Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 107, 31 October 1894, Page 2

Local and General News.

Tho price to which Danish butter has advanced is 114s per cwt. A Maori wedding caused some excitement at Aorangi yesterday afternoon. Chicken-pox is prevalent in the Stoney Creek district, and it is probable that the school will be closed in consequence. Two Canterbury gentleman nave just purchased 800 fat bullocks in the Hawera district for the purpose of shipping them South. A man named Brodie dropped dead in the Sydney Lyceum Theatre the other night whilst playing in the orchestra, heating the drum. The man who advertises persistently never complains that times are hard. He is too busy waiting ou his custom, ers. A meeting of the ladies of the Feilding Lawn Tennis Club will be held at the Bank of Australasia to-morrow afternoon at 3.30. Anent the Advauces to Settlers Act, we may inform our readers that as soon as the money is available, those intending to take advantage of the provisions of the Act will be duly informed in our columns when they may forward their applications to the Board. There was a good deal of lightuiug seen last night towards the north-west. There was a mild thunderstorm this afternoon, and some refreshing rain showers fell, which will do a vast amount of good not only by freshening up the grass and fruit trees, but by filling the water-tanks, which have got lamentably low of late. A yount? man nnrned Win. Coleman was .-chooling the hurdle horse, Rosemary over hurdles at Te Rod iv the Hawera district on Sunday last, when the hoise Cell at a jump and rolled over* its rider. Deceased had one arm broken, and ro- < eived very severe internal injuries which resulted in the poor fellows death about five hours later. Coleman was a fine -trapping young fellow, 22 years of age. We would remind our readers of the ' grand temperance tea and public meeting to he held in the Temperance Hall this evening. At the public meeting, His Worship the Mayor, Mr W. Carthew, Mr G. Grant, of Pahnerston, and Rev. W. H. Judkius will givo addresses, and ongs and instrumental pioces will be given by Mrs Woollams, Mrs Caldwell, Misses Greenwood, Giescn, Carthow, Diamond, Robertson, and Messrs Treseder and Woollams. At a meeting of the Recreation Committee of the Borough Council the following applications were granted, viz., to the Football Club te prepare a ground outside the Oval, and to tho Wesleyaus to use the ground on 9th November for a picnic on payment of one guinea, with the right to make a charge at the gate. Councillors E. Goodbehere and W. A. L. Bailey were authorised to sign cheques in connection with disbursements. The annual general meeting of shareholders in the Feilding Permanent Building and Investment Society was held in the Assembly Roojus last evening, between twenty-five and thirty being present. In the absence ,of the president, Mr W. A. L. Bailey, Sherman of diroctors, was voted to the chair. Tho balance-sheet having been read aijd adopted, the election of directors for the ensuing term was proceeded with, resulting iv the following gcutlcincn being returned: Messrs C. Carr, W, A, L. Bailey, H. Comfoot, A. R. Allen, E, N, Barraud, G. Kirton, O. C. Cooper. The meeting tttea adjQuwic4.

It is proposed to hold wood-chopping aud sawing competitions at the "Wanganui A. and P. Show. Mrs Yates, Mayor of Onehunga, has definitely decided to make a lecturing tour of Australia. The Holdtika Harbour Board recently let an ;£lB 8s contract, and appointed an overseer at .£!< i«, week to watch the contractor. A meeting of ladies was held at Wanganui yesterday to make arrangements for opening a Women's Court of Foresters there in about a fortnight's time. In one auction room in London during a recent single season over 500,000 bird skins from the West Indies and Brazil were sold to adorn ladies' hats and bonnets. Mr P. Thomson went to Hawera today with his patent milk aerator and cooler iv order to exhibit it at tho Agricultural and Pastoral Show, which takes place there to-morrow. Members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of tho Government parade to be held iv the Assembly Rooms tomorrow evening. A full attendance is particularly requestod. Before Mr W. Carthew, J.P., this morning, a man named Robert Dalzell was brought up on a charge of drunkenness, and fined 5s with costs 2s. This is the first case of the kind in Feilding for mouths. Says the Woodville Examiner : — Some good records have been made by local anglers of late. On two days of last week Messrs Seymour and Tone took in the Manawatu River, baskets of 241 ba and 14;jlbs respectively. The Feilding Debating Society met in Miss Goodbehore's schoolroom last evening, when Mr Black read a paper on " Tom Hood," aud Mr T. Watson one on " Robert Burns." Both papers were considered oxcelleut, aud were discussed by several members. Votes of thanks were passed to the president, secretary and treasurer, and tho meeting adjourned. This was the closing meeting of the session. Tho shooting match between tho Marton Royal Rines and the Manchester Rifles is taking place on the Feilding range to-day. At the time of our going to press, tho secoud range, 800 yards, was being fired. At tho 200 yards range, counting eight men aside, the visitors having come dovyn two men short the shooting was a tie with 205 points for each team. The Manchoster Rifles have ten men shootiug aud an avefage will be struck by the visitors. Ono evening last week (says the Lyttelton Times) Mr W. Holley, of Leeston, turned about 250 half bred ewes into a paddock on his farm, and next morning, on on* of his sons visiting the paddock it wns found that 50 of the ewos were dead, while the whole mob showed si.^ns of weakness, and it wns with difficulty they were driven into another field The pad. dock, which bus remained unused since it wsi ploughed, wa« overrun with wild turnip, and it is suggested that, as this was in flower, the injury was caused by the sheep eating it iv that state. Several ex* perienced farmers state that when in llower the wild turnip is poisonous to sheep. The usual weekly meeting of the 1.0.G-T. Lodge was held in the Foresters' Hall last evening, the attendance being very good. Bro. J. Reid, D.C.T., occupied the chair. The nomination and election of officers resulted as follows : Bro F. Bray, C.T. ; Bro Sherlock, P.C.T.; Bro J. H. Worsfold, S.J.T.; Sister S. Worsfold, V.T. ; Bro J. D. Valeutiue, S. ; Bro H. L. Jackson, P.S. ; J3ro W, Be,lfls» T. ; Bro J. Evans, M- ', Bro T. Foster, D.M. : Bro F. Foster, G. ; Bro C. Elliott, C. The installation will take place next week, It was decided to hold a picnic on November Oth, in Mr Phillips' paddock at Awahuri, in con. junction with the Pahnerston and Awahuri Lodges, and that the Sandon, Campbelltown, Bulls and Ashurst lodges bo invited to attend. A committee was appointed to carry out the necessary arrangements. Admiral Robert Jenkins, who died at Shrewsbury in August last, served in the New Zealand war in 1863-64. One of his services was to transport four cargo boats overland from Auckland to tho Manakau, where he had them plated with iron and fitted with 12' pounders for service in the Waikato. He commauded the Thames on the Taurauga and Maketu expeditions, and the reserve of the Naval Brigade in the assault on the Gate Pa. Apropos of these boats, a gentleman who had been settled in Christchurch for some years, and was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy who had distinguished hiinsalf in China, went to Auckland and apph'ed to Mr Thomas Russell, who was then Defence Minister, for the command of one of these vessels. Those who have seen Tom Russell know he is no beauty, but our sailor friend had even fewer claims to the title of an Adonis, When the applicant interviewed Russell the latter looked at him and said rudely *' Why, you don't look much like a naval officer!" The retort was at once—" Well, if it comes to that, after all you look even less like a war Minister." Our friend received au appointment, but it was a much better one than that he appliod for. So Russell had some good iv him, occasionally.