INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 60, 7 November 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

fPEIt UNITED PUI2SS ASSOCIATION.) ■ "Da-yv.mj<r, November 6 Th )re has been considerable talk dur iig the past few days concerning the dis appr arance of a. well-known soiictor, whos shilli )g shockers, under the non depluixi of Gilbert Rock, gained him more ; thai local notice The Exhibition band contest has beei fixed for the 13th, 14th, and 15th ; March and is open to the world. The prizes ar £100, £'45, £30 and £20, and specia prizes for quickstep and solo playing The maxium number of players is 25 an< the maximum 15. Woodvillb, This Day. At the R.M. Court, three, boys* chargei with stealing moaey from a tent, were or dered to be whipped with a birch rod. Bui,r,B,'Noveniber 7. ' Joseph Monteith has been arrested ir i connection with the Greatford silver rob bery, charged with receiving the stolei property, and will be charged at the R.M Court, Bulls, to-day. Mew Plymouth." November 6. John Groller.near lnglewood, yest'erda-j when trying to catch a young horse in. i bush * "blearing, got entangled' in a rope which was round the. animal's neck aud was dragged a considerable distancf before being released. He had a leg auc two ribs broken and his skull fractured Qoller is- in a precarious condition. Palmkbston Nohth,- This Day.'' Entries for the A. and P. Show numbei 664, against 444 last year, the increase being in sheep and cattle. Among th* exhibitors in sheep are Fantham, Hamilton, Perry, Wilson Bros. (Hawera), Gaisford (Hawkes Bay), Rayner, Allen (Wairarapa) Wheeler, Cobb, and Mrs Willis, Among the exhibitors in cattle are Ross, and Fantham (Hawera). Kogan and Co. are exhibitors in poultry. W-ESTpokt, November 5. Alexander Brown, a boy six years old, a son of John Brown, of Dehniston, was accidentally killed this evening. He wae standing by the side of a big goods waggon, which being pulled away to getfilled, he fell underneath, and was caught by the waggon, which went over him. IJeath I wnw instantaneous. An inquest will be I held to-morrow. Blenhiem, November 5. A sample of flax fibre, dressed by Hamilton's process, is just shown in this town. The flax is completely denuded of I gum and the vegetable acids extracted. It is by far the finest specimen of dressed ! fibre yet seen. j . Auckland, NoremberS. I Mr K. J. O'Sullivan, ex-InBpector of Schools in the Auckland district, died today from the effects of a paralytic stroke. He had been in precarious he.i|Uth for sometime. Mr O'Sullivan, who w.^b fit yeais of age, was Inspector from 1872 until 1888, when he retired from th t position. Hawera, November 6.. The Egmont A. and P. Show was vrell. I attended, over 2000 being present. In ! sheep the champion' Lincoln ram was one bred by Mr Sutton and owned by Mr J. jL. Perry. Mr Tl. B. Hamilton took the champion ewe prize and most of the other prizes in the ckss. In Romneys, Mre Willie took the championship for ram. and Mr Yorko for ewe. There was a fine display of fat sheep. In cattle Mi Fantham was almost unopposed. Horses — tho)on?hb7eds, Mr Knight's Tim Wif fler was champion 7 m draughts, Mr J. R. Stewarl's Juok. There wore good exhibits of dairy produce. were over 500 ewtiiee. , '" .;U'. : y V