Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 24, 13 August 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

The 'Frisco mail arrived in Auckland yesterday. The R.M. Court will sit on Thursday next the 18th instant. The Frisco Mail will be sorted into private boxes at 8.45 p.m. Silver ore has been found on the Great Barrier Island, Auckland. The Pahiatua Star says it was the inane stupidity of the local coroner that burked the poisoning enquiry. Mr Butts, Chief Postmaster at Dunedin and Mr Bagge. Postmaster at Mas terton, will be retired at the end of the year on the ground of age. Both are oyer 60. The smartest case on record. — This morning at four o'clock a lady at Birmingham was confined of a son, and at eight o'clock an Insurance agent, had the youngster's life insured. The firebell rang about 8.15 last night, fortunately the alarm was not very serious, haying been caused by a chimney on fire at Mr Groves', m Eyre street, which was extinguished without the Brigade's services bomg required. In our report of the Manawatu Rugby Union meeting, we stated that Mr W. A. Bailey had beeu elected a vice president of the Manawatu Rugby Um«n, this should haye read a vice-president of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Mr Charles Wickham, we are glad to state, is improving in condition. He desires to remind his friends and enstoiners that his business, as a carrier and cab proprietor, still goes on, and he hopes that his illness will not be the cause of his losing any of their patronage. In opening up the Forest Reserve on the Pohangian side of the Ruahine Riiiiße, it is proposed (snys the Woodville Examiner) to lay off roads to connect Ashurst with Woodville direct by ihe Saddle ltond, and Pohnngina Valley with Woodville by the Whariti Road. Mr James Fordyce has taken premises in Fergusson street;, and started in business «is watchmaker and jeweller. Mr Fordyce has had many years experience in the trade, both in England and Scotland. Further particulars in future advertisement. An unreserved clearing sale will be held by Messrs Stevens and Gorton at Mr H. Derby's, near Colyton, ou Friday the 19th instant. Full particulars appear in the advertisement, and we have to draw attention to the fact that further entries of stock can be made. Luncheon will be provided. It is rumoured, says the Chronicle, that a co-operative butchery establishment is to be started in Wanganui, and there is some reference to a new general grocery store on similar lines. As these sort of " cut throat " enterprises generally come to singular grief, the Wanganui people should leave them severely alone. A consignment of sycamores and planes from Mr Sturm's nursery in Napier has come to hand. These trees are the joint presentation of Messrs Haybittle, Mayor, and Mr F. Y. Lehbridge, to the Borough, and are tobeplacedin Manchester Square, as far as Mr Wollerman's Hotel, and the balance will be put in Mr Edwin Worsfold's ground for about twelve months. Complaints haye reached us that boys who have the care of minding cows along tho roadside faciug the railway line, are in the habit of pulling up young trees and shrubs, which have been planted as shelter from tbe wind on private property. The boys are known aud steps will be takeu hy our mformaut to protect his property against these depredations, if the aunojance is not abated. At the conclusion of his sale here yesterday, Mr Jackson stated that he would hold an auction on the 26th instant, after Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale, of various articles made by the ladies of Feilding and district, as well as stock presented. The proceeds will be handed over to the Palmerston Hospital fund, so Mr Jackson solicited a large attendance on that date, the object being such a good one, and worthy of their cordial support. The Rev Mr Keal who is to preach the anniversary sermons for the Primitive Methodist Church next Sunday, is wellknown as an able, zealous, and energetic minister. His pastorate in Palmerston is making itself felt in promoting and encouraging- all moyements tending to the purification and well-being of the community. His not having preached in Feilding previously will doubtless cause his meetings to be well attended next Sabbath. The anniversary tea is to be held at Glasgow House on Monday eveuing. At the public meeting which will follow the tea, speeches will be given, and and a strong choir, accompanied by an orchestra, will contribute a number of anthems. Miss Nielson, of Palmerston, who has a wide reputation as a musician, is to render harp solos at each of the Sunday services, and also at the meeting on Monday. Clement's Tonic promises to become one of the most widely kuown remedies for the alleviation of suffonug humanity, that have evor been discovered. Al though it has only been on the tnarkot for a little over two years, its consumption is very large, as evidenced in the fact that during tho summer of 1890, the sale oxceeded 50,000 bottles per month iv New South Wales alone. The proprietor has received some thousands of letters from all parts of Australasia and New Zealand testifying to tho benefits which the writers have received by taking this preparation. Its bona fides as a tonic is now beyoud dispute because arnoug- tho thousands who haye put its recuperative qualities to the test, there has not been one who has complained that the result promised did not follow as certainly as night follows day. An extraordinary series of accidents occurred in a horse race run at Gin Gin, Queensland, recently. Tt was the Fare we)] Handicap, the iinal event of the day, and there were eight starters. "When half-way round four of the horses bolted off the course at a furious pace into some thick timber. William Freru'h (25). married, with a family, the rider of the hcrse Jasper, dashed ugainst a tree and the rider was killed instantly. Eddie Dixon, figi'd J5, the rider of Alice, was thrown against some timber, and his legs broken in two places. He was picked up insensible and conveyed by train to tho Bundaberg Hospital. Dixon is not fxpi'clcl to recover. The other two rulers were noi so l»>idly injurod. All i lie four horses were badly bruised. Jasper and Bfhered h;id their shoulder* broken.

The Anarchist scare has nearly died j ' out in London. ' j The firebell rang this morning, bnt it ; was only a dirty chimney. The Brigade '■ I turned out, however, prepared for any emergency. The Quadrille Assembly hold their usual fortnightly dance on "Wednesday next in the Foresters' Hall. Dancing i commences at 8 p.m. | The body of a nowly-born female child, wrapped in clothing, was found on Thurs i , day morning floatiug in the river near j Avonsido, Christchurch. ' Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Telegrams to expect frost have been sent to nearly all places. The pulpit of the Wesley an Church will be occupied by Mr Joe Dixon tomorrow morning, the subject for discourse being " The Invitation Rejected " from Luke 14-18. The Government consider the finances of the colony do not warrant them giving effect to the recommendation of the Public Petitions Committee last session on the petition of Colonel Stapp, which desired that, in view of the valuable and exceptionally military services rendered the colony by Colonel Stapp, he be paid £750. A". Auckland resident has received the following note from an old Auckland business roan now resident in Victoria : — "I forget who told me that you were coming here, bnt in any ense I would strongly ndvise you not to do so at present. The Colony is in a fearful state, and tiiere are thousands of people aelii* aliy starying. You will remember the society (to relieve distress) that I assisted you with in Auckland. Why, that was nothing compared to what we are having in Melbourne, and everyone that has >i shilling to spore, n-)W subscribes to the ' Legion Relief Fund' It is a fearful and sad state affairs, brought on by the ' boom,' and God only knows how it will end. However, I must say for the Victorians that those who have the meaus giyo liberally in every way," The problem of Arctic travel has been solved, thanks to a Californinn of the name of Lane, by a steam-motor sleigh which he has invented Mr Line has been using the first machine which he constructed— a small one run by band -power— for snow and ice travel among the mountains during the last two years with success. He is now having a large one imdc to be run by steam power. If no Arctic explorer takes advantage of this new means of reaching llie North Pole, Mr Line will use it for hauling passengers and towing logs, and carrying freiglt in the high Sierras, and will have it on hand for transferring passenger* over snow block ades on the Central Pacific. The machine needs no roads, c.in climb steep grades, and go anywhere, over snow and ice, where the way is not obstructed by thick timber or perpendicular cliffs.