Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 268, 20 March 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

« The Cheltenham Dairy Company sent to Wellington to-day for shipment nix tone of butter. We have been requested to state that the Wesleyau choir practice will be held i to-morrow evening, instead of Friday. Mr Arthur Baker a partuer in the firm I of Bannatyne and Company, who died j at Wauganui recently, left i' 60,000 to Mrs Kruil. Messrs A. Pallant and Co. received, at their Feilding branch, this morning, two cases of men's watertight shooters and bluchers. Mr Carr held a sale to-day of the furniture and effects of J. C. Morey, a bankrupt, in the former dwelling house of the hitter. The bidding was spirited and the prices realised from fair to good. The annual social of the Martou Fire Brigade takes place at that town this evening. An open invitation has been received by the members of the local Brigade, and it is probable that a number will avail themselves of it. At Mr Carr's sale yesterday, Mr Phelpbs, of Sandou, purchased the house formerty occupied by Mr Morey, in Derby street, for A'4so. Mr S. Goodbehere was the purchaser of the section in Manchester street, adjoining his property there, for X'7o. The sale held yesterday by Messrs Gorton and Son, at Campbell town, at Mr Wilson's farm was a great success. Ab an instance of the value now placed on dairy stock, owing to the establishment of Mr Corpe's factory, a cow, which was sold a year ago for 12 15s, realised X' 7 10s. Jfapoieou Bonaparte lias two royal successors on the Island of St Helena. They are Dinizulu, t{;e son and heir of Cetawayo, the Zulu King ; a^d Undabuko brother of the same monarch. The climate of St Helens, obliges them to wear a blanket or some heavy covering much of the time. It in doubtful whether they will ever leave their islawl prison alive. Rewi, the great Maori Chief, in a recent conversation with the Rev Mr Gifc. tos, says : — *WYou pakehas have always blamed the Maori for the murder of the Key J, WWtely, at Whitecliff. The Maori never did $h$X deed. It was done by a European—^ai^akehjt.^Jaori." Rewi on being further questioned, Eeaosej.tcd. what he said, and gave the name of the European. Rewi was baptised by the liey Archdeacon Williams, but when at Kawhin U& tmtpfp;} the Wesleyau communion, bciujj ouo of {ho Jipv J. Whjtc-

At a sale held at the Feilding pound ' yesterday twenty sheep were sold at the average price of lid per head. , Captain Edwin says there are now evidences of the weather being generally fine until the 24th instant. We regret to learn that Mr Dias, formerly of Turakina, lies dangerously ill at tbe private residence of Mr Estoveu Bellvo. The weight of Musket (Bsfc 61bs) In the Wiuter Oats Handicap was omitted from the list of handicaps for the Feilding races. A meeting of publicans in the Rangitikei Licensing district was held in Feildiug yesterday afternoon in anticipation of the election to-morrow. We have to thank the secretary of.the Feilding Jockey Club, Mr E. Goodbehere, for a complimentary ticket for the Easter Race Meeting. Mr Edwiu Saudeman, of Birmingham, solicitor and land agent, has au advertisement in to-day enumerating the several properties placed in his hands for disposal. Miss Heald, dressmaker, inserts a notice to the effect that she has commenced business as a dressmaker in premises next to Mr E. Martin's Temple of Fashion, Kimbolton road. The temperance demonstration committee met last evening and made final arrangements for the procession and demonstration in Feilding on Easter Monday. There is every probability of this being much larger and of greater importance than the one last year. In France the claim of the medical j man on the estate of a deceased person has precedence over all others. This partially explains why burials are always j completed in that country within twenty j four hours after the death of the patient. Messrs Woolven and Nisbett notify that as they have now dissolved the partnership hitherto existing between them as butchers, all claims against the late firm must be sent in not later than April 2nd, or they will not be acknowledged. All accounts due to the firm must be paid forthwith. It was rumoured in Feilding yesterday that some undesirable characters had either acquired or were about to acquire a property in the town. If the rumour is well founded we hope the police and municipal authorities will move in the direction of preventing what would be a calamity to the Borough. Dr Parker, of the City Temple, has spoken. He states that 1894 will be one ot the brightest in all the history of Eng- [ laud. A bright white light fills the whole country in every corner. Russia will also