The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1894. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 42, 15 August 1894, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1894. Local and General News.

Several young men are clearing out for Coolgardie from Feilding and Palruerston to try their luck gold mining. At the summer meeting the Manawatu Racing Club will give i'llOO in stakes as against £870 last year. The Miuistry intend to spend £8000 to £10.000 this year on the Otago Central Railway. • A very successful rehearsal was held at Palmerston North last night by the Wesleyan choir of " Elijah, " which will be given shortly. Although the Birminghani-Peniberton road is dosed for vehicular traffic, Mr Daw's mail coach will coutiuue its usual running. The Buunythorpe residcuts are getting up a concert in aid of Mr H.Jcpson, who has been in the Wellington Hospital for some mouths. The district mooting of the 1.0. G.T. Lodge will be held at Caiupbclltown this evening. A tea will be held at live o'clock. Messrs P. and W. Smith, who were lately iv business as coal and wood merchants, left Palmerston last evening for Wellington, en route to Coolgardie. — Standard. A special general mooting of members of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association will he held at the Occidental Hotel, Palmerston, on Saturday next, at 12 noon. At Birmingham to-morrow evening a social in connection with the Mentioultural Society will be held. The gathering will take place in the Town Hall. The World's Trio Company gave their farewell entertainment in the Assembly Rooms last evening to a moderate house. Messrs Crawford and Mooney were, as usual, the means of keeping the audience highly amused, while the other members of the Company earned for themselves considerable applause. A man named Dyke met with a painful accident in the Sandon Block on Saturday while bushfelling. A log rolled on to one of the unfortunate man's lets, breaking it in three places. Dyke was removed to the Wanganui Hospital on Monday morning. A dog fell down the Cumberland main shaft, Reefton, a distance over 170 feet recenth 7 . In falling it struck Mr J. Luke, who was standing on the bottom of the shaft, on tho shoulder. In spite of the distance it had fallen, the dog was not much hurt, but on showing fight it was despatched by a blow from a pick. Mr Luke was seriously hurt. They must have some smart men as experts among the wool sorters employed by the London brokers. A leading breeder of Romueys tells us that last season be sent Home 80 bales of wool in one lot, 30 of them from his stud, and the rest troin his flock Those from the stud did not run in consecutive numbers, nor did they bear any distinctive mark Nevertheless, on looking over his account sales, he found that all ihe bales of wool from lie etiul had been picked one and sold separately, and they fetched lOd per Ib, whereas those from the flock only fetched 9f — Press At the Masonic Lodge, Ashurst, last night, Bro B. Tremewan was installed as W.M. The Board of Installed Masters consisted of the following — Bros. Bray, Worsfold, Bray (junr.), Carthew, Sherwill, Haybittle, Smith, from Feilding, Hocking, Palmerston Kilwinning, Rimnier, Buckler, of the Ashurst Lodge. P.M. Bro Haybittle was Director of Ceremonies, and P.M. Bro W T orsfold acted as Installing Master. The tools in the third degree were presented by Bro Rimmer, P.M., in the second by Bro Bray, junr., W.M., and the first by Bro Buckler, P.M. The charge to the Master was given by P.M. Bro W. G. Haybittle, to the Wardens by P.M. Bro E. Smith, to the Brethren by P.M. Bro W. Carthew. After the ceremony an adjournment was made to the Theatre Royal, where a cold collation was laid. After the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts the affair concluded. There are 150 Farm Homestead settlers on 200 uvmo foviionsiit the ivuuhitj Block uiljoinin^ the Murimutu Plains. Theso settlers have been thpre for two years — nil men without cnpitul, and as there is no one about to give employment they are almost at a standstill, iv fact very litile improvemeDt has been uinde during those twu >ears. The settlers, when talk md amoiiu themselves say how much bettor it would have been for them if some "f tho land h»d bceu cut up into 600 <>r li'OO acre blocks, so that .some with cnp''«lc"uld be in the neighbourhood nnd emp'ov t* em. They bavo now to go long distances to find work Government is proposing to make r.mds through that country by co-operative labor, which will be a boon to thorn. The wool grown in tho MurniiUlu district will then go to Ppiriki on "he Wanganui r>ver instead <T to Hunterville a* before. — Chronicle. The unusual sight of a dog giving evidence as to who was its rightful owner was witnessed in the Magistrate's Court on Monday. The animal in question was a smart looking young collie, and a question had arisen as to its ownership. The defendant, in whose custody the dog had been for some weeks past, raised the question as to the identity of the animal in his possession with the one claimed by the plaintiff, and Mr Martin, S.M., therefore adjourned the case for the animal to be produced. Tho plaintiff was sitting iv Court when the dog was brought, and as soon as the animal caught sight of him it showed its joy by jumping on his lap, licking his face and, iv fact, goiuy into a perfect ecstasy of canine delight. His Worship considered that nothing further was j required to establish the ownership of the dog, and ordered the animal to be at once handed over to the plaintiff, by whom it was led away in an obviously , joyous state of mind. — N.Z. Times. '

