The Fielding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1894. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 61, 6 September 1894, Page 2

The Fielding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1894. Local and General News.

The advertisement calling tenders for mail services in this district will appear to-morrow. The following are the vital statistics for the Borough of Palmerston for the month of August : — Births, 16 ; deaths, 8. It is stated that Te Touku, otherwise known as Mahuta Tawhiao, second son of Tawhiao by his first wife, will be his successor in the Kingship. An advertisement in connection with the train arrangements on Monday for the Elijah concert at Palmerstou North will be published to-morrow. St. John's Burlesque Company, which is now playing in Wanganui to large audiences, is to perform in Feilding on Tuesday night next. The attention of the Railway Department is drawn to a dangerous stagnant drain behind the goods shed. It is choked with vegetable matter. It is understood that arrangements have been finally made with Colonel Fox to accept the position of Military Adviser to the Government at a salary of £600 per annum. Two young men named Henry Wills and Samuel Brierly, gumdiggers, were drowned near the Manakau heads yesterday through tho capsizing of their boat, The Postal Department have decided to remove the Post and Telegraph Office at Cheltenham to a more central position. The change will be effected at once. A great clearing sale will conimence on Saturday next iv tho premises of Mr J. B. Hamilton when the whole stock will be disposed of at slaughtering prices. See advertisement. The Wellington lady correspondent of a southern paper states that the removal of the headquarters of the Bank of New Zealand to Wellington will probably have the effect of bringing about 150 more clerks to the Empire City. A man named Charles Remnant was arrested at the railway station yesterday evening by Constable Breen on the charge of being au absconding debtor from Pahiatua The accused had taken a ticket for Wellington en route to Coolgardie.—Standard. In the opinion of Mr O'Regan, M.H.R., this colony would exhibit far more practical loyalty were it, instead of inviting the Duke and Duchess of York to visit us, and spending money in entertaining them, to take the duty off English products required by the colonists. We direct attention of the residents of Awahuri road, and others, to an advertisement re Manawatu County Council's intention to raise a i.'250 loan for the purpose of protecting the Oroua river* bank on Feilding-Awahuri road. ' A meeting of settlers was held at Pohangina on Saturday last, when a petition was drawn up to be presented to tho Wanganni Education Board, praying for the establishment of a school in the township. Mr Fry, the member for the district, is to be asked to use hjs influence in the matter. Mr D. Laing's Junction Hotel, Sanson, had a narrow escape from fire on Monday evening. One of the girls left a candle burning in one of the bedrooms, and somehow some clothes caught fire and there was soon a flare up, but help being a hand tho fire was extinguished before much damage was done. Stoats and weasels are playing havoc with young lambs and poultry in the Horowhenua district. One farmer near Levin lost 40 lambs in one night by these vermin, there being simply a puncture on the throat or shoulder to show how the pests bad done their deadly work. Messrs Gorton and Son <wjjl hold an important sale of dairy cows at the residence of Mr W. Reid, at Makino, tomorrow at one o'clock. The cows are well selected and well known as good milkers, Mr Reid's reason for parting with them being that he is giving up dairying. Different opinions (says the Wairarapa Times) according to different standpoints. Napier News — •' Mr Seddon is a rough hewn Napoleon, distinctly a powerful man and a born leader." Napier Telegraph—" The country is disgraced with a couple of Bumbles in office like Mr Richard Seddon and Mr John McKenzie." At a public reception given to the Her Mr Taylor at Col I ing-wood that gentleman said : — " He predicted that ten years the teemine character of the economic mine, rals of this district would make it one of the most important commercial and industrial centres in Australasia. He was communicating with practical men in Staffordshire and North Wales regarding our iron, and it was possible something definite would soon come of it." A very destructive fire occurred at .-Stratford oa W da^day, and the business places of the following were destroyed : — Mr Curtis, general store; Gardiner, to>>acconißt; Payn°, watchmaker ; Ralph, drapery store ; Smith, fruit sbop; On Kee, grocery ; EIU-, chemist; Hannah, hoots ; Taylor, grocer ; and the County Council building. Tho losa is estimated Ht £2,500, but the insurances are not ut present known. In the Legislative Council last night the Divorce Bill was kilted by 21 to 13 vote«. In the Lower House a select committee was appointed to decide on the date on which to celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the colony. The Premier promised to bring down the Policy Bills of the Government on Friday. In ihe Adulterati&a Prevention Bill a proviso was inserted to the effeot that the Act should not apply to fa#cy bread. Dr Talmage in one of bis Sydney lectures, declared Evolution to be " downright up and-down infidelity," ridiculed the teachings of " geology and all the other 'ologies " on the subject, m&de merry over the " missing link " talked of the theory as making man out a " glorified duck " and a " bankrupt monkey," and altogether travestied the scientific netionß on the subject Now the Sydney daily papers are being deluged with correspondence pro and eouTwo residents of Hastings, a man and his wife, had a great fright lately, and propablf a narrow escape from poisoning simply from want of care. A fowl had been boiled and partaken of without any bad results. The liquor it was boiled in was placed aside in the saucepan, and after a day or two was boiled up again, and partaken of by the couple. Whether caused by fermentation or through some metallic oxide remaining in the saucepan is not quite certain, but they were both taken with symptoms of serious poisoning and ope of them is eU.4 ;];.

Those who attended at the Temperance Hall last evening to witness the limelight views, etc., descriptive of Island life in New Guinea, which were shown by the Rev J. Watson, spent a very enjoyable evening indeed. Mr Watson is a Wesley an Missionary, who labours in New Guinea, and he is, therefore, quite conversant with the natives, their habits, and their country, aud while showing his really capital pictures descriptive of these, he introduced samples of the language, singing, etc., of the natives, combined with many interesting and amusing incidents. On the motion of the Mayor, Mr W. Carthew, seconded by Mr R. F. Haybittle, Mr Watson was accorded a very hearty vote of thanks for his interesting exhibition. A collection was taken up during the evening, which will be devoted to tho mission work in New Guinea. Mr Watson is to give a similar entertainment in Marton to-night. A fair number of spectators gathered in the Assembly Rooms last night to witness the juvenile fancy dress ball given under the management of Miss Bacon, of Palmerstou. The little ones acquitted themselves very creditably, and were heartily applauded by tho onlookers. Amongst the many dancers, the following wore pretty costumes : — Misses F. Park, Duchess of Devonshire ; E. Litchfield, Flower Girl; I. Olliver, Scotch Lassie ; K. Hamilton, Tambourine girl ; M. Hamilton, Evening Dress ; Buckler, Empire ; McLeary, Old English; Tapper, Dresden Shepherdess. Masters A. Oliver, Little Lord Fauutleroy ; L. Tapper, Boy Blue ; W. Park, Dick Turpin ; W. Hamilton, Boy Blue ; L. Parr, Highlander ; R. Linton, Pirate ; L. Weight, Sir Walter Raleigh; A. Tapper, Spaniard; H. Litchfield, Old English; H. Green, Italian Peasant; G. Haybittle, Bandmaster ; W. Hastie, Highland Chief. After 10 o'clock a number of adults indulged iv a few hours' dancing.