Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 116, 30 May 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

Thoro avo two brass bands in Mas(orton. TJie pohco hayo boon instructed to provont glovo fight exhibitions. The Feilding Borough Council will meet on Thursday noxt. Christie Murray propo9o9 to pay anothor Visit to Ibis colony for tho benefit of his health There will bo ft meeting of the Waimnrino Small Farms Association in Short's Hall at 7.80 this eveuing. Tho Wairarapa Daily Times thiuks that Ministers will scratch Messrs Shora aud Reoa for tho Autkland City electorate. Our readers will notice that Mr Greenwood will be in Feilding on Friday and Saturday next, instead of his usual days. The Post says it is understood that an amendment to the Land and Income Tax Bill will be introducod next session, removing tho taxation from improvements. It is said that in consequonco of certain falts which have como to tho knowledge of the Board of Customs, foreign chocolate creams sent to England from abroad aro to be analysed. The weatern districts of Queensland are in a most distressing condition, stations being abandoned, aud sheep and cattle allowed to j»o where they pleased. There is practically no food anywhere. A London correspondent writes : — Mr 0. lious Marten, of Wellington, succeeds Mr Phillip Monnell as London correspondent of the Auckland Herald, Otago Daily Times, and Chnstchurch Pros?. Banana juice, wo aro told, makes a first-class indelible ink. A spot on a white shirt from a dead ripe banana is marked for ever, and the juice from bananas, thoroughly decayed, ia a bright, clear carmine. Last night a strong wind from the N.W. prevailed. It began to increase until about two o'clock this morning, when it blew a perfect gale, the hardest in fact ever experienced in this district tor many years. Residents of Colyton and district are reminded of this evening's meeting re the Longburu Freezing Works. The support which the intended resuscitation of this important industry has received elsewhere will, no doubt, act as an additional incentive, and eventuate in a big meeting. Tho manager of the Australian Advertising Bureau, Sydney, writes : — •' It gives us great pleasure in complimenting you on the way that you inserted August Flower advertisement. Out of tho 200 pnpers in which we placed this advertisement three inserted it correctly, and you are one of those three. A Sydney paper says : — Tho Bank of Now Zealand, which went through its financial ordeal a few years ago and has ranch bonefittod by the experience, was untroubled by tho panic. It didn't ioso £100 in gold on the Friday, being re gaided as quite outside the storm. On the contrary it has picked up quite a lot of solid business. At a meeting held at Bunnythorpe on Friday last for tho purpose of solecting the names of two goritlomon to bo nominated to tho Minister of Justice as suitablo to bo placod on the Commission of the Poaco, Messrs Joo Dixon and David Maddin were selected. A resolution was also passed, couvoyiug a voto of thanks to Mr Kirtou, of Foildiug, for his efforts iv the matter. Wo regret to hoar that Mr F. Y. Lethbridge has for some days been confined to the houso and has had to keep in a darkened room. He unfortunately got some chaff in his eyos whilst watching a chaff cutter at work. Mr Lethbndge will not be able to leave the house for some time, but we are pleased to find from Dr Sorlev that ho is making satisfactory, though somewhat slow, progress towards recovery Our readers are rominded of the concert to bo hold in the Assomblv Hooms to-morrow (Wednesday) evoaiug. Th© entertainment is tho first of a series, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to • wards building a Temperance Hall. An ex col loot programme has been drawn up, and as most of the performers are new to a Feilding audience, and aro at the same time all capital musicians, we expect to 800 a largo audience for tho occasion. Mr Duthie, M.H.R., in his speech at Wellington, complained of the unwillingness of the Government to pushon with the completion of the Eketahuna-Woodvillo railway, and tho construction of tho viaduct beyond Hunterville and beyond where tbo co»operatiyo workmen woro awaiting the liangitikei election. In his opinion they woro to be brought up at tho proper time, which moans thoy will be utilizod as supporters of the Government candidate.

