Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 64, 12 September 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Pohangina County Council will meet on Saturday. The members ofthe Manchester Rifles are reminded of the parade this evening. Mr Carr will hold his monthly stock sale at Feilding to-morrow. The poll for the election of the Railway Appeal Board has been fixed for September 30th. " W f hat sort of a man is he as to working ?" " Well," was the scorching reply '• He is too slow to dig worms." A Sydney paper understands that there is an offer of LIO.OOO awaiting the lucky drawer of the fine stallion Trenton, the second prize in the St. Alban's estate. The Seaham colliery, Newcastle, which has been on fire for the last few days, is said to be the property of the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company. Those people who make the most fuss about Bible reading in schools, are not always those who "search the Scriptures" most diligently at home. A Christchurch telegram states that the Hermitage at Mt Cook bas been disposed of to Government for J;900. The place has cost the company X'.OOO up to date. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Cheltenham Dairy Company will be held in the Cheltenham school room this evening at eight o'clock sharp. Gentle youth to fair Hebe : " You would look well on the stage, miss." Fair Hebe to gentlo youth " I would — scrubbing it." There was a silence which could be — smelt. Mr M. Kew, of Sandon, has lost a valuable draught horse through the bot fly. Mr A. K. Blundell, Stock Inspector, has forwarded the stomachjof the horse to the Government Veterinarian at Wellington. Sir Benjamin Richardson, the eminent physician, thinks that the normal period of human life is about 110 years, and seven out of ten average people ought to live that long if they took proper care of themselves. A little girl was overheard talking to her doll, whose arm had come off, exposing the sawdust stuffing. " You dear good, obedient dolly. I knew I had told you to chew your food fine, but I didn't think you could chew it so fine as that.'* On Saturday next a poll will be taken on the proposal to raise loans for the construction of Mangamoko road and Otara bridge approach. The poll will be taken for tbe former loan at Mr G. L. Lay's store, Pemberton. Tenders are invited by the Town Clerk, Mr G. C. Hill, until 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 3rd, for the construction of atruss bridge over the Kiwitea stream. Plans and specifications may | be seen at the oflice of the Council. I It is with feelings of the deepest regret we have to announce tbe death of Mrs H J. Carter, of Feilding, which occurred yesterday. The funeral will leave her late residence, Prince street, for the Feilding cemetery at JO a.m. on Saturday morning. The ladies of Feildiug and surrounding districts will be interested to know that Te Aro House branch has secured the services of an experienced and stylish dressmaker who will commence work on the 20th of this month. Ladies are kindly invited to reserve their orders until then. There was once an Irishman who had a face on him that, as one of his friends once remarked, was '* an offince to the landscape " Next to his homeliness, his poverty was the most conspicuous thing about him. Hence tbe unsympathetic comment of a neighbor. " How are ye, Pat ?" he asked. * Mighty bad," was the reply ; " sure 'tis starvation that's staring me in the face," "Is that so ?" rejoined bis friend, adding, •' surp it can't be very pleasant for ayther of yes*,'* The Educational Department is about to issue a new reader for the higher standards. It is devoted exclusively to New Zealand subjects. It contains 287 pages mostly filled with extracts from tfo£ .writings of Manning, Pyke, Froude, Dilke, Domett, Lady and other authors besides original articles, and it is described as a most iuterestjbg compilation.

Some Napier speculators feel very sore. They took several thousand shares between them in a certain gold mine. They also paid up a certain amount. They have waited in vain for a rise in scrip. They are still waiting. The '• mine " is empty. It exists only in name. — Daily Telegraph. The supporters and tbe opponents of the Alcoholic Liquor Sale Control Act in the House are each scoring points by finesse. The result will probably be that the Upper House will send back the Bill in such a mutilated condition that neither its friends nor its foes will be able to recognise it. Perhaps this is what tlie contending parties most desire. Quieu Sabe ? Several members are on the war path over the Colonial Treasurer's expenses to England, and a lively discussion is expected when the vote comes before the House. There is an impression among the economist section of the House that the vote will be concealed in some way, so that the actual amount spent will not transpire, but I understand that it is to appear on tbe Supplementary Estimates, which are nevor brought down till the last day of the session.— H.B. Herald's correspondent. Matthew B. Wyatt, an unqualified medical practition, sued a railway employe in Melbourne for £9 for medical attendance. The defence was that Wyatt, not being duly qualified, could not recover, and that in representing himself as qualified he had deceived the defendant. Wyatt said he had not represented himself as duly qualified, and there being no Medical Act in New South Wales, anybody could practice medicine and recover for services rendered. The Bench commented upon tbo want of legislation preventing unqualified men from practising, and gave judgment for plaintiff for .I*3.