Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 199, 25 February 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next at the usual hour. Cabinet jjas passed a vote of about 10000 for work on the Eketahuna- Woodville Railway. Additions are made to the list of entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams Palmerston sale. Owing to the range being required tomorrow for volley firing there will be no competition for Captain Kirton's rifle or Mrs Hastie's teapot. The Pohangina School Committee decided to vote for Messrs Pirani, Robbins and Lethbridge for the seats on the Wanganui Education Board. The barque Prins Vladetnar, loaded by the New Zealand Shipping Company at Auckland, which sailed for London last week, has a cargo valued at i' 50,000. Tenders are invited by the Feilding J.C. for alterations in the Steward's room. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of Mr 11. L. Sherwill. There will be mass in Sfc Bridget's next Sunday at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and services in the afternoon at three o'clock. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr John H. Baker, notifies that lands as indicated in the advertisement will be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, March 18th. By the Chilka, which reached Jjyttelton on 12th inst. from Calcutta, there arrived 1000 chests of tea, nearly 100,000 lbs weight, being one of the monthly shipments of Messrs Nelson and Moate. Amongst the additions made to-day to the advertisement of Messrs Wood and Judkins sale at FlaxmillFarm, Awahuri road, to-morrow at 2 p.m., are two milch cows and a good double seated buggy, Mr D. Jones, engineer and machinist, advertises to-day that he has taken the premises in Bowen street recently occupied by Mr Hosking, senr., and is prepared to undertake every description of iron work. A jet of natural gas has been discovered by Maoris near the mouth of the Waiapu river (Gisborne), burning strongly. An American expert pointed out this locality some years ago as a likely spot to obtain oil. We remind our readers of the Band of ! Hope tea and concert to be held in the Drill Hall to-morrow evening. Great preparations are being made for a treat in refreshments and concert and there should be a large attendance. The Superintendent of the Advauces to Settlers Department has an importadvertisement in to-day. The Postmaster, or Agent of the Public Trustee will ! supply forms to those borrowers who desire to avail themselves of the very liberal terms offered. Mr C. Dahl, of Palmerston North, has patented an invention, entitled " Dahl's j Universal Water and Rot-proof Dressing, | und Process for applying same to Textile and Fibre Materials." MrJ. E. Henry, the well-known handicapper has also patented an myention called '* Henry's book-blotter." Says the Napier Herald :— Luckily for himself the police laid their responsible hands on a visitant from the country on Saturday afternoon. He was drunk, and when they searched him at the cells, j8219 in notes, gold, silver, and coppers were found upon bis person. An old time bushman down for a spree. Mr Campbell, nephew of Burns' Highland Mary, has died at Gourock. "When living with her grandmother in early life he saw the fco£ in which Mary kept Burn's letters, which wei',e afterwards destroyed by Mary's brother, for: cue reason that any connection with Burns refl^ciecji qa the respectability of the family. An old Scotch lady, who bad no relish for modern church music, was expressing ' be? 4islike to the singing of an anthem in ber t oyvn church one day, when a neighbour said a '.' "^hy that is a very old anthem ! David sang t^t anthem to Saul." To this tho old lady replied : " I noo for tho first time .nnfieratancliu* why Saul threw his javelin at j David when the l»d sang fojr Jiiua/'

The Awahuri School Committee have decided to vote for Messrs Bobbins and Lethbridge. One of the side ambitious of the German Emperor is to be editor of a newspaper. The members of the Wesleyan church choir are requested to meet for practice on Friday instead of to-morrow evening. Mr R. F. Haybittle will run a brake from Manchester square to the sale at the late Mr Munro's farm, starting at 1.30 to-morrow. A consignment has just arrived at Alford's Novelty Depot, of Mason's jam jars and American clocks, particulars of which will be advertised to morrow. A garden party iv aid of the Colyton Church of F^ngland Building Fund will be held at Messrs Hockon Bros to-mor-row afternoon. The Feilding Brass Baud will be in attendance. Postal notes from Is to £5 are now obtainable at the following country post offices : - Apiti, Buunythorpe, Cheltenham, Colyton, Fowlers. Pembertou, Pohaugina, Raugiwahia and Waituua West. Building operations have been commenced on the site of Messrs Wood and Judkins' offices, Kimbolton road. The new building is to be used as an auction mart by the firm, aud is expected to be ready for use in about a fortnight. Sales are then to be conducted at regular intervals. Mr F. Pope is the builder. A number of the supporters of Mr F Piraui, M.H.R., have decided to invite him to a complimentary banquet to be given iv the Theatre about 25th March. A strong committee has been formed to carry out the arrangements. It is intended to have at the banquet guests representing every part of the electorate, aud also some prominent member of the House. — Standard. A general meeting of members of the Feilding Cycling Ciub was held in the club room last evening, Mr S. Andrew presiding. It was decided to postpone the (Jute of holding the sports to April 15, the Marton Athletic Club having arranged to hold sports on the dale first lixed by this club. Various routine business in connection with the forthcoming ineeiing meeting was dealt with. A scene was created in a church at Grenfell, New South Wales recently. The Rev. James Milne, whose stipend for a long time past has been falling into arrears, served a lawyer's letter on some of those who sighed his call, and one eyen nig in the church mnde fin attack on his late supporters. The wife of a late prominent member rose and left the building, declaring sho would not remain to hfcar her husband abused, and advised others to follow her example. A large number of enthu^ins's assem bled ay. the Post Office ITo'el, Wellington, last rji_'ht to witness the !.i!li ird mutch between Mr F. \Veis<, the Australian champion, and Mr W. tihipton, n local player. Mr Weiss, who conceded his opponent 500 out of 1000, won by 144 points. The winner's biggest breaks were:-S9, 83, 70 71, 5(3, 55, 48, 47 r.nil 45, and on one occasion he iuade "27, H6 and 45 in three consecutive breaks. The following new books have been added to the Feilding Public Library : — " Benefits forget," Balistrier ; " Sea Wolves," Max Pemberton; "Adventurers of the North," Gilbert Parker ; " Tho Red Cockade," Stanley Weymau ; "Terminations," Henry James; "British Barbarians," Grant Allen ; '• The sorrows of Satan," Marie Corelli; " Corruption," Porcy White. Other volumes arc to follow and will be announced in our columns. During the recent Transvaal crisis a cyclists corps, 100 strong, was formed in Johannesberg and special mention is made by the Johannesberg Star of the services they rendered in bringing in news from every quarter. It was members of this corps who brought in the first news of the fight between Dr Jamson's force and the Boers at Krugersdorp, some sixteen miles from Johannesberg. The latest fashionable craze in Philadelphia among the ladies is the collection of beer mugs, the prices of which range from 6s to £"10. An odd pattern is the mother-in-law mug in the shape of a little fat woman. Another queer conception is a plain mug, with the map of Europe on it, all the beer brewing towns being marked with prominence, according to the amount of beer consumed in it. Munich stands out boldly. More beer is drunk there than in any other place in the world. The annual concert in connection with the Birmingham Cricket Club was held in the Town Hall last evening, when there was a crowded -house and everything passed off splendidly. The songs given by Messrs J. F. Stevens, Laurence and .E. Elkington were encored, Mr A. C. Matheson sang two songs very nicely and Mr W. Barlow gave a song. Mr H. S. Moss recited in his usual pleasing style and Mr Davidson played a pianoforte solo. The orchestra, consisting of Messrs F. and W. Barlow, F. Fauthorpe and W. Chunn, played very well and contributed to the success of the concert. At the conclusion of the concert a dance was held, which was well attended, everyone thoroughly enjoying themselves^