Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 94, 18 October 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

Mrs J. Peterkin, of Ohingaiti, storekeeper, has been declared a bankrupt. Grant v Manawatu Road Board has been added to the list of cases to bo argued bofore the Court of Appeal now sitting ut Wellington. Mr Fit/.gerald, who formerly repre- I sented a constituency on the West Count, j intends to oppose Mr Seddon at the I general election. Mr G torgo Fisher, M.JI 1! , accompanied by Mrs Fisher, arrived m i'eiklin^ yesterday by the i-.ipress Iran), | and went on tv Kiwitoa iv llio afteniuoii, where they will be the guc-sts vi Mr Robert uibetb.

Captain Edwin wired to-day :--Same I indications as wired yesterday. | The few good bathing holes of last summer in the Orona have boen washed clean out by winter floods, much to the sorrow of swimmers. The Cardinal Manning Memorial Fund in London has reached a total of £60,000. The money will be given to the homeless poor of that city. Two detectives from Scotland Yard, : London, have arrived in Melbourne. Their j mission is unknown, but it is known that ; one has a special mission in New South Wales. The Standard says :— lt is confidently stated that Mr J. P. Leary will be a can« didate for the Palmorston seat.— lt is probable that Mr Seddon will deliver an address at Marton in a few days. The London correspondent of the Auckland Herald says : — According to the Echo, " It is expected that Lord Glasgow will recommend the New Zealand Premier for a knighthood before the end of the year." Tho friends of Mr G. M. Snelson, in Palinemton, are confident that he will be returnedlto Parliament. Strong promise 3 ! of support have already reached that gentleman from Apiti and the Manchester Block. I M r Sims Reeres, who, in May, 1871, I bade a " thankful, a final, though not a | sad farewell *' to English audiences, has accepted £1000 for twelve appearances at the Convent Garden promenade concerts this year. Mr T. fl. James, of the firm of James and Heaps, architects, Palmerston Korth and Feilding, has taken up his residence horo, and will carry on the business of the Feilding branch in offices in Kimbolton road. The Women's Christian Temperance Union will hold a Cake and Apron Fair in the Assembly Rooma on Friday the 27th instant. In order to meet the conyeniencc of visitors attending the stock sale on that day, an early tea, with substantial re* freshments, will be provided. News received by a private letter from the New Hebridos is of a very disheartening charactor. The natives have been attacked byjdysentery and other complaints, und the mortality therefrom has boen very heavy. Among tho victims was Mrs McKeczie, wife of one of the missionaries To-day's Chronicle says :— Mrs John Hogg, another of Wanjjanui's oldest reei* dent*, has passed away, having succumbed yesterday afternoon to the effects of a short illness. Tbe deceased lady, who exceeded the allotted span by 10 year**, had gamed the love of many friends, by all whom her homely manner and ccnuinc kindness will long be re* nu>inbeer. In the Opora House in Wellington ou Monday night, some ladies seated in the stalls, had on alleged fashiouablo hats. A voice from the " pit " twhmd was beard to exclaim: " Now you've got the franchise you ought to take your hats off." This-was greeted with roars of laughter On Tuesday night low crowned hats were noticed to be la mode. All women in the Rangitikei district who are desirous of assisting in promot ing the return of Mr F. Y. Leth bridge as their representative in Parliament, are in vited to attend a meeting to be held on Friday next, at 3 p.m., in the building recently occupied by Messrs Ratliff Bros, Kimbolton road, and next tbe Corporation office A advertisement tothiseffoct will be found in auother column. A correspondent of the Labor Tribune, calculating the cost of the frreat coal strike, | 8!lvs :_ Every week the strike lasts it will cost the country not less than £'1,500,000. Weekly cost of the strike— Loss of wages | to miners, £440,000 ; loss of profits to mitieowners, ifßo,ooo ; loss to railways : ami canals, 1148,000; loss to shipping, i' 165,000 ; loss to ironwork, factories, Ac, . £420,000 ; loss to consumers of coal by rise of price, £250,000 ; total, £1,503,080. On our third page today will be found a replace advertisement from Messrs lkaimvell Bros., the well-known grocery and ironmongery importers, of Fergusson street. They have just opened up a 1 capital stock of sheep shears bearing the brands of " Burgon and Balls " " Ward and Paynes " and have also on hand wool packs, roping twine, dagging shears, etc. A call at their establishment will satisfy intending purchasers that the stock is of a really first class nature. The Otaki Times says.