Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 46, 4 October 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr J. E. Henry has been appointed handicapper for the Lower Talley lub and the T'lratnhi-Carterton Racing Club Mr J. H. Taylor, butcher, Makino, advertises the prices of meat vended by i him. There is a slight rise owing to the great advance in the price of stock. The time for sending in tenders to Mr Bray for additions to Mr J. Taylor's house, has been extended to Thursday next. The committee meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club was held at Mr Light's Denbigh Hotel on Thursday last, aud not at Mr Goodbehere's office as stated in our report. Mr G. F. Holmes, a well-known local sailmaker at Greymouth, was found dead in bed on Saturday last. The cause is supposed to be fatty degeneration of the heart. Mr J. L. Hills, of Pahautanui, has bought a property on the Ashurst road about three miles from Colyton, which belonged to the Colonists Land Corporation, and intends to build a house thereon at once. The Wellington Telephone Exchange now heads the list with 740 subscribers, Dunedin 736, Auckland 636, and Christchurch 600. The two latter were opened in October, 1881, Dunedin in April, 1882, and Wellington in March, 1883. i A well known lady resident of Mudgee died recently under peculiar circumstances. She pared a corn some time ago with a rusty razor, which brought on blood poisoning. Gangrene set in, and the leg was amputated above the knee, but the sufferer never recovered. Mr A. Williamson, tailor, Manchester street, has just received a new and choice assortment of English and Colonial tweeds, serges, and worsteds, suitable for spring and summer wear. The goods are worthy of inspection by those desirous of seeing the latest and newest designs. We learn by telegraph, through the Press Association, that Miss Maud Appleton and Mr Robert Ininan, manager of the Grattan Riggs Company, were married at the Thames, Auckland, last Saturday. Mr Grattan Riggs giving away the bride. Of the Romney Marsh rams imported for Mr R. Cobb by the Coptic's last trip, one has been sold to Mr H. Eglintou Lower Hutc, for 80 guineas ; another to Mr A. Matthews, Featherston, at 75 guineas ; and a third to Mr Bridges, of Napier, at 55 guineas. We have been requested to state that though it will be some days before the slip in the Manawatu Gorge is cleared the Railway Department has arranged to convey passengers between Ashurst and Woodville by coach without extra charge. There are two splendid pieces of furniture, made of red pine, on view in Mr Alfred Eade's window in Manchester street. One a full Scotch chest of drawers, and the other a combined dressing table and toilet chest, both with silyer mountings. The workmanship and finish are good and reflect great credit on Mr Eade's skill. Mr F. W. Glover, the well-known temperance lecturer, was unable to hold his meeting last Saturday, on account of the inclemency of the weather. He preached an eloquent and forcible sermon in the Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday morning, which was attended by a large congregation. Mr Glover may be expected to return to Feilding some time next week, when he will deliver his lecture, of which due notice will be given by advertisemant. Mr S. J. Thorn psop, of the Red House* lias been appointed local agent for the English Alliance Assurance Company (successors to the Union Fire Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand.) '. The head office for the colony is at Christchurch, and the capital of the Company is £5,000,000. The GomDany is one of the soundest insurance companies doing business in the colonies, and is celebrated fax its promptitude in settling a legitimate claims. Judge Kettle sentenced James Ward a stocbdealer, to three months' impnsou- , Qu-nt at Hawera on Thursday for failing to keep usual and reasonable books of account. In giving sentence His Honor said : I fully recognise the difficulty iv drawing up n yulid warrant, but I have always held that where the evidence clearly shows that an offence has been ' j committed it is my boundeo duty, as an l administrator of the law, to exercise the power given to ih ( is pojjrfc by section 171 ot the Act. r Sir George Grey (apropos of the Grov- . ernment's refusal to oxempt improve- - noentg from taxation) : Why, sir, I never saw s.uch ,a Mjnjstry aa this before ; they j are always saving; fhtfy are willing to do what tho public deuiaads, a'tjcf'ypt th«v never do it! At U4s jate, tb.u rsl\m\\a ' they profess to bo so anxious for \yill, indeed, come slowly, Bir, I do not understand them ; but sir, this is what f hoy ;ir« doing : This so-called tax on tho rich kj h 1 hd\b to tho poor, whom, all the timi«, thoy : opui'6S3 through the customs, which they . will not radufie but wrongfully maintain at an oppressive pitcb, though they estimate) their next surplus at £\iGO,GQQ. Sir, I never saw such a Ministry I

