Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 28, 23 August 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

Luminous harness is made to prevent collision at night. Max O'Rell will visit this colony about the end of the year. The Manchester Rifles will parade for inspection on Thursday next, full dress. Mr Bruce has presented a petition to the House from James Blackmore, of Feilding, for a military land grant. Mr Edward Martin, tailor, has just imported a large assortment of new cloths and tweeds, English and Colonial, which are of the best material. At the inquest on Pluramer, the jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide, and added a rider commending the conduct of the constables. In a letter, written from Edinburgh to a friend here, Dr Charlton says he expects to be back in Feilding in a very short time. Mr G. W. Shailer has patented an invention for regulating the discharge of liquids from watering pots or other vessels. We notice that the Wairarapa Daily Times continues to annex paragraphs from this journal, without the usual acknowledgement. A meeting of the W.C.T.U. will be held in the Foresters' Hall on Thursday, the 25th instant. All members are particularly requested to be present. Mr Quong Lee's store in Fergusson street opened for business to-day. He has a large stock of fancy goods, etc, which are worthy of a visit of inspection. There was a chimney on fire this forenoon in a house on the Kimbolton road. A Scotch friend remarks " Feildin' is famous for ill soopit lums, an' bonny lasses." The many friends of Mr A. H. Tripe (brother of Mr G. R. Tripe) will be glad to learn that, at Dunedin recently, he passed his examination in dental surgery, with flying colours. We congratulate Mr Tripe on his successIt is understood that the offices of the new Pohaugina Road Board will be at Ashurst, and that probable candidates for the Pohaugina Wards will be Messrs G. R. Lucas, E. Akers, and F. Arbon. — Palmerston Timeß. A girl 12 years years of age, named Sincock, was playing near a timber stack in McCollum's yard, Wellington, on Saturday last, when a quantity of timber fell upon her and crushed her. She died in a couple of hours. Professor Murri, of Milan, recently cured a man of hydropobia by making subcutaneous injection of the rims in its fixed from. The man was paralysed from the waist downwards, and his life wan despaired of. Horse owners are reminded that nominations for the handicap events of the Feilding Hunt Club steeplechase meeting close with the secretary, Mr E. Goodbehere, on Thursday next, the 25th inst., at 8.30 p.m. We remind those interested that teuders close on thursday next, 25th August, for the various privileges in connection with the forthcoming Feilding Steeplechase Meeting Tenders should be lodged with the secretary, Mr E. Goodbehere. In Switzerland a saw 7ft 3in in diameter is being used to cut large blocks of stone. The teeth are made of dia* monds, held in small discs of steel. The cut is fin wide, and about one square foot of Carrara white marble is sawed per minute. At a sitting of the District Court in chambers at Palmerston, last Saturday, Mr Hankins obtained probate of the will of Christian Honore, of Foxton, storekeeper. Mr Haukins also made a similar application in the will of Charles Austin, of Feilding. Our Foxton contemporary has the following : — The hemp trade is on a far better footing than it has been for some time. We hear of five mills, if more by now have not accepted, who have secured fair contracts for their output for the next six, and in some cases twelve months. This is satisfactory to the millers and to the tradespeople of the town. Sir George Grey was presented with an illuminated address in Wellington last evening, signed by about 3000 persons, on the veteran attaining the age of 80 years. There wa» a large number of people present to witness the presentation, which was made by Mr Dwan. The Mayor of Wellington (Mr H. D. Bell) and Mr Duthie, M.H.R., spoke in glowing terms of Sir George's services. Sir George Grey, m thanking his numerous friends for the address, made a very impressive and eloquent speech. The proceedings were yery enthusiastic. During the winter season is the best time for scraping and liming fruit trees, so as to get rid of moss, lichens, and other parasites or insects that may be on the trees. In France it has been found that the addition of a little sulphate of iron (copperas) to the whitewash, is a decided improvement, and is more effeo* tive than lime alone. This addition has been approved of by at least one pomological congress. It is better to pass the lime water through a strainer before ad-> ding the copperas, thus removing all lumps, and making the wash more easy to apply. A dressing, properly done, not only kills moss, but also destroys the eggs of various insects. Tho importance of keeping tho surface and extremities of the body warm durine braiuwork has long been recognised in a general way; but Professor . Mosso, of Turin, has demonstrated that when the brain is active much more blood is sent to it from the peripheral parts of the body. He has also found that the circulation of the blood in the brain is subject to fluctuations which are apparently not dependent on physical activity. Fatigue caused by brainwork acts as a poison, which affects all the organs, especially the muscular system. The blood of dogs fatigued by long rac« ing also acts as a poison, and when injected into other dogs makes them exhibit all the symptoms of fatigue. Sense of fatigue seems to be due to the products of the nerve-cells rather than to the deficiency of proper substance. Mr Thomas Stevens, in Lippioncott, has a*n article on the " Bicycling Girl," in which ho says that the bicycle girl, the cearest approach to a winged cherub yet permitted on this earth, is the moat faacinating result of the new pastime. Tho homoeopath physicians of Chicago unanimously declare taat bicycle riding is ouo of the most healthy forms of erercise that women can indulge in. An old lady of sixty trundles her bicycle regularly through tho streots of Cincinnati. It is tho easiest thing m the world for a woman to loam to rido tho Ladios Safety, and all teachers agree that women learn quicker than men. On tho other hand, if women are going to make thomsolve-s " too utterly lovoly " iv this wwy it will holp to spoil their chances for tho franchise.

