Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 133, 29 April 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

4_ The shooting season for imported game will begin on Monday next. The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next. Poor Dick Reeves, M.H.R., has been adjudged a bankrupt, on the petition of the Hon. J. M. Larnacb, of Dunedin. The Talmerston Town Band has disbanded, owing to the principal members , leaving the district. J Tho latest pests introducod into the colony are toads, Mr. W.K. Chambers, of Poverty Bay, having imported thirty four livo toads by tho Kaikoura. The results of the election for No 6 Ward, Manchester Road District aro notified elsewhere. It will bo seen Mr Conway was returned by a large majority, Tho members of tho Feilding Masonic Lodge will leave by the public train tomorrow forenoon to attend the funeral of the late Brother P.M., the Hon John Ballance. Those interested in forming a land association will meet at Bunnythorpe this evening, when several Feilding intending applicants will be present. We are glad to know that Mr F. W. Dunderdale, of Palmerston North, has been successfully operated upon, and is progressing favourably towards recovery. To-day Messrs Thaoker and Pallant have opened out an assortment of gentlemen's leggings, in brown and black leather. They are well finished and cheftp. The Chicago Exhibition has not " caught I on " with the English people, and it is calculated that very few people from the United Kingdom will cross the Atlantic ; this year. ] To-day's Times says : — "As various stories are in circulation about the succession to tho Preiniorship. wo have authority for saying that nothing has yet boon decided upon, arid nothing will be until after Mr Ballanco's fuuoral. Tho theory of coalition put forward by a contemporary is absolutely without auy kind of fouudation in fact.

