Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 345, 21 June 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

An English mail arrived in Fcildiug yesterday afternoon. At present there are uo less than 24 patients at the Paltacrstou Hospital. At the Butts yesterday afternoon four of our local volunteers qualified as marksmen. The Oddfellows' social atxi dance will be held in the Foresters' Hallou Friday, the 29 th instant. The Apiti mail was uuablo to go through on Tuesday, owing to the flood in the Oroua river. The old soldiers' claims appear to be as numerous this year as ever. The majority of them have come from Auckland. It is said that the call made by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company has drained £150,000 out of Auckland. Sir James Hector has reported that a sample of limestone from the Waingawa, Wairarapa, is excellent, and admirably suited for building purposes. A married woman named Mary Ann Baker, aged 26, residing near Burrows, Now South Wales, while in a lit the other day fell in the tire and was burned to death. To-day (Thursday) will be the last delivery by Post Office carrier round the Harbor Board Block under the present time-table. From to-morrow, the service will be carried out on. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Captain Edwiu has explained the cause of the recent floods in the North Island. It was a collision between a cyclone and an anti-cyclone. This is typical of the collision to take place when Mr Seddon and Sir Robert Stout meet in the House. Messrs Gorton and Son's Feilding stock sale is advertised to-day for 29th June. In addition to the usual stock, horses, cows, trap and harness, saddles, etc., will be offered on account of the Deputy Official Assignee, in the estates of H. C. F. Lampp and Peter Rugsted. A meeting of the committee of the Oddfellows' social and dance was held last evening, when sonic satisfactory business was done towards making the affair a great success. The ladies aro also using every effort to assist the committee to carry out their object. Mr R. F. Haybittle's string band has been engaged for the occasion. Mr D. B. Lazarus, Mayor of Bendigo, has decided that, in consequence of the depression of the times, he will not give !.he usual Mayoral ball this yoar, as he is c»f opinion that the money cau be devoted to better purposes. Ho lias iicoordinj»ly decided to devote i."350 to charitable purposes. Some correspondence hr.s taken place between Mr G. Hutchison, chairman of the Recess Committee, and the Public Works Department, as to the alterations in the Parliamentary grounds. The Committee protested against the jutting down of the trees in front of Parliamentary Buildings, but the reply of the Department is that the work was iioue by direction of the Premier. Mr T. Smith, who is in charge of Mr Osborne's artesian well sinking plant in this district, has been successful in striking a flow of water on Mr Riddiford's property near Awahuri at a depth of 228 feet. The flow was obtained from a bed of iron sand, and is within ;JO chains of the one sunk previously on Mr Wilcock's property, but on much lower grouud, and the sinking was easy throughout. While a party were crossing over the Oroua River on their way to Apiti, Mr Weight, of Palmerstou, owing to the uueveuness of the ford, was thrown from his horse into the river, and it was with considerable difficulty that he reached the other side. Owing to the recent rains the river was in a swollen condition, and unless a bridge is thrown across doubtless loss of life will occur. A little over twelve months ago a promising young settler lost his life while attempting to ford the river at this point. Mr E. M. Smith, wrote to the New Plymouth Borough Council at last rueetiug, the News reports, stating "that His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, Lord Glasgow had summoned him to attend the opening of Parliament on 21st iuHt," and askiug the council to allow his sous to do the work during the session. The Works Committee made the recommendation " that the application of the lutnphgliter and turncock, E. M. Smith re leave of absence to attend Parliament be acceded to, and that the agreement to accept his sou as bis substitute, to be terminated at any time by the Public Works Committee."

Carlyleon Freetrader another surprise of .these retain iscences|of Sir G a van Duffy After Cobden's death, speaking of 'a pack of idle shrieking creatures going about crying out that the great Richard was dead,' Carlylo said, ' Theii Froetrade was the most intense nonsense that ever provoked human patience. The people of Australia were quite right to protect their industries and teach their young tnen trades in complete disregard of parliamentary end platform palaver. No nation ever got manufactures in anj other way. Thus L Indicateur Anarchist : " Comrade?, harden your hearts. Blow up the churches, convents, barracks, prison-, police stations, and town halls. Burn all Government papers jou may find, all deed* relating to property, owuership, stock, promissory notes, mortgage deeds, bank notes, trnde books, notes of hand, chequos, bills of exchange, civil state paper?, and those relating to the public taxes. When Christianity enthroned it' self upon the rums of ancient polytheistic religions, it did exactly the same as we vow propose to do. Pull down and des« troy thorn all ! M«y the revolutiouary cyclono which will pr>ss over the old world scatter to the wind all the strength of the govorning classes !"