Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 92, 16 October 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

— m The Hon the Premier left Palmerston for Wellington to-day. An old settler in the Orepuki district has not seen a drunken man for five years' and he is not blind. Mr Travers says the Government have persistently refused to recognise the rights of Wellington, and have put that town back as far as thejr could. A case against a man for wife maintenance was to have been heard to-day, but by an arrangement with the solicitors it was postponed until Thursday. Mr Dermer. of Cloyerdene, Awahnn, will exhibit his purebred Jersey bull Leopold, at the Manawatu and W. C. A. and P. show on the Bth and 9th of November. .Yesterday some very uuconsidorate person was seen galloping a liorse in the oyal, for about half au hour thus cutting up the turf and making it in poor condition for the sports at Christmas. A futher Hoitt his you, wh'> hud failod to show much aptitude for ugncultural pursuits, into tho Church. The good old man said it was better for a man to be a i/uur parson than a tad market gardener.

Letters of naturalisation have beeD issued to Jens Larsen, of Birmingham. Mr George Liabau Lay, postmaster at Pemberton, has ooen appointed to take and receive statutory declarations. A meeting in connection with the formation of an Orange Lodge will be held in Mr Bray's office on Saturday next. We regret to learn that Mr Clifton, of Birmingham, recently lost a child, Reginald Wilfred, 15 months old, from the after effects of measles. " Anti-Humbug's " letter, dealing with tho Borough Bye-laws, will appear in tomorrow's issue. *' Sympathy's " urging the ladies of Feilding to support the So« ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, will also appear to-morrow. A meeting is called for thia evening in the Foresters Hall. Bowen street, of electors favorable to the return of Mr F. Y. Lethbridgo to repiesent Jthe Kangitikei electorate in the House of Representa. tiyes. For other particulars see adver* tisetnent, At the Woodville Court, on Thursday last before A. Turnbull, Esq. R.M.i Mr E. A. Haggen was committed for trial for having published an alleged defamatory libel concerning J. P. Clark. At the defendants requost, the prosecutor was directed to carry on the case at his personal expenso The Pohangina Road Board has decided to amalgamate the offices of Secretary and Engineer, and candidates for the position will be invited by advertisement to apply. This should prove a good opening for some one. The Board has removed its banking accounts to the Colonial Bank, at Asburst. The Salvation Army barracks was well filled last evening to witness the limelight service. The illustrations was very impressive, and consisted of biblical subjects luteuded to emphasize the truths of the Bible. This evening another religious view entertainment will be held, when 140 pictures will be shown, and the small charge of 6d will be made for admission. A meeting of ratepayers was held at Birmingham on Saturday to discuss the present condition of the roads in that neighborhood. Tho attendance was not largo. A petition was prepared to be sent to the Kiwitea Road Board asking for something to be done, and if that should prove valueless another petition will be forwarded direct to the Government. The Melbourne Age. commenting on the extension of tho franchiso to the women of New Zealand, thinks it is ob> 1 viously absurd that women will rest content with a victory that leaves their cause only half won. *' It is not until they get into Parliament that we shall be able to measure tho full significance of the revolution th&t has giveu them the fran« chise." The case Grant v Manawatu Road Board, was brought to a somewhat abrupt loimination on Saturday. Mr Gully ap. plied for a non-suit on some of the mam issues His Honor decided in fayour of tho application, on the ground that no responsibility was cast upon the defend ant Hoard to provide an outlet. Tho othor issues of claim were abandoned by the plaintiff, and a non-suit, with costs for do» fondant according to scale, was entered up, loave being given to appeal. The following regulations under the Government Insurance Act have been gazetted. Policies shall become void if n person, whose life is insured, shall die by suicide whether sane or insane wiihiu six months from the date of the policy, provided nevertheless that it shall be lawful for the Commissioner in his ab» solute discretion to pay tho sum assured if he is satisfied after careful enquiry that ihe person whose life is insured had not at the date of the policy any suicidal intention. The steam passing through tho engines iv the United States approximates 600,000,000 tons per annum (according to an American authority.) Some of this is condensed in doing work, and some in condencing engines, but we are safe to conclude that, together with the steam from the dye houses, evaporating kettles for sugar and salt making, and in culm* ary operations, not less than that amount of 600.000,000 tons is annually thrown into the air, to be absorbed thereby. Does this enormous quantity affect tho amount of rainfall ? asks our contemporary. India. Darjjlubrugah (a country station). Banker's son (rushing mto Dr H.s aurgory) : ' Oh, doctor, I'm lost ! My wife now lady's maid has the cholera and — and — I gave her a kiss this m ." (Rushes off again, seeing his father's approach.) Dr H. (to old banker} : "My dear sir, you must look after your son. Your new maid has the cholera, and— don't got excited, boys will be boys— he kissed her this morning " Banker: "What? Heavens ! Then I, too, am lost, and I just afterwards kissed my darling wife, whom i would not injure for tho world ! "' Dr H. : " Heaven and earth ! Then 1, too, am lost." In referring to the reconstruction of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, the Financial Times says : — " The stumbing-block seems to be the existence of the debenture stock especially secured by hypothecation of the uncalled capital, .and Sir Jamos Fergusson says that the holders of that stock are to be called upon to make largo concessions in order to permit of reconstruction. This will be very kind of them, but the proposal is, all the same, a very curious one. If these do benture holders have a valid security, its extent seems to be ample, and we should imagine that a considerable proporti n of them would retuse to make any concession. If the security is not valid, or if it is not ample, further explanation is required from the directors and trustees." Tho following particulars of a test to prove the milkproducing capabilities of different breeds of cattle should prove interesting to dairy farmers. The extract is made irom ' Dairy notes from Chicago ' published in the New Zealand Mail :— Tho milk yield of the three herds was, during the 16 days' contest — Jerseys 13,2901b5, Guernseys 10,8381 b, and shorthorns 12,186. From this the manufacture of cheese turned out— Jerseys 14511 b, Guernseys 11301 b, shorthorns 1077 ; values— Jersey JMO 7s 6d. Guernseys £27 6s Bd, shorthorns £29 2s. The judges have decided that the { best-bred cow in the herds was a Jersey. A large number of people gathered at St John's Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, that being the time appointed fur the marriage of Mies Beilve, of this town, to Mr Nicholson late of Christchurch, and formerly of Feilding. The Rev. Innes-.Tones performed the ceremony, in which much interest was manifested The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a very handsome dress of cream arnure, with the usual veil and wreath of orange blossom. She was attended by four bridesmaids ; her two sisters, who wore grey tweed dresses trimmed with white silk, and cream hats, and her two little nieces, who were dressed in pale blue cashmere, with white hats trimmed with pale blue ribbons. Mr Hart, a friend of the bridegroom, acted as best man. After the ceremony the guests adjourned to the residence of Mr Bellve, where the wedding breakfast had been laid out. The bride was the recipient of a large number of presents both useful and ornamental. The happy couple left by the 4 o'clock train for 'Wellington, an route for their future home at Eketahuna.