The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28. 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 51, 28 August 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28. 1895. Local and General News.

Ail Extra, giving a, precis of the Bank 1 of New Zealand Committee report, will \ be issued from this office lats tliis afternoon. Thc Excelsior Skating Rink will be 1 open as usual this evening. ! The Salvation Army hold a dinner aud public meeting in tbe barracks this evening- ; Mr Cartbew's monthly caso of books j and periodicals has arrived and i.s now ready for selection. It is reported tbat a discovery of petroleum lias beeu made withiu a mile aud a balf of Eltham. Notice is given that a cheque drawn on thc Bank of New Zealand, Feilding, for .£2O bas been stopped payment. Sec advertisement. Tlie Committee of tbe Foilding Athletic Club will meet in Mr Shorwill's of- ' fice this evening at eight o'clock. Mr J. R. Montague will bold special sales of furniture on Thursday, Friday, aud Saturday at bis auction mart, Paimerston Nortb. Rumour has it tbat it bas been definitely settled tbat Mr W. B. Edwards, of Wellington, is to be appointed to tbo vacant judgeship. After Saturday next, Slst August, sheep rates bear an addition of 10 per cent, aud must be remitted to tbe Inspector direct. Two cows, belonging to Mr li. Freeman of tbo Waitohu Valley (.Otaki district) were killed by lightning on Saturday night last. It is stated tbat tbe proposed amalgamation betwecu thc Mauawatu Farmers' Co-operative Associatiou aud the Farmers' Alliance bas been completed. — Standard. Tbe well known dealer Mr Perrett bas already paid away tbis seasou £1400 iu the purclia.se of pigs. Ho sent a largo consignment away to Wellington yesterday afternoon. Members of the Finance and Shooting Committees of the Manchester Rifles ave requested to note tiiat meetings will bo held to-morrow night after the parade. Tbe Deputy Official Assignee invites tenders for tlie purchase of the equity of redemption of section 81, Manchester Block, in the estate of Jobn Farrcll, late of Ashurst, farmer. Work is still very hard to get at Ohingaiti. Numbers arc waiting the advent of the Public Works Statement to see what expenditure will be apportioned to tbe Nortb Island Main Trunk Railway. A meeting of ratepayers interested in tbe proposal to borrow .£1730 for construction on tbo Mangamako and Otara roads will be held at the Pemberton school bouse at 2 o'clock on Saturday , next, August 31st. From some cause the telegraph wires between Feilding and Wellington aro workiug very badly to-day, so our cablegrams aud telegrams arc very limited. Tbe messages wc bave receiyed, so far, have come by way of Napier. Mr J. Cobbe is now opening up his first shipment of spring goods, and a splendid opportunity is offered to thc ladies of this district wbo arc desirous of procuring up-to-date millinery, dress , goods, and general drapery. ' Cable information has been received in New Zealand that Dr Denny, chairman of the London Board of the Union Steam Sbip Company, and founder of the great ship-building firm of P. Denny and Sons, Dumbarton, Scotland,Jdied on Thursday. Mr Lowe, tbe representative iu New > Zealand of Messrs Wcddel and Co., speaks hopefully of tbe butter market for next seasou, anticipating 10s a cwt. better terms than last year, but he is doubtful about the cheese. The public arc reminded tbat tbe Pri- * mitive Methodists will not bold auy public meeting in tbe Temperance Hall to- - uigbt. Tliis will give the congregation an opportunity of attending the special meeting at tbe Salvation Army Barracks. A mysterious disease i.s causing mortality amongst the dairy cows in tbe . Bunnythorpe district. The chief symptom is paralysis of tlie hind quarters. Upwards of a dozen beasts have died from this cause withiu thc past fortnight. — Standard. More fruit aud ornamental trees have been imported in tbis district during tbe present planting scasou|fchan on any ! previous one. A competent authority informs us that tbey aggregate many thousands. The entries at Messrs Abraham and Williams' stock sale at Colyton yesterday were about the average, and thc attendance was very good. Thc prices realised were well up to recent quotations. Store wethers brought up to 9s sd, old ewes aud lambs, 4s 6d ; milch cows sold fairly well at £4 f-s, £"> 9s and £o 15s ; weaners sold from 20s to 25s 6d. At a meeting of the Paimerston North Borough Council last evening, a letter was read from Mr W. M. Hitchcock, ©1- , ectrician, on thc proposal to light the town by electricity. Mr Hitchcock estimated tlie cost of providing electricity for lighting the streets aud private houses at X'2,050 and the cost of maintenance at i.'500 per annum. He also calculated the revenue from private lighting would be £'600 a year. At Paimerston yesterday afternoon tlie Revs Young, Thompson, and Quiufcrell, the Captain of the Salvation Army Messrs Leary, Henry aud Grace waited on Colonel Hume and requested that remedial measures sbould be adopted to suppress tbe immorality which existed in that town. The deputation stated several bouses of ill-fame existed, that gambling was rife, and that the Licensing Act was being continuously broken. The Paimerston N. Borough Council have passed a resolution as follows: — " Tbat in view of tbe increasing tendency for formation of trade monopolies, under tbe delusive name of co-operation or co-operative storcs.Syt is desirable thattliis Council appoint a Committee to consider thc best means to check tbis growing evil." A resolution was also passed requesting Mr Pirani, M-H.R., to communicate with the Government with a view to acquiring the estate of Sir J. Prendergast for thc purpose of sub-dividing into wmall holdings. On Monday evening a group of buildings, comprising live shops, situated in Main street, Foxton, near the Post Office, was destroyed by lire. Only two were iu occupation at thc time of the lire. One was used as a billiard-room by Mr 11. Bradcock, ami tbe table was insured for LiGO. Another shop was being utilised as a dwelling hy a family named Coles, and some flax belonging to Mr Coley was stored in another. The Post Office adjoining was saved only v.ith great difficulty.— Staudard.