Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 39, 17 September 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

The Assembly Rooms are engaged for every night next week. The Bachelors Ball held in the Assembly Rooms last night was a brilliant affair. Mr M. Cohen and Mr James Linton will probably be candidates for the Mayoralty of Palinerston North. The glove contest between Harry Laing and Milton Orbell will take place this evening in the Assembly Rooms. The well-known entire horse Arab (late Sir Aubrey) arrived in Feilding last night and is now at the Empire Stables. A very good portrait of the Hon. John Ballance appears in the last number of Australian edition of the Review of Reviews. The annual examination of the Feilding State School, by Inspector Vereker Bindon, will take place next Wednesday week, September 28th. We regret to learn from the Manawatu Times, that no hopes are held out of the recovery of Mr N. Valentine from his illness. Mr E. Larcomb, architect, has accepted the tender of Messrs Robbie and Urry. at£2J2for the erection of Mr Greenwood's Hurgerj at Feilding. Other tenders for the work were received as follows :— Messrs W. H. Taylor, £294 ; Richards, £291 ; Aitken, £254 10s ; J. I). Valentine, £247 10s; Connell and King, £242 9s ; i'cddie and Co, £227 ; A. R. M,uur 0 , £2J.B.— Monawatu Times. The Manawatu. County Council is thr6utened with a law caae, from the late ! contractor for working the tramway, Mr D. M. Brookes. It (says the Mauawatu Tirnos) appears that two unfavourable roports on tho state of the permanent way wore laid before the Couucil by the Kngineer, Mr Bray, and Mr Brookes contended that these injuriously nffoctod Uj9 jreceiptß from the Hue. lie now claims from the Council tho sum of £150 as damages for ' tho publication of these reports in two district' papers, and faHing payment by the Council has asked t!bat body to name a solicitor to accept aervico

Yesterday the manager and secretary of the Palmerston gas company visited Feilding, with the view of extending the operations of their company to this town. Several of our Legislators visited a public school in Nelson recently. The place and its adjuncts possessed a charming novelty for some of them. We have to acknowledge receipt of complimentary ticketsfor the performance by the Beaconsfield Amateurs in the Assembly Rooms ou the 24th in instant, j Cholera is not the only big desease on the qni vive. The plague is active in Persia and yellow feyer is remarkably lively m the State and city of Vera Cruz. It is expected thaf the result of the English Elections Petitions, seyeral of which are pending, will be to still further increase Mr Gladstone's major ity We learn that Miss Alice Sydney Burvett, the celebrated pianiste, will return to Feilding early next month, with a view to giving a grand performance in the Assembly Rooms. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for notherly gales hold good at all places southward of Napier and Wanganui. The Waste Lands Committee have considered the petition of Mr Coleman Phillips, of the Wairarapa, re ccrtaiu land transactions, and report that they cannot ask the House to interfere with A roan named Abraham Douglas was arrested to-day by Constable Tuohey, and brought before Mr W. G. Haybittle, J.P., charged with failing to support his illegitimate child. The case was remanded until the 22nd: inst. Bail, £'200, was accepted. Wo hive to thank the Government for a copy of the New Zealand Official Handbook for 1892, prepared under instructions from the Hon. J. Ballance, Premier, by Mr Yon Dadelszen the RegistrarGeneral. This is a most useful publication and should be studied by every colonist, News issought of John Dayies, a native of Ambrothe, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, who sailed from London for Australia about 1852. If this should meet his eye, or any kind friend knowing whether he is dead or alive, would they kiudly write to his brother, Henry Davies, Gellydeg, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, South Wales ? Another long cherished belief of the free-born Briton has been dashed away by the rude hand of modern iconocJasm. A London magistrate has laid it down that a constable has a right to enter a dwelling and arrest a husband who is ill-treating his wife. An Englishman's house is no longer his castle. The temperance meeting to be held on Monday will be interesting. The Rev. Mr Ellis from Palmerston North who will address the meeting, is an eloqueut speaker, and bas already made a name for himself, as the publisher and editor of the temperance paper "True Blue," and is considered one of the best authorities in the district on prohibition. Mr Shera gravely assured the House the other night that he had in his lime met lawyers possessed of common sense and though members laughed incredu* lously he stuck to his statement, which he hud made apropos of the proposal in the Conciliation Bill to pre vent barristers from appearing in cases before the Conciliation Court, " Observer," writing to the Post, expresses a belief that the absence of the Auroras during the presence of therecent sports m the sun, is due to the dust of the Krakatoa eruption still suspended in our atmosphere, and so distributes electricity, which in other vears was collected at the pules of the earth when the sun was spot covered. On Friday next Messrs Stevens and Gorton will sell by public auction at their mart Fergusson street Feilding, the property of the late Captain Dalrymple consisting of clothing, boots, saddlery, opera glass, &c &c, all in excellent condition, also a quantity of cocksfoot and other seeds, the whole without the slight reserve. Dr. Brown, F.R.G.S., the renowned missionary, linguist, explorer, and scientist is announced to deliver one of his lectures with illustrations by hme-hght, in Short's Hall, Feilding, next Tuesday evening. From our exchanges we gather that whereyer the Dr. has delivered bis lectures he has met with enthusiastic receptions. We urge upon all to embrace the opportunity of listening to a gentleman of such ability and experience. The veteran soldier aud journalist, Mr C. O. Montrose, is announced to deliyer a narrative of personal experiences and reminiscences entitled "Lights and Shadows of Mew Zealand Battlefields," with some interesting reminiscences of "Early Feildmg" in the Assembly Rooms on Tuesday next, as already stated. Mr Montrose accompanied Mr Fallett-Hal combe, the agent for Col. Feilding, on the occasion of the arrival of the first batch of settlers on the Manchester Block. Lord Justice Coleridge delivered judgment on August sin a case where a working man sued the Duke of Rutland because the latter's game-keeper had stopped traffic on the highway while they were hunting grouse. Lord Coleridge said the days of high-handed interference with the rights of the people had passed The evidence show that a gamekeeper knocked the plaintiff down, and when he complained to the Duke's son. Lord Edward Manners, the latter replied with an oath, " If you were shot your life would be on your own head." This, the Lord J ustice said, would not be tolerated from any person. As showing the extent to which a certain section of the English Tories can push their political spite, we quote the following paragraph from a late issue of Truth : — A Liberal par3ori, who is likely to suffer for letting his political convictions be known, is the yicar of Christ Church, Frome. On the Sunday after the election at his place, on the vicar entering the pulpit, about 20 wellknown Tories of the church — thereby signifying. I suppose, that party politics are of much more consequence in their eyes than religious observances. All red flowers on the graves in the church* yard were pulled up — red being the Liberal colour. The Liberal victory in this division has apparently bereft local Toryism of the few shreds of intelligenpe aud decency it ever posses sed. The audience that assembled at Thomas' Hall Wellington to hear Mr Jude give his musical entertainment, was indeed fortunate. Seldom do the Wellington public haye the opportunity of listening to a musical evening of Bach variety. The eminent composer had the audience with htm from the beginning until the end of the programme. At one moment the audience were almost spellbound at hearing some pathetic ballad, touchingly rendered, the next they were in roars of laughter at some funny yarn quaintly told. The Fantasia on the organ, from the opera ' William Tell', is especially worthy of mention, Tlie volume of sound extracted from the com paratively small instrument was something wonderful, and Mr Jude had to respond to a hearty encore. The musical sketch, * Uncle Jack's Christmas Party,' was very funny, and kept the audience in a continual titter. The programme was brought to a close by Mr Jude singing ' Home Boys Home,' the audience ioining lustily in the chorus.— N. Z. Times: ' ' •' .