There will be a meeting of the Library i Committee this evening in the Borough Council Chambers. The liquidators of the South Melbourne Building Society have decided to further prosecute Matthias Larkin and Patrick Cleary, who are serving lengthy sentences 1 for embezzlement and conspiracy. | Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather i forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Telegrams to expect frost have been sent to all places southward of Lyttelton and Hokitika and in tne Waikato district, and for very cold night to all other places. .Judge Richmond, in his charge lo the Grand Jury at the Wellington Supreme Court, yesterday, made some severe remarks on the administration of the Licensing Act in Wellington, and on the manner in which certain public houses in the Empire City were conducted. A telegram received in Wellington on Saturday from Mr Cassidy, the wellknown coach proprietor, reports that Edward Holmos, while driving an eroptr coach ovor Porter's Pass, betweon Christchurch and tho West Coast was accidentally thrown from it and killed. Owing to the low price of wheat, bread is now being sold in the Old Country at 2-J-d the 4lb loaf. One writer has drawn attention to the fact that wheat (food of man), and hay (winter feed for stock), were virtually selling, weight for weight, at about the same price— £s per ton. He had seen fairly good wheat sold at that absurdly low figure. On Saturday last a seaman on tho Star of Victoria at Wellington full from the rigging, a distance of about 60 feet. The boatswain saw the accident, and phickily trie:l to break his shipmate's fall. This he succeeded to a great extent in doing, as, though bruised, the man was not seriously injured. The boatswain had three of the fingers of his right hand i broken. According to tho Registrar-General's notes, published in the Now Zealand i Gazette, tho loss from tho Hosaian fly is estimated at from throo to 25 bushels an acre near Mastorton ; at GJreytown, from five bushels to the acre to half the crop was destroyed bj the fly. It has beau suggested that wheat growing should bo discontinued for a season or two in order to banish the fiy. A telegram from Cambridge states that To Rawh'iti, secretary to Tawhaio, forwarded to tho lion Mr Cadraan, by Postoffico Order, tho sum of £5S being repayment of ponsion (£56 6d) paid by Mr Cadman to Tawhaio, with interest achlod. The monoy was collected by subscription amongst the natives assembled at Mauu gakawa, at tho recent meeting thore, as Tawhaio did uot possess it. It is stuted that the natives were very much annoyed ut Tawhaio accopting tho pension. In another column appoars an advertisement from Madame Simon who has taken premises m Fergusson street, and intonds to give lessons in art paiutiug, fancy work etc. A class is in courso of formation for tho study of these subject?, and wo are pleased lv hear that Matin me Siraon haa alrea<)j- secured several pupils. We havo inspected Madumc's studio, and can testify to tho excellence of her oil and poonah paiutinjr, applique and other fancy work, and we would adviso anyone with a tasto for art to pay her .studio a visit, Tho Post says that Mr Amlorson, of Feilding, has sent in to tho Agricultural Department a very nigonious hand raachiue for putting tin or stool clips bearing numbers on tho oars of stud sheep, with a request that tho now form of marking be recognised a legal brand. Mr Hawkins, of Palmerston, has sont in another machine with a similar purpose. Both will be referred to the Stock Committee of the Houso next session for their consideration and with a view to amending the law to permit of their uso. The construction of tho railway lino between Ekotahuna and Woodvillo (says the H.B. Horald) will tako about two years to comploto. At preseut there a ro 150 men employed on tie works, the largest number vow at work on any lino in the colony, as tho Main Trunk has only HO. The Public Works Department is at present inquiring as to whether more men cannot be profitably employed on the Eketahuna line. The work to bo clone includes two big bridges and a number of culverts to construct, sovoral miles of formation to mako on which the bush is onty just down, and much ballasting and laying of rails. On Tuesday morning last quite a little excitement was caused owing to the audden disappearance of a young lady connected with one of our hotels. Humours of all kinds gained currency as to the whereabouts of tho fair Delilah, but up to the time of our going to press we havo not heard definitely whore tho fair one has goue. It is rumoured that she has cast in her let with the proprietors of the "Bear Show," who had an exhibition here on Monday night, and left early oc the Tuesday morning. If this is the case we aro afraid eh« has made a false stop. — | Paraekaretu Express. The " Good Samaritan " Variety Company did good business on Saturday, and again last evening. Mr Bryant's ventriloquial efforts were ver3 T good, the comical Cullen caused great amusement in his local hits in his topical songs, and the other members of the Company were also well received. The great attraction last night was a " Baby Show," Mrs Simpson's little one gaining the coveted honor, as being the " bosa baby "in the competition. ( The other contestants were Mesdames Fowles, Anderson, Oldershaw, and E. Charles' babies, and these were worthy representatives of Feilding's rising generation. There was not a very large attendance at the social given by the young ladies connected with the Wesleyan Church, at Short's Hall yesterday evening, owing, no doubt, to counter attractions. The Rev. Mr Watkin, who presided, stated that the object the young ladies had in view by holding these socials was to raise fund?, the proceeds to be spent in the purchase of materials for working up into useful articles, which will be sold for the benefit of tho Wesleyau Church Building Fund. The following programme was then gone through : Song, " Don't be angry with me darling," Mrs Marson ; song, " Roses underneath the snow," Miss Curtis ; reading, •• Artemus Ward's visit to Rome," Mr Barker ; song, " Tyrell's lovely dell," Miss Carthew ; recitation, Mr Blakely ; reading, " Will Carlefcon's silent wheel," Rev. Mr Watkin ; song, " Queen of my heart," Mr Perrin. A supper followed, round games were indulged in, and a very pleasant evening's amusement concluded shortly after ten o'clock.