The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 275, 25 May 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1895. Local and General News.

A late telegram from Wellington last night states that the Premier has refused knighthood. The next meeting of tbc Wellington Land Board will be beld on Thursday next, May 30fch. A meeting of tbc Golf Club and persons interested will be beld at Mrs Hastie's Hotel this evening. Tbc market gardeners of Cbristchurch ' have formed an association to light their Chinese rivals in vegetable vending. Messrs Jas. Gear and William Mudge, of Wclliugton, have resigned tbc Commission of the Peace. Regulations for the eradication and prevention of tlie spread of disease among swine are gazetted. 1 Mr McEwan has wired to Mr Vicary, of Apiti, that he will address a meeting there on the evening of Wednesday the • 29th instant. A man named Faulkner was fined 20s and £2 ls (kl costs, in Duuedin, for failing to pay a boy working for him on I Good Friday and Easter Monday. To-morrow morning the Rev J. Cocker will preach in tbe Primitive Methodist Church on " Zimri, the King-slayer," and Temperance workers. The Public Trustee advertises money to lend at 5.*, per cent in sums of not less , than . £IOOO "on freehold land, worth at least doubt the amount required. We have to acknowledge receipt of a conipliincutry ticket for the Social and Dauce of tlie Feilding Fire Brigade on Monday next iv the Foresters' Hall. The ladies of tho Wesleyan Church, Feilding, contemplate having a tea meeting shortly as a welcome to the Rev Mr Judkins, due notice of Avhich will be given in our advertising columns. Bishop Cowie, of Auckland, wants the Education Act amended, m order to provide religions instruction in Board schools with the Irish National school book of scripture lessons, and the conscience clause for scholars and teachers. Someone desirous of securing an argument against the " new woman " has quoted Deuteronomy xx 5 : " Tlie woman shall not Avcar that which portaineth to a man . . . for all that do so arc abomination unto the Lord thy God."' The rainfall for April for the colony i Avas— Auckland I*7B inches, Napier 4*21, ) New Plymouth 3 28, Wangauui 4*oo, Wellington 11*23, Christchurch 1.71, , Oamaru 0*44, Dunedin I*B2, Invercargill ' 4*04, Westport 4*50, Hokitika 5*44, Greymouth 4 04. The bicycle races at Marton yesterday resulted as follows :— One-mile maiden — * Rossi, Hughes 2, Dommett 3. Two-miles open — Richards 1, Watson 2, Mingins 3. Five-miles open— Richards 1, Ross 2, ' Mingins 3. One-mile open — Watson 1, Treyena 2, Richards 3. To-day Mr Cummins notifies that his stock of goods iv The Little Shop in Fergusson street must be cleared before 5 Saturday next. As Mr Cummins does : not intend to be at tbe expense of freight . to take any portion aAvay, no reasonable [ offer Avill be refused. For others particulars see advertisement. : The representatives of tbe Feilding [ Temperance bodies at the Convention now sitting at Palmerston North are : — . Messrs W. G- Shearer, J. C. Thompson (Prohibition League), J. Cocker, Macfarlaue (Good Templars), Miss Dalrymr pic and Mr S. AndreAvs (Women's Christian Temperance Union. j The Lord Chief Justice of England bas decided tbat a warrant of the purity of Australian butter given by the impor - : ters exonerated a Gosport merchant who ' was fined by a lower Court for selling adulterated butter. Though the article contained 17 per ceut on foreign fat, it had not been proved Avben tbo adulteration too place. Mr Fred Pirani, M.H.R., bas communicated with the Minister of Railways in regard to purchasing totara sleepers in small quantities from men Avho are ■ at present out of employment, and who have beeu offered facilities to get the timber in this district ; and Mr Cadrnan . has instructed his department to make ' arrangements to facilitate the movement. ' A fire took place this morning about ■ 1 o'clock whereby a cottage owned and occupied by Mrs Corkery, near Bunny- > thorpc was destroyed. Mrs Corkery Avas 1 absent in Wellingtou, and tbere is nothing '' to show how tbe lire started. The Fire > Brigade turned out in full strength, and ! although the men had done a bard day's 1 work at the competition every one Avas at his post, but as the fire was too far out of town for them to do any good tbey did not go. Tbe building Avas insured for £50 iv the Phoenix. The Wellington Times says : — Quite a ' flutter of esCktement haa been occasioned of late in many households known in " society " by the receipt of printed circulars desiring family information for a ' new edition of Burkes Colonial Gentry to be entitled " The History of the Colonial ' Gentry," by Sir Bernard, edited by Ashworth P. Burke, This latter gentleman mentions in his circular that he " hopes to render the work a perfect record of the r families of distinction in Her Majesty's colonies." Just so 1 i A deputation of settlers from Beef Creek waited on Mr Fred Pirani yesterday to ask bim to use his influence as a member of the Education Board to get tlieir school placed under the Board. Mr Pirani said tbat from bis knoAvledge of the locality be felt sure tbe request of the settlers Avas a reasonable one, and he would do bis utmost to bave their wishes carried out. Another deputation from RangaAvabia also intend to interview Mr Pirani about a school in tbat township Avbile tbe good folk of AAvahou aye bent on the same errand. — Standard. A concert Avas held at Apiti last evening in Mr Eagar's Hall by the Christy Minstrel Troup before a large and appreciative audience, when tbe advertised programme Avas gone through exceedingly well, the most notable items being those of Master Neale Eagar, wbo was deservedly encored for bis song " Cows in the corn," and Mr J, Turner's pupils' sfcep-dauciug, Avho were also encored. The sports funds for Avhich the concert was in aid of wiii benefit a good j deal by the takings, wbicb Avill enable j them to gefc their ground in order. After j the concert a dance was beld, being at- j tended by a goodly number, and was . kept up till early hours tliis morning.

The Kiwitea County Council met today. Captain Edwin wired at 12.27 to-day: —Strong N. to W. and S.W. winds and glass rise. The Mercury says :— A big dividend was paid in the last race at the Wauganui Jockey Club's meeting yesterday, mosfc of the money coming to this end of the district. A popular Marton boni- ; face had two tickets (£147 14s) on, two . residents of Bulls a ticket each, aud a , well known settler of Rata— a popular hunting man— oue ticket. Thus this district managed to pull of £379 5s on the last race.