The Feilding Star. Published Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1893. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 111, 7 November 1893, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Published Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1893. Local and General News

♦ Mr Lethbridge's election committee meet this evening, in Messrs James and Heaps office at the usual hour. Mr Edmund Goodbehere has kindly offered to give a pair of leg guards and batting gloves to the best " field " during the cricket season. It is stated that Mr Mackay has in* structed a solicitor to initiate a prosecution against Mr Ivess for statements made by him at the meeting at Ohingaiti on Saturday evening. The police in Wellington have received word that the sum of £381 in notes, gold and cheques was stolen from Mrs Hamilton, licensee of White Hart hotel, Carterton, on Sunday night. It is stated that Mr D. Grant has applied for a new trial in the case of Grant v Manawatu Road Board on the ground of having obtained fresh evidence. The application will be heard on Friday next. —Standard. At Ohingaiti on Sunday eyening, two children named O'Malley developed symptoms of poisoning after partaking of broad and tinned jam. Medical aid was called in, but yesterday the children were not out of danger. The first prize in Tattereall'a sweep on the Caulfield Cup, £4500, was won by a resident of North Denihquin, N.S.W., and the second, £1350, goes to a ganger of platelayers in Western Australia. The winning nnmbers were 9751 and 12,081. Mr Bradford will run a coach from Birmingham on Thursday the 9th instant leaving at 7.30 a.m., in time to catch the 10.20 train from Feilding to Palmerston. The coach will leave Feilding on the re* turn trip on the arrival of the 6.40 p.m. train from Palmerston. An important notice to ladies and gentlemen ridine; or driving to the Palmerstou Show appears in our advertising columns over tbe signature of Messrs Fletcher Jepson and Co of the Popular Stables at the back of Singer's Sewing Machine office. Visitors to the A. and P. Show are already arriving in Palmerston, including a number of the representatives of imple. ment makers. If the weather bo fine on Thursday it is estimated there will be an attendance of between 12,000 and 13,000 people. Mr W. Cummings has giron a pn^e of £2 2s for the best paced hack. For the Bulls Athletio Sports, to be held on Thursday (Prince of Wales Birthday), A. W.j Watts^nd jKingar,e on scratch in the 100 yards, and are asked to concede 14 yards ; in the 220 King is qcratch, and Watts has 2 yards, the limit being 20 yds, j^mg is scratch in the 440 yards, Watts : haying t yorde, and the limit is 30 yards; in the 12.0 and 220 hurdle handicaps Watts is on scratch, and ftlw J.im.i.fcs are 20 yards in each syenfc,

There was a sharp earthquake last night at 10.43. The bankruptcy of G. F. Roe, hotelkeeper, of Palmerston N., is announced. Mora fun to-night. Hayes circus will perform in the Corporation Reserve, and no doubt will have a full tent. A meeting of the cricket club will be held in Mrs Hastie's Hotel to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. London Journal says : — " Between Radicals and rabbits, New Zealand stands without knowing which way to turn. The funeral of the late Mr Henry Nathan was largely attended yesterday afternoon, at Wanganui. He was accorded a Masonic funeral. Thursday next will be observed as a close holiday by the banks, post and telegraph offices. The Feuding Stab will not be published on that day. At St John's Church this afternoon Miss Bull, of Aorangi, was united in the bonds of matnmopy to Mr A. FitzHerbert of Feilding. Particulars of the wedding will appear to morrow. A meeting of Mr John Stevens, supporters was held in Messrs James and Heaps, office last night and a working committee appointed of which Mr Peter Thomson was elected chairman. Mr Hooper, dentist, informs us that Thursday being a holiday he will not be in Feilding until nest day, Friday the lOtn instant up to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. We have to thank the author, Capt. Hewett, S.N., for a copy of a pamphlet entitled " Should the Majority Coerce the Minority, or the Strong Coerce the Weak " dedicated to the Women of New Zealand. At the Presbyterian Church last evening Messrs W. G. Shearer and J. P. Cowie were ordained and Mr Geo Bartholomew inducted as elders of the Church. Tbe Revs Mr Doull, of Bulls, and H, M. Murray conducted the services. An advertisement from Messrs Berry and Trevena, proprietors of the Carbine livery and bait stables, will appear in our next issue. The stables are opposite the Court House, on Eimbolton road, and are fitted up to meet the requirements of farmers and others. Messrs Thompson and Thompson, of the " Cash Exchange," have an alteration in their advertisement to-day, in which they announce tbat thejr are in daily expectation of a splendid importation of carpet squares, which are to be sold at astonishing prices. By an advertisement which will be found in to-daj's issue, Messrs Ross and Sandford, of the Bon Marcbc. Palmers ton North, notify that they are showing special attractions in millinery, drapery, etc., during show week. Their shop will be open on Thursday until 1 p.m. and until 6 p.m. on other days. Some large drainage works in connec* lion with the Tounui Swamp, between Longburn and Foxton are contemplated. It is expected (says the Manawatu Farmer) that a cutting some 20 feet wide will be carried from the Oroua bridge to the Manawatu river, at a cost of about £3000. Messrs Saywell Bros., coachbuilders, wheelwrights, and blacksmiths, are sending two vehicles, a pheaton and high farmers cart, for exhibition in the Manawatu and West Coast A. aud P. Show. The pbaoton is a cicely got up and pretty vehicle, and should not be far out of the priza list. Thursday, 9th November, will be observed as a close holiday by the Post and and Telegraph Office. Mails usually despatched that day will close on Weda nesday at 8,30 p.m. A counter delivery will be made on Wednesday from 8 to 8.30 p.m. Mr Wm McDougall, of Waituna, went through to Palmernton this morning with a brood mare for the Ma.nawatuand West Coast A. and P. Show. The mare is by Young Scotchman out of a Tasman mare and has a splendid ten-months-old colt foal at foot by Conqueror.