Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 186, 6 February 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Manchester Rifles won the fourth rize at the volley firing for 1894. The Hon. W. P. Reeves intends to dever an address at an early date in Maserton. The -welcome rainfall continued hrough most of last night. A vast .mount of good has been done. The Directors of the Feilding Building Society met yesterday afternoon and granted several applications. The Hope of Feilding Lodge, 1.0. G.T., net last evening, when the newlyjlected officers present -were installed. gThe annual general meeting of the members of the Presbyterian Church will be held this evening at 7.30 p.m. Owing to the unfavorable uature of the weather yesterday afternoon there was no meeting of the W.C.T.U. as intended. During the month of January 40,000 ft of timber, 18,516 sheep and 962 bales of wool were sent away from tho Masterton Railway Station. The Under-Secretary of the Department of Justice inserts a notice to-day with reference to claims under section 118 of "The Native Laud Court, 1894." Mr Joseph W. F. Sextus gives notice that at the next meeting of the Kiwitea County Council he intends to apply for a license to slaughter great and small cattle on section 4, Block XI, Hautapu. The travelling representative of the New Zealand Farmer, Mr R. A. Bullen, ■was in Feildiug yesterday. He left the same evening for Wanganui so as to be present at the ram fair iv that town. Mr G. W. Fowlcs has imported a cyclometer, -which registers the distaucc travelled by a bicycle up to 100 miles. This ingenious little invention can easily be fixed on the front wheel of any machine. We are requested to mention that Mr Ishcrwood will meet iutending violin pupils at Hastie's Hotel next Friday between 2 and 4 o'clock, when the time for each can be arranged. Mr J. R. McMillan, of the firm of Wollerman and Co., will hold his first sale in Palmerston on Saturday, when a large and choice collection of Japanese curios will be offered for sale without reserve. Mr Diivid Barrett inserts a notice to da}' iv connection with the fire which destroyed his premises in Fergusson street last Sunday morning. Those interested will do well to carefully note this advertisement. The following teams will represent Feildiug in the polo match against Palmerstou, at Palmerston, on Saturday nex t : — ]s, T o. 1 team : Strachau, Gorton, Cooper, Pickering. No. 2 team : Matheson, Elkington, Giescn, Lewis. Wi Pere, Ropata Tc Ao and Houi Hckc, M's.H.R., have issued a manifesto, in which they advise the natives to'Jcease to sell or lease their land, and ask them to assemble at Rotorua during March to consider what course to adopt. Entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' annual ewe fair to be held at Palmcrstou North on Tuesday, tho 14th instant, are published to-day. Intending vendors arc requested to send m their entries at once, so as to permit suitable accommodation to be made. We have to thank Mr Charles Fitton for some remarkable vegetable ctiterpillers which lie obtained iv the bush at Rangiwahia. Mr Fitton informs us they are fairly numerous in that locality. Any one -who would like to examiue them can do so by calling at our office. We learn from the Paraekaretu Exnress that active steps are being taken for the establishment of a dairy factory in Huntervillc. Mr Templer, the secretary, and Mr Spencer, manager of the Cheltenham Dairy Factory, have promised to attend the first meeting. After the service at Buunythorpe ou Sunday evening, Mr and Mrs G. H. Kspiuer, who have lately returned from i.heir wedding tour, were presented by the organist of St. Barnabas' Anglican Church, Mr F. Homer, on behalf of the choir, with an address of welcome, and a very handsome fairy lamp. With to-night's Star appears an ' inset ' from the Manawatu Farmers' Co-operative Association, announcing that* their summer clearing sale ol drapery, clothing, etc., has now commenced, and marvellous bargains being offered, the public. These arc genuine sales, and the public are aware of the f ict. Mr Robert Panting, Chief Goods Manager of the North Eastern Railway, of England, is at present in Wellington endeavouring to arrange that frozen meat vessels shall visit the Hull docks, which are the property of the Company, for the purpose of distributing meat to Manchester and other larger town. Mr Panting points out that while the vessels load at several ports in this colony they at present discharge only at London, to the detriment of the provincial trade. To-morrow we will have in our midst two noted travelling evangelists of the Salvation Army, viz., Colonel and Mrs Dowdlc. The Colonel aud his wife rank amongst the earliest officers of the Army, having been with them for 27 years. II : was the first man to introduce instrumental music in Salvation Army meotiugs, will have with him the first instrument ever played in tho Army. Mrs Dowdlc takes a very prominent part in the rnce'ings. It is expected large crowds will turn up to hear them. For particulars sec advertisement. In a letter to the Marton Advocate Mr Georjie Wheeler rep'ies to Mr Donald Fraser on the jellow sheep question as follows : — Sir,— As Mr Eraser's letter re yellowness of Romney shf-ep h somewhat mischievous, I must, atk you for space to reply. Mr Fraser says that the Romnoys contribute three limes as many jellow sheep ns tlie Lincoln.--, but unfortunately he does not mention tlm percentage of the latter I l"oked up my shipments for 1892-93 and find 886 2-tooth Rornnoy wethers were sent away for freezing, and that of these 4 were condemned for being yell-nv. This is less than a per cent. A. proportion so insignificant does not warrant snch warning to farmers, who will find that the breed that turns off its wethers before they are 19 months old can stand a ?]- per cent, being condemned for yellowness, and still prove profitable.