Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 330, 4 June 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

♦ Mr Niccolls, the manager of the Cheltenham Dairy Factory, will leave for Auckland to-morrow for a mouths holiday. We (Standard) hear there is a probability of the case of Miss Leila Adajr against Capt. Dunk being settled out of j vJourt. T!ic bankruptcy of Peter liugsted, of Taonui, carter, is announced. The iirst meeting of creditors will be held in the Courthouse, Feildiug, on Wednesday, the 18th in.st. We have to thank Mr A. Hickford, the agent at Kangiwahia, for a copy of the Annual Report of The Alliance Assurance Company for the year 1893. The Reofton Guardian says : — " Mr S. J. Macalister, who weighs 26 stone, is off to Coolgardie." May his shadow uever grow less. A meeting of the Shooting Committee ! of the Manchester KiHes was held on Saturday evening, when the balancesheet of the social and dance was read and adopted. The Secretary was instructed to pay off all accounts promptly It was resolved that the new targets receutly pceeiyed bo put jnto position at once. After soiue discussion on other matters the meeting teimii*atuc{,. " j We regret to have to announce that Mr Donald Fraser, who lias resided in Feildiug for a considerable number of years, died at his residence in Kiiuboltoii road on Saturday afternoon last. He leaves to mourn their loss a family of four sons, two of whom are in Canada, and two in this colony, the third son, James, being in business in Feildiug; four daughters, viz., Mrs J. Jsish<;»>, of Levin, Mrs W. H. Mason, of Wellujyfc&Jjf, Mrs K. Whisker, of Feilding, and Mrs W. FO&4, of Levin. The late Mr l'Vasor was widely k'uovyif aijd highly respected by all who know h\iu. '1-\il funeral will take place to-morrow affcoruvvu, Ml' ¥ - Po P c l»cin^ the umlcrtaUyr.

There will be a tea and public meeting in the Primitive Methodist Church this evening, Tea will be on the tables at six p.m. A meeting of the Directors of tbe Feilding Permanent Building Society will bo held to-morrow afternoon at tbe offices of the Manager,. Mr E. Goodbehere. A social in connection with tbe 1.0. G.T. will be held to-morrow evening in tbe Foresters' Hali. A capital programme has been arranged, and refreshments will be provided. The social will commence at 8 o'clock. While following tbe hunt of tbe Raugitikei hounds on Saturday afternoon, Dr Skerman, of Marton, met with an accident. His horse fell with bm, aud the Doctor had bis collarbone broken in two places. The Prohibition meeting which was announced to have been held this evening has been unavoidably posti>oued to Wednesday evening next. The business to be transacted is important, aud all interested are requested to attend. At about a quarter to eleven o'clock last night a brilliant meteor shot across the south-western sky, b:irst:ug when at a distance of about forty-five degrees from the horizon. Its radionce flushed the landscape with a bright rosy tint, that rendered objects distinctly visible. The Lands Department have made arrangements to settle twelve families of unemployed in the Hautapu Survey District, ou tbe eastern side of the Raugitikei river, 100 acres beiug allotted to each family. A wire and cago is to be erected, to enable the river to be crossed easilj', and tbe men are to be employed on road works in the vicinity. Hundreds of people proceeded down to Aoraugi yesterday afternoon to view the wreck of tbe railway bridge across the Oroua river, and for an hour or two tbe road from Feilding to that spot was thronged with sightseers. A large number also journeyed up Kimbolton road to see the destruction caused by the Kiwitea stream to tbe bridge there. It is said that no less than fourteen millions of the inhabitants of France, or tbreo-fourtbs of tbe agricultural population, are engaged in farming on farms of twenty acres or less, generally much less. There are 4,802,097 of these farms, which cover an area of 24,900,214 acres. Butter, eggs, chickens, grain, vegetables, fruit, milk, cheese, and, in a way, cattle, sheep, and swine, are the usual products. As showing tho effect of the low price of wool aud cost of rabbiting, the North Otago Times reports that some 3'cars ago Rhoborougb Downs station, in the Upper Waitaki district, was sold for i.'l"), 000. Two years ago it was sold for .