The Feilding Star, Oroua & Ktwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 47, 23 August 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Ktwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895. Local and General News.

♦ The Manchester Rifles paraded last evening and some useful work was done. Additions are made to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Colyton stock sale. Captain Edwiu wired at noon to-day : — Indications for N.E. to N. aud W. pale soon, with rain and glass further fall. The members of the Wesleyan church choir arc notified by advertisement that there will be no practice this evening. Truth is great, certainly^but considering her greatness, it is curious what a long time she is apt to take about prevailing. — Huxley. A solicitor practising at SeymGur (Vic.) has been suspended by the Court for two years for keeping twenty guineas handed to him by a client to retain the services of counsel for the defence in a criminal proceeding. It is expected the additions to the Primitive Methodist Church will be completed by Wednesday. September 2.3th, ou which clay opeuim' services will be held. The Mayor of Wellington has promisjt'd to he present ou the occasion. The directors of the Wellington-Maua-watu Railway Company rau a special train to-day for the purpose of testing the electric light as a substitute for kerosene. If the test is satisfactory the electric light will be adopted for all trains tunning ou the line.

We have seen the plans of a building in course of erection near Denbigh square for Mr Louis Brown, The building promises to be a handsome addition to the town. It has eight rooms, and the front elevation is thirty feet. Mr J. D. Valentine is the architect. At Foxton on Wednesday night Mr J. R. McMillan was presentee! with a handsornegold ring, set with an exquisite diamond, by the members of the Foxton Racing Club. After the presentation, an enjoyable evening was spent in harmony. Those who desire to purchase at cheap rates household furniture, have now an opportunity of doing so. Dr Harris, who is leaving Fcilding. has decided to sell , the whole of his privately, and intending purchasers are invited to inspect the several articles. | Muhleison, the cyclist, who was refer- > red to in a Sydney cable yesterday as having broken the record from Brisbane to Sydney, which he accomplished in 5 , days 12.V "hours, hails from Hawkc's Bay and was at one time employed as a wool scourer on Mr Gollan's station. The enquiry by the Laud Board into certain transfers and other dealings in connection with scctious in the Martou Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks, Farm Homestead Special Settlements, will commence at Martou at 11 a.m. to-morrow. We learn that Messrs Stevens and Wood, proprietors of the Phcmiix Sawmill, Awahuri, have just received news that they have secured a two years contract for weekly shipments of white piue to Melbourne at a good pitying price, and for good cutting sizes, 12 x -1, 8 x 1 aud 4x4. It is now (Sunday/ understood that Sir Patrick Buckley has accepted the vacant Judgeship, though the announcement has not yet been officially made. There arc supposed to be certain difficulties arising out of Cabinet re-construction that will delay the formal appointment for some days — Correspondent Auckland Herald. | A gentleman in a commercial house in Bradford, England, iu a private letter to a friend in this district, stated that the Yorkshire manufacturers anticipate a considerable rise in the price of wool during the next six mouths, which, in all probability, will mean better prices for at least two years than has been ruling for some time past. A farmer at Horsham, named Frederick Jolianu Panckhau, appears to have met his death iu a very extraordinary way. He was subject to 11 ts of dizziuoss and it is surmised that lie was overtaken by one of these while in a paddock. His dead body was found much cut about j and bruised and it is believed that a tricky pony which was running in the paddock attacked him while ou the , ground and worried him to death. The following additional dates have been arranged by the Inspectors of the Wauganui Education Board iu connection with the annual examinations : — Bnnnythorpc, Tuesday, 17th September ; Upper Taonni, Thursday, 19th ; Pakeroa and Aratika, Friday, 20th ; Cheltenham and Kiwitea, Monday, 23rd ; Birmingham, Tuesday, 24th, Apiti, Wednesday, 25th ; Beaconsricld, Thursda}", 20hh : Maliino road, Friday, 27th. In the Assembly Rooms this evening Professor and Madame Davis will give one of their popular entertainments in clairvoyance. Illustrations will be given iu the art of ghost raising and the mysterious will be blended with the amusing elements. Exchanges in the principal towns have spoken well of the amusmcut to be derived from witnessing such a novel aud interesting entertainment, aud we have no doubt the Assembly Rooms will be well filled this evening. Mr R. Menzies sent Home 40 cases of apples by the Tongariro as an experiment. They brought «ti3 Is 5d in the London market. The freight and charges amounted to £0 5s Gd, so Mr Meuzics had the pleasure ol giving a cheque this morning to his agents for £2 4s Id. The timber aud labor in making the cases was £2, paper to wrap the apples £1, railway freight to Wellington £1. This makes' Mr Menzies £(i 4s Id out of pocket — not including the value of the fruit.