Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 75, 22 September 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Tbe Rev. W. H. Judkins 1 subject for to-morrow evening is announced. The 1.0. G.T. will hold a social and open meeting in the Foresters' Hall on Tuesday evening. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Institute of Journalists will be held in Wellington on Monday next. Friends are reminded that the funeral of the late Mr W. Benson will leave Waituna at 10 o'clock to-morrow morn' ing for the Feilding Cemetery. The United Farmers' Alliance have received a cable message from theii Home agents stating that wool has advanced from par to 5 per cent. An advertisement from the Secretary of the Rangitikei Racing Club, Mr C. L. McLean, notifies the Spring Meeting will be held on Wednesday, the 26tL instant. Messrs Rutherford and Son, butchers, killed a 4-year-old bullock yesterday the kidneys of which had an enormous amount of fat around them, the paii turning the scales at Ollbs. The council of any borough may, undei the Municipal Corporations Act, borrow money under the Government Loans tc Local Bodies Act for the purchase of a State farm to relieve the congested population of the Borough. The Postmaster informs us that the Department will give preference to a tri-weekly mail service for Apiti provided a tender is received, the cost of which is not much larger than for the bi-weekly already advertised. Bernard Whitburn, a bankrupt examined at the Dunedin Supreme Court, said that one of his debts, of £5, was due to a man who had stood security for him to that extent. He (Whitburn) had paid £6 in interest on that sum, but had never been able to pay the £5. A Parliamentary return shows that last year 50,898 persons in Great Britain returned their incomes under £150 per unnum ; from £150 to £200, 164,92* were assessed ; £200 to £300, 111,715 ; £300 to to £4<iO, 48,288; £400 to £600, 79,583 i'9oo to £1000, 2195 ; 71 individuals were reported to be in the enjoyment *i 1 50,000 a year and upwards. The gentle poacher has already commenced operations in the rivers in the Wairarapa Valley with great success, while the more honest rod fisherman can hardly boast of a bite. Snares, nets, night lines, and other nefarious means aro employed by the lawbreakers. The Manawatu Times says that Mr D. Grant, chairman of the Aorangi Drainage Board, received a telegram irom the Treasury yesterday informing him that the loan of £6000 asked for to complete the outlet had been approved. This is good news to the settlers interested, and to those who require work. A runaway occurred at Halcombe yes'erday, when Mr D. Riddiford's horse, which was left standing in a buggy at the railway station, took fright at the train and bolted, with the result that the vehicle was overturned and both shafts broken, and the harness considerably damaged. Fortunately there was no one in the buggy at the time. The Palmerston North Caledonian Society will hold their annual gathering on the Showground, at Palmerston, on the Prince of Wales' Birthday, November 9th, and the event promises to be quite as successful as former meetings of this Society. Good prize money is to be given away, while the programme, the chief events of which are published on the fourth page of to-day's Stab, is a long and varied one. An opening announcement appears in to-day's issue from Mrs D. Barrett, who has on view a stock of drapery, millinery and men's clothing in the premises recently occupied by Mr F. Gabites, in Fergusson street. Mrs Barrett invites inspection of her millinery and drapery which are all new and of the latest fashions. There will be a special display of millinery in the windows this evening. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, before Messrs A. F. Halcombe and H. L. Sherwill, J.'sP., a portion of the evidence was taken in the case of Cook and Turley (in the assigned estate of S. J. Thompson) v. A. L. Parr, claim £5 2s 4d. This was an application to take evidence, the case to be decided in the Wellington Magistrate's Court. Mr W. A. Sandilands appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr L. E. Reade for the defendant. Mr S. J. Thompson deposed to supplying certain goods from a general store, which he carried on, and Wm. McKeague, accountant, gave evidence as to the entries being correct. At this stage the Court was adjourned till Monday at 10 o'clock, when the defendant's evidence will be taken.

