Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 77, 28 September 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ Forms of Registration of electors can be obtained at the Feilding Stak otiice. By the express train to»day, Mr Hannet took the favorite stallion Diomedes to Taranaki, where he will remain for the season. The interprovincial football match betweeu the West Coast and Marl borough representatives took place yesterday, when Marlborough won by five points to two. Mr R. R. Collins has just completed to the order of Mr D. Younger, a handsome eet of pair horse nickel silvor buggy harness, which is turned out in excellent style and finish. Owiug to sickness amongst tho scholars and other causes, tho annual examinations at the following Stato Schools havo been postponed :~ Colyton, Apiti, Pomborton und Feilding. Chief Justice Prendergast expressed the opinion at Napier that the Bankruptcy Act was simply intended for traders who had been unfortunate in business, and were embarrassed so much by their creditors that there was no escape. Mr J. D. Valentine, architect and builder, has in hand the preparation of plans for a new building to bs erected by him in Sandon for Mr Peters. We have seen the ground plan and front elevation and they indicato a commodious as well as handsome residence. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, to be held at Palmerston N., on October Gth, the following bankrupts will be publicly examined: — John Morris, bootmaker, Palmerston North ; William Bellvo, saddler, Feilding ; Stephen Hayes, storekeeper, Waituna. The Rev W. J, Watkiu'a interesting lecture on hi« New Zealand reminiscences will be delivered in the Wesleyan, Church this Bvenmg. Tho choir under the leadership of Mr R. F, Haybittlo will attend, and during the evening an interesting ceremony will tako place. Mr Scott, tho Deputy Official Assignee is open to receive tenders until Saturday next, in the estate of Stephen Hayes, of Waituna. This is a eplondid opening for storekeepers who are desirous of obtaining a good country connection. For other particulars we would rnfor our rpaders to tho advertisement which appears in another column. The last and most important football match of the season will bo played on the Feilding Oval, on Saturday afternoon, between the Marton ami Palmerston clubs. Great interest is bein« taken in the match, and both clubs will send the strongest team possible into the Held to do battle for their respective Bides. A good exhibition of the game should bo the result, and a large crowd of spectators will, no doubt, be present to witueee it.

Captain Edwin wired to day : — Same indications as yesterday, and glass rising. Enquiries are being made as to when the Feilding Polo Club will spring into active life. Plans for a Primitive Methodist Church at Colyton have been approved, and the erection of the building will be proceeded witk immediately. The business part of Feilding was enlivened by the strains of a German band this afternoon, which played several tunes very well. We are getting more like London every day. We regret to learn that Mr Bradford lost another of his children this morning. Bronchitis was the cause of death. The funeral will take place to»morrow afternoon at two o'clock, Mr W. G. Shearer is the undertaker. In distributing the new vote of £15.000 for school buildings, the Government will allocate a fixed sum for any district such as Wellington, where settlement is pro' greasing rapidly. In settled districts the amounts granted will bo on the capitation basis. Wo have been requested to state that all the members of tho Feilding Wesloyan Church choir aro particularly requested to be present at practice to-morrow evening, when the first practice for the cantata to be given on the ovooing of the 9th of Novomber, will bo held, and ether matters of importance decided. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge declares that Judges are " weary with calling attention to drink as the principal cause of crime," and announces that he " can keep no terms with a vice that fills our gaols, destroys the comfort of homes and the peace of families, and debases and bru» talises the people of these islands." An offer has been made by the Government to Colonel Bailey to release the two remaining Salvationists in prison for breaches of the now-famous Milton bylaw, on condition that the Army do not offend again, except with the express object of testing the validity of the bylaw. This offer has been telegraphed to Christchurch. A melancholy death occurred at Hale, a little village near Farnham (Eng.) during the festivities in celebration of the Koyal wedding. A young man named AVindibank, who was playing at kiss-in-the-ring, after haying run after and kissed a girl, fell down and died in a few minutes. The incident caused much consternation amongst the villagers. Dr Charlton met with rather a painful accident last evening. He had tethered his horse near Mr Hitchman's, and was proceeding to loose the animal when it suddenly swerved round, and, viciously letting out, struck the doctor on the side. Mr Carthew drove Dr Charlton to his residence, and, although he suffered considerably at tho time, we are glad to state that nothing serious is likely to result from the accident. A chain of compressed cakes of gun cotton tied round the trunk of the largest sized trees and exploded, will, by the action of their violence, cut the tree down instantly and as smoothly as though done by an axe in the hands of an experienced woodman. Timber cutters working among tho forest giants of Montana, Idaho, and Washington declare it to be the cheapest and most economical mode of felliDg tree* that has yet been deyised. Orders are strictly obeyed in the Roya] Navy. The results are sometimes discon^ certing to the civilian mind. The officer* of H.M.S. were entertaining theit friends with a grand lunch, and in attend' ance were some typical tars. A younp lady wanting some bread, looked behind her chair at one of the sailors in waiting and asked him to bring her what she wanted. But he drew himself up stif and stern, and to her amazeaient replied " Can't do it Miss ; I'm told off foi taters." We take the followihg from the Christ church Truth : — Seene — Cathedral square, Temperance Orator. — " Let us now takt the caso of Dives when in hell. Wo art told that in his agony he called for something to drink. Did he call for stout ? No I>ld ho t»ll for bittor ? No. Or for trandj. or champagne ? He only called for a cup of water. Ha, my friends, what does that prove ?" Red nosed man in crowd— "Why it proves where all you bally teetotallers go to. 1 ' That was a touching story told in the paper the other day, about the accident in the Motu bush, 21 miles from Opotiki, A party were clearing bush, when a European got his leg broken. Ono of the Maoris bound up the leg with a skill that subsequently elicited the praise of the surgeon; then five whites and five Maoris started to carry the wounded man tc Opotiki by the Motu road, which foi miles is a mere ledge on the side of a precipice. The rivers were in flood, and the fords washed away. The water was up to the necks of the bearers, and the tallest of the men bad to hold the stretcher up above their heads. They had to start in the evening, when tired by a hard day's work. The Maoris behaved like men and heroes, some of them taking a double turn in carrying, when, from excessive fatigue, their white companions were unequal to it. When they got to their journey's end, they fell on tho ground and fell fast asleep. Mr T. R. Attwood has a magnificent oilpainting from his own brush in his photo, graphic studio, in Manchester street, which is well worthy of inspection. The picture is a scone on the Lyder, North Wales. A range ot mountains in the dis tanco stretches in rugged splendour, with a blue, hazy atmosphere hanging over and around it, true to nature, and intermingled are flitting rays of sunlight The trees and foliago on tho hillsido to the loft are painted with a keen appreciation of detail, whilo tho marshy yalloy, with tho golden rays of sunlight falling on it betwoon the clouds, brighten the centre. On. tho right is a gently sloping hillside from the valley, with a beautiful trans parent river m front. The grey rock bank of tho nvor is wonderfully realistic, with pretty reflections in the clear water. Mr Attwood has sevoral other oil paintings, which stamp him as an artist. Amongst tho best is one of tho Otira gorge. In this picture the foaming water rushes betweu two high ranges of wooded hills. On one side is a road with tho inevitable tourist viewing tbo beautiful scenery so truly depicted. On top of a hill is a clump of trees brought out to perfection with a blue sky as a back ground. The snow-clad mountains are uleo a picture in themselves. Without doubt the pictures aro a credit to the artist arid aro well worthy of inspection.