Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 250, 27 February 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Maim watu Standard says a slight shock of earthquake was felt in Palmerston at 'J. 25 last night. A meeting of the Feildiug Sports committee will be held at Mr SherwiU's office ou Saturday next. The New Zealand Medical Association will meet at Napier some time next month. Captain Hall will take fifty officers ami jiieu of the Palmerston North Rifles to the Easter Kneawpuient al Porirtia. A meeting of the L'uiou Football Club will be held iv Mr Rosk' room tomorrow night at 7.y0 p.m., to arrange for the reformation of the club. Kxieii.sive additions are made to-day to the list of entries for the Pahnerstou North stock sale of Messrs Abraham and Willianix. Tenders for the stock iv the bankrupt estate of J. C. Morey will close ou Tuesday March Oth not to-day, as mentioned in a local yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel Newall has ordered a special parade of the Manchester Rifles for Thursday next, March Ist. See advertisement. Mr Thompson, piano tuner, from the establishment of Messrs 11. Collier and Co., Waugauui, will visit Feilding and the surrounding districts on or about the 12th of March. By a typographical error in our report of the meeting re the establishment of a creamery at Birmingham the word " Cainpbelltown " was printed for the word "Cheltenham" in the name of the company. We have to thank the courteous secrotary of the Pabaepwioii North TroUiug and Racing Clubs for complimentary tickets lox tfceir meetings ou March 2nd 28th respective*^

Messrs Gorton and Sou advertise entries for their Sandon stock sale on Tuesday March 6th. The privileges of the Sandon Hack race meeting will be sold on the same day. Mr W. H. Smith, the proprietor of the Manawatu Daily Times, was a passenger for the North to-day en route for the Lake Country. We hope his health will benefit by the change. At the Longburn Freezing Works 12,---000 sheep have so far been frozen, and ; an additional 12,000 have already been i promised, so that there is every prosj pect of a successful year's record being accomplished. From 450 to 700 sheep per day are being frozen. Mr Carthew, Mayor of the Borough, left by the mail traiu to-day for Wellington, en route for Christchnrch to attend the Weslcyan Conference to be held there, as the delegate for the SaudonFeilding district. Counterfeit half sovereigns- aro in circulation throughout the district. They are supposed to be introduced by speilers from Sydney. As the imitation coins bear a close resemblance to the genuine article, storekeepers should keep a sharp look-out. — Waipawa Mail. A meeting of the Red Star Football Club was held at Mr F. Bray's last evening. The attendance of members was very good. R. Parr was elected Captain aud W. Smith vice-captain, who with R. Macfarlaue will net as match committee. The first practico will be held on the Oval to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. To aiorrow Mr Charles Carr will sell at the Assembly Rooms, by order of the mortgagees, sections 418 and 414 on the plan of the town of Feilding— with the buildings thereon, — at present in the oc enpation of Mr S. Daw, and section 88 (with building thereon) also in the t»\vn of Feilding, and at present in the occupation of Mrs Noble Last evening when the members of the Wesleyan Church choir were at practice, some Bill y person locked the door of the church. One gentleman got out through one of the windows but he could not 6nd the key, so the same means of exit had to be used by both ladies and gjentletnen. They made tho best of the joke and were much amused at this unexpected and novel experience. The Wairarapa Daily, of Thursday last says : — Mr John Cotter, of. Ashurst, met with a somewhat peculiar and very painful accident on Tuesday last. He is staying with his father-in-law, Mr H. H. Jackson, of Stoucstead, Grey town, aud was getting over a wire fence, when his foot slipped aloug the wire he was standing upon, and he fell over on to the top of a post. The result was a very nasty jar, aud two ribs broken. So far as the preliminary work in con nection with the Wunganui licensing election is concerned the Moderate Party deserve the greatest credit. In selecting their eight candidates, viz— Messrs T. D. Cummins, J. Thain, W. Ritchie, F. A. Krull, S. H. Manson, T. Bnruber. A Hig gj'e, a»d G. V Lethbridga they have shown excellent discrimination, and