Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 95, 19 October 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

The general elections will take place not later than December 17th. A chimnes' wa« on fire in a dwelling in Grey street, this forenoon. Tho Palmprstou North Hospital is to bo formally opened on tho Ist November. There will be Mass in St. Bridget's next Sunday morning at eight o'clock. The Duke of Wellington once said " that education without religion would surround us with clever devils." The difference Sir John Hall is a statesman and the Hon Mr Seddon is a politician. Mr W. Speedy, of Hawke'e Bay, has invented a double action ratchet leverpress for compressing wool or other substances. The North Otago Times very rudely says the Hon. J. McKenzie has not distinguished himself as a practical farmer, and he has yet to make his fame as a statesman. It is stated that Mr Donald Fraser, of Pukehoe, Lower Rangitikei, has definitely decided to contest the Otaki electorate in the Government interest against Mr J. (j. Wilson The Public Works Department in a few days will invite tenders for tho erection • f the new Court houso at Palraereton N., in accordance with the plans and specifications of Mr W. Cnchton. " Spurious half crowns are in circulation in Auckland," said a " commercial " io a Palmerston man the other day. " Are they," replied the latter with a sardonic look, " well, I'd sooner see them than none at all.' 1 The commercial did not " do a line " with that client. Tho Cheltenham Dairy Factory Company have disposed of their output of butter for the remainder of the season at 9 - : J tl per lb, f.o.b. ocean steamer at Wellington, to Mr W. R. York on behalf of Messrs Boyd and Grant. A concert was given in the Bunnythorpo hall last evening in aid of the Church funds there. Several Pulmorston singers took part in tho concert which was a success in every way— singing good, hall full, and audience delighted. A number of Feilding residents were present. The Makino settlers are agitating for telephonic communication. As the total cost will not exceed £25 we do not knowwhy the department has not been asked for it long since. We should say the request will certainly be complied with. An office of the Supreme Court is to be opened at Wanganui District. Judge Kettle has been appointed Registrar and Mr A. D. Thompson Deputy- Registrar. The Supreme Courts Practice and Procedure Act passed last session is to be proclaimed in force in this district. Cricket has now taken the place of football on Wednesday afternoons, and a considerable amount of interest is being taken in the game. There was a strong muster on the field yesterday, and a very enjoyable scratch match was played, sides being chosen by Messrs Young and Henderson, the latter gentleman's team winning by four runs. According to tho provisions of tho electoral Act it is provided that all electors who fail to vote at the coming election will be struck off tho roll immediately afterwards. They can, however, immediately apply again for enrolmont. Thoeo who do uot vote at the general election and yet wish to vote at the licensing polls which will follow soon after, will require to send in frosh claims to vote, The Wollington Acclimatisation Society report that the young pheasants which were reared at tho Masterton aviary and Mr Izard's hatchery at Grey town last year, and liberated, have been frequently seen in places where they have been left undisturbed, and are apparently flourishing. The mallard (wild duck), recently imported from England are also doing well at Masterton, and efforts will be mado to rear some young birds from eggs which the ducks are now laying, There is a remarkably affinity between money and the money market, the one seems to gravitate naturally to the other. It is always to be understood that money controls its own destiny. Money may be apparently lost, and tho sometime holders thereof plunged in absolute ruin, but the thing itself per sr flows on in new channels with an intermittent change of proprietorship but without the loss of identity. It is like atmospheric air, breathed by a hundred thousand of varieties of sentient beings, but in the hundred thousand changes of assimilation yet remaining unchanged. The attendance at tho Awahuri school is very bad indeed, the average at present being about forty- five out of a roll number of eighty one. How parents can expect the teachers to do any good with their children who are thus irregular we cannot understand. It is most disheartening, and at the same time unjust to teachers whose salary and reputation depend upon the attendance. Sickness is not the excuse, as the absentees are to be seen daily knocking about the roads doing nothing useful, btit learning habits of laziness and perhaps vice. Surely parents with an atom of regard for the welfare of their offspring should be able to see the consequences of thi£ neglect, It is the doctor 'eduty to be kind. Kindness, as well as a merry heart, doeth good as a medicine. Cheeriness is a great thing in a doctor ; b:s very foot should have " music in't an he comoth up the stair." The doctor should never loso his power I pitying pain, and letting bis patient sco this and fe6l it. His eye should so corn* maud, comfort, and cheer his patient, that he should never let him think disobedi ence or despair possible. It is not true that doctors are hardened by seeing so much suffering. Pity as a motive as well as a feeling ondiug in itself, is stronger m an i>lt| doctor than in a younjr, bo ho bo | iuuiK ot tho right stuff. Ho coiuos to know lnuisolf what pain aud sorrow tuttau, wuut their weight ie, and how grateful he was or is for relief and sympathy. Dean Hole.

