Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 25, 30 July 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

The local 1.0. G.T. Lodge will hold a social in the Foresters' Hall tomorrow evening. A number of letters to the Editor, ou various subjects, are held over. They will appear as au opportunity occurs. The demonstration in connection with aying the foundation of the new Wesleyan Church will be held on Weduesda}' next, commencing at '6 o'clock. Mr W. G. Shearer has secured the contract for the butter boxes required by the Cheltenham Butter Factory for the coming season. Amongst the appointments in the postal and telegraph service, the appointment of Mr William Fletcher as telephonist at Colyton is gazetted. The annual meeting of the Wellington Building and Investment Society was held on Friday evening, when a dividend of five per cent was declared, which is equal to nine per cent for the year. A hvin.' infant is said to Lave been cut in a box to * utatioumaster between Shewßbu>v and Chester with a request that he would adopt it. He declined to do so, bq I hntided it over to a eigaalm&n. who on r>- chjnjr home found notes for £200 in th« box beneath ihe infant. An important error in the Land Act waß referred to by Mr Pirani in the House the other day. He stated that in correcting an error in the Land Act last session the law was made to read that no married w.-man could take up I'rowo lands on lease. The Minister of Land" promised that legislation would be brought in this session to correct the error. Mr Hogg will aßk the Pr6mi6r to-mor-row if he will ascertain from the KBilway Commissioners whj it is that the fn igbt for timber conveyed from the sawmills of the Forty mile Bush and ihe Wairarapn to the Hutt and Petone is in excess of the charge for timber sent to Wellington ; and whether they can see their way to reduce the rates for conveying timber over the Eketaliuna line to tbe Wellington market to the came amount as is now charged for timber for export ?

Mr George Wright, of Okam's Bay, Banks Peninsula, sent Home by the Kaikoura some time ago a small shipment of cheese, and the returns received by the last mail show that it realised 56s per cwt. We understand one of the picked sites of the Maidstoue Block on the Kimbolton road lias been secured by Mr H. P. Mai, carpenter, of this town, at the moderate price of £'24 an acre. Mr Mai intends erecting a house as soon as the timber is ready. During the junior football match at Palmerston, between the Kea Kaha and Feilding second fifteens, on Saturday, there were several accidents. W. Gosling received a severe kick in the mouth the force of tho blow knocking two of his teeth out ; Ereustrom had his shoulder put out ; Bennett and Nelson were "stiffened" out; Mathiesou had a tit, and others were also more or less hurt. The Standard suggests that the next match between these two teams be played in the hospital grounds. The Government had decided in reference to the Warburton-FitzGerald correspondence to appoint two expert accountants to enquire into the system of the Public Trust Office accounts The Cabi Bet has selected for this service Mr Henry Kember, of Wellington, and Mr R J, S. Todd, of the Government Insurance Department. An enquiry is also to bo made into the system and practice of the Audit Department, and its relation to the Tru«t Office and the other departments ol the Ciril service. While the Legislative Council was in committee on the Arbitration and Conci* li.ition Bill, (says the N Z Times) the question of the independence of District Judges came under the discussion, and reference was made to the petition of Dis trict Judge Kettle. Sir P A. Buckley said that geutleman's action in petitioning Parliament was most improper, and that though he wa.i a very competent Judge, he had committed a very grave indiscro tion in petitioning A public trial of the celebrated MasseyHarris Cultivator will bo held on Messrs Lethbridge and Sons' property, on the Feilding-Halcombe road, to-morrow morning at 11 a.m. As this is an implement which is fast coming into use among farmers, and is highly spoken of as a cultivator by those who have worked it, there will doubtless be a large number on the ground to see what the niachiue is capable of doiug. Mr T. Watson lias been appointed local agent for the firm of Laery and Co., merchants and auctioneers, Wellington. This enterprising firm is touching every branch of produce this season, aud is offering special inducements to wool growers. Regular sales of wool hides, sheepskins and tallow are held, aud in the case of wool the firm will offer consignments at auction at owners reserves, if preferred, and in the event of the price not beiug reached the wool will be available for shipment freo of any charge for offering. Iv auother column will be found an advertisement from Mr F. Saywell (late of Saywell Bros., Feilding), who has bought Mr Bergerson's blacksmithiug business there. During his residence in Feildiug Mr Saywell has earned for himself a name of being capable of turning out good workmauship, and the settlers of Rangiwahia and surrounding districts can rely on getting their work iv the shoeing and general smith and wheelwright line well aud promptly attended to, combined with moderate charges. We wish Mr Saywell every success in his new enterprise. ' The Law Pr«ctitioners Act Amendment introduced by MrG. Hutchison restricts the examinations in general knowledge and law to subjects in the English langu age, the examiners must be persons resident in the colony, and the fees are fixed at £2 2k for examicaUon, £6 ds for admis, mon. and £3 3s for annual certificate. Power is given to Judges in charge of judical districts where no Law Society exists to charge an annual fee for the for inntion or maintenance of law libraries, and the sixth and sixteenth sections of the Lnw Practitioners' Act. 1882, are amended by the omission of the word "male " On the 10th and 11th of September the " Messiah " and " Elijah " will be given at the Theatre Royal, Palmerston, by the Palmerston Wesleyan choir, assisted by numerous friends from Feilding, Marton, Wanganui and Woodvillc. Special trains will be run, and the orafcorias promise to be a great success. An opportunity will be afforded of hearing Mr Prouse iv the " Elijah." Mr D. Simpson is training the Feilding contingent, aud he would be glad to receive help from any sopranos or basses who are capable of performing this class of music. They meet for practice on Monday nights in the Primitive Methodist Church. The necessity for the appointment of more Justices of the Peace resident within the Borough of Feilding was exemplified on Saturday morning, when two of the Justices whose services are most frequently used were laid up with sickness. Two Justices were required and His Worship the Mayor was the only one who could be obtained at the time, and Constable Tuohy had to hunt around the town with the hope of dropping across another who might happen to be in town. Had the suggestion we made some time ago been adopted this difficulty would have been averted. \\ c would again urge on the authorities the necessity of other appointments.