these gentlemen as Commissioners will meet with public approbation in town and country. — Herald. Last evening Sydney Lankshcajr, who delivers the Fkildincj Star aloug the Ashurst road from Feilding and around Taouui, met w.'t'i a somewhat serious accident. While riding aloug the Taonui road near Mr Adsett's residence in company with Mr Height, his horse fell with him and he received a severe gash in the bead above the right car. Mr J. Marshall, v.ho happened to he returning from Colyion with" the mail a few minutes after the accident brought tho lad to Feildiug in his express and Dr Sorley dressed and stitched up the wound. The members of the Feildiug Wosleyan choir, assisted by several friends, will give a concert and cantata, " Jesus of Nazareth, '' in tho Bunnythorpe Town Hall to-morrow evening, in aid of the Bunnythorpe Wesleyan Church funds. The choir have been practising hard for some time past, so there is every probability of the concert to-morrow evening proving quite as enjoyable as a similar one which was given in Feildiug during Christinas time. We are requested to remind those members of the choir and those assisting who intend goiug, to be in Manchester Square at 6 sharp to-morrow evening, at which time the vehicles will leave. A subscription has been started in aid of the unfortunate mau, &oj*acfc«Alyr, who was accidentally injured while working on the Aoraugi Bridge on Saturday last. The case is one fully deserving of sympathy and assistance. The whole of the ringers of his right hand were so fearfully crushed that they have had to be amputated, so that he will be incapacitated for ordinary work in the future. It is, moreover, only a few weeks since he met with another accident by which his right shoulder aud several ribs were broken. Myr is a steady hard working man. Ho has a wife with nine children entirely dependent on his earnings, and she is daily expecting her confinement. Subscription lists are open at the Post Office, Feilding, and Mr Carthew's shop, Manchester street. Mr Harry Jones, a well-known settler of the Pohaugina district, had a very peculiar and painful experience on Saturday last. He was driving a young cow accompanied by her newly -born first call, to the stockyard, when the latter stumbled into a small hole. Mr Jones .stopped to assist t2ie calf to its foot, when the cow became iufuriafced aud rushed at him, knocking him duwu. While iv this position, Mr Junes, seized one of the animal's fore-legs, and thus prevented it from using its horns upon his body. Finding itself foiled in its usual method of battle, the maddened brute fairly roared in its rage, and kneeling upon j him, seized the prostrate man's leg in I its mouth aud fairly worried it, making a number of bites iv the flesh. Finding t the calf was all right, the brute then ceased its efforts. So far as is known, no bones were injured, but Mr Jones exjierieuced much soreness on the back aud-shouldtr, while the injured leg was horribly bruised. We are informed that tho fact of a cow usiug its mouth in the manner stated is almost unprecedented. — Times. The Blind Musical Students will give a performance iv tho Assembly Rooms on Friday next. Of this company tho Auckland Star says : — In speaking of the exhibition of musical skill given by our visitors yesterday, it is natural that one should be somewhat hwisli iv thoir praise. It is impossible to listen to them without being appealed to by thoir misfortune as well as by thoir talent. As the public arc apt to conclude that our encomiums may be prompted more by sympathy and compassiou than by genuine admiration and appreciation of decided musical gifts, let us say that justice and not mere generosity demands that we should speak iv high terms of j yesterday's performance. Not the least thing that strikes one iv listening to the | players is the tenacious musical memory j they possess. We will not say that we have not been present at more pretentious concerts, heard finer singers and musicians, and seen larger audiences iv Auckland, hut we can honestly say that we never saw an audience on better terms with their entertainers or more genuine in their demonstrations of satisfaction, The blind siugers aud players touch a chord iv every man and woman of their audience which the greatest vocalists or pianists can never reach by thoir mere .Miugiu^ or i>la,yiu;4. Iv tlmir unconscious j power to awake the sympathy of their ) hearers liea the magic of the blind I students.