The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 45, 21 August 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895. Local and General News.

_ « The Excelsior Skating Rink will be open this evening. The Kiwitea County Council will meet on Saturday next. The Feildiug S.M. Court will sit at 9 a.m. on Friday next. Members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of the Government parade tomorrow night. Messrs F. W. Cottrell and Co., customs and forwarding agents, Wellington, have a notice in to-day's issue. The Rev Innes Jones will hold service with holy communion in St. Agnes', Kiwitea, on Sunday next, at 11 a.m. Tho contractor for the Municipal Buildings is getting ou very well with bis work, and a portion of the frame is already in position. It ik well known now up Pohangina way tbat Mr Pirani, M U.K., will not bo allowed to have a walk oyer, next general election. The " coming " man is already at work, and he fully recognises tbat be bas undertaken " a big contract."

A Wellington tobacconist named Abel ias been fined ss, with costs 9s, for selling a packet of cigarettes on Sunday. To-day Mr Hamilton, florist, had on view at his establishment next to Mr W. OarthoWa, somo si:>londkl varieties of magnolias. At Wanganui Colonial beer is sold at three pence the half pint. This is a startling indication that— the cold weather does not excite thirst. Mr Carr will hold an unreserved sale of furniture at the residence of Mv Jos. Gould, Prince street, Feildiug, on Wednesday tho 28th inst. Messrs Abraham aud Williams will bold their usual monthly stock sale at the Borough sale yards, Palmerston N., at I p.m. to -morrow-. We have to ackuowledgc receipt ol' complimentary tickets for the monster dinner to be held iv the Salvation Army barracks on tbo 28th inst. Mr J. Davidson, of the Manawatu piauo works, is at prcseut iv Feildiug, aud communications addressed to him, care of the Empire Hotel, will receive his atteution. In the Gazette of tho 15th iustaut it is notified the Taonui Branch Line is closed for traffic, aud an order has been made that the rails aud other material shall be removed aud sold. Persons desirous of registering trade marks or applying for pateut rights are directed io a notice which appears m another columu from Mr H. Hughes, pateut ageut, of Wellington. The 1-1,918 acres of the Awarua Block, to be put ou tlie market ou tho 18th of next mouth will bo divided into sections ranging from 07 to G22 acres. The land is all bush country, the cash price, upon which the rent is based, being from il 5s to il 12s per acre. Pnuce Frauds of Tock, a brofcber-in-law of the Prince of Wales, lost £10,000 on tho Curragh races recently. Lord Ardilaum offered to pay his debts Prince Francis being well nigh a pauper, but the Ouoeu interposed, aud paid them, and then ordered him to India. Tlic mortal remains of tho late youngest sou of Mr W. Franklin -Browne were interred iv the Foilding cemetery yesterday afternoon, when a number of local residents joined iv the procession as a mark of sympathy with the bereaved relatives. The Rc'vW. H. Judkiu conducted the funeral service. The Feildiug Debating Society meeting last eveuing was fairly well attcuded. The subject uuder discussion was "Is Intercolonial Freetrade desirable, would it be beuelicial to Now Zealand > " At the next meeting papers will be read by the Rev H. M. Murray, Dr Sorley, and Mr A. G. Oarty reviewing the works of popular authorities. Messrs A. G. Tame, and Co., auctioneers, Wellington, have an advertisement in to-day which should prove of iutercst to farmers in this district. The firm hold regular sales of horses, cattle ami sheep, and, also, daring the scasou, wool sales arc held. They further advcfii.se a shipmeut of guano has just arrived and will be sold at a reasonable price. We arc glad to be able to announce i thnt there is reason to hope the Feildiug Horticultural Society will take a new lease of lifo shortly. It has been suggested that the Mayor and Councillors should take an active part iv tho proI coodings as such au institution is intimately associated with the well being of the burgesses aud their families. There are some smart people iv the Wairarapa. We arc told by the Daily Times that a swagger recently tried to sell his shirt for a shilling, to enable him and lus mate to secure a long beer each. A certain man iv Masterton being offered the bargain, closed with it, and in the dark palmed off for the shilling a half-penny. If the swaggers find him, the mau will probably wish ho had not been quite so smart. A really excellent farm, good laud, well fenced and sub divided, with an abundant supply of pure spring water, situated iv the most prosperous part of this prosperous district, is available for some one who has a little capital. There is within a very few miles