Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 272, 22 May 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Excelsior Skating Kink will be open to morrow evening. Tbe Rev J. Cocker will lecture in the Birmingham Hall this evening. Mrs Suter, wife of the late Bishop of Nelson, died in England on March 26tb, aged 67. Mr Fred Pirani, M.H.K., will address the electors in the Birmingham Hall on Monday next at 8 p.m. The Rev F. W. Chatterton will lecture in St John's Sunday School this evening on his recent travels in Japan. A collie dog has come astray at Potatan farm, and the owner can have same on paying expenses. See advertisement. ' Ladies will do well to read Mr Beckley's fresh advertisement in our wanted column relating to some very special values in jackets. A new advertisement relative to the merits of " Euan Tea," for which Mr Joseph Darragb is the Feilding agent, appears in another column. Mr ' David Curie, the owner of the Bush Advocate, at Danevirke, has gone for a trip to England. Mr Curio has been in the colonies for 30 years. Messrs Gorton and Son will hold a sale at Feilding en Thursday, the 28th inst, of fruit trees and shrubs from the famous Mitchinson nursery, of New Plymouth. The Manchester Eifles had a go^l muster last uight. It was decided to send fcr two Morris tubes and ammunition at once for practice during the winter months. A policeman named Lionel Bradley Pilkington, who recently died from fever at Menzies (W.A.) has been discovered to have been tbe heir to an English baronetcy. Mr G. B. Healey, saddler, who has removed from Fergusson street to the new premises opposite the shoeing forge of Mr John Bishop, has a replace advertisement in to-day. A lady says that " some politicians seem to thrive best in an atmosphere composed of general hate, and mutual admiration." Hate for " the opposition " and love for themselves. Lovers of books should procure Mr Milson's catalogue of new books which appears in another column. Mr Milson has just opened up a large assortment of the latest books by the best authors. Messrs Wood and Judkins announce that they will bold their usual auction sale at their mart to-morrow. The goods are specified in the advertisemant. The sale will commence at 1.30 sharp. Whitebait have appeared in the Manawatn river. This is early, says the local Herald, almost a month too soon. The natives generally say when the wbitebait come early a dry summer ensues. The Volunteer social to be given by the Manchester Rifles on Friday, 26th June, promises to be a great success. A strong committee was appointed last night to carry out tbe work, of which Lient Barltrop is the head, We have to acknowledge receipt of a card for tbe grand plain and fancy dress ball to be held on the 25th instant in the Cheltenham Hall in aid of the funds of the local Public Library. For other particulars see advertisement. Mr and Mrs Vereker Bindon have been given a very handsoma marriage present by the teachers in tbe southern portion of the Wanganui education district. It consists of a massive epergne and two candelabra in oxidised silver, imported from London. Torpedo-man Gnantlet, who made such a plucky attempt to rescne Hook who was drowned in Wellington Harbor by falling overboard from the launch Ellen Ballance, is a brother-in-law to Mr John Bishop, of Feilding. Mr Gauntlet was in business here a short time. Ratepayers are reminded of the meeting to be held this evening in tbe Volunteer Hall for the purpose of further discussing the question of electric light for the business part of the town. All resident within the prescribed boundary should attend. Monday next being Queen's Birthday, tbe Excelsior Skating Rink will be open in the afternoon* for ladies and children, and in the evening for the general public. ■ There will not be any rinking on Wednes- , day on account of Monday being observed , as a holiday, so lovers of rinking will be ' able to have a good day's enjoyment. I To-day Messrs Mayo and Sons, nurserymen, etc., of Palmers ton North, notify that they have fruit, forest trees and ; shrubs in tens of thousands to select : from. No codlin moth, no scale blight. i Illustrated catalogues will be supplied ; post free on application. At the late In- ; ternational Fruit Conference held in Wellington the firm took six prizes. For other particulars we refer our readers to the advertisement. I A man named William John Crichton was arrested at Wangaehu yesterday by ' Constable Healey on a warrant from Palmerston on the charge of stealing a saddle, the property of. Mr John Henley, railway guard. * Tbe saddle was taken , away last October, but tbe police were ', unable to trace tbe wbereabonts of tbe accused until yesterday. Crichton will ' be brought up at the Palmerston Police Court to-day. — Standard. At the lecture and concert to be given [ to-nierbt in the Assembly Rooms, almost • any one of the items, we are assured, is , worth the money. This, taken with the i object for which tbe entertainment is got up, ehonld insure a full attendance. Tbe choir will occupy the stage, which will be ' got up in parlor style and suggestive of a 1 Southern American plantation residence. The success' of the entertainment is assured. The Carnival concert and variety company will visit Cheltenham this evening ond 'Birmingham to-tnorrow evening, a.l'-o, a sacred concert in tho Birmingham Hall on Sunday evening. Owing to the impassable state of the roads the company will be unable to visit Rangiwahia as proposed. A large audience assembled at the school room, Awahuri, last night aud every' item of the programme was enthusiastically, applauded and' encored.

Mass on Sunday next at St. Bridget's, Feilding, at 8 a.m. Mr Hooper, dentist, advertises he has reduced his charges for full sets of teeth 1 considerably. . < The 'Frisco mail will be sorted into j private boxes at the post office at 4.30 ' p.m. to-day. Counter delivery will be made from 4.45 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. ] Sickness among horses is prevalent . in some districts of Victoria, and a number have already died, death in the majority j of cases being attributed to sand. One ' instance is given where from 121 bto 151 b of sand were taken from the stomach of the horse. The following are the receipts and expenditure of the Feilding Public Library from Oct 1 to April 30, inclusive: — Receipts — Balance Oct 1 £52 4s 6d, subscriptions £33 18s 9d, rates £50 4s 6d, entertainment £26 83 9d, sale of old books, etc. £2 7s 9d ; total £165 4s 3d. Expenditure — Salary £30 13s sd, rent £13 3s 6d, furnishing £44 14s Id, books, papers, and magazines £41 14s lOd, lighting, etc. £4 63 7d, balance on hand £30 11s lOd; total £165 4s 3d. The greater part of the year's rates are received during the above portion of the year. The patient ass in the fable bore his load uncomplainingly until he could carry no more and then expired. The load the Seddon Government has put on the colony is an addition to our public debt of four and a half millions. That will be somewhere near the figure when the accounts are printed. The guarantees to the Bank and the Assets Board are fully three millions more. No other Government ever piled up debts so rapidly. No other Government ever hid the balance sheet of the colony m pigeon boles because they were afraid of it being criticised. — Napier Telegraph.