Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 187, 7 February 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

There will be mass in St. Bridget s next Sunday at 8 a.m. The hose reel purchased by the Feilding Fire Brigade arrived from Wauganui to-day. The goods shed at the Feilding Railway Station is about to be enlarged by the erection of an additional 20 feet. This morning we were shown an exceptionally large Swede turnip, weighing 18£lbs, grown by Mr Richard Juggins of North Road. The cart from the Longburn Slaughing Works will visit Feilding every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, commencing on the Bth instant. The welcome rain which fell between 5 p.rn on Sunday, the 4th instant, and 9-30 p*m. on Wednesday, the 7th inst., was 3.33 inches, equal to a weight of about 33 tons per acre. Several buckets were taken away by mistake after the fire in Fcrgusson street on Sunday morning. Those who have them in their possession arc requested to rectify the error with as little delay as possible. The Akaroa Mail reports an abundant cocksfoot harvest. In some cases there were yields of ten sacks and over to the acre, while the seed is clean heavy and of first-class colour. Mr H. J. Hayus presided over the polls taken at Apiti yesterday for special loans of £4,900 and i.'300 for roads in the Coal Creek riding of the Pohangina County both of which were carried. A general meeting of the Oroua County Association Football Club will be held at Mrs Hastie's Feilding Hotel next Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. All intere ited are requested to attend as there are important matters to settle. The Hawera Star says : Fourteen years having just expired since the first land was sold on the plains, the deferred payment settlers who have capitalised have now to pay up, and it is understood that a considerable sum has been paid in during the past week or two. Mr McKcnna, the Palmerston stationmaster, had a narrow escape from being crushed by the Napier train yesterday while attempting to stop a passenger from getting on a carriage platform after the train had started. He only recovered his feet with difficulty, and just in time to avoid an accident. A fashionable marriage was celebrated at St. Matthew's Church, Hastings, yesterday afternoon, when Colonel Fox, Commander of the New Zealand forces, was united to Miss C. Russell, second da-iii tii- of Capt. Russell, M.H.R. The ;liurcl) was appropriately decorated for vie occasion, and the ceremony was Aituessed by a large number of spectator-. The wedding gifts were costly and numerous, including oue from H.K.H. the Duke of York. iStarung ua« Inn : omisf ro become numerous in die co on. We learn that ji Feiiding gentleman has patented n mni-li it, which will shortly be given a MM'H •■< ihe Manawatu racecourse It th« . ii»i proves satisfactory the machine will mi «v probability be used at the Mamivwuu Racine Club's Autumn meeting- Mi Ellis the agent ot Gray's machine. hiiß stated his intention of patenting a mnchine which, in addition to siartii • lie orses, will register the number ii nner. The following bankruptcy business has beeu set down for the next sitting of bhe Palmerston District Court: — Applications for public examinations, C. A. i^ndrick, VV. B. Cox, and R. Whibley ; implications for discharge, T. B. Jacob-Franklin-Brown Bros., A. H. Ihle, C-how Kee, Ah Chee Kin, S. W. Wilson, and E. Finn ; motion for an order directing F. S. Guy to deliver to the Assignee certain property in the estate of F. M. Jackson ; motion to rescind order rejecting proof of debt lodged by J. McColl in ihe estate of A. F. Laurenson; and several motives in re Anchor Boob ComThe New Zealand Times pointedly remarks that while the Opposition are delivering jeremiads against the_ Advances to Settlers Act the" majority o^ ■applications come from their thankfully hopeful followers. This paragraph implies that in going through th.c papery of the several applicants the authorities have been noting "their color" which, under any circumstances, would bo a wrong thing to do. Wo, who are opposed to the Government, have always upheld the Advances to Settlers Act, and further we simply decline to believe that those intrusted with its administration liave been guilty of the breach of cßeMeja^e attributed to them by tlio Tides'." "■'■■* """'"

To-day Mr and Mrs Carthew returned rom their holiday trip to the South Bland. I An extraordinary Gazette further prologues Parliament until the 11th day of \pril. The notice is only a formal one. An eight-month old pedigree Jersey bull, purchased by Mr G. Revington f Jones, of Taonui, from au Auckland breeder, arrived in Feilding from Auckland, via Wellington, by the mid-day train to-day. John B. Osborue, for several years \ storekeeper at Whakataki, died in a fit \ on Castlepoint beach yesterday after- ( noon. Deceased was well known and much respected all over the district. i As Mr George Worsfold was riding '> to Colytou late last night he was run > into by a horse and trap. Mr Wors- ' fold's bovsc, a satbev valuable animal, being killed outright, although luckily i he himself was not hurt. The death is auuouuced iv Wauganui of Mr W. J. Smith, an old and highly respected resident. Mr Smith was suffering from an attack of paralysis, but nothing serious was anticipated. The deceased gentleman leaves a widow and grown up family, among them being Mr W. M. Smith, manager of the Bank of Australasia, Marton.