Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 97, 13 February 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

The Premier will address a meeting in Palmerston on Wednesday next. The Westport Coal Company has de« clari'd a dividend of 5 per cent for the half year. A contemporary says the snakes seen at Richmond wore the results of bad whiskey, sold in that locality. At a meeting of tho followers of Mr Justin McCarthy, the nomination of Mr John Dillon as leader of the Irish Party was rejected. The late Bishop Perry leaves bequests to several charities in Melbourne, and J?1000 each to tho Bishops of Melbourne and Balliii-at fos church plate, Mr De Cobaiii, the recusant member for Belfast, is ill, ami unable to stand his trial. The electors ha ye petitioned to have the seat declared vacant, Yi-stcrdny Mr Wpightmao, of Awahnrj, left n splendid xpecimen of cucumber at our office. It was over two feet in length and perfectly sound throughout,

Mr Carthew has a big show of Valentines to-day. A Rifle Club is about to be formed at Patea. Archbishop Redwood was in Palmerston yesterday . The Hon. John Bryce arnyed in Fcild n{? to-day. Disastrous floods have occurred In the South of France. Black pox and spotted typhus have broken out in Southern Bussia. Meetings of tho unemployed continue to be held in Melbourne. Mr Ellery Gilbert is now in Feilding, and will remain in the distriect for about ten days. Mr Lockyer, of Kivritea, has lost a fine crop of oats by the depredations of the sparrows. China is secretly mobilising her forces in Kashgar, with the avowed intention of occupying to Pamir. The Bussian Government has granted an additional 60,000,000 roubles for the relief of the famine districts. Mr Trimble's sale at Birmingham was very snecessful, and he will hold another at an early date, of which due notice will be given. Particulars &n to shooting matches, classes, and names in connection with the Manchester Rifles will be published in our next issue. Captain Edwin telegraphs :— Weather forecast for 24 hours from.9 a.m. to-day-Warnings for gales and rain have been sent to all places throughout the country. Yesterday morning two " drunks " were brought before the R.M.Mr Brabant, and as they were both first offenders (hey were convicted, and discharged with a caution. Mr Sam Daw's new line of coaches to Pemberton is a pronounced success. On Friday morning the coach was filled with passengers, and a large number of parcels of various descriptions. The New South Wales Assembly having affirmed the imposition of a Stock Tax, a Bill to effect it has been read a first time. It provides for a tax on horses and cattle of 5s per head, sheep 6d, swine 2s. At a meeting of the Synod, in Wellington a few days ago, Mr Qnick, of Dunedin, made a necessary proposal in the direction of funeral reform. The intention 13 to do away with costly displays at funerals. Dr. Banardo has acknowledged receipt of the November remittance of £'A Oa 4d forwarded by Mr Carthew, as the collection of " The little man at the Door. " There were 16s in the box this morning. Apropos of the artesian well. An in telligent citizen was heard to remark, 11 Well, I don't believe you will get water and I hope you won't get it because I've always said you never will get it." Comment is needless. Th 9 foreman of the Fire Brigade, Mr Alfred Eade, showed himself to be the right man in the right place yesterday afternoon. A poitton of the suction hose dropped into the well, and Mr Eade dived into ten feet of wrter, and brought it out. We are informed that Mr J. McLeod, manager for Mr McKay, of Kimbolton road, refused a pound a-head for a line of two-tooth Lincoln ewes a few days ago. The flock from which these were to be taken is said to be one of the finest in the district. Mr E. G. Humphrey, blacksmith, employed by Mr T. J. Smith, of Colyton, •whilst engaged in shoeing a young horse this morning was kicked in the right arm, with the result that the arm was broken. The sufferer was brought into town, and placed under the care of Dr Johnston. Mr T. R. Taylor had a narrow escape the other day, at Cheltenham. He had just pulled up his horse, when it shook the blinkers off one side and was about to bolt off, when Mr Meehan pluckily seized it by the head. After plunging and rearing several times the animal was quieted, thus averting what might have been a serious accident. The decrease cf infanticide in the Punjaub is said to be largely due to the enhanced price now given for wives. At the annexation a wife could be purchased for from 20 to 40 rupees. The quotations now are : from plain to middling 50 rupees, from middling to good 60 to 300 rupees. This is very encouraging to the trade. Another scene took place in the Synod, at Wellington yesterday. The Primate apologised for acting hastily in the preceding day, after which the Rev Mr Fitchett again attempted to address the Synod on the subject of the Primate's refusal to allow tho Rev Mr Howell to officiate in the Wellington diocese. The Primate was again autocratic and refused Mr Fitchett leave to speak on the matter. There is now on view at the saddlery establishment of Mr R. R. Collins, a set of pair-horse buggy harness made to the order of Mr W. Jones, of Cheltenham. Competent judges who have examined the harness declare it to be a piece of first class workmanship. The mounting is in solid silver nickel. The whole is very creditable to the establishment, and goes to prove that skilled work of this kind can be done as well, and cheaper, in Feilding as in any of the larger towns. The Catholic Times says :— The Napier Evening News is dead and will soon be buried. Also it is decomposed, but no more so now than it had the misfortune to be several months prior to its decease. During those few months it was a fairly representative specimen of that so-called Liberal journalism, encouraged by Messrs Ballance, Keeves and Co., which mistakes abuse for argument, impudence for intelligence, and scurrility for sarcasm. The London Press Association agent has fallen into the bad habit of telegraphing the names of local celebrities who are suffering " from the prevailing epidemic." While we sympathise with every body, without making the smallest class distinctions, who is sick or sorrowful, yet we do think that it would be much more consonant with adyanced opinions and modern civilization if that intelligent newsmonger were to wire only when the disease had proy >d the yictor, and killed the patient. One of the most popular and best known business firms in Wellington is that of Messrs Eirkcaldie and Stains. It has always been their endeavor to be in the van of progress, and the remarkable commercial success which has attended them is the just reward of constant energy and determination to supply their clients in town and country with all the newest and best articles the world's markets have to offer. Another evidence of their enterprise is given in their advertisement which appears on our second page to-day. By Cobbe and Darragh's altered advertisement in our columns to-day, it will be seen that they are clearing out a big lot of remnants and summer stnffs at reduced prices, in order to make room for their direct importations of new goods now on the way from London. Cobbe and parragh maite a practice of clearing out, a$ far as possible, each season's goods at low prices, rather than carry old stock over from one season to another. They nre thus enabled to offer their customers fresh and suitable goods at the commencetnenfc of each season, Mr C. Wickham has now had his cab thoroughly overhauled and newly fitted up. He desires that his friends and patrons should know he w/li commence running on Monday next. Orders may be left at M.r Syendsen's as usual — Aj>vt,