Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 147, 9 June 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

._«. Mr Bruce will address the electors at Pemberton to»night, Messrs Murray and Casey have shifted into their premises in Manchester street. A. tug«of-wnr will take place in Palmerston to-night. The first purchase made by Lord Glas* gow when he landed in Wellington was a bottle of quinineMrs L. Caldwell is now prepared to receive pupils at Mrs Lissaman's residenoe, Grey street, Feilding. Mr Clementson has received fresh oysters and fruit as enumerated in notice iu our wanted column. Mr Montague, the well-known and popular auctioneer, will hold his first sale here to-morrow at his auction mart, Manchester street. We are informed by the Egraont Set* tier, that owing to the friction between the Waimate plains district, and Hawera, an effort is being made to constitute the Waimate plains into a new county. The Cake and Apron Fair will be held in the Forester' Hall to-night. "Ererybody is going therefore everybody should Ho." The price of admission is only sixpence, and the refreshments are free. We learn from the Hawera Star that in his speech at Norinanby, Mr G. Hutchison, M.H.8., said General Booth was a great man, a greater man even than Sir Kobert Stout. The people laughed. Ladies and gentlemen who are going from Feilding to the bachelors ball at Birmingham to-morrow night, are reminded that a brake will leave Mr Gay's Empire stables at half past four o'clock in the afternoon. A native named Raru Kurukuru was arrested by Constable Tuohey on Sunday evening at Awahun on a warrant for alleged horsestealmg. The accused was brought before (he Court on Tuesday afternoon and remanded to Hastings. Mr Sherwill J.P. occupied the Bench. The following advertisement is stated to have appeared lately in a provincial paper :— " Wanted, a man and his wife to look after a farm, and a dairy with a religious turn of mind without incumbrnnce." We are informed by the Wanganui Chronicle that the partnership subsisting between Messrs Henry and Herbert Collier and Walter Coker, music dealers ond piano importers, of New Plymouth, Wanganui, Pnlmersfon North, and Nelson, has been dissolved. The establish-, ment at New Plymouth will be in future earned on by Mr W. Coker, whilst the business of the firm's oilier establishments will be conducted by Messrs Henry and Herbert Collier. ]

