FEILDING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 8

FEILDING NEWS.

; Some very nice crops ready for tho reaper aro to bo seen .in .the neighbourhood of Mar : . ton Junction .'just now. Tho -rccent rains-have apparently been very beneficial to. the turnips, and, : in several ipaddocks this valuable'crop is strongly in ovidene?. ' ... Two important sales, of farms on the banks of tho ,Oroua' River .in tho Kimbolton district havo taken placo lately. A farm in the estate of tho lato , C. il." Baynes, clerk of tho Kiwitea Countj- Council, comprising 525 acres, was sold to Messrs.- Fitzgerald- ana MTvonzie, of Wellington, at i 312 per! acre. Mr. Russell's_pro-petfy-'fil 680 acres was purchased by Mr. Iritz' KruLl, of Wangaiiui, at ,£l4 10s. per acre. -As neither of these properties has', a' road to it, and the only approach is by fording the Oroua Riyor, tho prices obtained- are; highly satisfactory;^ Stanley ■'■ Matthews, of ■" the Feilding High School cadets, : "woii the championship belt at Palmerston.' ,The Feilding team also. won the teams' match. Feilding cadets have won the bolt each' timo it has been competed for, R. Belk in .1005, B. Watson in 1908, and S. Matthews;in 1909. r The last-named marksman is to bo presented with a gold medal subscribed: for by local residents., ..... . The Presbytery of Wanganui met at Turakina last- week. The Moderator (Rev. J. Ayhite) welcomed the Rev. J. .Chisholm, who has- just been, settled' in cMangaweka, and Mr. H. J. Thomson, student, assistant at Huntervillo. Elders' commissions from Turakina. in favour, of Mr. A. K. Simpson', from. Palmerston North in favour of Mr. Ci. Snow, from Levin iii; favour 'of. Mr. G. Cameron, • from Feilding in favour of Mr.. J. Macfarland, and froth: St. Wanganui, in- favoOT of Mr." : . G. Scott woro duly sustained. • /Ihe -.breaking-up ceremony -of the - Maori Girls' School at > Turakina topk placo'. in the prpsonce ,pf tho ■ members of ' tho Wanganui Presbytery and a largo gathering of visitors. Thp Rev. G. Budd, off Feiltling, convenor of the Maori Mission Committee, presided,. Mr. Hamilton,..the master of the school, referred to the splendid report which the. school'{tad re. ceived when examined by 'Mr. Bird, Nativo School Inspector.; A- sale of work had been arranged by the girls, the goods for the 6alo being in many instances the work of the pupils of tho school; and a sumptuous afternoon tea, tho cooking for;which had beon dono by the scholars, served to show tho thoroughly practical naturo of the'training.being given to the pupils': of tho school. Also, to. the most casual observer, it. was evident that' the deportment and. conduct .of .the girls wero very carefully attended to; ' ~