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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 131, 3 May 1892, Page 2

Local and General News <»- - The Borough Council will meet on Thursday next. Tho Wednesday half holiday movement has extended to Marton. Several new buildings are now in course of erection near Denbigh Square. " Nevermore " is the most strikingly dramatic tale Rolf Bolderwood has yet written. On Friday next the presentation to Mr Peter Bartholomew will be made at the Empire Hotel. A movement 13 on foot, says the Manawatu Times, to form a polo club iv Pal- ■ merston North. Lieu tenant Col. Fox, tho commandaut 1 of the N.Z. Forces, arrived in Wellington . on Sunday. Uo was formally received I by Lieut. Col. Hume. , At the Auckland Police Court last Saturday. Wm. Brown, licensee of the I Newmarket Hotel, was fined 5s and costs for having nllowod billiards to be played ", at the hotel on Good Friday. 1 Miss Rounsfcll, who narrowly escaped the wiles of the murderer Deeming, waf c offered .£25 a week to take a situation as a barmaid in a Melbourne Hotel. Shu very seusibly declined. The Cabinet haye decided to call Par. '• liainent together for the 23rd June. Pos ~ sibly it may be summoned for a weul. ,* earlier, but at any rate it is hoped that by £ tho date mentioned the returns of the new taxation will be quite ready.

The Birminhgam Library has hud its stock of books largely augmented by a selection made last week at Mr Carthew's. Mr M. Belfit, saddler, has just re« ceived a lot of the very best horse covers. His new advertisement will appear in our next issue. A. meeting to discuss the question of uniting Ashurst, Bunuythorpe, and Pohangina into one parish will be held : in the English Church, Ashurst, ou Thursday next. As a protest against the treatment the Eev Mr Grubb has received at the hands [ of the Primate and clergy of Wellington, ! Mr E. G. Jellicoe. who represents St Peter's parish in the Diocesan Synod, - has resigned his office. 1 Since he commenced business on his • own account Mr Fred Keen has every , reason to be gratified by the liberal sup- . port his friends have accorded him. He , has a replace advertisement in to-day to > which we refer our readers. NoticQ is given to- day by Mr E. Goodbehere, the clerk of the committee, that the quarterly which will also bo the aunual meeting of the Kiwitea 5 Licensing Committee will be held in the ' schoolroom. Cheltenham, on Wednesday, the Bth day of June, 1892. For other 1 particulars see advertisement. The Wellington Press says:— lt is an open secret that Ministers are much annoyed at the renewed interest taken in Auckland and Wellington in the battle of tho railway routes, which next session will rage with great fury. Our contemporary piously asks : — Are they going to please one and infuriate the other, or ! <jive a sop to both and unlimited promises i to each ? 1 A correspondent to the Lyttelton Times 1 says there is a fear iv bonking circles that the Public Trust Department may develop the functions of a bank of deposit, and become a serious factor in banking business. The business of the Department is. growing very fast. Interest is now paid in cash over the coun« ter instead of by cheque. To-day Mr George Wickham adver« tiscs his house and land for sale with immediate possession. As Mr Wickham is (joing to Nevada, in the United States, where he has relatives, and is desirous of leaving by the next San Francisco mail steamer, the Monowai, no reasonable offer will be refused. This is a splendid opportunity for investment. Mr F. Webb, formerly connected with the press in Sydney, is about to embark in a journalistic venture at Otaki by issuing a bi-weekly paper to be called the Morowhenua Times. The Times will be a four>page paper of 28 columns, and one column will be printed in Maori for the benefit of the Native population. The first is<ue will appear on Monday week. — Us Z. Times. The funeral of the late Mr Thomas D. S. Potts, of Apiti, took place on Sunday last at the Birmingham cemetery. Settlers for miles round attended, showing the great sympathy felt for the relatives in their loss. Mr G. Potts, of Apiti, and Mr W. Potts of Wanganui were the chief mourners. The Rev. Mr Birks officiated at tbe graye. Mr A. Eade was the undertaker. This is the first loss by death the Feilding Small Farm Block has had. All our readers are reminded of the meeting to be held in the Salyation Barracks on Wednesday evening next by the frreat Temperauce lecturer, the Rey E, Walker. There being nothing special on that evening it is expected there will be a large gathering of the friends of Temperance and others. Mr Walker has held meetings in the surrounding towns, and a good report has been receiyed from those places. Mr J. B. Hamilton, the well-known draper, has just effected a very extensive purchase of the celebrated Wellington flannels in white, Shetland, and Orkney greys. The Wellington manufactured flannels and blankets are considered the very best value in the New Zealand market. Mr Hamilton invites intending purchasers for winter use to call and inspect these goods, and compare puces and quality with any other make in the trade. At a meeting of the Wanganui Harbor Board, held yesterday, Mr Lucas, Chairman of the Pohangina Small Farm Association, waited on the Board and asked that the application to Parliament by the Board for permission to sell on deferred payment, without returning the thirds, should be pushed forward withoutdelay. On the motion of Mr Campbell it was resolved to go on with the application at once, and that the solicitor of the Board be instructed to draft the bill at once. Secretaries of clubs aud societies are requested to forward particulars regarding their institutions to Messrs Stone, Son, aDd Co., Dunedin, for insertion in their directory of Wellington. The data required are name of society or club, date of annual meeting, and full name and address of secretary. Changes in address and in names of firms or companies should also be forwarded as early as possible. The ratepayers meeting held recently a Marton upon the question of purchasing a recreation ground was conducted in a manner that is becoming peculiar to Marton. There were two chairmen, for as 1 soon as the Mayor was down another was 1 up. We don't think more than six people 1 spoke at a time though a dozen were yelling abusive personalities as interjections, i and as everyone wanted a different thing, i we strongly recommend for peace sake that when any ground is obtained that it should be divided off by hurdles and allow each ratepayer to recreate himself by himself. 1 The manager of the Wanganui branch 1 of the Bank of New South Wales, 1 Mr W. F. Downes, received intimation by wire from the head office on Saturday that at the half yearly meeting of the i Board of Directois and Proprietors held in Sydney, the usual dividend and bonus of 17\ per cent, was declared, and a sura of £10,000 added to the reserve fund, which now shows a total of £990,000. Such continued prosperity speaks well for the general mauagement of this important institiiation, and must be very gratifying to its shareholders.— Chronicle. "Puffin the Press writes :—" Our Government are still on the retrenchment war path ! Working away until they can reach their ideal of what a man should i earn ! Retiring all the big-salaried men . — who have worked all their lives to get , up to a big salary— and putting up the i juniors to do the same work at a little advance of junior's wages! To our broad»mincled Ministers any fellow who r gets more than ten bob a day is a bloated ' capitalist — a social pest who must be watched — pruning knife in hand ! You ■ can't expect firstsclass treatment of any- • thing from second-class men ! And that's where we've made the mistake ! " The companionship of the Herald was j strongly in evidence at a wedding which took placo on Saturday, when Miss K. Beading, daughter of Mr W. Reading, t of Feilding, was united in matrimony to 3 Mr G. H. Freeman, of Napier. The s wedding took place at the residence of Mr I M. L. Beading, brother of the bride, the officiating minister being the Rev. G W. J. Spence. The bridesmaids were • Miss Mattie Smith, of Port Ahuriri, and s Miss Nellie Beading, youngest sister of s the bride. The latter was given away by L> her father, tbe oest inau being Mr W. T. C. Beading' a brother of the bride. A - large gathering sat down to the wedding - breakfast, at which the health of the bride v and bridegroom was enthusiastically y toasted. The happy pair left for Aiick«« v laud, where they will spend their honeymoon. — Hawke's Bay Herald.

