Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 95, 31 January 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

_ . Mr George Worsfold, a son of Mr Harry Worsfold, is at present laid up with a severe attack of la yrippe. Mr W. F. Roydhouse, one of the most capable journalists in the colony, has purchased the Greytown Standard. Messrs Gorton and Son will hold a horse sale in Feilding to-morrow. Mr Kenneth Wilson's High School, Palmerston North, began the term today. The Mercury states that Bishop Hudfield is about to take up his residence in Marton. We have to thank Mr Carthew, the Feilding agent, for copies of the very useful calendar issued by the New Zealand Insurance Company. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 21 hours from 0 a.m. to day — Warnings for easterly gales ami ruin hold good at all places. Mr Snellgrovo, Secretary to the Liberal Association, lias engaged the Feilding Assembly Rooms lor Suturdav the 4th prox. Owing to the millers in the South Island having combined, Mr Gould has been obliged to raise the price of bread from 5Ad to lid the 41b loaf. The usual monthly lucetii};} qf il,c; Feilding Masonic Lodge will be iiejd on Monday, February 6th. Visiting bretliruu are cordially invited. We l»ave U"» acknowledge, witli thanks, the receipt of a liaiids^me a)iuaiiuc from the Pbu-nix Fire Qtyice, through {% luca) a&eut, Mr U- L, Sh.erwi.ll,

" Max O'Rell " has booked the Theatre Royal, Palmerston, for 13th February. There will be mass in St. Bridget's next Sunday at 11 a.m. Mr Fairfield Thompson advertises that his purebred pedigree Jersey bull " MilVman," is at the aeryico of a few cows. The Australian Mutual Provident Society are opening in Wanganui a district office, with a resident manager in charge. The secretary of the Kiwitea Road Board, Mr E. Goodbehere, gives notice that Mr H. Wiehaw has been appointed i ranger for the Kiwitea Road District. The Napier Telegraph hears that a Bill is to be introduced next session of Parliament to make the '• Shops and Shop Assistants Act " apply to clerks in banks. Bishop Hadfield, the Primate of New Zealand, will hold a Confirmation service j at St. John's Feilding, on Tuesday the 7th I prox., at 2.30 in the afternoon. i Messrs Greenwood and Hooper, dentists, having now completed their new and commodious offices in Kimbolton | road, will visit Feilding every Thursday : and Friday. ! Mr J. D, Valeutme has been instructed i to erect a house for Mr J, H. Taylor, of j Makino, on tbe same plans as those of I tho building Mr Valentine is now puttiuj* up for Mrs M. M. Brown in Manchester i street. On Sunday evening several larrikins made themselves very offensive to persons returning from church. Information has been given to Constable Tuohy and no doubt that energetic officer will bring the offenders to justice. A notice from the Rangitikei Liberal Association appears in our advertising columns to-day over the signature of Mr H. Snelgrove, the Secretary, inviting the officers of the association to meet at the places indicated in the notice. An English paper says that Sir Henry James has for sometime been engaged in posting himself up in the mystery of bookkeeping by double entry, with a view to making an independent examination of the Salvation Army books. Baron Hirsch is alleged to be not only tbe richest man in the world at tbe present time, but the richest man that there is any record of in history. His annual income is set down at i-6,000,000. Edmund Paul, a settler of long standing in Blenheim, and brother of Mr J. Paul, of Wanganui, the well known racehorse owner, died last Sunday morning. He was in his usual health on Saturday, but was seized with a paralytic stroke. For the Hunteryille sports appear the the following nominations, amongst others : — Hunteryille Handicap— A. W. Watts, I. Watts ; Mile— A. Peatson ; 220 hurdles- -A. W. Watte ; 440 hurdles— A. W. Watts ; ladies bracelet — I. Watts, A. W. Watts. Messrs Blundell and Hull, stock inspectors, were at Messrs Gorton and Son's sale here on Friday last, and informed Colonel Gorton that the owners of certain pens of cattle then oftered for sale would be proceeded against for non-compliance with the Branding Act. On Friday next Mr J. R. Montague will sell at his Feilding auction mart a large variety of sundries consisting of furniture, groceries, fowls wheat, bran, salt, sugar, and a host of other items all without the slighest reserve, also a lady's hack, good in saddle or harness. We haye to thank the Dresden Piano Company for sending us a copy of their musical album with the compliments of the season. At the same time we cannot compliment the Company on their good taste in interleaving tbe music with advertisements, a tendency of the times everyone has deplored. Mr H. Pickering who has been on a visit to the Picton district, has iust returned with a two year old Somnus colt, which was bred by himself. The animal is one of the finest for its age which we have seen, stands 15 hands 2£ inches high, and bids fair to turn out something above the ordiuary. We learn from the Chronicle of yesterday : — " Following out their general system of establishing branches of their own whereyer the progress of business warrants it, the Union Steamship Company have decided to open a branch in Wanganui, under the management of Mr C. F. Milliard." The opening stock sale of the United Farmers' Alliance will be hed at their Birmingham yards to-morrow, when an unusually large quantity of sheep and cattle will be put up. In addition to these some valuable purebred Lincoln rams, the property of Thomas Bryce, Esq., will be offered for competition. At the Napier Caledonian Sports on Friday, athletes from this part did fairly well. I. Watts won the 100 yards handicap and took the third aggregate prize. Peatson was second in the mile ; King won the three miles ; A. H. Holder won the champion 300 yards and was second in the quarter mile flat and hurdles ; A. W. Watts was second in the champion and 220 yards. Holder and Watts appeared to have a show in the hurdles, but Holder fell and Watts was thrown out of the race by another competitor falling. A fatal accident occurred near Dunedin, on Saturday morning, on a sheep road leading from Mormngtou to Kai- I korai Valley. A drag containing fifteen young people, ten of whom wore women, ] was being driven by Mr Casey. At the J top of tho hill the brake failed to act. The drag pressing on the horses caused them to bolt for over half a milo at a great pace. The vehicle swayed from side to side of the road, and in its course all but threo of its occupants were thrown or jumped out. Mary Connelly fell on her head, causing a fracture of the skull and dislocation of the spine, Death was almost instantaneous. The other ocou» pants of the vehicle were severely injured. With the death of the Hon. J. G. Blame, a very prominent figure passes out of the world of American politics. He was never elected to the Presidential chair, but he was ' the power behind the chair ' — when the Republicans were in office — for some years. He was a staunch protectionist, a firm believer in and outspoken advocate of what is known as the 1 Monroe Doctrine,' and was inclined to to take up an aggressive attitude of a rather pronounced character when any international dispute cropped up between the States and Great Britain. He was Secretary of State under President Harrison, but possessed a strong personal following whose championship of his claims to the Presidency before the recent election is thought by many to have contributed in no small degree to the Democratic victory. He was also the author of tbe reciprocity clauses which softened the passage of the McKinley Tariff Bill.— Times. The writer of " Chess " notos in the Weekly Press thus refers to tho well j known Ashursi plajor : — " Mr Sexton, j of Manawatu. who tied with Mr Jowitt, j is a well known problem composer. He i is a player with a deal of originality, and lat times plays a stroDg game. Living in \ the bush country in the north, he is j unable to t;et practice with strong I players, otherwise I fancy he would hold | Ins own with the best of our chessists. He is a thorough enthusiast, and having very little opportunity for play, spends his tiuio in ooinpQsjnK problems. Ht> is the author of iCO of thes^, and those i who liare tried 'their hand at this kind I of thine will agree with me that Mr ! St«x ton is a genius in this respect. He, like Mr Jowitt. mado himself very popular, and left muuy iriuuds when he went away."