Grey town footballers beat iffSfsCeitou on Saturday by 5 to 2. An English mail, via 'FristyVwill close here to-morrow, at 3.45 p.m. Mr George Fisher, M.H.R., contests the Wellington Mayoralty. A Hawera bankrupt was " sent up " for three months because he did not keep proper books of account. The farms of Messrs D. and W. Man* son, situated on the Rangitikei Line, wil' be sold some time in December. We have to acknowledge receipt of a couple of batches of Parliamentary papers from the Government printer. The young people of Feilding will be pleased to hear that the Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball will be repeated at au early date. Particulars will be shortly adver* tised. Our local poet says it is not true " that a good name is better than riches," because he can't get "tick" for a pair ol breeches. Whereas, if he had the coin, he could haye them at once. The Napier News is good enough to say that :— To the Feilding Star, an Opposition paper (but one, we may add, that is thoroughly honest and never stoops to party meanness of any kind) is due the credit of having published the best article on the Council appointments that has yet appeared iv auy New Zealand paper. The rainfall for September was 515 inches, the largest fall in ten years for the month of September with the exception, of September, 1884, when 842 inches fell, and September 1887 when 8 Jl inches were registered, followed by 909 inches October in the wettest season recorded. Mean temperature tor month lowest for same month for seren years. The Wairarapa Star says :— A witness was being tested in the District Court at Masterton on Friday as to his ability to remember events, when he meekly exclaimed ' Oh, yes I can remember when you were sued for your washing at Woodville.' The crowd in Court enjoyed the joke, although council was quite naturally discomfited. The final championship match between Wellington football clubs was played on Saturday last, when Petone and Melrose were the contesting teams. The former won by 12 points to nil. In Wellington the Poneke club hold champion honors, haying defeated every team they met, and the Petone club takes second place. The Poneke club also takes junior honors. Two swaggers going to Barrytown, Greymouth, from Brighton, on Thursday found a tent in the bush near the Gentle Annie Track. It looked as if it had been standing for a couple of years. Inside was a skeleton bleached, with boots, moleskin trousers, cotton shirt, coat, vest aud hat alongside the skull. There was a bridle underneath the tent, old and mildewed. The members of the Wesleyan Sewing Bee met in the Church yesterday afternoon aud resolved to hold their anniversary at the usual date and place, viz : on November 9th, in the Assembly Rooms. There is to be a tea, followed by a social, in which music and various parlor amusements will be introduced, the whole to wind up with a coffee supper. Further particulars will appear by advertisement shoitly. . " General " Booth, at the twentyseventh anniversary meeting of the Salvation Army recently, stated that wonderful work had been accomplished by his legions in Australia and New Zealand. They had visited Western Australia, where they already had a magnificent footing, and converted some " unutterable blackguards." The Army now preaches " salvation " in twenty-four different languages. In connection with rescue work, 1484 lost creatures were received up to last Christmas, and 972 girls. At the meeting of the Wanganui Harbor Board, held at Wanganui yesterday, Mr Parsons reported that he had waited on the Government on the matter of the Harbor Board Endownment as desired. He had not troubled Mr Ballance with the matter, owing to his illness, but he had interviewed the acting-Pre-mier, Mr Seddon, who had