , severe attack of influenza, and the after consequences. A man named Ross was brought before Messrs Dr Monckton and H. L. Sherwill, J.P.s yesterday, charged with using abusive and threatening language. He was convicted and bound over to keep the peace. The work of making the road at the back of the Railway Station to the end of the post office buildings has been com- ' menced. When completed it will have a very neat appearance and, at the same time, will be a great convenience to the public. Mr Pears, the prominent soap nianufacturer, was once asked why he did , newspapers advertising altogether, and did not follow in the footsteps of other : manufacturers, putting up sign-boards, ] etc. He replied that in his experience he found that the man that does not read . the newspaper never uses soap. ( The Wairarapa Daily says :— " It will i interesting to members of Special Settlement Associations to know that they haye '. not to pay for the surveying of their ( land." It will be still " more interesting i to know" who will pay for the work. < This expense ie surely a legitimate charge j on the land. ' The following appointments appear in ' the Gazette :— Mr E. J. Von Dadelszen, Superintendent of Agricultural Statistics ' for the Hutt County ; Mr Thomus Mac kay, for the Counties of Pahiatua, Wairarapa North, and Wairarapa South ; ' and Mr F. M. Deighton, for the Counties ] of Rangitikei, Oroua, Manawatu and ] Horowhcnua. < The Wairarapa Daily says : — A freak of nature may be seen at Paka- < raka in the shape of a half sheep < half goat. The animal has the appear- i ance of a sheep, but it is covered with hair instead of wool, and has a goat's tail. This nondescript would do well to place on the coats of arms of the Labour Representatives in the Upper Housewhen they get there. A resident of Grey town advanced a ' young man a sum of money. As it was not returned the case was taken into Court, when the young man pleaded that he was a month under age when the money was lent. Judgment was therefore given for the defendant. This " infant " is evidently training to be a champion professional mean man. In connection with the hospital designs it may be mentioned that, as none of the designs sent in met with the approval of the Inspector of Hospitals, Mr E. Larcomb has beeu instructed to prepare plans for a hospital building, embodying all the requirements pointed out by Dr Macgregor, to whom the plans will be submitted before being adopted by the Hospital Board.— Manawatu Times. A contemporary suggests that Mr Leon Driver, the pianist, who intends going to the Chicago Exhibition to give sixty -five recitals, should pay his advertising bills ere he departs from the colony. In this connection we may say it would be an i« - terestrog item if each newspapers published the name of such theatrical companies, lecturers, professors, etc., who had " skipped the gutter " without paying their advertising accounts. A correspondent in the Wairarapa Daily, writing on the subject of " Glove fights " and those who object to them, evidently does not approve of certain persons being present because he says : — " hearing that and other members of the clergy intend to be present on Thursday night, I should recommend the contestants to make a special charge for the clergy of £2 admission, otherwise they should not be admitted." This is very refreshing. The report presented at the recent meeting of the Auckland Employers' Association stated that the policy of the ' Association in the future would, if possible, be more strenuously directed to obtaining industrial and commercial prosperity and peace. Class antagonism prevailed to such an extent, however, that great tact and forbearance on the part of employers i would be necessary. The collapse of each i strike in the colony had caused men to trust less to strikes and more to legisla- >, tion, and in future, therefore, employers , would have to contend with secret instead of open combination, with legislative coercion instead of strikes. At an inquest held at Nelson recently, , Dr. Hudson made a few remarks for publication, in addition to his evidence. , He said that in the case under enquiry : he found the unfortunate young fellow , propped up on the table ; that was the worst thing that could have been done. \ In the case ot fainting, the person should , be laid upon the floor, as being the easiest, with the head down, even a little lower than the body if possible, to allow the blood to circulate, which was impossible while the body was held upright. ' Cold water, as usually brought into requisition, was useless, a little brandy should be given, liaising the head was ' harmful. Look out for J. B. Hamilton's first . great bargain sale commencing on Saturday next, when the whole of this wellknown fashionable drapery stock will be offered at sweeping reductions. Every article will be marked in plain figures and goods will be sold for cash only. This sale will be the cheapest ever known in Feilding and will be a regular shelfclearing sale, as all unsold summer goods will be clean slaughtered in price so as to sweep out the whole lot.— Advt. You cannot do better — Feilding is noted all oyer New Zealand for tho vory liberal amusement placed before the public during tho Christmas holidays, no other such place of its size providing anything near the ainouut of pleasure that this little town does. Those wishing to havo a pound or two in their pocket during the Carnival week cannot do better than shop at Morey and Co's,, Fergusson street, Feilding. Remember there ie a distinct saving.— Advt. If you would liye long and prosper drink good Coffee. It maketh the heart glad, keepeth the brain clear, and helpcth digestion. Be sure and ask for Crease's AI Coffee. Sold only in 1 and 21b tins. '

Tho Standard states that immediately on the assembly of Parliament Mr Balfour will introduce an Irish Local Government Bill. Stanley says there is as much differ* encc between New Zealand and Australian boys as there is between English I and American boys. Funds being insufficient, work on the road between Birmingham and Pemberton bas been discontinued. The subject will be considered at the next meeting ot the Kiwitea Road Board. A boy at Pemberton got jammed in a drain pipe a few days ago. It was debated whether the boy should be cut out or the pipe broken. At last the latter course was adopted, but it was a near shave for the boy. Our readers will see from an advertisement which appears in this issue, that Mr Trimble will hold his first stock sale at Birmingham on Thursday next the 9th \ instant, we believe a number of buyers from outside purpose attending. There is a joke going the rounds at the expense of a modest young newspaper man in a neighboring town, which is so good that it ought to be true. The young man m question, it appears, was invited to a party at a residence where the home had recently been blessed with aD addition to the family. Accompanied by his best girl, he met his kind hostess at the door, and after the customary salutation, asked after the welfare of the baby. The lady was suffering from a cold, which made her slightly deaf, and she mistakenly supposed that the young man was enquiring of her cold. She replied that this was the worst one she had ever had; it kept her awake at night a good- deal at first, and confined her to her bed. Then, noticing that the scribe was getting pale and nervous, she said she could tell by his looks that he ] was going to haye one just like hers, and she askecl him to go and lie down ! — Napier Telegraph.