LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 28, 20 September 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* Mr Berkefeld, the enterprising proprietor of the Manawatu Hotel, Fcxton, |has p*^h£§eH^Re* TfwJesJij^'ses lxcleston 'andth%%la'i«o^Attio\. - We have to acknowledge receipt of a number of Parliamentary papers from jrthfe^p^n^iitlP/iAfer.Ti .[■[ "[) Thomas Samuel Jloe, Esq., has beea gazetted Deputy- Registrar of Births, EteathsK-apd Manfiftge^-ip^-PftliH^fst^i Inspector James paid his usual quarterly visit tp y the West Coast police disnis charge last Monday and Tuesday. The San Francisco mail -will arrive in vfi^DdrS^Cot^ig^tSl^The delivery window will be opened from 7 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., for the convenience of those who have ! n«C p;ri|rate''b6res'. " : . ' . 1 " // '. . / ,\ Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill report &, fair, attendance at their sale of Mr Stewart s furniture on Saturday last. Satisfactory prices were realised in all cases; ■ -* The export of, timbej for T tha^fpur yfeo&s'-evdmg Sep^einW"l6(!liJ front fee Feilding Station, exceeds 1,000,000 feet, 4^ncuiall^ n io».rfihipment to the South Island. __ MrJF.Je J. Clere has just completed plans for the Anglican Church at Waihenga y "V^e understand tha,t Mr Clere has &t P^ n l °^ aiiothortChiirlh in hand for tne*Patea district. r T ThescJiO£nej;.Awaroa arrived in FoxMiArt •on^Wu'rda^ last, and is now loading with a cargo of totara for the South, coiisigtiecrßy**"MeTsr¥'±». and J. ijartno There will be a ploughing match held in IVJr^Jai^s /phj^^toi^s near Marton, oa Saturday, the 23rd instant. Passengers from Feilding will require to go by the 7.30 a.m. train. f T¥eVcMt<Pca|*']o?j jfo^Jt and bronze medal, awarded to Messrs P. and J. Bartholomew, of the Kiwitea Sawmills, for pri*e timber specimens at the Christchurch Exhibition, .arrived in Feilding, )£«*. (T J f £ % The contractor for the Thorndon end o^ the West QoasJ Railway has comraWced operations, *■ He has fire-and-twenty navvies at work putting a face on -tfre~hltt" where the tunnel will penetrate. .^he Ind.uSjtrial §£#$# fftr ,^epjte^be^ ft ,j .f^ll^ o|'.^r^tip S ,,ma^er;.for : , i»rmer T .a^d, , icoiamerciAi . ae* * is, «vi r - : dently compiled with great* {cf^e^. .^THe.! .general reader is also well supplied with .mental pahniwa;; l >■'.' '.'.,■ :■.'■ ••.■.■;•!■, n i - i: '• The Manchester Rifles intend sending five competitors to the rifle competition to •be held at (Dunedia in' There are a number of members who "have' ve>y good fe'ebrds of Scoring, and it is probable that tho.§e selected to visit Dunedin wiirbribg; away a fair share of the prizes.

