Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 121, 20 November 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

Mark Twain lectures in Auckland tomorrow night. Tenders are inyited for the privileges of the Apiti Sports. Members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of the inspection parade to- j morrow evening. ] Additions are made to-day to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmerston sale. Staff Captain Edwards will conduct a special meeting in the Salvation Army barracks to-night. Mr J. H. Roy has been re-elected as Mayor of New Plymouth, unopposed. This is his fourth term. In Queensland, lucerne is found one of the most profitable fodder crops for dairy cows. Some of the Victorian dairy factories are paying less than 2d per gallon for milk this seasou. It is estimated that a cow is not profit' able unless Bhe yields 400 gallons of milk per annum. There are now in the United Kingdom 177 women doctors and 120 women members of school boards. Several Stratford residents have been fined 2s each, aud 7s costs for neglecting to send their children to school. A general meeting of members of tbe Feilding Bowling Club will be held at Mrs Hastie's Hotel this evening at 8 o'clock. The Rev J. Cocker will deliver his popular and clever lecture " Tom o' Jack's Lad " in the Primitive Methodist Church on the 27th instant. The courts not being in a fit state to play on, the committee of the local Ten- ! nis Club have decided to again postpone i the opening of their courts from Satur- , day next. The Wellington Hospital authorities | state that Mrs Fake, who was shot by her husband on Wednesday morning 1 last, is progressing satisfactorily towards 1 recovery. Mr G. Rabone landed a trout from the Makalcahi stream on Saturday iast which weighed 6Ubs. This, says the Examiner, is the largest trout taken in these parts this season. Notice is given to-day of the bankruptcy of Mr John Thomas Hook, of Colyton, laborer. A meeting of creditors will be held in the Court House, Feild- , ing, on December 3rd. The peach trees in Masterton arc af " » fected with a peculiar kind of blight this , season, and there is likely to be very little frnit. Plum trees are also bearing very poorly. In connection with the autumn show \ of the A. and P. Association, Messrs Barraud and Abraham have given a special prize of £5 for the best exhibit of turnip roots grown from Hurst and Son's seed, supplied by Barraud and Abraham at any of their branches. We (Standard) understand that Mr J. P. Brandon is to be presented with an illuminated address and a purse of sovereigns by his numerous friends in recog- > nition of his exceptional ability while manager of the Colonial Bank in Palmerston, and as a mark of the high esteem in which he is held throughout the district. The Manawatu Railway Company is pushing on with the reclamation of the Makerua swamp, which is many thousand acres in extent. About 13 miles of drains have been cut, and two more contracts, each for a mile section, have just been let to residents of Shannon. The land already drained is of excellent quality, and little difficulty will, it is anticipated, be 1 found in selling it on terms advantageous to the comDany. — Post. The programme for the entertainment to be given in the Assembly Rooms on Friday evening next, in aid of tho funds of the Feilding Public Library, is published in to-day's issue. It will be seen that the promoters have gone to consid- ; erable trouble iv providing an evening's t amusement which should prove to be ; the best local entertainment ever placed before a Feilding audience. 1 Lord Brassey rides a a tricycle, and Lady Brassey a bicycle. They have already been seen in one of the suburbs His Excellency pedalling along at a fair pace on a pneumatic tricycle, accompanied by Lady Brassey and Mrs Freeman Thomas on bicycles. Both ladies wore skirts, and managed their machines in an easy, gracefnl fashion, showing clearly that they are accomplished riders. A woman's club is shortly to be started in Wellington. The promoters intend to commence at first with only a club aud tea room, and then, if the movement receives encouragement, it will be carried out on a more extended scale. It is thought that tbis will prove useful not only to the women of this city, but more especially to those passing through or visiting here. The club is to be strictly non -political. — Post. A sad accident occurred on Saturday last to a nine-year-old son of Mr Knuckey, of Tikorangi (Taranaki). The little fellow, who was on horseback, had been with a message to a neighbouring farm, and on leaying was about to open the gate when the horse moved, thereby causing the boy to over balance himself, at wbich the horse started off, with the unfortunate lad hanging by his foot in the stirrup. He died a few hours afterwards.