— From timo to time gold has been found in very small quantities in and about Otaki A resident last week picked up a piece of metal in front of Mr J. O'Donuell's blackstnithjr aud the yellow spots were very conspicuous. Another resident while having a well dug had a piece of rich quartz handed to him. Itisgaidthat "the colour" can be got all over the fiat, but neyer in such quantities as to warrant special excite ment. Old diggers express the opinion that it is very unlikely that there will be any rush about Otaki as tbe country is not very auriferous. The Wellington Times says :— There is a Pooh-Bah at Otaki, Constable O'Rorke, who, in addition to his police duties, act 8 as clerk of the Court, clerk of the licensing committee, registrar of electors, bailiff, inspector of weights and measures, inspector of factories, inspector of slaughter-houses, inspector of vehicles, inspector of obnoxious weeds, trust officer, Government agent to the labour Bureau, agent for Government Trustee, Inspector under the Prevention of Adulteration Act, registrar of dogs, inspector of nuisances, inspector of licensed houses, and ranger for tho Acclimatization Society. The Feilding branch of the 1.0. G.T. held their weekly meeting last evening, in the Foresters' Hall, and it was one of tho most enjoyable of the session. The attendance was good. Tho report of tbe tea meeting committee was very satisfactory inusmuch as the receipt after supplying complimentty tickets to representatives at the district delegates were only 12s below actual cost. The spocial business for was to ballot for 2 new members. Letters from Awahun and Palmerston lodges were received. Harmony wus next entered upon, when items were given by Miss Curtis (encored), Messrs Burrows, Blackmore, Anderson. Bo yd, Miss Frazer (encored), and Mr Downey. Mr Smalley has been describing an incident in one^ of his Loudon letters, which tends to confirm, he says, the theory, now strongly held, that Mr Gladstone is immortal. He was at Collis Hill from Saturday to Monday, and his physician, Sir Andrew Clark, had been invited to meet him. Sir Andrew arrived shortly before dinner, saw Mr Gladstone, thought him looking white and tired, and proposed a walk. " Yes," said tbe Prime Minister, and they left the house together. When the old man's foot touched the turf, and a breath of tho open air had filled his lungs, ho turned to Sir Andrew and said: "Why not make it a run?" and oft he went. Ho will be 81, Mr Smalley reminds his readers, in December. A road-making machine has been imported by the Hawera County Council, and was tried on Saturday morning The spot chosen, on tho Tawhiti road, has been under water for months until tho past week or two, and consequently was very stiff to work. A plough was put through it, and then the machine set to work with four horses pulling. Satisfactory work was made, though the tlrnujjht was necessarily extremely heavy, ' ami sufficient was seen to convince pracJ licul men that tho machine will make format inn work very cheap. From 2s to Us «i.l \n-.r chain, it ia considered, will cover the i i>>t ut iurmation. U the machine I (luls all tiiat its hupeil, it will euablo tho cuuiity to uuderCiike a «roat doaJ ruore foruiiiion work thau otherwi&e would Lave beon financially possible;

I The Hon. the Premier has received I requisitions to speak at Wairarnpa. New Plymouth, and 'Muiton, and though he would be glad to comply, the press of other pablic business makes it hijrhly improbable that he will be able to do so. As it would appear that Mr Scddon will be returned unopposed for Westland, and that his stay in that district may not, therefore, be a prolonged one, it is not unlikely that the Government policy will j be unfolded by him in his speech at { Dunedm.