Local and General News

Feilding Star, 22 June 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

I ♦ The Albn Sisters will not perform in Feilding to-morrow evening. Mr John Dunlop, coal merchant, is about to erect a dwelling house in Beattie street. Mr G. Adams, of Makino, has sold his farm to Mr George Younger, at the rate of £9 per acre. A lecture on Queensland will be delivered in the Assembly Rooms on Wednesday next. For other particulars see advertisement handbills. In the Legislative Council tho lion J. MoGregor will move and tho Hon W. Jennings will second tho Address in -reply. Mrs J. E. Nathan, a passenger from New Zealand by the steamer Kaikoura, which arrived at Plymouth yesterday, died on board the steamer. Mr S. Svendsen invites inspection of a large consignment of boots, shoes, and goloshes, also an excellent variety of all descriptions of leggings just to hand. Mr Clement will read an essay on ' Gideon' at the ' Mutual' in the Primitive Methodist Church this evening. There is no charge for admission and all are invited to attend. The Vohangina people are determined to confine the liquor traffic to limits outside of their boundaries. Eighty-one of them signed a requisition against granting a license in their township. The names of the men drowned off the Alexandra dredge in the Buller river, on Sunday, are Fred J. White and John Quinn. The former is believed to have relations at Nelson. Quinn leaves a wife aod family at G re) mouth. We are informed that the donor of the statues to St. Patrick's Church, is Mr Peter Murphy, a well known settler of the Birmingham Block. Father Patterson expects that at Christmas time he will be able to claim that the church of which he has charge, in Palmerston North, will be the most beautiful in New Zealand. On July sth, at Feilding, there will be sold the town and suburban sections in the Wangantu Harbour Board Block township of Pohatigmi. Such a splendid ojjp.Tiuniiy for ausli farmers to acquire a homestead has seldom been offered in the Colony. We have still a few plans left of the sections, which we will be glad to give to intending investors. Another old and hightly respected resident of Wellington has passed away — Mrs Law es relict of the late Mr Win Lawes. builder, who died yesterday afternoon at her residence, Tinakori road, at the age of 73. Mrs Lawes, with her husband, came to Wellington in the ship Alma in 1857, and has resided there ever since. The man Willis, who was burnt to his leggings at Danevirke the other night, throutcb a lamp exploding, has died in the Waipukurau Hospital. I' is not so long ago since this unfortunate man, un.ler the name of Black.was tried at Auckland and acquitted for the m order of Streeter in Poverty Bay. An American has invented a pair of eyeglasses, combined with a mirror, so that the wearer can see exactly what is going on behind his back, while the for* ward aspect through the glasses is not obstructed in the least by the presence of the reflector. These glasses should prove of immense convenience to people who are desirous of avoiding the pur> suit of debt collectors. j Apropos of his recent speech, the Wairarapa Daily Times gently falls upon the gentleman who has the honor to represent that constituency in the House, and concludes a leading article on the unhappy man thus : " We are not yet proud of Mr Hogg as a member for the district, but we are certainly a little less ashamed of him, in that capacity, than we once were." The Full Court in New South Wales has decided that it cannot recognise the admission of New Zealand solicitors and attorneys. A Mr 11. F. Cook, of Dunsdin, who had been there admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court of this colony, went to Sydney, and applied for addmission there. The Fnll Court refused the appli. cation, on the ground that the standard of examination for solicitors in New Zealand is not as high as in New South Wales. At a Meeting of the Christchurch City Licensing Committee held last Monday one of the solicitors pointed out the difficulty of hotel keepers and their servants recognising a 'prohibited' person, and suggested ' as a remedy that a photograph of such person should accompany the notice, and that the Licensing Act should be amended to that effect. There is considerable good sense in the notion. The bankruptcy of Frank Groves, herbalist, of Feilding is announced. