Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 59, 5 November 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

The Manchester Boad Board was sitting as we went to press, The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday ne*t, The costs in the Joshua (Napipr) divqree case will amount to nearly two thousand pounds. The nnder of a gold broach will receive a reward on bringing it to the Star oft'ice. A telephone office is now open at Whakarewarewa, near Botorua, Tpjegrams are delivered regularly, A meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural Society will be held this evening, at eight o'clock, at Mr Wollerman's Manchester Hotel.

Soap works are to be erected in Wanganui by Mr J. B. Gilberd. A. W. Watts was out of it at the Tntaenni sports, the only money he took was when he and Norton won the threelegged race. Mr T. R. Montague has gone into the grocery business in Palmerston North. This will not interfere with the auctioneer business. We regret to learn that Mr J. C. Morey , is still confined to his room with a severe : attack of sciatica. The very changeable weather experienced lately has done much to retard his recovery. John Godman, of Scotia place, (Auckland) died suddenly last Thursday. His wife called him to breakfast, and in the [ middle of a laughing reply he fell back dead. An inquest will be held. The abandonment ot the San Francisco mail service will be a severe blow to Auckland, although New Zealand, as a whole, may submit to the deprivation with patience and fortitude. We are pleased to find that Feilding is not quite left out in the cold, and that some of the good things are coming here. A well known tailor will clear about i>2so over one of the Melbourne Cup sweeps, and a jeweller has drawn a cash bond for £100 in the big consultation. Says the Standard-rThe Palmerston Hospital is approaching completion. The general ward has been finished, and the plastering work of the whole building commenced. It is expected that the hospital will be entirely completed by the end of next month. The very latest is that Mr H. S. Fish, M.H.R., has told a public audience that he is a religious man. In this connection the editor of the Wairarapa Daily Times piously remarks : — " It would not surprise some people if the long defunct Ananias arose from his grave and handed over his belt to the member for Dunedin." A Waterloo veteran named Campbell died recently in the St. Arnaud (New South W 7 ales) Hospital. He was a 102 years of age, and claimed to have served as a lieutenant in the 42nd Highlanders at Waterloo, and to have forfeited his title to a pension through selling his mission after the campaign. At the Sydney Supreme Court last Thursday, Francis Abigail and Roderick McNamara (director and manager respectively of the Australian Banking Company) were found guilty of embezzlement, and sentenced, the former to five year's and the latter to seven years imprisonment with hard labour. Private letters received in Feilding from Dr. Charlton by the last English mail, state that he expects to be in the colony by Christmas. During his stay in England he continued the study of his profession, and won a gold medal. At the commencement of the cholera scare he volunteered for service wherever he was required. The mortal remains of the late Mr Nathaniel Valentine, formerly of the 6oth Regiment, whose death was announced in our last issue, were consigned to their lasfc resting place in the Sydney street cemetery, Wellington, last Thursday. A large number of relatives and friends attended, the coffin being literally covered with wreaths of floral crosses, sent as a last token of respect to one whose death is deeply deplored by all with whom he had come into contact. Deceased was the father of Mr J. Valentine of Feilding. Regarding the anticipated opening up of the Parapara iron deposits, there is little more to be said at present, says the Nelson Mail, but we hear that a number of men have been engaged, and are now at work at Parapara, and with the prospects in view there is every likelihood of smelting works being commenced ere long, provided no obstacles are presented by those whose interests are to further the commencement of operations. The Wellington Acclimatisation Society have liberated this season 136,450 trout in the river Hutt and its tributaries, and about 100,000 more in the West Coast rivers in the Horowhenua County. Acting under instructions from the committee of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, the Secretary (Mr Rutherfurd) wrote Home by yesterday's mail ordering a further shipment per lonic of Virginian quail and English wild ducks. We trust on the arrival of these birds a portion will be sent to the Feilding branch of the Association for liberation in this district. In the case of Leader y. Smyth, in London the evidence shows that the defendant, wife of Major-Generai Smyth accused her friend, the wife of Lieutenant Leader, of stealing and selling a diamond brooch. Mrs Leader asserts that the brooch was a present from a deceased officer, hence the proceedings for slander. The editor of the recently established daily paper ' The Morning ' has been fined LIOO, and the publisher LSO for commenting on the case. Workers in the Scotch chemical trade pass 60 to 84 hours a week in an indnstrial inferno where the fumes burn their very clothes, arrest the current of their life' blood and bodily transform them into capital in the space of eight years. During that period the profits are entered to the credit of the owners of the works, and at the end of it the men's bones are consigned to the graveyard — which some people consider a wilful waste of rawmaterial which could be worked into bonedust for fertilizing the land. The business of the Public Trust Office continues to expand. During last month 37 properties were placed in the hands of the Public Trustee for administration, being the largest number ever recorded since the establishment of the office. The values of the properties ranged from £10 up to £13,000, the latter amount representing the yalue of the estate left by Mrs A. L. Nurse, of Riverton, widow of a former member of the Legislative Council. Next in the point of yalue came the estate of W. F. Fairfield, late farmer of Wanganui, £2500. It is evident that the principle of State guarantee, capital| and interest, wbere the investments under will or trust deed are at the discretion of the Public Trustee, forms a great attraction to owners of small properties. — New Zealand Times. The new firm of Messrs Barraud and Abraham, of Palmerston North and Feildiug, have a notice in to~day to which we direct the attention of our readers, especially agriculturalists and stock farmers, The Feilding branch is in charge of Mr Ormond Cooper, who for the past five years has been in the office of Messrs Levin and Co., of Wellington, and we feel confident the business experience he gained with that firm will enable him to conduct the affairs of the firm he now represents to the satisfaction of everyone with whom he comes in contact. Messrs Barraud aud Abraham are cash buyers of sheepskins and other produce, and are prepared to undertake the consignment of wool for sale in the London market ; being agents for tbe N.Z. Shipping Company, and the China Traders Marme Insurance Company, they are able to offer specially advantageous terms in this respect. As agents for the United Fire Insurapce Company they can insure all risks at the lowest rates. Thoy keep m stock all the best known varieties of grass and clover seeds, turnip seeds, fencing wire, wool packs, corn sacks, and also undertake to supply all kinds of farm ami station requirements, at lowest wholesale prices. We are confident that the new fy'm Will prove of inestimable .sorvice to the town residents as well as the farmers generally, and contribute in no small degree to the substantial prosperity of Feilding and the largo distriot of which it is the centre.

