Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 116, 29 March 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

_ « : Mr Fred. Keen has just purchased from Mr Hopkins, manager for Mr Beale, a patent elastic machine of the Beale manufacture. i On and after Friday, the Ist April, there , will be a change in the trains running between Raugatira and Marton. For other particulars soe advertisement. Messrs Say well Bros, have just completed a very handsome dog-cart for Dr Sorley. It is well finished, strongly constructed, and in every way a useful \ vehicle. Last wenk one hundred and seventy head of cattle were drafted from Mr Rathbono's run, Makatohu, and taken to Ins property at Piri Pin. — Woodville Examiner, Mrs. Stanley has decided what Mr. Stanley is to do. 'I want him, ' she told a Melbourne lady correspondent, 'to write the story of his life and stand for the House of Commons.' It m;iy be of uhd to many to know that (according to a German authority) ourdrop of essential oil of mustard to each pint will keep milk sweet for several days, and, it is said, it does not affect the taste of tlie milk.— Hawera Star. Good news for the fair sex. Mr J. B. Hamilton is now busily opening out his new autumn and winter goods, embracing a really splendid collection of the most fashionable novelties, as worn for the coming season. Inspection freely and cordially invited. In charging the jury at i>rapier the otiier day, MrJusliee Hichmotid quoted Mr Justice Stephen to the effect tlint if drunkenness were allowed to be an excuse for crime tlie courts mmhi as well be closed, fora great proportion of the criminal business was due to drink.

Mr F. R. Linton has sold his farm on the Taonni road to Mr J. L. Pudney, at a satisfactory figure. It is probable that a Rifle Club will be formed in Feilding shortly. The only real obstacle is that there are not suitable rifles available. The CampbelUown school committee voted for the re-election of the retiring . members of the Education Board, namely, I Rev. Ross, and Messrs Carson and Fry. On account of the diphtheria still being Very prevalent in Bulls it has been decided to postpone the re-opening of the loca public school. Tho Engineer of the Rangitikei County Council, Mr Mackay, invites tenders for the supply and delivery of timber as detailed in the advertisement. Thomas Forsyth, a young man, was killed at Kmlock, Lake Wakatipu, on Friday last by the capsizing of a sledge of firewood. Cobbe and Darragh are to-day opening np a large and varied assortment of millinery, mantles, and dress goods. Owing to tlie large increase of business, thenHome and colonial purchases for this season are on a very extensive scale. We remind horse-owners and others interested that nominations for both days' handicaps in connection with the Feilding Jockey Club's Easter Meeting close with the secretary to-morrow (Wednesday), March 30, at 8.30 p.m. Captain Edwin telegraphs:— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly gales after from 12 to 20 hours have been sent to all places southward of Napier and New Plymouth. The Manawatu Timber Company withhold their advertisement calling tenders for an office for the present. Fresh plans are to be prepared for more commodious premises, and tenders will be invited in the course of a few days. It is slated that the Duke of Cambridge has written to Captain Osborue (who wanted to resign his commission owing to the r flections cast upon him by his wife's crime in the Spink Pearl Case) to the effect that Her Majesty " could not afford to part with the finest representatire of chivalry of tho century," Winch does the more harm to society — to sell cigars on Sunday or to gamble on the totalisafcor? We ask the question because the Government encourages the totalisator. but by its magisterial representative at the Auckland Police Court it last week fined a woman os and costs for selling a cigar on Sunday, What a lot of hypocrites we are, to bo sure ! — H B. Herald. On Saturday afternoon, when Mr Parker was riding along the Awahuri road, a dog rushed out and made his horse shy. The girth broke and Mr Parker was thrown very heavily. Mr E. Jennins saw the accident, and brought the injured man into town, where Dr Johnston did all that was necessary. We are glad to know that the injuries are not serious. Very clever men say very silly things sometimes. For instance Mr Labouchere in Truth says of the fair sex :— '' Women are, in truth, incomprehensible creatures and capable of anything ; by turns angels and demons. And there are men who would allow them to vote ! I would sooner give children razors and revolvers to play with." This is neither witty nor true. A lad named Meadows, while travelling from London to the North of Eng land by the Great Northern express re« cently, fell from the carriage at Fletton, owing to the door of the compartment which he was leaning against flying open. On the arrival of the train at Peterborough the officials despatched a light engine to Fletton, when, to the surprise of everyone, the lad was found compara> tively uninjured, and able to proceed home. The express was travelling at the rate oi 50 miles an hour. Writing on the subject of marriages " Cyclops," in the Mataura Ensign says : — It was not at all remarkable that a wedding recently notified should form the basis of sundry conversation. The oauso of comment was that both bride and bridegroom had attained academical distinction, she being a B.A. and he an M.A. The controversy terminated m a wholly unexpected manner, for a demure young lady said :"" Well, 1 don't know which is the higher degree, an Mi. or a 8.A., but I should think it probable that he will become a PA. and she an M.A." And the wicked little creature looked as solemn as a whole bench of judges. The following is from the Brunner News : — The Chinese are proverbially cute over money matters. A number of them the other day booked at a certain station for Greymouth ; between them they carried a comrade on a stretcher, whom they carefully deposited on the floor of the carriage, taking the precau* tiou to have him well covered over. The guard made inquiries respecting the in valid. " Oh, him welly sick, welly sick," they replied in chorus ; but the hard hearted guard felt a bit dubious on the subject, and on lifting the cover, instead of finding a " welly sick Chinaman," he discovered he was a " welly dead one " — a corpse iv fact! There is a special charge made for carry mg corpses by rail, and in this particular instance it amounted probably to about thirty shillings. A private letter from Gerald tou, Western Australia, gives a doleful account of affairs in that colony, where the writer states that there is no prospect for a man with small capital, all desirable laud having been taken up by syndicates composed of the present or former members of the Government or their friends. Regarding the Murcheson goldfield, he says that a more inhospitable country he has never trod. Rain has not fallen for three and a half years on the field, and all vegetation is dead or dying, while all animal life is almost extinct. He declares the field to be a fraud, and states that all hands will have to leave unless rain falls, as the wells are drying up. — Napier Telegraph. The " good young man " business is being fast played out before the criminal courts, and a judge who had been urged to consider " previous good conduct," vouched for by a host of creditable witnesses, in his charge to the jury, did it tlnisly : — Gentlemen, I am requested to draw your attention to the prisoner's character, which has been spoken of by witnesses, I doubt not of the greatest respectability and veracity. If you believe them, also the witnesses for the prosecution, it appears to me that they have established what to many persons may seem incredible, namely, that a most estimable citizen, a man of piety and virtue, occupying the position of Bible reader and Sunday School teacher, has been guilty of a most despicable act of embezzlement. — Westport News. Last cyeninsf special services were held at tnc Salvation Army Barracks the occasion being the visit of the Hallelujah Lassies Brass Band, composed of 12 young ladies gathered from the Army's various posts, and who, after receiving tuition together in Chnstchurch, have started to tour the Colony. The band first played out on Manchester Squaif* and then marched to the Barracks, where they attracted a large crowd, the building being packed. The lassies play well together, and keep almost perfect time In addition to the brass instruments, they also make up an c/jjcient string band, and a timbrel band also Amongst the members of the band are some excellent singers, aud some solos and duels were nicely rendered. After the serrices a coffee supper was held, which was well patronised.

