Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 105, 31 October 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

Members of the Manchester Kifles are reminded of the parade this evening. The Mail reports there has been a lot 1 of sheep worried by dogs about Waipawa lately. Mr C. Carr will hold a sale of furniture and effects, on behalf of Mr E. Mills on Monday next. Mr W. Cook, one of Feilding's earliest settlers, died this morning, at the age of 55 years. A Catholic prayer book was lost on Sunday last. Finder is requested to leave it at the Star office. The Wesleyans at Bunnythorpe are getting ready for their annual tea on the 11th November. The annual meeting of the Feilding Lawn Tennis Club will be held at the Bank of Australasia at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. A Danevirke girl cleared out the other day, leaving a note behind her saying she intended to drown herself. She took a young man with her. " Neither you nor I have had the ad- " vantage of what they call a liberal education but we can hold our own with 1 the best of them, can't we ?"— The Premier to Mr Crowther. The meeting of the local Court of Foresters' was held last evening. There was \ a good attendance of members. Two members were initiated and two proposed for the next meeting. 5 At New Plymouth George Edward Duncan, money lender, has been fined £5 for failing to furnish a return of his r income under the Land and Income Assessment Act. The Nelson Star reports that Mr A. T. Maginnity, solicitor, and two of his family had a narrow escape from poison- ! ing the other morning through eating tinned whitebait for breakfast. Nominations for all events at the Feilding Jockey Club's spring meeting, on . November 29th and 30th, close at 8.30 I to-morrow evening, with the secretary, Mr E. Gooodbehere. The Premier is sanguine enough to hold out the hope that the banking legislation of this and last year will not, ■ under the improved condition of things, cost the colonial taxpayers one shilling. Carrol D. Wright, chief of the United States Government Labor Bureau, says, " Hunger has caused more men to commit petty crimes, than anything else." Of 6,598 suicides m 1890, 5,100 had no trades. Mr H. J. Booth, Native Interpreter, ' of Feilding, is, with the assistance of the Postmaster, making payments to > various natives on account of several ' blocks of land in the Auckland district, which are being secured by the Government. Owing to the polo ground being too soft to play on the committee have decided to postpone the opening day from Saturday next to Saturday, November 9th. The annual meeting has also been postponed and will be held on the even--1 ing of the opening day. Four inspectors under the Licensing Act, at a salary of .£l5O per annum each are provided for under the Police Department votes. These officers are to be apart from the police service, and will see to the enforcement of the licensing laws. A strong committee has been formed I by the Bunnythorpe Temperance Society to carry on the Band of Hope for the ensuing year. Miss Dixon is again elec- ' ted as secretary, and it is arranged that members of the committee shall take turns in presiding at the meetings. " It won't work," said Jones, sadly. " What won't work ?" Hypnotism. I tried it on the butcher. Looked at him fixedly until I had his undivided attention ; " then I said very slowly and with emphasis, r • That bill is paid.' " " And what did the butcher do ?" "He said ' You're a liar. 1 " Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a special sale at Palmerston North on Saturday next, under instructions from the executors in the estate of the late J. R. Harper, the goodwill of lease of a livery stables as a going concern. They will, also, dispose of the whole of the plant. Advertisements in connection with a loan of £120, and a meeting of ratepayers to discuss the subject, appears today from Mr H. J. Haynes, the Clerk of [ the Pohangina County Council. The i meeting will take place in Guy's Hall I Apiti, on Wednesday the 27th of De: cember. Messrs Gorton and Son hold a stock sale at their Feilding yards to-morrow. , Amongst their numerous entries will be offered special lines of horses on behalf of Messrs Hocken Bros, and Mr E. Mills : also, section 7, Manchester Block, front- : ing Kimbolton road, containing 180 acres. A smart piece of work in connection ' with sheep shearing was done last week at Sir George Clifford's station, Flaxbourne. Wool that was on the sheep's back at mid-day on Saturday, was shorn, baled, dumped, carted a distance of five j miles placed on board the vessel, and brought to Wellington by 10 o'clock that night, — Post. During the hearing of a case at the Wanganui S.M. Court on Monday, Mr Kettle examined a witness as to what constituted the duties of a pantryman at an hotel. In the course of the examination, his Worship remarked, " that although the duties of a pantryman were not yet specified by Act of Parliament, they probably would be by-and-bye !" The return polo match on skates, Feilding v. Palmerston, was played at the Drill Hall, Palmerston, last night, and resulted in a win for Palmerston by five goals to three. The teams were : — Feilding— H. Sears (captain), G. Hay bittie (goal-keeper), D. McFarlane, W. M. Whishaw, T. Haybittle, T. Reade. Palmerston — W. Batten (captain), C. Purser, E. Merrick, H. Merrick, A. Bedford, L. Merrick (goal-keeper). Two fifteen minute spells were played, Feilding scoring two goals in the first spell and Palmerston nil. T. Reade scored two goals and W. M. Whishaw one. Mr Randall acted as referee. The mission services at St. Bridget's Church were concluded last night, there ; being a very large congregation present to hear the farewell sermon of His Grace the Archbishop. His Grace selected for i his text the scriptural consolation, "He that shall persevere to the end ahall be i saved," and in eloquent and forcible i language urged the great importance of keeping the good resolutions made duri ing the mission. At the conclusion ol ■ the sermon His Grace gave the papal • benediction, which closed a mission long i to be remembered, not only for ita sue- ■ cess which has beeii ample demonstra- • ted by the large congregations that have , filled tbje i .Church, but also for the exI ceptional ze'at aij4 Pffiy shown by the j illustrious and able prelate whose earni est eloquence will always pleasingly lin- ; ger in the memories of the many who t attended St Bridgets' church during the 3 time of the mission.