The Feilding Star, Published Daily. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1894. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 293, 20 April 1894, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Published Daily. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1894. Local and General News.

Tenders close at noon to-morrow, with the chairman of Kivitea Road Board, for various works within the Board's district. Several jouugnien (says the Standard) have already left Palmerston for the Coolgardie diggings. It is stated that if they meet with good luck others will follow suit. A meeting will be held at the Cheltenham Hotel to-morrow evening, at halfpast seven, to elect a committee for the sports which are to be hold on the Queen's Birthday. After the usual Wosleyan choir practice to-night there will be a practice of the glee company, for those who are taking part in the concert to be given on the 9th of May. To-morrow, at the Makino Schoolhouse, a poll of ratepayers in No. 4 "Ward of the Manchester Road Board district will be taken on the proposal to borrow .t'll3o for the said Ward. The ) tours of polling will bo from 0 a.m. to 6 p.m. The programme of the grand concert to be held in the Assembly Rooms ou Tuesday next is published to-day, .ludgiug from what we know of the several performers this should afford one of the best musical treats ever given in Ft-ild-ing. It is scarcely necessary to again remind our readers of the phonograph entertainment which is to be given in the i Assembly Rooms this evening. This is ] an opportunity no one. should miss of listening to beautiful selections from the loudest of Edison's talking machines. The Manchester Rifles were inspected last night by Liout.-Col. Nowall. There was a good attendance of all ranks. The drill was an instructive one, the noncommissioned officers doing the most of the work. At its conclusion Col. Xewall complimented the men on their smartness and continued improvement! The Government have resolved to accept the offer of the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate Company for lighting the Parliamentary Buildings and general Government offices in Wellington. The arrangement of the details luis been left to the Minister for Public Works. The Cabinet has, we (New Zealand Times) understand, decided to investigate, the vexed question of the publication of Colonel Fox's letter to the Premier. Ministers, we are informed, think they have reason to believe that the information published was obtained in a surreptitious and unjournalistic manner. A Chicago paper says: — "That song, ' After the Ball,' has been hummed bj a million voices, played by a million orches tras, whistled by a million idiots.etrumined by a million pianos, cursed hv a million expletives until its very words, uttered or suggested, are enough to start a tumult or send a mau to gaol. The request of the Ballance Memorial Committee for leave to place the proposed memorial stone in the grounds of Parliament Buildiugs was cousidered by Ministers in Cabinet yesterday. It was finally agreed to submit to the House next session proposals for the placing of the memorial in the Parliamentary grounds. At Melbourne the other day a man pu l m the novel defence that it was impossible f«»r him to get drunk. The accused's drinking capabilities were attested by a witness, wbo said he had on one occasion seen him drink three bottles of brandy without having the slightest effect upon him. The bench decided not to accept the plea of impossibility and sustained the charge. The late Rev Dr O'Dowd, who died recently in Ballarat West, and whose numerous private acta of charity endeared him to Roman Catholics and Protestants alike, possessed less than 2s 6d at the time of his death. For a long while past Father O'Dowd, who was a classical scholar of a high order, had beeu paying house rent for several poor families in Ballarat, and his purchases of provisions for other indigent people was the means of leaving him almost penniless. A trial of Bennett's stump extractor was given by the expert, Mr Pickering, ou Mr Johnston's property, Cheltenham, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of about thirty spectators. Two stumps were successfully extracted, one being a large rimu which had been felled about two years ago, and was a very tough one, its extractiou having been previously tried with dynamite without success. The other was a tawa stump and was lifted without the roots being previously cut. A trial will be given at Mr K. Palmer's, Birmingham, and at other places a« advertised in another eolnmn. ( As the use of tobacco in any shape or form by men is such a direct incentive to the consumption of alcoholic drinks, the members of the Prohibition Society iv the South Island, purpose including the mxious Weed in their programme for the campaign next session. It is feared that this may alienate many influential male members from their ranks. Therefore, the proposal has not received on all hands the hearty support ; its advocates consider it deserves. It is j feared also that uuless the Prohibitionists follow this up to the bitter cud, the auti- Prohibitionists will take it up, and thus cause h disruption, the consequences of which no one can foretell. Sir Robert Stout has giveu no opinion ou the point, and the Premier is dumb. It seems a pity that " beer and baccy," so long associated, should ever be severed. " Kotomahaua." The insallation of the W.M. and the investiture of the officers of the Mauawatu Kihvinning Lodge, No 47, N.Z.C., for the ensuing year, took place last Wednesday. There was a large attendance of visiting brethren, among whom were Bros. W. G. Haybittlo, Worsfold, Slier - will and Thomson, of the Feilding Lodge. The Grand Secretary, Bro the | Rev W. Ronaldson, in the absence of I the Grand Superintendent, Bio. Williams, officiated us Installing Planter. The ceremony of installing the W.M. ! elect, Bro .1. Hocking, was then proceeded with. The 1. P.M., Bro Dawick, gave the " working tools ' addresses in the first find third degrees, while Bro Worsfold, W.M., gave the address iv the second degree, livo Dawick was presented with a handsome jewell iv recog- j uition of his two years of devoted service to the Lodge. After the business hail beeu disposed of, a couple of hours were spent in harmony.