£•;">, 000, and a fortnight ago it again changed hands for £2500. This includes nearly 18,000 sheep, 30 head of cattle, 20 horses, new house, shed, 3 r ards, etc., with a good deal of first-class fencing. On Saturday evening last a young mau was knocked over near the Makiuo bridge, in Manchester street, by a horse attached to a vehicle to which there were no side lights. After the accident the driver lighted bis lamps. Had he done so earlier the accident would not have happened. Fortunately the young man was uninjured, but this dangerous habit of driving through the town without lights should be put a stop to at once by the authorities. A gentleman who, as he puts it, has travelled during the past two years from St. Petersburg to Petoue, aud from Peru to Kaiapoi, speaking of this colony, remarked to the Wellington Press that the residents here should go down on their knees every day and thank the Supremo Being for allowing them to live in a couutry where life is tolerable and food plenty. During bis journey round the world, lie states that he has seen no country that offers so much comfort or so many prospects of success iv the future as New Zealand. A miraculous escape from instantaneous death occurred yesterday to a young man employed on the repairs to the Aorangi bridge. He was at work in tbo bed of the river under the bridge, when a heavy crowbar became dislodged from the structure above him and, descending end ou, it grazed bis right temple and then struck him iv the groin, injuring him rather severely. A slight deviation in the course of the crowbar would certainly have resulted in tbe unfortunate man's skull being pierced. Dr Charlton attended to the sufferer's injuries, and it will probably be a week or more before he can resumo work. We are informed by Mr G. C. Hill, the Borough Engineer, that the ford over the Kiwitea stream on Kimbolton road is now passable for light traffic. Farmers will therefore be able to bring their stock into Feilding to Mr Carr's sale ou Friday next. Tbe ford is entered from tbe Feilding side by going down the stream for about eight chains through Mr Chas. Carr's property. The stream is crossed obliquely and a track has been made through Mr Retemeyer's. Coming iuto Feildiug Mr Retemeytr's property is entered where it joins Mr James Norman's, and the ford is approached across the flat. The ford is marked out with flags aud posts, so that uo mistake can be made by those wishing to cross iv the day time. 9 We publish the following bye -law of the Kiwitea County Council for general information : — The width of tire of any vehicle upou either of the roads shall bear the following proportion to the I number of auimals which may be used i to draw such vehicle, namely, if the , minimum width of tire of any such j vehicle without springs be 2A inches, or with springs H inches, 1 horse for two wheels and two horses for four wheels ; 3-iuch tires without springs, or 2-inch with springs, two horses for two wheels and three horses if four wheels ; 4-inch without springs or 24-iuch with springs, three horses if two wheels or five if four wheels ; 5-iuch without springs or 3 inch with springs, four horses if two wheels or seven if four wheels ; 6-inch without springs or iij-inch with sjrings, six j horses if two wheels or ten if four whetshi. If any person shall commit a breach of thin bye-law he fihall be liable to a poualty of an amount which Hhall be iv the discretion of the Court fixing the same, but not exceeding X's. What promises to be a concert of more tbau ordinary iuterest will take place the beginning of next month. It is Mr R. F. Haybittle's intention to give a Haybittle Concert in aid of the new Wesloj'au Church, when Mr F. W. Haybittle, the well-known solo entertainer of Wellington ; Mr Walter Haybittle, late of Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney ; Mr Heury Haybittle, of Palmerstou North, the favorite pathetic and comic reciter, will appear, — also, Mrs Sutcliffe, of Bulls. Mr 11. F. Haybittle aud bis sous will perform the overtures of " La Dame Blanche " and the " Caliph of Bagdad." Mr F. W. Haybittle, while on a recent ti'W to Sydney on board the Mararoa, uaiu tjifi major ijart of an entertainment Himself iv aid "of T"lje S,ca,nien's Rust, whilo Mr Walter Haybittle in' weekly appearing at tho Wellington Popular Concerts. Mr W. G. Haybittle, our worthy ex-Mayor, whan approached with a view of rendering an item replied that he was not much good at soug aud dance, but he was good at taking money. i The iiiiaucial department will, therefore, bo under his capable administration. Knowing the several artists as wo do, we confidently piedict a crowded house, as the members of this family are in the van of New Zealand amateurs. There V#iU a \w\ plaji at Mr Carthew's, where Scats caw by rcsirv'tfd,, '