Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 290, 17 April 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

I The house of Rothschild has made its annual gift of 100,000 fto assist the tenants in Paris who are in difficulties over their rent. The Harvest Festival will be held in St. John's Church to-morrow evening. The Archdeacon of Wanganni will preach the sermon. The best of the fruit aud vegetables will be sent to the Palmerstou North Hospital. We have been requested to state by the manager of the United Farmers' Alliance, ; that owing to the non -arrival of the stump extractor from Christchurch the trial will take place to-morrow at Mr Perry's instead of to-day as previously j notified. Tho following candidates have been nominated for election on the.Feildiug School Committee : - Messrs A. Eade, F. Flavall, J. S. Milson, W. Carthetv, R. J. Thompson, J. Hicks, J. H. Worsfold, H. Worsfold, H. Hickford, W. G. Shearer, J. C. Thompson and J. Taylor. The election will take place on Monday, the 23rd instant. The committee appointed to canvas the Harbor Board Block for shares in in the proposed creamery there, at a at a meeting held on Saturday night iv the Nikau schoolhouse, reported thej* had obtained a guarantee of 138 eow.s and 102 shares were taken. As 200 cows and 200 shaves are required, Mess.is Harrison, Baker and Pollock were appointed to make a second canvas. We are sanguine the required numbers will be obtained. The following gently veiled sarcasm Is from the Wairarapa Daily Times : — The Wairavapa Methodist Record says : — " The driuk traffic is now being measured for its shroud. May it soou go to its disliQJWfcd grave." A little further on it advertise* - JkiKiuess for sale -First class hotel in a thmiug borough. A sure fortuue to b<j made by punoUafeo*.' 1 Verily " fcb.e trail of the serpent is over US all."

Nearly 900,000 grown up people in j Britain can neither read nor write. Captain Edwin wired at 12.30 p.m today :— Same indications as wired yester- | day ; glass further fall. We (N.Z. Times) understand that the list of Justices of the Peace has beeu revised by Ministers, and that a fair number of additions have been made to it. ! The Government will probably take i j steps shortly in the direction of extending ! I the jurisdiction of Resident Magistrates, I both as to area and amount, in accordance I with the authority contained in the amend ing Act of last session. According to the Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, there are are signs of a cabal to procure Government support for a new Speaker of the House of Representatives who has never yet held that office. The Clevk of the Palmerstou District Court received a telegram from Judge Kettle yesterday informing him that tho case Mauson v Hammond will be taken on the 2nd of May instead of the 19th April. Other business, including bankruptcy, will bo takeu on the latter day. Ministers were eugaged in Cabinet yesterday forenoon, and again in the afternoon, dealing principally with departmental matters. that had been awaitin" consideration. No large or policy questions were considered. Cabinet meetings will be held every day this week. Section 40 of the Criminal Code Act reads : — " Everyone is protected from criminal responsibility for arresting with out a warrant any person whom he believes on reasonable and probable grounds to bayc committed an offence against this Act, and to be escaping from and to be freshly pursued by anyone whom he be heves on reasonable and probable urounds to have lawful authority to arrest that person." Says a London paper — There is a man named Stacey who servod in the army at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, «nd was subsequently through the Punjnub Cam.paign and the Indian Mutiny. Hohus 13 wounds :ind 10d a day. It is 79 years since the press-gang forced him luto the army. He is now on his waf to London to ask foi an increase of pension ; lut ho is too poor to sffr)id the expense of a tnun so ho has to walk some distance. It is currently reported in the I'ohaugiiiA district (says the Times) that a well-known settler in tlie Awahou Block has refused a boua tide offer of illo per acre for hiS property. This should be good news to all interested in that locality. Certainly, as a grazing district, the Pohangina has gained a high reputation. During the recent hot weather the pastures in that locality stood the drought better than any other part, aud at uo time was there a scarcity of grass. In conncciion with tho water question j a curious custom prevails on the Western | Australian goldfields. When an ordinnry j person visits an acquaintance the water* bag is produced, and he >.s cordially invited to have a drink of tho dietilled stuff but when a particular friend pays ti visit it is considered thn corroct thing to nsU him to Imvo a pinnikir. of " Eho'* fruit salt." No epirilU' us liquor lias jet a:rived at Kuonnlpio. Sevor.il bottles of wimky have been sent to friends on thifield, but without excopnon they huvo all, to use tho digger's gradhic metaphor, j Died on the road." — Truth. There is a piece of very bad road between tho schoolhouse at Pohaugina and township which requires attention. The Waugauui Harbour Board, when selling tho township, had their portion metalled, thus leaving a gap between that and the end of the metal near the schoclhouse. Since the last flood iv the river the settlers have been compelled to use this track, aud much inconvenience has been caused. At the meeting of the Road Board on Saturday, the Engineer was instructed to spend a sum not exceeding .£2O in effecting repairs, but this will only enable one or two of the worst placos to be attended to. A sum of at least .CIOO is required to put the road iv a proper state, and doubtless directly tho Board has sufficient funds at its command the work, which is really urgently required, will be attended to. — Times. In producing tho ever-popular drama, " East Lynne," last night, the members of the Diinbar-Field Dramatic Company acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner. The audience, although not a very large one, evideutly appreciated the efforts of the different performers to please, as applause was most hearty throughout the whole performance. The acting of Miss Helen Fergus, who impersonated " Lady Isabel," was much admired, and she carried the audieuce with her right through. Tho role of "Barbara Hare" was capably taken by Miss Annie Wynward ; and as '♦ Mrw Coruley " Mrs Adams' was quite a success. The fine acting of Messrs C. Field, as '• Sir Francis Levison," aud L. Dunbar, as " Archibald Carlyle,,' was very noticeable, while all the other parts in the drama were well sustained, and altogether last uighi's performance ; proved the most enjoyable of the three I the Company have given here. On returuiug from the South in a few weeks' time the Company intend giving a two uighta' show in Feilding.