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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 148, 3 June 1893, Page 2

The cruel cuatom of leaving horses tied up for long peiioda of time at hotel hitching posts, without food or 1 drink, which is so common in all parts of the colony, has received a check at Danevirko, whore an of* fendor in this connoction irae fined in a nominal sum. Now that the police have secured a conviction, which establishes a precedent, we hope they will in future proceed against every known offender, and have the practice put a stop to. There are plenty of livery stables in every town or village, where, for a small sum, these longsuffering animals may be well looked after. We do not pretend to believe that the cruelty is intentional on the part of owners of horses, but is more the result of thoughtlessness or carelessness,

The reduction iv tho rate of interest paid on deposits by the Post Office Department is really more than the one-half per cent, as telegraphed. Hitherto, the rate has been 4^ per cent on auma of £200, and -1 per cent on sums in excess of that amount up to £500. The present altered rate is 4 per cent on deposits up to £200, and when they exceed that amount the interest on the whole sum drops to 3i per cent.

Thk Minister of Labor has exhibited both tact and judgment in deciding that when in future there are more applicants for work than can bo provided with it, men who have been in the colony two years are to have the preference over those who have arrived since. We hope he will go a little further and take effective measures to stop the influx of objectionable characters- from the other Australasian colonies and Europe.

Local and General News I We have to acknowledge receipt of the ' 'ocket Guide, for June, of the Union S.S, !ompany. Mr Hodren advertises "Football Punch" ,nd " Hot Tom " as just the drinks for he winter season and invites a trial. Entries for Messrs Abraham & iVilliams' stock sale at Palmerston on | Thursday appear in our advertising :olumns to-day. The season is unusually mild here, the mimosas being already in bloom, while narcissus are flowering abundantly in 3evera! of the gardens. The Bank of England has received £1,000,000 in gold from America this week. Tho effect has been to cause a remarkabte collapse in discounts. The funeral of the late Donald Clarke will leave the residence of his father, Angus Clarke, Spur Road, to-morrow at 11 a.m. for the Feilding cemetery. The following written definition of the word ' bachelor ' was handed in by a boy, " A bachelor is a man who has no wife, nor wants no wife, nor can't get no wife." ( We insert a notice from the Town Clerk, Mr G. C. Hill, confirming special resolution re striking a special rate to pay interest on the borough's share ot the cost of erecting the bridge at Aorangi. In our report of the 1.0. G.T. meeting wo accidentally omitted to mention the name of Mr T. Humphrey, as being an efficient helper in supplying the Bunnytliorpo visitors with their welcome supper. The French press urge that, in the absence of dc Lcsscps, others should be appointed to restore the influence of France in the affairs of the Suez Canal, which is now controlled by the British. Thd entries for the United Farmers' Alliance stock sales, at Birmingham on Wednesday the 7th, and Feilding on Friday the 9th instant, are published today. Messrs Woolven & Nisbet had an excellent display of prime beof, mutton, pork, and small goods, in their shop last night. A noticeable feature was their smoked bacon, cured by the firm, for which they find a ready sale. The Standard says :— A young lady had a narrow escape on the train from Palmerston to Wellington on Wednesday night. She was standing on the platform when she fainted, and was just caught by Mr Gardner as she was falling off the train. It took over an hour to bring her to. The Napier Evening News, quaintly puts it thus : — Mr Isitt paid Napier a visit this month, and, strange to say, the beer duty paid at the Customs-honee for this month amounts to £273 14s 9d, while for the corresponding month of last year it was only £152 19s 4d. At the monthly meeting of the Palmerston District Hospital Board, held last Thursday, the tender of Mr W. G. Shearer, of Feilding, was accepted, at £46 1 Os, for supplying the hospital with mattrasses, pillows, etc. The following tenders were rejected : Sorwall & Son, £75 ; G. Woodroofe, £63 5s ; I. Brent, £64 ; J. It. Montague, £63 ; W. Pogden, £54, At the Diocesan Synod meeting last Thursday in Wellington, it was unanimously decided that the Archbishop of York, nnd the Bishop of Durham, be appointed to undertake the selection nt Home of a bishop for Wellington. The Rev. W. Towgood proposed, and Mr W. G. Beetliam seconded the resolution. The proposal to select a bishop in the colony was rejected. At the Palmerston District Court last Thursda3*, R. Somerville's application for discharge from bankruptcy was granted. The D.O.A. had no complaint to make against the debtor, who had paid his creditors 5s in the £. — ln the case of Richard Geauge, the application for discharge was postponed for six months, to enable the debtor to make some offer to pay hia creditors. Mr Reado appeared for both debtors. Two new and rival schemes for removing the deprassion have been put forward in Melbourne. The Bishop of Melbourne suggests a day of humiliation and prayer and a chapter from Nehemiah, and Mr J. L. Purves meets this with n proposal for a lottery of £5,000,000. Both proposals may be said to be speculative ; but wo believe that if tho second were adopted the money would bo subscribed in six months. A new tally has been introduced in Australia. It is an American invention, and is used by stockmen for counting sheep or cattle as they run through a race or lane. With this registrar one can couut as fast as desired, and no mistake is possible. In counting sheep af they run through a lane, four of five men will frequently differ in their tally from 1 to 20 in a bunch of 1000 head. With this little registrar no mistake is possible. There was a very fair attendance at the " Mutual," in the Methodist Church, last Thursday evening. Impromptu questions were freely discussed, thus showing the members are taking a lively interest in the society, and at the same time banishing any apathy towards speaking in public. The first debate of the session will take place on Thursday evening next, when the subject to be discussed will be " Woman's Suffrage," Mr Attwood leading the debate. Having taken over the business which has been so long and successfully carried on by their father, Mr M. Keen, Messrs Keen Brothers intend to renovate and add to the convenience of the establishtnent by sundry alterations and improvements. To enable them to do this, to their own and to the satisfaction of their customers and friends, they will hold a sale of the present stock in order that the new supplies of boots and shoes, now soon to com© to hand, may be shown to the greatest advantage. Attention is directed to Messrs Kirkcaldie & Stains' re-place advertisement in this day's msne. In consequence of the unparalleled depression on the other side, they have been enabled to purchase from one of the largest warehouses an immense variety of dress tweeds, ladies' three-quarter cloth, and sealette jackets at a great discount on English manufacturers' prices. A reference to the advertisement, in another column, will show the startling nature of the bargains now offering at this popular establishment. We arfl informed that the building now in courae of erection in West Waitapu, Dear Mr Crabb's store, for Mr A. E. Bennett, as an accommodation house, is approaching completion. Mr H. Tolley, of Birmingham, is the builder. Travellers and visitors to the district will find nil the comforts of a home at this establishment, and under Mr Bennett's management the ultimate success of the undertaking may safely be predicted. An advertisement announcing the opening of the house will shortly appear iv our columns. Mr Pirani is doing good work on the Land Board. At the last meeting he directed attention to the inconvenience caused by the practice of compelling applicants for land to forward the deposits to Wellington, and the trouble to thfl department ol receiving and returning such a large amount of cash. He suggested that applicants should be enabled to deposit their iiionpy jn the post office, and merely forward tho reooipt to the Law Office, this document to be returned to the post office for the unsuccessful applicant. Both the Receiver and the Commissioner agreed that reform in tlio methods now adopted was absolutely necessary.

