The Fielding Star, OROUA & KIWITEA COUNTIES GAZETTE. Published Daily. THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1895.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 175, 24 January 1895, Page 2

The Fielding Star, OROUA & KIWITEA COUNTIES GAZETTE. Published Daily. THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1895.

Mr D. Buick bas been re-elected j Chairman of the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company. At a meeting last evening, the Palmerstou Borough Council fixed upon I Wednesday for the half- holiday. j The sum of i' 2750 for the Vinegar i Hill bridge has passed audit and placed to the credit of the KangitX'ei j County Council iv a fevr days. "] A meeting of the Apiti settlers will be held in Mr Eagar's Hall, Apiti, tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of making a move in the direction of obtaining telephonic communication for that rising little township. As reported in last night's issue the Manawatu County Council offices at Sanson were burned to the ground yesterday morning. The loss is partially covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The Standard says that tho American Patent Agency of Cinciuatti offered lO.OOOdols. for the sole rights of the earmarking patent invented by Messrs Shailer and J. H. Haukins, of Palmerston North. It is understood the patentees will accept the offer. At the request of a number of Awa hnri residents, the member for Palmerston communicated with the PostmasterGeneral yesterday in reference to the awkward hour at which the mails arrive at Awahuri, and received the following reply : — " I will enquire into the matter and communicate with you further. J. G. Ward." The following team will represent Feilding in the cricket match against Colj'ton on Saturday :— Hill, Levctt, J. Bartholomew, Eeade, Parr, Giesen, Moore, Grant, Fitzherbert, W. Halcombe, Fauthorpe. The team will leave Feilding at 10 a.m. for Colyton, where the match will be played. The first term of 1895 iv the Wellington College will begin on Friday, February Ist. Tho Head Master will be ready to receive parents and guardians at the College on and after 29th instant. The first term of the Girls High School, Wellington, will begin on Moudciy, February 4th. For other particulars see advertisements. There is nothing like taking time by the forelock, and, thoroughly recognising the wisdom of this principle, Mr A. Williamson, the well-known tailor of Manchester street, has just imported a very superior lot of summer and autumu tweeds of the very latest patterns and of the very best quality. We refer our readers to Mr Williamson's advertisement. Mr Alfred Nathan, of Auckland, has received a message from his brother, Mr L. D. Nathan, who is in London, apprising him of the fact that he has purchased the stallion Seaton Delaval, by Melton — Itosedale. Seaton Delaval was foaled in 1889, and was purchased as a yearling by the Duke of Portland for 760 guineas. The horse is to be shipped to Auckland at an early date. A well-known journalist, realising the fact that the ordinary professions in Eng» land are greatly overcrowded, is having his eldest son educated to be a cook The boy was trained by a famous c/uf at Brussels and afterwards studied under the chef of the Grand Hotel at Pans. Those who sneer at cooks should remember that a first class hotel or club chef earns from JLSOO to .£ISOO a year. Mr G. A. Stone, the representative of the famous directory publishers, is now in Feilding gathering the information for the fifth issue of the Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Taranaki Directory to be published next July. The publication in question is too well and favourably known, and has proved itself so accurate and complete that it is now looked upon as an absolute necessary adjunct to every office and store, and no doubt the residents of Feilding will avail themselves of this opportunity of ordering copies of the next issue. During the hearing of a judgment summons at Palmerston yesterday, His Worship said he would in all cases, even where the judgment debtor failed to appear, expect evidence as to the ability of the debtor to pay the claim against him. If the debtor did not appear other means to prove bis ability to pay would have to be found. Hitherto it baa been the practice to make an order in all cases where the debtor failed to put in an appearance, and the new departure will cause considerable expense and trouble to the judgment creditors. — Times. A visit to the well-known Brick Store of Joseph Darragh, Feilding, shows a unique stock in every department. The showroom contains oyery article of household furniture, etc., including a very large display of the best crockery. Choice linoleums and carpets recently imported also form a striking display, : while under the same roof is also a Wge j description of English and Colonial \ saddlery and harness, suitable for all worn. Tbe grocery and provision department is replete with every variety of preserved goods of the beat brands, while the Ironmongery department contains every necessary for hpuse or farm use, and an extensive assortment of grass and clover seeds from the best markets meets the demand for present sowing, and roaki s the stock a very complete one fio phjoose from. Thn Marlborouch Express publishes tha foln>'s my extruct from a letter written by a Wfl int'tun resident :— " You will bs surprised to hear that I have given up mv business (tailoring establishment). I c wit! nut b- borhered or annoyed with it „<*•!•. You httye no idea what a . • '<» on' np wifh. from those in* r . Yon must ask permission when . .-. ,k mid whom to employ, Jt is per(ci -. miiinv; *nd a man has to stand it i<l I w>iß sued for allowing two of my piece hands to make a few extra shillings fir Christmas — in fact I nevar knew they were working as they worked up in the fourth story of the buildings. When an inspector Pan come and sack your hands and ignore the eiaploypi* altogether it is Retting too hot, and it is tjm~e to sbnt up." Attention is directed to the advertisement from the Feilding Cycling Club, from which it will be seen that the Club intend holding their first annual race meeting on February 20th, iv the afternoon, on cii£ jOyal. The gathering is likely to prove an' interesting and most exciting one, as independent of fciio fact J that most of our local riders are taking part (sQtue of whom by their recent per- j formances hoth in Feilding and Wanganui are proving themselves yjpry fast wheelmen) the Secretary of the Gluh has b.oea informed that some of tl).e , most prominent gyclists in the North Island intend competing. A procession of riders, beaded by the Feildiug Bpa/*s ; Band, wpl le^ve we Square at 'l-pja., and during the %i tevnc&a the baud will : Play on th> -^ro^jid, . The p?ie§ Ua - -will jbe one sMlling, and »o j^&^-^MJ^ 6 P. ''.-W$& -fy*. h°*ses oj?

