Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 84, 3 October 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

We are requested to remind the members of the Wesleyan choir of the special practice to be held this evening. The new Bisbop of Wellington will leave England for his future home by the Ormuz in November. The Chairman of the Manawatu Road Board has received notice from the Treasury that the loan for the Awahuri bridge has been approved. Members of the Wesleyan Church held a working bee in the church ground to-day, metalling the paths and otherwise improving it. The nominations for the Palmerston Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting on October 26th closed last evening, and good entries were received. Among the names are Mr E. Smith's Golyton and Mr T. Ross' Eric. The station owners in the Wairarapa having " found .and fed " a thousand swaggers this year, the Wairarapa Daily Times suggests the latter should go to Wellington and board on Ministers for a term. Turn and turn about is fair play. About thirty members attended the 1.0.G.T. Lodge meeting last evening. Five new members were proposed. A committee was formed to make arrangements for a picnic to be held on November 9th, Prince of Wales' Birthday. There was a fair attendance at the meeting of the Debating Society last evening, when the question "Should the totalisator be abolished " was discussed. On a vote being taken it resulted in a majority in favor of the abolition. Mr S. Svendsen tenders bis thanks to the Fire Brigade and all who assisted in saving his premises from the recent fire. It is Mr Svendsen 's intention to hold a great salvage sale of his stock, commencing on Friday next. Further particulars will appear in a future issue. From the Ist January to the 30th September, 1894, there was 33 bankruptcies in the Palmerston D O.A.'s district, as against 25 for the corresponding period of last year. For the quarter just ended there were 15 bankruptcies in the same district, as against ten for the same period last year. It has become a practice amongst local cyclists (says the Standard) to ride | on the footpaths, and on several occasions recently pedestrians have narrowly escaped meeting with serious accidents through collisions with these bicycles. It is time that steps were taken to prevent the safety of pedestrians being thus endangered. Mr John Cobbe, direct importer, of the Brick Store, is determined to have a show of spring and summer novelties which will compare favourably with any bouse in the colony. He has lately opened up a great variety of drapery, etc., suitable for the coming season, and has yet a large shipment of direct Man* Chester goods to arrive. A Sydney widow, with a moderate bank account, alleges that she rejected the other day the twenth-fourth member of Parliament, who within the last two years, proposed to marry her. They wese not " labor members " evidently or one out of the lot would have succeeded in capturing the charmer. The amount of Customs duties collected in Wellington during the past month was £'32,314 15s 4d, against £'36,287 19s for the eo* responding period of last year. The beer duty atnaunfced to £815 5s sd, as compared with £'543 12s Qd in September, 1893. The amount of Customs duties for last week was £*9821 0s 10d, and the beer duty, £80 2s. The latest member to fall foul of the Speaker w,as Mr Massey, who, on Monday night, in reply to some one who interjected that there were a lot of asses in the National Association, retorted that there were plenty of two-legged donkeys in that House. At the peretnpj&ry demand of Sir Maurice O'Rorke the words were withdrawn. — Times. In a Napier paper, a theatrical manager gave a number of re^sous why people don't go to shows — he " wrote sarcastic" — but he forgot to mention that the "snide" shows which swarm in the colony kill the legitimate ones. These said snide shows, which leave a town without paying their hotel bills And advertising accounts, aro an absolute nuisance, and the inembors ought fcp be punished as vagrants,

The Fire Brigade will meet at the shed to-morrow evening at 7.30. Mrs Caldwell has arranged to receive pupils for singing and the pianoforte. For other particulars see advertisement. Messrs J. H. Wooding and C. H. Hosking return thanks to thos* who assisted them at the late fire. Those conveniently situated premises, including garden, orchard, stable, &c.,at present occupied by Dr Sorley, are advertised to let by Mr J. C. Thompson. A youth who procured a five shilling license secured seventeen trout the other day in the Waipoua, and bids fair to have his money's worth before the season ends. — Wairarapa Times. The following appointments have been made in regard to persons in charge of post offices in this district :-Mrs Isabella