The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitba Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1894. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 79, 27 September 1894, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitba Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1894. Local and General News.

« The members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of the Government parade this evening. One-third of the world is controlled by the men of the Anglo-Saxon race — and they are controlled by the women. It is said that in Victoria only 732 aboriginals remain. Rum and tobacco have done their deadly work well. The chief reason for the distaste of many members of the House to the Institute of Journalists Bill was the odour of respectability about the measure. A young man who acted as a cook in one of the Mastertou hotels received word last week of a bequest of ± 18,000 from a relative at Homo. If there was not a good deal of hard work about it the Government would nationalise all sheep farms, and do the shearing themselves. The Bishop of Nelson will hold a confirmation service in St. John's Church this evening, at half-past seven. The offertory will be in aid of the choir fuiyl. We have to thank Mr A. W. Parker, secretary, for a complimentary ticket of admission to the social of the 1.0.0. F. Loyal Manchester Lodge to be held in the Assembly Booms to-morrow evening. Mr K. J. Hogg, who was manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Danevirke during the time of the " sticking up " episode, has left for Sydney. Mr Paul now fills the position of manager. A full attendance of members is requested at the usual practice of the Wesleyan choir to-morrow evening. The choir are practising new and appropriate music to bo sung at the opening of the new church. Saya a writer iv the Age :— " The increased acreage under flax and hemp (in Victoria) this season is aim ply marvellou* and if it conrioues at the dame ratio in two years from now a sufficiency of 6bre will be produced to supply all the local requirements of the colony." The Wairarapa Star says : A Wellington merchant who was in Masterton on Saturday assured us that business in the Empire City was at an utter standstill. The large houses were overstocked, and it was absolutely impossible to get rid of the wares. Some natives and others are petition ing the Round against a license being is sued in Pakipaki distnot (Hawkes Bay), as they state that they are entirely op po*ed to the establishment of a publichouse there, after their dreadful experience of a former houoe, when four persons died through drink. There is to be an eclipse of the sun on Saturday, but it will not be visible in the North Island. The South Island, or at least that portion of it " at the far end " connected commercially with the Colonial Treasurer, will be graciously permitted to witness the phenomenon — partially. <• We don't play the piano at our house on Sundays," said the first little girl, 14 and you folks do. We ain't heathens." " Neither are we," said the recond little girl ; but we don't believe in usin 1 up all our religion on Sunday, «o's there won't be none left through the week, like some folk does ".— Cbriitchurch Truth. A Frenchman tells the following tale ; — An old man ir^Paris died at the age of ninety nine. He assembled his children, grand-children aud great grand-children a little before giving up the ghost, and gave them advice to give up drinking abaintbe, for e&id he, if I had not drank so much of it, I would not be a dying man at this moment. In Melbourne the other day * young man, never before convicted of any offence, was found guilty of stealing ss, and was sent to gaol for 9 months. The very same day, at Ballarat, in the same province and uuder the same code of laws, a hulking six-foot, 15 stone ruffian was convicted of smashing the nose of bis aged mother and otherwise brutally assaulting her. He got one month. Sunflower culture for oil-producing purposes is being carried on by a South Australian farmer on a large scale. He has four acres under sunflowers, and the yield of seeds obtained from this area is enormous. The seeds are worth 8s per bushel for the oil, which is used in the manufacture of the best Castile soap, by painters, machinists, manufacturers ol cloth, and many others. A capital story is being told about a neryous looking mnn who wont into at »bop the other day and sat down for half-no-hour or so. The proprietor went to him aud asked him if he wanted to be shown anything. " No," oaid the nervous man, "I just wanted to sit still. My physician lias recommended perfect quiet for me, and says that above all things I should avoid being in crowds. Noticing that you did not adyortiae in the newspaper. 1 thought this would be as quiet a place as I could find, so J just dropped in for a few hours' isolation. The quarterly meeting of the SandoaFeilding Wealeyan circuit was hold at Sandon yesterday afternoon, when the following delegates were present ;— Revs Keall and Judkins, Messrs W. Carthew, J. Cobbo, I. Brent, J. Bowater, Jas. A'Courfc, W. Bowater, Jos. Bowater, R. W. Bishop, V. Ransome, T. Verry aud B. Eglington. It was reported thai the increase of members for the whole circuit was about thirty for the quaver. The receipts for the quarter were:— Sandon, £32 15s 9d ; Feilding, £*5 15s 9d; Campbelltown, £16 19h 3d; Home Mission grant, £7 IDti ; total, £*93 O.s 9d. The expenditure for the quarter was £*94 14bM. Messrs Cartjie*/ &ud Sauson, circuit stewards, were appointed delegates to attend the district meeting to be held in New Plymouth on December 7th. It was decided that at the Feilding «erviees on the Sundays; of October 14th and 21afc tho collections be appropriated to the truat fund. The Revs Keall and Judkius were iuvjted to stay iv tUo circuit ion auotber year.

