Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 39, 15 August 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

The wires are again faulty today and considerable delay will occur in the transmission of telegrams. Mr G. C, Hill, negotiated tho salo of nine acres of suburban land yesterday for £275. Tho bot fly is roported to have again mado its appearance in tbe Mastcrtou district. The last train from Wanganui yesterday evening was ovor two hours late, owing to tho engino becoming partially dorailod iroar Turakma through colliding with a cow. It is now considered «prtam that Mr Cadman will bo asked to resumo tho Na. tive Portfolio within the next few days, and will agree to do so. Mr Hogg, M.H.R , intends to oudoarour, wheu tho Katiug Act Araondmout Bill is iv Committee, to prevent persons struck off tho roll for uou-paymout of latee beiug disfranchised in lucal e'ectionsj.

Mr Franklin- Browne will hold a sale of ornamental and fruit trees aud shrubs in tho Manchester IJotoi Sainplo Rooms ' to-morrow afternoon. , The Woodville Central Agricultural and Pastoral Society have fixed the fourteenth of November as the date for their annual show. Mombors of tho Manchester Rifles are requested to attend punctually on Friday i , night at tho parade which will be held in , : Knnboltou roud. A meeting of the shoot- ; ing committee- will be held afterwards at t Mrs Oliver's Empire Hotel. Mr G. C. Hill, tho Town Clerk, has been busy measuring out the ground in preparation for Arbor Day (to-morrow) and it only romains for Captain Edwin to bo favorably disposed, and a number of willing helpers to come forward, to make tho day a success. Tho bonedicts of Colyton held n meeting on Saturday last to mnko arraugetnonts for giving a return ball to the bachelors. Tho dato fixod on was Friday, September 1, for which occasion a largo uumbor of invitations will be issued. Tho Colyton school was ro-openod yesterday for children in the highest standards aud will bo opened on Monday next for tho remainder. It is hoped tho measles will havo disappeared from the district by that time. It is tho intention of the mombors of tho Excelsior Lodgo, Campbelltowu, to visit tho Hope of Foilding Lodgo tonight for the purpose of obtaining aid at thoir Anniversary eutertainment on the 24th August, and it is hoped that as many as possible will attend tho Lodge to-night. Mr D Henderson, of Colyton, has just had a very nice butcher's cart turned out by Mr A. Parr of Feilding. Tho body is painted the usual trade yellow, the running gear and top beiug in ver million. The body is picked out with maroon, and the wheels with yellow stripes, and the turn out is a most creditable piece of work. Pomperoy, in lowa, a town of 1000 inhabitant*, wns struck on Gih July by a cyclone, which swept away ail the buildings and injured a large number of people. The latest returns show that 100 persons were kdled in the town and 200 injured. Fonda and Manson also suffered. In the place first mentioned Gvc entire families wero blown away and lost, as no traces have been found of them. Yesterday's Maoawatu Times soys : — A young tnun named Joseph Donnelly was hevorely injured on Saturday whilo busbfelhiigon Mr Androwartha's property at Fitzherbort Ho was struck m the fuco by tho limb of a tree, which toro iff tho groater part of his nose. The injured man was brought into Pulmorston and attended to by Dr Macintiro at Mr Dawick's Buffet. Ho procoodod to the Wanganui Hospital by the noon train yesterday. By an inset, which we circulate today, Mr Gabiteß, of Fergusson street, notifies that in consequence of the great increase in his busiuess he is compelled to relinquish the premises he has occupied since his arrival in Feilding, and remove to more commodious ones nearer the railway station in the same street. But, before lie does this, he intends to hold a sale, which will be made very attractive to the public by reductions ot a most genuine character. This sale will begin to-morrow and be continued until Monday, the 28th instant. A short time ago, Ross, a well-known fruit dealer, of Wellington, left for a trip Home, accompanied by his wife. In America his son Samuel joined him. Letters came by the last 'Frisco mail addressed to Samuel, and tho family, thinking it strange, opened them, and found them to be condolences from several people upon the death of his father. Ross was not ill when he left, and no news of his death has been roceived by cable. Meanwhilo the family are in great trouble, and eagerly await the Kaikoura's arrival. Mr W. B. Rotomoyor has received an ordor for a trial shipment of hia homo cured bacon, from the Samoa Trading and Plantation Company of Tutuila, Samoa. Tho firm stated that tho colonial factorioa should bo ablo to com pot o successfully with Cahfornian shipporß, as what bacon the latter send to Samoa is nover of tho bost quality. Tho Company further added that thero was a good domaud for buttor, choose, potatoes, onious, etc. in Samoa, and that a largo business should spring up betweon Now Zealand and that country, in tho aboyo mentioned linos, us there aro now two regular steam services plying to and fro. A story of the late Adam Black, the founder of the welUknown publishing house, and M.P for Edinburgh, is told by Mr. Prjdo in his " Pleasant Memories of a Busy Life," One day ihortlj after Mr Black commenced business as a bookseller, a sufpicious«iooking man came Btealtbily into the shop, and, leaning over the counter, whispered into his car, "I've got some fine smuggled whiskey, which 111 let you have a great bargain." " No, no." said Mr Black, indignantly, " I want nothing of the kind ; go away." The man, evidently not believing in the siuceriiy of this righteous outburst, leant orer the couutcr again and whispered, " I'll tak' Bibles fort." A Napier tradesman gave a slight idea at the meeting in the Council Chamber last Wednesday night of how a certain class of people obtained goods and never paid for them. Hia short narrative was perhaps unnecessary, tho subject being rather a well-known oue, but the repro* duction may not prove out of place. He aaid a man let his bill run a few month*, and when something was asked on account said he would pay shortly. Another month or two elapsed, and he was again asked about that little accouut, wheti he would sny thnt So nnd-So owed him money, aud he would pay iv a few day?. The account would remain unsettled, and the debtor would perhaps bo "duuned." Then he would tell the tradesman to ro and fish for it.-— Telegraph. A Dunodin man who takes a great interest iv scunning tho pugilistic column in ono of tho wookhes, bays ho has now ignored tbo " ring items " in favour of the Homo Rulo cablo column. Ho assorts thai a • row in the llouso ' ufc tho present moment is really moro exciting to road about than half a dozen modorn prizo fights. Certainly dunug the recent big ruction that took place m tho House of Commons, things did hum hvoly while thoy lasted. Skull and hair flying about at a Kilkenny Fair, was vory Binull boor iv comparison with that now famous, or iufumous row iv tho House. Tho gallant Colonel Suuuderson appears to bo tho " Sullivan of the House " on theso oxcitmg occasions, aud tho ouorgotic way iv which ho floored his opponents, was worthy of tho ouco famous John L, iv his palmiest days. A candidate who stood for parliamentary honours some years ago in the South Island, had a playful way of dropping the letter "h " and making use of wrong words. On one occasion when introducing a lecturer to a crowded aesemblage, ho alluded to Ned Kelly, the Australian bushranger, as being " one of the most 'nutritious ' characters on the face of the earth." v Nutritious " for notorious is good. On another occasion when addressing his constituents he remarked that the treatment he had received from tho other side was " orrid." Several of his hearers laughing heartily at the special emphases put on the word without the "h," he seriously proceeded : " Yes gentlemen] repeat tho work *orrid." Another roar of laughter naturally folluwod it beiug a case of " where ignorance is blibß, etc.

