Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 131, 25 April 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

__ .» The Wanganui Meat Freezing Company resumed operations to-day. A wag says Birmingham's (N.Z.) chief product at present is — mud ! Mr Charles Rogers, formerly resident here, has returned to the colony and ia now resident at Now Plymouth. The annual tea and gathering in connection with the Feilding Preshytorian Church will take placo in the Forestora' Hall to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. The attentiou of the Head of the Agricultural Department has been specially directed to the letter published in the Star by Mr Cyril P. Stanton, on the Bathurst Burr. Mr Eden George, Mayor of Christ- , church, ha 6 applied to the Inspector of Police for a constable to be in attendance at the meetings of the City Council, with i instructions to keep order. The regular monthly open-night enter- ! tainment with the Hope of Feilding Lodge of Good Templars will be held in the Foresters' Hall this evening, when a good prox'aiULue will be rendered, j A criminal information has been laid ' against Mr E. A. Haggen, of Woodville, b.y Mr Smith, acting for Mr J. P. Clark. The hearing is set down for to-day at ] Pahiattia, be/ore the llesident Magistrate, j Ttio Feildiag Wealcyaa choir and orchestra pays a visit to Bunnythorpe tomorrow ovouing for the purposo of giying an entertainment, tho procooda of which are to bo dovotod to tho Bunnythorpo Wesloyau Church building fund. A weed called the " yarr," which grows like network and chokes everything but •jrftsßes and clover, has made its appearance within the last three years in the Mataura district. The Ensign says it is the most formidable of all the plagues the (kernel's have to contend with, aa the more the ground is cultivated the more it spreads. The only thing in its favour is that cattle fatten upon it. The Trades and Labour Council, in Wellington, have instructed the Postmas-ter-General that they object to the tendering for letter-carriers' suits, and have given the Government the alternative of establishing workshops. The idea of the Hon. 11. J. Seddon, as Minister for Public Works, running a tailor's shop would be a sight for sore eyes. If this sort of thing goes on we may expect to see shoemakers' shops opened and run by the Government. It will be remembered that not long ago the dwelling-house and farm buildings of Mr Charles Fit/.herbert, of Cinder Hill, on the Makino road, were endangered b.y fire, bat were saved by the wellapplied exertions of neighbours and men who were employed close at hand. An application was made to the local agents of the National Fire Insurance Company, Messrs ltatliff Bros., with whom the buildings were injured, for a contribution towards tlie expenses ; and yesterday Mr Fit/.herbert received a cheque from the company which will recoup him for his actual expenditure.

Burglars in Melbourne are doing good business. The Bhooting season, for this district, for imported game will begin on Monday, Ist May. The regular monthly meeting of the Feilding Masonic Lodge will be held on Monday next. Messrs Gorton & Son will hold auction sales in Feilding on Thursday and Friday respectively. A meeting for the purpose of forming a Land Association will bo held at Bunny thorpo on Saturday next. At a meeting of the School Committee. at Ashurst last evening, Mrs Grammar was proposed and duly elected. According to the Kumara Times, a freehold property in Revel street, Hokitika, which in the early days was worth £1,500, was sold recently for £15. We have to thank the secretary of the Marlon Jockey Club for the usual complimentary pass ticket for the meeting tomorrow. The Feilding portion of the San Francisco mail came to hand on Saturday evening, and was promptly sorted and delivered. The Labour Bureau is to insert in the weekly papers of the colony a schedule of men requiring employment. Whether good men out of work will submit to this publicity remains to be seen. There were twenty-six applications for the position of auctioneer to the Farmers' Alliance. Four names have been chosen out of these and the final selection will be made this week. By a typographical error the figures in Mr Cobbe's advertisement m our last issue should have read "46 cases and bales of winter novelties " and not " 16 cases," etc. The purchase money £ 260,220 for the Cheviot estate was paid over on Wednesday last in Christchurch by the Crown solicitors to the trustees in the estate of the late Hon. W. Robinson. Father (wishes to impress the losson) : " Now, my son, toll mo why I punishod you." Son : " That's it— you'vo poundod tho hfo out of mo and now you don't know what you'vo done it for !" A young man named Forffio rocoutly fought tn a ployo contest with a mau named Nicholson, at Auckland. In the fight Forsio rocoivod injuries from which ho hns siuco died. Nicholson has