A case of typhoid fever is reported at Marton. The Feilding State School re-opens on Monday next, the 28th instant. A correspondent of the Daily News says that Sir Roger Tichborne was shot by the Maoris in tho fight at Puke- ' takaurein 1860. The Misses Mounsey advertise they ■ have commenced business in Feilding as dressmakers, at Mrs Somerville's, in Warwick street. Says the Mercury : —In connection with the Mayoral election for Marton it will be remembered that it was alleged that the Returning Officer refused to allow Mr W, Harrison to act as scrutineer for Mr F. Sicelv, the unsuccessful candidate. Yesterday Mr Sicely swore an informa tion against the Returning Officer on the ground that he was not legally entitled to refuse Mr Harrison as scrutineer. When the Australians started to bat in the first test match (says a Sydney paper) enthusiastic brewer Toohey offered .£'lo to every man who put up - 100 runs, and when George Giffen made 161 he added another £10 for the man who beat George's record, and also a third £10 to any man who made 200 runs. Sid Gregory received £30, which j with £103 10s subscribed on the ground, ! was a nice little sum. j The other day a doctor living not far from Wellington wished to conduct a post-mortem examination of the remains of a Maori woman who had died rather suddenly. The father of the deceased I girl, however, strongly objected. He said, " You the doctor go to school learn all about the body and give him the proper medicine. Now you say you don't know and want to cut up my daughter. No fear. You go away." The doctor left. An Englishman, who has returned from a recent visit to Chicago, relates how he was much amused by the quaint " shibboleth " adopted by the waiters in the smaller restaurants. One day he ordered poached eggs on toast. Going to the slide the waiter yelled out — Adam and Eve on a raft ! The order was changed to scrambled eggs, when the waiter rushed off, and in stentorian tones there came the alarming direction to those below — Shipwreck that order ! A well l>red two year old colt, the property of Mr J 11. Hankins, was found dead in the paddock at Stoney Creek last week. The youngster was by Le Loup ont of Fidelity, the dnru of Puwai, who won the Electric Handicap at Foxton on Tuesday Mr J. Cotter, of Ashurst also had the misfortune to lose by death a promising young colt by Vanguard Culler Herrin,' which he purchased along with the dam in Wnnganni last March. — Standard. Several defended cases set down for hearing at the S.M. Court to-day were adjourued until February Bth. It would appear that thero was some misunderstanding in the matter of the attendance of the S.M. Mr Stanford, the newly appointed Magistrate, being under the impression that Mr Brabant would have taken the Feildiug cases to-day, while the latter believed Mr Stanford would do so. The L\ ttelton Times, referring to the MacLachlan aft' k tays, ' There can be no two opinions among descent people übout the enormity of Mr MacLichlan's offences When a member appears be fore his constituents in a condition which it would be charitable to describe as • incapable ' he simply sacrifices their confidence and invites their contempt. No apology could repair an error of this Bort. There is now only one course by which Mr MacLachlan can serve his electorate, and that is by placing his resignation in the hands of the Speaker. We hope to hear that he has performed this duty without waiting for the inevitable request from Ins constituents