Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 211, 7 March 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Napier News is for sale by tender. It is a singular paradox that the most unsociable man in New Zealand should claim to be an " out and out Socialist. 1 ' All accounts owing to the Palmerston North Boot and Shoe Company must be paid to H. L. Jackson on or before the 14th instant. The Wesleyan Conference now sitting at Nelson, has re-appointed tho Rev. W. Keall to the Sauclon Circuit, Rev. W. H. Judkins to Feilding, and appointed the Rev. W. Dawson to the Otaki circuit. Notice is given that all" accounts ' owing to A. Pallant and Co. must be paid to H. L. Jackson, Feilding, on or before March 14th. The Dunstan Times learns that the codhn moth is attacking tomatoes this ' year as well as apples, pears, peaches and apricots. Is there to be no end to | the little pest's destruction ? A private letter from San Francisco received by last night's mail informs us that Mr Poppelwell, late schoolmaster, who oloped from Danevirke recently in good company, is now running a store in the Californian capital.— Napier Telegraph. The entries for Mr C. Carr's Feilding sale to-morrow arc very heavy, and amongst the sheep will be found some capital lines, from well-known and successful breeders. After the stock sale various lots will be offered on account of the Public Trustee. Members of the Manchester Rifles ' who desire to attend the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the additions to the Wanganui Hospital, on Thursday the 14th instant, arc requested to send in their names to the Secretaiy, Color-Sergt. Milson, not later than noon on Monday the 11th Instant. Some little time ago a young lady i named Miss E. Friberg, of Makotuku, I got either one or two needles into her body, and blood-poisoning set in, followed by symptoms of lockjaw (not pronounced) 1 It was at one time feared that her suffer--1 ings would terminate fatally, but she is ' now recovering. We direct the attention of farmers and pastoralists to an advertisement • which appears to-day from Mr T. Watson, the Feildiug agent for Messrs Laery and Co., of Wellington. Particu--1 lar|attention is requested to the forage plant to be on view to-morrow and following daj 7 s at Mr Watson's office. We, Standard, regret to record the death of Miss Anne Meyer, which took I place last evening after a lingering 111---l ness. The greatest sympathy will be j felt for Mrs Meyer and family, who have experienced the grief of losing three members of the family within two months. [ Messrs Gorton and Son held a sale of stock at their Waituna yards_ yesterday. . A considerable greater quantity of stock came forward than was advertised and the attendance was only moderate. Bidding was dull and very few sheep were disposed of under the hammer, the majority being sold privately afterwards. A cricket match was played at Martou f yesterday afternoon between twentyr two of the Old Identities and the Mar--3 ton Cricket Club. The game, which was an amusing one, resulted in a win for the Club, the scores being, Old Identities 63 and the Club 84, Messrs Cohen (30) and Clay (22) retiring. Several members of the Feilding Fire i Brigade indulged in some practice last - evening in view of the competition E which is to be held in Feilding in May - next. (Prizes for the various events have E already been promised by several busib ness people, and the competition is likely > to prove a very interesting one. At the Wellington Amateur Athletic 5 Meeting the championships were de--3 cided as follows last evening: —l2oyds Hurdles— R. Gore 1, C. Gore 2, G. Johnston 3 ; time 17 l-3rd sees. One Mile Flat— P. Clark 1, H. Anderson 2, |F. 1 Angell 3 ; time lmin 4g l-sth sees. 440 Yards— A. M. Stuart 1, F. H. Harley 2; . time 56secs. 100 Yards — P. Nathan 1, McCormick 2 : time 10 3-sth sees. L The Feilding Tennis Club's Gentlet tlemen's handicap singles tournament is now concluded, the latest game hav- [ ing been played between Mr Brabant (owe 15) and Mr W. Halcombc (receive ' 30), resulting in a win for the former, the score being 7-5 and 6-4. Mr Brabant thus wins the Club's racquet. In the ladies' handicap tournament Mrs Hartgill (owe 30) beat Miss Richards (owe 15), the score being 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2. The five-mile road race held under the auspices of the Manawatu Amateur , Cycling Club yesterday evening produced a most exciting finish. The competitors were : — Andrews, scr. ; Hadfield, lOsecs : i Purser, 30secs : Gibson, 45secs ; Person, Fitzsimmons and Wishart, 60secs Andrews led to within five yards of the win- " ning post, when Hadfield came with a great rush and won by a few inches ; the rest close up. Andrews slowed up some- - what at the finish, or he would have won. — Standard. Bismarck said once that he never had . twentyfour hours happiness in his Me. Well ; we would like to know the man who ever did enjoy such a luxury. Unless the spree experiences a solution of continuity by sleep, there can be no fun even for so stout an old warrior as Bismarck. Dictionaries define happiness—"the state of being happy," and , "happy" as fortunate, successful, en- ' joying pleasure from the possession of fruition of good ; in secure possession or | good ; blessed ; agreeable ; dexterous ; ! well adapted to a purpose ; living in concord ; propitious. All nonsense. Bismarck had all these qualities but he had also a "liver wing " which gave him a list to starboard in his ideas. In the dictionary of the future happiness will be defined as " absence of liyer " and "ignorance of the possession of the powers of digestion." The Salvation Army Barracks? were crowded last evening to bear Captain Rundle's (now in Palmerston N.) lecture on the life of Mary Cott, of Newcastle, N.S.W., a notorious character, who after many years of crime was rescued about ten and a-half years ago by the Salvation Army. Mary Cott served many terms of imprisonment, making a total of forty years in goal, and was, from her first sentence to the time of her rescue, never out of gaol at one time for a greater period than three days. After her rescue she was provided for by the Salvation Army and now is of great service to the Army in collecting money for their work. The relation of the history of this woman afforded a striking proof of the good work done by this religious body.