been arrested on a chargo of manslaughter. A gentleman in Western Australia writes : — " It is shameful tho way that this colony is boomed, causing great numbers of the unemployed to leave Melbourne far this equally distressed place. There are at present 300 unemployed in Fremantlo, and no prospect of work for them." " And now," said the country cousin to the girl, " I haye shown you everything on tho farm." "Oh, George you haven't done any such thing. Why I heard papa say before I started that you had a mortgage on it that covered nine tenths of the ground." More fun for the lawyers 1 We quote from the Wanganui Herald. " One of the Jury " in the case of Rickelben v. Baker and Cooke, writes to say that there should have been no verdict, as there was not a three- fourths majority. He further states that the minority were under tho impression, on returning into court, that they did so merely to ascertain, through the foreman, His Honour's opinion as to the reading of one of the issues, and were surprised to hear the announcement of the verdict. An error occurred in our report of Mr Carthew's remarks at the Fire Brigade meeting last Thursday. By omitting the context, the purport of Mr Carthew's words was incorrectly given, and the sense entirely altered. After quoting an old and true saying — " God helps those who help themselves " — Mr Carthew went on to say, that he thought it advisable, before approaching the Council with a view to that body taking over the engine, that it would be well for the brigade to mado some effort to reduce their liabilities. The Marlborough Express referring to the local race meeting said : —Mr Henry is all there, and those who have not seen him before wonder how so young looking a man can carry so much in his head. The finishes gave ample testimony as to the soundness of his judgment. It is currently reported that while Mr Henry can generally pick the winners out of other people's handicaps he cannot do so with his own, or will not, one or the other, and wo venture now to express the opinion that no better handicapping has been seen in Marlborough than Mr Henry's. Tho finishes all through were close, and though the starting might have been improved on, it was, on the whole, good. Several further changes in tho Land and Survey Deportment have been determined on. Mr Sidney Weslman, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands at New Plymouth, is to be transferred to Blenheim, vice Mr &. G. Clark, who retires. Mr John Strauchan, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands at Hokitika, takes Mr Westman's place at New Plymouth, and Mr David Barron, senior District Sur* veyor, at present stationed at Naseby, Otago, becomes Chief Surveyor and Com" missioner of Crown Lauds for Westlaud. These changes will take effect within the next few weeks. The Feilding builders are still being kept busy. Mr Ralph Heald is erecting a commodious eight-roomed house for Mr Bailey opposite the English Church, which will be one of the largest private residences in Feilding. The tenant, Mr Holmes, Government engineer, is expected to take possession about the end of May. Mr Heald is also constructing a six-roomed house for Mr Myers, of the Harbour Board, a private residence for Mr C. Mathewa, fronting Eyre street; and intends building a house for himself on tho Kimbolton road, together with a shop, where he will keep in stock a good supply of sashes, doors, and other building requisites. There is (says the Hawera Star) a rata tree on a section bordering upon the Manaia road, with the following legend carved on its trunk, " Eva Shand, 1760." Presuming this to be the work of some lost or captive pakeha 133 years ago, it is an interesting footprint of the olden time, worthy tho investigation of anyone versed in New Zealand history. "Eva "is certainly like a woman's name, but " Eva Shand " may not have been the name of an individual at all, but the name of some yessel. The letters bear evidence of antiquity, as the bark of the tree has partly covered up and rendered lumpy the carving, so that, even if a hoax has been intended, it is nevertheless a venerable one, As an evidence of colossal ignorance on current topics a correspondent in the Dunedin Star writes under the norn dc phone of " One who was there," that at his South Dunedin meeting last week this question was put to Mr Earnshaw — " Are you m favor of bimetallism, and are you aware that the cause of the present labour troubles is due to the appreciation of gold ?" To which the member tor Peninsula replied — " I am aware that the appreciation of gold by the wealthy classes is the cause of the labour troubles. If the wealthy appreciated it less wo workers would be allowed to appreciate it more. A working man with in his pocket knows how to appreciate it, I can tell you. On the subject of bimetallism I must confess that I am not uu espvrt, and uuiuot oiler uu opinion."

