Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 217, 18 January 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Mr R. E. Beckett's Marton stock sale takes place to-morrow. Mr W. Carthew, Mayor, has been sworn in as a Justice of the Peace. Two miners recently arrived at Coolgardie (W.A.) from Northern Queensland having walked the entire distance, which occupied thirteen mouths. A Paraekaretu farmer, who had unaccountably lost several hives of bees, at length discovered that the losses were due to a kingfisher, which, on being killed, was found to have its crop full of bees. The sparrows are said to have declared war against the bot fly in the Canterbury district, and to this cause the Secretary of the Agricultural Society attributes the fact that the fly is less prevalent this year than ever. Mr Jas Trewin who carried ou business in Sanson sometime ago, and has lately taken a trip to the old country, has just returned, and has decided to commence business iv Feilding, due notice of which will be given in our advertising columns. The Martou amateurs intend shortly to play " The Yeoniau of the Guard," and will perform in Feilding on a date yet to be decided, but probably early in February. Knowing what has been done in that way by Chinamen, the Fossicking Board j in Sydney have started over 2000 of the unemployed to the various gold fields in the colony to fossick. It is not a bad game, and is a long way better than gum-digging. The entertainment wliich is to be given in the Beaconsficld schoolroom to-morrow evening in aid of the school prize fund promises to be a success, and those who intend patronizing it may be sure of a pleasant evening's amusement. The entertainment will close with the amusing farce entitled " Aria Belle." We baye to thank Mr Macpherson, the courteous secretary of tbe Longburn Freezing Works, for a copy of the sum mary of frozen meat exported from JVew Zealand for the six months ended with December last, compiled by P. Cunningham, for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. Iv connection with the Lyou Tourist Company, aud the fact of their not playing in Feilding as announced at Christmas time, Mr Lyou has informed us that the reason they went past Feilding was because Miss Jessie Leon, au important member of the company, was dangerously ill, aud they had to hurry on to Waugauui to get medical advice.

Ginger has been successfully cultivated at Tauranga, and when preserved is said to be equal to the imported article. Commenting upon the woman's meeting held at Dunedin just before the election, at which prayera were offered up that the women might pick good men to represent ihem in Parliament, an irreverent Sydney paper says. " When the average woman starts out to pick a man Divine guidance seems to be about the last thing she thinks of." ; Brassey, the erstwhile New Zealand solicitor, who made the colony too warm for himself, is carrying on the " same old game " in San Francisco, where he was recently arrested for obtaining money under false pretences. He has been making things lively there by passing striugs of valueless cheques on unsuspecting townspeople. The Feilding Permanent Building Society has now been registered, and at the meeting of Provisional Directors held jesterday afternoon at the office of the manager, Mr E. Goodbehere, several proposals for loans were accepted. It is a matter for congratulation that this society has been established on a firm basis, and we feel fully assured that the benefits it will be able to confer cannot be overestimated. Lyon's Operatic Burlesqne Company appear in the Assembly Rooms to-night in their entertainment entitled " Isle of Beauty." The latest songs, medleys, acrobatic sensations, etc., are introduced, but the sensation of the evening will be the " Serpentine Dance " which is performed by Miss Blanche Young. This alone is well worth seeing. To-morrow night there will be a change of programme, when " Faust up to Date" will be staged. Tbe enormous heat which prevailed last summer in the south of France induced an inventive genius in Bordeaux to pro vide his horses w;th straw hats, and the scheme proved so successful that very soon all the cab, 'bus. and cart horses in the neighbourhood were rigged out with similar head-gear. The latter covers the eyes and forehead of the horse, whilst a couple ot openings are left for the ears. A sponge is placed inside the strnw hat. and is moistened with vinegar from time to time to keep the animal's head cool. At first the horses look very strange in their new ng out, but one soou grows accustomed to the sight. With reference to New Zealand the Exeter Gazette says : — " We never could understand the rush of immigration to such countries as Brazil, the Argentine Republic &c, when Englishmen can easily find a home within our own dominions where they speak tlie language and where they may live under an enlightened and just local Government, and be ever certain of an abundant supply of food. As for clothes, well, MiHarris, of Hewill Manor, is wearing a suit of clothes which he bought for 25s in New Zealand. The colony is a long way off but it seems to be a good place when you get there." Mr John Cobbe, the well known drapery and clothing importer, of the brick store, Feilding, has commenced his half-yearly sale of surplus stock, aud being anxious to clear out the balance of his summer goods, he is offering extraordinary bargains. A feature of the sale is the " Ml bundle," consisting of useful remnants of dresses, prints, galateas, flannelettes, etc. An idea of the bargains offered can be gathered on reading an "inset" which appears in to-niglits issue, from Mr Cobbe. The sale will be continued for oue month ouly, so intending purchasers should lose no time in looking through Mr Cobbe's establishment. A case of some interest to friendly societies and members of the medical profession was heard at the Napier R.M. Court on Tuesday. Dr Innes sued John Ross to recover i:4 4s for medical attendance, -vvhice defendant declined to pay on the ground that he was entitled to plaintiff's services as surgeon of Court Captain Cook, A.O.F. It appeared on the sth of May last defendant was found lying on the Taradale road, having either fallen or been thrown from his horse. He was conveyed to the Napier lock-up, charged with drunkenness, and the arresting constable deposed that Ross was undoubtedly drunk. The fall caused iv j urieß which Dr Innes was called to treat Dr Innes took the stand that under rule 137 of the society's laws defendant could not claim to be treated as a ciub patieut, the injuries having been received while he was drunk. This defendant denied, asserting that his fall was due to some sudden seizure. After hearing the evidence his Worship gave judgment for the amount claimed, with costs and expenses amounting to £'1 19s.