I Messrs Leyland, O'Brien and Co.'s i sawmill, Auckland, has been lighted by electricity. , Tho time for receiving tenders for the protective works, Warwick street bridge, has been extended by the Town Cleric. Mr G. G. Hill. The poll taken at the Stauway Schoolhouse on Wednesday last ou the proposal to borrow £16y6 for No. H. Ward ' of the Manchester Hoacl Board Djsfcl'ict j was carried. Messrs J. C. Thompson, S. Andrews. W. G. Shearer and the Rev G. Clement have been appointed to attend the Temperance Convention to be held iv Palmerston early in May. We leazn from tho Herald that Mr W. F. Downcs, manager of the local branch of the Rank of New South Wales, is taking a well-earned holiday, and will be absent from Wanganui for some weeks. We hope Mr Downes, who is deservedly one of the most popular hank managers in the colony, will have a real good time. Two more candidates have been nominated for tho School Committee election to take place on Monday, viz., Messrs W. G. Haybittle and Dr Sorley. It is j evident that considerable interest is j being taken in the event, and parents of < children attending the school havoTnade ; up their minds to endeavor to clToet , certain much required improvements. There are now fourteen candidates. i There was only a small attendance at the meeting of the Mutual Iffiprovenicnt Society in the Methodist Church i last evening. Next Thursday there will . be a debate on the subject, " Which is the more desirable form of Government, Republican or Monarchical ? " Mr J. C. Thompson will support the Monarchical and Mr C'tvrty the Republican. Ou Sunday last when a man named Charles T ravers, working ou a contract at Pakihikura with Mr Marsh, was u«iu<^ his axe to .split a piece of wood, by some mishap tho implement inflicted a severe wound on his left foot. One of his mates stitched up the cut, aud then a stretcher being made Travers was carried down by the members of the party leleven mpii) to Mr Grooms" farm, where he received every possible kindness and attention. The attention of our leaders is directed to an advertisement which appears today from the Longburn Freezing Company. A new issue of shares of .I.") each is to bo made ; .~>s payable on application, ">s on a Hutment, and the balance by calls of 10s per share at intervals of not less th.au three mouths. To enable the Company to again cuter the market as a purchaser, and to ensure the carrying on of operations, 2000 shares must be subscribed. Copies of the prospectus and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the office of \ this paper. , A cat nearly broke up a congregation in Canterbury on Sunday week. It walked up tho aislo »nd mounted the i hancel rails, and then sprang on the back of one of tho churchw.-r lens, who lose ml threw the animal mto (he vestry, tlofinf? tVe door, ilo 00-jM hardly have done a worse thing, for the moment th« ltrnaior commenced his rermon tde en 6ot up a howl, and kopt it r ' ur.nl the self jan e church w.u de:> £' >t d and flung Ihf li i w!in_i» <■ it mi; of ih) lw!« door. Piosentl it wnlkol in •iir.iln, atnl a crisis wns immiuent when t!.o s rviit> ended just in time.