Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 34, 9 August 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Mr W. W. Corpe, of Makino, will be a cash purchaser of lirstclas.s dairy batter during the coming season, There was a large attendance at Messrs Gorton and Sou's stock sale at Sanson on Tuesday, when very satisfactory prices were realised. Foxton people are now to have a creamery erected there, as a sufficient number of shares have been subscribed to justify the establishment of one. The Italian Government intend to ship two thousand Anarchists to an island in the lied Sea, where they will be able to practice assassination on each other till further notice. The Egruont A. and P. Association arc taking juto consideration the advisableness pi holding an autumn show, chiefly of dairy products, wjfch the object of encouraging the dairy industry. A deaf prisoner who was being tried in the Wellington Supreme Court, when he saw the jury retiring to consider tlieir verdjet, blandly asked the nearest policeman in an audible voice, " How much have I got '?" He subsequently got three mouth's hard labor. At a meeting of Mr F. C. W. Bierre's creditors, the committee appointed to interview the debtor stated that he was quite prepared to assign all his property to any trustee appointed by his creditors. It was decided to allow debtor iso worth of furniture and household requirements. It is expected the estate will yield a dividend probably exceeding 10s in the £'.— Standard. A meeting of the Birmingham Cricket Club was held on Monday evening last. The balance-sheet was presented, and discussion took place over several matters. As horses have been running over it, the pitch is in a very bad state, and Mr Palmer was instructed to see what could be done to keep it in order. fkft £f£b will meet again early next month. Am,ong the speakers 2^ (during the recent excursion of our teg^slators was Mrs yates, the Mayor of Oufcbtfßga, wh.o, aqcordiug to the Marlborough 'tityffS; sajd sli£ was sure that ladies must be preset yljere pleasure is required, and it was evident fchpy .could not be dispensed with. Tho colony would be far ruoro advanced if women J?»4 a seat in Parliament. With regard t9 -syiiat she had done ifc would show ijhat at lea?t women were quite capable 1 of carrying out M-uicicip?.! work. '

A meeting of the Feilding Harmonic I Society will bo held in the Foresters' Hall this evening at 7.30 p.m. The New Zealand Times is continually extracting items from our columns without the usual acknowledgment. j The bachelors of Pohangina held a ball in Mr F. W. Arbon's woolshed on Monday. The place was nicely decorated, and there were visitors from all parts of the coast present. The Postmaster is making enquiry as to suitable boundaries for a new Registrar's district for Birmingham ; also for the best route for telephone extension to Pohangina township, either via Ashurst or Colyton. Amongst those who took part in Miss Bacon's fancy dress ball at Palnierston last night the following were from Feilding :— lsabel Oliver, Fair Maid of Perth ; Katie Hamilton, Tambourine Girl ; Christina Bilderbeck, Romp ; Walter Hamilton, Boy Blue ; Leslie Parr, Highland Lad ; Arthur Oliver, Little Lord Fauntleroy. During last year Ministerial salaries and houso allowances were drawn as follows: — Hons. J. Ballance, to April 29th, £75 ; R. J. Seddou, .£llBB 6s 8d ; Sir P. A. Buckley, £1000 ; W. P. Reeves, £861 5s 9d ; J. McKenzie, £1000 ; J. G. Ward, -IDI6 3s 4d ; A. J. Cadman, £616 13s 4d ; aud J. Carroll £500 (unauthorised^. Mr Blundell, Stock Inspector, yesterday ordered a badly diseased cow to be destroyed. The animal, which belonged to a family living on the Foxton line in poor circumstances, was their only means of livelihood, and we hear that a charitably disposed resident living in the vicinity has started a subscription for the purpose of purchasing another cow.— Standard. Kipling's " Jungle Book," added to tho Public Library to-day, will from its reality convince many a reader that animals have intelligent means of converse one with another. A well-known writer has said that only a genius can write in fable, Its beauty aud intelligence will delight men of the world or little lads and lassies. This volume will be transferred to the young peoples' section later on. A farmer was in town last week (says the Wanganui , Herald) applying for a loan, but alas ! bis margin was not much wider than one of his own headlands, and the agent told him he was very sorry indeed, but there was no chance of obtaining any advance on the security offered. "Well," said the farmer, "I must just wait and see what this here Credit Fancier Bill will do for me ;' ! and he went away exceedingly sorrowful, whilst the wicked agent smiled. Speaking of the imports of butter from this country the British Australasian saj\s that since the opening of the trade last autumn, 462,931 packages have been received in London, of which 349,780 came from Australia, and 113,151 from New Zealand. Theso figures compare favorably with those of 1892-93, which were 244,226 in all, so that tho output for tho season has been nearly double that of the previous one. The highest price quoted was 126s per cwt ; and the average Ills, as compared with 108s last season. According to Mr Whittall, of Rockhamptou, a peculiar modo of judging potatoes exists in Queensland. At a recent meeting of the local agricultural society, Mr Whittall stated that at the late show the judging of the potatoes had given dissatisfaction. It had consisted in cutting a potato from each exhibit in two, and rubbing the pieces together ; and the man who owned the pieces that adhered to.- each other the best got the prize. He did not know whether that was the proper test, but if it was, it was desirable that farmers should know it. He moved that Professor Shelton be requested to provide the society with a standard by which to judge potatoes. As Bhowing the risky nature of farmiug t eOumaru Mail gives the case of a bankrupt examiued last week. The uufortu.naie man stated that when he was married three and a half years ago, and went on to his land, be had nearly £500 in cash. He had also earned £130 by contracting. All this had disappeared, and his statement showed a con.-iderable deficiencj besides. His rent 7s 6d per acre amouuted to about £96 per annum, which the landlord made out of him, al though the tenant was unable to make it out of tbe land. Who would not rather let Land than work it under existing coa ditions.