Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 211, 10 March 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

i Mr W. Watts' tender has been accept--1 ed for alterations to a residence in Derby : street. We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for the Oddfellows reunion to be held in the Foresters' Hall this evening. The decking on three bridges on the Feilding-Awahuri road is in a very dangerous condition and in need of immediate repair. The Hou Thomas Thompson stated while in Auckland the other day, that the next session would commence about the end of May or beginning of June. The Mercury says :— We have it on good authority that Mr It. C. Bruce has only Riven a reluctant consent to contest the election against Mr Stevens for Kangitikei. We learn that the order forbidding the giving of information to the Press, which was issued by the Police Department, is to be strictly enforced, nnd that for the future no information whatever is to be given. - Standard. Harvest thanksgiving services will be held m Birmingham Wesleyau Church on Sunday next. Services will bo held moruius, afternoon and evening, at which the Rev T. It. Richards will officiate. Mr J. R. Macmillan will sell by public auction at Pahnerstou North, on Saturday next, the privileges of the Mauawatu Polo Club's Sports and Tournament. For other particulars sec advertisement. A little girl named May Kelso was brought in from Ashurst yesterday to the Hospital suffering from burns received througl) her nightdress catching alight at the" fire. The child died about an hour after admission. — Standard. A wrasel or a Ftoat caught a Maori named Te Oko a.sleop in his wharo at the Puniu, ncur Kihikihi, lately and started suckir.ir the blood from near the jugular vein. The natives say that the weasels frequently bite the Maori children. Tuc business people and settlors in around Cheltenham are again agitating for the appointment of a resident J. P. for that rising district. The want of such an official is deeply felt, and is the cause of great inconvenience find loss of time to the business people and settlors. Mr T. E. Armstrong, the well-known builder and contractor of Wanganui, died very svidtkniy on Saturday evening last. While talking to some friends in the street he staggered and fell, striking his head on the footpath mstnining fracture of the skull. He died a couple of hours later. At a certain educational establishment not a thousand miles from Christchurcb, a class of junior boys were beiDg examined. One oi'ithe questions put was " Where is tea procured from ? " To the astonishment of the examiner he got the prompt reply, " Nelson, Moate's." This is conclusive proof of the power of advertising. — Truth. A gentleman who has just returned from the Canterbury district informs us that the uarvesfc is one of the best experienced for yeAis, A South Island firm are lmkiug large purchases of wheat at from os 4d to os 6d per bushel. It is ! understood that they are acting under in- ! sttruetions from an English firm, and that I a large quantity of this is intended for exj port. — Wairarapa Star. A Wellington correspondent of the Oamaru Mail says :— " On good authority I hear that the figures for the past 11 months of the present financial year show that a surplus has already been realised. What is the exact amount I was, of course, unable to ascertain, but I think thai a guess of something over L 150.000 will be &und, when the end of the year comes, not very far out." The Commissioner oi .Gi'own Lands, Mr J. H. Baker, notifies that certain crown lauds as detailed in the advertisement will be open for sale or selection on Monday the 23rd iust. The land consists of certain forfeited saatious in some of the best Farm Homestead Association Blocks m the colony. Plans may be obtained shortly at the post offices in the districts and at the Laud Office, Wellington. From an announcement which appear in our advertising columns it will be bees that the enterprising firm of Messrs Haync aa.d Lloyd intend keeping pace with the times, ?,nd with that object in view they have impGitcd a varied selection of English and Americas grass and turnip seeds in addition to a large stock of Colonial grown grass seeds of every description. They also keep in stock a quantity of various dips and drenches. At a public meeting attended by nearly iiffcy, held at Te Horo on Tuesday ; evening, Mr F. J. Browne wa« chosen as a Justice of the Peace, 23 votes beiug recorded fur him and 16 for his opponent. The Mail states that_ Mr Brown has. since taking up his residence here, tak'.'iii a very deep interest in the affairs of the district, and his energetic and straightforv/ari-. ii-anner has made him exceedingly popular auiongst the residents. One of the functionaries of the Zso};te\ Island Bowhn« Association toid a press-, man, a devotee of the game thac when he died (and he hoped the event was far distant), the Auckland bowlers would have to put a grave stone over him with a I enrveu pa-ji- ..