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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 53, 31 October 1891, Page 2

will be recommended to make three railway crossings, viz: at Fitzroy, \ Russell, and South streets. These are I very desirable public works, and will ' 'be a vast improvement to the Borough.

The absolute silliness of party politics as carried out at Home is shown in a London telegram received yesterday, , which stated that " Before the division f was taken in the London County Council on the question of the proposed purchase of the city tramways the Tory members withdrew in order to prevent the statutory majority, but failed. Lord Bosebery (who seems to be a sensible sort of fellow) voted for ' the motion." When tramways entered the region of " practical policies "is unknown, but they are evidently there in England.

We publish a letter to-day from "Sympathiser" who complains bitterly of the bad conduct of certain young men who are in the habit of frequenting the Salvation Army Barracks when services are being con. ducted,- and disturbing the congregatiotf by smoking tobacco, and making unseemly, noises. The names of some of the most prominent offenders have been handed to us, but for obvious reasons we decline to publish them. We do not desire to give unnecessary pain to parents and relations, by exposing the blackguard conduct of these young " hoodlums " who ought to know how to behave themselves in a place of worship. For their special benefit we now quote Clause 3 section 30 of the Police Offences Act 1884. "Any persons found guilty of the following offences is liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, that is to say : — Disturbs any congregation assembled for public worship ; or interferes with the orderly conduct of any religious service in any church, chapel, cemetery, burialground or other building or place. " We may add that the writer " Sympathiser " and his friends are firmly resolved to establish order, and maiutain peace and good conduct in all future assemblies, and any young men who get themselves into trouble cannot complain that they have not been duly warned.

Now that the wool Beason is fairly commenced, and at this time economy is the order of th 9 day, we may state that a slight saying is to be effected in sending wool to Wellington through the port of Foxton by steamer instead of the railway. From Feilding the saving is nearly 2s per bail by the former route. Another point we would like to impress on wool growers is this, that they should put the maximum quantity of wool into their bales viz. 4 cwt., because that is what they pay to have carried, therefore any les3 weight in the bales is a positive money loss to the pwner.

On Thursday Mr Hankey, of the Railway Department, was in Feilding where he met the Mayor, M.r W, G. Haybittle, and Councillors Goodbehere and Sandilands, with reference to the improvement of the approaches to the local Railway. Station from Fergusson street, and certain crossings. After the various localities had been visited a mutual understanding of a very satisfactory nature was arrived at. That part of the railway reserve, from the pump house to ihe end of the Post office and out houses, will be gravelled and otherwise made avail able for traffic, and the commissioner