Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 32, 7 August 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

No less than four lunatics were taken to Wellington by last evening's traintwo t?ow Woodyjlle and two from Wan, , ganui. To-day we announce the death of Mr Job Harvey, at Paluierston North, which took place on Saturday last at the residence of his daughter, Mrs J. A. Weight, Mr Harvey was one of the first settlers in Feilding. A consignment of 240 sheep sent to London by the Longburn Freezing Company in January last for Messrs Aitken tfros., of Upper Tutaenui, netted lls per head. Had tho sheep been lauded a luontH sooner, 15b pould haw been obtained. We have to acknowledge receipt of the plans Nos. 62, 63 and 64, Wellington Land District for U»d in the Kaitawa, Karioi, and Mangaaui Blocks, a»4 tl?ey are now on view in our publishing faflicG, The sale will take place on August 15tb, according to advertisement.. -

We regret to hear that Mr A. Perry, of bhe Kiwitea, is seriously ill. The Provisional Directors of the Feilding Permanent Building Society met this afternoon at four o'clock. A trustworthy authority give« a very simple remedy for hiccough — A lump of sugar saturated with vinegar. In ten cases tried as an experiment, it stopped hiccough in nine. A notice to sheepowners under " The Stock Act, 1893," advertised to«day, states that the sheep rate is payable on or before the Ist of September. For other particulars see advertisement. The New Zealand Times says there is a feeling in the lobbies that the Railway Bill will provide for the resumption of the entire control of the railways by the Government. A great clearing sale is now going oil at Messrs Warnock and Adkin's, corner of Fergussou and Manchester streets. Exceptionable bargains are being offered as will be seen on reference to their advertisement which has to-day been altered. Christchurch Truth states that Messrs M'Clatchie and Co., of Christchurch, have received an order for 50,000 tons of Westport coal for the use of the Japanese fleet, and that this is, perhaps, the largest transaction in ono line ever concluded in the colony. (Since contradicted.) A curious fact has been noted in Ireland from the census just taken there. While the number of Christians, including all denominations, has decreased during the pa-t ten years, the number of Jews has increased in Southern and midland portions 281 per cent. There has recently been successfully completed at Holloway, near London, the largest balloon in the world. It has a capacity of 100,000 cubic feet, weighs 2250 pounds, and will lift an additional ton. It is to bo used in making meteorological obserrations for a period of six days without descending An Italian Anarchist is worse than a mad dog, and there is no Pasteur to cure the human rabies. One of these miscreants has stabbed President Carnot. The difference between a Socialist; in our time (extreme type) and an Anarchist is that one fellow wants your money and the other your life. Figaro. Jean De Reske ii being paid £200 a nitfht nt C»vent Garden Theatre this season. This is the highest sum over received in England by an operatic tesor. For his farewell appearance in 1871 Mario received a lump sum which averaged £150 a niffht. and when Do Ke^ke made his d< but, not as a tenor, but ns a baritone, his salary was ouly £H) » week. On Sunday and Monday next the eighteenth anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Church, Feilding, will be celebrated. The Rev. Mr Quintrell will preach tho 'morniug and ovening ser* mons on Sunday. On Monday a tea and public meeting will be held, when addresses will be delivered by the Rev. Quintrell and various clergymen of the town. There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Feilding Debating Society, held in Miss Goodbehere's schoolroom last evening. The chair was occupied by the President, Mr F. Y. Lethbridge. The question before tho meeting, " Should capital punishment be abolished," resulted in a lively discussion. The subject for next meeting, on August 23rd, will be Freetrado v. Pro' tection, Mr Carter supporting the former and Mr W. Halcombe the latter as loaders nn cither sidrt.