Captain Edwin wired today :— Strong N.E. to N. and W. winds, with rain, and glass further fall. Mr Sherwill, hon. sec. of the Acclimatisation Society, received a telegram today from Duuedin to say that the starlings had been shipped by the s.s. Tarawera yesterday from that port. They should, therefore, arrive in Feilding to-morrow. We regret to have to record the death of Charles, third son of Mr William Mills, of Cheltenham Cross Road, which took place yesterday. The funeral will take place on Saturday, and Feilding friends will please note that the cortege will pass to the Feilding Cemetery via North road and Port street. Says the Post: — The Chairman of Committees twice saved the Government by his casting vote on Tuesday night. Such devotion merits rewardIn China it would be acknowledged by tho distinction of several peacock feathers. Mr Seddon should give Mr Guinness a whole peacock's tail. It might be worn an natttrcl as a becoming decoration. The strongest argument yet made against woman suffrage and office holding, save an American contemporary, comes from North Dakota, where Miss Bates, candidate for State Superintendent of the School, side tracked her opponent for the nomination hv agreeing to marry him and make him her deputy. This open* np an appsling vista of matrimonial and po htical log-rolling. — Exchange. The average height of girls and woman in England, France, and the United States, shows that Great Britain stands first by half an inch, American women coming next, and the Frenoh being beaten with a bad third with two inohes less than their Transatlantic sisters. The American ladies, however, come first in the matter of weight, averaging 1171 bto Great Britain's 1151 b, and France again is third with 1121 b. The Oddfellows' Social Committee met last evening to make final arrangements in connection with the social and dance to be held to-morrow night in the Assembly Rooms. Everything is progressing favorably and the affair promises to be a success, and tickets are rapidly being disposed of. Mr Haybittle's string band will be in attendance, and provide the music for the dance. The Manawatu Farmer truly remarks that it is not often that one has the opportunity of seeing 163 chickens in one brood, but this is possible just now at Mr Richardson s house at Shannon. Threo weeks ago some 200 eggs were put into an incubator, and the hatch has turned out bo successful that I63is the result, This is a very good average, and shows to what importance this industry may become, under careful management. At the sale of village allotmeßti adjoining the State farm, held at Levin yes terdaj there was a large attendance. Ten sections were submitted, two of which were sold at the upset price, and the others from £12 to £35 above the upset price. The latter price for one rood. For the Horewhenua Village Homestead Settlement containing 680 acres, sub divided into areas from 5 acres to 50 acres, 240 applications were received, tho drawing for which will take place to-day Air Harry B. Thomson, settler, of Waipukurau, has made the New Zealand Government an offer to exterminate the pestiferous codlin moth from the whole colony, in the space of three years, for the sum of £2000. He has patiently devoted the last two years exclusively to this and kindred subjects, with the result that he is vow confident of success in such an arduouß undertaking, provided the " sinews of war " are forthcoming. Mr J. Osborne, who was successful in sinking six artesian wells on the Rangitikei Line and Longburn properties of Mr Riddiford, and who is now working on the seventh well for Mr Riddiford, at Longburn, will sink an artesian well for tho same gentleman on his Cheltenham property, and a start will be made in a few weeks. This contract has been let through Mr Smith, who is in charge of the plant at Longburn. It will be remembered that it was with this plant an attempt, though unsuccessful, was made to obtain water in Manchester Square. Since removing from Feilding, Mr Smith has been very successful in each of the wells he has undertaken to boro. The miscellaneous character of the population of Coolgardie is thus described by a writer m an Australian paper : — " I met the owner of a Melbourne Cup winner fossicking there, an outcast priest, a number of ex-land and other bank managers, not a few ex- convicts and unem» ployed politicians, the son of a British Admiral, an ex- Judge of South Africa, a Rajah of Afghanistan, several brokendown Brokeu Hill magnates — one of whom gave some thousands for a well' known gelding racehorse and another of whom is said, spent as much on an equally well-known Gaiety girl. Since I left three of tho British House of Peers bare arrived there."