Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 223, 21 March 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

I Mr F. Firani will address the electors at Pohangina Township to-night. An English mail arrived this morning by the first train. Always have two strings to your bow. But you need not tell everybody^ There will be mass in St. Bridgets' on Sunday morning at 8 and 11 a.m., and at 7 o'clock p.m. The D.O.A. has accepted the tender of Mr P. Ronberg for the property contain* ing 48£ acres in the estate of Adolph Goldfinch, A giant is on exhibition in London. He cowes from Egypt, bis Dame being Hassan Ali. Though only IT years of age, he is already Bft in height. A wild duck shot at Kempsey, New South Wales, a few days ago, was found to have a piece of gold the size of a head of a tack in its crop. A redbill shot on the Belmore was also found to have a small piece of gold in its crop. At Cheltenham to-morrow night, in the schoolhouse, an address will be delivered by Mr McEwen, Canadian Dairy expert, on dairy matters. All dairy farmers in the district should endeavour to attend. At Awahuri to-morrow Messrs Gorton and Son will hold a stock sale. Twenty purebred Lincoln rams will also be offered on account of of Johnston and Co., Hawke's Bay, and also twenty three good dairy cows, on account of Mr A. Cust. A very successful garden party was held at Mr J. Gould's residence yesterday afternoon to welcome the Rev. Mr J. Cocker, Primitive Methodist minister, who arrived here a few days ago to take charge of the circuit of tbe Primitive 1 Methodist; connection. The many friends of Mr J. Harris, of Marton, will regret to hear of the death of his wife which occurred yesterday morning, after an illness of some nine years. A Jarge family is left to mourn her loss, to whom and Mr Harris we tender our sympathy — Mercury. A purveyor of fruit travelling by the tram to Culverden last Friday (says the Kaikoura Star) offered three oranges for sixpence, " What," said the farmer to whom they were tendered, " three oranges for sixpence. Why that's the Drice of three sheep to-day ? No thank you ?" The liabilities in the bankrupt estate of Edwin Browning, of Campbelltown, amount to £'110 18s Bd, the largest creditors being Rowe and Sons, of Sandon, £31. The only Palmerßton creditor is Mr J. H. Hankins, i-9. There are nass ets in the estate. The attendance of volunteers at the Easter Encampment at Feilding promises to be very fair. The Palmerston Rifles will muster about 50 men, and about 40 members of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles will attend. A large number of Palmerston residents will also visit the camp on Easter Monday. — Manawatu Times. Messrs Humphrey Bros, announce by advertisement to-day that they have leased the Feilding Hotel livery and bait stables. They are prepared to break in horses, also to train hunters and racers. As Messrs Humphrey Bros, are well known in this district as capable horsemen they will, no doubt, receive a fair share of public patronage. Mrs Emma Kirk, who died in Palmerston at the residence of Mr G, Gray, her eldest surviving son, canae to the colony in 1842 in the ship Clifton, landing in Wellington. Mrs Kirk was an eye-wit-ness of the flrst Maori war at Port Nicholson Her first husband was a volunteer in the militia, and fought against the Chief Rangibaeafca between the Hutfc and Paremata. A wrestling match will take place in the Theatre Royal, Marton, on Saturday night next. The contest will be between J. Sutherland, champion middle-weight of New Zealand, and W. Hillsden, of Upper Tutaenui. Sutherland, who weighs list, has a long list of victories over many good men, whilst Hillsden, who tnrns the scales at 14st 101 b, has won a good many bouts at local meetings. Owing to a blunder on the part of the Press Association at Napier yesterday we were unable to record Auroa's (a locallyowned horse) win in the hurdle race. We received a telegram about the amount of the dividend, but nothing about the name of the race or the name of the horse that won the race. The head-part of the telegram came to baud giving full results after we had gone to press. There are sixteen new buildings either in course of erection, or to be commenced immediately, in the Borough of Feilding, all of which are of a substantial and somewhat expensive character, and it is not too much to expect that others will follow. It is a matte* of surprise to most of the ratepayers that the Borough Councillors do not inaugurate a water supply and drainage scheme before it is too late. There is no time like the present. The Government of Cape Colony through the Chief Inspector, have recently been taking a careful census of the sheep dips used in tbe various districts of the Colony, with a view to ascertaining which in each case is the one held in the highest estimation among the farmers. Tbe result has just been embodied in the Official Report, the following being the figures : — Cooper's Power, 32 ; Tobacco, 17 ; Little's Fluid, 10 ; Hayward's Dip, 9 ; McDougall's Dip, 6 ; Quibell's Dips, 3 ; Tobacco Leaf. 3 ; Cannon's Dip, I ; Hellier.s Compound. 1 ; Thornchfife, 1 ; Ellison's, 1.