Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 84, 5 January 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

The Borough Council will meet this oyening. The output of coal at Westporfc for the year was 198,190 tons. Mi Montague will hold a salo at his FciUhtiu aucticiu mart to-morrow. In the cricket match Wellington v. Otago Lhe former won by six wicktUK. Wp ha-yo to thank the Traffic Agent, Wauganui, for a copy of the railway Uc;c feeble for the current month. A wuiuing to strikers: Cotton opum- j tivns who did not take part in tko recent | stuko at Homo lost in wagfes the sum <>t £200,000. At Piihiatua yesterday, a carpenter ! t nauied John Thompson dropped dmid in ■ 1 tho" yjM-4 }.n which he was working, j I Death its supposed to be duo to syncope.

The Birmingham Sunday School picnic which was to have been held yesterday, has heen postponed till Monday next, owing to the inclemency of the weather. Entries for the auction sales of the United Farmers' Alliance at Palmerston on the 12th instant, and Feilding on the loth inst., are published to day. A number of Dunedin storekeepers are to be proceeded against for not giyiug a half holiday to their assistants in the j week preceding Christmas. Jay Gould, the deceased American millionaire, onco sold mousetraps for a living. Where he is now he would like to be a vendor of wator melons. The rain which has heen experienced on this coast for the last few days will not be welcomed by those whose hay is not j yet stacked, or by farmers who have bush to burn. A child named Percy Abbott was drowned in a tub at the back of his parent's residence at Chrislchurch on Monday. Tho tub contained only oAiu of water. Helen McKenzie, relict of the late Jno. McKeuzie, of Woodland*-, ne;ir Mastorton, died on Sunday, aged 81. She was a very old resident and has been 41 years in the distuct. Mr W. G. Haybittle was tho only candulato yesterday for the vacancy in tho Borough Council ; therefore he was declared duly elected by the Returning Officer, Mr"G. C Hill. The London Daily Chronicle denounces tho frequent light senteuces passed on burglars and those guilty of various crimes at Homo on their promising to go to tho colonies on their release. Mr Gabites advertises some bargains in silesias slightly damaged by water, owiug to a defective roof, and he is determined to clear tho lino at considerably loss than cost prices. Tho Secretary of the Kiwitea Sports, Mr li. C Templar, iutimates that competitors must send in with thoir nominations a list of thoir performances for the past two years and must state their colors. For attempting to impose upon the operators of the tottilisator at the Napier races, by means of a falscfied ticket, Michael Walsh, aged about eighteen years, was scut to goal for one month. — Napier News. In consequence of the larrikinism which has lately developed there, combined with the rapid increase of tho population in tho Kiwittm. and surrounding district, an effort will bo made to have a resident constable appointed foi Birmingham. Messrs Pringle and Richardson have secured tho Birmingham mail contract for the current period, and they are now running a line of coaches daily to and from that rising township. Their replace advertisement will appear in our next issue. The public Trustee is engaged at present in preparing a course of procedure 111 connection with the unclaimed Lands Act of last session. Mr Warburton bolieves that many local bodies will receive valuable endowments as the result of the parsing of the Act. Tho Orientals aro very trusting to each other. " Aro 30U not afraid to go away from your shop without locking it 'r" a traveller asked an Egyptian. 