Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 119, 28 March 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

The Foxton pooplo intend to hold .-ports on tbo Queen's Birthday, The Bank of New Zealand has opened n branch at Ekotahuua. Tbo Hon. Mr Seddon goes to Christchurch tins week to enquire into (ha v unemployed difficulty :1 there. The following non-permanent appointments have been made of postmasters : — F. S. Grey, Apiti ; L. Parsons, Awaliun. Tho dato for receiving tondors for a seven ■ rnomod cottago m Camden street has boon altered fiom March 2!>:h to April 3th. Tho gcnenil opinion of tho dologatos at present attending tiio Postal Conference m Brisbane is that Imperial penny postage is impossible at piesout. Th« dates for tho shooting season in Wangunui and llawke s Bay districts for imported ami native gumo aro lixod from May Ist to July lilst, buth daye luolusiyu.

Additions are made today to Messrs Gorton & Son's and F. R. Jackson's great land sale tomorrow." The annual report of the Wellington Manawatu Eailway Company recommends the declaration 5 per cent dividend. Members of tho Manchester Rifles are reminded that those who are going to the Eastev Encampment must be «t the Feilding Railway -station not later than 4 o'clock on Friday morning. ' There will be a meeting of the Feilding Athletic Spcrts Committee held at Mr Sherwill's office on Thursday evening I next to receive the report, of the sub-corn-J mittee re the sports ground. The various places of business will remain open in Feilding tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon, ns Good Friday will be kept a close holiday. ■ A large quantity of tho butter on which I the Victorian Government has paid a bonus was produced in New Zealand and exported to Melbourne, where it was rebranded. i It is rumoured that two ladies from a neighboring town will address the open lodge meeting of the Good Templars in the Foresters' Hall this evening. Everybody should go. Baron Hastings, charged with attempted assault on a nursegirl in Kegrnis Park, has been fined LSO. He has appealed against the judgment. A girl, 4.J years old, named M'Warnell, who sued through her next friend, recovered from the New South Males Hailway Commissioners £'3000 for the loss of a leg by an accident. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Wcalhor forecast for 24 hours from 9 am. to day — Warnings for easterly gales nnd rnin after 20 hours have been sent to all places north of the Thames aud Auckland. An action for criminal libel, and £'500 damages, is likely to arise out of a case where a settler charged a neighbour with having annexed one of the former's sheep. The parlies reside not far from Feilding. The residents in Bunnytborpo have sent a petition to the Railway Commissioners, praying that the express trains in the forenoon and afternoon will stop at their rising township. We hope they will attain their end. A temperance demonstration, organised by the W. C.T.I'., will bo held on tho Oval on faster Monday. Refreshments may be obtained on the ground for moderate I charges. Admission to the Oval is b'd, but all Band of Hope children will be admitted free. Bothers estate property, situalo m the KUcsmeie district (< .'uutei bury), cloee to tho railway, comprising 1 GbD ncros, vr;i^ suld at auction on Saturday in lots of o'2 to 20 j aero?. Even lot sold at fro in £10 to £''J<s KM per acre, nvcra^iog nearly -tIS) per acre. The total proceeds wero £31 ,377. Governor MeKuiley, of Ohio, author of t lie TurifF Bili lli-it Cleveland's ad mi ft* is t ration intends to repeal, has been involved by the failure of Kobert L Walker, a prominent merchant of Youngs* I town, Ohio, to such an extent that fiunucKil ruin stares him in the face. ')n Fnda}- ni^ht tho Woodvillo flailway station was broken into, and the luggage room ransacked. A youth named Georgo Koborts. from Auckland, was arrested by Constable Troauor on suspicion. ■ Tbo station koys and a sum of Is Bd, unssod by tho station master, wore found ou bim. A number of spielers were palming off spurious coin m Alasterton last week on unsuspecting tradesmen. As these pests of society always follow race meetings, Feilding people will do well to keep their ' eyes open during the Easter holidays. I Luckily Constable Tnohy knows most of ! them — and they know him — so there is a chance they may not muster here in any very great force. An Egyptian scythe, ,dug up on the banks of the Nile in 1890, aud said to beas old as Moses, is exhibited among the antiquities in the private museum of Mr Flinders Pctrie. The shaft of the instrument is wood, set with a row of line flint saws, which are securely cemented in a groore. This discovery answers the oft a>ked question : How did the stone-age m.in harvest his crops i Tho match botweou tho Carnarvon aud Birmingham cricket clubs was playod at K eliding »v tho Manchester Club's ground on Saturday last, aud resulted in a win for tho Birmingham men by 24 ruua. W. Uodgos and Parr batted well for Birmingham, Penny aud Hondoisoii showing good form with the bat for tho Carnarvon Club. Tho runs wore, Birmingham, 84 ; Caruarvou, GO. A barmaid named Elizabeth Carroll sued Howard Smith and Sons, of Melbourne, for £'2000 damages for injuries received by her owing to a derrick on board the steamer liodondo falling and striking her on the back, causing partial paralysis. Tho defendants offered a lump gum of £250 and an annuity of £75, but the jury awarded the plaintiff the full amount asked tor. With reference to John Burns, M.P., tho following paragraph from an Australian paper, will bo of epocial interest: — " Tho current number of the Idler contains au interview with John Burns, tho Socialist leader. In a London Punch of 18SG, there is a spirited picturo of Burns and llyndmau being hanged on a gallows as dangerous and despicablo rebels. It is not John Burns that has chauged ; it is tho world th:it has movod on. Tho robot of '80", for whom hanging was too good, is tho honoured philanthropist of to day." A woman named McKay called at the Sydnty Hospital recently, suffering from sovui'O burns, fclhe stated chat her husband reached home in a drunken condition the previous night, poured kerosene over her head, and set firo to it while she was feeding a baby. Sho sprang out of bed with her nightdress in llaines. The husband, realising what he had done, wrapped a ma around lier, and put tho fire out. Though she was siifforing terrible agony, her husband refused to allow Uer to go for assistance. She waited till he fell into a drunken stupor, and then sho made her way to the hospit il. McKay lias been arrested. Of tho Truda Brothers who will appoar in the Feilding Assembly liooins this and to - morrow overlings, tho t'ahiatua Star says: — As musicians tho brothers (four in number) ntuk AI, ami tho manner in which they manipulated tbo various instruments was truly mar- ' yolloiir, and ohcitated routids of gonuine applause. The violin, harp, piccolo, and flute solos wero masterpieces Besides the Brothers Truda, Mdllo Boaufort and I Mr Shondan contribute largely to tho j success of tho ontortaiumout. The for- i mcr possesses a fino voice, and eang j sovoral excellent lngh«class songs ; whilst tho latter gayo two capital ricitatioos. Tho banquet and fete to bo held in the grouudto oi' the Primitive Methodist Par- ' sunago on Good Friday is expected to bo a great success. Beside boing au established gathering, there in the extra attraction of a public welcome tv tho Key. Mr Clement, who is expected to be a popular I parson in a short time. To ensure success, committees have been appointed for everything — from the billy-boiling up to the preparation of a literary and musical programme of exceptional excellence. I These committees include one for out- J door amusements, decorations, iVc. In tho meantime there will be carried on a salo of fancy work, to be under the management of someof the young ladies. Abundant refreshments are promised from all points of the compasu. Tho weather being favorable, a good time is expected. Wu refer our readers tv particulars in our ; udvurtisujg coluaius,