Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 285, 11 April 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Mr R. E. Beckett will hold his Halcombe stock sale to-morrow, commencing at 1 p.m. The building trade is reported by the local paper to be very brisk just now in New Plymouth. Captain Etlwiu wired at uoou io-duj- .- North-west to west and south gale with rain and much colder weather after ten hours from now ; glass rise. A card in inserted today by Messrs Warnock and Adkin with reference to Miss McClure, who has had the best English and colonial experience. On Sunday next, the Itcv Father Patterson will hold Mass as follows: — Pakuei-stou, K a.m., Campbelltown, 11 a.m. Evening service at Pdhucisfcou at 7 p.m. The Parackavetu Express sarcastically remarks that some of tho contributors to the proposed bridge across the Turakina will have to ford the river iv order to get to the bridge. At a meeting of settlers held the Nikau school room on Saturday last, Mr W. IJakcr and Ml* John Pollock, were appointed to canvass for shares to establish a creamery on the Harbor Board Block,

At their Palmerston yards to-morrow Messrs Abraham and Williams will hold their usual monthly stock sale, at one o'clock sharp. 1 A Hobart lawyer is to be informed 1 against for neglecting to take out his annual certificate. Thelpeualties incurred amount to £600, and half the sum, if recoyered. goes to the informer. The privileges in connection with the Foxton Racing Club's Autumn meeting will be sold by Messrs McMillan, Rhodes .and Co., at their rooms, Foxton, to-mor-row, at 2 p.m. A meeting of ratepayers to discuss the proposal to borrow X'll3o for No 4 Ward in the Manchester Road Board district will be held in the Makino schoolhouse this evening, at 7.30 p.m. The flood in the Pohangina river lasfc j week altered most of the fords, aud hss ( rendered travelling up the bed of the j river dangerous after nightfall, owing to j the numerous. «oft sand banks which j were formed, { The old name of the Egyptian bulrush was papyrus, and the separate sheets were called papyrus sheets. By dropping the Uvo letters "11 " and " s," we have papyr, almost literally our modern paper. ' Adversity,' it is said, ' makes us acquainted with strange bedfellows,' but it is also engenders strange epigrams. Nottingham miners have deuounced 'one of their leaders in very epigrammatic terms 4 Sband ' they say, 'is bungbiased.' This is alliterative and pregnant. The Wellington correspondent of tho Otago Daily Times has reason to think that a first measure of ]he coming sppbiod will be an amended liq" Or bill, tho salient feature of which will be a provision that will practically compel both the whisky party and tho water party to measure swords at the next licensing election, What it is to be a popular idol. Henry Irving's American tour is expected to realise over ±'120,000 net. At the cud of December his takings had totalled j .£90,000, of which i1'2,000 represented San Francisco receipts, £29,000 iv Chicago, aud .£40,000 in Now York. No ' wonder, then, that the Yankee managers arc doing a big growl. The worst thing that can happen to n man in Sia.m is to »et iuto debt, from which there is never any escape, owing to tho exorbitant interest charged. Once in debt there is no appeal, the debtor being stripped of his clothes and compelled to work 111 fetters, generally for the rest of his life, to pay the iut<--rest. Druukards are not permitted to give evidence in the Law Courts of Siani. The Native Lands Conri at Mo:iwhanga has dealt with the major portion of the Awarua Block (130,000 acrjp), cutting off ;10,000 acres of the Government purchase, and awarding the rest to the native owners. The Government land will be surveyed and offered for settlement as soon as possible. This is tho block which the North Island Trunk Railway Committee of last session recommended should be acquired by the Government. The following is from Truth : — For some time pant Inspector Kroluun lias been engaged in correspondence with the Police Inspectors in tho other lar.^e centres of New Zealaud for the purpose of ascertaining officially the number of hotels iti each. The return is as follows : — Number of licensed houses iv Christchurch City, 47 : number of licensed houses iv Hocusing district of Christchurch, 55; Wellington City and district, co-teriuinous, 54 ; Auckland (no licenses in district outside the city boundary), OH; Duuedin, in city, 71, in district, 86. The total, therefore, for the four centres of New Zealand is 313 hotels. Under the heading of " A big drunk " the Wairarapa Daily Times of Saturday last says : " Never have we seen so many tipsy people reeling and tottering about Mastertou as we have noticed receutly. The town lias swarmed with men seesawing about in the early morn, at noon and in the evening. There is no concealment or disguise about them, indeed it is .sometimes difficult to throw a stone down Queen street without hitting one. They hang on to friendly fouces, stagger against convenient walls and occasionalh' collapse altogether. Everybody sees thorn excepting the police, but then Justice has to be blind because if they were all run iv it would take a drill hall to hold them. " This is verily a remarkable record. The publicans must sell strange liquor iv the Wairarapa. Apropos of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's affairs, Jack Point in the Napier News says : — A wtu] ia no name for it ; but there is a just aud powerful Judge at work on the business, and if he doesn't hafte some of the evil-doers punished, I'm a Dutchman ! How will Mr Thomas Russell come out of it '? If Mr Thomas Russell, C.M.G., ever thinks, or has a conscience, surely he will see tho ghost of Cyrus Haley sitting beside Judge Williams in that Court in London ! Explain ! No thank you. If you don't know the history of the two men, get it, and read it up. Ask those who do know to tell you, and then ask yourself if, sooner or later, justice does not overtake soine men ! ' The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small ! ' Let us hope that some one will go to powder in the process ! The question of the liability nf an mdi ridual under a promissory note in the hands of a third party, was argued bo fore Mr Martin, S.M. lh < case was one in which the Empire Loan Co. sued Simon Davis on a promissory note given to M r Patterson, and claimed as due to the company, who were baoa fide holder.