Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 45, 1 October 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

-• Mr Milson has just received a lot o" fancy goods which will be on view in the window this evening. A meeting of the committee of the Manchester Horticultural Society will be held at Mr Goodbehere's office to-night. The Wanganui and Manawatu representative footballers play a match next Saturday. The Natives seem to be farming in earnest on the Awarua Block, their flocks and herds amounting to 107,750 shoep and 700 head of cattle. Mr W. W. McCardle has ceased to be a member of the Laud Board, his term of office having expired on tbe 13th instant, and the vacancy has not yet been filled by the Government. — Post. The vital statistics for the district of Foilding for quarter ended 30th September, are as follows : — Births, 36 ; deaths, 9 ; marriages, 7. Six deaths were those of children, one person oyer 85 years, and one accidentally killed, Tho Acting- Premier has stated in the House that when there is a decided expression of opinion from those interested in favour of appointing an expert to examine frozen meat, Government will consider the question. The Wellington Land Board has disposed of 12,312 acres 0 roods 14 perches since Ist April last, the amount realised 1 being £10,721 19s lOd. The largest section sold during the current month was 350 acres nt Makuri, which was taken up on perpetual lease by Mr it. Reav. Mr A. Pringle, of the Empire Stables, has secured tho thorough-bred horse Coronet for the service of breeders during the ensuing season. Coronet is a dark chestnut, standing 15 hands 3 inches, and is a very well bred horse, as may be seen by reference to an advertismeut which arjpears in another column. An English paper is responsible for the statement that the tuft of feathers on top of the crown of the Prince of Wales is valued at £10,000; that they took twenty years to collect, and caused the death of more than twenty hunters. We like truthful statements of this description. A meeting was held at the Wosluyan Church ou Thursday oveniug last, whon the £oniinittee's report was recoiycrl with reference* tp #ie proposed enlargement of Chuich, but nothing defiuite was ileeitiiHl, and the matter was held oyer for further coueuloration on Thursday next. Tho Anniversary will bo kept on either ttyo 9th or JQth of pecomber, the latter day if possible so as to obtain tho Assembly Rooms for that date.

Parliament is expected to close at the end of next week. The total quantity of wool exported from this colony during the year 1891 was 106,187,1441b5: vaiue, £4,129,686. A settler living just outside Feilding had a calf born the other day without any eyes. The calf is living, and appears to be doing well. The Public Petitions Committee have reported, with regard to Sir Julius Vogel's request for commission ou the five million loan, that he has no claim on the colony. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for southerly gales, with rain and much colder weather, have been sent to all/places. The Pohangina Road Board invite applications for the combined offices of clerk and engineer. Applications must be in, addressed to the chairman of the Board, Feilding, not later than 11 a.m. on Saturday, Bth October. Mr T. W. Glover, the well-known and eloquent Temperance advocate, is notified to preach to-morrow morning in the Primitive Methodist Church. He is already advertised to lecture on Saturday, evening in the Wesleyan Church. Some of the performers in the Italian Opera Company, which is haying a season in Wangauui, struck last night and refused to go on with the programme. The alleged reason is that they did not receive their salaries according to agreement. ' Mr Henry Worstold, of St Leonard's Nursery, Queen street, has an adyertise- ' ment in to-day in which he announces I that he can supply a choice assortment of pot plants afc the lowest rates. He will also have ready iv November asters, stocks, phlox drummondii, zinnias, etc. In Chambers, at Dunedin Mr Jusiice Williams made an order compelling A. M'Killop, who was recently ordered to pay verdict and costs £70, in a breach of promise case, in which Miss Valentine was the plaintiff, at the rate of 15s per week until the amount was liquidated. The Clydesdale horse young Bruce, the property of Mr W. Baker, of Makino, is now at the service of breeders in Feilding and surrounding districts. Young Bruce 1 is a splendid specimen of the Clydesdale breed, and is just the class of horse wanted in a district like this. For further 1 particulars see advertisement. ! Mr Dodge, (he State statistician at Washington, estimates the wool clip at two billion pounds weight. The clip for Australasia last year exceeded 500,' 000,000lb. equal to one quarter of the whole. Of the Australian