Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 61, 10 November 1892, Page 2

Local and General News

*_ . Mr J. Hugli, of Palmerston North, is about to visit Europe. It is intended, if possible, to have the railway running to Te Aro in time for the Christmas holidays. Messrs Edwards and J. Linton are candidates for the Mayoralty of Palmerston North. The contest will be a keen one as both men are well backed. A young lady named Miss Maggie MeIvor, aged 24, died suddenly on* Sunday night at Pembroke (Dunedin). She was in a buggy with Mr and Mrs Allen, when she apparently fainted, and all efforts to restore consciousness were without avail. In view of a match with the Carnarvon team on 26th instant the following players from which the final team will be chosen, are requested to attend practice on Wed. nesday and Saturday afternoons j — Baillie, Paitherford, Lance, Entwisle, Coots, Hill, Fowles, Clayton, Sharp, Benson, Millen, Hedges, Strachan, Dr. Sorley, Levett. It is to be hoped that the late defeat the Feilding club sustained at the hands of the newly formed Manchester club will serye to stiniulat3 the members to more vigorous exertions towards improvement which is sadly wanted. Wake up Feilding, and don't let the old game die out. We are informed by Mr Lucas that he has arranged with the Wanganui Harbor Board so that the Pohangina Small Farm Association No. 2 can at once proceed with the drawing for their sections. As soon as this drawing has taken place the Wanganni Harbor Block wijl then be fully settled. The said Board intend tq put their township lands on the market directly after the above drawing. Thus, those settlers who are desirous of obtaining town as well as country sections will be afc>Le to do so. Settlers who are interested in this matter will naturally be pleased to find it js at length u> a fair way to adjustment, and grpat praise is (jlu/j v, Mr Lucas for his untiring el-torts towards a, Bettleiae»t of Jhe afl'itjr,

Captain Preece, R,M. at Kaiapoi, Canterbury, has sent in his resignation to the Government. Out of consideration for the crowds of visitors to Palmerston yesterday all the business establishments were kept open. Yesterday about five hundred persons left Feilding by train for the Palmerston Show. Most of the country settlers drove down in their own vehicles. The Feilding contingent could not have numbered less than fifteen hundred, all told. The discontinuance of the San Francisco mail service will be a sad blow to the hopes of intending " Pacific slopers." They will now have to study geography and international extradition treaties in order to discover another haven of rest. Little Boy : " Mayn't I be a preacher when I grow up ?" Mother : "Of course you moj, my pet, if you want to." Little Boy: "Yes, I dc. Is'pose I've got to go to church all my life, anyhow, an 1 it's a gogcl deal harder to sit still than to walk around and holler." Lemons are a simple and excellent remedy for biliousness. Take the juice of one or two lemons in as much water as will make it pleasant to drink without sugar before going to bed. In the morning on rising, at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a tumbler of cold water. There was one feature in connection with yesterday's show at Palmerston which affected, to a degree, the comfort and pleasure of a large number of those present — especially the ladies and child* ren. We refer to the practice of men and boys riding horses and driving in vehicles about the grounds. The officials should rope off a portion of the grounds for the exercise of horses, and leave the mam ground free for the general public. The Hon W. E. Gladstone says-.— No man does justice to himself, to his occupation, to his family, or to the com* munity, who does not allow some scope for the nourishment of the various facuN ties which are not called forth, by his daily occupation. To learn the limits of his own strength, to adapt his work accordingly, and to pay his newspaper account, are two of the chief means of his true and permanent prosperity. The results of the principal events at the Levin sports yesterday were as follows : —Maiden Race, 150yds— G. Foster, 1. 220 yds Handicap— G Foster, 1 ; McDonnell, 2 ; A. W. Watts, 3. Hurdle Handicap— A. W. Watts, 1 ; F. Robinson. 2 ; Mcdonnell, 3. Mile Handicap— Rhodes, 1. Hieh Jump — Broughton, 1 ; Watts, 2. 440 yds Handicap—McDonnel, 1; A. W. Watts, 2Half«mile Handicap — Newman, 1. Cansolation Race, S2oyds-Erans,l ; Foster, 2. Watts wins ths Points Trophy, and also the Levin Handicap. Referring to the official changes now contemplated by the Government, the Post characterises them as unnecessary, injudicious, harsh, cruel, destructive to (he efficiency of the public service, and everything else that is bad as any of the changes made by the last Conservative Ministry were, as described by the members of the then Opposition, who are now in office. But they afford splendid opportunities for patronage, favouritism, the paying off of political grudges, aud the utilisation of power for Party pur* oses. The obiter dicta of Mr Justice Eichmond, flavoured as they are with a delicate Attic salt, are always keenly relished in court. On Tuesday His Honor relieyed the tedium of argument with a few observations on the question that the majority must rule. He said that during the recent general election at Home Lord Salisbury was asked, if the majority must rule, were two men justified in holding a third man down and picking his pocket? Similarly it might be asked, were two men justified in stopping the third man's grog ? — N.Z. Times. Feilding exhibitors were most sucoessful at the A. and P. Show yesterday. Mr Bellve took first prize for gig harness, Messrs Saywell Bros, first, for a commercial gig, and Mr Parr first for a rustic cart, and the latter tradesman's double seated buggy fitted with Belk and Parr's patent turning gear, was inspected by large crowds throughout the day. The above exhibits were fully described in our Saturday's issue. With such workmanship to represent Feilding trades, there is every reason for congratulation. Mr Somerville took second prize for a horse in single harness, and first for a pair of buggy ponies. It is a habit vrith Mr Justice Eich* mond, when engaged in Court, to refresh himself in the mid-afternoon with a cup of tea which is regularly brought into Court by the orderly, and handed up to the Bench, His Honor yesterday in ferentially furnished a reason for the custom. He remarked that at Home working men were given to drinking beer at dinner. In the colonies, howeyer, the preference was given to tea. Tea was certainly the correct thing it one wanted to tan his meats and encourage dyspepsia. Taken, however, a couple of hours after the meat it would not have such an effect Herein lies His Honor's liking for afternoon tea. — N.Z. Times, There are good people in Oamaru where the following letter has been received in acknowledgment of the gift of potatoes which was some time ago forwarded to Melbourne, through the instrumentality of Mr William Milne, of that town, for the benefit of the Melbourne poor : — " Town Hall, Melbourne.— Distress Re* hef Fund.— August 31, 1692. I have the honor, by desire of the Right Worshipful the Mayor, to acknowledge the receipt of 104 bags of potatoes, donated by the farmers of North Ofcago for the relief of the existing distress in this city and neighbourhood, and, on behalf of the Committee of the above fund, to tender sincere thanks for same. — I am, etc., Jokn Clayton, Hon. Sec." That is one hundred and four times better than a lot of talk about lf our suffering brethren," Whilst climbing on a rocky bank of Deep Stream, near Dunedin, recently, two young ladie9, members of one of the numerous parties who went out on an excursion, discovered the remains of a man lying face downwards on the edge, about 8 feet above the river. He had evidently met his death by falling down the cliff, as the rock above had been stripped of the grass. The body had apparently been in the place for some months, as hawks and rats had completely denuded the head, back, legs, and arms of the flesh. The body is supposed to be that of Cammoek, an engineer, who left a quartz reef in the locality some months ago and has not since been heard of. In the absence of the police the pockets of the man's clothes were not examined.