Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 298, 21 June 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

A case of typhoid fever is reported at Marton. A purse with a small sum of money and some postage stamps therein, has been left at this office. The 1.0. G.T. Lodge are arranging another of their popular socials lor Tucsevening next. August 7th (Arbor Day) will be observed as a general holiday in the Government offices throughout New Zealand. The Frisco mail will be sorted into private boxes by 4.30 p.m. to-day. A counter delivery of letters will be rasde from 4.45 to 5.15 p.m. A meeting is to be held at Campbelltown on Wednesday, the 26th instant, for the purpose of urging the Government to throw open the Carnarvon estate for settlement. We (Standard) understand that the difference between the Manawatu Road Board an-'l the contractors for the Awahuri bridge, Messrs Fraser and Morley, hat been satisfactorily settled. Mr James Huff, of Makino, advertises to-day that lie is prepared to sell and deliver lire-wood to suit purchasers at reasonable prices. Customers may leave orders with the carter Mr T.Evans. Messrs Gorton and Son advertise that at their Feilding sale, on the 21th mst., they will oflVr on account of Mr F. Al lerb'y, of Culyton, who is giving up his dairy, a number of picked milch ?o\vs mid' Jersey heifers, and a quantity of dairy utensils. Messrs Fpeucc and Spcnec have purchased the remains of a warehouse stock of ladies' jackets, capes and macintoshes at ;rn enormous discount off landed cost and they will be offered for s:ilc at about half the prices usually ruling for such high class goods. There was a good attendance at the social in the Primitive Methodist church last evening, in connection with the ladies" sewing hoc. Songs were given by Miss C. Lucas, Messrs Simpson, C. Lucas, F. Flavcll and Rev J. Cocker, recitations were given by Mrs Cocker, Miss Pi. Fidlcr, Mr Fow, and a reading by Mr J. Gould. The Manchester Rides had a good mu-ter last night, Lieut, Bray in command. Sergt-Major MacMillan drilled the men in the new sword-bayonet exercise. After the parade a meeting was held, and Sergts Aitken, Petherick, and P.ovd, and Vols Richards, Paywell, and Taylor were appointed a committee to arrange for the opening of the now Volunteer Hall with a plain and fancy dress ball. Cur readers are reminded of the sale of timber to be held at the Railway Station on Monday. The auctioneer, Mr Carr, informs us that the timber will be sorted in lots of from 200 ft to 1000 ft, in order to give every intending buyer an opportunity of selecting the measurements required. The lots will be so arranged as to allow of putting them on the railway trucks if required to send away by rail. The following specimens of composition were read at a school in the Wanganui district : — " Nelson was the greatest soldier England ever had. He was shot with a Spaniard. He was shot to the bachbone by an arrow, and his dying words were ' England expects every man to do his duty.' '" Of the seizure and execution of Charles I. a pupil wrote : — " The King was sized and Executed." Writing of Napoleon a pupil said :—" Napoleon Bouneparte was a Corcician." Attention is again called in our advertising columns to the lecture to be given by the Rev W. Morley, President of the Australasian General Conference, in the Wesleyan Church this evening. The subject of the lecture is an attractive one. The hymns of the Christian Church include some of the choicest gems of p< etry ; give expression to some of the most refined of thoughts ; and hymnology has been enriched by contributions from some of the finest intellects. A rich and rare treat will no doubt be experienced by those who attend this evening, as the lecturer may be depended upon to handle the subject well. Choral illustrations will be given by the choir. "What might have been a yery serious accident was averted on Wednesday evening last. Mr J. W F. Halcombe was crossing the railway line near the Anglican Church on his way to town, when he saw some one driving a horse and trap along the line. Mr Halcombe sang out to the driver, but.as there was no response he ran after the trap and managed to get the horse, trap, and the incapable driver off the line just as the 020 train came dashing along. It appears that the driver of the vehicle had been imbibing too freely of something stronger than tea, and must have mis taken the railway line for the roadway. Mr Halcombs could not ascertain who the driver was as it was very dark, but from hi 3 speech he concluded that he was a foreigner.