LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 291, 14 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow's supplement is an especially good number. Besides the conclusion of the serial tale, there is a complete story, "Courtship of the Castle o' Clouts," Ladies notes, including home laundry notes and household hints, health 'notes, £1000 ghost in Court, Cinematograph tragedy, family poisoned by beer, a report of the Australasian Metho- i dist Conference, etc. | Mr J. J. O'Shea, relieving station- ! master for the Wanganui section of ! the New Zealand Raihrayß, has been j appointed stationmaster at Patea. j One of the measures Government ! propose to introduce in the coming session is a Bill to regulate the hours of work of young children on dairy farms. The accused Raptelcs, committed for trial yesterday on a charge of stabbing has been admitted to "bail, the sureties being Messrs A. Hannett and T. A. Askew. There js a fairly' light yarding of sheep, with a good muster of cattle at the Manawatu Auctioneering Association's weekly stock sale here today. Prices were moderately well maintained. In the opinion of the Hon. George Fowlds, the time has arrived when an increase in the pay of the police constables should be made. Asked at a public meeting what his attitude was in regard to the "abolition of barmaids," the Minister said he was in favor of a Bill for that purpose. A cricket enthusiast has drawn attention to the following item in the statement of expenditure in connection with the tour of the Marylobone Cricket Club's team in "New Zealand : —"Washing and tips, £4 8s 3d." He asks if they can truly be called amateurs when they asked the New Zealand Council to refund even their tips. — Exchange. The letter-press machinists and typographical disputes were completed at Wanganui, so far as that town is conberned, on Wednesday, Mr Fred. Pirani acting for the employers. By arrangement with the representatives of the Union, no evidence was taken in the linotype dispute. The next sitting of the Court will be held at Napier. The flaxmillers dispute is being heard to-day. A Government parade of the Manchester Rifles was held in the Drill Hall last evening. There was a good attendance of members under command of Capt. Barltrop. Sergt. Major Peacock was in attendance, and after the inspection by Capt Barltrop, put the company through various movements in extended order. After parade the members indulged m Morris tube shooting.

A decree absolute has been granted. I on the application of Mr A. G. Carty, at the j'almerston Supreme Court, m I the divorce rase Henry Bailey v. Ethel May Bailey and Herbeit Tonks. i At a country schoy« not far fro::. Woodville, luspector liill was examining a class of small boys. He asked if they knew what a mnmmy was. One little chap he'd up hand. "Well, my boy, \}::\t is a ivumy?" asked the Inspector, and he tot the following answer: — "A bloke what's dead and is preserved I" — Examiner. Mr J. Weightman, who, for the last 2£ years, has been the popular foreman and canvasser for Mr Amor, has purchased Mr Parris' fish and oyster saloon, and intends to_ thoroughly renovate snd turn it into a fiist-class restaurant. The contract for renovating hi>s been let to Mr Amor, and when finished it will be up-to-date in every particular. An amusing accident occurred at Dunedin on Monday, when a tramcar came into collision with a horse and dray. Tho car was only travelling slowly, and the buffer-bar came under the nave of the draywheel, completely turning the dray and horse upside down and upsetting the load of clay on the road, but doing no damage to the horse or dray. An advertisement in the Feilding Star wa3 brought into the evidence in the stabbing case at the Foilding Court yesterday. Witness Gambitsis stated that his brother had the advertisement drawn up by a local lawyer, and inserted in the Stab. Mr ' Ca.rty made a comment to the effect that he did not think there was a ; lawyer in Feilding who vould do such a thing — he would be sorry to have , to believe so. According to both the Acting-Min-ister for Railways and the chairman of the Manawatu Railway Company, there is no truth in the statement that a transfer of the Company's property has been made to the Government. The chairman for tho Company says he has heard rumours that the Government intend to ac--1 quire the railway, but he does not > know whether the rumours are cor- , ivct. It is probable that the Dairy Classes, instituted by the Wanganui Education Board, will be commenced at this end of the district in a ■ month's time. The classes in the i north have been very successful, school children and adults evincing considerable enthusiasm in the work. As the instructor, Mr Browne, was so popular while he was at Feilding, > there is no 4°ubt his latest work will , be watched with interest here. Tonga Bay has been quite busy . lately sending away granite for the AVellington Public Trust Office. About ten men are permanently employed. Two shipments have been despatched 1 recently, and a scow is loading up ! again for a third shipment. It is beyond question (says the Nelson I Mail) that when once contractors and architects get used to the Tonga Bay granite, they will use it in preference ■ to all other building stone for effect i and durability. A great many people of Feilding, and particularly music lovers, will regret to learn that Mr T. W. Potts, ' proprietor of a clothing store here, is ■ about to leave. We are informed Mr '< Potts is not going right away from , the district, but will be within call . for an occasional musical function. I During his residence here, Mr Potts has made himself practically indispensable at all the better class of ■ concerts, etc., possessing a pleasing, light baritone voice of good culture. i The Dunedin correspondent of the Post writes : — Housewives are retrenching in various driections, owing to the present high cost of living. An illustration was afforded ■ this afternoon, when the Benevolent i Trustees were asked to make a weekly , allowance to a woman who formerly [ supported herself by going out wash--1 ing. She explained that now everybody seemed to be doing their own washing, hence her appeal for help. Mr T. H. James, the architect to 1 the Wanganui Education Board, was in Feilding to-day in connection with the commencement of the erection of the Feilding Technical School building. In company with Mr E. Gopdbehere, Chairman of the Feilding Technical School Committee, he visited the site, and selected a place 62 feet back from Kimbolton road. This has to be approved by the railway authorities. We regret