Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 49, 26 August 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

Several letters to the Editor, advertisements aud other matters, arc unavoidably he Ul over. It is anticipated that the report of the Bank Committee will be ready tomorrow. Additions arc made to-day to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams Colyton and Palmerston stock sales. A boy named Perkins accidentally shot himself dead at the Upper Hutt ycstciday afternoon, while out shooting. The Wellington breach of promise case Little v. Mitchell, in which the damages were set clown at £1000, has been settled. " Yes, " she said li It was a sermon after my own heart." Sweet child : " Why, auntie, you were asleep all the time." Tableau ! It is stated that the test of the electric lighting appliances ou the Welliug-tou-Miwawatn Railway was most satisfactory. The Manawatu aud West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Annual Show will be held at Palmcrstou North on Wednesday and Thursday, October 23rd and 24th. A meeting of ratepayers interested in the proposal to borrow .£1730 for construction on the Maugamako aud Otara roads will be held at the Pemberton school house at 2 o'clock on Saturday next, August 31st. A chess match was played on Saturday evening between the Martou and Feilding second teams, ten players aside. The match resulted in Palmerston winning four games, Marfcon two, and four games to be referred for adjudication. A woman named Fcnwick was arrested on Saturday for being drunk and incapable. She was afterwards liberated on bail. On the case being called this morning there was no appearance of the accused and the bail was declared forfeited. 31r Kirfcou occupied the Bench. The funeral of the late William Robert Cross, who died yesterday morning at the residence of Mr Revingtou Jones, of Taonui, will take place to-morrow. The deceased was a native of Belfast, Ireland, and came to this colony for the benefit of his health, he being a sufferer from consumption. Mr J. B. Beckley, Messrs Waruock and Adkin's successor, has now re-open-ed the premises with an extensive stock of drapery, clothing, millinery, etc. An inspection of the goods is invited and no one will be pressed to buy. We refer our readers to the advertisement which appears to-day. Mr Humphries, Crown Lands Commissioner, in a recent report says :— •' It is perfectly clear that the Crown has not the class of land to satisfy the demand, and the only hope lies in the transactions under tho Lands for Settlement aud the acquirement of some native blocks in the district which are specially adapted for close settlement." An enquiry was opened at Marton on Saturday, in reference to charges made against certain members of the Marton S.F.H. Association No. 2. before Mr J. H. Baker, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Messrs W. A. FitzHerbert, T. W. Fisher and F. Pirani, M.H.R., members of the Land Board. A considerable amount of evidence was taken on oath. Iv regard to sections 30 and 31, it transpired that they had been mortgaged for ±75 each by the selectors, Misses M. E. and E. H. Harris, and the money spent on sections belonging to Mr Harris and his son. In regard to section 15, the selector (G. K. Watts) had authorised Mr T. T. Watt (to whom he owed money) to dispose of the section. Mr 11. C. Bennett, selector of section 21, had received i.IOO from B. F. Wade, who had carried out improvements and held a mortgage deed as security. In the case of section 22, there was evidence of attempt to sublet. The enquiry is being continued to day. In another column Mr W. FranklinBrowne aud the members of his family, tender their grateful thanks to those who sympathised with them in their recent bereavement. Before the funeral cortege left Mr Frankin-Browne's residence a short service was held by the Rev Mr Judkins. The attendance was representative, and included a large number (about two hundred) of the deceased lad's late schoolmates with whom he was a great favorite. Six of his class mates acted as bearers. " Little Frank " was a bright clever child for whom his teachers had great hope. At the cemetery alter the burial service the Bey Mr Jndkins delivered a touchiug address, in which he specially alluded to the simple and trusting faith and love of God which was possessed and shown by the departed little one. The hymns "Safe in the arms of Jesus" and the favorite one of the deceased "Jesus bids us shino " were sung the whole assemblage joiuiug iv. Much sympathy has been folfc and expressed for the stricken father aud relatives, aud the wreaths covering the casket were both beautiful and very numerous.

Professor Huxley said that prejudices vere not opinions. J The " rationalist dress " has no adnirer in the Rev Canon Dodd, of DunKlin, who, preaching in St Paul's Cathidral, took occasion to strongly condemn ' the conduct of women who displayed mannishness ' instead of modesty in Iress." The annual general meeting of members of the Marton Jockey Club was held on Saturday evening. The balancesheet showed a debit balance of £81 8s [><], which amount the committee expect to pay off at the meeting to be held on September 11th and 12th. Mr Murtagh's (of Feilding) offer to work the starting machine was accepted. The member for Clufcha lias given notice of the following important ameudnient on the Tariff Bill when in committee :— That steel engravings, oil and water colour paintings, organs for church use, salt, fencing wire, binder twine, ilax sheetiug, brown holland, fort'ar, union shirtings, cotton shirtings, cornflour and maizena, be admitted duty free.