All men are invited to spend a pleasant »fternoon to-morrow in the Foresters' Hall at 3 o'clock. Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warning for westerley gales and rain have been sent to all places. At the "Wellington Supreme Court, yesterday, Frederick Lind was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for larceny &om a dwelling-house at Beaconsfield. Macfarlane, chairman of an insurance company in the United States, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for defrauding the company of a quarter of a million. Mr Hector Booth presented & petition, signed by residents on the Makino road, to-day, praying the Mancehster Road Board to appoint a ranger, owing to the number of cattle straying on the roads. Mr Carnegie, the millionaire, has published an article predicting the union of English speaking nations. England ancL America will then dominate the whole world, and put an end to war. The Prince of Wales, he considers, would be the last man to prevent so desirable a consummation, and the Queen would possibly surrender her crown for peace. On Thursday afternoon last, Mr R. Mcßeth, sitting as acting coronor, held an enquiry concerning the death of Donald Clarke, who was drowned whilst crossing the Oroua river, at Apiti, on the previous Tuesday. The following constituted the jury — Messrs H. Mnnro (foreman), J. Mnnro, H. Trevena, F. Mcßelh, J. Woodcock, and G. llacketto. After hearing the evidence of Edward Lankshear, — Stewart, nncl Bernard Wishaw, the jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning, and that no bhune was attachable to anyone. The jury added a rider to the effect that a new ford should be made some four chains, or more, higher up the riyer, so as to nuike the crossing safe for the travelling public