j Changes in tlije railway fi me- table are 'spokeu bf-by the authorities. It Mr W, ray. tho proprietor of the Potaftau estate} arr ved m Feilding to-day, nNjong^ a Lseucb^Jii^Euro^e and America. * J The Manawatu Times sr\ys"~that the ' comet was clearly risible in Palmerston j a little to the southward, of the sun \'csterda}' afternoon. On Monday' last all ilie ships in "Wellington harbor wore decorated with flags, in honor of Sir Garnet Wolsley's victory over Arabi Bey, in Egypt. A cricket match trill be .played on Saturday • ext, between (he married and single members o.f the Manchester Cricket Club, on the ground adfoinmg Stevens and Gorton's sale yards. Anent the forthcoming -horticultural-' show in FeilcUng, Mr James Laird, nurseryman of Wanganui, has offered through Mr Readme, a special prize of the value of half a guinea. The Kiwitea Licensing Bench met on Friday, Mr Currin (in the chair), Messrs Stewart and Barrow being also present. •As there was no* business brought before them, the Bench adjourned till the next regular meeting. We learn the recent entertainment at Halcombe in aid. of the Anglican jChurch funds was more than successful, the balance sheet showing nearly £'10 to the. good, a result which is highly satisfactory to the promoters. • ' '•■;•■!..; .. The cricket match, Australians v. North of England, concluded on Saturday last. The visitors scored 162' in their, second innings. The Home team, requiring 28 runs tojwin, went in and made 30 without Melons of a wicket, and thus won the match by 10 wickets. *" • i f : •The increased demand Tor timber, and the raising of its price by the sawmill owners, hris Vvtd the effect 6i inducing some of the bushmen employed at one of the KQllTs, to apply for an increase of Is a day in their pay. It is not unlikely thkt the request will be complied with. Mr A. F. Halcombe "is'itpresent 'paying a visit to , Feilding., /He, arrived, iby the midday train yesterday. Mr Halcombe has just returned r firpm England after having complete* the arrangements necessary for the successful settlement of the Pitetere -Bibcki. ' 1 / 7/ '< * /. i The homeward Australian and New Zealand malls, , which left Auckland, on August ,15th and wer& /being eoaYejed' in the Guion Liae steamship Alaska^ from New York, h.ivebee.n burned, a. ftre having occurred in the mail room aboard of thp,t vessel. A number of registered letters- were among the mails 1 destroyed A neV scoring-board, or* oricTtet telegraph, has recently been' introduced ie England. The figures, w)iich are, verj distinctly painted on canvas, work on rollers : moyed jby.smaljl handles,.' • By tthis machine.^e tedipus, and ; glow processoi shjifting and hanging the loose iron plates isidone away with, and there is a greal sawing of time and trouble. iQuite a little scene, which, was very amusing to behold, took* <jjplx»Qe gt^fyucaj riki on Monday morning, when Constable Price politely seoyed quoabej «jjfcMs?pis w^th summonses' under the Dog Registration Act. We heard oneltjrdwriy.*dri'<>i Nature remark " Dis English talk, dis no goodr'-- * Another- stoutly "eteclaTeil,***"!Wie giye him de d<>g< mAnftpPy cbehooD" The volunteers, at the /Thames- bunt Mr Bryce s effigy last Saturday evening. By this, s means {bey .hoped; $p, gratify -a paltry feeling of revenge excited by Mi Bry ce's plainspeakirig' onn ' (he supposed claims for extra pay pol,unte^rs had- ior 1 Visi£mg ' Parih'aka. ''A few yejxs ago the Thames -men would have burnt any .person who. e ( yeii hinted that they could "be 'guilty of sucli unmanly folly. .•:;:</; /'; ;;■ i .I. .1. It was decided in the House, on the motion of the Hon T. Dick, that the sum of £6000 foe ;distribnted ' among tn*o«e libraries defined. under the Libraries Act, •and that £25 additional be. given to country libraries. This should encourage our Borough Council 'to carry' oil* the motion of : Cr Johnston, to the_ effect that a library rate be struck in Feilding, in ordW that the Borough-, might derive the ful) benefits of thia aet^of liberality on the part. pfPa^iamenf;. „„ . , J: , , , 'f jEgle^"iia 4ke Aastrslattsni ; wlftes ; — In.,* TssTnantaoT newspaper ft is w&b, forth" that "one Poster was admitted to tne hospital, -sphering, from a sfctard fr.ictu*« ft the leg, and the journal goes on to ixplain:— " The. injur£ tfaW-ioaiised by Foister being thrown from ,a ,cajt,. the hoysa attacned°tor wnich iiavihgDroKen (query, bolted). The- 4eg-was set by Dr Appleyard, of Lon^ford^ an^ afterwards brought into the hospital. tet us hope that the.owmeiriof.ihe leg was brougi* iU joo- 1 ... „.. „ : , The r cjrielfe.tiaglWa«onL ias ' now-fawly-ctjmmenced,j^nd,o«r Feihiing players are = m good practice to prepare for all comejs ) .<j(uring the season. Although the number of memb.«fs ( A* as Jjtet .limited,, a&ly accessions to the strength of the club are being made, and the jpeoruitsiare men ap- [ customed to the "" willow," who will do their best to make a good reputation for the Manchester Cricket Club. We congratulate the club tttritar good! financial position, and have no doubt it will retain it under 'the 'preterit om'cersywno seem determined to do their best towards the general prosperity of the club.