Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 277, 2 April 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Yeßterday was All Fools' Day, and many veterans were reminded of the days of their youth by being sold — the fair sex were, of course, the principal operators on the victims, During the Easter holidays the ever popular Sam Daw ran a coach with four spanking greys, from Raugiwahia to the Feilding races. He was well patronised, and the visitors were delighted with the trip. Notice is given by the Returning Officer, Mr G. C. Hill, that no candidate having come forward for the vacancy in the Borough Council, he has extended the time to Wednesday, the 11th inst., to receive nominations. The following is a list of the cases set down for hearing at the nexc sitting of tho District Court:— Civil business - Trask v Railway Commissioners, motion for a nonsuit; Mansou v Hammond, claim .£llO for alleged wrongful conversion of Bheep ; Axup v Fergusson, claim .£47 7s for commission ; Uaiubridgo v Ewing, claim A'4l 17s 4d, money alleged to have been paid iv error. Bankruptcy business J. C Morey, public examinatiou ; J. C. Morey, motion for costs ; B. Sheerin, motion for costs ; W. Christensou, continued public, examination; R. H. Newth, application for discharge ; Thompson and Co., motion by Walter Simpson for return by D.O.A. of certain goods.— Manawatu Times.

At about 1.40 this morning there wan a smart shock of earthquake, tho rumbling of which lastedsome 10 seconds or so. To-day's Chronicle says : —We aro sorry to record the death of Mrs F. Field the third daughter (Clara) of the late Mr D. Kitchen. To-day Mr Weightman, the wellknown gardener and florist of Awahuri, left at our office a most beautiful colleclection of dahlias. A resident in Pemberton has so much of the milk of human kindness in his disposition that the neighbors expect ho will start a dairy factory soon, and ran it single handed. Entries are advertised for the Palmerston North sale of Messrs Abraham and Williams on the sth inst, and additions are made to the list of entries for the CoyTtou sale of the firm. Captain Edwin wired at 12.25 p.m today : — Weather moderating soon ; indications for west and west to south-west winds after 16 Lours from now ; and glass falling. The Australian papers don't all like New Zealand, and one of them has had the insolence to apply the term "muliebrity ". to our people. This because of the women's suffrage. A singular accident is reported from Auckland. A little son of Mr Earle, grocer, went into th«s back yard, when a rooster flew up and pecked him in the eye, injuring it to such an extent that the sight has been destroyed. An loacgahua young lady had a tootii drawn recently. Soon after an abscess began to develop in the neck. The abscess which wns associated with the operation, so medical opinion affirmed, burst, blood poisoning set in, and deuth ensued. A reminder for the young ladies now crowding out professions and trades. When a man earns a decent income he, almost invariably takes a wife, and so gives a woman more or less a permanent billet. But a woman does not relieve the labour market of a man when she begins to rake in the coin.— Sydney Bulletin. A young couple were driving on the Kimbolton road a few days ago, and thinking more of each other than the horse, were suddenly precipitated into the depth of a bush gully. Neither of them was hurt, although the lady was somewhat startled. The trap was knocked about, and much paint removed by contact with the scrub. The members of the Manchester Rifles will commence firing for the Ladies Bracelet on Wednesday morning and afternoon at the usual times. The handicaps will appear in to - morrow's j issue. Members who have joined the corps since the nomination closed, and wish to compete, are requested to send -their names in to the Secretary of the Shooting Committee at their earliest convenience. Mr S. Lowe, the Government Dairy Expert, thinks there is a good market in London for frozen poultry, which shou'd arrive as chickens iv March, April, and May, or, better still, by the middle of February. Ducks could be included, but both must be property dressed bef<>re freezing. Ordinary fowls such as v cross between game and dorking, in good con dition, would realise 4* to 6a a pair, ana docks 5 3 to 7s. A female teaoher at the Hiwaka school in the Nelson district had occasion to chastise one of the pupils for gross misbehaviour in the school. The mother of the child thereupon marched down to the school and inflicted upon the teacher a severe thrashing with a supplejack. The offender was brought to Court, and was only mulcted in a fine of 10s and costs, with the alternative of three days' imprisonment in Nelson gaol. The Bush Advocate is responsible for the following : — A • jockey ring ' is said to carry on operations at some of the race meetings held in a certain part of the North Island. It is said that when tbe leading spirit of the ' ring ' is pre- j sent at a meeting one of the day's < events is made ' a jockey's race,' and is run as the ' ring ' may decide, tho winner of course being the horse which the 4 ring ' has backed. The unusual and rather novel spectacle of a minister of religion turning bill-sticker was witnessed in Kutnara recently, when the Rev J. Smith, in the interest of temperance, was observed making his way to the various boardings in town, armed with a dipper full of paste and a roll of bills. Tbe rev gentleman soon made the town look quite gay. If the Licensed Victuallers showed half as | much enthusiasm as this, there would 1 be no doubt as to the result. — Kumara j Times. j Sajs the Chronicle. — As indicative of what can be done in the way of loading the direct boats lying in the roadstead, we may mention that the Wanganui Freezing Works put on board tbe s s Hawkes Bay no less than 14.683 carcases of sheep and lambs between Saturday night and Wednesday morning last. There were also shipped 200 ca>ka of tallow and 140 bales <f wool. This is not a bad record when it ta remembered that our tenders hay« to work by tides. During the melon season in Persia a few years ago, a soldier picked a melon and devoured it without paying the pea sant the stipulated price Tho peasant went to cotnnlaiu to Messoud Muzo tbe Sbah'e eldest son, whose ear is always open to tho lowest. After listening to bin plaint, he eaid : " Well then you shall have justice. I will test tbe matter t«> the core Bring in the soldier " The gormandising soldier was brought in "Cut him open," he said to the executioner : '' if there is a melon inside, you get your money ;if not, off goes your head " The soldier was cat open, the melon found, and the peasant paid. Napoleon relics are going off so well in tbe salerooms in Paris just now tha' tbe demand seems to be creating a supply. At the sale at the Hotel Drouot, the Pans Mart, of the collection of the late Dr Molloy, there whs one item thus described : — " 63. Ornamented cbina cup out of wbicb Napoiean I. drank bis \&*l drink ai St. Helena" Accompanying the treasure were papers youchmg for its authenticity Just as be was about to put it up for Rale however, the auctioneer. AJ. Ducret, carefully examined the cup. To his surprise he found upon it a mark which clenrlv proved that it had been manufactured in 1840 or thereabouts, during the reign of L vis Pbillipe. Tbe discovery caused quite a sensation. Of course the cup was not sold We regret to have to chronicle an accident which happened to one of Mr Woodman's children, at Beacousfield, on last Saturday morning. Mrs Woodman and her little girl, about five yearß of age, were walking along the road and Mr Woodman was to overtake and pick them up in his trap. Previous to starting Mr Woodman left the horse standing on the road for a few moments when it took fright and bolted. Mr Woodman shouted to his wife to stop the horse, but the latter seeing she could not do so got out of its way. In the meautuue the child followed its mother to the middle of the road without being seen by the latter and was run over by the horse before the mother could rescue her child, who received a very severe gash on the head it is surmised through a kick from the horse. The little sufferer was driven to Feilding where she was attended by Dr Sorley, who dressed the -wound anil did all that was pos&ibtot