Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 252, 1 March 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Mr and Mrs Godfrey, of IJcacousficld, rctui nud to-day from their trip to the Old Country. A Xelsou man rocommeuds that horses be washed with a preparation of walnut leaves to protect them against the bot fly. Two West Coast papers are having trouble with one another on the subject of " haggis " —a truly awful thing to quarrel about. Notice is given to-day of the transfer of the business of Messrs Woolveu and Nisbett, of Feildiug, butchers, to Messrs H. Rutherford and Son. Irish railways carry more first-class passengers than any other country in the United Kingdom. England heads the list in third-class passengers. Blondiu, who has almost completed his 70th year, seems proof against advancing age, for he utill goes through bis thrilling exploits on the rope. The following new books have been added to the Feikliug Public Library, viz : — Delectable Duchy, by Q.; Doctor Pallesco's Patient, by G. Allen : Prince Ricardo, by A. Laing; Many Inventions, by Rudyard Kipling. Class C of tUe Mauchpstor Rifles held a competition yesterday afternoon when Richards won with 75, 4;i at 200, aijcl JJ2 at y00; Card 07, 37 at 200, and «J0 at UOQ. Member* of A, and 1). Classes had some practice, aud sonic good scoring was made. A contrast. JohuHtonc got two ycaw for embezzling £5000 from the Mel. bourne Permanent Building Society. John Jones, laborer, with sick wife and child, was at Middlesex Assizes, sentenced to four years' penal servitude for " burglariously eufccriug a shop aud stealing fruit preserves, &c»"

The Feilding Borough Council will meet this evening. Two Cape of Good Hope stamps, known as the "penny blue error," at a sale in London realised i.'loo. The Manchester Rifles will be inspected this evening by Lieut.-Col. Newall. All absentees, unless with leave, will be fined. Mr and Mrs Hopkins gave the Church of England Sunday School children of | the Pohangiua school a treat in their grouuds last Friday, and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. The weather was beautiful. j The Defence Department have uotified all the employees in the stores department that their services will not be required after March 31st. Those who have received this notice number eighteen, Captain S. C. Anderson, defence storekeeper, being the only one excepted. Mr Charles Carr disposed of by aucin the Assembly Rooms yesterday afternocn, by order of the mortgagees, sections 413 and 414, containing one acre in the township of Feilding, to Mr T, Lowes for X'l9o. Section 88, containing 3r l.ip was " knocked down " to Mrs Noble at £•91. There were eighteen applications from 13 persons, mostly maories, for the village settlement sections at Momobaki yesterday, three sections not beiug applied for* Mr Fred Pirani, M.H.R., entered a protest against allithe applicants on the ground that they could not comply with the declaration required to be made under the Order-in-Council. The Feilding Football Club will hold a meeting in the Empire Hotel on Saturday evening next at 8 o'clock. As this will be the first meeting of the season and an important one, it is absolutely necessary that all members, and intending members, should attend. There is every probability of Feildiug putting a strong team in the field this season to do battle for the club. The Unionists' Football Club held a meeting in Mr Ross' room last night, when it was decided to re-form the club, which was a success in every way last year. Mr W. Gosling was reelected secretary, and Mr J. Walton was appointed Captain. After other officers were elected, and routine busines trausacted, the meeting adjourned till next Monday night. The first practice is to be held next Wednesday. The two-storied building which Mr lirennau is having erected at the corner of Manchester and Fergussou streets, will, when completed, be a very imposing one. The contractors are making capital progress with their work, and should in a few weeks time be out of the building. The ground floor will be divided into three spacious shops, whilst upstairs fine loft y offices will be provided. ! When finished, the shops will doubtless soon be occupied. To show how well Mr J. E. Henry, the Prince of Haudicappers, concealed the winners iv yesterday \s races, at Palinerstou, and how far the " knowing ones " were out of it, a remarkable fact is, that, out of six sets of " tips " by the sporting writers of the Feildino Star, Manawatu Times (2), Manawatu Standard, N.Z. Times, and N.Z. Refereo (the latter the sporting authority of the colony) not a single winner was picked. This morning shortly after 8 o'clock a stable and shed in Grey street, the property of Mr Miiham caught fire. It was noticed by Mrs Milson (senr) before the flames had got a very strong hold, and the alarm was at once given. Messrs Heusou, Smith, and Peach, with the assistance of Mrs Miiham and Mrs Milsou promply put it out with buckets of water. The fire started iv the stable amongst some straw but no cause can be assigned. The contrast between Taranaki and Wanganui is striking. Wanganui has no breakwater but send 6 frozen meat direct to England ; Taranaki has a breakwater yet sends her produce for the English market bj rail to Wellington. We never accused the Wanganui people of having too much enterprise, or ev§n common sense, as far as developing the capabilities of their port is concerned, but they are far ahead af their Taranaki rivals in that respect. The idea of the Taranakis expecting the Premier to dictate to the agents of the steamer Gothic as to what freight the ship should or should not take is " too delicious for anything." Concerning the performance of the Blind Musical Studeuts in Wanganui the Herald says:— The programme was received in a manner decidedly flattering to the performers. Although, naturally, the sympathies must be awakened by noting the calm and quiet manner which the performers comport themselves under their very sad affliction, and pity is engendered by their evident helplessnoss, these feelings quickly give place to one of admiration for the gifts they possess as musicians. And in demonstrating this they conclusively prove that their talents are of a very versatile order. Our readers are reminded this company will appear in the Assembly Roomg here to-morrow evening. It is strange tliat while the Railway authorities arranged the trains on tho Napier and Fox ton lines to suit the patrons of the PaUnerston races, aud advertised the same, those on the Wangauui line were left severely aloue. The first J train to reach Palmerston from Wan- ' gauui only arrives a few minutes before j noon and consequently it is almost iin- | possiblo to reach the course in time to see the first race. In the evening the last train, as usual, leaves at 5.30., consequently at least one race has to be missed in order to catch it comfortably. We certainly think this lino is eutitled to some consideration, ami we think it would pay the Commissioners well to take the hint for future meetings.