We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for the social to be held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, to-morrow evening. I At 1 pm. to dnv Capt Edwin wired : W. to S. and S.E. gale with rain and much colder wenther within next twolye hours, and glass rising. It is stated iv Wellington that the gentleman to be appointed by the Government to the position of President of the Bank of New Zealand will be of " the right color." So long as he has the I brains to do the work that won't matter much. The Government have given a conditional promise to its supporters that perhaps this session an opportunity will be given the House to debate the lease in perpetuity and perpetual lease as the form of tenure to apply to all leaseholds in the colony. An interesting trotting match between horses owned by Mr E. Jackrnau and Mr H. V. Pickering, and ridden by their respective owners, came off this afternoon, and was won by the latter. The course was from the Awahuri Hotel to Manchester Square. At Tawa Flat on Saturday the golden wedding tf Mr and Mrs James Taylor, two of the oldest settlers iv the Wellington district, was celebrated with considerable eclat. Two grandchildren of the above were baptised on the occasion. Mv and Mrs Taylor have a family of thirteen - sons and daughters — and 48 grandchildren. Tho old couple still enjoy excellent health. It is rumoured iv Wellington that if the Hon. Mr McKenzie's Libel Bill becomes law, the Electoral Act will bo amended so as to do away with the ballot box. The alleged reason for the proposed change is, that if the anonymous press is a crime, the secrecy of the ballot box is an offence, inasmuch that it allows a man to vote according to his convictions without fear or favor. There can be no doubt that tho Oddfellows fonlinue to extend their influence throughout the colony, and especially in this district. On Tuesday next Acting Grnud Master Bro Bamber, and Pro. C. S. Bro. I. Salek proceed to Feilding and thence to Apm (12 miles from Birmingham) in order to open a new lodge theie, under the Manchester Unity, while other branches have lately been opened at Ashurst nnd Ohingaiti. - Chn nicle Messrs Hocken Bros., the well-known breeders on the Ashurst road, have entered for Messrs Gorton and Sou's horse sale on Saturday next, several first-class five-year-old draught horses, aud a good express mare. As these arc from an establishment famous for the quality aud staunchness of the horses the}' produce, this opportunity should be availed of by persons who requiro capable aud strong animals for dray or farm purposes. A series of evangelistic services in onnecdi'B with a church near Glasgow has resulted in a big success in a rather remarkable manner. The minister fell ill, but his place was taken by ono nf his daughters, who is pnseossed of more than tho average sharo of g<x>d looks. Every evening she road the papers prepared by her father to luite and increasing audience-", Ibo voun(» men of the congregation being pnrtieiraHy iv evidence and the services were a great success, Thirty married men from Timnru are at work for the Government making a road into the Awarua Block, aboye Bunterville. They expect to finish in about two months the length they are engaged upon. These thirty men will then commence bushfelliug their 30 sections of liiO acres each. This is the State farm. The Goyernmont will pay them for bushfelling at the local rates aDd charge interest ■>n iho money so advanced at the rate of 4£ per cert per annum. Says the Wollintiton Press: — Further particulars are circulated w;th regard to il.eourthquake phenomena to take place in Wellington in November. The date for tho final catastrophe is now fixed for the 7th. It is, we hear, to be proceeded by three days of inky darkness, On the 7th the whole country is to be submerged by a tidal wave five miles bi»;h. If this >hould ensue we may point out that it would be quite u.^eles flying; to Australia, also. After all. we can only die once, so we might as well wait and chance it. " I am perfectly satisfied with the press. Their discretion is admirable; and I have never felt disposed to disapprove of a newspaper for over-reporting. The press is the voice of the country. Justice is a public thing, and the administration of justice should be given all publicitj'. If this were not done, how would the public ever know litigants were getting their rights ? Newspaper reports to-day are pretty much as they should be." — Sir Francis Jeune, in the Strand Magazine for June.