The Feilding Star. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1893. Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 16, 19 July 1893, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1893. Local and General News

♦- Two fresh cases of measles were reported to the Town Clerk yesterday. Mr Shortall, of tho Spur road, has had the misfortuuo to lose four of his cattle owing to their eating tv-tv loaves. Tho attendance nt Messrs Gorton aud Sons Awahuri sale yesterday afternoon was very j*ood, but the bidding was slow and few lots were sold during the sale. A paper on " Columbus," will bo road at the Feilding Mutual Improvement Society to-morrow evening, by Mr Barker. The Wairarapa Times piously says : — Mr Been may or may not be an angel of light, but aa a Jonah his claims are indisputable. The Marton Railway Station is to be removed to tho Hunteryille Juuction, This will be a grout conrenionco to tho travelling public who use tho Huntcrvdlo Lino. It is iutended to keep Arbor Dav at Colyton in a fitting manner. Sovoral settlors have promisod to givo trees for planting iv tho School grounds, and to bo present ou the occasion. A writer iv the Auckland Herald says : "Mr M. C. Smith offered to give Mr Roes 500 votes in Waipawa, and beat him." Wo did not think the Waipawa electors could be so easily disposed of. A man in England, "In the merry month of May," was sentenced to one month's hard labor for biting the tail of a kitten. If he bad " kicked bia wife within an inch of her life " seven days* retirement would have been the sum total of his punishment. Mr W. W. Corpo's butter factory at Campbelltown is being erected very satisfactorily uuder the supervision of Mr Drake, who, wo understand, ia to be work ing manager of the same. Nearly every settler is making extra preparations to supply the factory with milk. All are anticipating a successful run of this factory for Mr Corpe, who deserves it for this enterprising step. Wo have a good deal of grundraotherly legislation in this colony, and thoreforn cun put up with a little- uioro It would b«a" sweotboon," if a Bill were intro duced and mado law. to compel proprietors of circuses, and nil other similur " shows, 'to " act up to their puper." Such a law obtains in several of the countries m Europo and has many advantuges. The bona Jide showman linds it is a protection, whilo to tho " l'ruud," it is i ex.tuu.tiou.

There will be a sitting of the Feilding Stipendary Magistrate's Court at 10 a.m. to-morrow. Mr Peter Bartholomew says he will probably send a Maori team up from Levin to haye a tussle with the Feilding footballers. The Taonui School has had to be closed owing to the prevalence of measles in that district. Captain Edwin telegraphs :— Weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. today— Indications for a hard frost to-night. A contemporary says that at the Mana- j watu Gorge during the lato flood, tho j river rose 37 foot above the water level. 1 This is interesting. Messrs Pickering & Co., had some prime turnip fed wether mutton on view in their shop this morning. The sheep were from Mr Turner's land, and some of them turned the scale at OOlbs. In about three years this country will bo run by " sundowners " unless tbe real working man wakes up. The small farmers in tho Wairarapa nre being oateu out of house and homo by these ** social poets." Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a sale of live stock at Palmerston to morrow. Tho eutries of shoep aro very large and contain amongst other lines, 2000 superior Lincoln ewos in lamb to Carnarvon and Heaton Purk rams. Messrs Ratliff Bros, commission agents report the following sales : — 1 acre in Feilding, with house, from Mr R. London, of Sydney, to Mr T. Wood. A 10-roouied house and \ acre of land from Mr S. J. Thompson to Mr J. A. Thompson. Also, 104£ acres at Birmingham from Mr A. W. Wickes to Mr James Branney, of Wanganui. Mr W. Franklin- Browne, auctioneer, will hold a sale of the furniture and effects of the Roy A. Hermon, who is leaving for Englaud, at tbe Parsonage on Wednesday tho 26th instant. As there will be no reserve ou any of the items tho sale should prove a great success. See advertisement. A meeting was held in Mr Ross' last ovetnng to arrange Cinderella assemblies to bo hold in tho Foresters' nail every fortnight during the season. Last year the ladies started and carried through successfully a series of these dances and this year tho gentlemen are returning tbo compliment. Tho proprietors of tho Oroua Valley Stenm Saw and Planing Mills, Messrs Lowes and Jarvis, of Birmingham, publish a list of prices to-day. Wo hope this new ontorprise will bo a prosperous one, and as thoy have a splondtd forest of timber to druw upon and n mar kot at their veiy doors for their produce, they cannot fail to succeed. The Oamaru Mail is sudden death to people who sell or drink intoxicating liquors, but is quite as uncompromising against water. On Friday, tho 14th instant, the editor said a water supply for Oamaru was better suited for whitewashing tho fireplace than for the human stomach. It the water is as bad as the Oamaru whiskey, no doubt the editor is right. Mr J. B. Hamilton's great selling off has certainly caught on with tho public judging from tho volume of trade that is going on, satisfaction being expressed on all sides with the purchases made. The reductions are so genuine and the stock being so well known for its superior quality, presents a splendid chance for the public to secure cheap and good bargains. Tho Masonic Installation and banquot will take place this evening in the Fore*tors' Hall and Assembly Rooms respoc* tivoly. Thero will be a large attendance of the brethren. Tho Grand Master of the New Zealand constitution of Freemasons, Bro Malcolm Niccol, and Grand Swordbearer, Bro W. R. Franklin, arrived by train to-day to assist at tho core* mony to-ntght. Mr Peter Bartholomew also came up to attend. The wiuter trade being now practically at an end Messrs Davy and Mills of the Red Houso have inaugurated a "shovel), ing out " clearing sale, which is a startling novelty in Feilding. The goods must be sold for two Bound reasons. First, room is wanted to make alterations and additions to the premises, and second, space is required for the Spring Season'B supplies which may come to hand at any moment. Messrs Davy and Mills mean to get rid of their goods if low prices will do it. An important meeting was held at Masterton last Monday evening under tho auspices of the Knights of Labour tbo occasion being a presentation to the Rev. S. J. Gibson, Wesleyan minister. The presentation was on behalf of the Gisborne Assembly of the Knights of Labour. Addresses on advantages of the Order were given by Messrs Hogg, Earnßhaw, Pinker ton, and W. Hutcheson, M.H.Rs., and the Rev. W. Dukes. Professor Smith, of the Army Veterinary School, Aldershot, has been analysing tbe sweat of a horse, and finds it to show great loss of tissue forming substances. Heayy sweats mean loss of tissue and consequent loss of strength. Clipping, Mr Smith remarks, largely prevents thin loss, and reduces the risk of cold and chest diseases. And it has been said by an eminent veterinary surgeon that he regards clipping as equal to an extra pound of corn a day. . Wonderful bargains are tbe order of tbe day, but Mr John Cobbe, of the Brick Store, Manchester-street, is determined not to be behind hand and lisb prepared a list of clearing prices on a scale of liberality never before excelled in this town or district. Pressure on our space to-day compels us unwillingly to bold over the advertisement until to-morrow, but in the meantime we would suggest to our readers, and their friends, to make an early yisit to Mr Cobbe in order that they may take advantage of tho opportunity now presented to them.