The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1895 Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 208, 4 March 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1895 Local and General News.

* , —— Owing to pressure on our space several letters to the editor are held over. A case of typhoid fever is reported at Hunterville. Tbe Manawatu Polo Club defeated Oroua on Saturday. A German named Bohm -went for a bathe at Dunedin on Saturday. He has not been seen since. The cricket match between Pobangina and Colyton, on Saturday last, resulted in a win for the former by six wickets. At Gisborne on Saturday the infant child of Albert Pritchard died from accidental scalding. The Standard says it is rumoured that Captain Russell will contest tne Wanganui seat next election. Tons of blackberries have been recently despatched from Bulls to a Sydney fruit preserving firm. One penny per lb is paid for picking the fruit. Nominations for the Rangiwahia and Pemberton Sports on the 18th instant, close this evening with the Secretary, Mr W. P. Stansell. The Directors of the Feilding Permanent Building Society will meet at the office of the Manager, E. Goodbehere, to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock. A dance will be held in Eagar's Hall, Apiti, on Friday, March 15th. The proceeds will be devoted to the assistance | of an Apiti resident who met with an accident.

A number of Auckland shopkeepers notified by advertisement that they . would keep open on Saturday afternoon on the Wellington S.M.'s decision, and did so last Saturday. The Lending Board under the Advances to Settlers Act has approved another 60 loans, aggregating £6000, making a total approved to date of £15,000 The Board > is to sit again to-day. At the East Christchurch Amateur Swimming Sports on Saturday, the 220 yds championship of New Zealand was won by L. Leo, New South Wales, H. Hoey, Auckland, 2 ; time, 3min 22sec. The lady newspaper advertisement canvasser is the latest scourge of Melbourne business men. The ordinary male fiend can easily be shunted, but i2ie vision la inuslin sfcicks like a leech. It is said that the last continued catalptic sleep known to sciences was reported from Germany in 1892, the patient having remained absolutely unconscious for four and a half months. A match was fired on Saturday afternoon between the Wanganui Rifles and Marton Club. The conditions were eight men aside, seveu shots at 200, 500 and 600 yards. Wanganui won the match by 63 points. The Rev. G. Clement preached a farewell sermon in the Primitive Methodist Church last evening to a good attendance. This evening a farewell tea will be held in the church and an after meeting in the Salvation Army Barracks. Mr J. R. Montague held a large sale of timber at Messrs Stevens and Woods' yards, Awahuri, on Friday, when every stick of timber in the yard was disposed of. Prices ranged from 3s to 4s 6d tor white pine, and from 3s 6d to 5s 6d for ordinary building timber at the mill. A meeting of the Directors of the Campbelltown Dairy Factory, aad of milk suppliers, was held on Saturday, when it was unanimous^' resolved to take over the factory from Mr Corpe at the price previously arranged. The Directors took over the property from Mr Corpe to-day. At a meeting of the Christchurch Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals on Friday the Inspector was instructed to make enquires as to the most humane method for de-horning and report at the next meeting. In the meantime a letter was ordered to be sent to kindred societies throughout New Zealand asking their opinion. We would refer our readers to an "inset "which appears with to-night's issue of the Star announcing that Mr T. H. Bredin, who for some time past has been carrying on a general store business in Kimbolton road, is now holding a great clearing out sale prior to closing his premises. In clothing, drapery, boots, etc., enormous reductions are being made. Complaints having been made against the Salvation Army and other leligious bodies holding meetings in the main public thoroughfares in Wellington, the police attempted on Saturday night to put a stop to the practice. Orders to " move on " were given, but little or no notice was taken of it. Several informations are now to be laid under the Police Offences Act for obstruction and playing instruments to the annoyance of the public. A Press Association telegram from the Thames states that the prospects of tho majority of the mines are better than for some years past. At the Waihi mine this month's yield is expected to be even better than the last. At the Thames proper there seems every likelihood of the development of the deep levels being undertaken by F-nglisli capitalists at any early date. A party of tributers in the Kuranui mine have obtained the splendid yield of 1320z gold from 701b stone. The Wairarapa Daily Times says : — We think the approaching winter will satisfy the Labor Party that a country cannot thrive on restrictive and destructive Labor Legislation. If 1894 was bad the winter of 1895 will be still worse for the labourer, who will have no one to thank but himself and the Government he has kept in power. Doss houses and soup kitchens will be a feature of the country this year unless something unforseen happens to encourage settlers to extend operations and so provide work. A sheep dip which is fast recommending itself to farmers in this district is of local manufacture, namely, the Makino Arsenical Caustic Potash Sheep Dip, which, from an economical point of view, has an advantage over imported dips, as there is no duty paid on it. It is said, by those farmers who have used it, that 500 sheep can be dipped at a cost of 12s, besides which it is claimed to be quite as good as any other article in the market. Mr J. Dunlop is the local agent, and farmers requiring this dip can always depend on having their requirements promptly supplied. We learn from the Mercury that a well -attended meeting was held on Saturday night at Hunterville to discuss the question of establishing a dairy company there. The meeting was addressed by Mr McEwen, Government dairy expert, and Mr Templer, of the Cheltenham Dairy Company. The former recommended a cheese and butter factory would be best ; the cost of a cheese factory only would be LBOO. Mr Templer said the gross return on 400 cows ought to be L2 per cow. They had floated the Cheltenham Company on L175. It was resolved that steps be taken to form a co-operative dairy company a committee was appointed to take the necessary steps.