Evensen, Cheltenham; Mr Joseph W. Bramwell, Colyton ; Mr Thomas Neale, Bunnythorpe. A human skeleton was unearthed last week by the men engaged in making the Qneen'B Drive at Wellington It is supposed to be that of some one washed ashore at the head of Ljell Bay many years ago. The proprietors of The Red House have now received a large consignment of season's goods, and all the lines are of a very high class. The millinery and mantle department has been specially favored. This morning Mr C. H. Hoßkmg'a residence narrowly escaped destruction by fire. Some linen clothing was placed before the fire, and this became ignited. Mr Hosking noticed the danger, and by acting promptly he, with the assistance of Mr W. G. Shearer's employes, extinguished the flames before much damage was done. We are informed that the concert which has been proposed by Mr De Winton, to be held on behalf of the Library funds on Tuesday, October 9th, is beiug warmly taken up by several of the residents. In addition to Mr and Mrs De Winton and Mr Mitchell, Mr Tref eder, Mr Woollams and Mr Watson have already promised their assistance. This morning a pair of horses, attached to a dray, bolted from Grey street and down Manchester street. In turning the corner near the Cash Exchange the dray collided with the lamp post, snapping it in two, and smashing the lamp. Mr W. Kitchen pluckily jumped into the cart, and succeeded in bringing the horses under control without any further damage being done. Tho horses and dray are the property of Mr R. Bowler. Mr C. H. Hosking has handed Mr A. Eade, Captain of the Feilding Fire Brigade, a cheque for £3 8s for their efforts in assisting to save his premises during the recent fire. Mr Svendsen has also given a cheque for £10, either to be divided amongst the members of the Brigade or to go to the funds. The Secretary of the Brigade also acknowledges receipt of £3 8s from Mr A. Eade. Mr A. Drew has shown us the copy of a hymn to Apollo, which was composed in the j ear 278 B C., and was discovered, engraved on marble at Delphi by the French Archaeological Society in May, 1893, It is written in 5 4 time, now almost unused bj composers, and would be considered by musical critics of our day as about suitable for a Maori war chant, or something of that sort.—Standard. Rather an unusual and complicated case came before the Stipendiary Magistrate at Dunedin on Monday. Judgment was obtained against a female defendant for £9 odd. As the defendant was about to leave, a writ of arrest was issued and the defendant was arrested on board the Flora, when she paid the amount as well as well as costs. The defendant's counsel intimated that a writ to stay proceedings had been obtained, to ascertain whether the plaintiff could issue an execution against a married woman. An adjournment was granted to enable this question to be tested. A gentleman, said to be recently from Home, was purchasing some articles from a tradesman in the square on Saturday night when the storekeeper directed bis attention to a " speller" outside the win' dow watching him takeout his mosey and cautioned him against the fellow. The new arrival expressed himself quite equal to the occasion. No sooner had he got outside than the " upeiler" politely re quested him to have a drink. The invitation was not objected to but he decidedly objected to the " speiler" putting bis hand m his pocket while partaking of the liquor and resented the familiarity with a square hit under the jaw which landed the light-fingered one fairly into the gutter. The gentleman from Home then returned to the shop and remarked in an innocent like yoice " that he had settled the speiter." — Manawatu Times. Last evening at the Assembly Rooms, Mr De Winton delivered a spirited address on " Tho Downfall of Govern- i ments." Speaking from a long experience of political life, he considered any undue interference by the Government with the people was one of the first steps taken to bring about its own demise. He strongly condemned the prohibitory liquor laws as unfairly placing in the hands of a clique the power to interfere with the liberties of others. Mr Do Winton also considers the extension of the suffrage to women a mistake and one that will bring no corresponding advantage to the women themselves. He thought that the representation of the colony was in too many hands, and he was of opinion that if there were fewer members of the House of Representatives, and those members better paid, a higher standard among the representatives would be attained, the work of Parliament more satisfactorily and ex. peditiously performed, and the cost of Government materially reduced. Mr De Winton will conclude his subject tonight, when special consideration will be given to the operations of the Shops and Factory Acts.