-) fjr value. Mr Wilford, who appeared for Davis, stated that the facts were aa fol lowa : — Davis gave Patterson three bills for £13 on account of a gaming debt. Patterson discounted one with the plaintiffs ib the causo, and received a cheque for £12, which be h-inded back to be deposited wiih the company. The bill was a bill without consideration, and given in satisfactian of a gaming debt Mr Wilford there r o.-e submitted that as there was no real exchange or consideration given by the company to Patterson thej were not bona fide holders, and therefore that the amount in the bill could not be recovered by the company. His Worship gave judgment for the defeudact. — Post. Of the blending of teas, like the making of books, there is no end. Just however as there are books and books, so also are there teas and teas. J t is easy enough to write a book, of a kind, so is it easy enouirh to bleud teas of a kind, but the is wJieiher the books or the teas are acceptable to the people for whom they are intended. Now it is a wejj known fact that the teas packed by the Empire Tea Company are acceptable ; not Quly ace they acceptable, but highly sought after. The raisua d'etre is that these teas are blended on thoroughly scientific principles. The various growths of the fragrant herb are skilfully blended into a harmonious >vhole, the di.stingnishiiig characteristic; of each i.s maintained but by expert manipulation., no particular ftavov is brought into it in undue prominence. Poets, it is said, are born not made, and the same remark njay apply with e<jual truth to a toa blender . By a happy chance the blends of the Empire Tea Company have always been iv the hands of experts, heuce it i.s that there i.s such a large demand for these goods. An interesting announcement in regard to the matters we have just alluded to 1 &P. P. ears iv our advertising columns,

Notice is given in another column that Mr Walter A. L. Bailey has been duly ; elected, unopposed, for the' vacancy in j the Borough Council vice Cr Woolven resigned. ! From 1638 to 1652 musket balls were used as currency in New England at a valuation of apiece, and were a legal tender up to Is. Since then arrears of rent have often been paid with a bullet — in dear Old Ireland. I The Secretary of the Palmerston Hos- j pital Board desires to acknowledge re- I ceipt of the following donations for the institution :— Milk from Mrs Drury, and fruit and vegetables (in connection with the thanksgiving services at Ashurst and Bunuythorpe). We are glad to learn that the horse belonging to Mr Charles which was injured on the railway lino on Monday evening is likely to recover, aud that in six weeks' time it will be again fit for work. It appears fchcit the animals jveve not astray, but were being driven to a paddock, and attempted to cross the Hue immediately in front of the train. A correspondent writes to the Sydney Bulletin : — " Stout's entry into Maorilaud politics la widely suspected a.s fcreacbery to the democratic wave now carrying all before it. He is the hope of the reactionaries" of this there fs'uo doubt, and he cordially detests Seddon. The Tories are championing Stout and he shows no dislike to their doing so. You will find my words confirmed by time and events. A yerj' novel, and at the samo time strikingly handsome method of decorating drawing aud other rooms is that now being introduced into Feilding by Mr E. J. Tozer. The club room at Mrs Hastie's Feilding Hotel has just been decorated by him, and has been the subject of much favorable comment. Mr Tozer exhibits ruuch taste in blending his colours, and thoroughly understands how to harmonize them. The grouuds are of neutral tints, approaching terra cotta, maroon and pale sage green, the heavier tints being the base. The walls are divided into ten panels, showing styles of 7 and 9 inches wide, each panel receiving stencil corners, worked in three colours and nicely blended, with lines intersecting. Stencils in various colours are introduced to brnko away from the dado into the style, and this work, has all beeu done by the brush, "which goes at once to show that Mr Tozcr is a thorough artist, and perfectly understands the nature of the work which lie has in hand. The ceiling is j worked in cream, finished dead colour, with stencils introduced into the corners, ' also upon the walls returning to the panels. The general woodwork is treated in colours to strictly harmonize with the rest of the work. The mantlo piece itself is a work of art, being got up iv stencils and lines, the ornamental parts gof which are worked to imitate old bronze. A great feature is that it has been so arranged that the whole can be washed at any time as ordinary paint work. Altogether the job reflects mneh credit on Mr Tozer. As previously nnnounced, a wedding took place yesterday iv St. John's Chun-h, the contracting parties being Mr Win McDougnll, of Wuituna, huA Miss WojsfwJil, rMrst daughter ..f Mr E Wor-.f.i!d, of F.iiding. By '2 p.m a large number of friends hud gathered at tho Church, and shortly afterwards the bride anived, eot<ring the Church on the arm of her father —by whom she was given away — and followed by four bridesmaids, two of whom were her sisters and two sisters of the bridegroom. The bride looked very cb aiming in a cream cashmere drees, and the bridesmaids appeared to advantage in white embroidered robes, trimmed with blue ribbons, and bats to match. Mr Robert McDougall, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. The Eev. Innes Jones performed the marriage ceremony, after which the wedding party ad journed to the residenco of the bride's father, where they were hospitably entertained. The bride was the recipient of a large nuuaher of useful and valuable presents. Mr and Mrs McDougaU left by the evening train for Wanganui. where the honeymoon will be spent, and they took with them, midst the usual showers of rtce, the good wishes of a large circle of friends for a happy and prosperous future.