Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 249, 24 April 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Tariff Commission is said to have •at for a couple of daya at Marfcon without a Boiitary witness disturbing it. It is reported that the Queen has invited the French President to visit England. There are 6000 men employed on the Lake Michigan»Mississippi River Canal and it will be finished in 1896. Experts declare that the Australian cattle which recently arriyed at Deptford are the finest which ever left Australia. We understand that Mr W. Fergus has purchased Seabreeze, the price paid being 75 guineas. | It is rumoured in Marton that the validity of the election in connection with the School Committee is to be tested. All those interested in forming a Golf ! Club in Feildiug are invited to meet at the Feilding Hobel on Friday next at 7. p.m. A party of four young men, Messrs R. | A. R. Oldham, Hind, Robinson and Sylvester, well known in this district, left this afternoon to try their luck at Coolgardie. The London Daily News states that after Lord Wolselej retires from the position of Commander-in-Chief of tbe Army in Ireland, he will be succeeded by Lord '-Roberts. Government are drafting a Bill to reform the system of charitable aid, and also intend to introduce a Bill to exclude criminals, lunatics and Asiatics, and prevent contracts for foreign cheap labor. There is a good opening for the establishment of a soap and-candle manufactory in Feilding. A gentleman who knows the business and the capabilities of the locality, says there is " money in it." Mr Thomas Lowes, of Birmingham, inserts a notice to-day to the effect that all persons found trespassing with dog or gun on sections enumerated in the ad. vertiseinent, will be prosecuted to the utmost extent- of the law.

Captain Edwin wired at 1 p.m. today:—N.W. to W. and S. gales with | rain and much coldes weather after 12 I hours from now ; glass rise. | England boasts sorne hard riding wo- ! men who are quite as brave, enduring and stoical on the hunting field as the ! men. At a recent hunt one fox ran 30 miles in three hours, and three women out of seven were in at the finish. We understand that the Hon Captain Russell intends to deliver a public address in Auckland shortly, while Mr G. Hutchison is to speak at Napier on the 3rd prox. Mr H. D. Bell will address ! the electors of Wellington City early I next month. The annual communication of the New Zealand Grand Lodge, will be held afc fcbe Freemasons Hall, Bouleott street, Wellington, on Monday the 29th April, 1895, for the installation of the M.W.G.M. Brother H. F. Dillon Bell, and the investiture of officers. We (Standard) learn that the gaming laws are being set at defiance to a considerable extent by the residents of the district. The presence of a salaried ranger here is much needed. By the time the shooting season opens, there will probably be very little game for sportsmen to try their skill upon. The Pope in a letter three columns long addressed to the English people, claims that there has recently been a wonderful drawing of hearts towards the Roman Catholic faith. Converts are increasing, and cherished prejudices are being yielded up by renectiye men, who are alarmtd at the progress of Rationalists and Materialists. The Government of New South Wales sent out 16,480 of the unemployed fossicking, and out of that immense number only 600 sent for their families which must be considered a large proportion by those who know what sort of a life a fossicker has to lead. He is certainly a little better than a gum digger or a " hatter," but that is all. Carbine, now on'his way to England on the Orizaba, has housing accommodation which was built specially for him on the upper deck of the steamer. He has a box 10ft x Bft and 7ft 6in high. Up to a height of 4ft from tho floor the walls are double boarded and padded. A space between the wooden ceilings of the compartments and tho saloon deck is packed with sawdust, so that the horse may not be annoyed by any noise overhead. The floor is covered by a coir mat Sin in thickness. Accompanying Carbine, in a similar deckhouse, if the Carbine — Novelette colt, also bought by the Duke of Port- ■ land. At the election of the Mount Cook school committee (Wellington), a Mrs Taskcr was elected. The chairman moved " That the secretary be instructed to approach tsie Education Beard, and ascertain if Mrs Tasker, a married woman living with her husband, is a ' legally qualified member of the School , Committee." Mr Roberts seconded the motion. MrsTasker: " I presume you will give me a hearing '? " Mr Robert- ' san : "Certainly." Mrs Tasker : "So long as it is fair and above board I am satisfied-" After some further discussion the motion was put and carried. The Committee of the Feilding Gymnasium Club met at the Feilding Hotel last eyening. Present — Messrs Mills, W. Halcombe, Rickctts, A. L. Parr and Durrant. Mr Mills was voted to the chair. The secretary reported that nearly sixty members had been enrolled and tho numerous enquiries that had been made were most encouraging. Resolved, That the entrance fee be 5s with a weekly subscription of 6d. Owing to replies to enquiries re appartus not having been received, nothing definite could be done in that respect. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting. A Press Association telegram on our fourth page records the successful use of anti-toxin in diphtheria at Auckland. Some weeks ago two cases were treated here with the new remedy with marked success — one at the Hutt and the other in the Wellington Hospital. More than ; a month ago some anti-toxin was imported both by the Government and privately by two of our local practitioners. That imported by the Government was distributed to the several diistrict hospitals. The Auckland telegram states that it is not a poor man's remedy, as it costs LI for a dose, but a Home firm is advertising it at Is 9d an ounce, an ounce being enoueh for the treatment of one case. — Post. At a special meeting of the Manchester Road Board on Monday last, mem. bcrs pointed out that the greater portion of the damage done to bridges within their district was caused by logs floating down the stream and blocking the water courses. It was the opinion of members that something should be done to induce settlers who own property abutting on streams to keep the beds of such stream and the banks as free from timber as possible. Ms Pearce said that the bridge on the Feilding- Ashurst road near Mr Andrews was only saved from destruction during the late flood by Mr Fraser and other settlers turning out and keeping it clear of drift wood. With a little care settlers could save themselves much of the cost of repairing bridges by burning all roots and logs likely to be washed down stream in time of floods.