Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 12, 14 July 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

There is first rate manure suitable for ' garden purposes accumulating in the ' shape of mud in the various streets and ' roads in the Borough. ' Mr Corpo has just received for his , Campbolltowu creamery, a splendid churn , which id worked by steam power, and , must be capable of turning out fully half j a ton of butter ut oneh churning. I There aro fow West Coastors who do i not remember " Bob " Walker in the t palmy days of the goldfiolds, who was at * oue time proprietor of the Duke of Ediu- t burgh Theatre and Hotel at liokitika, and 1 coined nionoy bj the bushel . He could i not keep it, however, and of lute led a ( rutbor precarious existence in Welling- t ton. He had a ntvor-faihag fund of hum- t our uud even royt-rsos did not didpgrdu it, t Peace to his ashe^. — Standard. \

The directors of the Longburn Freezing Company meet to-morrow. Captain Edwin wired to-day:— Warnings for gales and rain. The usual monthly meeting of the Eiwitea Road Board will be held tomorrow. The San Francisco mail arrived in Feilding this afternoon, and was at once sorted into private boxes. • His many friends here will regret to learn that Mr Lundius has been appointed to reside in Wanganui. The first mail to Rangiwahia will arrive at that office on Wednesday next at 4.30 p.m. Tho mail train from Wellington was an hour Into again to»day owing to a slip near Paikakanki. Tho Hawera Star of tho 12th inst annexed some paragraphs from this journal without tho usual acknowledgment. A meeting will be hold in the Forestors' Hall on Friday the 21st inst. to ro • coiyo report of the Coratnittoe re forming a Building Society for Feildiug. A Paltnerston North resident was fortunate enough to sell out £'500 worth of sliares m the New Zoalaud Loan and Mercantile a few days prior to the suspension of the Oompauy. There will be a meeting of members of of the Manchester Cricket Club this evening, in the Denbigh Hotel, to receive the report of the committtee appointed to wait on Colonel Gorton to arrange about the cricket ground. Horrible cannibalism is reported from tbo Congo. An explorer who has just arrived in Liverpool says he saw slaves tied together with marks on their bodies. The poor creatures were to bo killed on the following day, and tho marks on their bodies were made by persons who had purchased thope particular " joints." The Pohangma Road Board will hold a special meeting on Saturday tho 2nd of September next, for tho purpose, of striking a special rate of three pence three farthings in tho £, on tbo whole of the rateable property in No 3 Ward, in order to provide interest on a loan of £4,970 for road construction within tho said Ward. The Borough Council at a special meeting held last night, decided not to rebuild the South street bridge, but to construct a ford across the hi ream. Should it bo nooossary at any timo to go round by the Warwick street bridge- instead of using the ford, tho extra distance travelled in order to get to tho centre cf the town would only amount to eight chains. It is notified to-day bj advertisement that Messrs Mnclenn and Binhop, barristers aud solicitors, have commenced the practice of their profession in Feilding. Mr Maclean is a very old resident in this and other parts of the district, and Mr Bishop was in practice Home years ago in Palmeroton North. Wo hope tho new firm will realise thoir most sanguiuo expectations. Wo do not know why the Telegraph Department persist in supplying the newspapers with their messages on " flimsy." Some months ago the matter was represented to the Hon. J. G. Ward, Post-master-General, who promised to have the matter put right, and to supply the messages, as formerly, on decent paper. This promise does not appear to have, been kept. It is tune it was, as in their present form these messages cause a great waste of time and trouble to editors and compositors alike. — Examiner. Here follows what tho Quarterly Review said in 1H % 25 about railways :— " We are not advocates for visionary projects that interfere with useful establishments. Wo Bcout the idea of a railroad as nnpracticable ! What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospects held out of locomotives travelling twico as fast as stage coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as to put themselves at the mercy of such a machine." In answor to numorous onquiries which have been sent to tho sporting editor of the Referee in reference to the effect of the New South Wales Postal Bill on Tattersull's Consultations, that gentleman replies that during tho week one of " Tattorsall'd " clerks, who is just now travelling through New Zealand, calling upon him und said that the promoter was still carrying on business. The new act specifies that post office orders addressed to sweep promoters cannot be cashed, but " Tattersall," in a circular, asks his patrout> to send postal notes. This, he says is all tho information he can give. The social in connection with tho Foildiug " Mutual," held in tho vestry of the Methodist Church laßt evening, was well attended, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed thomsolvos. The programme consisted of a reading by Mr A. Hick ford, recitation by Mr E. Humphrey reading by Mr A. Shearer, solos by Miss Curti* and Mias Heald, a recitation by Miss Philips, aud various parlor games. Refreshments were handed round to wind up a pleasant eveniog'a amusement. Miss Curtis having resigned her position as secretary, Mr Long was elected in her place.. The subject for next evening is an essay on " Columbus " by Mr Barker. Mr A. S. Baker, of Palmerston N., has forwarded a cheque of £5 5s to the secretary of the A. and P. Association to be awarded as a special prize for tho best all-round farmer in the Manawatu aud Oroua Comities as shown by exhibits at the forthcoming show. There are several conditions attached to the prize. Mr Baker stated in a letter accompanying the cheque, that his object in offering the prize was to encourage the general excellence in stock and farm produce and to induce local farmers to take an interest in the show and exhibit stock which they might not otherwise be inclined to do if they could only compete with those who make a speciality of a particular class of stock. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Dairying Association the following resolutions were carried : — That the export trade in dairy produce can be properly developed only under the factory system ; that all factory proprietors and companies are urged to co-operate with the association ; that in the event of the margarine or other imitation butter being manufactured in the colony, v be sold only in its natural color, and not in colorable imitation of butter ; that the manufacture, for export or otherwise, of anything but full milk cheese, be discouraged in every way ; that shipping companies be requested to rednce the freight on butter and cheese in the cool and freezing chambers to Jd per lb, gross weight, and that the shipping companies or the Government should place thermographs in all cool chambers. What might have torminatod in a serious accident occurred an evening or two siuco on tho Kimbolton road, just beyond the Kiwitea bridge. A young man with a four-horso team, and a heavy load of goods, was on his way to Birmingham, whou, owing to tho bad condition of tho road after tho late Hood, the shafter foil, with the result that the driver was precipitated off his porch right on to the leadens chains, part of tho load falling on top of him. Iv this awkward position ho wus dragged along for sorao distance through a soa of mud, but ultimately Buccecdod in bringing Ins leaders to a stand. Holp was near, and several willing hands put things a bit ship-shap* ! ii for him although ho was unablo to pro- j t ceedf'ii his journey that evening. Luckily | « the drivor received no further damage <] than a sprained wrist, and a rutber severe c shaking. Tho mud in this paatiuular spot J wus about two feet deep. 1