It is considered probable that the limit of £5000 as the maximum advance under the cheap money scheme will be consider* ably reduced. To-night the great sale of Hamilton's assigned stock will be continued until ten o'clock p.m., when fresh and groater bargains than ever, we are told, will be placed before the public. •' There are more gas engines in Auckland than anywhere else in the Colony." This simple statement by Mr Crowther set tbe House off into a roar, whereat Mr Crowther was much mystified. — N.Z. Times. A poll of the ratepayers in the Special Rating District, Manawatu County, re loan of £250 to protect the bank of the Oroua River, will be taken at Mr Dermer's house, Awahuri read, on Monday next. Tbe social committee of the Oddfellows' Lodge are getting up a good programme for the social and dance to be held on Friday, the 28th September, in the Foresters' Hall. No pains are being spared to make the gathering a success. The Hawera Star says that anxious enquiries are being made as to the ' whereabouts of Mr O. Stephensen, projector and builder of the Riverdale Dairy Factory, now the property of a co-operative company. He is very much missed. 1 In reply to Mr Stevens, who asked yesterday that an area sufficient for a > library be taken from the land on which the Feilding Courthouse is built, Mr Reeves says that the progress of Feilding is so marked that a large Courthouse is sure to be required there, and therefore none of the land can be given up. The petition requesting the Manchester Road Board to grant Ashurst part of the Perry Reserve for a cemetery, has been numerously signed. The site is prettily situated where the toll-house stood be fore removal. It is partly surrounded by a fringe of karaka trees and is quite . near the Manawatu River. i Last evening a dance was given in Mr HarrisoQ's woolshed by the bachelors of the Wanganui Harbor Board Block. 1 There was a good attendance, including ■ visitors from Feilding. Several songs and recitations were given, and dancing was kept up till an early hour this i morning. A member -was speaking in the House the other night of the early colonists oi Australia and their suitability. Quoth . Mr Reeves to friend : ' The early settlers of Australia ought to have been ernin- ' ently suitable, as they were selected by 1 some of the best judges in England. 1 Mr Reeves does not claim this as hk own. Tbe New York Herald now prints it* news from China and Japan in the language of those countries, for the better information of readers who art 1 familiar with their dialects. This is a feat never before attempted in an Eng i lish or an American newspaper, and | will, of course, by the form of competi tion, be followed by other journals. Cycling circles in the South are jusi , now agitated in the matter of a nev form of a bicycle, tbe invention of ar Oamaru resident, which the inventoi ' claims can easily do its 40 miles an hour 1 It is worked by hand as well as foot ' power, and so far two machines hav< been constructed, one of them by i i Christchnrch maker. ' It has been suggested that before th< banking amalgamation is agreed to, ttu yalues of the assets of the two banks con 1 cerned shall be enquired into by an inde . pendent authority appointed by th< ' Government. Apropos of this Mr O'Regar i intends to ask the Government if th< House will be clearly informed of the value and nature of the assets of eact ' bank, and the amount invested in rea . estate before members are asked to con ! sider tbe proposals for amalgamation. Jake Gaudaur, of Toronto, cables c . challenge to Tom Sullivan, from New , York, offering the New Zealander s ( match for not less than lOnOdols a side t the sculling championship of tbe world tc go with the stake. Gaudaur evidently means business, since he supplements hit challenge with an offer to accept 250d01s 1 towards expenses, and row on the Thames, ' or he will paj Sullivan SOOdols expenses if the latter will consent to the comes) taking place in America. This evening Mr T. R. Attwood will haye on view in his studio window a large and handsome oil painting, which hi completed a few days ago. The picture 1 is an " Evening scene on Lake Wanaka " and is a fine piece of artistic work, the perspective being remarkably good. Id the fore ground is a rich landscape with the usual foliage and trees to the left, while at the rear of the lake are mountains which are reflected in the transparent waters of the lake. The picture is well worthy of inspection. With reference to a cable message, suggesting the amalgamation of tbe . National Bank of New Zealand with the Bank of New Zealand, we (H.B. Herald) have authority for stating that some time ago the matter was threshed out, and the decision was absolutely against amalgamation. The situation has in no way altered, and the General Manager the other day, referring to a rumour of such an amalgamation, denied it in the most positive terms, saying "No such proposals have been made, or are likely to be made or considered by our Board." The quarterly meeting of the Loyal Manchester Lodge of Oddfellows, M.U., was held last evening. There was a large attendance of members and visiting brothers. One new member was initiated. The accounts for the quarter were passed for payment. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for holding a picnic at some future date, such to be made an annual affair. A letter was received from P.G. Bro. John- . ston, Stratford, congratulating the officers and members of the lodge on the progress the lodge is making. It was resolved that in future all meetings of the lodge should be advertised in the Star. After the business of the evening was completed, the meeting went into ; harmony, when Bros. A. and J. Watson gave several musical selections on the piccolo and violin. Bro. BastingH sang i a song, and Bro. Hewitt gave a rccita- ' tion.