Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 45, 18 August 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Reading matter will be found on the fourth page to-day. The balance sheet of the Wanganui Freezina Company shows a credit balance of £631 8s sd. A notice appears to-day from the Public Trustee re the estate of Sophie Dorothee Schmidt, deceased. Mr Edward Corkery, who has just started as a cabman in Feilding, has sold out, and is off to Coolgardie as soon as he can sell his horses. Tenders aro invited by Mr Charles Bull for felling thirty-nine acres of bush iv one or two lots. Particulars can be obtained from Mr Campion at Aorangi. The Engineer to the Kiwitea County Council, Mr Charles Bray, junr., invites tenders for erection of a permanent footbridge over the Kiwitea stream, and for work on Pakihikura road. An Euglishnmu crossed tee Channel from Dover iv a canvas canoe, the journey occupying 10} bours. Subscriptions to the Feilding Havmonic Society may be paid to Mr \V. B. Giesen, who was appointed secretary and treasurer at the last meeting. A meeting of members and others interested iv the Feilding Cricket Club will be held iv Messrs Halcouibc and Son's office at B o'clock this evening. At Invercargill on Thursday the Hon. Mr Richardson was presented by bis late constituents with a gold watch and albert and a purse of sovereigns. In the Colyton Hall this evening, Mr Spencer, Chairman of the Cheltenham Cheltenham Butter Factory, will read an interesting paper on " The Chemistry of Milk." An Irish paper states that Sir Edward Cecil Guinness has sent to Mr Purser, his head brewer for upwards of 40 years a cheque for i' 217,000 as a parting souvcuir of regard and confidence. Tho reconstructed Australian banks have to repuy between tho jenrs 1866 and 11)07, Jpp<i>its to tlio exrent of i52,t>33,595 the hfHviest payments having to bo made in lSi)3 10.$ million*, in 1893 11 millions, in iQiii) 12J millions. An advertisement in our " wanted " column notifies the services in tho Wcsleyan Church to-morrow. In the evening tho Rev. Mr Judkins will continue tho subject commenced last Sunday night, viz., " The Resurrection." The Rev. Father Patterson informs tlie Staudard that all the money required for the new church at Campbelltown has Veen placed in the bank and that. t< n I cis will .shortly be called for tlio creation of the building. Sir Geor<.;o Grey, writing to General Booth, thus sj cak-t of the Salvation Army in New Zealand : — •* I found them ready at all horns, in all weathers, and under every difficulty, to carry out instautly nny duties that Christian charity might render nccossiry." Mr Laruach slyly asked in the House whether, the Postmaster-General keeps a photograph of each of the 600 girls who have applied for employment in the ' Telephone Exchange. Mr Ward said ho sow many of the applicants personally. Mr Laruach seemed envious. Iv the Legislative Council tho Pohangina County Bill was read a first time and referred to the Local Bills Committee. Mr Pi rani has induced tho Hon. W. McCnllough, of Auckland, one of the most popular members of the Council, to take charge of the measure. It is decided to bold a joint meeting of the Prohibition League and Band of Hope iv tho Temperance Hall on Monday evening next, at 7 o'clock. Tho chair will be taken by the President of the League, Rev. W. H. Judkins. A good programme has been arranged. All are invited. At the Ladies' Golf Tournament at Christcburch on Thursday, the final round of the Ladies' Championship of Nuw Zealaud, over 18 holes, for the Countess of Glasgow's Challenge Cup, was played, and won by Mrs Wilder (Christchurch) wbo beat Mrs Mellaud (Olago). " Mcrcutio," iv the Auckland Weekly, writes: I notice that some of the hotels closed in the South are to be turned into butter factories. The change is in accordance with tue " eternal fitness of things," the landlord, to a dead certainty, has been getting the cream all along. A singular death lias just occurred at Colac, in Victoria. A man named W. J. Green, aged 88 years, who bad always enjoyed robust health, scratched a pimple on his face a few days ago. The result was that blood-poisening supervened, and despite the attention of two medical men tho disease ended fatally. The system established by Sir Westby Percival of introducing to New Zealaud settlers with capital by taking them at reduced fares has now been in operation j just a year. During that period ib lias i been the means of introducing fresh capital into the colony to the amount of over £40,000, all iuteuded for general employment in settlement of the land. The Feilding Debatiqg Society will hold their ordinary fortnightly meeting in Miss Goodbehere's schoolroom on Tuesday evening next, the night of meeting having been altered from Monday to Tuesday evening to suit the convenience et' members. The subject to bo debated in Freetrado v. Protection, Mr Carter supporting the former and Mr J. W. F. Halcombe the latter. The Auckland Herald states that a terrible thunderstorm raged at Waipu one night last week, and Mr James McAulc'3', of tlio Millbrook, reports the lo«n of a valuable three-year-old draught filly which was struck dead by lightening during the night of the storm. The electric buid entered the beast's breast and apparently escaped at one of the foro legs, a little below the shoulders, the flesh presenting tho appearance of being burst up. That the services of Colouel Fox aro to bo retained by the colony is one of the most gratifying announcements iv connection with the administration of public affairs which lias been made for some time. Colonel Fox is not only a. highly qualified and thoroughly competent military authority, but he is also an honest and independent man. He is not a man wbo will draw pay for doing nothing, who will contrive at wrongdoing, or who will abstain from insisting that what he thinks necessary and right shall be done. What bis precise statue or duties as Military Adviser may be, we do not know, but wo may be quite sure that whatever the position is it is one in which bo sees his way to rendering useful service to the colony. Ho would not accept tbo position of an Adviser whose advice would be systematically ignored. — Post.