Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 123, 6 April 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr J. N. Wilhod, of Huwk'sß Buy, liub roMtfufc'] in* M.-fU in the L<"^i»lative C'uiiu-t-iJ. As JxiK) began on n Sunday, and will ciid on ii .Sund/iy, I 1m; year will contain ,3:j Sun< ay*. A inmll nU>.nn<-r iiunicd Tho ltiihy wiih \vr<cK((l on tin: Manguwui )>nr, Auckland, la^t J'liday and two liven woro lost. The Mini HtiilihtjciN for Foilding for tho (jii.-trtor, wJiich ended iJlnt March, IH'Jit, wore : — lJutliM, A'l ; MarringOH, 'J ; j >catliH, \l. Mr 11. Tolly 18 about, to oroct f^r Mr A. 10- Binnottu couunodiouu accommodu tioti house mi a wet ion of lund near C'rabb's atoro, Wuitima Wo.st. | "Wo are inforiDou by Mr J. It. AnrWuon, ] of Birmingham, that a human Hkoleton has been found near Mrs ilastie'H farm, in that locality. Tho matter ban been roported to Constablo Tuohy. Dr Moloney. M.L.A , Melbourne, sug pests that all doctors should bo paid by the State at the rate of LGOO a year each, and that they should give their services to the public free of charge. Waituna is going with tho times. It has very good roads, with oaay grades, and splendid land. Mr Crabb's etoru is a most imposing buildiug, aud a creamery will shortly bo erected. Mr A. E. Bonnott is having tho ground cleared on section S, in tho Waituna township near Crabb'rf titoro. On tho Hito will bo erected a good accommodation houso — a long felt want in tho loculit3\ Tl»r> skull ami bones of n man have hern found near the Sew I fog Big Beach Company's d red go (Dnnedmi. The placo I where they were found was nn old claim which has not been worked fin- over 20 years, and which had been filled up by , the great fl-iod in 1805, when several > diggers were drowned in the Shotovcr j Jiiver. It is .surmised that the remains I may be those of nn old digger named Johu Gribbe, a native of Hackney Wicks, Loudou, who was divwucd 'JO years ago.

We hear that Dr Sorley reported a case or diphtheria in Manchester Street to the Town Clerk this morning. For the opening night of the London Gaiety Burlesque Company at Auckland the seats for the dress circle and reseryed stalls are to be sold by auction. To-day's Wanganui Chronicle says: — As we go to press we hear that Mr Broughton, long known in this district, was found dead near his residence this morning. Heart disease is the suggested cause, but no particulars are to hand. ■ We (Palmerston Standard) were shown a section of the liver cf a cow killed the other day on suspicion of being affected with tuberculosis. It was a mass of disease, the centre completely eaten away. Nine cows have been killed in this dis trict during the past few months for the same reason. There were 1421 sets of twins born in Scotland in 1890, and 13 sets of triplets. Despite this, the birth rate is the lowest since ISSS. The other curiosities of wedlock in Scotland arc one hndegroom a%ed 17, and two brides of under 16 year 9 of age; 23,715 bachelors married spinsters, 747 married widows. A man named Stephenson, working for Mr McDongall, of Waituna West, was brought into town yesterday afternoon to be attended to by Dr Sorley. It appears that the man poisoned himself through eating rangiora leaves ; but owing to the prompt remedies adopted by the doctor the patient is going on well, and no unfortunate results are feared. To the list of liabilities given in the Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette in the estate of Harper and Co., is appended the following :— " Messrs Harper and Co. have put in a statement showing losses on properties which have been taken over by them, and which have fallen into their hands, to the extent of £-216,671 10s lOd." Two or throe acts of larrikioism were committed Into on Tuosday night. The window blind outsido Mr James Scott's was torn down, and will require replacing with a new one. Mr Uosking, senr. bad a gvapo vino destroyed, nnd several bunches of fruit taken, aud Mr Rangor's cart was upturnod in tho roadside opposite bis house. A team of WoodviHe crickotors will bo in Feilding on Wednesday noxt tho 12th instant. On that day they play an eleven of tho Manchester Club, and on tho fol» lowing day they try conclusions with tho Awahuri Rangors. This match will commence nt 1 1 a.m. sharp. Tho game against tho Manchester men will bogin as soon after tho arrival as possible. The result of the recent Oxford University examination for women was made known on December 20. In the first examination 3i candidates presented themselves for examination, nnd 25 passed. Only one was piucked in arilh* metic, and four