Local and General News

Feilding Star, 20 June 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

Parliament will be opened on Thurs , day next. The next quarterly communication of tho Grand Lodge of New Zealand will be held iv Wangitnui on Friday, 14th July. I Throo of Wellington's oldest residents ■' joined tho grout mnjority " last week, namely: Mrs Tustin, Mrs Bragge, and ! Mr Dimaut. All loyors of «ood music will bo pleased to learn that tho Misses Albu will givt. anothei entnrtainmont in Foilding on Friday next. Tho most beautiful ball programmes , ever introduced in llio colony are now »n , stock in the jobbing department of the > Feildino Star. A notice of mot ion has been givon'f or tho next meeting of tho Auckland Education Hoard ' that steps bo taken to encourage chess iv connection with counter schools.' Ik A chemist nnmed L!ewev*n Eran Pritrhard, committed suicide A Ash burton, on Saturday last. He took Prussic ncid. Deceased had been drinking hard. A hcavv slip in the Manawatu Gorjje was reported yesterday. The slip will take some time to remove. Trains are . being run from Palmers ton station to f connect at Asburnt. Tho following birth notice appears in i tho Bush Advocate : — LoCHHEAI).—Ou May 3 1st, 1893, at Strathallan. South Xorsewood, tho wife of J. M. It. Lochhead of a son, Here's tae ye me lad. Tho Wanganui Herald says : — We hear on good authority that Mr William Moutgomery, of Brunswick , will be a candidate in the Liberal interest for tho Waitotara constituency at tbo next general election. A correspondent writes to the Welling- • ton Times extolling tbe sovereign virtues ; of a tobacco poultice applied to the i stomach as a specific for lockjaw. He gives instances of remarkable cures ef , fectod by it. | A man named Do Lacoy, employed in | Booth and Co's mill at Carterton, was maugled to death by a log rolling on him on Saturday afternoon. De Lacey was 1 for years secretary to the local Court of > Foresters and was widely known through- ■ out the district. Tho demand from Australia for first- ' class Now Zealand Kheep, the North '' Otago Times reports, still continues. Mr I J. Hon\, of Elderslie, has sold 100 2 -tooth > Lincoln sheep, through the New Zealaud I Louq and Mercantile Company, Christ- ( church, to a New South Wales brooder. i Todttj Miss Crawford, the proprietress , of the Commercial aud Family Hotel, i l'almerston North, inserts an advertisemeut in which she invites the attention of the travelling public to the facilities • offered bj her popular hostelry for their ' convenience aud comfort. ! It is reported in Christchurcb that in ' the event of the preseut Governmout be- ' ing in power in January next, when the • term of office of the present Kailway | Commissioners expires, they will appoiut Mr J. M. Larnach Chairman of the new Board. Yesterday morning, Messrs G. Kirton t and K. Uoodbehere J.P/n disposed of a case in which Edward Turner charged William Lovejoy with being illegally on ' his premises ou the 22nd May and 4th ' June last. MrSundilunds appeared for i tho accused who pleaded uot guilty. I After hearing the evidence, tho Bench dismissed tho caso. > A resident of the I'almerston N. district I wus so pleased with the good feeling ! showa by those members of the Rev | Father Patterson's congregation who held , the working bee at the school grounds, I that ho gavu the Rev geatloman £100 to purchase statuettes of St Patrick and the 1 Good Samaritan for the embelhshiueut 1 of tho Church tower.— Standard. Wo have received from Mr E. Nix, of ' Apiti. a petition to bo forwarded to I the Minister of Public Worka, praying for the erection of a bridge > over tho Oroua river at the Oroua ! Valley road. Members of tho Feildiog Small Farm Block, residing in Feilding, are requested to call at the iSxiK office aud sign tho same. Other settlers who 1 uso the Valloy road are also invited to ' sign. This petition is also being taken round the Apiti Mock foi signature. Our Apiti correspondent writes : " Besides tbo petition to have a bridge 1 erected where poor Donald Clark lost his life, another is being taken round to be i signed to have our cemetery removed. It would seam as if tho members of the , various Small Farm Blocks arouud here baye a very poor chance of getting any- ' thing duue to thoir sections this winter, as there are nono ready yet, and the surveyors are exDecting to receive word to kuock oil for the winter." It ia understood that tbe Agent-General has appointed two thoroughly qualified veterinary surgeons, who will leuve England for the colony at an early date, with a view to being placed iv charge of the North aud South Inlands respectively uuder the head of the Agricultural Department. Tbo new men will travel over their big districts giving advice to settlers whero necessary, and investigating all cases of disoase in stock which may bo ' brought under the notico of the Depart- ' ment. ) It ha 9 been laid down by Mr Martin, R.M., in Wellington, that a man who is iv debt should uot spend money m buying tobacco. This tuny bo perfectly corroct and just, but, wo ask with all duo respect to the worthy 11. M. .—How ia a man in debt to sit down and look calmly on the struggling tradespeople who, to keep him, have to woik so hard and submit to so many humiliation.", unless ho can have hi* pipe or ci^ar to uxorciso a soothing inHuouco oyor him ? Wo pause for v reply .

