The Feilding Star. Published Daily. MONDAY, OCT. 30, 1893. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 104, 30 October 1893, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Published Daily. MONDAY, OCT. 30, 1893. Local and General News

There was a slight earthquake felt here yesterday morning at about 4 25. Tho Telegraph Hotel, Otaki, lias been leased by Mr W. Uickson, late of Pemberton and Wellington. Wo learn from the Paraekaretu Express that The Colonial Bank will probably open a branch in Hunterville, The Band of Hope children ere rominded of tho coffee supper to be held iv the Foresters' Hall this evening at 7 o'clock. The steamer Star of England, which grounded at Cape Saunders on her way- to the Bluff from Wellington, soon floated off. At the Foresters' annual meeting in Bristol a membership of 900,000 was reported. Tho society's funds exceed La,000,000. The output of young trout from the Wellington Acclimatisation Society's ponds at Matterton this season up to the present, has been half a million of fish, and about 300,000 are still left in the boxes for distribution. A gigantic clearing sale of boots and shoes is now being carried on in the Feilding branch of Mr S. Thackor, next the Stah office. The charncter of tbie sale is indicated fully in tho advertisement which appears to-day. A case of petty larceny occurred at Birmingham on Saturday, the 18th instant, between 7 a.m and noon. A cottage occupied by Messrs Hook Bros, on the propertj of Mr Green, was entered and a sum of money stolen. The police have the matter in band. Another old identity has passed away. Mr Robert Cleland, of the Hutt, who has j been a resident of the Colony for the past 3G years. Mr Cleland had. up to thiee years ago, kept a store at the Lower Hutt and then, on account of ill-health, retired and settled at Toko, in tho Taranaki district. One of the most remarkable blind men in tbe world is John Herceshoff, the Rhode Island boatbuilder, whoso fast yachts have made his name known in all waters, aud who is vow more than ever famous through the victory of the Vigilant in tbe recent international race for tbe American Cup. Since he was only 15 he has been absolutely blind. The Colyton Band of Hope hold its monthly meeting last Wednesday evening. Addresses were delivered by the Rev G. Clemout, and Rev A. Burnett, of Wellington, duets by Misses M. and J. Stewart, and Mr and Miss Fraser, and one of Gough's orations by T. A. Smith. Seyeral of Sankey's hymns were Buug. Miss Fraser presided at tbe harmonium. The bestowal of the franchise on women by the "go-ahead Colony of New Zealand" has called forth the commendation of our Radical papers, but the Tory prints shake their heads solemnly. " Let us hope," cries one, J" the measure J will not produce any of those dire effects which Sir James Crichton Browne deduces from the case of the Garo women who are very strong politicians, but also 'the very ugliest women on (he face of the earth.' " The Premier has receiyed two bronze medals and a number of certificates from the Royal Humane Society of Austral asia. The medals go to Peter Ealam, of Lyttelton, wharf labourer, and Peter Louis Harold, of Okahau bay. 14 certificates got to Edward Mackay, of the Auckland water police; Constable Thos. Coulter, Chnstcburch ; driver, Thomas Nicholaou ; Clarkson, harbour-master, Timaru ; Uonry Voughau Duigan. Wanganui ; and Thomas Donovan, seaman, Taurunga. The salo of intoxicating drink ig unrestricted in Russia, and the Government is now considering the best means of lessening the evils caused thereby, either by taking the sale of spirits into its own hands, or by introducing the Gothenburg system. It is felt, sa.ys a St. Petersburg correspondent, that something must be done to prevent the peasants from ruining | themselves physically and morally. One j of the principal causes of the late famine \ was undoubtedly the drunkenness and laziness of the agricultural classes. Infortunately, a quarter of the revenue is I derived from the sale uf epintti.

