Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 135, 4 May 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

Measles are very provnlant in Dnneilin and two or three schools have been closed in consequence. At the Feildinpr " Mutual " to-ni^ht the Rev. G. Clement will read a paper on " Mohammedanism." An esteemed client on the Kast Coast sent a letter ene\osiiiH a cheque, with the remark onl,y " Brevity is tjio soul of wit." \V« Jilie willy people.

Visitors will be expected to pay for admission to the Oval on the occasion of i seeing the first football match of the season on Saturday next. The annual meeting of the M anawatu ; Permanent Building Society will be held at Palmerston North on Monday, the Bth of May. Mr A. K. Blundell, Stock Inspector, to-day condemned a milch cow suffering from tuberculosis, and ordered the animal to be destroyed. j j The Clerk of the Kiwitea Licensing i , District gives notice that the annual ! ! meeting will be held in the schoolbouse Cheltenham, on Tuesday June 6th, 1893. According to the Bruce Herald, the veteran colonist and politician, Mr Vincent Pyke, has had another stroke of paralysis, and for the present is incapable of using his right arm. Mr De Costa, who has been appointed to visit this district on behalf of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, intends to call through Feilding once a month. Further particulars will be duly advertised. Mr J. R. Johnston, of Chelteham, offers a .£lO reward for such information as will lead to the conviction of the person, or persons, who removed two gates from their hinges, and opened two others on his property. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly gales and rain have been gent to all places northward of Blenheim and Nelson, and for easterly gales and rain to all other places. Mr D. Scally, of Wanganui, advertises for sale a good cab, in perfect order, very cheap, with or without horses and harness. A vehicle of this description ought to do well in Feilding if run by an enterprising man. We have been requested to announce that Mr R. W. Thompson, piano tuner, the representative of Messrs Collier & Co., piano and organ importers of Wanganui, will visit Feilding and district about the 12th instant. Orders may be left at this office. The contest between Messrs Parsons and Carson for the Wanganui seat, when decided, will be a good indication of the relative strength of, not the Government and tho Opposition parties, but of the drinkers and non-drinkers of intoxicating liquors in that town. Mr Scobie Mackenzie says that if any man were to call him a New Zealand Liberal ho would knock him down or prosecute him for defamation of character. We (Wairarapa Star) do not think any sane person would defame the fair name of Liberalism by including Scobio in its ranks. A meeting of professional, commercial men, and residents has been called by Mr E. Goodbehere, the Mayor, for the purpose of making final arrangements for the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce for Feilding. The meeting will be held in .the Foresters' Hall on Monday next. An exchange, writing of a certain goldfield in Australia, says : — " During the last four months ilo,*ooo worth of gold has been procured at this field, and that between 5000 and 6000 men were employed, all of whom were doiug fairly well." An average of 4s or 5s a week for each man is a poor diggings. In the palmy days of Victoria the average for every soul on the diggings was 10s n week, and on the West Coast of New Zealand 30a a week per capita. Mr Purvis, chief engineer of the lonic, says the Post, who takes a great interest in acclimatisation matters, has brought out 18 English wild-duck for the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. Twenty birds were shipped but two of them died on the voyage. The society intends liberating some of tho birds at the Wairarapa Lake, where they will probably, mingle and breed with the grey duck, and tho remainder are to be kept at the Masterton aviary for breeding purposes. There is now on view in Mr James Fraser's shop a churn which has been specially made to the otdev of, and designed by, Mr Fairfield Thompson for Mr G. Revington Jones, of Taonui. The churn is a square box, 4\ feet long, by 24 inches square, and revolves by steam power at the rate of 70 revolutions in one minute. The advantage this churn has over the Yankee one is that it entirely does away with tho beaters, and thus a clear space is left for the reception of tho cream. The design is a very good one, and reflects great credit on Mr Thompson's inventive genius. Sir George Grey, being interviewed, expressed his sorrow at the untimely death of Mr Ballance, and deep sympathy with his widow. He considered the experience which the Premier had acquired during 20 years of public life makes his death a serious loss to the country. With regard to his public administration, Sir George says there has been much in it from which he has felt compelled to dissent, but he is altogether unwilling to enter into any review of Mr Ballance as a public man now. When one so recently dead is concerned, he can naturally see only that which is good. The Bush Advocate, published at Danevirke, informs its readers that " Dr Campbell Wilkinson, who was formerly in practice at Danevirke and now at Hunterville, has fallen heir to a baronetcy and a large fortune." This was the first time that Dr Wilkinson heard of the " baronetcy and a large fortune." Tho doctor (says tho Paraekaretu Express) received tho news with that sereness of mind becoming a baronet, but at the same time, he prefers to wait for a confirmation of the good news from a higher source than that of the Bush Advocate before packing up and bidding adieu to his friends in Hunterville. Some people think it creditable, and to their honor, to rob tradesmen, and, as an instance of this, a story is told of the French poet, Saint Foix, who, in spite ot his large income, was always in debt. One day this Jeremy Diddler sat at a barber's waiting to be shaved. He was lathered, when the door opened und a tradesman entered who happened to be one of the poet's largest creditors. iS'o sooner did this man see Saint Foix than be angrily demanded his money. The poet composedly begged him not to make a scene. " Won't you wait for the money until lam shaved?" " Certainly," said the other, pleased at tho prospect. Saint Foix then made the barber a witness of the agreement, and immediately took a towel, wiped the lather from his face, and left the shop. He wore a heard to the end of his days. He thus saved the cost of shaving, aud swindled his creditor with " neatness aud despatch." A correspondent writes to the Daily Graphic with reference to the question whether ladies should ride astride — " I #m sure you will be glad to hear that in oiio part of this country ladies have had the courage of their convictions in this matter. Some five or six ladies of the Devon and Somerset Jstag Hunt ssat themselves in the manner demanded by the men's saddle rather than in that generally expected of the women. The phenomena, no longer appears a phenomena among us, so common has it become ; but perhaps the real reason why we have so readily sunk our sense of the conventional in a sense of the convenient is that our hunt is essentially a businesslike and womanlike one. We come to it not for the meet but for the stag ; we have a rough country to travel ; and we dress as best pleases us and as we think will enable us best to enjoy the pleasures of our hunt, with due regard to . th« suscoptibilitea of our neighbours."