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the Court House, Feilding, on July 4th 1H93. The following it the statement of assets and liabilities in the estate : — Liabilities —Unsecured creditors— Wellington': R.Ayres, £42/8,3; N. Barraclough, £8/1 • Bock A Co., £ 1/11. Feildmg : Kirton and Curtis, £2/10 ; K. Wood, £20 ; It. Groves £14/7/8. Blenheiiu : Joseph Scott & Co., £8/5/11. Marton : Mercury, 11/10. Total, £142/---10/3. Secured creditors — H. L. Sherwill, £b ; value ot security £8. Assets — Stock in Trade, £75/17 ; book debts estimated to produce £10, furniture £10, shop fittings, £8. Total, £193/17. Deficiency, £58/13/3. " How these lawyer politicians love one another." The Napier Telegraph of Monday last says : " There was another difference of opinion at Court this morning, between Sir Robert Stout and W. L. Rees, this time over a law point, and both were very emnhatic in their statements. One contended that he was right, while the other said he was no*. His Honor decided in Mr Itees' favour, but notwithstanding this Sir Robert was obstinate I and once again pointed out why he should be considered in the right. Mr Bees laughed at his learned friend, and the episode finished up by Sir Robert Stout saying Mr Hees' statements were not always correct. Mr Rees responded by stating that Sir Robert Stout's very seldom were. In connection with the notice of dissolution of the firm of Grtiar & Co., we may inform our readers that Mr Gruar has sold out his interest in the firm to Mr Edward Mills, an experienced business man. The only reason Mr Grnar had for severing his connection with Feilding —only for a time we hope — is that he has other large interests in Dnnedin, which he must personally attend to. The business of the new firm will be continued under the style and title of, Davy & Mills, and we direct special attention to the notice in that connection which appears to day.

It is rumoured that another hotel is to 1 c erected in Bunnytborpe. J Mr F. Gabites is offering a large line of ladies' ulsters very cheap. These are a 1 special line of travellers' samples now selling at half price. The popular lecture " What I saw and heard in America " by the Rev. W. Mollen, will be delivered in Feilding next Tuesday night. Time and place will be announced in our next issue. At the Awahuri stock sale on Tuesday some sheep infected with lice were found, and the owner warned that he will have to explain matters to the fi.M. on the next Court day. The petition sent away by Miss Dalrymple, the energetic President of the W.C.T.U. in favour of the Wornans Franchise clause. in the new Electoral Bill, measured twenty-nine yards. At the Wellington Benevolent Institute recently a woman stated that by dint of { hard working from dawn till dark she j was only able to earn 2/6 per week at shirt j making. ' Mr Malt land in now running a line of coaches between Feilding and Birmingham, ilo leaves Birmingham at 8,15 a.m. and Feildmg for the return trip at 4.15 p.m. Two youths disappeared from Feilding i either on Saturday night or Monday | morning. They have gone in search of adventures, and intend to beard the lion in his den, in the good old style — until they get hungry, when they will return repentant to their anxious parents. We would venture to suggest to the Borough Council that protecting fences bo erected at tho comers of Manchester Square iv order to close tho ' short cuts ' now made by tho drivers of vehicles. At present the aspect of the grass plats is anything but pleasing. Messrs Say well Bros., have recently turned out a capital rutnaru sulky for » local gentleman, and have also on hard a rustic cart, two dogcarts, and a lady's hooJed phaeton. The last will be a very superior piece of work, and is the first vehicle ot this description ever made in Feilding. We understand that the Rev. Father Patterson, whose musical attainments are well known and appreciated in Wellington, shortly intends giving a concert, assisted by some professional friends, in the Empire city, in aid of the funds of St. Mary's Cathedral. — Manawatu Times. A party had fcone one week day into n church to get a child baptised. While nwaitinit (be arrival of a clergyman, I Ik* sexton created no little consternation by chucking the infant under the chin and addressing the person whom lie took t>> be the author of its being--' You should consider yourself lucky, sir. in baring n child that so closely roembles you.' The person addressed was the godf>tthe~. Mr W. F. Bramwell, of Me.«srs Bramwell Bros., was married to Miss Urba James, of Greymouth. on Saturday last, the wedding taking place at the residence of Mr F. Hill, in th»» Empire City. About 30 relatiws mul friend* p.irtook of a sumptuous brenkin-t »t Mr Hill's liousr, after the ceremony. The hnppy couple returned by the )i»*t train to ralmerston, posting thence to Feilding. We with them Uianv years of vrrddod bli.