Railway Returns.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 262, 13 March 1894, Page 2

Railway Returns.

The following are the traffic returns on the Napier-Taianaki section for the four weeks ending 3rd February 1894, and for the corresponding four weeks iv 1893: —

The usual increase is apparent this month. _^_^_^_^^___ Local and General News. ♦ A letter for Mr R. W. Thompson has been left at this office. A hot bath before going to bed, even on a hot night, is one good remedy for insomnia. Parcels of journals were forwarded to the Palmerston North District Hospital by Mrs Macarthur and Mrs L. E. Reade, of Feildiug, and duly acknowledged. The Feildiug Baud will play in the Rotunda at 715 this evening prior to the opera. We are informed that Mr Haybittle's Orchestra will play during the performance of " Pinafore.' The secretary of the Palnierston North Hospital, Mr Walter Rutherford, informs us that the Board desires gratefully to acknowledge receipt of two boxes of flowers and a box of fruit from St John's Sunday School, Feilding. Mr McKec of the telegraph office has been granted a fortnight's leave. During his absence the letter carrier, Mr Walton acts as counter clerk, the messenger, Master Worsfold, as carrier, and Master Ross, as messenger. Mr F. Richards, a former member of the Pohaugina Road Board, intends contesting No 4 Ward with Mr Arbon. the present member, who retires by afliuxion of time. We are informed Mr Hugh Fraser will not be a candidate for the Ward,— Manawatu Times. "A year or two ago," says tho Money Market Review, " New Zealand lay under a heavy cloud of discredit, and great misfortune was predicted for her, yet New Zealand has come up again." ( The moral deducted is that Australia will " go and do likewise.' Tenders are invited by Mr P. Doyle, of West Waitapu, for additions and alterations to the boarding house at Waituna. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of Messrs James and Heaps, Architects, up to the 21st inst. and afterwards at the Cheltenham Hotel up to Saturday the 31st iu.st. At the request of Mr W. Hutchison, M.H.R., a return showing the number of letters registered in the colony addressed to " TattcrsaU " at Sydney ami Melbourne respectively, during the year from Ist April, 1892, to 31st March, 1893, has been prepared, showing that letters addressed to Sydney were 14,238, and those addressed to Melbourne nil. Whilst bushfelling on Mr Reids property up the Makino yesterday, a man named Henry Brant met with a painful accident. In falling a rnafcai tree henoticed that it was coming back ou him, and in running to get out of the way, he fell over a log with the axe in his hand, and received a very nasty cut on one of his legs. Dr Charlton was called aud attended to the man's iv juries which arc of a somewhat dangerous character. The Wellington Press is somewhat severe. Our contemporary says :—Ministers brag that the colony's finances are so perfect that the surplus is growing day and night ; then how is it that they are cutting down the number of co-oper. atives ? How comes it there is such scraping aud shaving of expenses in every quarter? Why these desperate efforts at parsimony with a till chock full and welling over already with v, surplus . A meeting of the artesian water committee was held yesterday afternoon at Mr Bray's olitce. Present — His Worship the Mayor, Messrs Bastings, Bray, Fowles, aud Stevens. The Treasurer reported having received .l"38 Is (kl, aud promises of further sums amounting to !"30. It was decidedjthat the canvassing committee should vigorously prosecute their work to enable a thorough taut to be made. Resolved, That fl be drawn for petty cash ; Tliat the contract with the sinker be duly stamped and signed ; that members of committee inform nubscribers that the money should at ouco bo paid to Mr CJ. Bray or Ht J. H. Stevena,

A tomato has just been grown at Steward Bush, Southland, weighing 23 ounces. Mr Chamberlain visited Mr Gladstone, and expresses regret, &c. " And (Judas) said, Hail master ; and kissed him." — Truth. The nominations for Dr Benuett's two horses Finesse and Pihanga for the three Hack races at the Feilding Jockey Club's Autumn meeting did not come to hand in time for acceptance yesterday. The Wesleyan annual picnic takes place on the Oval to-morrow afternoon. The committee have been working hard to make the gathering a success, which doubtless it will be. We learn that Mr Hill, F.R.G.S., of Napier, who is a recognised authority on the subject, has expressed the opinion that Feilding is a most likely spot in which to obtain a flow of artesian water. In our report of the handicaps yesterday of the Pemberton Sports in the one mile handicap, A. Rogers, A. Wisdom, R. Richardson, and P. Hackett, should receive 125 yards handicap and not 200 as stated. While the name of A. Sangster 10 yards handicap is omitted in the 100 yards handicap. Mr Richard Pronse, one of Wellington's oldest identities, and father of Mr John Prouse (the well-known baryt-one singer) a«d Mecsrs Prouse Bros (sawmillers of Levin) died in Wellington on Sunday at the advanced age of 64 years. Deceased came out to Wellington in the ship Duke of Roxburgh in 1840 when a boy ten j-ears of age, and took up land at Waiuui-o-mata 40 years ago. A youthful colonial who is at present working somewhere in the Wanganui Harbor Board Block has ideas of his own on the subject of dental surgery and economy. He had a decayed tooth which he wished extracted, so he made fast to it a piece of strong twine, the other end of which he inserted in a partially split bullet and then hammered it close iv a good grip. He took the gun in his hand, and '.veut ont in the bush to combine pleasure with economy by bagging something for the pot on which to exercise his remaining molars. Presently he sighted a wholesome looking young pig, and dropping the bullet down the barrel of his gun he took stead)' aim and fired. The pig was slain. In his agitation this sportsman and amateur dentist had clinched his teeth, so. when the ball sped it dragged out the tooth, and at the same time loosened a few others aud also made his mouth two sizes larger. But he says he doesn't mind, he lost a tooth and a little skin and blood, but gained a good fat pig.

1891 isoa Passengers 8016 19 7 7706 7 4 Parcels 745 4 8 760 12 2 Goods 9070 B 10 8456 1 1 Miscellaneous 418 2 7 167 6 7 J-18,250 15 8 -.17,486 7 2