Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 41, 17 August 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

• There will be mass in St. Bridget's next Sunday at ei^ht o'clock. Mr Cadman will bo re-sworn into the Cabinet some day next week. The proposal to establish a creamery at Awahuri, will not be followed up. The London Star designates Sir Robert Stout as the " Bradlaugh of the An- ' tipodes." Messrs Pawson Bros., of Apiti, invite : tenders for the purchase of a section of ' i land in Apiti. j Mr W. Franklin-Browne will hold a sale of drapery at Ashurst on Saturday next at 1 1 a.m. Tho stoamor Matatua is expected to commence loading frozen moat at Wanganui on Soptember 7th. No persons in Norway are allowed to vote at any election unless they have been vaccinated. Captain Edwin wires to«dny : -Strong west to south and south east winds with rery cold weather. Glass rise. Tho Premier, in the House yesterday, said he was informed that Mr Courtney's settlers who came by the Ruahine had brought £9000 with them. Messrs Gorton and Son will hold a stock sale in thoir Campbolltown yards to-morrow. Mr Dayid Laing has sold his land on tho Feildinj?- Ashurst road, near Coljtou, at the rate of £18 per acre. On Tuesday next Mr \V. FranklinBrowne will sell by auction the furniture aud effects of Mr T. A. Garratt, who is leaving the district. See advertisement. A special meeting of the Borough Council will bo hold this oyoning, to consider tho Engineer's estimates aud plans for tho ro-building of tho South street bridge A> will bo seen by advertisement in another column, a meeting is called for Saturday evening next, in the Manchester Hotel, for the purpose of forming a polo club at Feilding. A Wnirarapa paper says that the divorce proceedings instituted by Mr* Kitchen against William Freeman Kitchen wilt be heard in Wellington on the 28th inst. A social, toa, and dance in connection with tho Foildiuc Lodgo of Foresters, will bo hold in their Hall .n Jsowon street, Foilditig, to-morrow evening. Ten ou tho tnbie at 6.30. Captuiu Preece informs tho Standard that the syndicate roproseutod by Mr Chester have decided not to orect anj dairy factories in Now Zealand this season in consequonce of the heavy losses sustained at Hume this joar. We aro requested to stato that at Professor Uickton'a exhibition to-morrow evening, the stage will bo reseryod for ladies, tho performance will bo given immediately fronting the stage, on tho floor of tho houso, and the romainder of the audience will bo soatod at tho back of tho Hall. Tho committeo of the House of Lords which has been eugaged for some time past id taking nvidonco upon tho importation of meat, rocommonds that imported moat should be branded, that tho registration of moat imported bo mado compulsory, and that retailors' shops bo inspected. Mr Frauklin-Browno'a salo of ornamental and fruit trees was hold in the Samplo Rooms at tho Manchester Hotel yosterduy afternoon. There was only a moderate attendance of buyers, however, the prices realised woro fairly good, and most of the lots wero disposed of at satisfactory prices. We regret to state that Mr G. B. Bradford's little girl died last night. Tho little one had got nicely through an attack of diphtheria, but the illness was complicated with measles and bronchitis, which proved too much for an enfeebled frame to withstand. We deeply sympathise with Mr Bradford in this his second bereavement. The funeral takes place to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. Palmorston completely snuffs out Wan ganui now. We learn from tho Standard tha; it is interesting to notico that Mr V. A. Brooko, who married Miss Norah Lin ton, tbo other day, is a cousin of tho Duko of Fifo. According to the poerago Mr Brooko's mother, Lady Louisa Tollcmacho Duff Brooke, who died in 1864, was a sister of tho fifth Earl of Fito, and aunt to tho prosent Earl, who is married to tho daughter of tho Princo of Wales. During the height of tho measles epidemic, when tho junior members of a family in this district were prostrated, a favourite sow was also laid up with the fashionable complaint.. The poor old lady felt her position very keenly, but with a knowledge of things too often absent in human beings, she absolutely refused to partake of the patent medicines attempted to bo administered to her. She has now completely recovered. Mr Eyre- Kenny, R.M., remarked in tho Palmerston Court yesterday that ho behoved au Act would bo passed at an earlj date to onablo Clerks of tho Court to deal with undefended casos. This, ho says, would havo tho effect of saving a great deal of valuable time in tho Court. This would be an innovation which would not bo lookod upon with approval, and, further, the timo occupied in doaling with uudofendod casos at present is inapprociuble. An exchange informs tis that a young hid died in New Plymouth, on Sunday last, from lockjaw caused by running a rusty nail into his foot a week before As accidents of this nature are of froquent occurrence, we will now point out a means of obviating any evil consequences In about a couplo of gallons of boiling water dissolve half a pound of common washing soda, put tho injured foot in this, the water to be as hot as tho patient can bear it, and let it remain for an hour or longer. This is a neverfailiug preventive of evil consequences. On Tuesday last at tho rosidonce of Mr W. Cawood, of Huntorvillo, Mr F, Fnston, of Uuutorvillo, was married to Miss L. Frampton. daughter of Mr Framptou, of the Manchester Block. The bride was attired in a costumo of grey, her two bndosmaids being her sister and Miss Rutherford. Mr A. Watt acted as " host man," and tha ceremony was performed by tho Roy D. Gorton, of Mar too. After tho customary woddiug breakfast, tho happy couplo left for Hawora by tho midday train, ainidßt the congratulations of a number of fnouds, who wore present to soo thorn dopart.