Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 42, 18 August 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

MrFraukhn-Browno will hold a sulo of drapory and clothing at tho Foilding ! road, Ashuibt, to-morrow at 11 a.m. Tenders for making I7A chains of drain on tho Terraco road, will bo conuidorod at tho Kiwitoa Road Hoard's mooting to« i morrow. In the Theatre Royal, I'almoraton N., ' on tho 29th instant, tho *' Messiah " will I lm givon. Thoro will bo ono liundiod voicoß on the chorus. A four roomed house belonging to Mr Goldfinch, iv tho liaibor board Block, was burnt dowu the othor d;ijr. Mr ami I Mrs Goldfinch wero out ut tho time. It is behovud that thero was no iusuranuo. A large stock of provisions, which had jubt byeu laid iv, were duetroyed.

It is oxpected that after the lesson they I have received this season, the farmers i will pay more attention in tho futuro to | providing wiuter food for their stock. Mr R. Ayres notifies in another column that to-morrow is the last day of the bankrupt sale of goods in Manchester street. Pleasure seekers are reminded of the Forostors' toa and social at the Foresters' llall this evening. Also that to-night is ! | tho first of Professor Uicktou's oxhibi- j , tions j I Mr H. G. Vickors, of Wellington, a | brothor-in-law of Mr Dyer, of Foilding, has purchased Mr D. Laing's property on the Feilding- Ashurst road, the price paid being £15 an aero. Tho adjourned parish meeting of Pt Agnos' Kiwitca. will bo held on Monday noxt at 7.30., when business of iinportauco to membors of tho congregation will co mo up for discussion. Four persons were summoned to the Auckland Police Court yesterday for failing to furnish returns as prescribed under the Land and Income Assessment tax, and were fined j£s each, with costs 28s, and treble income tax, Wo hear that tho application made by tho Major, Mr E. Ooodbohoro, to tho Colouists' Laud and Loan Corporation for a building site on which to erect Municipal Buildings, has been favorably considered. A man named Daniel Mioghan was brought boforo Mr Kirtou, J.P. this morning charged with drunkonnoss in Feilding on tho previous night. Accused was fined oa and 2s costs, with the alternative of twenty four hours imprisonment. The fine was pcid. Tho Fouthern papers refer in highly favourable terms to tho Holloway Dramatic Company, which is booked to play in Feilding on Weduesday and Thursday next. A summary of the plot of " Tho Workman," the piece to be produced on the opening night, will appear in tomorrow's issue. Some people imagines that they deserve a month's rest every time they do right That is why very few newspaper men ever take a month's holiday. It is not an affair of the imagination with them, it is a solid fact, therefore — if they had their reward theirs would be a life Of perpetual rest — after a year's hard work Tho next Government parade of the Manchester Riflos will bo hold on Thursday tho 31st instant, when tho corps will be iuspoctod by Lioutonunt-Col. Isowall. The proposal to hold tho parades of tho corps on Fridays instead of Thursdays has not proyed acceptable to tho Palmorston Rifles as the cbango would interfere with tho attondauco Mr W. llodren, of the Standard Steam Works, advertises that ho is now manufacturing ginger wine and nil other cordials, of a very superior character which ho is nble to dispose of at'umch lower than the cost of the imported article. Mr Hodren points out that it will be to the advantage of storekeepers to obtain their supplies from him. The terms "joint tenants "and tonants in common,' 1 though similar, aro by no moans synonymous. Undor the Land Act, if two lessoos are "joint tenants," and ono dios, ovorjthing goes nt once to tho survivor. It is thorofore to tho interest of ovory joint tenant to see that tho terms of his loaso mako him a " tonant in common" also. — Napier Now?. Owing to tho resignation of Mr Burton v vacancy has arisen in tho No 5 Ward of the Pobangina Road Board. Nominations will bo received by tho Returning Officer, Mr E. Goodbohoro. up to noon on the 25rd instant, and tho oloction will take place on Woduosday tho 30th inst. Genet al desire has boon oxpressod in Apiti that Mr Donald McKonzie should stand for the vacant seaC. The Rev. Mr Ellis, of Palmerston, will preach the anniversary sermons of the Feilding Primitive Methodist Church, on Sunday August the 20th. The annual tea and public meeting will be held on Monday tho 2lst. Addresses will be delivered at the public meeting by the Revs. Ellis, Murray, Watkin, Carr, and Clement. Special music by the choir will bo furnished for the occasion. Wo aro pleasod to state that Mr F. Y. Lethbridge, who has boou suffering for a considerable timo past from an affoction of tho ojo. caused through chaff getting into it, is making satisfactory progress towards recovery, and shortly expects to havo tho full use of his oyesigbt again. Ho returnod from Wellington jesterday, where he has been on a visit to consult a well-known oculist. There was a discussion on roads and bridges on going into Committee of Supply in the House, during which Mr Buchanan put in a plea for the Wairarapa and Mr Fisher for the Oroua and Apiti districts. Mr Bruce said that in his district they had made all their roads without assistance, the settlers taxing themselves up to the hilt, and he thought it time the Government gave sotne assistance to arterial roads. — Post. A Masterton prohibitionist has resolved to send no more telegrams because, on the backs of the forms, a well-known brand of whiskey is advertised. This is the same man who dropped a friend because his name was Jim Hennessey, and refused to sit in the same church pew with a Mr Brewer. He is shaping towards agnosticism because he finds it inconsistent with the things he calls his principles to believe in spiritual life. When he dies ho will object to his last bier There was a largo attendance at the Mutual Improvement Society last ovoning to hear Mr A. Hick ford's essay on " Conversation." Tbo essar was very instructive and subjocted to the test of criticism to which Mr Hickford replied, and tho essayist was accorded a vote of thauks. After the essay a number of interesting subjects were* discussed, causing considerable amusement. Tbo Rey 6. Clement presided at tho mooting. Next week Mr \V. Johnston will give an essay on " Dnuk traffic in relation to povorty." Says the Oamaru Mail :— Even iv tho best rcgulatod printing offices a type will occasionally break during the process of printing the paper, but it is seldom tbat one breaks with such fiondiHh malignity as a lower case bourgeois " 1 " displayed yesterday. Our Otepopo correspondent bad occasion to remark that tho annual bachelors' ball at Otepopo promised to be as well seen to in the future as ever, so long as there were " lads and lasses to sco to it." The horrified dismay of Otc« popo girls may bo imagined when as a result of the mishap quoted above, tbo paragraph was found to set forth that the ball was likely to be a success as long as there werfl " lads and 'asses " to sec to if. Wo ore indebted to a residout in town for a recent copy of the Melbourne Age. As showing the present state of the labor market, and the terrible depression now existing in Melbourne, we quote the following notices from the columns of our contemporary :—" A lad, aged 18 years, wants work on a farm ; will milk and j groom ; wages 2a a week \" •' An elderly i man advertises for garden and groom j work, for f»s a week !" Another man wants farm work, milking, etc., for any wages he can get. Undor the heading of situations vacant, a woman who can " cook, iron, and wash, for a large family, and bring good references, will receive 5s a week wages !" Strong lads are wanted for farm work at 3s a week. A first class ploughman and good farmer oilers his services at 10a a week. Certainly the bottom has tumbled out ot tbo labor market in the si6ter colony.

