The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1896. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 267, 16 May 1896, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1896. Local and General News.

Train services for the Queen's Birthday and the Waoganui races are advertised today. Additions are made to-day to tbe entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams Palmerston sale. .With pride the-N.Z. Times of yester- 1 day said *' The Colonial Treasurer told | the trutli at Taranakl ! " Why at Tara- i naki? ; A meeting of the shooting committee of the Manchester Rifles will be held in , the Orderly Boom on Monday evening at 7 p.m. sharp, to complete arrangements in connection with the shooting

A Wellington "ratepayer" wants a tax of 10s per annum pnt on bikes. People in this country have a mania for taxing " the other fellow." Mr H. D. Bell, M.H.R., i« expected back in Wellington a few days after the opening of Parliament. He is now on his way home across America. The Rev J. Cocker will conduct the morning and evening services in the Primitive Methodist Church. His subjects are advertised, and strangers are invited. Mr Wm. Todd, J.P., on leaving Inyercargill (after a residence of over thirty years) for Western Australia, was presented by the residents of Southland with a purse containing 240 sovereigns. Three little French boys bad been set to translate Hamlet's soliloquy into English from the French version. The "To be or not to be" came out in the three exercise books as follows : — " To was or not to am," " To were or is to not," " To should or not to will." The Elsthorpe Estate, at Hawke's Bay recently acquired by the Government under the Land for Settlements Act, will be put on the market shortly. The estate which consists of 9461 acres, has been divided into 28 sections of agricultural land and 21 village sections. A witness appeared at the Hawera District Court on Thursday (Bays the 1 Star) whose age was over fonr score and ten, and who has been in the colony for half a century. The occasion, however, was the first of his being in nny way mixed up in a Court case during bis life. ! A dance will be given in the Colyton ! Hall on Wednesday evening uext in coni nection with the Colytou Cricket Club. The commtttee are very energetic in making arrangements for a pleasurable social and this should be one of the beßt attended dances yet given in the Colyton Hall. Dr Ross bas shown us (Waipawa Mail) a Bplendid specimen of the new photography. It is a picture of an infant three months old, showing vertebral column, ribs, etc. All the bones are quite distinct, and the photograph ia a revelation to those who have not seen anything of the kind. We regret to learn that Mr Robert Austin, a well-known settler of Foxton, died on Thursday last. He was in business in Wellington, and went to Foxton twelve years ago. He leaves a wife and family to mourn their loss. Mrs Giesen, of Feilding, is a sister of the late Mr Austiu. We have to acknowledge receipt from | Mr A. Cracroft Wilson, Registrar, Can- j terbury College Engineering Laboratory Testing Department, of a circular giving particulars of plant, regulations for conducting tests, and charges for engineer's, commercial, oil, coal and proof testing. Mr Robert J. Scott is the Professor in charge. ' j On Tuesday cveniug next Professor j DeLoree and Son will give oue of their j limehgbt dioramic, swordsmanship, and ! conjuring cßtertainments iv the Feilding Assembly Rooms. From our Palmerston exchanges we notice the entertain- j ments given there by the Professor were j well patronised, and are spoken of in terms of praise. Mr DeLisle's Variety Company gave an entertainment in the Assembly Room last evening before a small audience. " The Carnival " was not staged, as advertised, but a variety programme was produced. Some of the items were very ! good indesd, notably the Irish comic songs given by Mr Riley who was deservedly recalled on each occasion. The mortal remains of the late Mrs Pope, of Halcombe, were interred in the Feilding cemetery yesterday afternoon. The casket containing the remains were brought to Feilding the previous night and taken to the Salvation Army Barracks from which place the funeral pro cession started headed by the Army band. Adjutant Drew conducted the burial service. The other day at the Kaiapoi rifle range, while Volunteer Q. Humphreys, Rangiora Rifles, was firing in a match, he had fired a shot and a miss was given. He was putting in the next cartridge when he found some obstruction in the rifle, which on examination was found to be the bullet of the former cartridge just forced a little way into to barrel, the cartridge evidently not having powder enough to send it on. What might have happened if the next cartridge had been exploded it is hard to say, In reply to a deputation from the employes in the Government printing office who waited on Mr Hall -Jones to ask for clemency for the three men discharged from the office in connection with their charges against the Government printer, the Minister said that there were forty -three charges made unde sixteen different headings, ten of these charges were abandoned, thirty were not sustained, and the three remaining charges — all of an unimportant nature were only partially proved. He promised to lay the matter before the Cabinet. The billiard room of the Club hotel, Palmerston N.. was crowded last evening, when Mr F. H. Weiss, champion billiard player of the Australasian colonies, gave an exhibition of bis skill, conceding 600 points in 1000 to Mr G. Young. The game resulted in a win by 117 points for Mr Weiss who best breaks were — 111, ! 87, 74, 70, 62, and 51. Though handi- j capped early in the game by a broken tip, Mr Weiss gave an admirable display and his fancy shots fairly brought down the house. Mr Weiss pronounced the table one of the best he had played upon in the colony.— Standard. ("Mr Weiss will probably visit Feilding next week. | Another " dependency " of the Bank of New Zealand has just been virtually extinguished, by paying off its outstanding debentures, viz., the New Zealand Agricultural Company, all of whose shares have become vested in the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company, and all of whose property has been acquired by the new Realisation Board. It was decided to pay off all debentures of the Agricultural Company on May 15th, with a bonus of one per cent for every year of unexpired currency. That is to say, holders will receive LlOl for each IjIOO th*t has a year to run, LlO2 for those that have two years, and so on. A meeting of the debenture holders was called one day last week to consider this proposal, but it lapsed for want of a quorum. A second trial resulted in the requisite quorum being obtained, and in a resolution being adopted, accepting the proposals, The following testimonial bas beep received by the manufacturers of Thomas Hulme's Santonine Balsam, a sheep drench, being the result of an analysis of a sample sent to Mr W. Skey, Government analyst, by Mr Hercock, of Carterton :— The prescription of this drench is given by Dr Thos. Hume, M.R.C.V.S.. London, and from its perusal and my examination of the drench itself, I have no reason to believe but that it has been faithfully adhered to in the preparation of the drench. The principal drugs, etc., of which it is composed are just those .which may be used without incurring wove risk than need be for the object desired. It is within my own personal knowledge that this drench has proved thoroughly successful in two bad cases in the Wairarapa, while not one lamb was lost through its use, and that j two of the worst of them of one of the ] flocks, when killed shortly after and dissected, showed that all their intestinal worms were dead. Sealed prescription enclosed." The drench may be, ob- | tamed from Mr W, Reid; of Makino, or : MrF.Bullocfr. , , . .

