Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 196, 20 December 1893, Page 2

Local and General News.

Sarah Bernhardt owns to haviug received during the.last 25 years 4360,640 for her exertions on the stage. A boy living at Coburn, near Melbourne, was burned to death through a box of matches igniting in his pocket. The Feilding State School will be closed to-morrow for the Christmas holidays. The date of re-opening is Monday, the 29th January. The death is reported at Carterton, of Mr Edmund Jupp, aged 79, who arrived in New Zealand early in the fifties in the ship Cornwall, and was for many years a school teacher in the Wellington province. Mr Watts, who has just left Feilding to take up another appointment aa statioumaster in the South Island, was presented with a purse of sovereigns from the railway servants yesterday afternoon at the Palmerston station. Mr £. McKemia, V.C., in making the presentation, cordially expressed the high esteem in which the recipient was held, as well as his own personal regard which dated from tl»e tune when Mr Watts was a cadet under him in the Invercargill office. With a few hearty words of thuuks from Mr Watty the ceremony terminated..

The Income of the Ancient Order of Foresters in the United Kingdom amounted last year to £1,025,324. The Hou. Ward has been created Minister for Trade and Commerce. What (asks Truth) has become of the Football portfolio ? To-morrow (Thursday), will be the last I day upon which the Land Tax cau be paid without the additioual ten per cent tax being incurred. The local paper reports that there is a serious mortality amongst horses iv the Pahiatua district at the present time, aud a number of valuable animals have been lost. Mr Charles Carr will sell by auction, in the Assembly ißooms, on Saturday next, commencing at noon sharp, a quantity of drapery, cutlery, groceries, ironmongery, aud other useful lines, suitable for Christmas. In Chambers ou Monday at Wanganui Mr District Judge Kettle granted letters on administration in the estate of Ethan Everiss, of Beaconsfield, to his widow, aud iii the estate of William James Green, of Makino, to Andrew Greeu, brother of deceased. The Manchester Rifles are reminded of the muster parade to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock — Firing for the fourth competition commenced this morning at the ranges, and will be continued this afternoon. The scores will appear to-morrow. Yesterday afternoon at the R.M. Court, John Woulfe was bouud over in his own recognisance for .£2O, to keep the peace for twelve months towards his wife aud family. Messrs Goodbehere and Kirton, J.'a.P. occupied the Bench. At Waituna on Saturday last while Mr P. Ischler was engaged bushfelh'ng, he received a crushing blow on one of his fee by a falling tree. The injury was attended to, and it is hoped he will be able to go to work again in a few days. A concert will be held in the Colyton Hall to-morrow evening, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the purchase of prizes for the school children. As the object is a deserving oue, and a capital programme has been prepared, the hall should be well filled. Thus Ironsand Smith — " We have a splendid district; — our snow-clad mountains, our crystal rivers teeuiiug with trout, our fertile laud, our mineral deposits, our genial climate, with the freest constitution under the canopy of God's heaven." Here eudeth the first lesson ! A young niau named Milton Orbell, has been sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment at Gisborue for using insulting language to a barmaid who refused to supply hint with drink when he had already had too much. It is a wonder there are not more cases of this kind before the Police Court, in the colony. On Saturday the householders of Pohangina township held a meeting to consider the best means of establishing a school in that locality. The meeting was attended by about twenty, Mr G: 11. Lucas in the chair. It was ascertained that there are 37 children of school age in the immediate vicinity. It was arranged to make application to the Board for the e.stablisninent of a school. While last eyemng's tram from Wan gnnui to Palmerston was passing the crossing: opposite the Commercial Hotel Mr A. Nathan, who was standing on the platform, slippedand foil off. MrNalhan, fortunately, fell clear of the tram on the rond, and surprising to record., encaped injury beyond bern» somewhat stunned aud sustaining an ebrasion of the cheek. Mr Nathan has reason to congratulate himself on having had a wonderful escape. — Standard. An unreserved sale of the Phoenix sawmill plant will be held at Ashurst on Friday next by Messrs Abraham and Williams. Among other items are a2l h.p, engine, first-class draught horses, working bullocks, trap horse, buggy and harness, a quantity of first-class timber and the equity of redemption of certain sections in the township of Ashurst. The proprietors, Messrs Stevens and Co., have acquired another bush in this neighborhood where they are erecting new plant and machinery. It is now the law that "No person against whom a prohibition order has been made under section 167 of the Licensing Act, 1881, shaU, during the currency of such prohibition order, purchase or procure any fermented or spirituous liquors from any licensed person within any district hi which such prohibition order is in force. Any person committing a breach of this section shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, or iv default thereof to be imprisoned, with hard labor, for a term not exceeding three months." At the annual examination and distribution of prizes at the Cathoh'c schools, in Wanganui, which took place this week, we learn from the Herald that among the exhibits specimens of wool work done by the Misses E. and C. Light, among others, attracted attention for the ingenuity and patience shown. A manteldrape worked by Miss C. Light was highly praised. Miss C. Light also took a first special prize for instrumental music. Mr and Mrs Light, of the Denbigh Hotel, Feilding, are to be congratulated on the progress their daughters are making. The running track at the Oval is now in first class order, aud could be -improved but very little. At all hours of the day " peds " may be seen doing their running. A number who are nominated here are already in town, and others will arrive during the week. J. H. King, Francis, Walker, and Hall are among those that are in town- The handicaps appear to have given general satisfaction, and given fine weather, visitors to the sports should see some of the finest running that has ever been witnessed on the Feilding ground, and that is saying a lot. It may be said that no less than half-a-dozen runners from Australia are nominated here. As -will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere, Lyons' Tourist Burlesque Company will give a performance in the Assembly Rooms to-morrow night, when a capital evening's amusement will be provided for those who enjoy a good variety entertainment. The company, which is a large one, has been very well spoken of in the larger towns where they have been lately performing. According to the Hawke's Bay Herald " The Loan of Lover " is very amusing ; some exceptionally pretty dresses are to be seen in the extravaganza entitled "Isle of Beauty " ; and the prismatic effects in the *' Serpentine dance," which is per. formed by Miss Blanche Young, produce thunder of applause. There is no doubt but what the company will open to a full house to-morrow night. The ceremony of officially unveiling the Old Soldiers' Monument in Queen's Park, Wanganui, took place last evening aud was witnessed by a large number of the public. Shortly after 7 o'clock the Volunteers, including a small detachment of the Alexandra Cavalry, under Captain J. Watt, fell in at the Drill Shed, the parade state showing Naval Artillery, under Captain Claphain and Lieutenants Neill and Russell, 48 ; Wangauui Kiflea, under Captain J. P. Watt aud Lieutenants Hughes aud Hole, 45 ; Garrison Band, under Bandmaster Armstrong, full strength. Major Neill and Captaiu Lomax were also in attendance. Captain Clapham, who was in charge of tho parade, marched the men up to the vicinity of the monument, where they were drawn xip in line. Colonel Newall delivered an appropriate speech, and the pruceediugs terminated.— Chronicle. <