Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 80, 2 October 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ Mr W. T. Glover, the Temperance lecturer is at present in Now South Wales where he is d jing good work. Yesterday Mr Downes, the popular manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Waugauui, paid a short visit to Feild* ing. It is stated that the Rtv. Dean Hovell is almost certain to be appointed the successor to the preseut Bishop of Waiapu. There will bo no sitting of the li.M. Court here on Thursday, oth instant. All cases will be adjourned until the 19th instant. A private letter received in Palmerston states that Mr and Mrs Hngli, who are in England, will leave there for New Zealand to-day. A German, named Hand, recently received six months' imprisonment with hard labour in Melbourne for deliberately burning a horse to death. Mr Emruett, a well-known footballer, was thrown from his horse at Pohnngina last week and had his shoulder dislocated. A New Zealand " liberal " ot tho oxisting type may be described as " One who has yearnings for au ugual divisiou of unequal earnings." The eagerness with which tliay ara bidding for Sir Robert .Stout to represent them in the House, shows that the Wellington people have little faith in the Wellington oiea.

A letter from *' Colonist " on " Women's Franchise " will appear in to-morrow's issue. Messrs Sandilands and Sharpe a few days ago liberated 4000 young trout in the Oroua from the hatchery at Aorangi. Mr Cyril P. Stanton, pianoforte tuner, will be in Feilding, at the Manchester Hotel, where orders may be left, on Thursday the sth instant. Today's Times says:— The Premier will go to Feilding after the session, and is to deliver an address there. He will afterwards speak at Dunedin. We remind our readers that Mr J. Ivess will address the electors of Rangitikei in the Assembly Rooms this evening, at 8 o'clock, and in the Birmingham Town Hall to»morrow evening. There are now sufficient freezing es» tabhehments in Queensland to prepare in marketable form for export, if kept in work all the year round, about SOO.OOO cattle and 1,800,000 sheep annually. A special meeting of shareholders in the Cheltenham Dairy Company will be held in the school house on Saturday evening at 7.30., and the first half-yearly meeting the same evening at 8 o'clock. An adjourned meeting of the Cruelty to Animals Prevention Society will be held in the Foresters' Hall on Friday evening next, to receive the report of the comuiittee and to appoint officers. A meeting of the Pohangina Small Farm Association No. 2. will be held in the Colyton Hall, on Monday the 16th inst, at 1 .p.m. to consider money matters in connection with the Association. In 1737 a piece of land in Melbourne was bought by one Harry Howey for £94 . To-day Howej's nephew receives £40,000 a year from the land, which neither uncle nor nephew has ever seen or spent one penny on improvements. The Manawatu Herald considers that the chances of the Government candidate in the Otaki electorate are small, for tho Government have frequently shown how regardless they are of the farmers' interests.' In Parliamentary circles in Wellington it is the prevalent opinion that the Minister of Lands will easily defeat Mr Scobie MacKenzie for the Maihemo seat. This is evidently a case of the wish being father to the thought. We learn from the local paper that the Government have appointed a canvasser for tho Woodville district to get forms tilled up by all persons who are not on the electoral roll. In Oamaru five men have been appointed by the registrar. An examination of volunteer officers will be held at the Denbigh Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. In the evening a parade of the Manchester Rifles will be held in the Assembly Rooms, for inspection by Lieutenant-Colonel Newall. Every man must be present. Messrs Hickford aud Co are determined that no efforts on their part will be spurod to contribute to the wellfare and refreshment of the people of Feildiag. In our wanted column they advertise fresh oy sters, fresh fruit, and fresh groceries delivered to any part of tho town. The Wairarapa Daily Times says feelingly that of the two hundred cases of measles reported in Masterton, the most picturesque one was said to have been a certain printer's devil. When the spots came out properly on this demon he was said to have been " a thing of beauty and a joy for ever." On Saturday last owing to (he counter attraction of the sale at Mr Peter Stewart's farm, Mr Franklin- Browue postponed his horse sale at the Manchester Hotel stables. The sale will be held, however, on Saturday next, and fortnightly thereafter as previously announced, The list of entries will be advertised to-morrow. Messrs Davy and Mills, of the Red House, to-day announce their first shipment of spring goods are ready for inspection. The firm have had their premises enlarged to meet the growing requirements of their business and are prepared to give a good selection to their numerous patrons. The replace advertisement on our third page is well worthy of perusal. The funeral of the late Thomas Cook, son of Mr Wm. Cook, of Manchester street, took place yesterday afternoon, when a largo number of sympathisers followed the mortal remains to the Feilding cometary, to pay a tribute of rospect to the memory of deceased. The Rev H M Murray, Presbyterian minister officiated at the "grave and Mr F. Pope was the undertaker. The football match between the Manawatu Mounted Rifles and Palmerston North Volunteer Rifles, was played in Palmerston on Saturday afternoon, and was won, after a well contested game, by the former by 12 points to 10, the cause of defeat being attributed to the Mounted Rifles being held " too cheap " by their opponents. At a committee meeting of tho Foxton Racing Club, held on Thursday evening last, the following programme was decided upon for January 22nd : — Flying Stakes Handicap, of 40sovs ; Trial Hurdle Race, of 25sovs ; Handicap Hurdle Race of 40sovs ; Foxton Handicap, of lOOsovs ; Electric Handicap, of 30sovs ; Stewards Stakes Handicap, of oOaovs; Anniversary Stakes, of 20sovs, — Manawatu Herald. Following is the business set down for the District Court on Thursday next : — Civil business -A McGlasham v E. F. Eagar, claim £200 for alleged failing to carry out an agreement. Bankruptcy business — Applications for discharge — Groves, Frank Gay, John Jones, John Robert Lever, T. M. Mitchell ; public examination — Wm. Bellve, Johu Morfa, Stephen Hayes. Motion to stay proceed ings on an order — Wilhelm Chnetensen. An American company is now introducing a now method of boring through rock, which is intendod to replace tho diamond drill. In thia method steel shot are poured inside of the drill pipe into a ring or channol made in the rock by a few revolutions of the pipe. The pipe bears heavily on the shot, and when revolved thfi rock is crushed under the shot a3 they revolve, and the channel ia cut deeper. A test boring Bin in diameter and 390 ft deep has already beon put down. Mr Wm. Carthew, bookseller and stationer, has displayed in his shop soino of the colored pictures which will be published with the " Yule Tide," and other periodicals, in the Christmas numbers for this year. A collection of New South Wales wild flowers in their natural colors is very pretty aud the clematis among j them reminds us of the cool New Zealand forest in the middle of summer. There are seven colored pictures altogether in the " Yule Tide," including a good one lof th© Duke and Duchess of York. Mr Carthew has, also, just to hand a Jarge assortment of table and other ornaments, which he personally selected in Welling, ton Lord Oaslow thiaks that in the colonies there is a lack of veneration and of respect for authority and for elders. The colonial young man, he said at a lecture in England, imagines that the moment he steps out of the cradle he knows as much as his father, and more. ll© urged the young men of Hollesley College to preserve thoir feeling of reverence and to adhere steadfastly to religious principles. Owmg to thp elimination of the Bible from the New Zealand State Schools that inestimable book was too little known in the colony. John Cobbe has received his new samples of Colonial tweeds, and is now taking ordars tor tweoj suits to moasuro from 6<te nod troi^sers to measure from 20s. No deposit required v/ith order, fit guaranteed.