Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 17, 19 July 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

A man has died in the Royal Infantry, Edinburgh, as the result of swallowing two false teeth during a fit. The Secretary of the Cheltenham Dairy Factory, Mr R. C. Templer, invites tenders for 150 cords of firewood. Mr James Clarendon Ramsbottom Isherwood. of Palmerston N., is petitioning for a land grant for military services. Mr Thomas Jones, of Feilding, is petitioning to have his estate, now held by private trustees, wound up by the Public Trustee. A dairy school will be opened at Stratford on " August Ist. A course of instruction will be given to managers and assistants of butter and cheese factories. A fisherman named Walter Fairbank, of Foxton, was drowned on Wednesday at the mouth of the Manawatu river ; he was endeavouring to cross the bar. The annual meeting of parishioners in the Feilding parochial district will be held in Miss Goodbehere's school room this evening at 8 p.m. It is reported that Mr Claude Herman, the actor, well known in the Rangitikei district, died at sea while on his way to England from Melbourne. The member for New Plymouth sent the House into roars of laughter by stating that if any lady opposed him at the next election and got a majority of votes " he would retire in her favor." The artesian well committee have decided to hand over to the Feilding Fire Brigade £7 9s 4d, balance of money collected for the purpose of sinking an artesian well in Feilding. Messrs Ratliff Bros., land and commission agents, have sold 197 acres of laud at Pemberton, the proper iy of Mr Charles Cleaver, to Mr W. Mundy, of Carterton, at a satisfactory figure. A wedding was celebrated on Wednesday at Campbelltown when Mr (j. Lowe, son of Mr Lowe, of Heaton Park, was married to Miss Leah Broadbelt, daughter of Mr A. Broadbelt, Campbelltown. A man seized a handful of coin in a Melbourne church, when the collection plate was before him on Sunday week, and tried to bolt, but the collector held him and handed him over to the police. In spite of the strenuous exertions of the authorities, smallpox continues to gain ground in Glasgow, and it is said to be aided by the extreme reluctance of people to report the outbreak of the disease in their houses. The number of patients in the Smallpox Hospital show a steady rise. The Dunedin City Council have adopted a motion that in all future contracts the person or firm tendering shall undertake to pay all workmen, whether artisans or labourers, the current rate of wages ruling in the district, and to observe eight hours as the working day for which such wages shall be paid. Mr Rutherford, Chairman of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, who has recently been on a trip round the world, says the system carried out at the Masterton hatcheries is aa good as that followed at any be has visited. Although big European hatcheries have more scientific apparatus and better facilities, the cost of the output per thousand fish is less under tbe Wellington Society's management and- just as valuable. The work is being done in New Zealand for far less money* ;; !

There will be Mass at Ashurst on Sunday next at 8 a is. Wo Roman Catholic services in Feilding next Sunday. Captain Edwin wired at 1.10 p.m. today : Indications, glass further rise, with strong south to east and north-east wind. Mr C. Wickham will run a brake from Feilding to Palmerston to-morrow to enable local residents to see the final test football match. Mr Fred. Bennett, the English professeniol billiard player, will giye an Exhibition at the Feilding Hotel this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. Referring to Mr Bennett's play the Auckland Herald soys of a match played at Auckland beween him and a well-known amateur : — " The game was most exciting all through, bis principal breaks being 28, 29, 38, 35, 41, 59, 50, 71, and 85." When neighbours in the country districts need help they generally manage to give it to each other cheerfully. On Monday last, at Beaconsfield, when Mr G. Ross had to move his dwelling-house to a new site, sixteen men came to help, and next day they came again and assisted to complete the job in fixing up the house. Of course the youngsters had to be looked after, so Mrs Paul took charge of them ; and Mr Sinclair brought his trap to convey Mrs Ross who is not very well just now. Mrs and Mr Ros3 desire to express their grateful thanks for the kind assistance tendered them. One of the oddest transactions at the last meeting of the Wellington Benevolent Institution was of the matrimonial kind. A young couple applied for help They had been living in adultery, and one child had been born to them, another being expected. When the wrong they were doing their children was pointed out to them, the man said that he would marry the woman when he could raise the necessary fees. Thereupon the Rev. Mr Evans, who was present offered to tie the knot for nothing, and become responsible for the license fees. The couple acquiesced, and an appointment with the Registar was arranged forthwith.— Post. _____