Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 280, 5 April 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Borough Council meets this evening. The Manchester Rifles arc reminded of the parade in the Assembly Rooms this evening. We have to acknowledge receipt of the Railway Time -table for the current month. The following are the vital statistics for the district of Martou for the mouth ending 31st March : - Births, 12 ; deaths, 2; marriages, 3. The District Court will be held tomorrow iv Palmerston when J. C. Morey, a bankrupt, will be publicly examined. The United Farmers' Alliance have received the following cable from their London agents: — "Prime Jamb, G:]d. Market declining owing to heavy supplies."' There was a good muster of novices at the football practice on the Oval yesterday afternoon, and there is every prospect of the revival of football in Feilding. I The Palmerston Half-holiday Club cle- I feafced the Feildiug Rod Stars in a j friendly football contest at Palmerston yesterday afternoon by two points to nil. For the convenience of Halcombc tradesmen whose banking business is done at Feilding, an extra mail is despatched froni Halcombe to Feililing daily by the morning train. The Red House has just received an enormous consignment of seasonable goods. Messrs Davy and Mills aro determined to supply every requirement of their numerous customers. A new advertisement will appear tomorrow from Messrs Spence and Spence, who have jusfc completed some extraordinary purchases, and intend giving the public the benefit of the very low prices which they have paid for choice winter goods. Last night the Feilding Salvation Army Lasses' Brass Band made its first appearance in the open air. It being rather a uovelt}^ to most of the inhabitants of Feilding quite a large number of people gathered around the members of the band, who acquitted themselves very creiditably. The Feilding Permanent Building Society is now firmly established and its future success assured. We may mention that the time for taking up investment shares for the second term commenced on April 2nd and such shares will bear interest from that date. Interest is allowed on investment shares at the rate of seven per cent per annum. The second half yearly general meeting of shareholders in the Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy Campany will be held iv the Cheltenham schoolroom to-mor-row evening at 8 p.m. Some important business is to be transacted, such as receiving report aud Balauce sheet, electing auditors etc., so all those having an interest in the welfare of the Company should endeavour to be present. The Oamaru Mail tells the following good story :— On Good Friday night a woman entered one of the hotels with a billy, and demanded boer. The publican in a sudden access of Puritanic Sabbatarianism, and perhaps a trifle suspicious of the lady's bona fides, took the billy outside and filled it with milk, and, replacing the lid, returned it. Subseq neatly on seeing the lady joined outside by two prohibitionists, he turned round and patted his own back at bis astuteness, 1 Our correspondent at Apiti reports that up there they had a very severe gale -of wind, accompanied by heavy rain which lasted almost continuously for about thirty-six hours. On Sunday night the house of Mr Watson which was built on the river bed, was swept away. In addition to this misfortune he lost fencing, his garden was destroyed, and a number of valuable fowls and turkeys lost. Mr Watson has the sympathy of all his neighbours at this piece of hard luck. At a meeting held in the Colonial Bank last evening it was desided to give a concert iv Feilding ou Tuesday, the 2-Hh instant, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the aid of the Rugby Union Football Club. The concert, which promises to be an exceptionally good one, will consist of solos, duets, quartettes, etc., both vocal and instrumental, and as those who are to take part will in most cases be new to a Feilding audience, something altogether out of tho common may be looked for. The first of a series of sewing-bees to assist in procuring funds for the erection of a new Wesleyan Church in Feilding was held at Mrs Eade's residence yesterday afternoon. In the evening a large number of friends gathered together, and spent an enjoyable evening, recitations, songs and instrumental pieces being rendered, and parlour games indulged iv. These socials, which will be held at regular intervals, promise to be very successful, and as it is intended to make them instructive as well as entertaining, it is hoped that they will do much towards fostering the social spirit i among the inhabitants of the town, ' It is a matter of surprise to those who frequently witness trucks laden with i sheep passing through by various trains en route to Johnson ville and other places that more discretion is not used by those I concerned in filling the trucks. The object seems to be to cram as many of the poor brutes as possible into each truck, regardless of the condition the animals are likely to iv ou arrival at their destination. The result of this must prove anything but profitable to the owners, as often ou the arrival of trains at Feilding, when perhaps not half the journey has been traversed, there aic many • sheep, if not actually dead, iv a terribly eJibaustcd condition.

The Postal aud Telegraph Guide for the second quarter of the current year is to hand. To-night a meeting will be held in Mr Bray's office, of the Feildiug branch of the Wellington Acclimatization Society. | All interested are invited to attend. We are informed that there was held at Marton this afternoon, a meeting of Licensed Victuallers with the view of starting an Association for Rangitikei and Manawatu. The tender of Mr George Howe has been accepted for the erection of a residence at Hunterville for Mr Homau, by Messrs James and Heaps, the architects. Those members of the House of Commons who are connected with public compames receivo no less than £101,800 per annum as directors' fees. The World's Fair at Chicago has been followed by a period of general depres* s:on, and 117.000 men are out of employment. An effort is being mske to rise a million dollars to feed the needy. The following team will represent Feilding in the cricket match to be played on Saturday next against eleven picked by Mr Levett, of Kiwitea, viz : — Richards, Reade, Burlace, Baillie, Halcombe, Parr, Giesen, Fitzherbert, Hill, Galland, Beltit and Carty.