Bulls Items

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 19, 16 February 1884, Page 3

Bulls Items

( FROM OUH OWM COBRKSPOXDEST.) Bulls, February 14. Ser*t Hildreth. of Ihe Salvation Army, has taken his departure for New Plymouth, where he will open a campaign. He speaks iv the most flattering terms of the treatment he has received from all. In no other place in New Zealand have they had such well-conducted and orderly meetings -meetings so entirely free from rowdyism of any sort. The result of the campaign is beyond his most sanguine expectations, over dfty adults and a like number of children having been saved. He contemplates returning shortly to hold a few meetings, but the idea of establishing a barracks in this district Las been abandoned. Having ended one campaign, we are i now in the midst of another. The election of Licensing Commissioners takes place on Saturday. Our two publicans have taken the questionable course of nominating the whole Eve required, and the, temperance bodies have also nominated j five. Every effort will be made on each j aide to return their men. Some surprise is expressed that gentlemen like J. G. Wilson, M.H.K., Dr Frood, and Messrs [Richards, Hammond and Flower should have allowed themselves to become the nominees of the publicans. Mr George Hammond, of Hammond Bros., is about building a large mansion about two miles from town, on the south side of the Greatford road. Some very large hauls of fish have been made recently by the fishermen at the port, consisting of kawai, schnapper. baracouta, and othrrs whose names I have forgotten. Some of them are of immense sire. I would recommend a day's fishing at the Ferry to any of jour residents who are disciples ot Tsaac Walton. At old Scott's they will find excellent accommodation, and old Bond will be able to supply all that is needed, from a boat suitabln for a trip round the world to a herring hook Constable Manning has at last taken possess.on of fhe police buildings, after they have been completed over four months. Tenders have been called for a lock-up, which, no doubt will be built at once. The wail that the farmers gave vent to recently about destruction of crops has proved groundless. From all sides I hear of a most bountiful yield, and instead of being below il will be above the average. Our "men of the'willow" have been going in for good practice in anticipation of the coming contest between the two counties. I hear it has been tound necessary to postpone the match till about the beginning of March ; in consequence of the harvesting operations being in full swinjj. It is proposed to alter the day of our Autumn Flower Show to an earlier date. in consequence of the 6th of Marc i beiug the date of the Wan^aou 1 Races.