The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1894. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1894, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1894. Local and General News.

The Otangaki Masonic Lodge, Ashurst, meets ou Tuesday, the 14th instant, for installation. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Feilding Oddfellows' Lodge will be held this evening. Thrushes and starlings have been seen in the bush at Bcacousfield lately in small numbers. The "Woodville people arc considering the question of providing a water supply for the Borough. The estimated cost is £6000. If the present style of legislation continues much longer every second man in the colouy will be either a constable or an inspector of a department. Totara, black birch, silver piuc and puriri have been used most of late for sleepers. Black pine, kauri, and blue gum seem to have keen losing favor. The first of a series of Sunday afternoon meetings of the Prohibition League is announced to take place in the Temperance Hall ou Sunday next, the 12th instant, at 3.30 j>.tu. After counting heads the (Joveruruenfc are said to have found that there is a majority in favour of absolute control of railways by the State, and that will be the nature of the Railways Bill. The Post says : Much anxiety is felt on account of the disappearance of Mr W. G. Emeny, formerly well kuowu as a local licensed victualler, who has been missed from his home since Tuesday last. Dr Newman wants the Government to make the manufacture and sale of tobacco a State monopoly as in the case of Switzerland. It is evident from this that "The Member for the Suburbs" does not smoke. The Greatford railway station was broken into on Wednesday uight and the till robbed of a few shillings. Fortunatety the thieves were unable to open the safe, in which all that was of value was locked. Mr Thos. Lowes, of Birmingham, announces that he has purchased the book debts in the estate of Mr H. S. Munro, and requests an immediate settlement of same. Mr Munro has been appointed collector by Mr Lowes. The Manchester Rifles held a Government parade last evening, when there was a fair attendance, Lieut Bray, being in charge. Sergt. -Major McMillan who was present, instructed the men in the firing and other exercises and important movements. Persons who employ steam engines will be interested in the invention of a Glasgow engineer, who has perfected a device by which all steam is returned to the boiler after it has done its work in the cylinder. By this contrivance, in one case, it is said, a single ton of coal was made to do as much work as ten heretofore. In Campbelltown a few evenings ago a young couple were out walking when a young man walked up and attempted to separate them. The young lady retired from the scene, aud the two men proceeded to do battle. The one who occupied the position of the aggrieved party came off second best in the combat, which is certainly contrary to the laws of poDtical justice. A meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society was held in the Primitive Methodist Church last eveuiug. There was a large attendance, and Mr J. Gould occupied the chair. The following short papers were read duriug the evening, viz., " Amusements," by Mr A. G. Carty ; " Higher Criticism," Rev. G. Clement ; aud " Macaulay," Miss Blackmore. Considerable discussion took place over the two firs named. •' Impromptu speeches" is the work set down for the uext meeting, and it was decided to have a " mock trial " on the 6th of September. Mr Justice Bichtnoud remarked in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it bad occurred to him ihat a dictum of bis aa reported a few days ago might load to oorne misunderstanding. It was as to the duty of a per-ou wbo found a lost cheque, and one phrase which be bad used, though corcectly reported in tbe papers, i might lead to the supposition tbat after keeping BUi:h a cheque some time, if it still remained unclaimed the finder was justified iv usm* it. That could never be djne. If the cheque belonged to anybody it belonged to tbe drawer, and who* ever found it and (whether sooner or later) presented it for payment was certainly doing wrong in converting it to his own use. nod was lisble to a charge of stealing. —Post. Mr Arnold, the well-known actor in the course of a recent interview, gave the fol lowing account of a t> rilling incident he saw during a burial at sea : — Our steamer stopped at Trinidad en route for Demeran, and a young newly-married couple came on board. During the voyage tbe lady was taken ill and died. Out of respect to the husband, instead of sew ing tbe body in a sack, a coffiu was made and the body placed inside. Unfortunately the shots were placed in the coffin, and when at the proper moment m the burial service it was tilted into the sea, the shots broke through the lower portion of tbe coffin, and in another moment the body itielf was seen to shoot into the water as well. A. eecoud after, wards, in presence of the gnof stricken husband, and to the terror of those as sembled, a shark rose, and snapping at tbe body, carried it beneath the water!

The funeral of the late Mr A. J. Perry will take on Sunday. The Rev. Mr Quintrell, of Palmerston, will preach at Colyton on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for the Primitive Methodist anniversary tea, which takes place on Monday. There was a good attendance at Mr Chas. Carr'e Feilding sale to day, and competition fo: all lines are fairly brisk An official report will appear tomorrow. Mr Button presented the petition to the House yesterday from dentists for the prevention of practice by unqualified practitioners. The co-operative men, under the charge of Mr Snow, at Apiti, are felling and clearing the bush from tne road line across the Oroua river. This road will open up a large area of land, including the Umitoi Block. A Wellington paper says another old identity has passed away in the person of Mr George Valentine Billman, of Cuba street, who died yesterday at the mature age of 77 years. Deceased arrived in Wellington in the ship Alma from Manchester in 1857. Mr John Cobbe was the succeseful tenderer for the bankrupt stock of Mr H Hickford, of Rangiwahia It is Mr Cobbe's intention to se" t!:3 business as a going concern. This will be an opportunity for an enterprising person to commence business in a thriving district. A collision took place this morniug in Fergussou street between Mr Corkery's cab and a trap driven by Mr Wm. Bailey, juur. Mr Bailey was thrown out of his vehicle, but was unhurt. A little paiut will repair all the damage done to both conveyances.