Mr .IJilson has now started a circulating library. Yesterday Miss Macarthur reopened her school after the Christmas holidays. Mrs Robertson is now in charge. Mrs Fraser, senr., of Parawanui, the " mother of the clan," died yesterday at the ripe old age of 90 years, aud is to be buried in the family cemetery to-morrow afternoon. She retained her keen reasoning faculties till the last. Tho following will represent the Alanchester Cricket Club in the match with Bulls, to-morrow (Wednesday), to be played on MrLethbridge's ground : — Reade. Parr, Burlacc, Richards, Henderson, Eade, Robson, Bartholomew, Ent« wisle, Parker, und Belfit. Emergencies: Garhck. and Valentine. Wo are indebtod to the local postmaster for tho following: : — The posting box at the Borough Council office has been closed in consequence of being so little used, and being ao near that in Manchester square. A box has been placed at the corner of Grey and Manchester streets, and will bo cleared daily at 10.20 a.m, and 3.20 p.m. The counting of tho peas in the bottle for Mr W. Q. Shearer's prizes, took place last evening, and was performed by Messrs F. Y. Lethbridge, E. Goodbehere, and W. G. Haybittle. The number was 2234, and occupied the three gentlemen about half an hour m counting thorn. It will be seen that Mr E. Varley, of the Feilding; Small farm Block, took three prizes, and Mr Gosling one, and Mr H. Worsfold one. An advertisement on the subject appears elsewhere. The proprietor of the Manchester Hotel Mr Horace Bastings, has an advertisement in to-day to which we direct the attention of local residents or visitors as well as the travelling public generally. Mr Bastings undertakes to keep only the very best brands of wines, ales, and spirits, and a (able d'hote under the management of an experienced chef and staff of waiters. The Billiard Room is under the control of an experienced marker. Special provision is made for the strict privacy of boarders. A case involving a rather peculiar point, was heari at the Resident Magistrate's Court Wellington, recently. It was one in which J. Cheotliam, of Wliitemun's Valley, sued I). Sinclair and Co., of Pnlmerston North, for LB. the amount of a promissory note. It appenrcd in this case that Sinclair left the firm, which consisted of two partners, without the dissolution being advertised. The surviving partner, M' Minn, gave a promissory note signed " D. Sinclair and Co." to Wood, an employe who endorsed it to Cheetham, who swore that he was unaware of the change in the firm. Tho note, on beins presented at the bank, nan dishonored. Mr Robinson, R.M., held that as the dissolution had not been advertised the plaintiff was entitled tc sue Sinclair, ngainst whom judgment was accordingly given, with £1 15s costs Mr SkeiTtflt appeared for the plaintiff and Mr M, Alister for the defendant. The Ffcilding friends of the late Captain Medley, R.M., will regret to learn that he died suddenly at Wellington on Saturday last. We are informed by the New Zealand Times of yesterday that Captain Spencer Mansel Medley was a son of John Medley, Bishop Metropolitan of Canada, and was born at Truro, Cornwall. He served 32 years in the Royal Navy, and saw considerable active service. He was for nine years a commander of coastguard, having for five years the inspection and supervision of two batteries of Naval Reserves. He also had charge for a year of the Naval Reserve drill ship, through which more than 200 passed. The deceased served in New Zealand, both in Her Majesty's ships and in the Naval Brigade during the Taranaki war, and was at one time in command of the Colonial Government's schooner Caroline. During the Waikato war Captain Medley was for a time private secretary to Sir George Gray. He possessed the Crimean, White Sea and New Zealand medals. He retired from the service in 1883 with the rank of commander (being afterwards gazetted post captain), settled in New Zealand, and acted as aide-de-camp to Sir William Jervois, when the latter was Governor of the Colony. Captain Medley was mar ried in 1863 to Mary Catharine Taylor, of Wanganui, and leaves a widow and two grown-up children.