Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 263, 12 May 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

I Mr Charles Carr will held a stock sale at bis Birmingham yards to-morrow. The Japanese have a blue chrysanthemum reserved for sacred purposes only. Train services for the Queen's birthday, 25th instant, will be advertised on Saturday next. The Excelsior Skating Rink will be opened on Saturday evening next in the Volunteer HallAdditions are made to Messrs Gorton and Son's Feilding stock sale to be held on Friday next. The regular meeting of Court Loyal Feilding will be held in the Foresters' Hall to-morrow evening. In our wanted column it is notified that Mr C. Penny has been appointed agent for Mr Woollams, at Rongotea, and keeps a good stock of medicines. A social and dance in connection with the local Oddfellows Lodge will be held in the Assembly Rooms on Wednesday, May 20th. A social in connection with the Apiti Chess and Draughts Club will be held in Guy's Hall on Friday evening next, the 15th instant. According to the correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, Wellington politicians expect that two new electorates will be created — one between Masterton and Waipawa and the other centring at Stratford. Not far from Apiti a few days ago a man had a brace of pigeons in his possession. He explained that in felling a rata tree the birds were fatally injured. Apiti people want to know how the pigeons felled the tree. The Secretary informs us that weather permitting, three rinks will be open for play at the bowling green to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon. The time for play will be limited from 2 to 4 p.m., to prevent injury to the green. Messrs Bramwell Bros, and Mr W. T. Watts, of the Manchester Hotel, have given prizes to be fired for by the Manchester Rifles on Queea's Birthday. Mr Feck and Mr J. B. Beckley have notified their intention to give prizes to be fired for on Queen's Birthday. Messrs Spence and Spence have just received a nice lot of imported millinery bought cheap at the end of the London season. These lines of ladies and children's hats, toques and bonnets will be found exceptionally cheap at the Bon Marche. Notice is given to-day that at the next meeting of the Licensing Committee at Marton, John Barrett will apply for a transfer of the license of the Empire Hotel, Feilding, to James S. Palmer, his appointee. Mr Sandilands is solicitor for the parties. In our advertising columns Mr E. H. Fisher, the Secretary of the Feilding Cycling Club, thanks the business people of Feilding for closing their several establishments on the occasion of the recent sports held by the Club, also those gentlemen who assisted thereat. Tlie usual fortnightly meeting of the Feilding Debating Society will be held in the Borongh Council Chambers this evening. It is expected the debate will be more than usually interesting on this occasion and there should be a large attendance of members. The subject is : " That Imperial Federation is practicable and desirable." The public are invited to attend. The Ouvah tea now advertised by Messrs Bramwell Bros, is rapidly growing into public favor as providing an exquisitly flavored beverage. While in no way detracting from the merits of other teas the agents claim that this new brand is entitled to take a first place among the ranks of other competitors in the market. Some of the railway officials have to work very long hours. It is stated in an Auckland paper that the Hikurangi stationmaster works at the hooka every night and half a day on Sunday, bo he gets his half-holiday ont of the seven. He has to do the postal work as well, and should certainly have a cadet in the office. We believe that if enquiry were made, it would be found that many country stationmasters have a similar report to make. Mr Ballington Booth, says Dalziel, is organising a new Salvation Army of America, and is receiving at the rate of about 500 a day, for the principal part men and women who have severed their connection with the old Salvation Army. The new one is to be modelled on the lines of organisation of the regular army of the United States, and its spirit and financial administration are to be essentially American. Writes the Mauriceville correspondent of the W.D. Times : —Whatever room 1 for compiaint may have existed in the past in connection with the administration of the " Advances to Settlers Act," the case of a settler applying on the 11th and receiving the money on the 16th of last month (exactly one week from the time be set the machinery in motion) seems evidence that the wheels are now running smoothly and well — at any rate on this occasion. The great war between Chili and Peru is already ancient history, but a traveller who has jnst returned from South America, states that on the battlefield of Tarapaca the dead are still lying just as they fell. There were 4000 of them, and nearly 1000 horses are also left unburied. It never rains in Tarapaca, and the sun has dried the corpses, and tbe nitrate in the soil has preserved them, and up on the plateau 4000 mummies he in ghastly confusion with the broken swords and bayonets as fresh-looking as on the day of the memorable fight. The use of Rontgen rays for the discovery of foreign substances in the human body has become an established scientific . fact, and numerous experiments "by Professor Rontgen himself and others in this direction have been rewarded with complete success. Ie is understood that the Rontgen apparatus will be in Wellington in a very short period, and that an attempt will then be made to locate the bullet which still remains in the body of Mr Geo. Norbury, who was shot in Messrs Harcourt and Co's anction rooms, Lambton Quay, some time since. Naturally wide spread interest will be taken in the experiment, which will be the first of the kind undertaken in New Zealand. — N.Z. Times. A case of suicide from excess of chessplaying occurred at Kieff. Russia, tbe other day. An accountant conceived such a passion for chess that his business capacity fled him j he threw up his occupation, and from that time he could take no interest in anything hut chessplaying. He played the whole day long. When he could find no partner he played chess with hitnself . While indulging this passion bis nerves became a&ected, a melancholy disposition settled upon .bim and at last traces of a disordered mind set in. He bought a cord and carried it about with him till an opportunity ar. riyed r and he then hung himself.

There are some 900 shares applied for ' in the Starr-Bowkett Building Society lately formed at Dunedin. Captain Edwin wired at noon to-day : — Strong S. to E. and N.E. winds after 12 hours from now, glass fall, indications for rain. The competition for Captain Kirton's rifle will be continued to-morrow at six a.m. and 2 p.m., ranges 500, 600 and 700 yards. Handicaps as published last week. Messrs Wood and Judkins report that they disposed of a quantity of goods and j produce at their mart on Saturday last. The usual sale will be conducted on Saturday next. ■■ Speaking in support of the adoption of the Australian Mutual Provident Society's reports, Mr Richardson expressed his be- j lief, without fear of contradiction, that New Zealand was the best assured country for its population in the world. A post office will be opened at Mangarimu (now known as Beef Creek) on | Monday next. Mr W. F. Stansell, ! schoolmaster, wili be appointed postmaster. Mails will arrive from Feilding on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at j 4 p.m. A Harvard professor has made a calculation that if men were really as big as they sometimes feel there would be room in the United States for only two professors, three lawyers, two doctors, and a reporter on a Philadelphia paper. The rest of us would be crowded into the sea and have to swim for it. It is said there are five times as many Presbyterians in France as in England. Several writers in the English ' Presbyterian ' are urging that the Presbyterian Church in England is too Scotch, and that English-trained students should be called to fill vacancies. One correspondent says : " There are far too many Scotch ministers here, and none of them of great moment." Mr W. S. Campbell, one of the Australian delegates at the Fruit Conference stated yesterday that there was every indication that the colonies would have to combine together and fight the world. Fruit-growing was developing to such an extent that they would have to export, and to enable them to compete with other countries combination would be absolutely necessary.