Yesterday Mr Carthew received some very beautiful glass ornaments for the table. They are as remarkable for their elegance as for their cheapness. The Inangahua Times says :— The late Mr D. H. Macarthur, M.tf.R., in early life worked on several of the Otago goldfields, and then came to the West Coastwhere he worked in a claim close to the Hon. Mr Seddon, • Even such a great paper as the Melbourne Age is not infallible from printer's errors, for we notice in its report of the Deeming trial that the Judge is said to have "{summed up the audience," a task almost too great even for such an author* ity on jurisprudence. Mr Marsh, contractor on London's road, met with rather a serious accident on Wednesdny last whilst engaged in erecting a scaffold preparatory to felling a tree. His axe slipped and inflicted a deep cut on one of his knees. Dr Mus» sen attended to the sufferer. Mr Gladstone is said to receive a hundred guineas for each of his articles in the North American Keview. For the series on " The Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture " he was raid a hundred pounds each for the English rights, and a like sum for their simultaneous publication in America. Referring to the late Mr Macarthnr, Captain Russell, in his speech at Hast ings on Saturday evening, said :-" He was a devoted public servant, and one of the most hard-working members of Parliament, and his death would be regretted by those of all shades of political opinion." Birmingham is excited just now, a correspondent writes, Who is to be the new member? Is your name on the roll ? Have you seen the glass font ? Who was the man with the dog ? And what sort of lamp a leading spirit of the town is going to present to the new church With these burning questions you may guess, Mr Editor, that we are on the move. At the meeting of the Wanganui Harbor Board, held last Monday, a letter was received from Mr Lucas, in connection with the Endowment Block, asking the Board to make a certain cutting in order that settlers on the otter side may have access to the township in place of having — aa they well be obliged to if this cutting is not made— to go a considerable distance around. The letter was referred back to the writer for an estimate, and other particulars of the work. We understand that some of the resid ence in the Coal Creek District intend forwarding a requisition to the Registrar of Electors for the Rangitikei electoral district asking for a polling booth to be placed at Coal Creek. There (says the Manawatu Times) are a considerable number of voters in that locality, and, as a correspondent writes — " They can hardly be expected to ride in some cases fifteen miles to vote." The request ap pears to be a fairly reasonable one, ami we trust will be granted. The first meeting of the Kiwitea Liter ary Society was held at the Birmingham Town Hall last evening. The Vice-Pre-sident, Mr A. Fergusson, occupied the chair. There were also present Messr < l'olley, Anyon, R. Burne, J S. Burne, Stokes, Guy, Tnpp and Moreton. It was unanimously resolved that meetings of the society be held through the winter months, the next meeting to be held at the same place on Wednesday evening. It was also decided that ladies be admitted to all the meetings. A " fashionable wedding " took place amongst the aboriginal Natives at the Hukatere Church on Friday last, when a son of Ratana Ngahma, a Native of considerable note, from Parawanui, was married to a daughter of our well-known and highly respected resident, Wiremu Ngapaki. The wedding was got up in truly gorgeous style, everything attaching to the preparation and ceremony being provided in the best possible manner. It is pleasing (says the Patea County Press) to note the efforts made by the Natives living around to conform to the habits of European civilisation. A wedding that attracted considerable interest in Halcombe was celebrated on Wednesday last, at the residence of the bride's mother, when Mr J. H. J. Bowater, of Sanson, was united in mnrriage to Miss Fergusson. The officiating minister was Rev. T. H. Lyon. After the ceremony about sixty "guests sat down to the refreshments provided under a spacious awning, which had been placed in the front of the house. The happy couple left by the evening train, en route for Wellington, woere they are to spend their honeymoon. The members of the present ministry are not a proud lot. When at Wellington the most of them stay at a "pub." They don't take lodgings and secure peace, quiet, and privacy; the commercial room, and the public dining table are good enough for them. They affect the Club Hotel. It provides good accommodation at 35s a week, or, for casual, 7s a day. Not long ago there were three Ministers staying at that hostelry. When Sir Harry Atkinson was Premier, (says an Exchange) he let his colleagues understand that it was not Ministerially respectable to be seen knocking about a public-house picking up cheap drinks. But times hare changed, "During the present week I saw a sight I never expected to see in New Zealand, policemen, with large families, out of their scanty pay contributing to pay the medical and burial expenses of a deceased comrade in the South, the Government having declined to " bury their dead" — namely, a police officer on active service. These be days of retrenchment I shall be told. Yes, but during the week I read also that the Government intend to introduce early in tbe session the Payment of Members Bill— l presume the old one, £240 a year, pay monthly, and protection from creditors. That looks like retrenchment !"— " Mercutio " in the Auckland Herald. The building for the new hotel at Colyton is a very substantial one, well finished and fitted up with all requirements for the convenience of the residents near, as well as for the travelling public. Near to the hotel a very neat yet commodious shop has been put up by Messrs Entwisle and Fitch. New shops are in hand for a cabinetmaker., a baker, a Chinaman's fruit and fancy goods store, and there is a probability that stock sale yards will shortly be erected by a local firm, who have already prospected for a site. These, with the present store. blacksmith's shop, the Mangaone public hall, and the schoolhouse and private dwellings, will make Colyton quite an important village. It also possesses the adyantage of having a good road to the Taonui railway station which is only about three miles distant. The Primitive Methodist Church at Campbelltown was crowded last evening when the Service of Song entitled " Farmer Holroyd's Harvest Supper" was given by a choir from Feildmg, under the baton of Mr Shearer, and Mrs J. C. Thompson as organist. The Service of Song was capitally rendered, and appeared to be greatly appreciated by the large audience assembled. Coffee, cake, etc, were handed round at the close— a resemblance to a harvest supper which gave great satisfaction. The organ used at the entertainment was a new one just obtained from Wellington, and it was much admired for its power and handsome appearance. It is very creditable to the (Mergy and liberality 'of the friends at Campbelltown, that although the project for obtaining tho now instrument was only started a fortnight ago, already more than one half tho cost has been raised. '

The Licensing Committee sat at Ashursl to-day. A consignment of trout was sent up to Mr A. Fergusson , at Birmingham, yesterday to be liberated in the steeam there. Sir Patrick Buckley is to be entertained at a banquet in Wellington. Better late than never. It is understood that the Assembly Kooma has been placed at the disposal of the two election committees free of charge by tho manager, Mr W. Reading, foi committee meetings only. Members of the Masonic body are requested to note that the Feilrling Lodge will be tyled on Monday evening at seven instead oF eight o'clock, as usual, The Foresters to*day purchased n piano from Mr W. Carthew. The in~ strument is very handsome and well toned, made by Kamsperger Stuttgart It is to be used exclusively in the H.ill Dr John Sorley, who is a competent judge, selected the piano.