Birmingham Notes

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 70, 20 September 1893, Page 2

Birmingham Notes

[from our own correspondent.] What a atorni has been raised by " that meeting " at this " much puffed up place," as one of your correspondents calls our rising township. " Out of evil comes , good," so let us hope that un improvement in the postal service at the local office, a good and true man selected for "our " J.P., 1 and a suitable name found for poor " Bruin " will in due time be the outcome of all the ill-feeling now existing. It is a pity that so much strong feeling should have been manifested over " nothing " A person the other day was leaving by the coach for his home and was requested by his friend, who was seeing him off, to , write and tell him how he got through his journey as he had to go some distance. Says his friend, " Send the letter to Fowlers." "Oh," says the other, " you call this place Birmingham don't you ? " " Yes, I believe that is the name, but the post office people do not know it by that name, so you must put ' Fowlers ' or else it will be sent to England " — and the visitor went off wondering why the place has two names ! This bothers us all. It is to be hoped that the Engineer for the ltoad Board will have that " man trap " or rather " horse trap " opposite Warden Morton's section tilled in at once or else some valuable life will be lost, as the hole is very dangerous to every person riding or driving on the highway. A meeting of cricketers was held on Saturday last, when it was un-inimously decided to join the Cricket Union now beine established. As there is a large membership in connection with the Birmingham CC. it was decided to have two elevens, and thus give tho young players a chance. Perhaps other clubs in the district will do likewise. This would tend to encourage the younger players who nrc left out in the cold, not beinz considered eligible for iir3t-elass matches. Notwithstanding tho very wet seasou we have had, the lo.st.es among sheep in this district are practically nil. Lambs are coming very fast, and a high percentage is anticipated. Apiti is niakine progress in more ways than one. Evidently the Fetllcrs ore men of the right stamp. There has been some talk of a church for Kiwitea. The matter is to be brought forward at the quarterly meeting of the Wesleyan Church to be held at Kiwitea on Tuesday, the 20th inst. A social will follow, at which the Revs Keall and Watkin are expectpd to be present. Several Birmingham singers aro also to tato part.