a dairy factory with good road. Tljc owner, Mr G. P. Church, only desires to let the farm because he has to live ou some other land of his. There is a comfortable dwelling house with every modern convenience attached. With reference to the accident k> Mrs McKellow, who was seriously injured while bushfelling at Puketoi, a correspondent of the Pahiatua Herald statesthai Mrs McKellow wan engaged in falling a leauiug tawa when it suddenly split up, struck her on the breast, and then fell across her. The escape from instaut death was miraculous. The steel stay busks of Mrs McKellow were completely shattered by the force of tho blow from the tree, and her escape with four ribs broken and sundry bruises may regarded as marvellous. She is now progressing as well as can be expected. It Ts alleged that Mrs McKellow is a direct descendant of Burns, the Scotch bard. A subject which is causing some agitation at the present time is that relative to the increased duty on tea imported into this colony. An agitation was recently started to reduce tho duty on tea imported into this colony in bulk for packing in New Zealand, while at the same time a request was made to the Government to increase the duty on tea imported in pound or half pound packages. Notwithstanding this, the importers of Suratura tea, a pure tea grown and packed in India, confidently place their now well known teas on the market, and challenge competition with all other blends. Suratura tea may now be purchased from grocers in half-pound, pound, and five pound packages. In the report of Messrs Hales and Napier Bell on our railways it is stated : " All repairs of bridges, culverts, and beams of cattle-stops are now done in ironbark, and in time the constant an_ioty and expense caused by rotten bridges will be obviated It would have saved thousands of pounds if no New Zealand timber had been used in these bridges and culverts, the life of which timber for such uses is only from ten to fifteen years, while ironbark, which is as cheap as New J- salami timber, will probably last fifty years." The report also says : •' At Feilding the Station house with Post Office attached is in good order and neatly kept; goods-shed in very good condition ; platform and loading bank of lime-stone and timber yery good ; cattle pen in very good condition." Now that the public in general are asking which is the best quality piano, organ, or musical instrument to buy, the question is soon answered when lookiug as we have done at the large number of unsolicited testimonials presented to Mr F. J. pinny, the well-known importer of musical instruments, of Manners street, Wellington, by grateful customers, copies of which we havo in our possession. As per advertisement, Mr Pinny has one of the finest stocks of instruments in the city, claiming as ho does the fact that he 'is a direct importer managing his own business, and every transaction is under his own personal supervision, that customers cau rely upon the best of valuo and the easiest terms. Amongst the special lines will be found pianos by Broadwood, Lipp and Sohu, Chappell ! and Co.. Henry Ward, and other distinguished makers ; organs hy Mason ancl Hamlin, the Worcester Organ Co., and others. luteudiug buyers will do well to iutevviow Mr Pinny before male j lug their purchases. " ,

The Palmerston Borough Council has passed a resolution expressing its wish that the Member of Parliament for their district be asked to use his best endeavours to secure the retention of the uame of Palmerston North. ■ I Mrs Mary Coleman, a sister of Mr W' £ Stevens, of this towu, died yesterday | < morning at the age of 6S years. Mrs i Stevens is not dead, as erroneously stated, although she is seriously ill and 1 is not expected to recover. j A high authority on the wool market j states that brokers do not expect much : further rise in wool this season. He i thinks there is no prospect whatever of j a realisation of the big prices that have I been generally expected. — Standard. Mr T. F. Martin, solicitor for the Municipal Conference, has expressed au opinion that the uame of a person could be placed ou the burgess roll alter it is iv force, who acquired by purchase part of a property i'ov which the original owner was already on the roll. Acting on this advice the clerk of tlic Palmerston Borough Council will place the names of ratepayers on the rate roll ou application to him. This morning a local storekeeper was clearing out his shop when he found a mouse's neso iv a coiner, and amongst the material composiug it were two threepenny pieces and a sixpence. The nest was several feet away from where the cash was kept, and there avrs no possibility of tho coins having been dropped by accident into the corner, so that the mice must have collected them somewhere outside aud placed them where found.