Lord Glasgow will probably visit Melbourne to see the world-farnod Cnp race. We hope he will enjoy his holiday, for " all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Telegrams to oxpect easterly winds with cold weather have been repeated to all placos. A party of twenty or thirty Feilding residents intend journeying to Wellington for the purpose of seeing the Gaiety Company. They will leave here on the 3rd or 4th May, and arrange to see three different pieces. Provided always that satisfactory terms can be obtained from the Government Railway Commissioners and the Manawatu Railway Company. A meeting was held at the Wesleyan Church yesterday evening, for the purpose of making suitable arrangements for the reception of the Rev L. M. Jsitt. It was decided to engage the Army Hall for Monday next, the Assembly Rooms beinp already bespoken. The Rrv G. Clement, was appointed as the Feilding delegate to attend at the reception of the Rev Mr Isitfc on bis arrival in Palmers ton on Saturday next. There must be a largo number of chess and draughts players in Feilding and district, consequently several gentlemen interested in these intellectual games have decided to take the necessary steps with a view of forming a strong club. All players are invited to attend a meeting on Thursday evening nest, which is to be held at the C.L. and L. Corporation's offices, when it is hoped that something definite may result. On Wednesday May 3rd, Messrs Gorton and Son will sell on Potatau farm, under instructions from John Saxon, Esq., the whole of the stock and farm implements enumerated in the advertisement. As the stock are all well bred, and the implements by the best makers, farmers will do well to ayail themselves of this splendid opportunity of obtaining a tew of the lots. Ln nchcon will be provided at the farm an hour before the commencement of the sale. The following team of Feilding boys journey to Sandon to-uiorrow to try conclusions with a toam of that town iv a gamo of football :— full-back A. Fostor, threo- quarters W. Dais, Walton, and W. Smith, halves J. Rosaman, G. Fook, and J. Smith, forwards P. Morphy, Morris, R. Biklcrbcck, J. Smith, F. Fostor, B. Hamilton, and J. Robinson, omergoncios, F. Tuohoy. A. Toy, A. Bray, and D. Whisker. On Saturday last Messrs Reid and Homer, members, and Mr Bray, Engineer, of the Kiwitea Road Board, inspected the site, for a bridge over the Rangitikei river, which had been recommended b3 T Mr Bray, at Vine^er Hill. All of the gentlemen present agreed that the site was the best obtainable. Instructions have been given to Mr Bray, Engineer, of the Kiwitea Road Board, and Mr Mackay, Engineer, of the Rangitikei County Council, to prepare plans and estimates of the cost, with all convenient despatch. The first football match of the season will tnke place to-morrow on the Oval, at 3 o'clock, between the Feilding Rugby Football Club and Mr Daniel's eleven. The game will be played under Association llnles. The team for the Feilding Club will be chosen from the following players : — A. Parr, Strachan, Richards, J. Robinson, R. Parr, Giesen. Rutherford, Matravers, Aitken, Wakelin, Blincoe, Mines, Beard, Keen, Mingins, and Humphries ; emergencies — Eado, Belfit, Galway, J. Robinson, J. Parkcs, Coombe, Burlace, and Foster. Mr J. St Clair, business manager, (who was last here with the celebrated Faust Familj), and Mr Duncan, Agent for the Holloway Dramatic Compan}-, arrived horo yesterday to m»ko arrangements for the forthcoming visit on Mouday evening next, of thia now famous Dramatic Company. During their stay horo, which will only be for one night, the Company will present to tho public tho most successful drama of thoir exteceive repertoire, Frank Harvey's comedy drama, "A Ring of Iron.' Both company and piece haye earned high praise throughout this colony.