Local and General News. The "Pleasures" of an Aictic Expedition.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 74, 24 September 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

The "Pleasures" of an Aictic Expedition.

Colonel Fox will inspect the Napier Volunteers in December. There aye 54 members in the Palmers- ] ton North Bowling Club. The Oddfellows social and dance will be held in the Foresters Hall to-morrow evening. Mr C. Carr will hold a special sale at Mrs E. Parr's business premises to-mor-I row commencing at 1 p.m. Mr Hamilton, florist, has some very beautiful pot plants on view in his shop next to Ml- Carfchew's. Mr Morgan, pork putcher, has removed to the shop next door to Mr S. Svendsen's, Manchester street. Mr G. P. Church, of Kiwitea, advertises for sale first-class dairy cows, thoroughly quiet, also several milk cans. The childlike faith of many of our legislators in patent medicines is an excellent guage of their mental capacity. We have to acknowledge receipt of an invitation to be present at the concert and dance to be held in the Pohangma \ Public Hall on Friday, October 4th. ! Mr J. Darragh has a notice in to-day | drawiug attention to his stock of sheep | shears, wool packs, twine, and farm and garden seeds. Entries for Messrs Gorton and Son's Sansou sale are advertised to-day, and additions made to the Feiiding sale of the firm. Welcome showers of rain have fallen since yesterday afternoon. Feed is springing up rapidly and all sorts of stock will reap the benefit. The whole report of the proceedings in Parliament in connection with the banking legislation this session, as given | in Hansard, is to be printed in pamphlet form. A little son of Mr B. B, McKenzie, of J Carnarvon) bad his left elbow dislocated on Friday last through falling out of a wheel-barrow which was being wheeled by his elder brother. Pocket picking is said to be a recognised industry in Auckland in the pursuit of which several persons of both sexes make comfortable livings, and maintain a respectable appearance. At the annual meeting of the Palmerston North Bowling Club, held last evening, it was resolved that the Feiiding Bowling Club be elected honorary members of that Club without payment of any fees until their own green is fit for use. The scheme for taking sea water from Esperance Bay to Coolgardie for battery use has been revived. The work would cost £2,000,000. Engineers assert that there would be no difficulty in the way. A Bill authorising the work will be introduced. When Theebaw's favourite wife lay sick unto death, bis Majesty offered frantic prayers to his gods, and made extravagant promises of endowment of the temple ; when she died he massed his artillery in front of the temple and bombarded it without mercy. Bo runa the story. Captain Russell, in the House, said : — 11 It is strange that a Government which aims at putting men and not sheep on the land proposes to put a duty of 40 per cent on patent medicines for human ' beings, while patent medicines for sheep are admitted free." The complimentary concert to Mr F. W. Treseder, to be held in the Assembly Booms on Friday evening, promises to be very successful as several vocalists who have not yet appeared before a Feiiding audience have consented to assist. The programme will be published in to-morrow's issue. A few mornings ago a young son of a farmer not far from Awahuri, said : *• When I woke up this morning it was raining grand." The proud parents rejoiced in the farming instincts of the lad so they were much disgusted when they learned what the boy really meant was it had been raining too hard for him to j go to schoolIt is with the deepest regret we (Marton Mercury) learn oi the death yesterday afternoon of Mrs B. Hammond, wife of Mr Biehard Hammond, settler* after a protracted illness. The deceased lady was widely known throughout the district for many estimable qualities, and to the many sorrowing relatives and friends we tender our sincere sympathy. The Gazette contains notice of acceptance of the following application for letters patent :— Alexander Peddie, of Palmerston North. William Wakely, of Cheltenham, and Alfred Henry Wylds, of Palmerston North, all in Wellington, New Zealand. An invention for locking window-sashes, to be called "Peddie, Wakely, and Wyldes' Burglar-Proof Sash-lock". The North Shore Ferry Comoany, Sydney, has promoted George Dean, the steamboat captain wrongfully convicted and condemned for the North Sydney poisoning case but subsequently released. Ho has been transferred from the charge of the night ferry boat Possum, of the Wilson's Point ferry, to that of the steamer St. Leonards, on the Mosman's line. 11 A mining person/ writes a contemporary, " never speaks the truth but by accident. In private life he may be estimable beyond conception, read family prayers both morning and evening, go to church on Sunday and use Pears' soap. But, when he gets on the subject of his favorite mine, tortures would not induce him to be accurate. To build one of the 'crack' ships in the P. and O. service ep tails a cost of about £'300,0i10. When it is remembered that a big ship can accommodate in her bunkers over 1700 tons of coal, and that more than a hundred tons a day are expended in driving her along, it is not surprising to learn that the coal bill of the P. and O. Company amounts to nearly £600,000 aterling per annum." A sample of seed of the new Japanese forage plant, JPulvganum lachalinense, has been forwarded to a Feiiding gentleman who is just now interesting himself in the matter of improved methods of feeding stock. The present is its first appearance jn this colony, and it would seem" tp be a valuablp acquisition. The plant will thrive •wker.e no oilier will crrow, reaches to a height oi X,4ft ami gives three to foil? cuttings a year "of green fodder producing 100 tp 200 tons per aero, and it does well in any climate. May its Sliftdow never grow less. •