11 Oh, no, answered the man coolly ; " there is nut a Christian within three miles." Sir Patrick Buckley, accompanied by Sir Charles Lilley (Chief Justice of Queensland), and Lady Lilley, were passengers by the train for Wanganui yesterday afternoon. Sir Patrick Buckley looked remarkably well, and has evidently imile recoyered from his recent indisposition. The parcol of gold which has been obtained from the Koyul mine by the tributors is (says tho iteeftnu Guardian) a very rich one. 'lhe gold realised the handsome price of ±4 Is 3d per ounce, which is the highest price which has been obtained for any gold in tho district for some considerable timo, At the Colyton Hall on Monday night Mr tie Loree had a tolerably good attendance at his pauoramaic show, and at Feilding on Tuesday uight, the Assembly liooui was fairly well filled by an apprueiative auiiienco. liv> {eft fust uight fur Cheltenham, Kiwitea and BeaconsHold. Two venturesome Feilding " sports " I returning from Bulls races on Monday last, thought they could cross the liangitikei at any part of it, but found out their mistake when their horses failed to touch the bottom and had to swim for it. The animals however proved equal to the occasion, and managed to bring their I riders safely to terra firma. I Mr Harknesa, M.11.1i., for Nelson, has j informed tho Manawatu Standard, that [ " he has determined to contest the seat occupied by Mr E. M . Smith (Taranaki), m the Tory iuterest." Mr Smith has already proved his mettle in a well fought field, and defeated quite as good a man as Mr Harkness so that tho latter need not feel any " cocksuieness." Regarding the appointment of Mr Millar, of .strike fame, to the 'Jommission of the Peace, the Otago Daily Times asks : — Kor which of his eminent services to the country has he been put on the Commission of the Peace- the strike, the bojreoM, the stoning of ' blacklegs,' or his recent diatribes againt capital ? Possible the Government intend us to understand that they approve the lot.'' Tho National Association of New South Wales 25 guineas prize for the host essay on " Federation" was won by Mr William Epps, the secretary of ho Association and a New Zealand pressman, well known in Palmerston. Tho prize was awarded by a cuuiinittoo of Judgos, of whom Sir William Manning und Dr (}arru.u woro members. Owing to his connection with tho Socioty Mr Hpps declined to accept tho prize. At Dunedin, on Monday evening. James Mallisou, aged 11, son of Benjamin Mailison, of Oamaru, when stepping off the tram going to Mcrnington, was knocked dawn by a car which, at that moment, was coming down High street towards town. The front wheels passed over his body, and death must have been instantaneous, his internal organs being crushed, while the breastbone and spinal column were broken. Deceased was spending his holiday in Dunedin. Another good advortisomont for the Coloiij'. A recent issuo of tho Dotriot Free- Pross, a weekly papor which has a vt;ry large circulation not only in America, but in England, contains a long and very fairly writfon article on Now j /juulaud. The tinu cliumtu of tho Colouy, tho fertility of its soil, the energy und industry of the colonists aro all done justice to, whilst tho writer speaks 111 enthusiastic terms of our boautiful j scenery. Tho geographical position of Wellington marks that city out, considers tho writer vi tho articlo, for 11 vory prosperous future. i A singular fuct m connection with tho i career of Mr Grovor Cleveland, tho now President of tho United States, is that ho has actually acted as a public executioner :• i;d carried out tho last sentonco of tho law ou two subjects. When Sh6nif of Uuftalo some years ago, ho was himself obliged to hang two malefactors, being unable to obtam any substitute to pprforin ! tho execution. H« porformod his tornblo ■ duty calmly and effectively, but was ! much upset afterwards, and was seriously ill for a time. — Post.

