Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 132, 3 December 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

Messrs Gorton and Son will hold their usual stock sale afc Waifcuna to-morrow. Miss Bessie Doyle is reported to be again studying at the Leipsic Conservatoire. Additions are made today to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams j Palmersiou sale. \ The following are the vital statistics for the district of Palmerston North for November: — Births 29, deaths 6, marriages 8. We have received an invitation to be present at the social and dance of the , Pohangina Cricket Club, to be held on ; Friday next. Tenders are invited by the Kailway Department for leasing the refreshment rooms on the several lines in the North Island. Full particulars are given in the advertisement. At a Brisbane Hotel Robert Dickie, a wharf labourer, who was jocularly poked in the ribs by a friend, fell, struck his head against a wooden sceen, and died in ten minutes. Sir Walter Buller informs us (Standard) thathe has abandoned his proposed trip to the Old Country, and has determined to stand for the Otaki seat in the Liberal interest against all comers. Mrs Coppiu has a replace advertisement in to-day in which she invites her friends and customers to inspect her Christinas presents at her stationery and fancy goods store iv Fergusson street. When New York politicians picnic they do it thoroughly. At a picnic given the other day by the Hon Timothy D. Sullivan, who is himself a teetotaller, 150 barrels of beer, 100 cases of champagne, 2 barrels of whiskj', 0(WO cigars, and a few "lasses of sarsaparilla were consumed. The sarsaparitla was for the host. A serious mining accident occurred at Barrj'town, near Greymouth, last week. A miner named Dowuie was working in his claim, at what is known as the face, when a large stone came down with a run striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. In trying to recover himself the poor fellow fell a distance of about thirty foot, sustaining further injuries internallyWe are indebted to Mr J. H. Fry, of Makino, for the following weather report:—The rainfall for November, 1895, was 5-12 inches, which fell on 22 days, against 370 inches on 18 days for the same period in 1894, being considerabl} 7 above that of any rainfall for the same month for several years. For tbe eleven months of ibis year the rainfall was 32-12 inches, against 28.84 last year, and for the past three months 1205 against 7-17 in 1894. South Australia seems to possess several professors of the noble art in its Legislature. Not so very long ago the Premier turned the tables on a gentleman who attempted to horse-whip him, and administered a severe thrashing to the aggregator, while the other day Mr Henry Allerdale Grainger, M.P., was fined £5 for assaulting a squatter named Crittenden in the public street. The complainant had struck Grainger's dog, and the legislator retorted by knocking him down. Mr Archibald Park, who is to take Mr Gilruth's position during his absence, is qualified as M.R.C.V.S. of England, and he is not only a fully qualified veterinary surgeon and pathologist, but bas earned distinction as a microscopist and bacteriologist, and for origiual research in siroptera, actinomycosis, and tuberculosis. He has been professionally employed by both the Queensland and Tasmanian Governments, has studied at King's College, London, gone through the course at the College of State Medicine, London, where he has made a special study of diphtheritic affections in man and beast in 1891, and also at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, where he made a study of hydrophobia and its treatment. The Empire Tea Company have justly acquired the reputation of dealing fairly and squarely with their patrons. Another proof of their fair dealing is to be seen in the fact that although the duty on tea has been reduced, they, as the producers, have not gained the advantage, but have let the customers have the benefit of the reduction. This is, of course, how matters should be, bat as ibis is an age in which everyone is eternally trying to get the better of everybody else such little items as these are worth mentioning. In another column appears a list of the alterations in price of the Empire Company's tea which we may remark en passant still maintain their deservedly high reputation for quality and unapproachable value. A rather peculiar incident is reported in connection with the sad death of Mr Alfred Williams, who lost his life whilst attempting to cross the Maraetotara creek near dive, last week. Deceased's father, who is employed at Clive Grange