A special ineeliug of the Borough I Council to adopt the new Bye-laws will ' be held on the 25th instant. j To-day the entries for Messrs Gorton , and Son's Feilding sale on Friday the ! 27th lustant are published. A coach will leave the Squaro on Friday evemug at 7 o'clock, to convey passengers to the 1.0. G.T. meeting at Awahuri To»day Mr Carthew received his usual monthly case of books and periodicals, ex | " Arawa," also a large shipment of fancy goods ex " Otarama." Several local sports were out yesterday " whipping " the Oroua river for tho lively and succulent trout, all meeting with more or less success. One gentleman landed four trout, averaging about lib each. On Sunday the Rev S. Burnett will preach iti Campbelltown in the morniug ; and in the Primitive Methodist Church, Feilding, in the evening. On tho following Monday be will give a missionary address in the same place. The Manawatu Farmer says that when the Wellington and Matiawatu Railway Company's drainage works are completed at the Tokomaru Swamp, it is estimated that some 14,«j00 acres of the ; finest land in the Colony wilt be 'released for settlement. The annual report of the Government Life Insurance Department shows that from interest alone the whole of the death claims and the greater part of the working expenses are paid, leaving premiums almost untouched, and rapidly increasing. Professor Clarence had his team of performing dogs on yiew in the Assembly rooms last night, and although the audience was small those who were present proclaim that the tricks which the dogs went through we re really very clever. A good number of children were present at the afternoon performance. Messrs Say well Bros have jiist com* pleted, to the order of a Beaconsfield gentleman, a nice looking polo cart. The vehicle, which is lower than the ordinary dog cart, and tnoro suitable for a ponj. is well finished in every respect, and the workmanlike manner in which the cart has been turned out reflects much credit on the firm. Tho members of tho Manchester Rifles are reminded of the parade this evening. There was some class firing at the butts yesterday, and the new Martini-Henri rifles, recently acquired by several members of the corps, were tried. No tall scoring was made with the latter, but it is expected that a little practice will effect an improvement. The largest steamer in the world is now under construction at New York in the yard of Messrs Davidson and Co. She has been fitly named the Leviathan. Her gross tonnage will be 25,000 tons, and her engines 50,000 h.p. She will steam 30 knots per hour on a small consumption of fuel. Her passenger accommodation will be equal to '20,000 adults. The Council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society has decided to liberate the following trout fry in the West Coast rivers : — ln tbePahautanui stream, 5C00; Waikanae, 3000; Faraparaumu, 2000; Otaki, 50,000; Ohau, 10,000; Tokomaru, 10,000; Shannon, 3000; and Fohangina, 50,000— a total of 133.000 It has also been decided to liberate 1000 young specimens of the American brook char in the reservoir at Karori. We notice tbat m the above liberal distribution of fish favours, this portion of the district is omitted. We would. suggest to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society who, by the way, receive a large sum annually in shooting and fishing fees, from the local branch, that there is still room in the Oroua river and Mangaone stream for some thousands more trout.