Chess and draughts players are reminded of the meeting at Mr F. Bray's this evening, re forming a club. The proprietor of the Feilding Boot and Shoe Depot, next the Star office, gives notice that the firm of Thaeker and Pallant having been dissolved by mutual consent, the Feilding branch will be carried on as usual under the manage* ment of Mr H. L. Jackson. The influx still continues, and last month's returns contrast well with those of April last year. Telegrams from the Customs authorities at the various ports of the colony show that during April last the arrivals and departures were — Arrivals, 2894 ; departures, 1898 ; net gain, 521. A meeting of the Hunterville Lodge of Freemasons was held on Friday last, when it was decided to erect a Masonic Hall in Hunterville. From what we can hear, the building will be proceeded with as soon as possible, and when completed will be one of the best in Himfcerville. — Advocate. Mr J. Coyle, who for a number of years past has been the constable stationed at Bulls, and before that at Marton, is about to resign his membership of the force, and enter into business as a publican. Mr Coyle has purchased from Mr J. Bronghton the Clifton Hotol, and will assume hia new duties on the first of June. — Advocate. Messrs Souquet Bros, advertise three performances, tomorrow (Friday), Saturday, and Monday nights, when they will appear with their well-trained grizzly and cinnamon bears. Everywhere these animals have caused great amusement, and, as the performance is something unusual in these parts, they should receive good patronage. Mr Darragh.of the brick store, Manchester street, has now, in addition to the store, the saleroom lately occupied by Mr Montague as an auction mart, which Mr Darragh will utilise as a show-room for his large and varied stock of furniture, ironmongery, crockeryware, glnss, ami fancy goods. An announcement, giving full details, will appear in our next issue. Ministers weroin Cabinet up tiil a late hour last night dealing with the Wai* komiti murder case, and the sentence of death passed upon Alexander Scott, The evidence is very voluminous and tlie consideration of the case was not completed when Ministers ro.se from their labors. Tl.ej meet in Cabinet again to day. Business men and others should note that in a case recently tried at Palmerston the 11. M. gave judgment for plaintiff for £4 7s 6d, being the amount claimed, less interest, the 11. M. holding that under a decision lately given in England interest on overdue accounts could not be claimed even where the billheads specially notified the tact that interest would be charged. The old Anglo Saxon theory that people near the coast seldom die until the tide is well on tho ebb, wns ngain illustrated by the death of the lute John Ballance. On the a f ternoon of the day he died, the tide in Wellington begun to ebb at about 2.30, and was rapidly rnnning down at 0.19, when ho quietly passed away. This same theory held good in the deaths of the lute Dnke of Clarence and Lord Tennyson. A party of twenty-five men from the Wellington Labour Bureau, in charge of Mr Maekay, arrived here by the mid-day train yesterday bound for tho Otainakapua Block, under the Hon. J. McKenzie's (Minister of Lands) new settlement scheme. After dinner they proceeded to their destination, situated about five miles from Pemberton, in conveyances supplied by Messrs Pringle and Richardson, and Mr It. Robinson. Messrs Gorton and Son held a most satisfactory sale at Mr John Saxon's yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance of buyers, and all classes of stock were in great demand. Keen competition ensued for milch cows which fetched from L5 to L 7 15s ; weaners, 30s ; 18-month heifers, L 2 16s 6d. Six-tooth and full-mouth ewes realized 13s; other ewes, 6s 5d to 10s 6d. Machinery and implements brought higher prices than usual. A meeting of Good Templara was held in the Foresters' Hall on Tuesday evening last. The interest taken in the temperance cause was well demonstrated by the large gathering of members. Two new members were initiated by the Chief Templar. The business of the evening was the election of officers, which resulted as follows : — Chief Templar, Bro. Iludleston; Vice, Sister Curtis; Chaplain, Sister Poad ; Marshal, Sister Whisker ; Guard, Bro. Smith ; Sentinel, Bro. Lethbridge; General Secretary, Bio. Downey (re-elected) ; Financial .Secretary, Bro. Perkins (re-elected). The duties of In-stallation-officer was carried out by the Lodge Deputy, Bro. J. Burrows, who was assisted by Bro. Blackmore.