The Feilding Brass Band will play a selection of pieces in the Rotunda this evening, commencing at 7.30, weather permitting. Mr Dunlop has now in stock coke and charcoal, and expects to receive in a few days, from Auckland, a large supply of drain pipes, flower pots, etc. The foundation stone of the new Government Insnrance Department's buildings in Wellington was laid yesterday by Sir P. Buckley. A meeting of members, and intending members, of the Feilding Gun Club will be held at Mr Wollerman's Manchester Hotel, on Friday next the 11th instant. We regret to learn that Mr T. U. McKenzie, of Poyntsfield, Parawanui, is so ill as to cause his relatives and friends rmich anxiety. It is notified, by advertisement, that entries for the Palmerston North Caledonian Society's handicap events will close with the secretary on Wednesday, the 9th instant, at 9 p.m. Programmes may be seen at Mr Allan's store, Feiktfng, and all hotels. Mr J. B. Hamilton directs the special attention of ladies to a splendid show of new and stylish millinery trimmed up specially for the holiday next week. Mr Hamilton's new and spacious showroom is certainly well worth a visit from all who can appreciate good taste and enterprise. Drivers of vehicles in Feilding do not always consider that it is their duty to make way for foot passengers. A case was brought under our notice yesterday where a carrier was driving along a main street and in rapidly turning a corner, nearly ran over a women and child. The reason assigned for repairing some of the bridges on the Wanganui Foxton line is that the authorities intend running heavier engines. The real reason is that these structures are getting old and very fragile, therefore the Commissioners are anticipating any possibility of a breakdown. We need hardly remind our readers of the tea and social gathering (not sewing bee as inadvertently stated in our last issue) to be held m the Assembly j Rooms on Wednesday next to be followed by a coffee supper. These gathering's j are very popular, and there should be a J large attendance. I Yesterday afternoon a trap was upset on the Kimbolton road, near Denbigh Square. It appears the bit got out of the horse's mouth and when tne driver got down to replace it he took off the blinkers. The horse took fright and attempted to jump the ditch, with the usual result. Fortunately the ladies in the vehicle escaped unhurt. We learn from the Manawatu Times that the number of entries for the A & P. Show so far received is 830, but further entries have yet to come in of implements and dairy produce. The total will reach about 850, as against 760 last year, which must be regarded as highly satisfactory. The terrible railway accident at the Manor House, London, by which so many valuable lives were lost and so many persons injured, was caused by the signalman being asleep. In extenuation of this offence he says he was overcome with watching at the death bed of his child the night before. He had asked for leave to absent himself from duty, but his superior officer had refused. This may explain, but it does not excuse, the terrible carelessness which led to the killing and wounding of such a number of people. Mr Willian Bellre bas on exhibition a very bandsone set of gig harness, which he intends exhibiting at the Palmerston A. and P. Show. The harness is mounted with the best procurable whole Oxford buckles. On the piped loops are creased Maltese Crosses, which look very well indeed. The saddle has an imitation pad cloth, of blue and white patent leather, which adas greatly to the effect. The harness is lined all through, and hand-sewn in every part. We con* gratulate Mr Bellve on turning out an article which would do credit to the best establishment in the colonies. A meeting of ratepayers of No. 3 Ward. Pohangina Koud District, was held at Mr Lowe's Hotel, Birmingham, Iftßt Thursday to discuss the question of what roads were most urgently needed. ! Mr D Mcßeth advocated the principle of making all the roads in the block so that equal justice might be done to each settler, and suggested as a means to this end that a loan be raised under (lie Government Loan to Local Bodies Act. MiBell opposed this and suggested that a loan should be raised sufficient to make the Eidge, Terrace, and London roads. Ultimately a resolution was passed to the effect that the engineer prepare esti.« mates of the cost of completing the main Ridge road from the southern to the northern boundary of the block (tliat is between the Harbour Board and the Feilding Small Farm Blocks), one mile of the Terrace road (on the east side of the Oroua), three miles of London's road (east side of the Oroua), and one and a half miles of the Main cross-road east ; also an estimate of the balance required, after the expenditure of the Government grant, to complete that part of the Oroua Valley road within the block. That Mr Richards call another meeting to discuss I the estimate as soon as they are supplied by the engineer The meeting adjourned.