The Rev. L. M. Isitt will lecture in the Salvation Army Barracks on Monday night on " Prohibition and the Direct Veto." The chair will be taked at halfpast seven o'clock punctually. " Polydipsia" is the Boston name for thirst. When suffering from polydipsia the Bostonian calls for spiritus f rumen ti. and then washes it down with protoxide of hydrogen. We have to acknowledge receipt of a pamphlet giving details of the case Edward Eiton Fletcher v. the New Zea lann Railway Commissioners, printed at the Wanganui Herald office. A member of the fair sex was heard to say the other day : "Oh yes, he swore every oath he could think of, but he used no bad language 3" There is a nice distinction, somewhere, in that remark. The election of a member for No. 1 Ward, on the Pohangina Road Board, will take place at Mr Dunbar's woolshed on Tuesday ; and for No. 8 Ward at the Board's office, Feilding, on Wednesday next. A special sef vtco. for men only, will be held iv the Wesleyan Church to-morrow , evening, after the usual Sunday service. The meeting will not be of long duration Short addresses arc to be given by two or three gentlemen. A football club has been formed by the youths of this town. The title of the club will be " The Unionists." It is hoped that permission will be obtained from Messrs Gorton and Son for the use of their paddock to play in. To-morrow morning Mr G. Grant will occupy the pulpit of the Feilding Wesleyan Church. The text chosen is "Bo | ye therefore Wise as Serpents and Harmless as Doves," from Matthew 10c. 16t. The evening preacher is Mr Joe Dixon. The drapers have been pushing business in the Sandon district with a vengeance during this week. No fewer than four Palmersfon, one Wellington, and three Feilding firms hare been most energetic in displaying their wares in that neighbourhood. A " Busy-body Association " has been established in Auckland ostensibly for the protection of women and children. The association undertakes to prosecute in cases of cruelty or outrage, and to make provision for children whose parents or guardians aro unfit to do so. Some unseemly acts of larnkinism took place in Feilding on Thursday night. The window blinds were pulled down from Messrs Bramwell Bros, shop and thrown into Mr Pearson's yard ; Mr Gosling's ladder was removed ,- and a nuisance committed in Mr Pearson's door« way. Mr M. Belfit desires to draw attention to a large 6tock of new goods which ho has just received, including saddles of all descriptions, ladies' and gents' Pelham bridles, collars, and every requisite of the trade. He has also on order four sets of nichel-silver harness, which will be finished in two or three weeks time. The Empire Tea Company have a replace advertisement in to-day, to which wo request the attention of all true lovers of " the cup that cheers, but not inebriates." The quality, blend, and aroma of these splendid leas are already so wellknown tbat it is quite unnecessary for ns to make further reference to them. At the junction of Bowen and Manchester streets there is no kerhmg or metal on the Inst few feet of the footpath, and after on hour or two's rain there are two mud holes for pedestrians to wade through. It would only be a matter of a few hours work to have the ran Iter rectified. The first meeting of the Quadrille As--1 sembly was held in the Foresters' Hall last Thursday evening. There were about sixteen couples present, and every thing passed off most satisfactorily, ex* cept the weather. It is intended to bold these assemblies fortnightly on Wednesdays, if the Forester's Hall can be ob* tamed. An extensive sale of Crown Lands will be held in June next, when the sections drawn for the Crown in a number of special settlements will be included in the land offered, as well as the totara reserve of 1000 acres at Pohangina. The Land Board will decide en Tuesday next upon the conditions on which these special settlement sections will be offered to the public. — Standard. The Marlborough Expross says : — Mr Clark, Chief Commissioner of Crown Lauds, and head of the Survey Department bore, leaves office on tho Ist of May receiving as a solatium six months' leave of absence, and compensation at the rate of a month's salary for each year of servico. The reason for his retirement is that the Government are going to retrench all the older mon, and give the younger onon a chance of promotion. We may expect to hear of a few more changes in the Government Buildings shortly. The Holloway Dramatic Company open their season on Monday evening next, when they will stage " A Ring of Iron." Speaking of this piece the Wellington Post says:— "The Holloway Dramatic Company scored a distinct success in the five-act drama entitled '■ A Ring of Iron," by Mr Frank Harvey, which obtained an exceedingly favourable reception from a large audience. The drama is well constructed, and it certainly possesses the elements of popularity in a certain measure. The play was acted and produced with that attention to detail and smoothness that has characterised the productions of this company. The piece is excellently staged, ono scene especially, tho diggings on the Ovens River, Australia, evoking hearty applause." The Feilding Mutual Improvement Society held their usual weekly meeting on Thursday evening last, and, judging from the attendance, there is a growing interest taking place in the institution. After opening in the usual way, Mr T. Perkins read a paper on " A Dream," which was freely criticised. Mr Perkins was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his essay, and the Rev. Mr. Clement also received a vote of thanks, which had been accidentally omitted at the previous meeting, for his paper on " Traits of Character " given last week. It was announced that the next item on the syllabus, for Thursday next, was a paper by the President on " Mohammedanism." The meet, ing closed after appointing a committee to draw up rules and make other arrangements. At a committee.meeting which followed Miss Blackmore was appointed treasurer, and after some discussion it was decided to have the syllabus printed. We are pleased to be able to state that Mr Frank Lethbridge has been finally selected as Opposition candidate for Rangitikei at the forthcoming general election. Mr Lethbridge will secure the united support of the party, and his chances of success are regarded by perI sons well qualified to judge as remarkably (*ood. He is a very old resident, is extremely popular all over the district, and has already proved himself a thoroughly capable public man as member of various local bodies. Mr Lethbridge would make an excellent representative ; indeed, ho would do credit to any constituency in the colony. The Government party reckon a great deal J on the votes of tho co-operative contract I I men to obtain the return of their candi- I date, Mr Steyens, but the strength of I that vote will not be nearly so great as { they expect. Ministers are quite as anxious to win the Wanganui, Waitotara, and Egmont seats as that of Rangitikei, ami, honce, they will have to split up the cooperative forces amongst the four con- j tstituoncies.— Wellington Press.

Captain Edwin telegraphs :— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Telegrams to expect strong easterly winds have been sent to all places northward of Napier, Taupo, and Raglan ; and to expect northerly winds at all- other places. The Wellington Acclimatisation Society are importing about £30 worth of wild duck and Virginian quail, by tho lonic ' and Doric, which are expected hero early next week. The birds were purchased from Mr Philip Costang's establishment in London. It it proposed to liberate some of the quail on Kapiti Island, and the balance on the mainland. A few of the ducks will be kept for breeding purf loses, and the balance will probably bo iberated at the Wairarapa Lake.