Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 14, 17 July 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

We have to acknowledge receipt of r batch of Parliamentary papers. Notes from the Sundon Small Farir Block will appear in to-morrow':) is-me. At a mooting of tho Christchurch Fartnors Corporative Association, tbe bol lanco-sbeet showed tho net profit for the year to be £8542 Ids Id. The annual general meeting of St. John's Parishoners will bo held in th< Schoolroom to-morrow (Tuesday) even^ ing at 8 p.m. Mr Charles Bray advertises that the time for receiving tenders for felling about 160 acres of land in tho Wanganui Har board Block, has been extended to Saturday next, the 22nd inst. A Dalziel telegram from Buffalo. New York «aya : — Tbe new engine No. 999 oi the New York Central Railway, which has been christened the " New Colum btan," attached to the Euipiro State express, ran 102 miles in an hour between Rochester and Buffalo, breaking the record. Tho inaugural sixpenny popular com cert to be shortly given in aid of the Feilding Firs Brigade, promises to be i great success. A number of local amaeuro assisted by Palmerston friends, wil appear, and a vocal and musical treat oi exceptional interest may confidently tx looked forward to. The bndgo at South street on tho Awa hun road which was carried away by th< recent floods, was well and faithfully built by Mr F. Towler, (who is now tbf porter at the Railway station) some oigh 1 toon yoara ago. lhe number of yean 1 the structure has stood, and the floodi it has successfully resisted, is croditabli to the workmanship of Mr Towler. It is very amusing to note the anxietj of some people in England to send oul financial experts to tho colonies to teach th< latter how to keep books. Why, one Australian colony sent to England i great financier, who combined the fuuc tions of bookmaker nnd bookkeeper named Thompson, who skin nod ahve thi best of his kind iv Europe. Wo have do faith in importing experts all the time On Thursday a deputation consisting of Messrs Tremewen, Fredsberg, Evenson, Bowlings, and G. A»dorson, of Bun nythorpe, waited upon the District Railway Manager of the Wanganui-Palmers-ton section with a view of getting the two mail trains to make a stop at Bunnytkorpe. The manager informed the de. puUtion that he would be in Wellington in tbe course of a day or bo and would place the matter before the Commission' ers when he had no doubt Ihe requesl would be granted. — Mercury. Mr W. Bollvo baa just completed s handsome buggy rug to tho order of a Makino resident. It is made of tho bosl maroon American trimming loathor, tho huiug being a warm woollen check. This is tho first article we have soen of thu description, and we foel sure there should bo a large demand for those kind of goodt and we congratulate Mr Bellve on turning out such a nico specimen of word. A German contemporary states that a very peculiar patient has been under treatment at the Augsburg State Hospital. A man, aged fortj, bad set himsell tho task of swallowing 250 fruit stones. Having finished this extraordinary meal, he experienced excruciating pain. While voder treatment on the first day in tbe hospital the medical men succeeded in removing 200 hazeNnnt stones. The man bad taken all this trouble to place his life in ieopardy for a wager of fire shillings. In ordor to meet the convenience oi horse- breeders and buyers, the United Farmers' Alliance have made arrangements for their Auctioneer, Mr Charles Carr, to hold fortnightly sales of horses at Goldfinoh's Horse Bazaar, opposite Uastie's Hotel. It has been found that owing to the numerous entries of other classes of stock, full justice could not bo done to horses entered at the usual stock sales, and in order to removo that obstacle to that class of businoss the Alliance haa undertakou to hold sales as now stated. Centrifugal cream separators are now so largely used in this country that attention ought to be called to a danger which is always an accompaniment to tbe tonific speed with which the bowl revolves. In Brussels a terrible accidont recoutly occurred at a dairy. A cream separator which had beou recently placed in this dairy, which was capable of a speed of 3000 revolutions a minute. At a tiino whon the bowl was rovolving at the rnto of 2500 revolutions a minute, it suddenly burst, wrecking every thing in the dairy aud seriously injuring four meu and a woman. Few persons realise the tornfic speed with which these bowls re. yolve, or the danger which always exists of tboir bursting uudor pressure,

j Captain Edwin wired to-day : — South weft gales with rain after 12 hours, The Town Clerk notifies that Mr William Franklin - Browne has been granted an Auctioneers license. We have been requested to state that although Mr Lundius may reside in Wanganui, that will not interfere in any way with his duties as Chief Land Banger in this district. The Government intend to expedite the | business of Parliament as much as possible during the week, and hope that the financial debate will be finished by Friday. It is likely that the Premier will speak to-morrow night. A most dolightfnl social gathering took place last Friday evening, advantage being taken by Messrs Eagar & Banson, who have recently opened up a new store at Waitnna West, to invite the settlers resident in that district to celebrate the auspicious event. Unfortunately the weather in Botne measure marred the attendance, but for all that there was a goodly assembly of both sexes, and dancing, interspersed with songs, was kept up with vigor till the small hours of the morning. Both the above gentlemen did their best to make their guests comfortable, and, judging from the hearty cheers which were givon when the party broke up, they must have felt thoroughly gratified at the result. Tho jovial " O'Connor " acted an efficient M.C., and bis efforts in that direction were most i successful. Lastly, a special compliment should be accorded to Mr Jenkins for his , capital rendering of the coster's song, , "Up the Kent road."