Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 21, 24 July 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

— o The Wellington Land Board will meet on Thursday, August Ist. The Manawatu Farmer reports that stock of all kinds are rising iu price in the neighborhood of Shannon. A concert will be held at Birmingham on Saturday next in aid of a young man who was hurt in the bush. There is said to be a phenomenal nig at Hauworth, which measures 9ft long, 7 in girth, and weighs about 80st. A meeting of settlers will be held at Ranson and Son's store, Waituna, on Wednesday, 31st of July, to discuss proposals to raise a loan of L6.000. We have been requested to state that golf clubs can now be obtained from Messrs Hayne and Lloyd who are the sole agents in Feilding. Additions are made to-day to Messrs Abraham aud Williams' Colyton and Palmerston sales and to Messrs Gorton and Son's Feilding sale. Messrs Hayne aud Lloyd advertise seed potatoes in great variety specially selected for this district. For full particulars see the notice on our third page. A lady attired in " reform " costume went out shooting lately in the Wairarapa district, so it is reported, and succeeded in bagging 30 pigeons, besides a number of ducks. Less than ten years ago £17,500 was refused for a corner hotel in George Street, Sydney. Last week the New South Wales Savings Bank sold it, as mortgagee, for £4600. Mr Holmes, Government Engineer, began the work of surveying the site of the Kiwitea bridge this morning. Mr Holmes expects his report will be completed in time for the next meeting of the Borough Council. Mr George Morris, of the Rangitikei Line, while partaking of breakfast yesterday morning, suddenly became ill aud died within a very short time. Deceased was 82 years of age, aud had been ailing lately. The Marton State School is threatened with the temporary loss of the entire staff owing to the prevalence of severe colds, says the Advocate. Yesterday Miss McDonald, Miss Watt, and Miss Mousley were absent, suffering from colds with indications of further defections from the same cause. Mr Joseph Darragh. the well known and enterprising local importer, has an announcement in to-day drawing attention to a clearing sale now being carried on by him, it being his desire to reduce his heavy stock preparatory to stocktaking. His entire stock of show-room goods are being offered at reductions of from 10 to 20 per cent for cash. A school girl named Janet Dwyer, who was lost in the bush for five days, in the Merino district, Victoria, succeeded in making her way to a house some 16 miles distant from the place where she first lost herself. The girl spent four nights in the bush, but wa9 apparently strong, and in much better condition than expected after such a painful esperience. We regret to record the death of another of the earlier settlers, Mrs Perry relict of the late Mr Bennett Pascoe Perry, of Masterton, and daughter of the late Mr Joseph Masters, of this city. Mrs Perry died at Dunedin on Tuesday last, at the age of 63. She leaves a large family of grown up sons and daughters. The remains have been conveyed to Masterton, and were interred in the Masterton Cemetery. — Post. A point of interest was settled the other day at Nelson. A tradesman, iu accordance with a notice on his billheads, charged interest on an overdue account and sued for the amount in Court. The S.M. said he had looked up authorities, and found several, whereby it appeared that the notice oil the billheads was not Sufficient to enable inter--1 est to be charged. Ik was not necessary that there should be an agreement b© tween the parties, but there should be a letter or something to say that interest would be charged from a certain date in which case legal interest, 8 per ceutouly could be charged. '

The Excelsior Skating Rink will be open this evening. Mr Simpson, of Colyton, advertises for sale ten thousand strawberry plants — Duke of Edenburgh. They are in first class condition. We request the attention of our readers to the advertisement anent a service of song by "old singers " to be held in the Primitive Methodist Church on Monday next. It is understood that tho Messrs. Beetham have disposed of the West Wanganui Block, Nelson district, 50,000 acres, to an English syndicate, which intends to cut it up in small areas for settlement.— Post. Mr James Hart, an old Westport resident, died last week. He arrived in that district about 25 years ago, and was widely esteemed. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Buller Oounty Council. It is rumoured (says the Pahiatua Herald) that a gentleman in Woodville not unknown in connection with football in the bush has been served with a writ for £500 for alleged breach of promise. Secretaries of afternoon tea clubs please note. Mr and Mrs Thomas Lowes left yesterday afternoon for Wellington. It is their intention to spend some time in the Wairarapa and then proceed to Auckland and the Lake Country. The many friends of Mr and Mrs Lowes in Birmingham and in Feilding wish them a pleasant tour. An excellent way to test if butter is pure is to get a clcau piece of white paper, smear it with the suspected butter, then roll it up and set it on fire. If the butter is good, the smell of the paper will be decidedly pleasant, but if there is animal fat in the composition, there is no mistake about the tallowy odour. A new electrical hair cutting and singeing apparatus has been introduced from America. It consists of a comb, the teeth of which are covered with platinum wire, a simple contrivance by means of which this wire is raised to a bright boat. The apparatus ou being moved through the hair cuts it evenly. An entertainment of great interest at the present time is to take place in the Assembly Rooms, Feilding, on Friday evening next, July 20th, when Robson's scenes on the China-Japan War will be shown. Mr Robson is well known in the panorama business, and his name is a guarantee that both scenes and lecture will be up to the mark. The Wanganui Herald states that "as an up-to-date show the exhibition cauuot be beaten." The scenes include such thrilling events as the sinking of the Kow Shing, the Battle of Piug Yang, the Great Naval Battle at Yulu, the taking of Port Arthur and all the most important events of the war. The prices of admission are made purposely low in order to induce whole families to attend. The half-yearly meeting of the Wanganui district Independent Order of Oddfellows, M.U., will be held next Friday evening and Saturday morning. Several important subjects will be discussed, and it it is very likely that some steps will be decided on in reference to the proposal of the Otago district to hold a conference, consisting of delegates from all the districts of the Order, to discuss the question of a uniform scale of contributions for the colon}'. If this difficult question is settled iu a satisfactory manner the Order should benefit immensely. Delegates are expected from Wanganui, Palmerston, Feilding, Ashurst and Apiti. and will arrive by the afternoon train ou Friday. — Mercury.