Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 162, 8 January 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next. The Manawata Kilwininng Lodge of Freemasons meet at Palmerston (tomorrow) Wednesday. The following are the vital statistics for the district of Palmerston North for month ending 31st December, 1894 :— Births, 21 ; deaths, 9 ; marriages, 12. The births in the Feilding district for 1894 were 175, or 18 more than 1893. The deaths were 24, or 23 less than 1893. Marriages 41, or 2 more than 1893. On Saturday next the privileges of the Summer meeting of the Foxton Racing Club will be sold there by Mr J. R. Macmillan, auctioneer. A man named M'Donald of Masterton who filed his petition in bankruptcy five months ago, and upon whom fortune has since smiled, has just paid his creditors 20s in the £. To-day Mr W. D. M. Banks invites tenders for carting posts and stabs. The distance is about one mile and there are about three weeks work in the job. Tenders will close on Monday the 14th instant. By the bursting of a sewer in Queen street, Auckland, stones were projected with such force that they broke the windows in the top story of a house, on the opposite side of the street, and the water was also sent in showers oa tbe premises both aboye and below. A great Maori meeting is now proceeding at Te Hauke. (Hawke's Bay), serving the twofold purpose of mourning over thfl departed chief Hone Nea Nea and discussing naatters of interest to the Maori race, \mongst the questions brought up yesterday was that of ecitial rights for women. The Times' correspondent writes :— Sir George Grey ia very obstinate He admits the doctors told him more than a week ago that they sycald not answer for his life if he didn't start at OiiCfl fpr a warmer climate, preferably for New Zea land ; yet here is, and here, too, i 9 the east wind Moreover, the o'd gentleman's health grows daily visibly worse. Not only does he seem alarmingly frail, but he has commenced to spit up blood and it would take little more than a sharp chill to make him seriously ill. We. gather from the report of the Exhibition and distribution of prizes at the Wanganui Convent School held last month that Miss Light showed considerable proficiency in plain needlework. In music (instrumental) Carrie Light was first in the senior, and Ethel Light third in the junior devision and first in singing. Mi' aa4 Mrs Light have every reason to be satisfied with fctye progress their daughters are making at this really excellent institution. Invention, of 17th November, says:— " Fcr the purpose of testing the particular timber best suited for street paving, four different kinds of wood are now being used in the relaying of Bucbaaao street, Glasgow. These are jarrah, karri wood, kauri pine, and carbolised pitchpine. Iv a_d4ition to those a new cork pavement is to fee experimented with. Brick paving was tried tjti^re SQ.me time ago, but did not prove a' success, and was givea up," At a meeting of creditors in the estate of Samuel Chamberlain held at Palmerston yesterday afternoon, the following resolution carried at a, previous meeting was confirmed :—" That the creditors hereby relinquish all their right, title and interest in the furniture sold by Mrs Sarah A. Linton to the debtor, Samuel Chamberlain, and directs the Deputy Official Assignee to hand same over to Mrs Linton,, believing that the Estate has only aeqai»ed s. right therereto by a legal technicality, but subject to such rights as tbe Bankrupt has created therein.?' The creditors present were Messrs 3 t . LiMon, T- E- Cjj&mberlaiS and E. 'torn- ' " '"' - w *

General Booth sent a congratulatory telegram to the new Czar, who replied : " Deeply touched by your kind greetings and wishes." The Premier is expected to address his constituents at Hokitika this week, and will probably arrive in Wellington on Sunday next. Towards the end of the month he is likely to speak at Napier. The Waimate police have laid informations against the proprietor of the steam uierry-go-rodnd for not having a name painted on his traction engine, and for working on Sunday. The Post says that three well-known officers of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers have left the service owing to events which occurred during a recent Homeward voyage. By advertisement to-day our readers are informed that applications for advances under the Advances to Settlers Act, 1894 may be made to Mr Walter Rutherford, Public Trust office agent, Palmerston North. From Masterton we learn that the wool clip this year is reported to have been 10 per cent less than last year. This is owing, it is said, to the effects of a peculiar kind of rust which attacked the grass last year. The Feilding Library Committee met last evening and deckled to defer regulating the hours of closing the Library and Reading Room till the next meeting. Also, to send surplus newspapers to the Palmerston N. Hospital. The names i of those willing to act on the committee for the ensuing year were decided on for recommendation to the Borough Council. The number of books issued to 59 suscribers was 149. The following are the paj'ments in connection with the recent Rangitikei Racing Club's meeting :— Mr W. Tuck, £220 ; Mr E. Calthrop, £145 ; Mr Scott, £80 ; Mr C. FitzHerbert, £60 ; Mr H. Waitere, Mr R. Kingan, and Mr Utiku Marumaru, £50 each ; Mr E. Jackman, Mr M. Coleman, Mr A. Cameron and Mr L. Holmes, £40 each ; Mr J. Paul, £85 ; Mr J. Green, £30 ; Mr H. Clark, Mr W. Fergus, Mr J. Hathaway, Mr E. Keen and C. Leen, £10. Total, £930. The Wellington Post says :— The s.s. , Port Melbourne, by which the Hon " Undesirable Bill " Reeves returned to the colony from Sydney, has a Lascar crew. The sight of their dark faces grievously affected the Minister of Labour for the first day or two, aggravating the parjgs of mal de mer. When he had somewhat recovered, he held forth to the captain on the subject, predicting that the day would soou come when all ships would have to be manned by men of our own race and colour. The Captain listened patiently and deferent kilty, but in silence. Coming on deck next morning, he found the Minister of Labor reclining luxuriously on a deck chair, while a Lascar lad was humbly tying the Ministerial shoestrings. "Ah," said Captain Richardson, "you would not get seamen of your own race and colour to do that."