Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 159, 4 January 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

' A meeting of milk suppliers and shareholders in the Cheltenham Dairy Factory Company will be held in the Mangaone Hall, Colyton, this evening. The proprietor of the Manchester Hotel, Mr Horace Bastings, has an interesting notice in our issue of today, to which we refer our readers. Notice is given to-day by the Trustees under the will of the late Mrs M. M. Browne that: all claims against the estate must' be furnished to Mr L. E. Reader solicitor, Feilding, on or before j^imwu^^; • . ■■:;■■.■:;'■■ ■ .' ■ ■ ■-,•.■"■■ ■.■■■.-■■/

of | with invasion in 1812. of tbe finding of the Hffijraissioner appointed to allot the hCOsC^bf construction of a road bridge I over the Kiwitea stream, within the 1 borough, has yet been received by the I Council. I The sleepiest man in AnsKralia was fined •20s a few days hack. He was dis >•■■ • red dreaming on the railway line, and ex plained that he had put his ear on the I rail t find out if the train was coining, and had dosed off. The Otago Daily Times states that Messrs Graham, Clarke and Fyfe topped Mount Cook from the Hooker side on Christmas Day. The party had made several attempts previously to reach the top of the mountain. The work of temporarily erecting an additional span to the bridge across the Makino stream on Warwick street was commenced to-day. The timber from the wreck of the old bridge across the Kiwitea stream is being used for the purpose. The Oatnaru Mail says the local Acclimatisation Society are making arrangements to send Home to the editor of the Field a representative sample of New Zealand river trout in the shape of a large block of ice in which it is intended to freeze trout of all shapes and sizes. It is reported that the Union Bank of Australia intends to make a call of .£ls per share, amounting to £"800,000, on the shareholders in the Bank of South Australia (in liquidation), being the entire amount of the liability of the latter. Thus the Kumara Times: "Is the world coming to an end, or has the bottom dropped out of human prejudice ? The other Sunday the Anglican, Presbyterian and Wesleyan parsons drove down in one buggy to conduct service at Stafford. When will they all drive into one church ? " Notice is given by the Mayor, Mr W. A. Sandilands, that a public meeting will be held on Monday next in the Assembly Rooms for the purpose of fixing upon a day for the weekly half holiday under the " Shops and Shop Assistants Act, 1894." At the Hawera Caledonian Sports on Tuesday T. W. Leslie was second in the two-mile walk (won by J. Cavanagh with 150 yards), but was disqualified for unfair walking. E. Hall won the half and was second in the mile. H. Cameron won the hurdles ; J. Cameron finished second but was disqualified for jostling. A young lady iv Aucklautl recently tried to enhance her charms by a little biack patch. This was at a fancy dress ball. A young fellow who had been paying her marked attention suggested a walk in the cool dark verandah, as it was very warm. When they returned, the beauty spot was missing, but it was not lost, as it could be plainly seen sticking just under the young man's nose. Enquiries are still being made as to how it got there. — Observer. A well-known resident of Happy Valley near Nelson, Mr John Brown, senior \v*s killed on Sunday afternooon last. According to the Colonist, tbe deceased who wast 86 years of age, was walking past a bull when the animal rushed at him, knocked him down, and charged him twice after wards. Assistance was at once rendered, but when Dr Leggatt reached the scene of tbe accident be found that tbe poor old man's spine had been fractured, and that death had already occurred. The convenience of a tri-weekly mail is much appreciated by the settlers in Apiti. Letters posted in Feilding before 8 a.m. on either Monday, Wednesday or Friday can be replied to on the following morning by 11 o'clock shortly, as we understand Mr Laing, the mail contractor between Birmingham and Apiti, is arranging to take the mail right through from Apiti to Feilding each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. At present the Apiti mail arrives in Feilding at 3.30 p.m. on those days. Mr James Norman, who is one of the oldest settlers in the district and thoroughly acquainted with the requirements of the residents in Feilding as regards a butchery establishment, notifies that he has taken over the business hitherto carried on by Mr Pickering in Fergusson street, and solicits a share of public support. Mr Norman intends to make a specialty of the " small goods " items in the business. Mr hope Mr Norman will make bis new venture a success in every way. The first shooting competition for the Hon. General Feikhng's challenge trophy will take place on Wednesday next. The following are the conditions : — Snider rifles, ranges 200, 300 and 500, seven shots at each range, sighters allowed. There will be six competitions, the aggregate of the four best competitions to count. The winner will hold the trophy for three years. Class C competition will be fired in conjunction •with the above, the scores at 200 and 300 to count for Dr Charlton's medal, sighters on this occasion being allowed. Since the beginning of the year we have inaugurated a new system for the delivery of the Star to our subscribers who reside on the mail coach lines — between Feilding, Awahuri, Campbelltown and to Waituna — iv place of by mounted runners. As certain irregularities iv such delivery may be anticipated consequent on the change, we have to ask the kind consideration of our subscribers, and to request they will report to us any case of irregularity iv the delivery of their papers. The Bank of New Zeaiand call is causing serious trouble In more directions than one. Tbe Nelson Star says : — Several churches and charitable institutions in Nelson, which would in course of a short time bave become the recipients by legacy of a number of shares in the Bank of New Zealand, are in considerable tribulation over the news of tbe call, as the benevolent intentions of the devisers will be frustrated and instead of a gift of considerable value their legacy may be the cause of serious financial loss. The teleautograph, the invention of Professor Elisha Gray, of Chicago, is moving on, and will one of these days revolutionise telegraphy. In a recent experiment the instruments worked without the slightest hitch over a distance of 88 miles. The principle of the instrument is that it automatically records an exact facs&nile of the writing contained in messages. In these experiments the receiving pencil recorded with ease and clearness different handwritings, giving thick and thin strokes, dotting i's and crossing t's very correotly.