Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 153, 30 December 1895, Page 2

Local and General News.

Yesterday was Mr Gladstone's birthday. He is 86 years old. The Fkilding Stak will not be published on Wednesday, New Year's clay > We have to acknowledge receipt of the railway time table for January. Australia now has 63,000 acres under vines, which pi'oduce 3\ million gallons of wine aunually. A la,dy had the wrong tooth pulled by an English dentist recently, aud she rerecovered £'100 damages. A general meeting of members of the Feilding Bowling Club will be held at the Feilding Hotel this eveuing at 8 p.m. A magic lantern entertainment will be given in St John's schoolroom on Frida3 7 evening next, at 7.30 p.m., in aid of the school fund. Tho annual school picnic aad distribution of pr'vzea will take place in the Pohaugina township on Friday, 3rd January. There will be a dance in the Hall in the evening. A special steamer is to leave Auckland on January 29 for the purpose of visiting the different places where bodies recovered from the wreck of the Wairarapa were buried. A force of police under Inspector Thompson and Detective Gantley raided Jurj-'s tobacconist shop at New Plymouth on Friday night and made ten arrests, Jury was fined i'.OO for keeping a gaming house ; two others were fined £5 each, and live 11 each for frequenting it. Mr Justice Simpson, at Sydney, compelled a lawyer to withdraw the other day an expression about a witness " turning dog." He characterised tLe term as vulgar slang, such as one was more likely to hear from prisoners in the dock than from a gentleman at the bar. The Bowling Green is to be opened on Bth January, and the following Palmerston players have given in their names as willing to attend:— Messrs Haybittle, Mowlem, Drew, K. Wilson, Cohcu, Scott Winks, Bryant, Smith, McKcllar, Bennett, Jack, (Irecr, Kibblewhite, Lissaman, Nash, Simmons and Harris. — Manawatu Times. An important industry is about to blossom forth in Sydney in the shape of a well- found oil mill. Lever aud Co., Sunlight soap manufacturers, have laid down a plant capable of turning out some thousands of tons of cocoanwi oi) aud oil cake. One prominent feature will be the absorption of the island trade in copra, instead of transhipping it abroad for treatment as at present. The Bulletin says -.—The Fisher- Valen tine zaaich for Amateur Championship of Australia is built oa points and eight rounds. And the men box with full sized gloves. Fisher is son of an M.L. Mayor and M.P., and used to be a bank-clerk in M.L. He is about 3 inches taller and 101 b heavier than Valentine. Fisher boxed Placke, the Dutch giant, four rounds, and says he had the best of it. He is amateur champion of M.L. The North Otago Times says that something like a colonist made her ap pearance at a recent sale o/ property in Oamaru. She was able to pay cash for the property she bought, and in doing so said she had saved the money — a fairly large sum— out of her children, mostly daughters. Her husband had died 20 years ago, and she had reared a family of ten and saved the money required for the purchase of the property. We are requested to state that to-naor-row, Tuesday (New Year's Eve) will be the last day on which Te Aro House will distribute the valuable and unique presents to all cash buyers of drapery amountting in value to ten shillings and upwards. These handsome presents have given, we hear, the utmost satisfaction to some hundreds of recipients during the month. For the convenience of the public Te Aro House will remain open until a late hour on New Year's Eve. The following handicaps for the Apiti Sports, to be held on New Year's day, were omitted from the list published in a recent issue : — IOO yds race, A. Moyeo and P. Clark 7yds ; 220 yards race, A. Moyee and P. Clark 14yds ; 440 yards, A. Moyee and P. Clark 18yds; 220 yards hurdles, E. Byrne Byds. An additional attraction will be afforded the residents of Apiti and surrounding districts by the Feilding Brass Band, who will be in attendance and wiil enliven the proceedings with favorite musical selections. The following is the Rangitikei County Council's bicycle by-law : - " Any person riding a bicycle or a tricycle or other similar vehicle upon any public road within the County of Rangitikei, upon meeting any person riding any horse or driving ! any vehicle drawn by a horse or horses, and therefore approaching within sixty-sis (66) feet such person shall stop, dismoui t, and remove his bicyble, tricycle, or other similar vehicle to the side of the road until the person with the horse or horses shall have eafely passed." It is not to be wondered at that with the two greatest nations in Christendom being figuratively speaking at one another's throats, reference should be made in the Sydney churches at the time when the burden of the song is " Peace ou earth and good will to men." Cardinal Moran urged his hearers to pray that the passions of politicians shouid not be allowed to spill the blood of Christians, but that the Divine light of grace and peace should show them the error of their course. Mi- Samuel Lcwo, thp wel! -known prn. duce expert, who has recently returned Home from his four through New Zealand and Australia, expresses very freely his opinion of the New Zealanders, a»3 of colonists generally. Those good people will doubtless be gratified that his opinion is in all respects most favorable. After reading the verbal pictures of colonial hfe drawn by Max O'Rell and other critics, he had feared that he should find a deplorable prevalence of intemperance in the colony. What he did find was exactly the reverse. At any rate he did not find excess in the use of alcohal. If there were intemperance it was in respect of tea— which seemed to be drunk everywhere and at all times. Amongst the discovered Royal changelings must now be placed an old man of 80 who has just passed away at Arezzo. Although his avowed name was Capelli, after that of a monk who brought him up and educated him, there was a popular legend that he was the real King of Rome, born of Napoleon 1. and Marie Louise. The Empress, it is saii, fearing that his title would only cause his eventful suppression, changed him for the histoiical child who died in Austria, and confided him to Father CapeJli, who revealed his iudentity to him before he <lied. Cape)Ji had a very Napoleonic face, and on his visiting cards described himself as " Na'polcon the sacrificed King of Rome." By profession be was a cook, nfld his talents were so exceptional that his last master left him a small annuity.