Ho (bitterly): "Pshaw' All women aro alike." She: "Then why in the world do you spond so much time trying to find the one you want to marry ?"' " Here you are, still at it, plaj'ing at tennis for ever. You'll just ruin your complexion with tan and freckles." " Ob, I don't care. I'm engaged." The annual meeting of the Birmingham Town Hall shareholders, called lor last Saturday, lajisctl for want of a quornn. . The next meeting will be held in the Hall on Saturday, April 2. ; On Saturday last, when Captain Jones, . of the barquo Sandanah, who had been ashore at the pilot station near Port Chalmers, for orders, was returning to his ship his bost capsized, and one of the crew was drowned. On Friday next there will be a meeting of the women of Feilding who are friendly to the object of forming a branch nf tho Woman's Christian Temperauce Union, held in the Foresters Hall at 7 p.m. Two lady delegates from the Conference in Auckland will give addresses. A large number of natives of the Masterton district who are victims to sciatica, rheumatism, and other diseases have left for Napier, where it is alleged there exists a Negro prophet "who can cure all afflictions to which the human flesh is heir.- -Wairarapa Daily Times. On Sunday evening Mr Keeve, who resides at Mr Roe's farm near tlie railway bridge, noticed a disturbance amonjj the poultry, and in the morning found that murder had been committed, but the victim was a depredating weasel which had met its fale at the claws and teeth of a useful cat. The weasel was not full grown. The Birmingham Sports have turned out a financial success, and the surplus funds in band will be devoted to improving the ground. The Club netted between i'lo and .£l4 by their last meeting. The secretary, Mr Munro, was the right man in the right place, and deserves great credit for the way in winch he worked to make the Club a success.