Mr S. Thacker has just opened up a lot of new boots and shoes. Tenders are invited by Dr Johnston, for felling 61 acres of bush in the Oroua Coal Creek Block. Tenders to be sent in, on or before Saturday the 26th inst. We notice the local Registrar has been kept particularly busy in the matrimonial line of late, and that of course also has its natural sequence in the registration of births. We are glad to learn from the Chron* icle, that Mr W. F. Downes, the popular manager of the Wanganui Branch of the Bank of New South Wales, has sufficiently recovered from his recent accident to allow of his getting about town again. Messrs Barraud and Abraham have on yiow in thoir premises in Fergusson street, throo immense long red mangolds which wero grown by Mr W. Jones, of Cheltenham, from seed supplied by the above firm. These mangolds average over 20lbs each. A mooting Of tho Provisional Directors of the Feildiug Permanent Building Socioty was held lust night at the office of tho Manager, Mr E. Goodbohoro. A largo numbor of applications for shurea was received and dealt with. A canvasser was appointed to visit tbe various outlying districts. The society is now an established fact. Messrs Bramwell Bros, are exhibiting some splendid specimens of beetroots, parsnips, and carrots grown from Yates' seeds supplied to Mr W. Jones, of Cheltenham. In one instance, a sixpenny packet of seed yielded several hundred weight of carrots, a return which seems almost incredible, but the ground was virgin soil and wonderfully productive. There is a Koad Board at Te Horo. Thorn are roads there. Some are good and some are bad, There are more bad than good. Tho good roads aro very good because before the roadman puts on new motal ho balos the water out of the ruts and holes. Ho uses a jam tin for this purpose Ho is a careful man and is worth far moro mouoy than he gets. Lucky Road Board. Tho prospects of women's franchise in tho Upper House are being eagsrly canvassed. Tho result of a counting of beads shows a narrow majority iv support of tho franchise Of tho now Councillors, eight are reckoned to be favourable, three unfavourable, and ono doubtful. It is cons:dorod probablo that Major Ropata aud Mr Tuiaroa, the two Native members will voto for it this jenr, owing to the fact that Maori women havo boon given the franchifo for tho election r>f tho Nutivo representatives.