Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 151, 18 June 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

The Eiwitea Road Board was sitting as we went to press this afternoon. The meeting of the Fire Brigade called for Thursday evening lapsed for want of a quorum. The youngest child of Mr Clifford of Carnarvon, died on Saturday last from diphtheria. Mr W. Watts, builder, was the successful tenderer for the erection of stables for Dr Johnston. Both prisoners were acquitted in the Eketahuna murder case tried in Wellington. Our readers are reminded that Edison's latest phonograph will be exhibited in the Assembly Rooms on Monday night. Mr Bruce had a very successful meeting: at Bnnnythorpe, and Mr Stevens met the same reception at Makino, on Thursday night. The next quarterly communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand will be held in Wellington on Friday July 29th. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — t Warnings to expect strong easterly wind and rain have been sent to all places. The Woodyille paper is responsible for the statement that one settler in the Manawatu district has lost half of a flock of a thousand hoggets by disease. The new office for the Manawatu Timber Company, now being erected on Kirn boltou road near the Court House, is rapidly approaching completion. The arrivals in the colony during the month of May were 1057, and the departures 1023. The bulk of the people as usual came from or went to Victoria or New South Wales. As a man was riding a horse across the beach at Evans Bay near Wellington last Thursday afternoon, the animal went into a bog, turned a complete somersault and broke its back. The rider is not known, but it is stated that the animal belonged to Dr McCarthy.— N.Z. Times. We are glad to announce that the Dobson -Kennedy Comedy Company will appear in the Assembly Rooms on Thursday next, where they will produce the grand musical Comedy drama " Hans, the Boatman." For other particulars see advertisement. The Feilding Catholic church has had three new windows placed in the Sane" tuary. The subjects are "The Last Sup; er," " Crucifixion" and "Good Shepherd." A few days ago a Foxton citizen was " ducked" under the town pump, concerning which yesterday's Herald remarked :— •" The recipient of the free cold douche is keeping very quiet— angelically so — being busy drying his badly treated wardrobe." A. contemporary states that at a Eorough Council meeting &t an Austra*. lian town recently a proposition was made " That this council rote the Mayor yearly the sum of LSO to defray the expenses incidental to the position, and to provide refreshments at the couucil meetings," This idea would result in some peculiar compli ations, if tried in New Zealand. Mr John Stevens' election committee met at the Assembly Rooms on Thursday night, and, after the business, adjournment was made till Wednesday next in the same place. It was understood, howeyer, that should Mr Bruce wish to address the electors that night the com inittee would hold their meeting at some other time. During a discussion at a County Council in Kawke's Bay on the drainage question, one member expressed the opiniou that certain water came from the uplands, sheep runs, owners of which should bemade to pay for proper drainage of the water. The Jow lands suffered. The Chairman did not see how that apN plied, became " they might as well say that it came from the Almighty from Heaven !" To-rnorro\v morning Mr Joe Dixon, of Bunnythorpe, will preach in the Feilding Wesleyan Church. The subject for the sermon will be " The Christian's Hope " giving the grounds for such assurance and illustrating the motives by which Christians have been prompted to deeds of self-denial and self sacrifice, the cause and effect of which have often given rise to feelings of wonder, pity, and sometimes admiration. In consequence of the heavy losses sustained by Mr Montague, auctioneer, by the recent fire in Palmerston North, he invited a meeting of his creditors yesterday, when they unanimously consented to accept a composition of ten shillings in the pound, payable five shillings cash, and five shillings in bills of three, six, and nine months. Strong sympathy was expressed for Mr Montague, and a general wish expressed, in which we heartily join, that he would have a bright and prosperous future to compensate for his past unavoidable misfortunes. Mr Jack man, of Awahuri, is the possessor of threo wether sheep which work' in harness, Mr Jackumn has had a c.irf of suitable sisjo constructed and harnessed to this the sheep, one in the shaft's nnd two lenders manage to draw very consider able loads of veoocl- Tbey ll»v<? til PIT own stables and feed boxes and, unlike horses, nothing will induce them to go into the wrong stall. Several people have seen and become very much interested in the intelligent way in which the sheep go through their strange work. Mr Woller J man, we are informed, has offered a set, I of harness to Mr Jackmau if he will send them to the next A. aud P. Show.— Manawatu Times.

Mr Greenwood, dentist, will visit i Feilding on Thursday, 7th July. j By a notice in our wanted column it ■will be seen the quadrille assembly will ; meet on Wednesday next in the Foresters' Hall, dancing to commence at 8 o'clock' The new piano belonging to the Foresters will be used. There u-ill be special services in the { Roman Catholic Church, St. Bridget's, ' to-morrow, and we particularly reqnest : the members of the congregation to note ! the advertisement published to-day. | The Wanganui Licensing Bench has I refused the following licenses : — Prince of ; Wales Hotel, Wanganui Hotel, St. John's Hotel. We are in receipt of Pearce's Property List and Investors' Guide for the current month, and may remark it is steadily advancing m favour with the public. It covers 24 pages, and contains a carefully compiled record of many hundreds of town and country properties, showing at a glance the area, position, prices, and terms of the many valuable farms and residences placed in Mr Peavce's hands for disposal. The well-known journalist, war corresrespondent, and lecturer, Mr C. O. Montrose (late of the 40th Regiment), was in Feilding yesterday, en route for Marton, where he will lecture next week. Mr Montrose, it will interest the early pioneers to know, accompanied the first batch of immigrants to Feilding at the opening of the settlement as a " special reporter" and wrote a clever and chatty account of it for the Wellington Independent. Many of our readers will, doubtless, remember that we re-published the article mentioned some few months ago, but the name of the author was not then disclosed. It is probable Mr Montrose may be induced to give one of his interesting lectures here at an early date.