The Feilding Star. KIWITEA & OROUA COUTIES GAZETTE. THURSDAY. JUNE 4, 1896. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 282, 4 June 1896, Page 2

The Feilding Star. KIWITEA & OROUA COUTIES GAZETTE. THURSDAY. JUNE 4, 1896. Local and General News.

Ti.e Borough Couucil will meet this evining, Mr J. Stevens, M.H.R., will address his constituents at Cheltenham this evening. The members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of the parade to be held this evening. Messrs Hockin Bros., of FeildingAshurst road, advertise a well bred cattle dog as coma astray. The usual monthly meeting of the Wautaoui Education Board commences on Monday next. * A Feilding volunteer is leading for the geld medal tor the North Island, with a score of 96 points. It is estimated that the total loss by the fire which swept away a large part of the main street of Lyell amounts to L 20.000. Additions are made to-day to Mr C. Can's Feilding sale to be held to-mor-row, and Birmingham sale to be held on Tuesday next. Mr Jno. Leslie, a well- known settler of Otakeho, who was gored by a bull, succumbed to his injuries on Monday evening at Manaia. A private telegram from Christchnroh announces the death of Mrs Ward, wife, of District Judge Ward, which occurred on Monday morning. The Dunedin Star understands that the Colonial Bank liquidators will shortly apply to the Judge for directions in regard to certain matters on which they /ar^jiwiaigt(9ed>'-\:^ ;r :,?'- ;-;,- '• .\il. '^\, V

Mr John Welford has sold his Waitnna property of 640 acres, to Mr Coote (of Feilding) at L7per acre. Mr C. Carr held a very successful sale of farm implements, etc., on behalf of Mr C Simpson, Lees Line, yesterday. A notice of the transfer of the butchery business of Mr C. Y. Dally, of Apiti, to Mr Hugh Osborne of the same place appears to-day. To-day Mr Carthew received his usual monthly ease of new books and periodicals. Without exception it is the best assorted ever opened in Feilding. ! We ate requested to state that at the ' sale to be held at Sfcrafehendrie by Messrs Gorton and Son, on 106 b. June, all the articles will be offered without reserve. Messrs Wood and Judkins announce that they will hold their usual auction sale at the Feilding mart on Saturday at 1.30 p.m. sharp. Particulars are given in the advertisement. At a meeting of the Nikau school com - mitfcee, held on Saturday evening in the school house, it was decided to hold a social in the school house on the evening of the 19th instant. It is stated that business people at Levin are having their goods consigned to them from Wellington by way of Foxton as being cheaper than by the Wellington - Manawatu line. — Standard. The Feilding bowlers are negotiating for the use of the Volunteer Hall for practice during two evenings a week. The floor would be covered sufficient for one or two rinks, with tarred felt. An experimental shipment of timber from the West Coast to the Cape is said to have been a very profitable venture, and a permanent and prosperous trade is expected to be developed. The Brunner News gives publicity to rumours thas several actions are to be brought against the Coal Creek Company by some of the widows who lost their husbands in tbe recent Brunner disaster. A coin-sorting machine has been invented. Ifc automatically sorts miscellaneous coins by a simple arrangement of wires. It will be many years before they are required in newspaper offices. The name of Mr Joseph Ivess has been mentioned as a likely successor to Mr Costall, in the position of Government Printer. Mr George Fisher and Mr Loughnan are also said to be in the running. There is a notable increase of bankruptcies in the Wellington district for the five mouths of the present year, 88 being recorded, as against 24 for tbe corresponding period oi the previous year. A post office will be opened at Curl's Clearing on Monda5 r next to be named " Hinau." Mr Deroles is appointed postmaster. Mails will arrive from Feilding on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.15 p.m. With regard to the mortality amongst lambs, tbe Government veterinarian sug gesfcs that some dry food be supplied, Such as chaff and oafcs mixed with dry bran and some salt. If possible remove the lambs to drier pasture. At the inquest on the body of the late W. D. Smith, dentist, of Hunterville, the jury brought in a verdict that the dedeceased while under the influence of drink had met his death through drinking carbolic acid and whisky by mistake. Members of the Feilding Harmonic Society are reminded of the practice to be held in the Foresters Hall at 7.30 this evening. The additional copies of the " Ancient Mariner " and, also, some new glees have arrived and a very good practice is anticipated. Residents generally will do well to look to their cisterns or water tanks. At present they are in many cases quite empty. In the course of the next few days (so say the weather-wise Maoris) we will have a heavy rainfall, aud after that, a long spell of dry weather. It is reported (says the Hastings Standard) that a warrant is out for the arrest of a gay Lothario well known in Hastings who has been trifling with the affections of one of the weaker sex. It is said that the warrant will need to be executed in Australia, as the culprit has left for pastures new. On Monday evening next MrE. Withy will address a meeting at Rongotea in connection with the Debating Society, on the Single Tax question. It is probable another debate will be arranged by the Feilding Debating Society between Mr Withy and a Feilding gentleman on the same question. The annual general meeting of th« Rangitikei Acclimatisation Society was held at Bulls yesterday. It was resolved to again communicate with the Government re the close s«ason for hares, making it the same as for other imported game. It was further resolved that the Rangitikei Association join the Wellington Association. One of the leading financial daily journals of London, the financial News, has sent a special reporter to investigate and report on the goldfields. This gentleman Mr Percy F. Marks, who, in his mission also represents the Glasgow Herald, is one of the directors of the first named paper, and is a brother of Mr Harry Marks, M.P., its editor-in-chief. On Sunday morning, between Kilkirnie and Oriental Bay (says the Post) no fewer ihan 84 cyclists were counted, about 20 of whom were ladies. A leading dealer in cycles states that there are now fully 400 pneumatic-tyred machines in Wellington, worth in round numbers about LBOOO. A number of bicycles fitted with the ordinary cushion tyres also are still in use. In order to give some idea of the present dimensions of the flannelette business we may mention that John Cobbe has, durine the past ten days, opened up no less than 6473 yards of this popular material. This is in addition to his ordinary large stock, and the ability to buy in such big lots explains why he is enabled to give such excellent value to his customers. A death which is supposed to have been due to a bite from a katipo spider occurred at Takaka last week. According to the Nelson Mail, the victim, Mr Thomas Scott, felt a curious pain in his arm while on his way home from a concert. He attributed it to a splinter or something of that kind, and pricked the affected parfc with a needle. This did no good, and he rapidly become worse, and developed Berious symptoms, deiith subsequently ensuing. A visitor called unexpectedly at a country station, and in the evening the hostess had a fine fowl for bis dinner. Her little son could not be induced to be civil to the visitor, and at length the mother explained that she bad been obliged to kill his pet rooster. The gentleman went into the yard to try and make friends, but as soon as he appeared Tommy commenced driving all the hens and chickens into the fowl house, shouting," Go in you beggars, here's the cove what eat your father !" ___ m _ mm tmmmmm