The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 303, 27 June 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895. Local and General News.

A party of four Wangauuites have left | for Coolgardie. \ Messrs Gorton and Son bold a sale of fruit trees on Saturday. General Booth will pay a second visit to Pahncrstou towards the end of the year. The Gladstone Farm Homestead Association will meet at 7 o'clock this evening. Messrs Gorton and Sou will hold an important sale at their Feilding yards to-inorrov,'. Tenders are invited by Mr F. Flavall for felling bush. Specifications may be seen at the Star office. The "Wellington Meat Export Company insert an advertisement to-day of great importance to farmers. Derwent potatoes, factory cheese, and Ceylon tea are advertised for sale to-day by'Mr T. Watson, Fcildiug. The Representation Promotion Bill of the Premier is to effect the return of the cities to the single electorate system. Mr Larnach wants the Government to issue railway tickets at any hour of the day in the same manner as postage stamps. Mr J. R. Montague held a very successful auction sale of timber at the Phoenix sawmill, Awahuri. A number of buyers were present and the prices obtained were in favor of the vendors. Mere Haki, a native woman, was found dead on the Ormond road at Gisborne on Tuesday morning. She must have fallen from her horse and been dragged fiouic distance, receiving fatal injuries. It was incideutly mentioned in the Napier Bankruptcy Court the other day that the book debts in a certain estate of the face value of £2000 has been sold by tender for tlio munilicicut sum of XI ! Railway communication with Hawkc's Bay was interrupted yesterday morning by a slip in the Gorge, but was resumed in the afternoon, the slip being cleared away with commendable despatch.— Standard. At the pigeon match at Napier on Tuesday, Mi'C. H. Cliavannc-i, of Wanganui, and Mr !>• McCullock, of Wairoa, divided. The former, who kept his two nominations good, took GO .sovs and the latter oO sovs. The parents of a young man residing at Longford, in Tasmania, named Harper, have traced him as having been lost in the Wairarapa disaster. Harper left for the other colonies some time ago in quest of employment. Mr M. Rickey, a Wellington resident, while attempting to jump off a tram-car in Adelaide road, fell, and one of the wheels passed over his body, breaking three of his ribs and inflicting other internal injuries. If is condition is considered serious. The total reduction on the Government valuation on the properties within the Borough of Palmerstou North, Foxton and Felidmg, and the Counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Kiwitea and Pohangiua, allowed at the Assessment Court was under X'loOO. Mr McKenzie, who has been advertising his famous Furniturejßcnoyator and Clothes .Reviver, arrived in Feilding today and paid visits to the various business places in town. The quality of his wares is undoubted, and Mr McKcnzio has achieved remarkable success in all parts of the colony. The Rev. W. Morley, Organising Secretary of the Home Missions of this colony, in connection with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, will lecture to-night on Home Mission work in the colony. Daring the week the reverend gentleman has lectured at Campbelltown and Sanson and his audiences have been delighted with his utterances. ■ Selections of music will be rendered by the choir. A meeting of members of the Feilding Bowling Club was held at the Empire Hotel last evening. Present — Messrs Sandilauds (in the chair), Davy, Dicksou, Hodren, McLaren, Light, Bastings, Haybittle, Sherwill, Gosling and Saywell. It was resolved, That Messrs Saudilands, Haybittlc and Sherwill be a Finance Committee with power to authorise all necessary payments on behalf of the Club. Other routine business was transacted and the meeting adjourned. With to«day's issue we publish an " inset " from the proprietors of the Bon Marche drapery establishment, Messrs Spence and Spence, enumerating a few of the numerous lines they are now offering at reduced prices to clear their winter stocks. With such bargains being offered locally there will be no necessity for residents of the district going to Wellington "or elsewhere to purchase really good drapery and clothing, and Messrs Spence and Spence buy for cash and sell for cash, and are. therefore in a position to compete even with the largest outside houses. The Excelsior Skating Rink was open yesterday afternoon for ladies and children only, and in the evening for both ladies and gentlemen, being well patronised on each occasion, proving that the popularitj' of the favorite pastime is quite as great as when first introduced into the colony. The success of the rink, which has onlj' been open two nights, lias been so great that the management have had tho necessity to procure more skates forced on them, and an additional number has been ordered, and will be to hand in a few days. To give cvciyono an opportunity to participate in the pastime the rink will be opened three nights each week after next week. During the evening the Feilding Brass Band played a number of selections. The quarterly meeting of the officers of the Wcsleyau church in the SandouFeilding circuit, was held at Sancton yesterday. The attendance was excellent and the interest evinced very warm. There was a deficiency on the quarters' revenue, but the three churches in the circuit divided the amount proportionately between them and guaranteed to raise the extra amount by next quarterly meeting. Requests having come from adherents at Cheltenham and the Harbor Board Block, it "was decided to commence service in these places without delay. Reports from the Sabbath schools were very satisfactory, and generally the prospects are very encouraging. In the evening a tea meeting was held, this being followed by the Home Mission meeting. Both were a great success considering the severity of the