%'■ bowls thereon, and the legend, "lie iiiid no 'bias.'" A cynical joker f.bservtd, " SnppQoe.wd &d<l, But he : was mthtr ' narrow.' " " i'ar J'roui i.t, : ' said the wag of the group, glancing at 'the pressman'^ iiripla proportions. "My amendment is he had no bias, but ' took rather too much ' green.' '' — Taranaki Hernld. On Friday evening next our reader** will bo afforded an opportunity of publicly assisting a most deserving object and appreciating the geuerous efforts of the committee who are workiug bard to supply a programme worthy of the object, viz., the raising of funds in aid of ITr George Leech. We can safely prodipt €. !#.!-ge and representative audience which both ilze concert itself and the object deserve, as '$i& jv)}o\e of the gross \ pr/aceeds are to be devoted i$ assisting the ?in£o,vtn.nate man and .his jarai,ty i.ii their misfosefctt-oe. We urge our readers to support generously such a noble cause. The Pohangina County Couaeii iny&o tenders to be sent in to Mr H. J. Hayes, Engineer to the County Council, at Palmerston North, up to 2 p.ni on Friday, ifyisjph 20th, or to Council office, Pobangina, .up to 11 a.m on Saturday, the 21st March. 1§y6,.10r Coiitra^t 89, formation, metalling, and brid'gs in Awaia.su riding. <G,o,utract 90, 90 feet bridge over, Duu^ias' week. jO,OJ£i>'£gt 91, formation, metalling, ■ an 1 * haidsfl ia T^va^ r-jding. Contract 92^meiaUwg &® cifajM W T#iß&ki_ ridinn. Contract 93, fGfJ»ftwon> ft-stp^ng, ahd small bridge in Tauiakittdiug. itoStract 94, formation and metalling Braasij road near Birmingham. Plan? and specifications for contract 04 at Mr Tornpkiu's Fowlers ; the other plans and speciiicatioHS to be seen at Mr Palmers', Eaumiaii #£ £#£i»e<;i:'.s office, Palniertstou North.

We are authorised ho state il»a!fc Mr W. G. Haybittle will be a candidate for the vacancy made in the Borough Council by the resignation of Mr A. R. Allan. A Rangitikei farmer, who has recently made a tour of the North Island, with the view of purchasing a section, gives ft as his opinion ihat the soil of ihe Kiwitea district is the richest in the North Island. Notwithstanding the long spell of dry weather feed in the Kiwitea and Birmingham districts is good, and stock of all kinds in excellent condition. We recently saw some splendid fat caifcle on Mr Johnston's farm at Cheltenham. The auction sale conducted at Messrs Wood and Judkins' auction mart on Satday last proved a great success. A largo and varied quantity of goods had been got together and prices were very satisfactory. The building was taxed to its fullest extent during the sale. The next sale will take place on Saturday. The quarterly meeting of the Rangitikei Licensing Committee will be held at the Courthouse, Marton, at noon to-day, when the following transfers of licenses will be applied for:-- P. M. Corby, Empire Hotel Foildinjr, to John Barrett, from W. Meeham, Family and Commercial Hotel, Ohmgaiti, to W. H. Wells; from Sam K. Milligan, Royal Oak Hotel, Ohingaiti, to Mary Ann YVoodlev; from Edward South, Railway Hotel, Marton, to Joseph Northover. Mr and Mrs A. R. Allan left Feilding yesterday afternoon by the 4 p.m. train en route for Scotlaud, and a number of their friends were present to bid them " good bye " and wish them a pleasant journey. During Mr Allans residence in Feilding, for a period of about four years, he has taken much interest in public affairs, and has occupied positions in the Borough Council and on the Library Committee from which he resigned recently in view of his trip Home. We understand it is Mr Allan's intention to return in about a year when his many friends hope he will again allow his services to be placed at the disposal of the ratepa3'crs, because in the past he has proved" himself to be a very useful member of the local bodies with which he was connected.