Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 96, 20 October 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

The Sandon and Turakioa schools have , been closed owing to the prevalence of measles. The heavy gale of wind to-day has done , a considerable amount of damage to the fruit trees. , Women's franchise ' Two ladj teachers i took up the offertory in Trinity Church, i Napier, last Sunday night. Consequently ' the collection was larger than usual. i The engineer for the Wanganui Harbor ■ Board, in connection with the Endow- , ment Block. Mr Bray invites tenders for , public works as dotailed in the advertise , mont. ( A meeting of ladies interested in the return of Mr F. Y. Lethbridge, as representative for the Bangitikei district in , Parliament, was being held in Mr T. H. ( James' office this afternoon as we went , to press. Another New Zealand hero has gone to < his rest, in the person of Captain Thomas . Robert M'Coy, who died at the age of < seventy, and was formerly in the 96th ( Regiment of Foot, and took part in the i New Zealand war of 1846-7. He received i a medal for his services on that occasion. I The attendance at tho parade of the ' Manchester Riflud lust night was not au 1 good as usual owiu^ to the lucleuieut 1 weather. Captain Kirtou received advice ' to-day from Lieutenant Colonel Newall 1 that the rate of capitation tor tv& curteut ' year will be £2 IDs p&i mau. '

Yesterday afternoon a chimney was on fire in the Barracks on Kimbolton road. In a Taranaki paper appears an ad* vcrtisement for a sewing teacher. She salary to be paid is £8 per year ! A Sydney shopwoman writes to the Bulletin : " Some well-meaning persons are clamouring for women to have a seat m Parliament. My wish is more mod* est — I merely ask that they be allowed : a seat in shops." Mr Saudeman, solicitor, land and commission Aftent. of Fowlers (Birmingham), ! inserts a card to-day. The presence of a legal professional gentleman in that rising settlement should prove a great convenience to the residents. There was recently in England a vacancy for a curate in a slum parish. There were five applicants. There was also a vacancy for chaplain to a yacht on a year's crime. There were 500 applicants. We received a communication this morning from Halcombe to this effect : — There is no truth in the statement that M r Richard Pope had regained his sight. 1 Our correspondent informs us the operai Hens were not beneficial. \ The committee of the Societj for the j Prevention of Cruelty to Animals met in ' M r Reade's office last evening. It was I decided to only temporarily engage the ; services of an inspector. Other business I of a routine nature was transacted. i Tlie Christchurch Press and the Weli lington Post intimate that during the I general elections they will report the first speeches of candidates as fully as space permits, but that subsequent reports are to be paid for as advertisements. A man named Horrib was fined £5 and costs at the Dunedm Court yesterday for distributing libellous pamphlets concerning Sir Robert Stout's recent franchise meeting. Defendent stated he found the pamphlets and a half sovereign on his door step. £50,000 were wanted to relieve thesufferora by tbe Victoria disaster ; .£60,000 hard been subscribed, aDd sow tho Daily News and the Lord Major are wrangling as to whether the fund shall be closed. The English philanthropist "moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform.— Truth. The evening train, yesterday, from Wanganui collided with a cow near Gveatford, which resulted in the wheels of carriage behind the mail van being thrown off tiie line. The collision caused some delay, the train arriving in Palmerston forty minutes behind time. An exchange says, Lord Carrington, celebrated when in Sydney for the voluminousness and voluptuousness of his yuwn, is notorious iv England for being able to walk backwards before Queen Victoria more yards without falling than any previous British court flunkey. Mr J. W. Bui lace, manager of the local liranch of tbe New Zealand Clothing Factory, has just received a large consignment of ladies and gents boots and shoes which are now being offered tor sale. A replace advertisement, giving full particulars, will be published to-morrow. The Cake and Apron Fair, to be held on Friday next, promises to be very "uccessful. Special arrangements are being made for the accommodation and the amusement of visitors, and the concert will in itself be sufficiently attractive to secure a crowded attendance in the Assembly Rooms. Claude Hermann's Dramatic Company will appear in tbe Assembly Rooms tomorrow night, as will bo seen by adverti>ement iv another column. The press both in Great Britain and New Zealand cpeak very highly of Mr Hermann's impnrsonations of various actors, and his other estimable qualities. Tbe partnership hitherto existing between Messrs F. and J. Keen, of the well-known and old established business in Fergusson street, has been dissolved by mutual consent, and the business will in future be carried on by Mr Fred Keen. A big clearing sale, to close partnership accounts, is now on. Further particulars to-morrow. At a meeting of the local court of Foresters' held on Wednesday evening last I the quarterly balance sheet was received and adopted. One new member was ad* nutted, and one member accepted by clearance, aud three proposals for admit* tance. held over. P.C.R., Bro T. W. Z Foster was appointed a delegate to represent the Court at the district meeting to be held in Wellington next month. Says tbe Post : A correspondent recently drew attentiou, through ocr columns, to the fact that perambulators were not allowed to pass on the railways as passengers' luggage, but were charged tor as " excess.*' He also appealed to the Railway Commissioners, and has now received a letter from their Secretary stating that it has been arranged that a passenger may henceforth take his baby-carriage as personal luggage. The Engineer to the Pohangina Road Board, Mr H, J. Hayns, invites tenders for makiug 35 chains of drain, and building 5 small bridges in the Pohangina township, Tenders will be received up to 4.30 p m on October 25th at the Palmerston Post office, and at the Board's new office at Pohangina up to 12 noon of October 26th. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Board's office, Feilding, and at Mr Palmer's store, Pohangina. In our illustrated supplement to-mor-row the first chapter of an exciting story entitled "By the Sondor," will appear. Dairy farmers will find some interesting news relating to butter, cheese etc., and fruit and flower growers have also some useful hints given them. Other instructive reading will be found under the head, ings of " science-," " health," " etiquette and farm and garden," otc, in addition to tho usual ruu of funny matter. Experiments aro being made at Hawlicsbury Agricultural Colleec, Jscw South Wales, to test the effect of feeding on tbe milk of cows. Three cows are selected and will be fed on different kinds of foods for a period of nine days The foods will comprise green rape, green or sour ensilage, sweet ensilage, mangels, with a little hay, green lucerne and mixed steam foods, such as bran, chaff, linseed and corn meal. The testing will occupy a little over ten week*, and the milk and butter will be subject to chemical or other tests. The usual weekly meeting of the " Mutual " was held last evening and proved an immense success in every way. Mrs J. C. Thompson read a very ad- ' mirable paper on " Music and Hymnology" to a large and appreciative audience. The essayiste received a well deserved vote of thanks for her instructive and excellent essay. The President (Rev. G . Clement) announced that the next and final meeting of the Society this session would take the form of a fruit soiree and . musical evening. The small charge of : sixpence is to be made for admission to \ cover expenses. ' The new creamery in the Ashurst- f Pohangina district for the Dairy Uaion < is nearly completed. In view of the J opening of the factory a commodious j stockyard is being constructed within ] two or three chains of the site of the creamery bj one of the settlers, Mr K. ] Hopkins. Other people in the vicinity j are also preparing for the opening of the ] creamery, which is to be well supplied with milk. The " up-river traffic " is now considerable, the settling of the township having given a fillip to the l number travelling, and to meet the con* vcnicucc of the settlers a coach has becu t plucfii on tho road. Good averages iv 'J i lie lauibiug are reported by all the settlers a while there is a certain to bo a large 1 lucreute in tbe export of wool from th& f vallry this season. ]