The Feilding Star. Published Daily. SATURDAY, NOV. 4, 1893. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 109, 4 November 1893, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Published Daily. SATURDAY, NOV. 4, 1893. Local and General News

Heavy thunderstorms passed ovor Halcotnbe, Waituna, andKiwitua yesterday. Following nro the vita! statistics for the month of October for Palmorstuu : - Births 16, deaths 4. The Key Wai. Konll, President of the Wesleyan Conference, will preach in tho Wesleyan Church to-morrow. The parade of the Manchester Rifles appointed for the 9th has been, by per* mission of Lieutenant-Colonel Nowull, postponed until the 16th instant. The meeting of Mr John Stevens sup Sirters will be held in Messrs James and caps office on Mouduy instead of Tuesday as previously notified. An altered advertisement anent Hayes Circus appears to-day. This circus lias had a most profitable tour through tho South Sea Islands, and has scored bin successes everywhere. A bar of iron worth 20s worked into horseshoes is worth £2 ; made into needles is wort h ±70 ; made into pen-knife blades is worth £657 ; made into balance sprit:* or watches it is worth £50,01)0. A public trial of the famous Mnssey Harris Cultivator will be held at Mr Percy Burroll's farm, Potatau, on Modday next, at 11 a.m. All interested are invited. A meeting of the Athletic Sports committee was held last night and tho programme passed. A sub-committ6o mis appointed to confer with the Borough Council with referenco to necessary ropairs to the buildings and tho fences. The date of Messrs Gorton and Son's Feilding sale has been altered from Friday the 10th to Wednesday the 15th inst. The reason for the postponement is that on the first named date there will be a sale of Show stock at Palmerston North, In connection with the jubilee celebration of the Primitive Methodist Church in New Zealand, the Her W. S. Potter or Auckland, will preach in the Primitive Methodist Church, Feilding, to-morrow morning at 11 a.m., afternoon at 3 p.m , and in the evening at 7 p.m. Glasson'swife, says Sydney Truth, was dressed smartly in the witness box, •' and appeared to be too jaunty altogether." Well, we don't know (says Christchurch Truth), some women can contemplate widowhood with much equaimnity. A Press Association wire from Dunedin states that Colonel Bailey and Major Bobinson were liberated from gaol yeeter- , day afternoon, some person, name not disclosed, paying the fines. The Prohibition Leagues to-night passed a resolution of sympathy with them. West Coast paper saya;— *' A very sudden death occurred in Boss the other day, when a man named Charles Baggs had no sooner mounted a horse than he exclaimed to a bystander, ' Oh, I feel so queer— l can't see,' and expired before he could be lifted down. The cause of death was heart disease. In view of the A. and V. Show in Palmerston next week, Mr J. B. Hamilton has just received another shipment of now and fashionable goods suitable for such a notable event, consisting of an immense display of new millinery, silk and lace capes, jackets etc , to which he specially directs tho attention of intending purchasers from town and country. Mr Walter Bailey has given a donation of a guinea and promised a bat for the highest batting average for the season, to the Union Cricket Club. Mr Light has also giyon a guinea to the club. A meeting will bo held in Mr Goodbehere's office on Wednesday next, at 7.30 p.m., when intending members are requested to attend or communicate with either Mr W. A. Gosling or Mr W. G. Hicka. An inquest was held on Thursday by the District Coroner, Mr James Lin ton, on the body of Charles Earnest Hirst, the fourteen year old son of Mr Sidney Hirat, of Pohangina. It appeared the boy had been subject to fits for the last two years, and had had a seyere attack on October 30th. He went to bed at 8 o'clock on the night of October 31st, and at 9 o'clock he was found dead in bed by bis mother, who had gone to see if he was all right. Dr Locking stated the death had resulted from ashyxia, and the jury, of whom Mr Kirk pat nek was foreman, returned a verdict to that effect. Tho council of tho New South Wales branch of tho British Medical Association has been very much concerned of late with reference to the question of medical ad vorhsinj?, and have passed a a resolution to the effect that such a prnctico is degrading to tho profession. Wo (Waipawa Mail) fail to see what dogradation thero can bo in a man paying to let tho public know his abilities. The degradation exists only in the imagination of tho profession, who are never averso to getting a cheap advertisement when the occasion presents itself, but to pay for it in the usual way ia quite another matter.