Captain Edwin wires to-day :— There are indications for a frost to-night. Lieutenant Bray will be in command of the parade of the Manchester Rifles this evening. The funeral of Mr Q. B. Bradford's second daughter Isabel, took place in the Feilchng Cemetery this afternoon. The Rev In nes- Jones performed the last sad rites at tho grave. Widespread sympathy has been shown for the bereaved parents in this, their second loss, within a period of only a few days. The feeling amongst members -regard* ing the Government Licensing Bill is favourable. It has given general satisfaction, and those qualified in speak say that it is sure to pass ite second reading. The Temperance party in tho House are woll pleased. The Bill goes further than several of tho Government supporters ex« pectod, but the Prohibition section would profor to sco the three-fifths majority a baro majority. This clause, and that requiring that one half of the votes on the roll must be recorded to validato the poll, aro cortain to bo the points most soycrtly criticised. Nothing succeeds like success. Mr W. Franklin-Browne has another auction sale advertised to-day in which he informs the public of Feilding and the surrounding district?,' that he will sell by auction One Thousand Pounds worth of drapery and clothing on Friday and Saturday the 25th and 26th instants. Every article is guaranteed new and good, besides being of excellent quality and make. Mr Franklin-Browne informs us that the goods m us f he sold, therefore plenty of bargains aro certain to be secured. Up country storekeepers are specially invited to attend to replenish their stocks.