clip, New South Wales cut one half, or equal to ! oue eighth of tbe total supply of the , world. Mr Glover, who is holding a temperi ance meeting in the Wesleyan Church this evening, is one of the mostjpromin- ' ent members of the ISJew Zealand temperance alliance. Mr Glover is now touring " through the colony organising temperance i lodges, and inspecting those already i established. It is expected there will be i a large muster to-mght. 6ays the Palmerston Times : — Train communication with Ashurst was resumed yesterday but traffic in the Gorge is still suspended. A coach was sent out from Palmerston yesterday morning to run the passengers and mails between Ashurst and Woodville. Several racehorses were taken through to Napier to fulfil their engagements at the forth* coming spring meeting. They will travel through the Gorge on foot. To-night Mr J. B. Hamilton will make a splendid window display, when the ladies of Feilding will be afforded an unusually attractive show of very choice new spring millinery, novelties &c, which have just been opened and will be shown for the first time. Our lady readers will find this special millinery display of Mr Hamilton's one of the most interesting ever seen in Feilding. At the hdlf^vearly meeting of the Colonial Bank the report was adopted declaring a dividend of 7 per cent. The Hon George McLean, chairman, said steady progress has been made ; £2500 being added to reserve, and £8126 carried forward, making the total reserve fund £52,500. Deposits were gradually increasing and old securities wero being steadily realised. The Wills' Surprise Party play here to-night at the Assembly Rooms. The company have done a phenomenal busiuess in every city in the South Island, and judging from the excellent notices of the southern papers, the performances are a long way ahead of any combination of a similar kind that has ever visited New Zealand. Amongst the company is Miss Priscilla Verne, one of the most popnlar artists that ever yisited Maori Laud. It is surprising how the bush settlements are coming to the front in atheletics along the Manawatu line. We have just received a copy of the second annual meeting to be held on the Prince of Wales Birthday at Levin, and we observe that Mr P. Bartholomew, late of • Feilding, is the president. £50 is the i value of the prizes which is an increase of £18 above last year's meeting. Should the weather prove fine the meeting will be a great attraction to residents along the line, and in the Empire City. At the Medical Congress in an interesting paper on criminal insanity was read by Dr SpriDgthorpe, of Melbourne. The doctor alleged that the test for irresponsibility of the insane was wrong in theory, false in fact, cruel in metaphysical conception, and unreliable in practical application. A committee was appointed to consider the question with a. view to arriying at a better understanding in regard to the question from its legal aspect. A committee meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club was held in Mr Goodbehere's office on Thursday last, when it was decided to abandon the Summer Hack Meeting usually held at Christmas time. The committee resolved to hold a two days' meeting in the Spring, on the 30th of November and the Ist of December next. The club propose to give in prizes something over j;600 for the two days' meeting in Noyember next, and will hold their Autumn Meeting at Easter as usual, which will also be a two days' meeting. The following is the result of the ex--1 animation of the Beaconsneld School, examined by Inspector W. H. Vereker Bin don on September 21st : — Standard VII, presented 1, passed 1 ; Standard VI, presented 2, failed 2 ; Standard IV, presented 3, passed '6; Standard 111, presented 9, passed 3, failed 1, absent 1, cxi cepted 4 ; Standard 11, presented 6, passed : 6 ; Standard I, presented 6, passed 5, ab- : sent 1. Percentage of roll number pre--1 sented in standards, 71*1. Percentage of i failures, 15. Percentage of passes on l number presented, omitting exceptions, 850 The Lyttelton Times, a Ministerial paper, thus writes of the proposal to f grant £3,000 to the widow and family of the late Sir Harry Atkinson : When Sir I Harry Atkinson passed away, the people • of New Zealand felt they had lost a ' braye soldier, a capable man, and an honorable politician. No greater tri- , bute could be paid to his high integrity , than to say that he died comparatiyely ! poor. 11 nd Sir Harry devoted himself p to land speculation, or used his great talents a rid rare opportunities to promote '. his own interests, he would, there can be > little doubt, have left a colossal fortune 3 to his widow and children. It would be r ignoble to refuse this recognition to the r family of a man who laid down his life ip the seryice of Ijis fellow colonists.