The Feilding Star. Published Daily. Friday, march 2, 1894. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 253, 2 March 1894, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Published Daily. Friday, march 2, 1894. Local and General News.

There is a vacancy iv the Manchester Rifles for au elegible recruit. Train arrangements for the Wanganui Races will be published to-morrow. We have to acknowledge receipt of the Railway Time Table for the current mouth, The Marylobone (England) vostry has bought 75,000 blocks of Tasmaninu stringy bark for road paving. The price paid was £0 per 1000,

i A man named Groabe was killed last night at Booth's saw mill, at Carterton. Following are the yital statistics for the district of Palmerston North for the month ending Februarj 28(b, J894: — Births, 21 ; deaths, 5; marriages, 10. A sacred concert will be given on Sunday afternoon by the Blind Musical Students in the Assembly Rooms at three o'clock. Admission will be by a silver coin. Prior to tin entertainment to be given by the Blind Musical Students this evening, the Feilding Brass Band will render a few selections of music in tronfc of the Hall, commencing at 7.30 sharp. The Foxton Amateui* "Pinafore " company made a profit by their performance of £8 8s 9d, which, with the Government subsidy, will represent the sum of .£lB for the Palmerston Hospital. Well done Foxton. Mr G. W. Fowles has been appointed agent for Feilding and district, of Messrs J. Sexton and Co., of the " Southern Cross" Cycle Manufacturing and Importing Company. Mr Treweek, on behalf of the Longburn Freezing Company will visit the Cheltenham and Kiwitea districts to-day and remain until Wednesdaj* next to draft any fat stock farmers may desire to freeze at the Factory. Natafcor's stock were very nucccsnfu} at yesterday's races at Palnierstou. The winners of three out of the first four races, viz,, Variety, Narrate and Swift all own him as their sire, but are all by different dams. Owing to the increase of goods traffic at the Feilding station, and the fact that wool export for next season will be nearly double that of the season now almost closed, the goods shed will have to be enlarged at an early date. Mr James Mackay, of Strathreay, Kimbolton Road, advertises that he has found running in his paddocks about twenty ewes of various marks. If not claimed in eight days and expenses paid, they will be sold at the risk of whom it may concern. A meetiug of the directors of the Halcoin be cheese factovy was he Miasfcc veiling to confirm the resolution relative to increasing the capital of the company and to appoint new directors. Mr J. I) iffy was appointed chairman. Our readers are reminded of the entertainment to bo given in the Assembly Rooms this evening by the Blind Minstrels. FiXchauges speak well of the abilities of the company and a musical treat should be afforded the music loving public of Feildiug. Mr Smith, manager in this district for Mr Osborne, of Christchnrch, went to "Wanganui to-day to get the new wellboring plaut which is expected to arrive there from Christohurch. Mr Smith will probably return to Feilding with the plaut on Monday and a start to sink for artesian water will bo made on Ma2jchester Square next week. A meeting of net-tiers interested in the erection of a dairy factory in the Hubterville district was hold at Sullivan's Hotel last night. There was a good attendance of dairy farmers, and a provisional committee was formed to canvass the district for shares, and also to ascertain the number of cows obtainable. There is every prospect oi the company being started at an early date. When Mr Hamilton makes an effort to effect a clearing sale lie has a knack of succeeding. It is his rule on such occasious to so adjust his prices that the requirements of everyone arc met. The articles lie offers arc good, and as they are marked at sacrificial prices they cannot fail to prove an irresistable attraction. As an evidence of this we ask our readers to respond to the invitation given by Mr Hamilton iv our wanted column to-day. At the conclusion of tho Borough Council meeting last night Cr Sandilands stated hat he was very pleased with the accession of Cr Bray to the Council. The Council had long been in want of such a man, as he possessed considerable knowledge of public works, and the information which he would be in a position to supply would be of great benefit to them. Cr Sandilauds remarks >yere endorsed by other members of the Council. Mr Haycock, of Nelson, has forwarded to the Department of Agriculture samples of roofing felt and other products which he has manufactured from the waste tow of the New Zealand flax. These samples have been sent in accordance with a recommendation made by the Select Parliamentary Committee on Industries which sat last session. The Flaxmillers' Association of the Manawatu have been requested to examine the products.— N.Z. Times. A curious question has been raised over the Hawke's Bay election. It is stated that about fifty persons who voted at a place called Ashley-Clinton find their names struck off .the roll as though they had not voted, and they and the friends of Mr Reardon, the defeated candidate, want to know whether their Notes were counted by the principal returning officer. If not, they suggest that Captain Russell was not elected properly, and they ought to have the election over again. The jGeneral Medical Council has decided to commence the preparation of a new edition of the British Pharmacopoeia which Hhall not only fix tho quality and strength of all natural and compound drugs used iv Great Britain and Ireland, as before, hut shall also be the standard for India and our colonies, the really valuable native drugs being recognised. The aid of medical and pharmaceutical authorities is sought. Professor Attlitld, F.R.S., the pioneer in this Imperial extension, is to be the editor. The proposals to arm the Sydney police with revolvers is received with disfavour in some quarters, and a correspondent suggests " the two- balled lariat." A man skilled and trained iv the use of this, by throwing the bulls round the legs of a running man, could bring him heavily to the ground at a distance of 10 to '20 yards ; and there would be time to put on handcuffs before he recovered from the shock. It would be equally efficacious with a runaway hor.se." According to the census there were over 1,000,000 widows iv the I'uited Kiugdom, and v preponderance of 806,721! women over meu, while there were no fewer that 1,709,00;") female servants in England and Wales. But who would have thought of finding amongst the women of England sixty-nine female merchants, three female bankers, 760 female brokers and agents, sixteen female bill discounters and financial agents, I JBS wholesale buyers (with eleven under fifteen years of age), 16/5 female commercial travellers, J7.809 female ."clerks, 660 journalists and J'27 reporters, besides y,- - 6(.)6( .)6 on the stage, " with a large preponderance under tweuty ? " Mr A Wilson called on us to-day copcerniug the worm or grub, found in the heads of certain sheep, and informed us that he has known of the existence of this for sonic seven or eight years, lie is of opinion it is introduced by a fly entering at the nostrils and depositing its eggs there.. The effect on the sheep is very painful, so much so that Mr Wilson has known cases where they have rushed into water aijd drowned themselves, whether intentionally or not, of course Mr Wilson dioea not kiijow. ft is very common in the Tara-fiaki and Waugauui grazing districts, Mr Wilson has observed that when theso Hies are about the sheep may bo aeon showing tjie.s^ine signs of uneasiness that hor^ea do iv the presence of the bet by.

Owing to pressure on our space we arc compelled to hold over a quantity of reading matter, including the Wellington Land Board report. At a, meeting of shareholders in the Cheltenham Dairy Company, held on Wednesday eveniug last, the resolutions re the increase of capital from .£2OOO to £5000 by the issue of new shares aud the alteration of clause 8 of the Articles of Association were confirmed. j Mr Trewin, who has taken business premises next to Mr Higgin's chemist's shop, will open to-morrow with a remarkably well assorted stock of gentle men's, ladies', and children's boots and shoes of every fashion ; and from the most popular manufacturers in the Colony and in Europe. One of Lobengula's fighting indunas who took part in the recent engagements has de-enbed the effect of the fire from the Maxim guns in tho following words : — " 1 led my men on, but saw them fulling like cut corn. We then baited, knolt and fared; but still they fell. We lay down protected by our shields ; but most of the remainder were killed. So I crawled away and fled."