failed in Algebra or Euclid. The percentage of passes is above the average. A distressing scene occurred in the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo Casino on February 10 when a player who had been losing heavily, suddenly became insane. The incident created much excitement, as it was some time before the unforiunatc man, who was raving in* coherently, could be removed from the room. A comparison of the amounts put through the totalisator at tho recent autumn meetings of the Christcliurch and Feilding Jock°y Clnbs is interesting. In Christchurch, the sum of only £14,014 was put through during the two days, and this notwithstanding that two £'500, und one £2000 stakes wore competed for. At Feilding, the large sum of 1710S was turned over. Lord Acton, one of Mr Gladstone'^ lords-ir. waiting, is interesting to us as having been the first lionian Catholic who sat for an English constituency since the Reformation. It may be news to some readers to hear that until Mr Macfarlane, M. P, defeated Colonel Malcolm in Argyllshire at the last general election, no Roman Catholic had sat fora Scottish constituency for more than 300 years. 'flic game of bowls has made great stride* nil over the colony in recent years. Why should not a club bo formed in Feilding ? We are not backward here at out door amusements, and it should not be a very difficult matter to get together a bowling club which should be able to give a good account of itcelf, as we believe severaf old hands at the game are to be found ia our town. A. correspondent writes from Feathcrton to a Wellington paper:— 'l think the following would astonish tho Home people and show them what tho soil of New Zealand is capable of. A mushroom wus picked on Matawhero Station, Wairarapa, this week, that measured 39 inches in circumference aud weighed 1 i'lb. and that not an isolated specimen. How's that for high?" ' Mr Sawers, tho Government Inspector of dairy factorios, was in Feilding- yesterday on buainoss connected with tho Cheltenham Factory. Tho way in which tho promoters of this concern have so rapidly pushed forward their project in connection with this important industry, shows that they aro " tbo right men in tho right placo," and augura well for tho success of tho affair. Tho Farmers Club bold thoir monthly mooting on Saturday oyoning, nt Birmingham. Tho subject of establishing a " Creamery " at Birmingham was the principal business brought forward. It was ovidontly tho wish of all to help on tho dairying industry, and tho boat way wuh thought to bo by tho oroction of croamonoain tho vanousdiHtneta. Names of moinboi'H who woro willing to tako up HharoNand tho number of cowh they would bo projuvicd to guarantee, woro givou in. H.iyi " Puff " in tho Press : — ■" Plot to blow up Priricu Fordinaml ! While going to hi« wedding, too ! Unnecessary «ort of villainy that ! Cortaiuly ! Mra Fordinaixl will do all tho blowing up thafw roquirod furthor on ! — Uudyurd Kipling is to wi 110 a national pnom for tho opening of tho I input ml lnutitnto! Well, ho's a good man ! It's v pity Iho occuhioii v not a moro popular ouo ! You don't boliuvo in tho iinpoiMl luatitutu thon ! I don't boliovo in anything that is tommy rot und bhoddy ! " YuMtcrday morning Mr 11. Hewitt had tho misfortune to break his right lea while fencing ou Mr Baker's property at Waituna. It appears ho wan Nnwing v tuwa log ou a sideling with his mute ; when half through, (ho log .swerved and broke, a largo Hplintor Hying off. nnd as ho wait getting out of the way it struck Jiowitt, his hoel at the «nmo timo geltiug caught in a ro jl. He was carried ab>ul a milo ou a stretcher, after ho had himself tied the injured leg in splints, wnile. his male went for assistance to Mr Short's house, from whero ho was taken to Fi-ilding by Mr E. Short, and attended by Dr Johnston. Tho Wellington Press says : — Mr C. Stack, who asts as clerk to Mr H. D. Crawfoad, of Miramar, met with a painful accident last Monday, by which it is foarod ho will loso tho sight of his oyes. It appears thai ho loft Mr Crawford's residence for tho purpose of ascertaining who it was he hoard shoot* ing on a portion of the property, Mr Crawford's orders being that all trespassers with guns and should be ordered oil', or prosecuted if their names could be ascertained. As Mr Stack approached, the person seems to have fired at a rabbit in Mr Stack's direction, evidently unaware of his being near. A >tray shot entered one of Mr Stack's eyes, and is still buried somewhere be- i hind tlie eye ball, grnvo results b-'ing ! feared in consequence co far as his sght i is coucciucd. i