Local aJid General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 30, 3 August 1895, Page 2

Local aJid General News.

The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next. A concert will be held in the Coh'ton Town Hall on Tuesday evening. Entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmerston sale, are advertised to-day. Mr C. Carr will hold his monthly stock sale at Birmingham on Tuesday next. A child named Mayne died at Miltborpe, New South Wales, the other day from a bowel complaint brought on by excessive skipping. In Australia horses and cattle are now being branded by electricity from storage batteries. The temperature is uniform, and tbe brands safe and artistic. The Captain and officers of the Manchester Rifles have been favored with an invitation to attend the ball of the Palmerston North Rifles on the 9th inst. Mr J. R. Montague held an auction sale of store goods at the Makino butter factory yesterday, on behalf of Mr J. P. Cowie. The attendance was not large and the prices offered were in favor of the purchasers. Strong efforts are being made to try to get the Colonial Secretary to license some of the racing clubs, which were out out by the conference, notably the Ashurst, which seeks to get the license granted to the Sandon Club. To-morrow's services in connection with the Wesleyan Church are announced by advertisement. At the evening service the Rev. W. H. Judkin's will continue the subject of last Sunday A young man named Alfred G. Rveson "a Normanby resident, while play, ing football, received a severe kick on the head, and has since died in the Now Plymouth Hospital. In the doctor's opinion, the blow caused an abscess on the brain. The following are the vital statistics for the'district of Palmerston North for Kionth ending 31st July : — Births, 43 : deaths, 18 ; marriages, 7. The Register informs us that the number of births constitute a record for the district. The death rate is also very heayy. The Wellington Times says it is rumoured that instructions "for a libel action for LSOOO have been issued against a prominent newspaper for libel on account of strictures passed upon the conduct of the Government Insurance Department. Purchasers of drapery and clothing are reminded of the monster sale now proceeding at the Bon Marcho. All classes of drapery and clothing, suitable for this cold weather, are now being sold at greatly-reduced prices by Messrs Spence and Spence. The Debating Society will meet on Tuesday evening next at 7.30 in Mr Bray's office. Subject: " Should the liquor traffic be abolished, or more directly placed under State control." Mr S. Andrews will lead the debate for the abolition, and Mr J. Black will oppose. The following incident is reported from the South : — A sheep has been frozen to death in tte bed of the Otekaike river. It had evidently been walking in the river, and had stopped ! for a few rniiiutes, tbe water had frozen about its feet, and the poor brute had been frozen to death on the spot. When found it was standing upright on all fours frozen fast. f Says the Palmerston Standard: — A " sceno " occurred at the District Court yesterday when two solicitors got into wordy warfare. His Honor ordered both to come before the Court to show why they should not be committed for contempt. Subsequently apoligies were accepted by his Honor, who intimated that on any future occasion he would consider it his duty to inflict a severe penalty. A preacher, to a newspaper man, said — " You editors dare not tell the truth. If yon did you could not live ; your newspaper would be a failure." The editor replied :— " Yon are right; and the minister who will at all times and under all circumstances tell the whole truth about his members, alive or dead, will not occupy bis pulpit more than one Sunday, and then he will find it necessary to leave the town in a hurry. The Press and the pulpit go band in hand with whitewash brushes and pleasant words, magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, tbe pen, and the gravestone are the great saint making triumvirate." Thus " Peter Lombard " in the Church Times :— "Extempore preachers should keep their sentences well in hand, and always be ready ta pull up (io was Bishop Wilberforce's saying) at any word, j The curate of Wyozed^on was recently i addressing his congregation. He turned to different classes of his hearers, 'And you old men with yonr hoary heads, " etc., etc. Then addressing the young men he said, 'And you young men with your blooming cheek -ahem! I mean with tbe bloom still upon your cheek. , But ijr \\a3itoo late. "

There will be Mass at St. Bridget's, Feilding, at 11 a.m., and Evening Service at 3 p.m., on Sunday next. The absence of Mr Gladstone's name from the list of candidates at the recent English elections is the first time such a fact has been recorded since the passing of the Great Reform Bill in 1832. " Arbor Day " will be observed on the 7th instant. It has been suggested that the ceremony of laying the foundation of the new municipal buildings should be celebrated on that occasion. In the Assessment Court yesterday, the S.M., Mr R. L. Stanford, expressed the opinion that the block system, with an acreage rate, as suggested by Mr R. S. Abraham (chairman of the Land Drainage Board), was tbe i&iresh way which could be adopted.— Standard. The resignations of the following Volunteer officers have been accepted : — Surgeon-CapL T. H. A. Harcourt, Hawera Mounted Rifles ; Lieutenants F. W. Dunderdale and A. P. R. Hopkins, Palmerston North Rifles. In the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday William Jones claimed £200 damages from Chas. Gray for seduction by h?m of daintiff's daughter. Both parties are farmers at Pahautanui. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for £100, with costs according to scale. The Good Templars Lodge having undertaken the programme of the Band of Hope on Monday evening next, in the Temperance Hall, is a sufficient guarantee of an entertainment both enjoyable and profitable. The name of the new Association into which the business of the M.F.C.A. and the Alliance is to be combined will be the United Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited. It will comprise between 1400 and 1500 shareholders, with a paid up capital of over £20,000, and an uncalled capital of £24,000. A settler up Waituna way was mustering a flock of sheep a few days ago. I Some smoke was observed rising out of the bush, and as the clrivers of the sheep were curious to know the cause, search was made, and the fire discovered. There were a few pigeon feathers lying about. The carcase — or rather the half — of a sheep was found " planted "in a small creek. Examination showed the sheep had only been killed a few minutes. The thief was alarmed aud had absconded. Messrs A. Wagstaff, C. Selby, aud Stanton went to Wauganui yesterdaj' to interview the Waugauui Harbour Board on business connected with the Pohaugina Association, but when they arrived there they found tbe sitting had been adjourned to Thursday next. However, the deputation laid their request before the secretary, to whom they fully explained their position, and the matter will be considered at the Board's next meeting. A building, consisting of a commodious shop and an office, has just been completed in Fergusson street by Mr W. D. Nicholas, which is an ornament to the town. The building is constructed of brick and is the best finished in Feilding. There is a large shop 43ft 6in x 25ft 6in, and 14ft from floor to ceiling. At the back of this shop are three rooms — 14ft x 14ft, 14ft x lift, and 18ft x 14ft respectively — which may be utilised for living in. In addition to two large windows in the front of the shop, there are three large skylights, which improve the lighting considerably and will be found of advantage in the display of goods. Adjoining the shop is an office occupied by Mr J. Prior, solicitor, which is fitted up with the necessary conveniences for a legal gentleman's office. From the street door a room 14ft x 13ft is entered, and through this is a lift x lift room, with skylight. At the rear of this again is another room 14ft x 13ft. The building is constructed of the best matei'ial and no labor or cost has been spared in its erection, the inside being plastered. The bricklaying and plastering work was done by Messrs Huddleston and Son, the plumbing by Mr P. Thomson, and the painting by Mr B. Gosling. Mr C. Bray, senr., was the architect.