Birmingham Notes

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 136, 14 May 1892, Page 2

Birmingham Notes

+ [from our own correspondent. I Mr McNair has made some additions to his very comfortable accommodation house, and can now find room for a large number of visitors and others. It is a great boon to find a " homelike" bouseof this description. I have much pleasure in speaking well of both Mr and Mrs MeNair, whose chief object is to treat all | their customers with courtesy and politeness. Another, and not the least prominent part is that the charges are most moderate. Mr Murphy has leased his land to Mr Cameron, of Curl's Clearing, Pemberton, for the season, aad having a good crop of grass the stock Mr Cameron has placed upon the land cannot but do well. The road on Thursday evening was quite alive with folks riding and driving to Feilding to have a look in at Wirth's circus Mr Managh's coach was loaded in and outside with passengers bound to the same destination. It would be much safer for all parties if the "rule of the road" was adhered to more strictly, as meeting five or six horsemen full gallop taking up the whole width of the road is not very comfortable for a person coming from the opposite direction. Fencing operations on many sections are now in full swing. Not many idle men are to be found in this busy township. Mr Guy has fenced in his land and is now busy preparing the ground for the spring season. He is evidently making a good connection as the quantity of meat he daily sends away to the various camps testifies. Mr Salter has completed his large additions to his store, which is now replete with everything necessary for the farm and household. The work, at the post office is largely increasing, as he- now has extra mail service to and from Pemberton. I hear the money paid by the post office for the work done is very small for the services performed by the suburban postmasters. As tho Embolton road is now being cleared it has occurred to me what a good thing it would be to run a light tramway from Feilding, it could be worked by horse power or steam motor. The tons of goods which are, of ten waiting at Feilding railway station for conveyance up this way is surprising. Perhaps some enterprising persons could form a syndicate and got tho thing done in a. very short time, as the road is very straight and grades not over heavy. The only tight bit is where the road dips and rises just before entering the town. This difficulty could be got over by taking the line across the level land just at the bend of the road. There is some talk of erecting a chapel for the Wesleyan body here, as the difficulty with the transfer of land has been cleared up, and tenders received. The : chapel will be a sister one to that has just been opened at Longburn. It was understood that . the committee would supply all materials as their advertisement specially stated " Tenders for labor only" dissatisfaction has been caused- by their having accepted a tender for both material and labor. A slight shock from earthquake was felt here early on Friday morning. Plenty of horses are up here with sore shoulders, some sores are as large as. a man's hand. Does an inspector ever take the trouble to lift up some of the horses collars ? if he did he would see a dreadful sight.

On "Wednesday evening a congregational meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Home Mission work was held in the Birmingham Town Hall. The Rev. Mr Keal presided. The principal business of the meeting j was to decide whether the evangelical work in that neighborhood should be continued in connection with" the Home mission, with Birmingham as a centre, as during the past year, or unite with the Sandon-Feilding circuit and depend on the services of the assistant minister whom the Conference decided to station there. Mr Anyon remarked that when Mr Birks first arrived the roads were almost impassable, and said the receipts could be increased by holding services at the Bluff road. Mr Guy said his estimate of the pro* bable receipts for the year would be — for Apiti, £15; Birmingham, £30; Pemberton, £10 ; Kiwitea, £15 ; total £70. :• Add the grant of £25 to this sum it made £95. That was still short of the Minister's salary. Mr Birks said there would be an ad. vantage of a change of ministers some times if the district were attached to the Saudon-Feilding Circuit. The salary of the missionary was fixed at £120 for the ensuing year, and at the request of the meeting Mr Birks consented to remain another year. In the evening a public tea was held in the ball, which had been tastefully decorated for the occasion. The provisions for the tea was given by Mesdames Guy, Moffatt, Morton, Burne, Whishaw, Fanthorpe, Perry, Anyon and Mills. The Rev Mr Birks presided. The musical part of the programme was given by the Feilding String Band and the Wesleyan choir under the leadership of Mr Kitchen. Several selections were given by the band, and the choir gave some choruses, all with great pleasure to the audience. Mr Murdock gave a solo, as did Misses Unwin and Bellve, and Mrs Marsden and Miss Curtis sang a duet. Mr Fergusson proposed a hearty yote of thanks to the choir and string band, which was seconded by Mr Miller, and carried by acclamation. A vote of thanks to the ladies who had provided and assisted at the tea, and the 1 meeting terminated.