Nominations to fill the vacancies in the Manchester Road Board — Wards Nos. 1, 3 and 6— close on Monday next at noon. Mrs Gee, of Kaiwarra, one of Wellington's pioneeer settlers, died at Kaiwarra last night. The deceased, who was then Miss M'Kenzie, arrived here in 1840, and after her marriage to the late Mr Gee resided at Kaiwarra, and afterwards at Blenheim. For some time past she had been residing with ber only daughter, Mrs Coleman, of Kaiwara. Her two sons are residents of Blenheim. Her age was 76. — Post. On Friday the 22nd instant, Mr Thos. Watson will deliver his popular lecture on the American War. A well trained choir will render a number of war and slave songs, solos and choruses, the whole of which will form one of the most interesting entertainments ever given in Feilding. The proceeds will be devoted to the augmentation of the Rev H. M. | Murray presentation fund. For other ; particulars see advertisement. There will be a sacred concert at the Assembly Rooms to-morrow night arranged by Mr F. DeLiisle. Miss Delmar, Messrs Shaw, Blake and Power, will introduce the sacred vocal gems : •' The Lost Chord," " Nazareth," ' Palm Sunday," " For all Eternity," and other sacred items. Mr Blake will exhibit a series of views of various religious temples and places of worship iv the world. The programme will conclude with the beautiful sacred tableau entitled " The Rock of Ages."