Mr Graut of Smison, will occupy the pulpit of the Feildins* Wesleyan Church j to-morrow night. The discourses giveu by this preacher are in touch with the spirit of the times, and hia services are much appreciated. An "inset" appears in our issue today from Messrs T. E. Attwood and Co, who have started m business in Feilding as photographers, at the premises formerly occupied by Mr John Stevens, tailor, in Manchester street. Government have decided to communicate with the Agent-General in London asking him to apprise them of the departure for New Zealand of anj vessels from cholera infected ports. Steps will then be taken to prevent the plague being introduced into the Colony from such vessels. This day's issue contains an " inset " from Mr Jude, the emiment organist, vocalist, and composer, whoso entertainment comes off on Wednesday next. Wellington and other papers contain flattering notices of this gentleman's pro gramme, and a great treat may be anticipated by those who attend his performance. The grand spectacular drama " The Octoroon " will be played in the Assembly Booms on Monday night. The company includes the best local talent in the district, and they have spared no pains to make the play an entire and brilliant success. A young woman, Miss Julia Sullivan > died at Hokitika last Thursday. The medical evidence at the inquest was to the effect that deceased died from hcemorrhage from bursting a blood vessel in the lungs. She was strong and healthy and apparently had nothing wrong with her. A case of some interest to solicitors and others was heard in the Wellington Magistrate's Court before Mr H, W. Robinson, R. M.. when Mr Ha«elden solicitor, sued the Palmerston North Borough Council for the sum of LlO 10s as refreshing fee for watching a case for them in the Court of Appeal. It appears that the plaintiff received a brief from the Borough solicitor, with a LlO 10s tee, for wa' clung a case in which the council were interested. The case occupied the Appeal Court for three days, and the claim was for fees for the two latter days. Mr Jellicoe, who appeared for the defence asked for a nonsui', on the ground that Borough Councils had no power to spend moneys unless by resolution, nnd also that a barrister could not sue for fees His Worship, in giving judgment, said he would nonsuit on either point, both being fatal to the plaintiff's case-