-»o. A correspondent in the country writes : " It is reported that a firm of storekeepers in Feilding are giving customers in an outlying district 9d per lb for butter, and in another district they are only paying Td. This nt range anomally of prices is supposed, to be arranged for the pu pise of running an opposition storekeeper." Our correspondent may be right, but on the other hand the quality of the article may have something to do with the difference of the prices. Mr W. Carthew has just opened out a splendid selection of novelties, comprising alligator skin writing cases and travelling companions, (very unique) patent spring photo and solid cut glass mirror frames, i Commission agents pocket multuin in parvo cases, Walrus tusk paper knives, ladies' companions, large variety of school requisites. Shakespeare* wt rks complete in 13 volumes contained in a handsome leather case, and many other choice novelties too numerous to particularize. Mr Coyle, who is so well known on thi* coast, has retired from the police force and gone into business on his own account as landlord of the Clifton Hotel, at Bull*. We haTe no doubt that Mr Coyle will succeed, because he is not only personally popular, hut is an ex* cellent man of business. Mr Coyle ha* many friends in Feilding who are not likely to forget the valaable service* he freely rendered the local Jockey Club when he was required as extra handicapper. " Ye maun try to keep sober when reading the Bible." said Bailie Dunlop to Donala Davidson at the Edinburgh Police Court as he gently dismissed him. David is a blind man, and one day he combined the two national amnsementa 83' getting drunk and reading the Bible on George IV. Bridge. He was probably a little incoherent, for the police thought he was j swearing, while David claimed to be , reciting Psalms. Hence the Bailie's 1 gentle,— and peculiarly Scottish — rebuke. He knows his countrymen, and refrains from asking too much. Mr T. R. Attwood has just completed a really artistic picture. The subiect is a winter scene in North Wales comprising a mountainous yiew characteristic of that country. The scene embraces rustic cottages, and a river spanned by one of rhe very rare old gothic arches co typical of North Wales. The picture is particularly noticeable for the realistic and perfect harmony of its colouring, one cannot but obserye and admire the freedom with which the branching elms are treated, the recently fallen snow on their project* ing branches, causing them to stand out 111 wonderful relief against the cloudy winter sky. Altogether the treatment of his subject stamps Mr Attwood as a liudscape artist of tho first water. Some people hare entertained hopes that the commercial crisis in Australia would cheapen markets in Melbourne and Sydney, so that New Zealand buyer* of merchandise would get the benefit. The New Zealand Customs authorities, however, intend to do their part to prevent this. New Zealand merchants way buy goods cheaply in Mcl boa me or Sydney, but the Customs authorities, it appear*, refuse to allow the depreciation io values in Australia to betaken into account when estimating the duty, and persist in levying this on the full English value. A merchant who gets a cheap line of goods in Sydney has to pay ju*t the same duty as if he imported the goods at full price from Home. Why this should be so we do not know, but it seems scarcely fair to New Zealand consumers.— Post. The charge of arson heard on Tuesday agaiu&t Ciptaiu Baldwin, of Wellington, was dismissed, The R.M., Mr Martin reviewed the evidence at length and said that the actions of Captain Baldwin both before and subsequently to his leaving the building on the afternoon of the day it was destroyed were those of an innocent man, as there was no attempt mado to hide his identity. The evidence for tho prosecution had, he said, been put fairly, and the construction drawn from it, but the Crown had also to prove that it was not capable of bearing another construction. In this case, he thought, it was the absence of motive was an insuperablo difficulty, and he pointed out that Captain Baldwin would not derive a single copper from the destruction of the building. In conclusion, tho Magistrate said it was quito competent for the Crown law officers to prefer an indictment against tho uccuuou on the Corouer'f iuquisitiou, but ho wus strouglj of opinion there was uo case to auewer.