Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 234, 8 February 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

♦ Mr John Stevens, M.H.R., is going to Auckland on a business visit. The Palmerston North District Hospital Board met tins afternoon. Mr Charles Carr. auctioneer, will hold his Feilding stock sale to-morrow. Mr W. Pearson gives notice to-day that all outstanding accounts will be sued for after February 2Hth. Woug Sing, of Wangauui, has been declared a bankrupt. His liabilities amount to 150, aud his assets X'so. It in rcquc.-sted that tho members of the Maiicnester Rifles as.seiubJe punctually at 7.30 in the Assembly Rooms, this evening. Members of the Feilding Fire Brigade are reminded of the practice to-morrow evening at 7.30 sharp. As many as possible are requested to attend. A notice in connection with the transfer of the license of the United Hotel. Bunnythorpe, from Mr W. A. Evensen to Mr W. F. Brown, is advertised to day. We are glad to learn that Mr W. H. Smith, proprietor aud editor of the Manawatu Daily Times, who has been ill for some considerable time, is now rapidly recovering. The Marton Operatic Society apj>car in the; Theatre Royal, Palmerston, this eveniug iv Gilbert and Sullivan's popular opera " Yeoman of the Guard," aud a treat is in store for those who attend. The Department of Justice has informed the Foxtou Borough Council that the decisiou already arrived at, that Otaki is to be the centre for the liceusin<f district, cauuot be altered. A gentleman from Canterbury is making inquiries in Palmerston with a view to establisliiug chemical manure works there. It is said that if the prospects are sufficiently encouraging, a syndicate will probably be formed, and the work* cummeuued.

On Tuesdaj r last Mr Andrew Laing t drove to Apiti the first of his new line i of coaches between that place and Birmingham. We congratulate Mr Laing on his enterprise and have not doubt ' but he will reap the reward he deserves. | Notice is given by Mr J. Herbert Han- ! kins, solicitor for the executor in the estate of Charles Austin, late of Wellington, deceased, that all claims against | such estate must be sent in to Mr Joseph ! Poulter Leary, of Palmerston North, on or before the Ist day of March next. We have to acknowledge receipt of a | calendar for 1894 from Mauder Bros., varnish manufacturers of London, and Eugelbert's lubricators. Messrs Henry • Brooks and Co. are the agents at Wellington. We are indebted to Mr L. E. Reade for tin's courtesy. By an inset with a portion of this issue Messrs Ross and Sandford of the Bon Marclie. Palmerston North, advise our subscribers in the Cainpbelltown district of the opening of a clearing ! sate of general drapery in the Towu Hall, commencing on Saturday the 17th inst. The other day three gentleman and a lady were driving from Masterton to Eketahuna in a buggy, and when a few miles from the latter township, a large burning branch of a rimu tree fell from the bank above just between the horse I and the driver. The only injury resulting was a pair of broken shafts and a severe fright to the occupants. Mr J. F. Donnelly will leave Feilding next week for a business tour through the Hot Lake Country and the Waikato. Mrs Donnelly and the children will leave for Auckland about the same time, where she will reside in the hope that the change will benefit the health of their eldest boy. It is stated that an old man named John Steer, who was commited for trial at Foxtou the other day for sheep stealing, had not, according to his own statement — and his appearance substantiated it — washed his face for ten years. The whare in which he lived, too, was iii a disgraceful dirty state, while his clothes would, with due cleansing, have been admirably suited for a patchwork quilt. Although a steady downpour of rain would gladden the hearts of dairy farmers and others, it would be decidedly unfavorable for those who are now gathing in their crops. Harvesting is being carried on apace, and from the volumes of smoke which can be seen rising in all directions from bush fires it is evident that many settlers are having good burns. A few days|ago a man at Leeston, near Oamaru, drove his binder into a swarm of bees that had hived or settled ou the stand ing wheat which he was cutting. Tho bees savagely attacked the horses, which bolted, and sottled by thousands on Flood, eerorelf eting'Dft hira. He pulled his hat down over his face and pluckily stuck to his horses until assistance arrived. Sonic other men on eoiog to his assistauco wore also stUDg severely. Two small boys at Inrercargill leaned up against the wall under the window of the sergeant of police and ingeaouslv discussed a petty robbery which (hoy had successfully negotiated, at the same time planning a further coup. Then the sen geaot leaned like au avenging diety from the window, »nd grabbing the young thieves by their coat»collara, hauled them in like a couple of mackerel. The subsequent proceedings were of a harrowing caturo. A remarkable example of a direct minority ruling has occurred at Bradford, where a ballot was t&ken among the tradespeople as to whether a weekly half holiday for shop assistants should be in augurated or not. 1187 tradesmen out of 1200 voted for tbe half hohday, but all have been obliged to keep open an account of the miserable thirteen whose sordid greed of gain prevents them seeing greater possibilities in the world than pence. The necessity of a water supply for the Feilding Borough was again apparent at the fire last night, when Mr Wm Jones, house was destroyed. Although the Brigade, under Captain Eade, turned out promptly, their services were useless through not being able to get sufficient water, The fire had certainly too strong hold for the building to have been saved, but still if there had been water the Brigade would have given a better aocouut of themselves, especially had there been any houses adjacent, the safety of which was threatened. A fine New Zealand trout, weighing 121 b 9Aoz, from Wellington, N.Z., was exhibited at the last meeting of the Piscatorial Society, Winchester, England. The fish had been sent over by Mr Izard in the ice-ohamber of the Tongariro, and after a journey of over 10,000 miles, occupying 44 days, looked almost as fresh as if it had been recently caught. It is believed to be the first trout that has reached a London angling club from the Antipodes, and will be preserved in the Society's museum. — Hampshire Chronicle of Dec. 23rd. Mr Kenneth Wilson, M. A., principal of the Palmerston North High School, deserves to be congratulated ou the signal success of the pupils at the recent ex- [ animation. Masters F. Keall and H. H. Wilson matriculated, while Mr Giesen, who passed his medical examination, read with Mr Wilson. This record should be a sufficient recommendation for parents who desire their boys to achieve distinction in the scholastic world, to place them under Mr Wilson, an able and painstaking master, and one who has deservedly earned the reputation iv this district and in Wellington of being in the foremost rank of his profession. Mr Smith, the representative in this district of Mr Osborue, of Christchurch, artesian well -sinker, has bored to the depth of 341 feet on Mr Wilcocks property, Raugitikei line. So far he has not tapped a flow of water yet reaching to the surface, but is how nine feet through a layer of clay, having previously gone through a layer of sand, above which there was clay also. Pipes have beeu put to the depth of 808 feet and the remainder of the depth is simply a test bore. Mr Smith hus arranged to sink six wells for Mr E. J. Riddiford, three on the Raugitikei Line on a section adjoining Mr Wilcock, and three at Longburu. A new machine is expected to arrive in Feilding from Christchurch on Monday or Tuesday next, and will probably be retained in this district permanently.