I have great prosperity, and will make a great advance upon herself. But Germany, especially North Germany, will have a hard time of darkness and suffering. A correspondent writing from Melbourne says: — "Our pro -poet of a fruit crop id all destroyed. Birds tako tbe plumH, and swept off all the cherne* ; oidium sp lls the grapes, codlin moth tbe apples, leaf sluts tbe ppur*, black spot the apricots, and the cabbage bhuht is as bad us it was the worst years we were at Connor Creek (forty years at'O, when a dray load of clean cabbages was sold wholesale U>t 24s a dozen)." Mr A. Williamson, tailor, notifies by an advertisement that he will visit Waituna to-morrow, with a good stock of patterns, aud will be prepared to receive orders for all kinds of tailoring. It is Mr Williamson's intention to make periodical visits into the country districts around Feilding, aud as he keeps a capital assortment of goods, and is well known as a first class tailor, country residents who cannot conveniently get into town will doubtlessly appreciate his enterprise. We are pleased to be able to state that the condition of Mr R. S. Abraham's health has considerably improved, and he is now in a fair way to recovery. For all that, it is not anticipated that Mr Abraham will be able to return to Palmerston for another fortnight at the earliest. We have been requested to mention that owing to Mr Abraham's unfortunate detention at Waugauui he has been unable to take any part whatever in tho contest for the election of the Licensing Committee. — Times. Writing of the Marton Caledonian Sports, "Victor," in the Wangauui Herald, says: — There was nothing sensational done, and the only event which calls for special mention is the 120 Hurdles, the result of which was a win for W. H. Arnott, of Wellington, who jumped in splepdid style, aud beat H. Cameron, after a close finish, by about a foot. A. W. Watts had to be content with third place, but it is only fair to say that the Feilding hurdler was not well, and I still incline to the opinion that he is a capable of defeating either Aruott or Cameron when properly fit. I do not wish to detract from the merit of Arnott's performance, but it is a wellknown fact Watts is still suffering from the severe cold which he contracted just prior to the Feildiug sports. The sun was sinking in the west, for tho very excellent reason that it can't sink anywhere else, when a weary, footsore, and hungry follower of the " larup of day " arrived at the house of a lady, near Feilding, who is noted for her kindliness of heart. Without listening to his " pitiful tale," she told him to " Come inside and have something to eat, poor fellow." The " poor fellow " with a sniff and a "Thanks Mam " carefully placed a swag, and a parcel he had carried in his hand, down by the door step, and entered the house, where an abundaut meal meal was placed before him. For a starving man his appetite was a singularly poor one, and the lady was quite sorry that he could not do more justice to the food, seeing ho " had not broken his fast since the previous day." In the meantime an inquisitive rooster had been investigating the paper parcel, and, with a judicious kick and pick, had torn apart the fragile covering of paper, and disclosed a loaf of I bread in first-class condition. With a triumphant crow he called his wives and their families round him to partake, ' and they joined in the welcome feast with every fowl expression of gratitude and delight. The moral is obvious. 1 The fat sheep, which was the object of a guessing competition in Feilding yesterday, on being killed and weighed turned the scales at 170^1bs. The nearest guesses to the weight were Mrs P. Thomson and Mr J. Patterson, who each guessed 1701bs, and Miss E. M. Reid was next with 17Ubs. The lowest guess was 501bs aud the highest 2341b5. As Mr Patterson had left the town before the sheep was killed, it was sold for 12s, aud Mrs Thomson gave her share of the prize to the Hospital Fund. Tliore wore J. 54 guesses at one shilling each, and after paying expenses the sum netted was i' 7, to which is added the 12s from the salp of the sheep. The Palmerstou North Hospital authorities will, no doubt, bo very thankful to Mr Carr, who took hq much interest in working up aud carrying out so successfully the competition, for the material assistance to their fuuds, Mr Carr to-day forwarded the sum of 47 12s to tjie Secretary of the Hospital with the request that it should be expended in tho purchase of an iuvalid's chair, to be remembered as a present from Feildiug. With the addition of the Government subsidy of it' 2to Hi, thp handsome aum of £22 l(>s has been raised .1014 comparatively nothing but Mr Can's energy! "