Local &nd General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 286, 7 June 1895, Page 2

Local &nd General News.

The Druids" concert Tvill be held in the Birmingham Hall this evening. Members of the Feilding Bowling Club will meet at the Manchester Hotel tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Mr Liichticld, the Inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, is at present on an official visit to Feilding. Government are now issuing a £"•> postal note, but the commission charged is prohibitive. A concert will be held in the Colyton Hall on the ISth instant in aid of St. John's Church funds. The Cheltenham Dairy Factory are now turning out 12 cwt of butter per week, and not 2 cwt as stated in our last night's issue. The district agent, Mr E- M. Richards advertises to-day that Mr T. Woods has been appointed agent in Feildiug for the Citizen's Life Assurance Company. The famous Australasian Guard Baud will play in the Assembly Rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. This is one of the best bands which has ever visited the colony. The Foresters' Hall being engaged for this evening, the monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade will be held in Mr A. Eadc's shop, at 7.30. Owing to unfbrseen circumstances the St. John's Church choir will not £0 to Pahnerston this evening to practice with All Saints' Church choir, but will probably do so next week. We inadvertently omitted from our report of the Wcsloyan tea on Weducsday evening, the name of Mrs IT. F. Janings from amongst the list of ladies who provided the tea. The funeral of the late Henry Me Alister took place yesterday afternoon and was largely attended by earl}' settlers on this block. The burial service was conducted by the Rev H. M. Mur ray. The funeral of the late Mrs Stubbington, which also took place yesterday afternoon, was attended by a large number of sympathising friends of the family. The services were conducted by the Salvation Army. A man named Michael Conway gave himself in charge to Constable Tuohy yesterday afternoon, stating he was " in the horrors." He was remanded for eight days and was scut to Wanganui. Mr 11. L. Sherwill, J.P., occupied the bench. Mr F. W. Downes, manager of the Wanganui branch of the Bank of New South Wales, has obtained leave of absence in consequence of ill-health, and goes on a trip to Australia. Mr R. S. McFarland. from the Hawcra branch of the bank, is to act as his locum U-nais. By the mail train to-day Mr J. W. F. Halcomba left Feilding en route for Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. where he will for the future reside. During his recent fta}' in this district Mr Halcombe has made many friends who will always be glnd to hear that he is doing well in his new home. Aneut the .£5 postal note the Welliugton Post says :— " The poundage fee is 6d. It is expected that the effect of making the time cf payment unlimited will be that the public will come in time to treat them at current rates." Possibly so, but who is to recoup the first purchaser who pays his half-a-crown ? With reference to the proposed bridge across the Kiwitea stream on Kimboltou road, the Mayor, in reply toCr Worsfold at last night's meeting of the Council, said he was not in favor of going on with its construction owing to the uncertain state of the stream at the bridge site. Other members of the Council concur--1 red in this opinion and therefore no action will be taken in the matter at present. Two jurors, C. H. Coutts (Feilding) and C. ' Olsenham (Woodville) did not answer to their names when called on at the District Court yesterday morning, and were each fined 40s. Mr Coutts appearing half an hour later, the fine was remitted. In the afternoon Mr Olsenham appeared, and explaining that it was impossible to reach Pahnerston from Woodville earlier than by the morning train from Danevirke, hi 3 fine was also remitted. — Standard. The Manchester Rifles paraded in the Assembly Rooms last night, the attendance was not so large as usual, but some good work was done by way of instruction in the new bayonet exercise by SergeantMajor MacMillan. A recruit was elected on the motion of Sergeant Petherick seconded by Volunteer Gosling. Captain Kirtou presented to Sergeant Parker the General Feilding trophy, and congratulated the Sergeant on the diligence he had always shown at rifle practice. At last night's meeting of the Council the Mayor stated a slight alteration had been made in the plans of the proposed Municipal buildings. Instead of having separate committee and Council rooms, it was decided to remove the partition and have one large room, 40ft by 19ft, which would not only be useful for meetings for general purposes, but would give ample accommodation to the ratepayers who wished to be present to watch the proceedings of the Council at ordinarj' meetings. The conversazione to be held in the Assembly Rooms on Monday evening next under the auspices of the Feildiug Presbyterian congregation should prove very successful. A programme of vocal and instrumental music will be provided, amongst the singers being the Misses Brunette, Diamond, A. Gould, and Oliver, and Mr Treseder, while Messrs T. Watson and W. Geisen will give recitations and Miss Hamilton and Mr Woollams will render instrumental selections. An additional attraction will be offered by Mr J. H. Stevens, who has promised an explanatory exhibition of the working of telegraph instruments. Mr Gideon Rutherford, of Kakanui, has lost under peculiar circumstances a prize ewe, for which he had refused 100 guineas a few weeks ago. Mr Rutherford was away and the household running short of meat, made an application to the shepherd for some mntton. The shepherd directed the boy to a paddock in which he said he could find some sheop. and told him to cm tch and kill one of them. The boy did as he \v:i3 :o!d, an:l felectod the 103---guinea ewo, which he had vei.v soon prepnred for the pot. Mr Rutherford on returning home discovered what had hnp panrd, and his slate of mind imy b? easier imagined ih<m defcribt'd. Ho had named the ewe " Perfection," and would not have tnken any money for her. The boy left unceremoniuu.-Iy and Ins not been heard of since.— Napier Telegraph,