H..V1.&. Orlando left Wellington for Auckland yesterday forenoon. The regularly fortnightly Quadrille Assembly will be held in the Assembly Rooms to-morrow evening. i The public schools in Timaru and Poverty Bay have been closed on occount ; of the prevalence of weasels and scarletina. We bare to thank Mr Mclutyre, the Secretary of the Birmingham Cricket Club | Concert Committee, for a complimentary i ticket. 1 Mr John Deasy, M.P. for Mayo West, i has been smnnioned to answer a charge of haying assaulted a female servant in ; his employ. Captaini Edwin telegraphs : — Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day — Warnings for northerly gales and rain have been sent to all places northward of Napier. | We are glad to learn from the Standard | that the Palmerstou Calliope Amateur Theatrical Cora pony have come to life again. We wish them all sorts of fiuancial prosperity. Business amongst fire insurance agents I is improving in Keilding, one firm alone 1 188 ued four new policies yesterday. This j ih no doubt owing to the fire which happeued that morning. At the World's Fair. " I enn't think ! why women in Chicago so frrquenlly ge divorced.' 1 " Oh, for the same reason that men leave off drinking — for the pleasure of beginning again " Mr H. Duggan desires to draw attention to his choice selection of the present reason's goods consisting of English and colonial twoeds in nil the newest shades and patterns, and invites an inspection of the same. Messrs B ram well Bros, the well known grocers and ironmongers of Fergusson street, have just received a large supply of Yates' flower and |garden seods, co:n prising, amongst numerous other vario ties of potatoes, fr«>st proof kidneys, lapstones, peach blossom, snowHuko. etc. Mr S. Thacker, whose establishment is noted for the excellent stock always on hand, has iust received a large consignment of the celebrated " Premier " brand of boots and shoes, and invites inspection of the same from all who desire to keep dry footed during the ensuing winter. For further particulars see advertisement. A well dressed young man mistook the I'almerMon branch of the Bunk of Hew Zealand for an hotel last Sundny evening. He knocked at the side door and when it was opened, walked straight in and ordered a drink. He was considerably astonished wlien hi* nii«tiko was pointed out, and he ieft aficr offer ing an apology. To-day Mr Sherwill. the secretary of the Feilding branch of the Wellmgtou Acclimatisation Society, telegraphed to Mr A. J. Rutherford, the secretary there, uppiying for 12,000 trout ova to be hatched in the Feilding Hatchery which ia now in full working order under th<« control of Mr Sh:irpe who has kindNy undertaken its p>ti| < i vimou Mr Sherwill received a reply t<> tho effect tho <>v.» will be forwarded to Feilding in the course of a few dajs. Tho text of the Now Zealand Alliance Direct Veto Bill, for the coining session has been sent to us. It is an advance on the pievious measure, and will be made a test for candidates by the alliance at the general election. It udopts electoral nils and electoral boundaries for taking a popular vote. When two-thiads of the electorates adopt Prohibition umultan eously it is provided that Prohibition will come into forco all over tho Colony. The Hon W. P. Reeves addressed some 3000 of his constituents at Christrharrh last night and received an unnn imoUB Tote of tlinnks and confidence in himand the Government. The following resolution also was passed :— That this meeting n of opinion that no Ministry or member of Parliament is entitled to the contidenc of the Liberal electors unless prepared to grunt to tlie Prohibitionists the >.ime nulit to control tlie liquor traffic at the ballot box that they possess upon other questions. The Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Association met as usual last Sunday, when Mr Carthew delivered an interesting and pleasant address, which was much appreciated by the audience. Mr Barker led the singing and also engaged in prayer. After some discussion it was decided to hold their meetings, for the future, in Short's Hall, as being more central, and therefore better suited for the purposes of the association. The membership is already large, but still there is plenty of room for more. At a meeting of the ratepayers id No 3 ward of the Pohaugina Road District held at Fowler's last Saturday to consider the loan proposals, the schedule was read by the chairman Mr Mclntyre. Mr Bell pointed out that tf the loau were carried the ward would be entitled to a proposition of tho £3000 the Board could raise by loan each year. Mr W. fledges proposed and Mr Howie seconded, That a loan of £4970 as indicated in the schedule of proposed works, bo raised. — Carried. The poll will be taken on July Ist. A proposal to shift the offices of the Board from Feilding to Pohangina was lost. A pretty wedding took place yesterday at All Saints' Church, Palmers ton North, the contracting parties being, Mr R. D. Worsfold, eldest son of Mr Henry Worsfold, of Feilding, and Miss F. M. i Thompson, eldest daughter of Mr Joseph Thompson, of Terrace End, Palmers ton North. The bride, who wax giren away by her father, was becomingly attired in a handsome corded silk dreis, and carried a bouquet of white roses. After the ceremony, the wedding guests, about fifty in number, returned to Mr TThorp»n p» t-on's residence, where a sumptuous breakfast was partaken of. The presents were numerous and costly. The bride and bridegroom left by the afternoon express for their home at Leyin.