Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 13, 15 July 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

The Pirates v Foilding football match was boiug played this afternoon as we went to press. " A policy of shunt " is what Sir John Hall calls the policy of the Financial Statement, which proposes to hold over so many important questions. Subscribers to Stone's Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki Directory are notified that tho firm's representative will deliver and collect in the course of a few days. Mr Purk, treasurer to tho Ho6pi Board, at Palmerstou, acknowledges receipt of 34s from Mr W. J. Poarco, collected at Colyton, in aid of tho Board's funds. Mr Barker, bo^kkoeper for Mr Darragh haa received an appointment us manager of tho Kirkpatrick Jam Factory at Nelson. Wo cougrutulato Mr Barker ou his success, and wish him overy prosperity in his new venture. Mr G. A. Prooce hold a veiy successful sale of ornaments and fruit trees from tbo nurseries of Mostr* J. Mayo nud Son, Pulmorstou North, in tho Denbigh Hotel yard yesterday afternoon. Biddings wero fairly brisk, and good prices wero realised for the various lots submitted. Mr James Spiers Freeman, land agent, Ashurst, reports tho sale of Mr J. G. Poulsen's property of 80 acres on the Foilding road to Mr Wm Thompson, of Oknramio, Kaituna Valley, Marlborough, at £12 10s per acre; also 12 Ashurst town sections.—Times. The following matrimonial aunounce* montappeared in the North Devon Herald the othor day:—Veal - Ham.—April 20, at Whitstono, Holsworthy, H, Veal, of tho Oak, to Miss Ham, of Dorricott. This is a clear case of natural affinity. Surely uo matrimonial pio could bo more happily blended. Exceptionally interesting addresses may bo anticipated at tho Pleasant Sunday Afternoon mcutmg to»morrow, when Messrs Pay no and Anderson will dis-. course on the lniu-ne.r in wbich these meetings are conducted in Manchester and Cheshire. All youug mon ure vordi* ally invited to bo present. After some weeks Absence from business owing to a serious a (Tec tion of the eyes, we aro pleased to state that Mr F. Y. Lethbridge is about a«ain, and was able to attend tho special meeting of the Borough Council on Thursday evening. We congratulate him on his recovery, which we sincerely hope may be of a permanent nature, and trust he may uot meet wilh a relapse.

: Several school boys have gone for a j paper hunt this afternoon over the hills starting from the Oval. Captain Edwin wires to-day :— Strong west to south west winds with ram after twenty hours ; glass further fall. Mr Blundell, Stock Inspector, put his kneecap out of joint while alighting from a cattle pon at the Foilding sale yards yesterday. Mr A. L. Parr, coachbuilder, has completed, to the order of a Halcombe gentleman, a handsomo doublo-seated bugpy with his pntent turning gear. The meeting of the Manchester Cricket Club, which was to have been held last night, hnd to bo postponed to tho 28th inst., owing to tho committee being unublo to interview Colonel Gorton until the 27th. Mrs Clapham. of Wellington, has recently purchased a five-acre section in Sherwill street, and intends erecting a substantial residence thereon. The plans for the house were drawn up by a Wellington architect, nnd building operations will be commenced shortly. Small farming is sometimes profitable, ns instanced in tho case of a man who bought 9\ acres of land not far from Nupier. He paid £260 for it, grew a crop of potatoes, which returned him tho full purchase mouey tho first year, uud bo has now lot the land for £60 a yoar, about £6 17s an aero. This morning ns Mrs J. C. liill was starting for a dnvo with hor nicco, tho horse took fright, through some faulty adjustment of tho harness, and bolted along Camden stroot down Boattio street, and oventunlly rnn into a post nonr tho railway station, damaging tho buggy and harnosß considerably. Tho occupants were thrown out and severely shaken. A London correspondent writes: -Joo Thompson, tbe Australian bookmaker, has been a heavy loser by tho bank failures. It is said tbat whon the news of the stoppago of tho Commercial Bauk of Australia reached him heobseryod piously ', Good Hocvene ! thoro has been no such stop since tho sun stopped at the command of — was it Joshua, or good old Moses ? " The menu of one of tho meals prov : ded for the favoured queen of an Eastern hnicm is reported to have included a young lamb roasted whole, stuffed with a turkey, which again was stuffed with n chicken stuffed with n pigeon, the pigeon on its part teing sluffed with n quail and lastly this qunil was stuffed with one of the ->malle»t Enstern birds called a figpecker. At n run of tho Brisbane hounds at Cooper's Plains, Dr Griffin, well known and highly respected in Brisbane, was taking one of the fences when his horse struck the fence heavily nnd turned a complete somersault, falling on top of the rider. When picked up Dr Griffin was dead, his neck being broken. The horse nlso broke its back. Deceased was aged about 30 years nnd unmarried. There was celebrated on Wednesday Inst, nt Cnmpbelltown, the wedding of Mr A Richmond to Miss I. C. Smith, both of that place. About 60 or 40 relatives and friends were present to witness the ceremony, which was performed by tlie Bey. G. S. Harper. Tho brido was neatly attired in fawn cashmere trimmed with silk plush. The bridesmaids were Misses Boda Smith, M. Hammond, nnd E. Rich, niond ; Mr H. Hammond gave the bride away, and nt the breakfast, in proposing the toast of the happy couple, spoke in eulogistic terms of the bridegroom ; the Rev Mr Harper nlso congratulated the newly married couple. We wish Mr and Mrs Richmond overy happiness and prosperity. Medical exports are discussing the question of the quantity of food necessary for an adult to lire upon in health. Lyon Playfair gives the following as a week's tare:— Three pounds of meat with one pound of fat, two ordinnry loaves of bread with one ounce of salt, and fivo piol3 of milk ; or, for meat, five or sir pounds of oatmeal . Dr Pavey giyes a higher standard, but even that is low compared to the actual practice of the most abstemious— viz.. 16 ounces per day in absolute rest ; 23 ounces during light work ; 26 to 30 ounces for a man doinsr hard labourious work. Dr Pavey's estimate is based on dry weight; now. as all our food contains more or less moisture, it would op pear 48 to 60 ounces of ordinary food are , necessary daily for a healthy adult, in , active life.