Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 270, 20 May 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

♦ It is proposed to admit ladies as members of the Canterbury Jockey Club. The Oddfellows social and dance will" be held in the Assembly Rooms this evening. The Colyton Cricket Club social and dance will be held in the Mangaone Hall this evening. The local papers complain that swaggers are again very numerous in the Wairarapa valley. Mr T. Watson will give his famous American War lecture in the Assembly Rooms on Friday evening. An overcoat left in the shed on the Feilding cricket ground can be obtained on application to Mr F. Y. Lethbridge. The Denniston Miners Association, at Westport, has struck a levy of 10 shillings per man to aid the Newcastle strikers. The prizes to be fired for by fcbe Manchester Rifles on the Queen's Birthday will be on view in Mr Milson's window on Thursday afternoon. Tbe other night Mr T. Sexton played simultaneous chess matches blindfold with four members of Woodville Club, winning two and losing two. The second term of the Wellington Girl 3 High School will begin on Tuesday, tbe 26th instant, and of the Wellington College, on Monday, June Ist. The Secretary of the Wanganui Education Board has a notice of importance to the residents of the school districts named in the advertisement. Arrangements have been made with Mr Bunting, to take a photograph of the Manchester Rifles when they assemble at the Drill Hall ou Monday next. The body of Isabella Curtis, aged 17, a nurse girl, was found in the Westport river yesterday morning. She bad on several occasions threatened to drown herself. Tbe Pohangina County Council office will be open in future on Wednesdays and Saturdays (general public holidays excepted) from the hours of 10 am. to 8 p.m. It is exprcled that Parliament will meet not later than the second week in June, and probably earlier, the Government having their work for ibe session in a very forward state. In the Transvaal mines probably £100,---000,000 of British money has been sunk, and less than a year ago the market value of that capital had reached an aggregate of i."250,000,000. The lice of 1200 first-class lambs advertised by Messrs Abraham and Williams to be sold to-morrow have been withdrawn as they could not reach Palmerston in time for the sale. Mr Bowden, of Woodvilla. met with a nasty accident last week at a scratch football match. Mr Webb butted into him with full force, his htad coming against Mr Bowden's face, and fracturing his right cheek bone.— Examiner. At Stratford, Mr Ward, in replying to the deputation who asked for the appointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate to reside at Stratford, said the whole question of tbe administration of justice on this coast was to be shortly considered. Sheep-stealing is stated to be extensively carried on in the Eketahuna district. At a recent meeting one settler stated he had lost 60 sheep this year, and mentioned the case of a neighbour who had lost over 100 fat wethers. The directors of the Wellington Exhibitioa are endeavouring to arrange a band contest in connection with it, and are negotiating with the Executive of tbe Brass Band Association to hold the annnal contest in Wellington this year instead of Dunedin. We heard a farmer the other day remarking on the increase in the price of sheep compared with that ruling at the same time last year. The increase shown is 3s since May of last year, and the opinion was expressed that at tbe present time a very fair profit was being made out of sheep. — Taieri Advocate. This morning's Marton Mercury says : — Mr F. Hunt intends starting a 8 this morning on his bicycle, bound for Wanganui, with the intention if possible of lowering the record for the distance of 23 miles, which at present stands at lhr 27mins, held by Allen, of Wanganui. The Marton crack is confident of success. Great efforts are to be made by Japan to wrest from Great Britain a share of the carrying trade of the world. The line to Bombay is already arranged, and tbe P. and O. Company must expect severe competition. The line to Australia is not yet opened, but in March the Tosa Maru, a fine steamer of 5000 tons, leaves for Europe. A Sydney burglar burgled a suburban residence tbe other day and annexed .£4O worth of goods and chattels, but " while engaged in maturing his felonious little plans," as Mr Gilbert expresses it, he dropped a roll of notes worth i'2oo, which tbe householder promptly popped in the bank. Fair exchange is no robbery. There was a fair attendance at the Assembly Rooms last evening to witness tbe dioramic, conjuring and swordsmanship entertainment given by Professor DeLoree and Son. The limelight views were very good and the conjuring tricks and swordsmanship feats were, also, appreciated by the audience, who expressed their satisfaction by frequent applause. Mr S. M, Bobbins, Government Inspector, leaves for bis home in the United States by next mail steamer. He intends to visit the chief dairying districts in America and Europe and gather the latest information on dairying practice that is to be obtained. Mr Bobbins has done really good work in New Zealand, and be will receive a warm welcome on his return.— Standard. A lady in this district described employment in the census schedule as •• trying to catch a husband." Under the heading religions denomination were : — " Saved sinner." "{Fear sad admonition of the Lord." " Unsectarian,', "A Christian gathered to the name of tbe Lord," Gathered to the name of Lord Jesus," " Brought up m nurture and admonition of the Lord." In the last issue of the New Zealand Graphic appears a well-executed photograph of a family team of bowlers — Messrs H. W. Brookes (skip), C. Brookes (No. 2), C. G. Brookes (leader) and A. H. Brookes (No. 3), the quartette represent, ing, the father and his three sons. Mr H. W. Brookes will be remembered as one of the Auckland team of bowlers that visited Wanganui last season. A few years ago red deer were numerous on the ranges along the East Coast but since nearly all the Crown land has been leased or sold, one or two unscrupulous, or starving, settlers have not only killed and eaten all the wild pigs and cattle, which they were welcome to, but most of tbe red deer as well. But what else can be expected when a *' Liberal Government " charged meai'l per acre for land that will not grow grass, let alone produce beef and mutton? Even Crown tenants require meat' to enable them to exist.— Waiiarap.a<D^ily, Txtoes.