Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 301, 25 June 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Feilding Bowling Club will meet to-morrow evening at Mr Light's Hotel, at 8 p.m. The Manchester Rifles will parade in the new drill hall on Thursday evening for the first time. Members of the Gladstone Farm Association will meet on Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. Mr J. R. Montague will hold an auction sale of timber at Messrs Stevens and Woods mill, Awahuri, to-morrow. Messrs Badley, Younghusband and Co., of Danevirke, want to buy for cash prime oaten chaff. Mr Peter Scheldt, of Bunnj'thorpe, invites tenders (labor only) for alterations and additions to his residence. MrJ. Stevens, M.H.R., left by the afternoon train yesterday for Wellington, to take up his duties for the session. There has been a steady demand during the year at the Wellington Free Library for works of science, travel, and history. Tenders arc invited by the Kiwitca County CouDcil, to close on Saturday next, for work on the Rangitikei Valley road. Mr Henry Marston advertises that he is now prepared to undertake all kinds of carting in the town and district at moderate charges. Large additions are made to-day to Gorton and Son's Feilding sale on Friday including a first class line of 1100 shorn lambs. The Gourlay and Stokes company will appear in the Assembly Rooms on Monday July Ist. Full particulars will appear to-morrow. Mr Lawry's Gaming and Lotteries Act Amendment Bill proposes to legalise consultations so as to stop the outflow of money to the Australian sweeps. The Marton Public Library has now a total of fully 700 books, and within the next few months it is expected this number will be increased to 1000. Mr J. Nicholas, of Campbclltown, has disposed of his property on the Camp-bclltown-Longburn road to Mr E. Buchanan, thu price paid being .£l2 per acre. The Excelsior Skating Rink will be open to-morrow afternoon from 2 till 5 p.m. for ladies and children, and in the evening it will open at 7.80 p.m. for both sexes. It is understood the representatives of the Colonial, English, and Foreign Insurance companies meet in Melbourne next month to arrange a general tariff for this colony. A meeting will be held in the Temperance Hall this evening at 7.00., to elect delegates to attend the Colonial Temperance Convention, to be held in Wellington on July 3rd and 4th. The Premier says he is afraid that athletics in New Zealand are being carried slightly to extremes, and the young men are sacrificing for athletics their thoughts for after walks in life. Mr James Trewin, of the Public Benefit Boot and Shoe Warehouse, has a notice in to-day drawing attention to the fact that he has just opened up six trunks of boots and shoes from th« best makers. A social will be held in the Foresters' Hall this evening in connection with the 1.0. G.T. Lodge, and as several popular vocalists have promised to assist it is expected this social will be more successful than its predecessors. A shop in High street, Nelson, owned by Mrs Foster, a fruiterer, was destroyed by fire last night. The building was insured in the Standard for £100. The fire was caused by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp. A seven-roomed house at Terrace End, Palmerston, was destroyed by fire this morning. The house was owned by Mr W. Matheson, the building was insured in the New Zealand office for £'150, and the furniture in the Imperial office for £100. At Wanganui yesterday, Mr C. Kettle, S M., gave judgment in the case of Cotter v. Ross, claim Ll5O for the alleged negligent treatment of a mare and foal in defendant's charge. His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff for L4O, with costs. Mr H. S. Fitzherbert, of Palmerston North appeared for the plaintiff. A rather serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Ashurst to a son of Mr Kerrigan. The little fellow was chopping sorue fir twigs -with a carving knife, when the point of the knife entered the ball of the eye. Dr. Bronte was soon in attendance, and declared the patient to be in considerable danger of losing the sight of the eye. — Standard. We would remind our readers of the monster sale of drapery, clothing, millinery, and mantles to commence at the Bon Marche on Thursday next. Messrs Speuce and Speuce make no half-mea-sures. The reductions made are genuine and sweeping, and such as ought to effect a speedy clearance of the immense stock of winter goods now held by the firm. The heads of various co-operative concerns in the colony are just now in conference at Christchurch discussing matters affecting the business interests of their associations. The visitors are : — Mr Fisher, of the J. G. Ward Farmers' Association, Southland ; Mr Mullin, of the New Zealand Farmers' Alliance, Wellington ; Mr Beaven, of Auckland : and Mr Loudon, of Hawke's Bay. In reply to a deputation from the various athletic bodies with regard to giving these societies a legal status, the Premier admitted there should be soino legal protection for the property and funds of Clubs, and if the bodies interested would draft a measure, he was prepared to give it favorable consideration, in fact he would place it before the House and ask the Honso to pass it. We (Christchurch Press) understand that our two freezing companies, tho Canterbury Fro/.cn Moat Company and the Christchurch Meat Company, aro negotiating with the shipping companies with regard to freight contracts for frozen meat. The present contracts expire on November 30, but if arrangements now pending are concluded a roduced rate of freight will como into force about tho end of July.