Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Issue 123, 22 November 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

| Sir Michael Davitt will lecture at Na pier on ■" Home Rule " on Monday next Mr J. J. Mcß^aalr] has been returnee Major of Marton ,unopp<}S£d. This i; l his third term of office. 5 Two Dvmedin police constables, vrhf i were reported lor druukenosss, have re - ceived their notice of dismissal, s The fish market at Aberdeen yielded p, net profit of .£1033 to tbe niuuieipa fittlftpft££3 during the past year..

There will be no meeting of the Athletic Sports Committee this evening. The local tennis courts will not be opened to-morrow owing to the continued wet weather. MrE. T. Gillon, of the Wellington Post, has gone to Australia on a healthseeking expedition. A recruit obtained in Edinburgh for the Scots Guards is said to be one of the tallest men in tbe army. He is 6ft s£in in height, and may yet exceed this. Qeneral Booth, it is said, believes in cycling. Two of his grand daughters and their mother ride between Hadley Wood aud High 13arnett for the religious meetings. An old Scotchman in Dunediu who went home "fuddled" was hard set wlieu he had uo better explanation than that it was the Jewish Now Year. But tfc served* Tbe championship meeting of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association is to be held on the 26th, 27th, and 28th of December on the Thorudon Club's courts, Wellington . The new mode of inviting your friends " to crush a cup " is to tender each one sixpence and tell him to buy something, j The same end is arrived at, but it is a relief to the monotony of the old plan of saying "What are you going to have." A newly elected Borough Couucillor at Pahiatua, on taking bis spat at the j Council table, said :— " I will not say anything about my election, as I do not consider it any honor to belong to such a body as the Pahiatua Borough Council." A Hawora dairyman had a narrow escape the other clay. Ho was driving a milk-ladeu cart over a bridge, when he noticed the bridge giving way. He 1 whipped up his horses, and just got them and the vehicle across when the bridge collapsed. We arc giyen to understand that the Rev G. Wilks has, at the request of the , Chcutenham School Committee, consented to give a lecture on " Socialism and kindred subjects," in the Cheltenham Public Hall, at a early date, iv aid of the prize fund of the local school. Two women having claimed a clog, a London magistrate ordered the animal to be placed in the witness box. The ilc£ at once recognised his mlsbreas, ami made many demonstrations of joy at ' seeing her The magistrate said the dog's evidence established the ownership. By a wire received yesterday, after we had gone to press, Mr Smythc, the ngcut for Mr Clemens (Mark Twain) informed us that it will be impossible to reach Feilding on the oOth instant. Mark Twain will lecture in Palmerston > North on December 2nd. The entertainment to be given in the Assembly liooms this evening should be very largely attended, judging from the amount of interest taken in it. The performers have all been practising assiduously for some time and a really first ' class entertainment is promised. The | rehearsal last night was an unmixed success. ; The Manchester Rifles had a good muster last night, and-Sergt. Major Mc- ; Millaugave the corps some useful and 1 instructive drill. A meeting of the officers, non-commissioned officers and members af the management committee of the corps, will be held in the orderly room on Tuesday evening. Eligible recruits continue to offer themselves for election. A memorial is to be erected by tbe stewardesses in the Union Steam Ship Company's service to the brave stewardesses who lost their lives by the wreck of tbe s.s. Wairarapa, and tbe Dnnedin City Council Reserves Committee have agreed, to grant a site in the Northern Cemetery. Designs for a memorial have been received, the cost being estimated at iaO. It is shown by American statistics that the crime of suicide is rapidly increasing. The number of citizens who died by their own hands were as follows —1889, 2224 ; 1890, 2640 ; 1890, 2640 ; 1891, 3831 ; 1892, 3560 ; 1893, 4460 ; 1894, 4912, In six" years there were 21,427 snicides, and this increase of 100 per cent in six years is set down to the credit of the labor robbers, who by preventing people from making a decent living, force them to a hurried death. Says the Dunedin Times : — The spectacle of tbe transference of a quantity of coin