Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 179, 29 January 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

There is more " true inwardness " in an apple than any other fruit that is grown. At Mr Judd's farm, Manaia, sixty bushels of oats to the acre have been threshed out. Several Waipawa tradesmen arc to be " crushed " for not observing faithfully the weekly half -holiday. This morning Mr Milson received his usual fortnightly consignment of new books and periodicals. Very good burns have been obtained this season in the Sandon Special Settlement and adjacent blocks. Colonel Newall will inspect the Manchester Rifles on Thursday next, when every member must be present. A little soft soap used with hellebore for spraying trees infected with the leech blight, makes the cure more effectual. The solitary investor— there was .£49 on the machine — on Hard Times in the Farmers' Plate at Tapanui the other day drew a dividend of £'44 11s. A Masterton resident is reported to be killing codlin moths at the rate of one hundred a day, by means of codlin moth traps, viz., cloth bandages bound round the trunks of apple trees, near the ground. — Wairarapa Daily Times. A girl from Weston some months ago ■was married at the registry office at Oamaru to a travelling advertising agent, who subsequently took her to Christchurch, where the couple lived in style at a leading hotel for some three months. ; At the end of that period the man left 1 the girl, forgetting also to pay his hotel j bill. It has since been discovered (says ! the Mail) that the scoundrel was a married man with a wife and family living at Fitzroy, Victoria. There is some talk amongst settlers at Waituna of applying to the Government for the establishment of telephonic communication with Feilding. The Waituna post office, under Messrs Ranson and Co.'s charge, is about eight or nine miles from Cheltenham. In view of the rapid advancement of the district we see no reason why the wishes of the settlers should not be complied with. We also think the time has now arrived for the erection of a telephone between Birmingham and Rangiwahia. An English squire taking a walk through his estate early one morning before sunrise, found a young woman busy at work digging up potatoes in one of his fields. " What 1 at it as soon as this?" he enquired. "Well you deserve a reward. Here," and so saying threw her a half -a - crown. When he got home he asked the farm overseer the name of the girl. "We ain't got no girls diggin' taters," replied the man, " she must have been a diggin' them taters for herself." On Sunday evening while two young men, named Evans and Noble, were driving home to Feilding in a sulky, along the Makino road, the horse shied off the road and jumped into Mr Baker's fence, nearly opposite Mr Bramwell's house. They were both thrown out of the vehicle, which was considerably knocked about by the horse in its struggles to get free. With the assistauce of Mr Bramwell and his sons the horse was extricated from the debris, and Noble and Evans were driven to Feildiug by Mr Bramwell. The beginning of the end. A lady and gentleman — the former dressed in the " rational dress " costume attracted considerable attention in the Taieri district last Saturday. The gentleman was attired in the usual tourist costume, while his companion's dress was something similar. She wore knickers and dark stockings, and evidently had a lofty disdain for the cloth leggings that are worn by some ladies. The costume looked nice enough, but the attention the couple attracted must have been far from pleasing.— Taieri Advocate.. As land is greatly needed in the neighbourhood of Oamaru for the purposes of close settlement, the Government some time since made an offer for the Ardgowan estate, which adjoins the Town Belt on the western side of Oamaru. The offer has been declined, and the Government have therefore decided to take the estate under the powers of the Land for Settlement Act. Ie is the property of the New Zealand aud Australian Land Company and has an area of about 4000 acres. It is good agricultural land,' well suited for subdivision into small sections. Tbia will be the first occasion for exercising the compulsory powers of tbe Act,

Wednesday has been decided upon for the weekly half-holiday both in Marton and Wellington. t The charter and regalia for the Apiti" Oddfellows Lodge were received by Mr E. Nix from England on Saturday. A press wire states that several cases of typhoid fever have been reported in New Plymouth. We (Chronicle) hear it is rumoured that Mr George Hutchison, M.H R., will not unlikely address a public meeting in Auckland shortly on political matters. Messrs James Oldham and Monckton, who were camping together in the Feilding Small Farm Block, bad their whare burned and everything in it destroyed by a bush fire on Friday night. The Committee appointed to draw up a programme for the Oddfellows' sports met last evening and prepared one, which will be submitted to a meeting of the Lodge on February Bth. A meeting of the Feilding Athletic Sports Committee will be held in Mr SherwilPs office on Friday evening next, at 8 o'clock, to consider the advisableness of forming the affair into a club. Nominations for the road bicycle race on February 6th close with the Secretary of the Feilding Cycling Club to-morrow evening. A Committee meeting will be held in the Club Rooms on Thursday, olst instant, at 8 p.m. We are pleased to learn that the Rev James Trsadwell, of St. Paul's, has so 1 far recovered as to be able to return to hie home. The reverend gentleman is expected to arrive at the end of the present week. — Chronicle. Tenders are invited by Mr Bray, senr., the Clerk of the Manchester Road Board, for the collection of the Dog Tax for the year ending 31st December, 1805. Speci- | fieations may be seen at Mr Bray's office. Manchester street. The Wesleyan Sunday School picnic will be held ou the Oval to-morrow afternoon, beginning at half-past one o'clock. The tea will take place at five o'clock. These picnics are always popular with the little folk, and no doubt there will be a large attendance. In referring to the prospects of 1895, the Australasian says that in New Zealand a policy of meddle and muddle is quietly driving away capital and labor, and undoing the work of years of enterprise and industry. The only people who say this is not so are the Shags. The Wellington correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily Times says : — There is undoubtedly much irritation over the Shop Hours Act, and it will effect labor in a manner which the framers of the measure did not reckon upon if some amendment does not take place uext year. Mr F. J. W. Fear, of Wellington, advertises in to-day's issue that he is an importer of the famous Raglan bicycle. Anyoue desirous of purchasing a good serviceable roadster or racing machine would do well to communicate with MiFear, who is offering thpm at reduced I prices. For other particulars see advertisement. On Saturday last a whare belonging to Messrs Clere Bros., of Stormy Point, Waituna, was surrounded by bush fires and destroyed with all its contents. A new house being built for Messrs Clere was in danger of destruction for a time, but, although the heat blistered the paint, a number of willing hands combated the flames and removed danger. Mr J. Bett. coachbuilder of Palmerston N., has recently completed several handsome- and serviceable vehicles to the order of country residents. As Mr Bett, who is the holder of a large number of certificates from A. and P. Shows, employs a large and efficient staff of workmen, he is prepared to turn out the best work at very reasonable rates and on short notice. Mr W. Pegden, cabinetmaker and furnisher, of Palmerston N., advertises to-day that, having every convinience for the manufacture of the best and most fashionable furniture from English and Continental designs, he is prepared to offer special advantages to persons furnishing throughout. On a visit to Mr Pegden's showroom it will be seen that he keeps an extensive stock to select from. We have to acknowledge receipt from Mr Ritchie, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, of copies of •• Special Report on the Dairy Industry," by C. R. Valentine; " Reporta on the Dairy In dustry 1893-4." by John Sawers and J. T Lang ; " Cheese and Butter Factories and Creameries, their construction, equipment, and management," by John Sawers, Chief Dairjr Instructor. We have been instructed to etace chat copies may be obtained free on application to any Stock Inspector. A valuable draught horse, owned by Mr H. Curran of Feilding, was left by him in one of Mr P. Burrell's paddocks at Poatatau farm on Saturday. On Sunday the animal was found imbedded in the mud in a marshy place, with only its head and shoulders out. It had evidently gone to the stream to drink, with the above result. It took nine men, with another horse, five hours to extricate the animal. Fortunately, the horse sustained no serious injury, but wili require a week or two's rest before it can be worked again.