was at work in a shed on the Tuesday afternoon, and about the hour at which the fatality is reported to have taken place be distinctly heard what be took to be cries of his son calling him. Mr Williams went outside and looked round about the shed, but failing to find anyone who could possibly have called him he returned to his work, concluding that he must have imagined the sound of the voice. Later on the news of his son's sad death was broken to the old man. Is this an instance of psychic force ? The ordinary monthly meeting of the Cheltenham School Committee was held in the school house on Monday, December 2nd. Present, all the members, Mr Mills in the chair. The teacher's monthly report was read, which showed that the attendance was very poor and irregular, and asked the Committee to use their utmost endeavour to improve matters. After some discussion it was resolved " That the teacher give the chairman a list of all children who do not attead at least the minimum number of times prescribed by the Act, for the remainder of the .quarter, and that the parents of such children be prosecuted. Correspondence was read from the Board , relative to the acquirement of a .site for teacher's residence, also from the Rev G. Wilts concerning his proposed lecture in aid of the school fund. Resolved, That Messrs Bruce, Evenson, Templer and Niccolls be a sub couaraittee to make all ueeessary arras geznents f or Mr Wilks lecture. The chairman announced that a su.ra oi upwards of £5 had been expended on prizes, and it w.ould be necessary to mak£ arrangements for the distribution of the same. • Resolved, That the Chairman distribute the prices to the child? en o» Friday, December QQlh, ob 2 p.m., an& :-iih»i hhe parents be iiiviied to attend.' A Variety of ordinary rou-tine-business was. transacted and the nieetrog adj?urßefl., :■■ > ■■■)':

A twelve year- old girl in America weighs no less than 3101 b. She walks three miles a day, rows on the river, and plays with her schoolmates. A meeting of the Directors of the Feilding Building Society was held yesterday and the usual amount of business was done. The shooting competitions — Martini and Snider classes — will be continued toiDDMow at 1 p.m. There, will be uo morning shooting to-morrow. On Wednesday, the 18th instant, a garden fete will be held in Mr Fry's grounds, Makino, in aid of St John's parsonage fund. Wo understand that unusual efforts will be put forth to make this the most attractive function of the kind ever attempted in this district. i In connection with the fire in Fergus- , sou street on Sunday last, we omitted to mention that it was extinguished by Mr ! S. Burdefct (builder), and Mr Turner (in the employ of Mr Hodren.) The firebell i was rung by Mr Mai, junior. We make this correction because in cases of this kind we like to " give honor where honor ! is due." 1 Mr Poyntoa, S.M., has caused tbe following notice to be posted in the Invercargill court room for the guidance of solicitors — "In the conduct of cases in this court the following rules must be adhered to — (1) No comment shall be made while a witness is giving evidence ; (2) observations and remarks concerning ench other must not be exchanged directly between those engaged, but must be addressed to the Court." " When a thing that is advevtisod greatly is good, it goes, and goes permanently ; when it is bad, it only goes for a while : the public finds it out." So says Mr Hall Came in the "Idler." This is true of the Suratura tea which was placed prominently before the New Zealand public about two years ago, the delicate flavour and wonderful economy of ►that blend of tea making it popular, a steady and substantial increase in its sale being sufficient proof. An advertisement from the proprietors appears on our third page to-day. The following new books have been added to the Feilding Public Library : — 'The Men of the Moss hags,' Crockett ; • The Lilac Sunbonnet,' Crockett ; ' The Master,' Zangwill ; 'Chronicles of the Sebo»ber£-< 'otta Family,' — ; ' Martiu Hewitt, Investigator,' Morrison; 'The Stark Munro Letters,' Conan Do vie ; 1 Memoirs at a Minister of France,' Weyui.'in ; ' The New Rector, 1 Wey man ; ' All Men are Liars?,' Hocking; • Lileth,' Macdonali? ; ' Short Studies of Great Sub-jpcr.-s' Froude; ' The Crusades untl Japan,' Story of the Nations series ; ' A Veldt Of-nc;t-j,' Mitford; ' Josephus'; ' Life of W. H. Smith, M.P ' Maxwell; 'The Bonnie Briar bush,' Maclaren ; 'Mount Desolation,' Dmve ; 'The First Crossing of Greenland,' Nansen ; 'Darkness and Dawn,' Farrer ; ' Fnglish Seamen of the Sixteenth Century,' Froude ; 'A Sydnej 7side Saxon,' Bolderwood.