Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 318, 19 May 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Mr Adsett, of the Pohaugina Sawmill, is the successful tenderer for the new Ohau bridge ou the Welliugton-Mana-watu railway line. The Feilding Brass Baud will hold a practice this evening, and they will play a number of selections in tho Rotunda to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock. As the Railway Commissioners have granted permission for the through trains to stops at Terrace End, the same favour should be extended to the Bunnythorpe residents. A petition to the Commissioners might now have the desired effect. Special anniversary and reception meetings are to be tendered to StaffCaptain Edwards, of the Salvation Army, commencing to-night, and continuing throughout to-morrow and Monday. On Monday there is to be a tea and musical evening, which will be couducted by Captain Thompson. At the New Plymouth S.M. Court ou Wednesday last a farmer was charged with using postage stamps which had previously been passed through a post office As the marks were very faint, and the farmer's eyesight was not overgood, it was decided that the mistake was an unintentional one, and the case was dismissed. A unique case is about to come before the Wellington Magistrates Court, in which tbe plaintiff claims from his mother in-law LIOO as damages for breach of undertaking on her part that she wnuld allow him L 2 a week for the first 12 months after his marriage, and also provide her daughter with her trousseau. The case was mentioned in Court to day and was adjourned to enable evidence to be taken in Auckland At Wanganui on Thursday Miss Leila Adair, the lady aeronaut, ascended to a height of H miles, going up from the racecourse and alighting in Guy ton street, about 500 or 600 } r ards away. Just prior to the ascent one of the stay poles of tbe balloon fell on a man named Thomas Chambers. He was taken to the hospital, seriously injured. Miss Adair will make a balloon ascent in Palmerston on Thursday. A meeting of the Shooting Committee of the Manchester Rifles was held last evening at Mr Bastings' Manchester Hotel, when the final business in connection with the social and dance was dealt with. Tho Canvassing Committee reported that they had received a prize from almost everyone of the tradespeople in town, which will be allotted among the different classes and published on Monday. The firing will begin ou the range at 10 o'clock on Thursday forenoon. The oil-tank screw steamer Baku Standard, 3700 tons burthen, has arrived at Avonmouth, Bristol, after solving the problem of steaming long ocean voyages by using oil for fuel instead of coal. She was built a few months ago, her bunkers being fitted up for coal or oil, and she was equipped with all the appliances for using oil in her furnaces. After a trial trip from Newcastle to Dartmouth she steamed to America, and has now re-crossed the Atlantic from Philadelphia, using only oil out and horne — the first steamer which has thus crossed the Atlantic.

A proposal has been made to alter the mean time in Australasia. Four colonies will have a common standard, and lie remaining colonies will have standards differing from this by complete .ours. Thus, when it is ten a.m. at tVrth, it will be eleven a.m. in Adelaide, .joon in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane md Hobart, and one p.m. in Wellington. The whole of the clocks in Australasia will probably be adjusted by Act of Parliament during the next few months. The ordinary movements of the suu, ■owever, will not be interfered with - at .cast until after the next general elec10ns, when the Great Labor Party will shorten his days to sixteen hours. There are two concerts to be held iv Birmingham (Fowler's) next week. The 11 st will be in the Town Hall ou Monday, nd will consist of songs and recitations by popular performers. Mr Donald Ross \ill perform a sword dance, and there v ill be other interesting items on tho >rogramme. The second will be on I Wednesday, also in the Town Hall, when diss Neilson, the celebrated harpiste, i.nd the Masters Haybittle, will render he chief items. By some means the instructions concerning the two concerts ot somewhat mixed, as we were advised by telegrams yesterday that it vas " decided to hold concert on Wedlesday " instead of Monday. We may ,late we are in no way responsible for die confusion. It in on record that a Legislative oiincill^r was once " called " in a ni-take for his brothe" How the Rangi ik> i letter miscarried through contusion persons bearing the same name is also v record. If report speaks truly a magistrate has just been manufactured owiny t<> a somewhat similwr mistake. There nre in a certain district two men of the same surname, one a strong Ministerial md the oiher equally strong on the other side. The Ministry wished to elevate its supporter to the Magisterial Bench but through some blunder tbe Christian names of the man of wrong colour were inserted in the new Cotnroiasion of the Peace, and the official notification was sent to him The chngriu of Minis* ters may be Imagined, as the error was not discovered until too late to rectify it The newly-made J. P. has not fallen in wth a suggestion that be should resign the position he has attained in mistake for hie namesake.— Post.

A large quantity of interesting matter will be found on the fourth page of this issue. ! Whilst bushfelling for Mr A. Dick, at Birmingham, yesterday, a man named Duncan Noble, through his slasher slipping, cut one of his legs rather badly below the knee-cap. He was brought into Feilding by Mr Petersen's coach and placed under Dr. Charlton's care. The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Manchester Lodge Oddfellows Manchester Unity was held in the Forester's Hall, last evening, when a large attendance of members and visiting Brothers were present. After the usual routine of business was done the meeting went into harmony, when songs and recitations were given by different members. At the close of the meeting a hearty vote of thanks was recorded to P.G. Bro. Beechy, of the Manaia Lodge, Bro. Speuce, of the Loyal Greymouth Lodge, and Bro. Currau, of the Loyal Manawatu Lodge for their visit. The meeting also decided to hold a Social and Dance in the course of a few weeks.