Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 224, 22 March 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

ll' you waut to catch a rat, bait your trap with au oyster. It never fails. Very heavy rain set in last night which ■will do a lot of good towards bringing on the autumn iced. Mr McEwun, Canadian ibiiry expert, will lecture in the Cheltenham schoolhouse this evening at S o'clock. A cricket match — Lloyd's team v. Feilding— will be played on the local ground to-morrow. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Royal Manchester Lodge 1.0.0. F., M.U., will be held in the Foresters' Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. We are informed by the Napier Telegraph that the Napier Rifle Volunteers will be well represented at the Easter Encimpinent to be held at Feildmg. Captain Edwin wired at 11.55 a.m. today : — W. to S. aud S.E. gale, with rain, and glass rising ; indication for colder weather. Mr A. Coles, who has taken over the bakeiy business formerly conducted by Mr Matthews, advertises to-day that he delivers the best quality of bread to all paits of the town and also to Awahuri. Makmo and Cheltenham. On Sunday next the Primitive Methodists intend to hold their Sunday school Anniversary services, the RevJ. Cocker, the newly appointed minister, will be the preacher for the day, and he will no doubt be pleased to see a full church to welcome him at all the services. We direct attention to a fresh advertisement from Mr R. J. Thompson of the Cash Exchange. Before going elsewhere intending purchasers would do well to give this old established store a trial. They may rely upon receiving good value for their money, as Mr Thompson makes a point of keeping nothing but a first class article and .selling at lowest possible prices. Special harvest festival meetings will be held in connection with the local branch of the Salvation Army commencing this evening aud continuing till Monday evening, when a tea meeting will be held. Adjutant Foster, assisted by Ensign Gunuion, will be in command and the officers in charge at Palmerston, Bulls, and Marton will also address the meetings. The subject for Adjutant Foster's lecture this evening is " Prison gate work." Particulars of the proceedings during the festival period are published in our advertising column. Thirty hands are always employed at Flernington Race course all the year round— gardeners, painters, and carters. It takes four men three rears to do all the painting at Flemington. When they hiyo finished they commence again The four and a half miles of training j track r. quire nearly 3100 loads of sand j and tan and ashes to keep them in pood order. The ladies' rooms have been specially decorated this season. A 25ft sun-dial, the hours planted ia flavors, is an artisMc novelty, and the j-rintproduc* tion of Mr Byron Moore arid Mr Elli-ry. A certain man in Canterbury had a turkey cock sent to him, which he placed with the heus at the time when most of them wore sitting. After a day or two the male bird showed, a strong inclination to follow the good example of the hens, so to please him he was supplied , with a sitting of eggs also. He went through the business in a workmanlike manner aud is now the parent and guardian of a healthy brood which he protects and looks after, to say the least of it, as well as any of the hens. It is asked : May not tiny bo one of tho first fruits of the female franchise ".' The statement of Mr R. K. Bradbury, of Halcombe, shows liabilities amounting to X'5.")4 12s 4d, and assets nil. The principal creditors, all of whom are unsecured, arc— A. H. Tompkins, storekeeper, £15 ; C. Fauthorpc, butcher, £'22 14s yd : W. Bell, storekeeper, £201 2s (3d ; James Purkiss, stationer, £14 2s 7d ; A. Bell, sawmiller, £30 ; L. Schmidt butcher, £25 ; .T. B. P3'bus, storekeeper, 1-69 9s 2d ; C. W. Maclean, clerk, £25 ; N. D. Gill, baker, £11; W. Cowdrey, baker, £9 Is ; W. Alexander, Wanganui, £15 6s ; T. Ward, storekeeper, £22 18s ; Cash & Cohen, solicitors (Marton), £10 ; I W. W. Corpe (Makino), £12, and various othecs rau^iug from £8 and under. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the Courthouse, Marton, by Mr Notman, D.0.A., on Monday, 25th inst. Apropos of the change of name the Palmerston North people — writes a correspondent — should remember how the settlers at Bulls had to be served when they insisted Hppu the comprehensive name of Rangitikei boiug retained- by their town. The Postal Department gave them the option of another choice and some were in favor of the very appropriate name of " Clifton." but the majority wanted the larger name and and were duly sat upon. Without much ceremony the place was christened " J}\jf|s," out of respect of one wlio was practically ,the founder of the settlement. Altogether"" Mau^watu is inappropriate for Palmerston I^orth, for, after all, ii is but a perycrsjou (it the original " Manawa-Jm-tatii " a phrase which is said to have been used by a chief when urging his people to cross 1 fhf :,w..>li i'» river "Go, forward with a h i'\>- liciirt." Why not borrow " Rua nine " from the lately opened post office near Rangmabia ?

j This afternoon at the S.M. Court H. Haruiooud, horse trainer, was charged . with an offence under the Destitute Persons Act, 1894, Clause 49, and remanded. Bail was allowed. The Wellington Police have received a telegram from Blenheim stating that a man named Samuel Phillips was drowned yesterday morning while crossing the Wairau river, near Tuamarina. j Mr Crabbe, the well known Good : Templar lecturer, has returned to Feildi ing, and will give an address in the As- | sembly Rooms on Sunday and Monday evenings uexfc. There will bo no charge for admission. The Postal Department call for designs from persons resident in the Colony for a new issue of postage and revenue stamps. The designs, which must be scenic and representative of New Zealand, may be of any pattern. The 1 A'alues of stamps to be printed anew ; ar e:— ld, 2d, 2UI, 3d, 4d, ud, 6d, Bd, Is, 2s and ss. For the best and second-best designs there will be prizes of 1150 and £100. The designs are to be sent in by the 31st July next. At a meeting of the Executive Commit* fee of the Wanganui Education Board on Wednesday afternoon, it was resolved — That Mr Roger's name bo sent to (he J Awahuri Committee; and that the name ! of J, K. IS aim and P MeKaj bo sent to Awatuna, Misses O'Brien and Melntyre be asked whether (hey would like to apply. W. Swiaburn was appointed a cadet at Waverley. — Chronicle.