The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 244, 17 April 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895. Local and General News.

To-day Mr Carthew opened up his usual monthly case of books and periodicals. Mr Carthew will reward any person who returns the canvass blinds taken from his shop windows on Monday night. A meeting of the Union Football Club will be held at Mr Ross' this evening, when a good muster is requested. Cheque No. 191,9(58 drawn on the Bank of New Zealand by Mr J. T. Bray, of Colyton, has been lost and payment is stopped. Mr Feck, the well known tobacconist etc., has just imported some of the best silver mounted ebony and Malacca walking sticks ever seen in Feildiug. The rainfall at Wellington from Friday night till Monday morning was 8.75 inches, equivalent to 900 tons on every acre in the city. We are informed that all the culverts on the Valley road have been washed ont by the recent floods, leaving the road practically impassable. We are glad to announce that Mr Bramwell, who was seriously injured a few evenings ago by a fall from his horse, is now progressing favorably towards recovery. On Good Friday a picnic was held at Meesrs Dunbar's property on the Zig-Zng road in connection with the Aritnka Sunday school. There were about 100 peoplo present. He : So you have come at last. She : Why, I'm early. It's only 7, and I promised to be here at 8. He : Hrn, but you havo mistaken the day. I have been waiting here since yesterday ! The folly of leaving boxos of goods outside business places after dark was exemplified last night, when Mr Mackenzie, the well-known fruiterer of Manchester street, tripped over one, bruising both his legs severely. MrT.B. Eax, a well known resident of Blenh?iui, swnnc two clubs weighing 21b 2oz each for 12-i- hours on Saturday at Picton for a wager. The feat is claimed to be tho world's record. Bax finished his task very strongly. The annual general meeting of members of the Feildiug Harmonic Society will be held in the Foresters' Hall tomorrow evening at half-past 7 o'clock. It is desired that all members attend if possible. Members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of the parade to-morrow eveuing. It is requested that punctuality be observed as it is intended to dismiss them early so as to enable all who desire to attend Dr Hutchinson's lecture on Gymnastics in the Assembly Rooms. The Kimbolton road is blocked for traftic at present, but horse communication can be made if the Borough will have a ford marked at once. Messrs Fetch and Monckton found one this morning, but people should be careful, as Dr Monckton prospected rather an unexpected deep hole last evening. In our report of the Presbyterian social it was stated " That Mrs Hugh Burrell and Mrs Colby provided a table." This was an error as the said table was provided by Mrs Bartholomew, senior, and Mrs Campbell, of Taonui, the latter being assisted by her daughters. We have to express our regret that the error was made. The second annual Prohibition Convention will probably be held on Friday May 24th, and ou the following Saturday. The divisional executive are now preparing the programme of business and inviting delegates from the temperance societies of their respective districts. Tbe Wellington and Napier volunteers who left Feilding yesterday afternoon were not able to get further than Palmerston through the lines being blocked and had to stop there over night. The northern volunteers with the Nelson contingent left Feilding shortly after 5 o'clock last evening, aud the latter will stay iv Wanganui until they can get a boat to take them across the strait. Three shops were destroyed in Wanganui on Sunday morning at 3 o'clock, owned by Mrs M. Bates and occupied by W. H McKay, restaurant keeper ; A. Oliver and Son, tailors ; and Ching Chow green grocer. Mrs Bates who estimates the value of the property at L 13.000, was insured for L7OO, divided as follows — L 250 in the North German, L 250 in the New Zealand and L2OO in the Norwick Union. The Postmaster and liis operators were complimented by the officers of the Easter Encampment upon the business like courtesy with which they^ assisted to mitigate the unfortunate effects of failure of railway and road communication. The local staff have been engaged continuously day and night. The telegraph office Was opened specially on Monday night for the convenience of business men and others who were detained by the floods. There are some very strange rumors afloat in reference to the drowning of tho boy Herbert Mulhns iv the Manawatu river on Friday, which reflect very strongly upon the principal actors in this strange occurrence. In justice to those concerned, it is the duty of the police to investigate the matter thoroughly and set at rest the mauy doubts agitating tho public mind on the matter. — Standard. The clause compelling offices to close at five every evening, and at one on Sat* urdays was inserted in tho Shop Act by i li« Legislative Council, and it is now whimpered that it was the outcome of fe« male influence It seems (says a writer in the Auckland Heraid), that there are in thia world certuin husbands who have been in the habit of saying when they were late out that they were detained in the office, having to write certain business letters for the morning's mail. The excuse waß in many places suspected, and it was resolved that in this case the power of the State should, to use the words of Sir Robert Stout, •' used as an organ of social reform." A man staying in his office to write letters is doing an illegal act. Any man who tells his wife that he must go back to the office to r wrfte letters lays himself open to the law. The wife has only to inform the inspector. Cr Selby scored a great point for the ratepayers of the Pohangina riding of the county at the Council meeting on Saturday. In moying that permission should be obtained from the Controller« General to exempt the riding in question from the special rate for the loan which had been spent on the formation of roads in the Mangaone riding, Cr Selbj pointed out that the loan was obtained before the present Pohangina riding was settled, and there was no one to object to it being saddled with an unfair tax ; while the ratepayers being asked to ; pay a rate of 1 2>\A on the loan for the construction of their own roads, tliey were expected to contribute another ljd for the benefit of a 'richer rising- .Qr Brown fought de.terminediy for the Ipfcyspiv pi the Mangaone tiding without avail, Gn Salijy'g moijgj) being carried by four to three, the oye_ being the Chairman, Org Selby, Wngstaff and Vicary, and the noe« Crs Fraser, Brow» a»d Jtelh— -Standard. •

At the first elections of parish councils in England, Lady Londonderry was chosen to preside over the council of the parish of Grindon, in which her seat, Lyndon Park, is situaf ed. Her coadjutors on the council aro a labourer, a mason, a publican, a gardner, two farmers, and a land agent, Miss Anna Beatrice Evans, who only came of age just in time to be qualified, was elected at the top of the poll as a guardian of St. Asaph's. She is the daughter of the rural clean, and she polled more thau two-thirds of the whole electorate. As showing the hold the Hon. the Premier has on his old West Coast comrades, a good story is told. A gentleman was visiting on one of the many roads leading into Stratford aud got into conversation with a bright lad, son of an old West Coaster. The lad had a very smart dog he called " Dick." The gentleman expressed surprise at the name, when quoth the lad : " Yes, Dick Seddon's his name. Father gave him that name because he is clever ; he says he is as smart as Dick Seddon."