Mr Hartgill has been appointed starter and Mr Copeland hAndicappor for the Feilding Athletic sports. Entries for the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association Show close to-morrow. A large number of entries has been received. Mr Fraser, a Wellington Temperance man, considers it will be thirty or forty years before the drink traffic i 3 directlj under control. Mr E. G. Allsworth, editor of the Egmonth Settler, has accepted an invitation to stand for tho Electoral district of Eg» mont in the Government interest. Two of the candidates for the Palmerston seat are running in the Liberal interest — Messrs Pirani and Leary. This will greatly assist the Opposition candidate, Mr £ nelson. The floral praise servicos in the Primitive Methodist Church yesterday were will attended, especially in the evening. The church was prettily decorated with flowers and eyergreons for tho occasion. A very simple way to keep birds and insects from destroying young peas is said to consist is steeping the seeds, before planting, in weak kerosene water, which not onlj keeps vermin away but also makes tho peas germinate moro quickly. Operations aro now in full swing at Mr 11. <_ obb's sheep-shearing shed at Hankawa. The shed is fitted up with four of Bergen and Balls' sheep-shearing machines, which are giving the greatest satisfaction, and it is Mr Cobb's intention to add a fifth machine. Tho Athletic Sports committeo met m Mr Sherwill's office on Saturday niftht. Friday was selected as tho dnj on which tho meetings of tho committee will bo held, at 8 p.m. in the secretary's office, and the several subcommittees were ap« pointed. The meeting then adjourned. 1 We learn from the Standard that no less than 70 horses accepted out of the 78 nominated for the Palmerston trotting matches. The result, besides being highly satisfactory, speaks volumes for the judgment displayed by Mr J. E. Henry, the handicapper. Kussia will shortly honst of the first female veterinary surgeon in Europe. A voting lady of genteel birth, who had jimduated at Zurich, having obtained a Government certificate (o practice as <i vet at Zemstorf, or Parish Council at ("hcrson, where her father, a wealthy landowner, resides, has offered her the post of parish vet. A mnn named John Print, employed at Mossrs Holland and Ni«srn's sawmill at Bnnnythorpe, met with a serious accident « hile engaged in cutting wood iv (lie bush on Friday. The dead branch of a tree till on hi* head nnd inflicted an ugly wound, about four inches long. Dr Verier wns cnllrd from Pnlmrrston an;l i tended to the sufferer. The deposits in the savings banks of the Colony during tho quarter ended Sep t ember :?Oth last, amounted to £G20,85;-5 lOs •)<!, as against £'45i3,687 2s 9 d during the corresponding throe months of the previous year. The excess of deposits over withdrawals last year was £10o,o9(S lHs XXI ; in the three months ending September, 1892, it was only £29,122 0s Id. Robert Dyer, nn able seaman who was on board the ill fated Victoria, arrived at his home, No. VI, Victoria street, New Hrompton, on Thursday morning. He was supposed to have been lost at the time the vessel foundered, and his family were in mourning for him. His father, who was over-joyed to see his son return home safe and sound, has stated that he was picked up by a yacht. Dyer proceeded to London on Friday morning to report himself at the Admiralty. The Waimate Witness hears that a party of the co-operative men working on the Andersou road found some books, and papers, dated 1840 under an old rata tree, where it is supposed they were deposited by the Maoris. They also found a shark's tooth two inches long, 33 feet down in the papa rock, in a perfect stats of preservation, though it had turned the colour of the papa rock in which it was found. The numbor of aspirants for parliamentary honors 19 far greater this year than has ever been the case before in the history of the colony. If the New Zealand Government would follow the example of the Tasmanian Ministry who are running as gigantic lottery, and open the totalisator on the event, a very considerable profit would be gained. Enough, in fact, to pay the whole of the cost to the colony of the election. This is a wrinkle for tho Colonial Treasurer. A correspondent has called attention to the curious fact that the two last unsuccessful candidates for Eden committed suicide not very long after their defeat This (says " Mercutio ") seems the fate of the unsuccesiful candidate for Eden. He never lives to fight another day, but commits the happy despatch. This is inexorable destiny. I am sorry to say that there are now three candidates out for Eden, so that the coroner may look out soon after election day. Retirement is the only chance of safety. Be warned in time. The medical delegate to Mecca of the Egyptian Quarantine Board gives a horrible account of the condition of the Pilgrims. The deaths from cholera have been double tho number officially reported. In tho valley of Mouna it became impossible to bury tho dead, and between Mecca and Mouua tho road was strewn with corpses. In Mecca the victims lay decomposing where they died, and when the order wus given for lutermont several days lapsed before its execution for want of a sufliciont number of grayodiggors. — Londou Tunes, July 14th. The stamp- collecting mania (says a London correspondent) is by no means moribund. Recently a philatelist gave t'oßo for two stamps — the penny red an<l twopenny blue of Mauritius of 1847, with the words " post office " on the left side. There are only two of these specimens in England, and they are both in the Tapling collection in the British Museum. Jn the world there are believed to be fourteen, all in collections of tho first importance. Fortj-three stamp sales took place this season, 24,749 lots realising £27,580. At one a British Guiana stamp tetched i*2o2. An agricultural note from Home says: — " I have seen many labourers who even during the middle of harvest, find it impossible to get work, and the outlook for the forthcoming winter looks verj gloomy throughout the agricultural district. The report on the condition of farm labourers in the South of England bliows that after taking into consideration the extra earnings during harvest, the best labourers average from 16s to 17s per week, and the inferior hands from 12s 6d to 15s. In Somersetshire, Wiltshire, and Dorestshire the wages are about Is lower. Surely at such rates, with rents which do not exceed 12s to 16s per acre, including everything, and with crops which average nearly '60 bushels of wheat to the acre, there must be something radically wrong in the system followed by the British farmer."