A reward will be given to the finder on returning to the Star office a small box of boots lost on Friday last on the Makino road. We learn from the Wairarapa Times that shearing has already commenced at some of the Lower Valley stations. The lambing this season in the Wairarapa promises to be a record for tho district. The promoters of the newly -formed Wanganui Fruit Evaporation Company are sanguine of great success for the venture. A general meeting of shareholders is to be held shortly for the election of directors. Mr Earnsbaw has given notice to ask Mr ! Ward, Postmaster-General, whether the following circular has been issued to the officers of the Telegraph Department : — " All telegrams, whether urgent, ordinary, or delayed, to and from Hon. Mr Wa r d and his firm at Invercargill, are to be given precedence aud transmitted accordingly. — W. Gray. 28/4/93." The bachelors of Apiti invited their lady friends to a dance last Friday, which was held in Mr Eagar's Hall. The attendance was large and an enjoyable evening was spent. Refreshments were supplied at intervals. Mr E. Curreen supplied the music and Mr F. Pawson acted as M.C., both of whom gave satisfaction in their positions. A fire occurred yesterday (Monday) morning in Apiti, when Mr Jas. Miller's whare got burned down. Much sympathy is felt for Mr Miller who is a heavy loser. Everything he had is lost, including a valuable set of carpenter's tools. A meeting will be held on Wednesday in Guy's Hall in connection with the above to form a committee to get up a concert to assist Mr Miller.

« . TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE TRAVELLERS. (Per Press Association"*. London, Sept. 23. Gruesome accounts hay« been received of the straits to v,b:ch Lieut. Peary and party were put. They were so far reduced that after eating dogs, which, are said to have been frozen j standing, wero compelled to abandon j their progress. The scientific results I of the expedition were fairly successful. Later. Lieutenant Peary spent the winter in hunting and carrying stores to the edge of Inland Icelap, Greenland. He steered northward from Bowden in April, and reached Independence Bay, but was unablß to find the ton and a half of provisions stored there in 1894 owing to Bnow. He was short of food and medicines either for advance or return, *whereupon the Esquimaux deserted. A herd of musk oxen averted starvation, and he was compelled to return. He inarched 100 miles per week and reached 8000 feet above the sea level. The sufferings of the party were awful. TJee early became ill and was conveyed in the sledge. He subsisted on raw seal flesh, walrus, and jrein-deer. Strong dogs ate the weaker ones, and members of the expedition killed the remainder. The party them dragged the sledges themselves till compelled to abandon. Before they reached the rescue steamer Kate, they subsisted on coal oil. Peary's negro servant Henson was faithful to him to the last-. The relief expedition secured a quantity of flora and fanna, also two of the finest meteorites in the world.