Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 17, 28 July 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

+- • The coßt of the Edwards appeal to the State was LIO7O 3s 6d. A meeting of the members of the Feilding Hunt Club will be held on Saturday at 8 o'clock at Hastie's Hotel. A general meeting of the Birmingham Jockey Club will be held at Mr Lowes Hotel, Fowler's, on Saturday next. The Manchester Rifles will parade this evening. Parades for August are notified to-day. A meeting of the Feilding sports committee will be held on Wednesday next at 8 p.m. at the office of the secretary, Mr H. L. Sherwill. All town members of the Palmerston North Rifles, absent from parade from any other course than sickness, are carefully fined. Heavy rain has fallen at Rotorua. The lake is much swollen, and overflowing in places. There are signs of increased activity manifest in many springs, and dormant ones have come to life again. Tbis is accounted for by the rise in the lake, and when the water falls the springs will assume their normal condition. The Manawatu Standard learns on reliable authority tbat the Conservatives of the Palmerston district and Rangitikei (the latter of course have most to say) have disagreed over the candidate for the Palmerston seat, one section desiring to bring forward a country resident, who has already made a name for himself, and the other supporting his Worship the the Mayor, Mr Snelson. We would direct the attention of the business people and residents ot Feilding and district generally to an advertisement in another column, in whicb the Mayor i proclaims Thursday next the 4th of August, a half holiday, for the purpose of keeping that date as »' Arbor Day." The Mayor invites the assistance of the citizens in making the affair a success, and will be pleased to receive any presents of trees, shrubs, &q.

An advertisement from Mr A. Freds berg, of the Bunnythorpe United Hotel, will appear in our next issue. The members of tbe Wesleyan choir are invited to attend practice to-morrow evening at 7.30. sharp. Our Ashurst correspondent points out the important fact that Romney cross I bred sheep have fared best this winter as they are very hardy. j The firm of Stevens and Gorton will be ! j dissolved on September 30th, The new firms will be named Messrs E. Gorton I and Son. and R. S. Abraham. James Keen, of Halcombe, was brought up tn custody tbis morning on an alleged charge of arson, before Mr W. G. Haybittle, J.P., and remanded until Saturday next, at 11 a.m. Several members of the Masonic body left to-day to attend a meeting at Palmerston to-night, and the Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge, N.Z.C, in Wellington to-morrow night. The Petitions Committee, by 5 to 4, rejected a motion to recommend the House to rescind the resolution re Mr Bryce. The Committee have not yet reported, but intend to further consider the matter. At a recent meeting of the South Australian Alliance a resolution was passed " That as tlie man Carter, now committed for trial for the murder of Edwards, had evidentally been supplied with liquor while intoxicated, steps should be to taken to meet out punishment to the publican so offending." The other day (says the Hawera Star) a horse and dray belonging to a Maori, who had neglected it to go drinking, were seized by the police ana taken to a place of safety. Talking to a sympathetic pakeba, the Maori reasoned, " What for the policeman take the horse : he no get drunk ? why he not take the Maori ? By kori, tat no good." In sentencing a prisoner to two years for housebreaking ia Melbourne last week, ihe Judge, in reply to a plea from the accused that he was starving, said, " That starvation was no excuse for such a crime by men who refused work at reasonable wages, aud had a fixed rate for remuneration. They had only themselves to blame if they could not find employment. Owing to the number of landslips the Manawatu Gorge road is closed for dray traffic, although horsemen can pass. A tree fell on oUe of the bridges and broke it to pieces. Mr Bray, the Engineer for the Manchester Road Board, visited the road yesterday and left orders for the damage to be repaired at once in order that traffic might be resumed on Saturday. In Sweden the universities have been open to women for some years, and they are allowed full privileges in scholarships and degrees. Commercial colleges, post offices, banks, railway and telegraph offices accept woman as students or employe's. In Denmark, also, women are distinguishing themselves in literature and medicine. At the Uni» versity of Copenhagen several women students haye honored places in the classes. The football match, Taranaki versus Manawatu, was played at Palmerston yesterday afrernoon, and resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. Taranaki had slightly the best of the game throughout. Shannon played the best game on the ground, Joe Robinson, Matravers and Woon also showed np well for Manawatu. For Taranaki Cand, A. Bailey, Lusk, Davis, Lambie, and Good displayed the best form. Messrs Billens and Bunting, photo graphers, haye now on view at their establishment an excellent od painting of«the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr G. M. Snelson. The painting is from the brush of Mr Dindauer. the well* known artist, for whom Messrs Billens and Bunting are the local agents. This artist's work is well known in this distriot and it will be remembered that a number of portraits painted by him of leading natives, were presented to the Prince of Wales by Sir W, L. Buller. Manawatu.—Times. There is a sensation on account of the mysterious murder in her own apartments at Warsaw of Josephine Gerlacb, a beautiful ballet girl, which has been traced to a lady in high social position named Crezicka who, when arrested, confessed having committed the crime in revenge, because the ballet girl robbed her of her lover. She killed the girl with a hammer, which was found in her possession. She also robbed the girl's room ef jewellery and money. It is believed the murderess will be sent to Siberia. Mr James Laird, nurseryman, of Wanganui, has written to the local papers as follows :•—" The planting of trees on Arbor Day, as far as I understand it, is to be in public places, such as parks, school grounds, and other open spaces of ground prepared to receive them. I, therefore, offer to any school committee in the Wanganui district, who may make suitable arrangements for planting, one tree for every child attending such schools. The number of children attending to be supplied to me two days before the trees are required, when I will forward the trees for the committee to distribute." The mighty power of the Niagara Falls, which has been running to waste , tor ages past, seems really about to be utilised at last for manufacturing purposes and the good of mankind. The Goyernment of the Canadian province of Ontario has granted a concession to tne Canadian Niagara Power Company to utilise the water-power of the Falls on the Canada side, and tbis company is controlled by the American Cataract Construction Company, which now, consequently, ha» the whole of the water power of the Niagara Falls in its hands The promoters of this stupendous enterprise expect to be able to dispense a volume of power equalling that of 10,000 hor.ies by November, 1898, and to increase this power by a later date to that of 25,000 horses. The rental to be paid by the company will also lmcrease from year to year, and is intended to attain its highest point in 20 years, viz., of 35,000d0l (£7OOO sterling) per annum. " Nobody on the stage," said an old actress, who used to be a reigning star many years ago," neither man nor woman kisses from choice. At least I have neyer known it to be so. It is not a pleasant operation, no matter how much people like one another. They are both covered with paint, grease, and powder and often with perspiration, for kissing is the usual wind up to an exciting and passionate scene, and the contact of (he two faces, or even the lips, is usually unpleasant. Any sort of an actor or actress, if they know anything of their art can simulate kissing quite as effectively as if the kiss were real. No matter how much one is excited by the scene, a kiss invariable spoils the glamour of the actress. It dispels the allusion, and brings one uack to earth. On that ground alone I always object to bring kissed on the stage, even beyond the paint and grease idea. Actresses who consent to be kissed ou the stage must want to be kissed very badly— that's my experience. We notice that Mr E. Martin, the well-known Tailor, of Kimbolton Road, haa a large assortment of new English and Colonial Tweeds, Covert and Fancy Coatings of all descriptions, and materials for Dress Suitings, Fox's Serges, Scotch Bannockburns of all shades, and a good variety of Fancy Trouserings. Saddle Tweeds (both English and Colon ial), and likewise materials for Ladies' Biding Habits and Jackets. Tins stock is well worthy of inspection.,— Advt.