It is rumoured that n resident of Fox ton lias drawn a £1000 prize in Tatter* sail's consultation. A Wellington syndicate of telegraphists is said to have drawn Jeweller in Tattersail's big sweep for £100,000. Mr W. McKee, of the Feilding post office, has been appointed a DeputyEegistrar of Births, Deaths, and Mar» riages. Captain Edwin wired at 12.50 p.m. today : — " Northeast to north and west gales, with rain, after 12 hours from now. Glass fall." An inset from Mr P. Gabites, draper, of Fergnsson street, will be published in our next issue announcing the arrival of new summer goods in every department. The Gazette contains the notification that in future no money gifts or addresses from the public will be allowed (o be given to any members of the police force on leaving their districts. The Hawera Star says :— A gentleman who has gone into figures expressed the opinion that purchases of butter and cheese in Taranaki during the current senson for the British market will total £200,000. Several Wellington peoplo have been up to see their sections in the Wanga nui Harbour Board Block and brought friends with them. They all seemed to be immensely taken with Ashurst and the Pohangina Valley generally. Nearly every owner of land in the Pohangina Small Farm No. 2 W.H.B. is improving his holding, and there will be some large patches to burn, as the hush is being felled on tbe sections ad* jo ning one another tor that, reason. Hawke's Bay Herald says, referring to the Wellington Bishopric going a-beg-ging — " We hope our colonial churchmen will seme day learn common sense, and appoint colonial clergymen to the vacancies as they occur, instead of hawking tbe appointments about England. A certain antidote for stock suffering from tutu poisoning can be found in car* bonatc of ammonia dissolved in water. It is very clean and the cure is. magical A well«known settler driving sheep down the Pohangina river bed, where the plant is plentiful, tried the application with the most successful results. Would somebody kindly inform Truth of the present whereabouts of the New Zealand Sinking Fund we used to hear such n lot about ? The information will he interesting in view of Premier Dibbs' proposal.— Sydney Truth. We have much pleasure in informing our conlemporary that the New Zealand Sinking Fund is still sinking. At the monthly meeting of the Wanyonui Harbour Board yesterday, a letter wus read from the Pohangina Road Board accepting the terms of the contract for drainage work as stated by the Board. Another letter was read stating that tenders for road work would also be opened tit an early date. The Feilding Jockey Club are to be congratulated on the large number of nominations received last night for the Spring Meeting on the 29th and 30th instants. It will be seen ou reference to the list published in another column, that some of the most successful racing men in New Zealand are represented ; and, no doubt, with almost assured larpe acceptances, the racing at this meeting wi 11 be ninongst the best on the coast. If the weather is fine the course will be in firs^ class order, and tbe times registered slicnld be fast. Tho details of tho operation of tho sweating system in America are very st. iking. There are at least 100,000 child woikers in New York, of whom 8000 tnako envoi ipes at l£d per thousand. Many more make paper collars, which are largely worn by tbe Yankee aristocracy, and al 2 year old child is sot to count and put mto boxes as many as 20,000 a day. There are about 15,000 children and 60.000 men and women in New York withont a roof to their hendi, wandering in the streets by day and sleeping in them at night under, any shelter they can ob« tain. There are 30 acres of land there which have 17,000 people crowded on them. As many as 24 peoplo are found in one bedroom. Messrs Hickford Bros, have just re* turned from a trip to the Marton No 1 and 2 Small Farm Homestead Association and give an excellent report on some of the land comprised in the blocks. They describe it as beautifully level and rolling country, with some parts hilly. The soil on both the Hats and the elevations, is of a splendidly rich character, light and loamy. Some of the trees are of immense size, and there is some splendid timber for sawruilling purposes. The work of roading, buahfelling, etc., is being pushed on with great vigor, as is also tbe surveying of the several sections. Several of the owners intend to take up their residence on their land next year. On every side may be seen rapid progress in the formation of new homes. Yesterday afternoon another of Wanganui's old identities, in the person of Mr Henry Nathan, passed away to his rest. Mr Nathan was 77 years of age, having been born in London, in 1816. In 1840, he emigrated to New Zealand, arriving in Wellington on January 22nd, 1841 (the first anniversary of tbe colony), in the Stains Castle. Having spent some years on his land at Goat Valley, he sold out and came to live in town where he soon became a member of the Town Board. He was in the first Municipal Council and continued to be a member until he was elected Mayor of Wanganui, but after his Mayoral term had expired be retired from public life. In the early days Mr Nathan saw some rough times with the Maoris. He was in charge of the party that brought tbe bodies of the murdered Gilfillnn family into town and bo also assisted in arresting the murderers. He took a great interest in Masonic matters, having been several times Master of both the local lodges. He leaves a widow, five sons, and an equal number of daughters, to mourn their loss.— Chronicle.