promised to do all in his power to push the Bill through. He noticed that the Bill had since passed the second reading, and was, therefore, pretty safe to become law this session. — Mr Parsons was thanked. by the Board for his services in the matter. A considerable amount of interest was excited in Hawera on Friday last owing to the relatives of an elderly gentleman of about 71 years instituting proceedings under the Lunacy Act, the object; of the proceedings being to prevent the Registrar of Marriages issuing a license to enable the above gentleman to marry a young lady uuder 15 years of age, who has agreed to marry him. The consent of the parents, has, it is said, been obtained, but the relatives of the gentleman — several married sons and daughters — strongly object to the union. — Hawera Star. We are frequently favoured with cable messages giying the opinions of Home financial journals on colonial indebted* ness, &c. The Bulletin hasn't much re spect for these papers. It says.— * The purely financial press of England judging from facts within our own knowledge, is the most utterly corrupt and venal, and at times ignorant, institution under the sum. It booms wild cat nines in exchange for money or promoters ' share's ; and whoops on commission for the securities of bogus South American States, while it blasts the securities of Australian Governments which take no pains to propitiate its hirelings. Messrs Summers aud Co., cordial manufacturers, Feildmg, have just imported a new two horse power antomatic steam engine from the Shipman Engineering Company, Boston, U.S. By the use of this engine, which does away with coal or wood as fuel, and is heated by kerosene, a considerable economy is effected. The machine will be fitted up in Messrs Summer's factory by Mr H< axing, and be in full working order during this week. The firm have also imported a new aerated water machine with all the most recent improvements, by Bratby and Co, of London, aud will be able to6upply their customers with the best high class aerated waters. At the Annual Horse Parade held at the A. and P. Show grounds at Palmerston North on Saturday was Mr Scanlon's Arab, (late Sir Aubery), au extremely pretty model for a hack, and is in splendid condition. He is a good coloured chestnut, with white hind legs. He stands 15i hands high. Arab is a half-bred Arab horse, having for Us sire the thoroughbred Arab Little John. Little John is by Elhanidani, ,dam Elboyd Sharac, and was bred in Calcutta. He was the winner of the Second Dealers' Plate, of £1,500, at Bombay. Arab was bred in Feilding. The Manawatu Times report says :— Arab is a very taking horse, and well able to bear the close in* spection to which he was subjected. Says " Puff" iv the Wellington Press ; Did you hear the way Commandant Fox taugiat a volunteer officer discipline lately ? No J Let's have it ! It was during his inspection ' somewhere, and the young officer in question was 1 in tip-top society, and a personal friend of the Commandant's ! Yes ! Go on ! This sub had Uf address the Colonel on the parade grqund, Vfd t sauntered up tp him iii ii dajaqe sqrV of way, filially stopping in front of hni} m an attjtude of graceful r-eposo ! That would ainiize Fox j Well? Tho Colonol pyod him sternly, and then said, " Stand to attontion, sir, when you speak to a superior officer on duty !' What happened then ? Of course the sub did so, but he says " the Force is going to /1 1O I"

Mr J. Waugh has receiyeci a nice assortmeut of fancy goods, glass, and china ornaments, scripture texts in plush mouDtings, photo frames, &c. Mr Waugh's stock is worthy of a visit of ' inspection aud bargains may be had at about cost price. Says the Wellington Po.st :— A correspondent signing himself " Young New Zealander " writes : —It may not be j generally known to your readers that Monday next, 3rd October, is the Jubilee ! of the first Municipal election for WeN t lington. The first Major was Mr George s Hunter, sen., and the following gentleman were elected Alderman :— W. Lyon. W. ; Fitzherbert, John Wade, George Scott F. A. Molesworth, Dr Dorset, R. Waitt, • W. Geyton, A. Hunt, E. Johnston, R. . Jenkins. 1 don't suppose there are many of the above gentleman now liying. but t it may be interesting to their relatives . to be reminded of the part they took in f the early government of what is now the p Empire City.