Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 60, 7 September 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

I _» . Train services for the Marton races are advertised to-day. The Excelsior Skating Rink will be open at 7.30 this evening. Mr Carr will hold a sale at his Birmingham yards on Tuesday next. The Birmingham Football Club's anball will be held on Wednesday next. Poll will be taken on Saturday next on the proposals to raise loans for construction of the Mangamako road and approach to Otara bridge. The Primitive Methodists have a " Five hundred advertisement " in our advertising columns which we advise the public to read. The alleged hope of " labor legislation " was to cause more work and higher wages, but the result has been — less work and lower wages. There was a heavy thunder storm here last night. Tbe lightning flashes were very vivid, and the thunder shook the bouses to tbe alarm of the suddenly awakened inmates. To-morrow's services in connection with the Wesleyan Church are announced. In the evening the Rev W. H. Judkins will conclude tho series that has lately been considered at the evening services. Mrs Ryeley, who has jnst died at Mansfield Woodhous?, Notts, in her 101 st year, leaves five children, 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and one great greatgrandchildren. She was born and died in the sanje yilfage,

Captain Edwin wired at noon to-day : Indications for strong north to west and south west winds with rain, and glass falling. It is intimated that Mr Wood will preach in the Temperance Hall to-mor-row morning and the Rev Mr Quintrell in the evening. Messrs Lethbridge and Sons have still left for sale five of their well situated suburban sections. For particulars apply to Mr Sandilands, solicitor. Messrs James and Heaps, architects, have accepted Messrs Wilkinson and Tarrant's tender for alterations and additions to the Wavertree residence on Mackay's line. An advertisement appears to-day relative to the Awarua Block and forfeited Farm Homestead sections which will be open for sale at the laud office, Wellington, on the 18th inst. Mj Charles Louisaon formerly Mayor of Christchurch, now touring the world, has written that he found Prohibition in America to be quite the fraud which some people have asserted it to be. Germany has 5,000,000. depositors in savings banks ; France, 4,150,000 ; Great Britain, 3,750,000; Italy, 1,970,000; Austria, 1,850,000; Sweden and Norway, 1,570,000 ; Switzerland, 1,600,000. An affrighted racehorse at Albnrv (N S.W.) thrust its head, through a nine inch stable wall, and was found dead, with its head smashed in and bricks and mortar strewn around. The arbitrators in the Midland Railway case will, we learn, be in Wellington in time to get to work on the 22nd of November next. They are Sir Charles Lille}', Sir Eruce Bums de, anl Mr Blake, Q.C. . Mr H. J. Carter, assistant master in the Feilding State School, has been appointed lun/m ten ens to Mr H. V. Bindon as inspector under tha Wanganui Education Board, during the lattter's leave of absence for three months owing to ill health. Messrs Wollerman and Co. are sending Home by the Gothic a consignment of New Zealand cured bacon for the purpose of testing the Home market. The bacon was cured by Mr Retemes'er, of Feildiug, and is of excellent quality. The enterprise of the firm deserves to be rewarded. — Standard. The "Westminister County Court Judge ruled that a husband must pay his wife's dressmaker's bill ; at the same time remarking that he thought £300 a year was enough to pay for the wife's clothes. It was stated that the lady in question had incurred debts to the extent of £14,000. and was now in a lunatic asylain. Messrs Spence and Spcncc, of the Bon Marche, have now on view their first shipment of new spring goods ex Gothic, They have received some special hues in ladies corsets and underclothing and are showiug some lovely prints and dress materials. A second shipment consisting principally of choice millinery is ex pected next week. Shakespeare makes one of his characters exclaim, " Lord, how this world is given to lying!' 1 and if that philosepher had lived now, he would have added, " especially at election times." Everybody then seems to imagine that he hag a license to say anything lie fancies will injure the candidate he opposes, or set nfloat any falsehood to puff up the candidate he favors. There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Loyal Manchester Lodge 1.0.0. F., M.U., in the Foresters' Hall last evening. Two members were proposed for initiation at the next meeting. The following were appointed a committee to arrange for another of their popular socials, to be held at au early date : N.G. Bro. Wilson, V.G. Bro. Jackson, E.D.G.M. Bro. Parker, Bros. Durrant, J. and A. W T atson, H. Tayor. Great arc the powers of advertising (says a London print.) The other day, from a bold and well-placed advertisement in the papers, one firm received, in the costs of a few posts, orders to the value of no less than .£'oooo. The entire stocks of two of the principal articles advertised were completely evhausted in a few hours. Yet there are still some traders who are too blind to realise that to make money they must spend money. A fox terrier will go to extremes to weather on a cat. Yesterday one of these dogs chased a feline enemy up a tree — and strange to say — followed it among the branches. The two roosted on separate limbs for a time until in his excitement the dog lost his hold and feil. The cat was then triumphant, but this morning the game was repeated, when, unluckily for the cat, the two got ou the same branch so, when they clutched and fell on a stack of firewood, the cat was below, and died after a gallant fight. On Tuesday evening next a public debate will be held in the Feilding Assembly Rooms between representatives from the Palmerstou North Mutual Improvement Society and the Feilding Debating Society. The subject will be "Does money exercise a greater influence than moral power ? " The Palmerston Society will lead in favor of money, while Feilding will support moral power. The latter Society will be represented by Mr T. Watson (who will open for Feilding), the Revs W. H. Judkins, Innes Jones, Messrs J. Cobbe and J. H. Stevens. The judges will be Messrs H. L. Sherwill, J. Greenwood and C. McLean. The small charge of 6d admission will bo charged and it is to be hoped there will be a large attendance as the proceeds will be devoted to furnishing the library in the new municipal building.