Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 58, 3 November 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

.« The Borough Council will meet this evening. The Manchester Rifles will parade in the Assembly Rooms this evening. The adjourned meeting of the Eifle 1 Club will be held to-morrow evening in 1 Mr Wollemian's Manchester Hotel. We have to thank the Traffic Agent, Wanganui, for a copy of the railway time table for the current month. Messrs F. li. Jackson and Co, will sell the privileges of the Feilding Races on Friday the 11th instant, at 3 p.m. in the Assembly Rooms. The first Now Zealand miner's right was issued for tho Thames to Mr Jerome | Cadman, father of the Hon. A. J. Cadman, in 1852. A meeting will be held in the Foresters' Hall this evening of young women desirous of forming a Girls' Club in connection with the W.C.T.U. Mr W. T. Ward, of Ashurst, has been appointed a delegate by the Feilding Jockey Club to attend a meeting of the Metropolitan Club at Wellington. We remind our readers that the opening : of the Midland road school will take place j to-morrow. The proceedings will com- j inence at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. j Messrs Grace, Clarke and Co., of I'aimerston North, have just had a new and commodious show-room fitted up at the 1 rear of their establishment, and the linn j will now be able to make a most attractive display of the celebrated Werthiem sowing niacliin«e.

The Feilding Athletic Sports Committee will adopt the programme for Boxing Day at a meeting to be held on Tuesday next. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Falmerston North Hospital Board was held to-day. Mr Sam Hill and Harry Laing will have a friendly bout at Palmerston on Saturday next. Mr J. H. Taylor, of Makino, offers one pound reward to any person who will return to him a baj horse gone astray. Some of the timber for Mr Montague's auction mart was put on the ground today. The carpenters will go to work m a few days. The Picturesque Atlas agents were v bluffed " by a resident of Lawrence (Otago), who wrote across his order 11 subject to approval." He did not approve of the price. The Maori prophet is to the fore again. A Wairarapa paper says that the Maoris prognosticate a hot summer, basing their opinion on the early blossoming of the karaka and other native trees, which they say is an infallible sign. Mr F. N. C'harrington, member of the London County Council for the Mile End Division, Tower Hamlets, was expelled by force from the Council board for wasting time and refusing to apologise. A. little powdered borax dusted over hams so that every crevice is touched before they are hung up to be smoked, will effectually banish flies and other vermin from them. A little of it dusted about in any place where maggots are liable to congregate will banish them. Says the Palmerston Times:— Among the special exhibits at the A. and P. Show will be a curiosity in the shape of a blanket, made of Lincoln wool, which has been in the family of Mr R. Milson, of Bunnythorpe, for no less than 200 years. The blanket is still capable of standing considerable use for some time yet. A Sydney paper states that a New South Wales cabdriver drew Paris in Tattersall's Caulfield Cup sweep, by which he won LIO.OOO. So eager was the demand for tickets in the monster Vielbourne Cup consultation that five thousand tickets, representing over Llo,ooo, were applied for on one day recently. An imitator of Mr Johannes has turned up. At Gippsland recently a Chinaman, whilst under examination in a case of a very " shady " insolvency said : " I am a Klistan." John hud, says a contemporary, no doubt with the astuteness of his race, noticed that the most pious Christians were often the most prominent insolvents. J Messrs Purnell. Kruse and Ross the 1 Wanganui representatives at the New J South Wales shooting competition won the following amounts sach : — Purnell. £17 and gold medal ; Kruse, £41 10s and "old medal ; Ross, £15 19s aud gold medal. In addition to the above prizes ihe Wiinganui representatives won a gold watch valued at 25 guineas, and a cup. A young lady, Miss Wood, while nursing the baby at a house in Turnbull street, Timaru, on Friday afternoon, was hit in the hip by spent bullet, which came in through, the window. The Naval Volunteers were classfiring at the range, and the bullet is supposed to be one fired at a seagull in the direction of the town. The wound is not serious. The bullet passed through the baby's clothes, A correspondent writes : — " We are glad to find that some of the ' old countrymen ' are making their appearance in this district. An insect called the ' bumble bee,' was seen in Mr Boness' garden, on the Awahuri road, last Sunday morning, gathering honey from the bean blossoms. It was quite a novelty to see one of these insects, and Mr Boness brought all his family to examine it as they had never seen one before. When these bees become plentiful there is no doubt we will get some red cloyer seeds, as we understand that no other bees can inoculate it as their trunks are not long enough to reach to the bottom of the flowers. The Napier Telegraph has the following : — " A gentleman connected with the shipping trade remarked yesterday that people up town were quarrelling whether the half-holiday should be on a Saturday or a Wednesday, while those at the Spit would be perfectly satisfied it they could get a half-holiday on a Sunday. Certain it is that there is not much look of a Sunday at the Spit when the Union Company's weekly steamer arrives on that day." When the Government railway line is completed through the Wairarapa, they will be able to enjoy Sunday at the Spit. Whether the people wont grumble then at their enforced liesure remains to be seen. A meeting was held on Saturday evening in the Kiwitea Hall, for the purpose of forming a Cricket Club, Mr Tappin in the chair. About fifteen gentleman were present. It was resolved to form a Club to be called " The Kiwitea Cricket Club. " The subscription was fixed at 7s 6d per annum. Mr Tappin was appointed Captain and Mr Leyett Deputy Captain. It was resolved to ask Mr Templer to undertake the duties of Secretary and Treasurer. About twenty players have already joined and a good many more were mentioned as likely to do so. The meeting then adjourned to Saturday November sth. Says the Standard : — Mr and Mrs F. W. Venn, of Palmerston North, returned to the colony by the Warnmoo, after a brief visit to the Old Country, more satisfied than eyer with New Zealand. Mr Venn says that it was simply pitiful to witness the state of the crops at Home, grain being reaped there that would be allowed to rot out here as not worth touching. The distress in Sydney and Melbourne is described as dreadful, the importunities of the men hanging round the wharves for money to buy food for their families, being a veritable disgrace to humanity. In ten years' time, Mr Venn believes most of the farms at Home will be simply grass land. A contest for £5 a-side for felling a tree, butting, aud topping, took plaoe at Canvastown, Marlborough. between ' 'has Jones and Wm Boyd, and was witnessed by about fifty spectators, who were much interested and excited over the affair. Two trees were selected about 2ft 6in in diameter Boyd bavins; the choice, as it happened, selected the tougher of the two. Boyd brought his tree down first in fourteen minutes, Jones being; about a minute behind, but in squaring off the butt and topping, the I latter gained on liia opponent and finished about a minute before Boyd, or forty minutes in all. Early next year the properties of Messrs Manson Bros., of the Pines, Feiliiing, divided m farms of various sizes, ranging from 20 acres to 3686 [ acres, will be plaoed in the market. The total acreage is 13, 860, distributed as follows :— Munnythorp, 1116 acres ; Kniranga, 2120 tiorps; Manchester Block, near Colytou, 2696 acres ; Wai tuna pro« perty, 4262 acres; Mangfinui — AJidj hurst estate, near Stratford, 717 acres . \ The whole of the land is in grass, with i the exception of about 80'J or 900 acres ! in bush scattered in gullies on the Wai* tuna estate. Mr G, L. R. Scott, of I Pulmerslon North, is nk present engaged in preparing the plans, which will be , distributed shortly. An excellent opportunity will .afforded to in tending settlers of securing farms containing some of the best laud in this part of tho island. — Manawatn Times,