Sir William Fox this year celebrates his 80th birthday, jubilee as a colonist, and his golden wedding. The carcase of a dead sheep is ljinti on the side of tho Kimbolton road, below Derby street. Unless it is removed at once it will be very offensive. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly gales and rain have been sent to all places southward of j Napier and Waugauui. We regret to learn that a son of Mr John Bartholomew, junior, died iliis ; morning after a brief illness! This is the second child Mrs and Mr Bartholomew haye lost within a very short period of time, and they have our cordial sympathy iv their seyere affliction. The following team has been chosen to represent the Feilding second fifteen in the junior championship match, which is to be played ou the Feildiug Oval next Saturday, May 7th : — Bellye, Reeu, It. Parr, lioache, Baillie, Aitken, Collins, B. Whisker, Lucre, Murdock (2), Fanthorpe, Smith, Scale, and Terry. On Monday night the blacksmith apprentices waited ou their respective employers, with a petition to close their shops ou Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock providing tho time was made up. We are sorry to hear that only three employers were willing to sign, consequently the prosposal fell through. Last Sunday night the Wesleyan Church was filled with an attentive congregation to hear the Rev. W. J. Watkin preach on the subject of " Self Denial." The text chosen was Isaiah 58, versus 6 and 7. On this subject the reverend gentleman preached a very instructive and interesting sermon. Another victim to polo is reported from India in the person of Lieutenant Aiexau* der. of the Rifle Brigade, who received a fatal fall while playing the game a short while ago. Lieutenant Alexander, who was a good sportsman, and fond of everything connected, with horses, will be much regretted by those who knew him, and among whom he was very popular.