Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

A meeting of the Bunnytborpe Small Farm Association will be held in the Town Hall there to-morrow evening, at 7 o'clock. Messrs Gorton and Son will sell by auction on Friday, August 3rd, a consginment of fruit treea from the nursery o[ iir Mifcchelson, New Plymouth. Sheep stealing is again rife in the southern district, says the Christchurch Star, the latest reported disappearance jeing sixty freezers from a paddock near Rangiora. "We regret to hear Mr Nye, master of the Awahuri school, is suffering from a severe attack of influenza, and the Chairmau of the School Committee has written to have him relieved at once. Mr "Walter Hodren is manufacturing a uew cordial at the aerating works, which is very suitable as a drink during the winter months. It is known as finger champagne, and should find a ready sale. We have to thank Mr J. D. Ritchie, secretary of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture, for a leaflet with reference to the leech blight. The use of that well-known remedy, viz., hellebore, is recommended. Yesterday was fixed as the date on which objections were to be heard, at Foilding, before Mr Brabant, S.M., to valuations on the list prepared by Mr T. P. Clark, chairman of the Horseshoe Drainage Board, Campbelltown. No objections were raised. A printer's error occurred in Mr Reade's letter that appeared in the Star v esterday, which, through a transposing of the names of Saxon and Sandilaudti, was made to read as if the latter's nands were badly hurt, whereas it was the former's. The attendance at last evening's meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society was fair, and tbequestion, "Is Prohibition more desirable than Moderation," resulted in a lively discussion. At the conclusion of the debate a vote was taken, which resulted in favor of Prohibition on the casting vote of the Chairman. A deputation of bakers waited ou the Premier yesterday and complained that it was impossible to carry on without breaking the law as it stood at present. No baker could prevent fancy bread being of light weight, notwithstanding that the stipulated quantity of dough was used. The Hon. Mr Seddon promised to bring the matter before the Cabinet.

La grippe is very prevalent at Bunnythorpe, some of the cases being very severe. Messrs Gorton and Son held their usual monthly stock sale at Feilding today. A pillar letter-box was erected on Manchester Square to-day, which should prove a great public convenience. An harmonic society is about to be formed in Feilding, and a meeting will be held at an early date to further the object. Mr John Cobbe is the successful cash tenderer for the bankrupt stock of F. Keen, bootmaker. We understand that the price paid was under 9s in the £. The thirty -first anniversary of the i Marton Royal Rifles will be celebrated this evening by a ball. The music will be provided by Mr R. F. Haybittle's string band. Mr W. H. Hales, Engineer-in-Chief, invites tenders, until noon of Monday, 13th August, for the supply of timber and joinery contracts for the Courthouse, Palmerston North. Mr Gladstone can see well enough already to write letters. It is expected that Dr Edward Nettleship will receive 2000 guineas for the operation he performed on Mr Gladstone's cj r e. Messrs Gorton and Son will hold an important sale of horses to-morrow, at their Feilding yards. All classes of horses will be offered, amongst which will be a number from Messrs Hocken Bros., and Mr E. G. McDermott. The license fees received from hotel properties in some districts are the snippet of dispute by local bodies, and the Minuter for Justice informed the Housr the Bill to amend the Alcoholic Liquors Act, which the Government will shortly introduce, will set matters right. Meanwhile the distribution of money in dispute is held over. A Mr W, G. Bunbury ia the swiftest shorthand writer in the world. He has wrttten 320 words a minute, thus showing, anys the Reporter's Magazine, that (Sir Isaac) Pitman's phonography is capableof performing anything which the human hand can accomplish. Mr Ban burr says " repetition is the only means of getting up speed." He is an Irishman bj birth, and was educated in Dublin.