The Dunedin Star says the Government intend appointing two Labour men in each centre to the Commission of the Peace. On Tuesday afternoon the Brunner coal mine caught fire. A fire engine was sent for to Greymouth and it is expected the fire will be put out shortly. The damage done is not very great. Captain Edwin telegraphs: — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings hold good at all places in the North Island for easterly gales and rain. We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for the Wesley an Sewing Bee, "&c, to be held on Wednes* day next. j The Pahiatua Star says :— We understand that Mr J. P. Clark has instructed Mr H. Smith to proceed against Mr E. A. Haggen for criminal libel in connec tion with the Pahiatua poisoning cases. Arrangements are being made to run a special train from Palmsrston to Wellington on Saturday to enable residents to visit the Opera. It is a pity Feilding was not invited to " stand in." A large quantity of wool is being forwarded this season from this neighborhood and Bulls to Wellington by way of steamers from the Rangitikei River. We understand that a considerable saving is thus effected. Horse owners are reminded that nominations for all events at the Feilding races, except the Novel Race, close next Tuesday, November 8, at 8.30 p.m. The Noyel Race in the second day's programme is for hacks only. At the Levin Sports on November 9, A. W. Watts is scratch in the 100 yards, 200 yards, and 440 yards event, and Arnott gives him 5 yards in the 220 hurdles. G\ Foster has 10 yards in the 100, 17 in the 200, and 20 in the hurdles. F Foster 10 in the 100 and 22 in the hurdles. Mr Moulton, the clever lightning calculator, gave two marvellous exhibitions of his wonderful powers on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last, in front of Mrs Hastie's Hotel, and was listened to with much interest by large audiences on both nights. In our last issue we mentioned that a lad was hurt at Messrs Bosher Bros, mill site, at Makino, when playing with a lorry. In this connection Mr H. Bosher requests us to state that boys found playing about the ground or interfering in any way with the loose parts of machinery lying about, will be punished by law without respect of persons. Messrs Bosher Bros, intend to put up a Ba w mill at Makino, near the Railway Station. The firm have acquired a useful plant and gear from Mr Managh, of Halcombe, and will commence shifting it to its new site next Tuesday. It is expected that it will be in goiug order in about a month. A valuable bush has been secured from Mr F. Y. Lethbndge. We would draw the attention of the ladies of Feilding and surrounding districts to Miss Forbes' advertisement in another column. As she does not propose making a long stay, intending pupils will find it to their adyantage to commence as early as possible. The system is highly spoken of by Miss Forbes' pupils amongst whom are a good many dressmakers. A couple of local sports were very successful with their rods yesterday afternoon in the Oroua river. One landed a number of trout weighing in the aggregate 6f lbs, and his companion was also successful in bagging some four or five lbs weight of fish. And yet some people demur to our rivers being stocked with fish as yielding neither pleasure nor profit. A social was held in Glasgow House last night, when those present were the guests of Mr and Mrs J. C. Thompson. The Rev. Mr Lyon occupied the chair. Recitations were given by Messrs Downey, and Perkins, Mr J, H. Stevens contributed a reading, Mrs Lyon and Miss Curtis sang, and Miss B. Curtis rendered a violin solo during the evening. The chairman stated that; it had been decided to purchase a new organ for the Primitive Methodist Church, and when the old harmonium is sold about two thirds of the cost of the organ will be in hand. Round games were indulged in, and refreshments handed about at intervals, everyone present spent a most pleasant evening, and expressed satisfaction to Mr and Mrs Thompson for their kindness and hospitality,