Bishop Julius, of Chrisichnrch, probably the most popular bishop the color^' has ever seen, is off to the Old Conn try for a trip. We hope he will have a good time. Captain Kdwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to day — Barometer tall every whore after 12 hours. Warnings sont yesterday have been repeated to all places. An advertisement in connection ■with the postponement of the anniversary j picnic of tho Wesleyan Sunday School ! at Birmingham until Monday the 9th instant, appears elsewhere. A concert will be held in the evening, when the Rev W. Watkius will preside. It will be seen by advertisement in another column that Mr T. A. Saiith has taken over the Colyton store from his father, Mr T. J. Smith. Mr Smith intends to keep a good stock and to sell at low prices, and hopes to receive a share of public patronage. Here is one more of the innumerable American jokes on English spelling: — A distinguished old one-legged colonel Once started to edit a joloncl, But soon in disgust He gave up— ho was " bust "— " For," said he, " the expense is infolonel." Mr M. Hornoman has had the mis fortune to lose a valuable horse owing to an extraordinary accident. It was turned out with a rope round its neck, and by some naenns got one of its feet through the rope near the neck, and, tying itself up in inextricable knots, inflicted injuries on itself from which it died. — Hawera Star, A woman named Mrs Edmondson, residinc in Nentown, a Sj'dney suburb, while putting her child, a boy four and a-half months old. to bed, accident ly set fire to the mosquito curtains on his cot. In her alarm she snatched the child from the cot and threw him out of the window. Though he fell a distance of 15ft he escaped without any apparent injury. After getting rid of the child, the woman managed to beat out the fire. It always affords us pleasure to chronicle the success of local enterprise, especially as tho industry in which Messrs Chamberlain Bros, are engaged is capable of growing to a very big thing. Thoy have no reason to regret thoir enlarged outlay of capital, necessitated by the iutrodujtion of new machinery, as orders are coming in so quickly, that thoy have difficulty in turning out the flour fast enough to meet tho wants of thoir customers. There is a report going the rounds in Makntuku that gold has been found in the Kuahine muge at lost. The fimler is a man named Miller, from the German line. The specimen was found in clay and half-formed rock. Mr Gribble, manager of the Kopu i mill, uud who has been managing a gold mine in Australia, washed and analysed the specimen, and says it is a splendid sample. Mr Miller has gon? to Napier to take out a pro* spector's license. — Bush Advocate. Mr J. T. Matson lias receiyed a letter from England (says the Christclmrch Press) which conveys the gratifying intelligence that inquiries are being made in London for farms and properties in New Zealand. The letter further states that the distance and expense prevent many farmers coining out here, but notwithstanding this, numbers ot f irmers and small capitalists have made up their minds to come out. This should be welcome nnws to tho colonists of New Zealand. Mrs Sinclair, wife of the late Capt. Sinclair (master mariner), a very early settler in New Zealand, died at Hawaii on October ICth. Capt. Sinclair, with his family, arrived in New Zealand from Scotland in 1840, and lived for a short time in Wellington and Wanganui. They settled in Pigeon Bay in 184:5. Capt. Sinclair sold his estate in Pigeon Bay to the late Mr Holmes in 1860, and afterwards settled in the Sandwich Islands, having bought a large extent of land from the Hawaiian Government. An inspector of station properties for one of the Melbourne wool firms, not being satisfied with taking the mannger's word about the ralue of the securities, got a horse and knocked about a bit oyer the run. He had a chat with the stockman, after a drink out of the flask, and said, " I see there arc 4.000 cuttle on the books " Ar<- lher<- ? " replied the stockman i " n-<?3l I'm vpry glad ts> know tiu'y tiro there, for I'm hanged if they're on the run." A Nolson lawyer, explaining his nipul increase in wealth as in roputtttion, Hind it was due to the tomfoolery of peoplo. For examplo a client of mine had a race horse that he swapped for fome land m tho Sounds. The racohorso wont wrong, and the other man brought suit to recover damages. This made my client angry and ho brought suit for misrepresentatioti of property. The- opposing lawyer was a friend of mino. Each had two suits, and we fought thorn tooth and vail. Now ho owns the racehorse and I own tho laud in tho Sounds. — Westport News. A writer in an English paper says that if Lady Jersey has been compnllod to earn a liyelihood, she could hardly have done better than become a journalist. Wo hope Lady Jersey will not allow her head to bo turned by this insidious flatter} , Almost anybody can have an article published in the Nineteenth Century, but it takes much more than that to make a journalist. Besides, piously adds the editor of the Inangahua Times, Lady Jersoy, as far ap wo can understand neither smokes nor driuks, which disposes of the claims made by her in ono act. Our jolly little friend Harry Cross brings round the following New Year story, which, iSi uiiii v vcro, hen trovato. It was in tho female ward of an Australian hospital that there lay one New Year's eve two afflicted women, one suffering from an incurably diseased ear, the othor from a hopeless nose. On awaking in the morning the latter said affably to the former who lay in tho adjacent bed, " Good morning, Mrs Jones, a happy New Year to you." "'Appy New Year be bl.nvod," responded the other, " wish yourself a 'appy new nose !" — Napior News.