Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 44, 20 August 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

«- Cancer was responsible for 408 deaths iv New Vcaiand. last yoar, or 100 more thau in l!S9o. Messrs Watson Bros.' tender for painting the Primitive Methodist Church has been accepted. Any person having claims against Miss Emily Pearco, late barmaid, is requested to forward account to A.8., Wanganui Post Office. The Standard says :— A patient in the hospital named Charles Marbach, died yesterday afternoon. The deceased, who bail bßon suffering from cancer, ciunc from Halcombe. According to Mr. Heke, one of ihe Maori M's.ll.R, members who talk most on self-reliance are the men who keep out of the House during argument and then rush in and " rely' 1 on the "Whips to direct them how to vote. In the House, Mr Tanner was very virtuous the other night in saying he never asked any favour of the Government. Mr Graham subsequently asked him how it was he managed to get his son into the Government Service without examination. There is some discussion, not to say doubt, as to who was the discoverer of America, but as Christopher Columbus was the first to advertise that he had "been there" ho has since reaped all the benefit. There is nothing like judicious and abundant advertising. Now that tho hemp-mills iv tho Foxton district have started work owing to the encouragement given by the rise of .12 per ton for flax in the London market, the Foxton Herald has wisely recommend landowners to put in a good area of oats as there is always a demand for that fodder when flax is at a good price. The agent for Stone's Wellington, Ilawke's Bay aud Tarauaki Directory for l« f JS-'JO was iv Feildiug yesterday. In connection with this issue we may point out that in the New Zealand Annual under tbe head of Local Government, page 4rt-A and throughout tbe lieminders in the almanac, several important alterations will be found resulting from the provisions of " The Rating Act 1894." On Sunday, September Ist, a Temperance Demonstration will be held in the Wesleyan Church at Fowlers' (Birmingham/ The Lodges from Feildiug, Apiti and Rangiwahia have been invited to attend. Special Temperances sermons will be preached on the occasion by the Rev T. R. Richards in the afternoon and evening. Tea will be provided for the visiting brethren in the church vestry. When the body of the unfortunate man Loader, who died from exposure on the Tararua ranges was found, the right; hand was drawn towards the head, and the thumb was nearly bitten off through the nail. Deceased had apparently gnawed all his fingers. The ground was disturbed as if in a struggle before bis death. One leg of the trousers had been torn off and the stomach was exposed. Great sympathy is expressed for the mother of deceased, who is a widow, to whom he was a great support. Upon hearing the vows she immediately went into a tit and. became ill. An advertisement appears to-day which deserves the earnest attention of architects a,ri<i those abo^fc to build. Mr George Adams, the well k.nov/u brickmaker of Makino, intimates that ho has a quantity of the very best bricks, oil hand which lie is prepared to supply to customers at rates and on terms almost unprecedented in the trade. Particulars as to prices ays notified iv the advertisement. It is not out of place for us to say that the bricks supplied to the builders of the store of Mr John Cobbe, in Manchester street, and of the new building lately erected by Mr W. D. Nicholas,' in Fergusson street, wore i from Mr Adam's yard, aud no better proofs should bo required of tho excellence of the material he produces,

Capt. Edwin wired at noon to-day :— Glass further rise and weather continue cold. There will be a meeting of hhe Vohin • teer Ball Committee in the Drill Hall at 7,30 this evening. We regret to learn that Mrs A. L. Stokes, of Birmingham, died yesterday rooming. An elderly man named John Danderson was injured by a fall of earth whilst working on the relief works, Wellington, yesterday. We have to acknowledge receipt of complimentary tickets for the dinner to be held in the Salvatiou Army Barracks on Wednesday, August '2Sth. Mr F. J. W. Fear, of Willis street, Wellington, is importing a number of Raglan bicycles, which he expects to receive about the cud of the present month. We regret to learn that two more ©f Feildiug's earliest settlers died y ester- | day, namely, the wife aud sister of Mr W. Stevens. We extend our sympathy to the relatives iv their bercaVeuieut. An inquiry is to he held by the Wellington Land Board at Marton on Saturday aud Monday next, before Messrs J. H. Baker (Commissioner), T. W. Fisher, W. A. Fitzhcrbert, A. W. Hogg and F. | Pirani, M's.H.R., iuto certain mattery connected with the Marton No. 2 Small Farm Homestead Association. : The reason that the new Local Government Bill was not submitted to the Conference of representatives of County Councils in Wellington was that the Premier objected to two Parliaments sitting at one time This is a change of front, as many will remember how a few years ago the alleged Labor Bills were submitted to Labor Unions before members of the House ever saw them. On Suml/iy, September 1, tempQrance services will be conducted in the Wesleyan Church at Birmingham, when the Good Templar Lodges at Feilding, Apiti, and Rang'iwahia will be represented. Special sermons will be preached at 2 150 by Mr G, Anyon and at 7 p.m. by the Rev T. R Richards. The Birmingham Lodge will provide tea for all visitors. On the Wednesday following tbe demonstration will be continued, when a meeting will be held in the Town Hall, the programme including addresses and music. The following tenders were received for fencing the bowliug green: —T. James, .l"i> 4s <>d per chain for wood and ;JO.s extra lor gate, and I's Is (3d with 30s extra for gate for iron fence (accepted] ; W. Watts i>> 15s Od per chain for wood, ±r> 10s Od for irou ; J. Wilson, i."-l Is Od wood, IT) l.ss 0d iron : B. Poole, £3 10s wood, :;2s extra for gate, £~> Ss iron ; J. Mclvirhiue, i;:-) 7s lid wood, £~> 2s iron ; Hubncr Bros., £» 12s wood, X's Ks iron ; Valentino aud Boyd, i'GT 18s Od wood, £'110 for irou. The tender accepted was ior an iro)} lenco fronting Warwick street aad for wood for the other two sides. Mr Ashby Sterry writes to a London paper : — li I have a theory that most people catch cold at night after they are in bed, aud it is to this fact 1 attribute a groat deal of tbo violent colds, tho broDchial catarrhs, and influenza which have reeentlj- been so prevalent. The temperature goes down suddenly in the night and people catch cold when they arc asleep without knowing it. The evil is to bo couuteva-cted, not by piling on a lot of heavy blankets, but by wearing thick close fitting garments, of a pyjama-like uaturo, aud warm socks on the feet. If this system were adopted I am quite certain that it would bo found beneficial."