The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1892.
If we may form an opinion on the subject from the number and success of the private concerts we have lately had in Feilding, we should say that a strong Philharmonic society could very easily be formed. At one time there was such an institution in Feilding but from a variety of apparently unavoidable causes, it died out. The leaders left the place, or the sopranos got married, or the bassos took to lawn tennis or football ; and even some of them fell away from grace and retired into matrimonial life. But these things will happen in a properly regulated settlement like this, and conductors have simply to submit to the inevitable. At the time we speak of the population was very limited, and there were but few voices available j while now we Lave amongst us a very large number of young members of both sexes who are the happy possessors of good voices, capable of being cultivated to great excellence. Under these circumstances, therefore, we think that anyone who made a movement in the direction indicated would more than probably receive both encouragement and support. The main difficulty is to obtain a competent conductor, but that is surely not insurmountable.
The following are the traffic returns for the Napier-Taranaki aection for the four weeks ending 27th February, 1892, and the corresponding period in 1891 :—
£16,232 15 7 £13,613 15 1 We are indebted to the New Zealand Times for the following compilation. A surplus of £7236 is shown for the financial year ending 31st March. Mar. '91 Mas. '92 £, £
The estimated revenue for 1691-92 was £1,114,000, and the revenue actually received is £1,121,236, leaving a surplus of £7236. The monthly average estimate was £92,833, and the results of the last four months were as follows : — December 116,341 January 106,019 ' February 98,366 March 101,906
Auckland 11,207 10,589 Kawnkawa 384 419 Whangarei 255 179 Napier-Taranaki ... 18,624 21,868 Wellington 8,419 8,424 Hurunui-Bluff ... 65,528 63,513 Greymouth 2,502 3,031 Westport 2,822 2,951 Nelson 935 926 Picton 744 828 Totals 111,420 112,719 Recoveries from Treasury ... 3,782 5,096 115,202 117,788 Refunds (estimated) 13,226 15,882 Balance 101,975 101,906
1892 1891 Passengers 6723 311 5149 12 8 Parcels ... 673 8 7 502 18 2 Goods ... 8464 19 11 7511 17 6 Miseellan'us 371 8 2 449 6 9
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 119, 5 April 1892, Page 2
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