There will be Mass at St. Bridget's, Feilding, at 11 nm.on Wednesday next, (New Year's Day). The crops iv the Sandon dishrict are particularly good tbis season, and promise au abuaJaufc yield, j Mr A. Park, M.R.C.V.S., has beeu appointed to act a* Government Veterinary Surgeon during the absence of Mr Gilruth. The bowling tournament projected by tbe Palmovstou Club fell through owing to the inability of the Wanganui and Napier clubs to take part. Wednesday next being New Year's day, tbe Manchester Rifles shooting competitions wi^iot V"!j"lold, but tbe range will be available for practice. Or if a sufficient number of members roll up a scratch competition will be arranged. Ammunition may be obtained on Tuesday evening. The Church of Our Saviour at Moscow was completed only a few years ago, and surpasses in beauty any church of modern times. It was built to commemorate the deliverance of Moscow from the French, and it cost about LBOO.OOO. This chuich stands on the banks of the Moscow River just outside the Kremlin, and its great gold dome may be seen blazing out. under the sun | from any part of Moscow. It covers I about two acres, and is buiit of a clear j white stone, in the shape of a Greek ! Cross. I The Government steamer Terranora left port, on Chripjtinas e\c to lay the new siDgle-core cable from Otorougo Bay to White's Bay (')/> miles) , but owing tothe heavy sea iv the Strait she has been unable to begin the work up to the present. She returned to the Railway Wharf this morning for provisions, and will leave again this evening. If the weather is favourable the operations will not take more than three days. Captain Gray is in command. Mr J. K. Logan, Superintendent of Telegraphs, will supervise the laying of the cable, and will be assisted by Mr Srnythe. — Post. An extremely lucky und was made yesterday afternoon on the Happy Valley road. Miss Edith Murray, daughter of Mr Samuel Murray, of the Victoria Foundry, was returning from Sunday School when she came upon a bandker chief on the road. On opening it she found that it contained 50 new sovereigus and a receipt. She took them home to her father, and he, knowing tbe name on the receipt, took the money to its owner. No doubt Mi«s Murray, who is only 18 years old, will be substantially rewarded for her honesty. — Times,