to learn of the death of Mr Arthur Boshier, which occurred I at his brother's residence, RangaI wahia, last Wednesday evening. The deceased gentleman was 40 years of age, and single. He had resided in the Rangawahia district for upwards of 17 years, and was much respected J by everyone who knew him. The cause ' of death is not at present known to i us, but it is said tnat deceased was ! a great sufferer from ashtma for the ! past three or four years. The i funeral takes place at Rangawahia on Sunday. A quaint letter has reached Mr T. E. Donne from a young Dutchman, I resident in Holland, to whom some j books of New Zealand views were sent. "Safely the books you pro- | mised me have reached me," states the writer. "Much views of your j town are to be seen in one of them, : and very interesting and beautiful aro they. Every Sunday Igo to my father's house in Plantageweg to see him and my stepmother, and I have promised that 1 shall take the * beautiful views of New Zealand and i show them. I always have to tran- ! slate into Dutch what you tell me ! of th© pictures, and my father and i friends are much interested in what they have to say of the land discovered by our countryman, Jan Abel Tasman, so long ago. It will please my family highly to see any more views you can send of your so lovely country." ! Fred. Duncan, the brother of Isi- ! D.ira Duncan, the American dancer, i a iid his wife are causing a sensation | i?i Berlin by a crusade in favour of '.. the "simple life." . They wear liti lie, and, like the monkey tribe from | which humaiity is said to have descended, they eat only nuts and iiuit. They demonstrate their views on the subject by publicly parading the streets of the capital in tho scantiest of clothing. Duncan wears on'y a coarse sheet, which, passing ov«'V his left shoulder and beneath the rif'ht arm, leaves his right shoulder and entire right arm, side, chest an-1 back exposed. The sheet reaches • to the knees, leaving the legs and feet baiw A pair of sandals complete the roptome. Duucm, who has flowing locks half-way down his back and a louj;, bushy beard, resembles rather a wild man of Borneo than the apostle of a nobler mode of life. Mrs Duncan's costume is a trifle more in .•ii'cordance with propriety. Her iipianel looks like a shawl with many folds. The neck and right shoulder an> left bare, and the garment reaches almost to the ankles. She, we trs sandals. One of the most amusing and sugf;e;<tive comments in the German Press on the present alleged rivalry between Great Britain and Germany is ilio following passage, taken from ihe Rhenish- Westphahan Gazette^ a loading German journal of aggressively natriotic views: — "Two players are sitting opposite to one another evpa^etl in a stubborn contest on the European chessboard. One of them (Edward VII.) is a cool, calculating, and quiet player, while the . other (William II.) is young, full of vivacity, the re7erse of calculating, rich in ideas and fantastic imagination. There is no longer any doubt which of these players will gain the victory so long as the contest is confined to the diplomatic chessboard. William 11. is already checkmated. None of all those princes and kings whom h^ visited in ihe earlier years of his TP.hzn and whose friendship he gained have remained true to him except the aged Emperor Franc's T'-seph and the proprietor of the greatest gambling hell in the world (the reigning Prince of Monaco). All the others have quitted their seats at the German Emperor's banquetting table, some noisily and others nofsilessly be? cause, so to speak, the political cuisine offered to them in Berlin no forger suited tneir tastes. All the marks of friendship, all the Trords of praise, all the presents, all the orders and decorations which the German Emperor has dealt out so lavishly to foreigners, and even his own passionate prayers, have been fruitless, and William 11. now remains in isolated eminence." _.

Those who appreciate eloquent and effective speech, and all who are interested in the work of Christian missions should make a point of hearing the Rev. R. M. Laverty, at the Wesloyan Church, this evening in his lecture on "The Story of the Mutineers of the Bounty." Wherever Mr Laverty has preached or spoken, there is the same testimony as to the delight and profit of the hearers. Meeting at 7.45. Collection for Wesleyan Foreign Missions. The Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin Star writes: — Ministers, it is announced, are fully ready with the work of the approaching session. The Hon. R. McNab still adheres to the statement that the Land Bill will be brought down and dealt with as soon as the Financial Debate is out of the way, although I hear from prominent Liberal freeholders that the measure will be eventually dropped until the constituencies have been consulted at the General Election. The Feilding Borough Council held a special meeting last night, to consider the applications for the position of Resident Engineer. Ther was a full attendance of Councillors. The special committee reported they had opened the 31 ' applications, and recommended six for consideration. The Council went into committee to make a final selection, and decided to have an interview with the applicant whom they preferred. The mattor will be finally settled at the next meeting of the Council on 20th inst. A footballer n«?med McEwan had the misfortune to break his leg while Slaying in a match at Foxton on aturday. The injured man was conveyed to Mr Shadbolt's Hotel, where the leg was set by the doctor, and the injured one was cared for until the morning, when he was removed to the Palmerston Hospital. It is expected the sufferer will be bedridden for about two months. Dr. Mandl rendered his services gratuitously. A subscription list has been opened at Foxton to aid the injured man, who had not availed himself of the insurance scheme instituted this year by the Foxton Sub-Union. The expedition on board the auxiliary schooner Huia, which returned to the Kaipara on Sunday last (says the Auckland Star) recovered an additional £500 worth of specie from the- wreck of the steamer Elingamite at the Three Kings. The diver (Mr Lee) has returned to Auckland, and it is stated that operations have been temporarily suspended for a few months, when the weather will no doubt be more reliable than at present. The syndicate hold an option from Lloyd's for twelve months, and in view of the success which has attended their efforts an extension of time will no doubt be readily given to them should they not be able to recover all the specie in the allotted time. - mm^^ m^ mmmmmmm —