Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 17, 20 July 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

Tho Farmers' Alliance will hold a stock ealo in their Campbolltown yards tomorrow. Major Kemp will be a candidate for the Western Maori District at the next general election. — Herald. Captain Edwiu telographs :— Woathor forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. today — Indications for frost to night. We hear that another sawmill is about to be erected near Apiti by Messrs Marsh & Co. Mr W. F. Marsh is nothing if not enterprising. The settlers in Apiti (ire finding out the advantage of having a local blacksmith in their midst, and Messrs Rankm & Son are already well employed. Messrs Manson have disposed of another section containing about 25 acres of their Edinkillie Park Estate to Mr V. Cronin at £10 10s au acre. The lnrg«»Bt newspaper ever issued was the New York World of May 7th, which consisted of 100 pases, tho first and last being a wrapper printed in color*. Those who are in the know say there are one hundred varieties of Scotch ginghams thin year, but the varieties of Scotch whiskey are innumerable. Which article is tbe most fashionable this deponent sayeth not. Two gentlemen wore recently conversing m a tirst class railwaj carnage on the Waogauui lino A passenger soated opposite ventured to loquiro how far Feilding was from the next station and was quickly informed that it was just 12 miles from " Speilertown." This was certainly rough on " Tho Chicago of tho South." To-day's Chroniolo snys— Acting in accordance with instructions received from the Educntion Department, the Wanganui Board are issuing circulars to all teachers under their Jurisdiction, re* questing them to forward return* show* iog tbe working storage for the June quarter. On Tuesday last as Mr A. Fredsborg was driving homo from Bunnythorpe, his horse stopped as he waa going up a oteep hill and started to back, eventually going over tbe embankment. Mr Frodsberg foeing tho danger jumped out of tho trap and escaped without id jury, but tho trap was conwderablj kuooked about. A party of Feilding natives bagged 300 pigeons at Apiti last week. It is stated that the Maoris disregard the law in respect to shooting out' of season. If this is so, it should be stopped. Indeed it is a question whether native game should not now be further protected by being placed on the same footing as imported game, both to natiyes and Europeans. There are fashions even in politics. At one time it is Bible reading in schools, at another Freetrade or Protection, at yet another whether tho Roman Catholics shall bo allowed to have their own contributions to the revenue spent on their children being educated according to their own particular system, and now prohibition or the Direct Veto occupies the pride of place in tho fashionable world of politics. In a case having referenco to magazines, " A tmrobor of the fooroo,' 1 m a country town m tbo South Island, was asked in Court if he read " All tho year round." The question seemed to puzzle him, but au answer being iasuted on, ho replied with the utmost gravity, "No jour Worship, for I ato, slape, and do my bate all the year round." Needless to say everyone m Court wis convulsed with tbu highly original and unconsciously amusing answer. A sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court was held in the Courthouse, Bulls, on Tuesday, when A. Amon, J. MeKelvie, A. Scott, and G. Yorke, were charged under section 49 of " The Defences Act, 1886," by Robert McKenzie, captain of the Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteer Corps, for being absent from parades held at Bulls during the 25th to BOth March, 1893. Defendants were found guilty and fined £1 10s each.— Advocate. Some few years ago Mr Joe Thompson the well-known Australian " pencillor " was a passenger on a steamer which experienced an excoptioually stormy passage. One of tho sailors on being esked if the passage was really as rough as had been stated, replied, '• Lor bless you, sir, it was that 'ere rough that Joo Thompson the " bookie " wen down ou his blooming knees aud prayed." Evidently it must have been a •• sneezer " that brought Joe down on his marrow bones. Aa English butcher states that the tendency of New Zealand sheep- breeders is to produce too much fat, and this he attributes to the use of Lincoln and Romney Marsh iheep. He thinks the New Zealand breeders ought t> be content witb less wool and better mutton, considering the English consumers go more for lean meat of good quality nowadays than formerly, and he recommends a more ex tensive use of the Down varieties of sheep, which produce by far the best do* scriptiou of mutton. Tho Napier News says — Teachers are notaa a rule the most perspicuous writers, and occasionally some of these learned persons perpetrate funny solecisms, ambiguities, and tho like. An cutrj from a teacher's log read last ereninc at tke school committee meeting proved a poser to that body nnd its officer — • Two bun* dred and three children in charge of three pupil teachers, or vice versa.' All tliat was left for the committee to judge was that sometimes the three teachers took charge of tbe 203 children, and that at other times the position was reversed, and the children, took charge of the teachers. There is on view in the window of Mr Jamos Eleriu just now a turnip of exceptionally largo size. lUj weight if 231 b, and it was Rrown at Terras by Mr John Mucrafi. It is worthy of note, perhaps, that tlm largo turnip was grown in a patch of ground turned up by ono of Messrs Reid and (lray*« digging ploughs, whero companion turnips, if not of equal size at least of fairly large proportion, were raised. Alongside in tho same field hi tho same kind of soil, and sowed with I the same seod, but where the ordinary plough was used, tho average size of the tubers was about a man's Hit only. Hero ia proof positive of the good resultiug from deop ploughing. — Ciomwoll Argus.

Tbere will be mass in St Bridget's, Feilding, on Sunday next at 8 a.m. A meeting will be held at Bunnythorpe on Saturday evening, in connection with the question of separation from the Manawatu Road District. Mr Alexander Higgie has been promised strong support if he will contest the Wanganui seat at the general election in the interests of the Opposition. Mr F. J. Mtinsell notifies that he has empowered Mr J.y-P. Cowie, of fche Mftkino Store, to collect all accounte due to the former in connection with the Makino business. Wo direct the attention of our readers to the special advertisement of Mr John Cobbo' in to-day's issue. Judging by tho bargains offered the brick store should bo the centre of attraction for some time to come, Mr P. Scheldt, chairman of the Bunnythorpo school committee, has, at the request of tho Minister of Agriculture, convened a meeting to bo held on Saturday evening uoxt to consider tho best moans of colobrating Arbor Day at Bunnythorpe. Mr Scheldt has alroady been promised a number of trees. Mr A. Hickford performed a smart fent last night iv connoction with the Freomason's banquet In an hour and forty five miuutos he opened twenty seven dozen oysters, or at tho rate of a dozen in just over three mmutcs. We think this is a record for Fuilding. Tbe publio would be extremely grate I ful to the Railway Department for a littlo attention i to the road approaching tho goods shed. As put bja carrier, it is the best used and worst kept road within the Borough, Wo would also direct attention to the perpotual puddlo at their hitching post. Mr Hopkins, representing Messrs Grace Clarke & Co., of Talmerston North, has placed two more of the popular Wertheim Sewing Machines in Feilding, one of tho "Factory Elastic" with Mr M. Belfit, and the other with Mr W. Bellve, the latter being " Jones No. 4," both being of tho very latest type. Tbe trustees of Iho Wosleyan Church, Birmingham, held a meeting last week, nnd it is intended to hold the anniversary services on Sunday, 24th September, when the Rev- W. Keel and Mr G. Grant will be expected to preach on the occasion A tea nnd publio meeting will be held ou tbe following Wednesday.