Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 102, 12 February 1885, Page 2

Local & General News.

We have to acknowledge receipt of the Anglo-New Zealander dated January 2nd, 1885.

We are told that it took Buffon 50 years to write his " Studies of Nature." Yet many a man has gone 50 years and never read them.

Purchasers of rod flannel have greatly increased in Europe lately through tho notion that cholera is proventod by the use of material of that color.

Wo diroct the attention of our readers to a now and interesting advertisement from Messrs Stevens and Gorton, of Palmerston and Bulls.

The service held to celebrato tho consecration of St. John's Church lust night was well attended. The choral service went very well. A most impressive sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr Coppinger who assisted the Rev. Joshua Jones.

The area of the British Empire is 8,500.000 square miles, bnt there is indirect domination over enough more to make the total 10,000,000— one-fifth of the land surface of the globe. Of the total population only, one-seventh are Christians.

We desire to warn sporting men and others who are in the habit of subscrib-

ing to consultations, etc., against one advertised m some of the New Zealand papers, as " The Sydney Jockey Turf Club, £5000, over the signature of James Wallace, Seoretary S.T.J. O. Box 784. G.P.O. Sydney, N.S.W." Tho whole affair is a swindle.

The Kai Iwi correspondent of the Wanganui Herald snys : I hear that the TS ew Zealand fi-ix (phormium tenax) has not flowered this year. It certainly has not in our district and if it has failed to do so in Wanganui, it is the first time such a thing hns occurred since the country was colonised, and is a very strong proof of the cold and late spring we bave experienced this year.

The New York Tribune says that a Cuban girl was sold lately in Suratoga for £240. England will require more th-in 16,000,0"0 quarters of foreign breadstuff this year. The -Rev. Patrick Phelan, of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Glasgow, has been fined for kicking a young woman who was trying to force her way into tbe choir. One of the largest single contributions made to the missionary work of the Church last year, if not the largest, came from a Christian ' hinaman, who j-ave £100 to St. Luke's Hospital at Shanghai. Mark Twain is the richest humourist in America. Besides his own large earnings and savings, he married a lady worth over £100,000. Hehas the most unique residence in America, at Hartford, Connecticut. In Berlin 23 leading merchants in the corn trade are shortly to be tried for defrauding the Government of stamp duties to a very lnrj-e amount. The 6nes incurred will, it is said, exceed 200.000 marks. The Times, in an article on the annexation in New Guinea, denounces the arrognnce of Prince Bismarck in the matter, and urges Earl Granville to adhere to the present extension of the British protectorate in that island. An unfortunate man. who is said to be a barrister practising at Wanganui, and who was rescued from tiie sea at the Queen's Wharf, Wellington, earl y on Sunday morning, was found to lie in such a deplorable condition yesterday nmrning that Inspector Goodall deemed il necessary to call in a Justice of the Peace, who on the recommendation of Dr Foil, ordered the man's removal to thr hospital. The prisoner tried to batter out his brains against the wall of his cell. People who handle fleeces or wool would do well to cautious of the insect katipo, which is said to be more venonous and poisonous this season than it has •been for years past. A butcher in the employ of the Wellington Refrigerating Meat Company has been bitten by one of these pests within the last few days and lias sustained serious injuries. His arm is swollen to an immense extent, and the inflammation cause<i by the bite is likely to lead to serious consequences. New Zealand Times. The Feilding Brass Band will play on the Square on Saturday night, the 14th inst (weather premitting). Programme : 1. Quick march, " Lads of the Iron Clads," Skeat; 2. Schottische, "Queen of Love," R. Smith ; 3. Quick march, "Little Brunswick," John Jubb; 4. Quadrille, " Jeannette," 11. Round; 5. Anthem, " The Vital Spark," H. Round; 6. Quick march, "Wait till tho clouds roll by," J. R. Wright; 7. Waltz, "Loving and Hoping," 11. Rouud; 8. Galop, "Early morning," Enschell; " God save the Queen." S. Daw, Bandmaster. It will be remembered that some time back a quantity of young trout were placed in the Oroua above Menzie's bridge. An informant tells us that the other day he saw. quite casually, a trout a'aout 50 yards above the bridge. The fish he says was a very fine one, and must have measured about 14 inches in length. This will be welcome news to those ardent disciples of Isaac Walton who are anxiously looking forward to the time when, armed with rod and line and an Acclimatisation Society's licence, they can set out in pursuit of their favorite sport. We never remember greater attention being given to any speaker from the Town Hall platform than was paid to Mr Macarthur on Tuesday evening. The address was not only exhaustive as to its subjects, but was very succinct, and it was evident that the speaker made his hearers thoroughly understand what lie was talking about. His remarks generally were web appreciated, and that the meeting was satisfied ihcrepresentative had not in one instance failed to do his duty in the past, and would do it in the future, was shown by every hand beine held up in favor of the resolution of hearty thanks to and confide- ce in Mr Macarthur as the member for Manawatu. Wo learn from the Manawatu Herald of the 10th instant, that the Palmerston Racing Club have decided to hold the winter meeting on Easter Monday, April sth. At first we were inclined to read the paragraph as a plain statement of fact, but a little consideration showed that the editor of the Herald is having an innocent jest at the expense of the good people of Palmerston and Feilding. Wo find that in tho first place the Palmerston Club has not decided to have a race meet as stated above. A meeting of tho club will bo held to-night when the subject will be discussed. In the second place the sth of April will fall on Sunday. The writer of the paragraph wilfully forgets that the Feilding sports on Boxing Day have been celebrated for eleven years. The Palmerston races were started in opposition to Feilding. Why the Feilding people should give up Boxing Day to Palmerston is therefore not clear. The sports held in Feilding on the day of the Foxton Races were only patronised by the families of the old settlers, and wci-e not intended to interfere in any way with the Foxton Races. It is a great pity that the writer of tho paragraph cannot forget his old grudge against both Palmerston and Feilding.