A letter from Seraphina Grumble will appear in our next issue. An advertiser wants two rooms near Queen's street. Address X care of Star Office. * Mr Bruce wishes men engaged in bushfelling contracts to be exempted from the Truck Act. We have to acknowledge receipt of a batch of Parliamentary papers and ■ Hansard to the 3rd instant. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for gales and heavy rain haye i been sent to all places. Sergeant Slattery has been appointed Inspector of Weights and Measures for Palmerston jS T ortli, FeilJing, and the Oroua and Manawatu countries. A meeting of the committee of the Colonists' Political Association will be held on Friday afternoon in the Foresters' Hall, Bowen street. The draught entire horse " Manager," the property of T. D. Mitchell, Esq., will be sold at Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s next Palmerston sale. A five- year- old son of Eichard Hatch, of Masterton, died yesterday of iv juries sustained through his clothes catching fire tho previous day. A general meeting of members of the Fire Brigade is to be held to-morrow evening, when a full attendance is requested. An entertainment, by the Beaconsfield amateurs, will be given in the Feilding Assembly Rooms, ut an early dale, in aid of the funds of the local Tennis Club. Further particulars in a future issue. It appears that everybody wept over the wrong man, and that after all Dick Matthews, the boxer, is still in the land of the living. Matthews was exhibitinir in Kingston, Jamaica, on June 11th, and wag then on his way to New Orleans to fulfil an engagement. We direct the attention of our readers to the great slaughter sale annonced at The Other House, by Mr Roddy. The goods are all new and fashionable, and must be sold, therefore the prices are remarkably small, even for the present time when margins are cut so fine. The stock is now on view. A man at Glasgow has invented a machine which, it is claimed, will revolutionise the dairy industry and do away with the farm-hands who do tho milking. The machine is constructed on the vacuum principle, and when ad justed to the cow the milk flows iuii continuous stream. The machine does the work without assistance. The Maoris at Aorangi have been holding a meeting since Thursday last. A considerable number from the Waikatu and Wanganui districts passed through Feildiug to-day on their homeward journey. We understand that the meeting was held for the purpose of making arrangements for Te Kooti's visit to this neighbourhood next summer. A recent visitor to a lunatic asylum near Sydney saw among the inmates a near relation of a British peer, a brother-in-law of a baronet, a son of a dean of the Church of England, a Church of England clergyman acting as a warder, two captains and one colonel of the British Army, the brother of a popular English novelist, and a member of the famous Light Brigade of Balaclava. The construction of a road to connect the Wellington Fruitgrowers' Association block with the railway station at Waikanae has been commenced. Fifteen men are employed, and it is expected that the work will be completed before Christmas. Operations on the various sections are progressing satisfactorily, and the prospects of the settlement aie considered to be excellent.— Post. Even Insurance agents are liable to accidents. Owing to the bridge at Awahuri being " closed for repairs " travellers have to ford the river, and when one of these gentlemen was doing so the other day his horse became alarmed at the rushing water and " played up." Beyond a ducking and a scare the rider escaped uninjured. A less expert horseman would have fared worse. The farewell services to Captain and Mrs Hildreth on Sunday last were well attended, particularly iv the evening when the Hall was crowded. On Monday a final farewell bauquet was given, and the reception of tho new officer, Captain Nellie Smith took place, a hearty welcome being accorded her. Captain Kerr of Wellington, the Divisional Sec retary came up on Saturday specially to attend these meetings. Captain Hildreth's health is far from good, so he has been granted six weeks leaye of absence on furlough, a thorough rest and change of air being deemed advisable. We wish this energetic officer a complete recovery before the expiration of his leave of absence, and hope soon to hear of his being in harness again, and working in a new location for the cause which he has so much at heart.