from the Colonial Bank to the Bank of New Zealand, a cab being engaged for the conveyance of the valuable commodity, was witnessed by those who were in Princes street shortly before six o'clock on Monday, and it did not escape their attention that a bag containing silver burst, discharging the contents into tbe gutter, whence, however, they were safely and speedily rescued. At tbe tableanx in the Assembly Rooms tbe magnesium ribbon light to be manipulated by Mr F. R. Fowles this evening is an excellent means of showing the beautiful scenes. Special care has to be exercised in its use as the light is so intense. It will be modified by coloured gelatine filaments. Over 100 characters appear in the different scenes. The show will prove attractive to old and young alike. All in sympathy with the object are specially invited to contribute to its financial success by witnessing and bearing this most beautiful entertainment. A few reserved and a number of second seats will be available at the door to those who can attend early. Yesterday Mr Norman L. Gurr, who has a host of friends here, was a visitor to Feilding in his capacity of new business of the Mutual Life Association of Australia, the head office of which institution in New Zealand is in Wellington. We understand that Mr Samuel Chamberlain, who may almost be considered a native of Feilding, has been appointed local agent. This company has struck out a new line entirely, and in their i pamphlet entitled "The Helping Hand," j which is very interesting, the introduction and tables show that unusual ad- j vantages are held out to policy-holders, i A profound sensation has been caused : in Belfast by tbe mysterious dissappearance of a number of children. The first disappearance took place early in August, when a girl named Rooney was mis- ' sed. Five days later a little boy named ' Webb was lost, and not a trace of either 1 child has since been found. Now reports 1 have been made to the police of the dis- ' : appearance of two other children, and "' the popular excitement has, of course, ' bean intensified. Ten days ago a boy ' of seven, named Watson, was missed, 7 and last Thursday an eleven-year-old | boy named Brown was sent to school ' and has not since been heard of. Sev- [ eral detectives haye been engaged in the search, but up to the present no clue has j been obtained. A London weekly paper recently of- [ fered a prize for the best set of three Irish " bulls." The prize has been awar--3 ded to the following specimen :— (1) "An c Irishman about to be hanged begged that the rope might be tied under his 3,rra instead of his throat, ' For,' said Pat, ' I am go rgrogrkably ticklish in the throat that, if tied there, I'll pgrtainly kill myself with laughter 1 ' (2) An Irish mem- • ber of a vestry, who was noted for bei. ing late, arrived ono day promptly in j time, and exclaimed, 'I am first at last! 3 Was I always behind before ? ' (8) An Irishman was tossed over a fence by a bqjl. Recovering from his fall, he saw ? iiie JjijaU pawing aud tearing up the " grjonnd, 'w&ereapjm Pat, sfiajlip£» at him, Said, '* If it was not 'for 'your, h^mblo apr 1 otogies, you brute, faix, J "should ?h!pk 1 ! you bad' thrown we over tjje te»pe on

The rainfall to-day was very heavy, and almost tropical in its abundance. The Vinegar Hill bridge contract is • nearly at a standstill owing to bad weather. It is stated tbat a gentleman, wellknown in Dunedin commercial circles, has cleared £20,000 out of the amalgamation of the New Zealand Fibre Companies. | The new aerator of milk invented by Mr Peter Thomson is growing much into favor, and recently he received a letter from the Campbelltown factory in which great satisfaction is expressed by the Directors, who consider ifc is Ibe best they have ever seen. From the top of the cathedral spire in Mexico you can see the entire city, and the most striking feature of the view is the absence of chimneys. There is not a chimney in all Mexico— not a grate, nor j a stove, nor a furnace. All the cooking | is done with charcoal in Dutch ovens. ! One of the principle features of the | local branch of tbe New Zealand Clothing Factory is the boot department. Several very special purchases have been made this season with a view to placing before the public the most reliable and suitable goods in the trade. The ladies boots and shoes now opened up are the latest productions and should meet with a ready sale. Gentlemen have also a very large stock to select from in this establishment.