The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 279, 30 May 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1895. Local and General News.

There was a sharp frost this morning. The Government lias purchased a new cable steamer from Home, costing £18,000. The Hawke's Bay Herald gives currency to the rumour that Mr W. C Smith is to' be called to the Upper House next session. There will be Mass at Halcombe at 8 a.m. and in Feilding at 11 a.m.; Evening Service in Feilding at 3 p.m. on Sunday next. The Wellington Education Board has decided that Mrs Taskor was duly elected a member of Mount Cook School Committee. Tenders are invited for felling 200 acres of bush at Shannon. Specifications may bo seen at the office of this paper. A young man named Pinfold was badly gored by a cow at Mr C. Yoss' farm at Kairanga yesterday. His injuries are of a serious character. The -wife of a Euro (Victoria) resident has presented her husband with her^lst child, and it is said that all the offspring of the couple are living. Mr Guinness, M.H.R., says he believes it is the intention of the Government to merge all boroughs under 4,000 population into the county jurisdiction. Mr Goldfinch advertises in our wanted column that he will run a coach to the Colyton ball to-morrow evening, the coach to leave the Square at 7.15 p.m. A Mutual Improvement Society was formed in Campbelltown last night. Mr C. Anderson President, Mr Ransom Vice-President, Mr Mills Secretary, and Mr Glover Treasurer. The marksmen of the Manchester Rides will lire at the range under the supervision of Lieutenant-Colonel Xcwall, commencing at 12.00 p.m. on Saturday next. We understand that a meeting is to be convened at Campbelltown in a few days for the purpose of urging the Government to purchase the Carnarvon Estate and to cut it up into small farms for settlement. A New York man recently asked to be excused from serving on jury duty on the ground that he was incompetent through his conviction that ho should not judge the guilt or innocence of his fellowinan. A very successful meeting was held last night at Apiti when Mr McEwen addressed those interested in promoting the dairy industry by establishing a factory. There was a large attendance. Our report will appear to-morrow. A largo dog was seen carrying a bundle through the streets of Elizabeth, New Jersey, a few days ago, and, when stopped the bundle was found to contain the dead body of an infant. So far, nothing has been discovered to shed any light on the matter. Says the Post : — The Tariff Commissioners have completed their report. It is a most voluminous and portentious document, calculated to afford abundant food for debate whenever it is desired to kill time during the coming session. Lord Roberts says that the position of a private soldier is much better than that of a mechanic, for at the age of 89 he can retire on a pension of from 2s to 4s Gd a day. There is no business that provides such a position for a working man. A farmer's wife in the North of England suggests that eggs, like other pro- j visions, should be sold by weight. She complained that she lately scut 90 fresh laid eggs to market, averaging 2ioz each but they fetched only the same price as small foreign eggs, anything but fresh. Mrs Parnell, mother of the late Chas. S. Parnell, was found in an unconscious state on the night of April 18th at Ironside, a border town near New Jersey. On account of her advanced age she lies in a critical condition. She is believed to have been the victim of a brutal attack. Mr De Lisle notifies to-day that he has taken up his residenco in Feilding and is now prepared to take in pupils in music, singing, painting and languages on terms detailed in the advertisement. Mr De Lisle comes with a splendid reputation for skill as a master and his testimonials are of a very high order. This is how a sedate ecclesiastical paper enlivens the Lenten season. A clergyman, it states, was showing a lady round his church, and the following conversation took place. He : "So madam you have now seen the organ, the font and the nave, I should next like to con- ' duct you to the altar." She (blushing deeply): 'Oh! this is so sudden." Pearl of wisdom by J. Hogue, M.P, New South Wales :— " If he (Dean) had attempted to poison the mother-in-law we could have underatood it, and there would have been some rational theory to base his guilt upon. But that he should poison his own wife. , , ." A man, adds the Bulletin, ought usually to begin with his mother-in-law, anyhow, though there may sometimes be arguments in favor of practising on your wife so as to make quite sure of her ma afterwards. The funeral of the late Francis Peter, son of Mr and Mrs Peter London, of Makino, took place yesterday and was very numerously attended showing the respect in which the bereaved family is held by their friends, neighbours and connections. The Rev J. Cocker, Pritive Methodist clergyman, conducted the service at the cemetery, and gave a most solemn and affecting address. Mr Alfred Eade was the undertaker. Mr and Mrs London express their feelings of deep gratitude to those who attended the funeral yesterday of their late son Francis Peter, also to those who showed so much kindness and attention during his illness. A singular Police Court incident is re- I ported from Sydney. James Morns, alias | M'Carthy, alias Clarke, was charged with being a vagrant, and to prove the innocence of his client, Mr Cla.ike, his solicitor, got him to draw a cheque for £80, which was cashed by an officer of the Court. The police at once intimated their withdral of the charge of vagrancy and substituted a charge of being concerned with three other persons in the stealing of .£IOO. They at once impounded the 30 sovereigns for which the cheque was cashed, a sum that would be rather more than Morris' dividend out of the £100 stolen, if he were guilty of the charge preferred against him. This piece of sharp practice (says a contemporary) astonished even the members of the legal fraternity present.