Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 294, 18 June 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

To-day is the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. The Feilding S.M. Court will sit at 9 a.m. to-morrow. The Kiwitea County Council will meet on Saturday next. Mr C. Carr will hold a sale at his Feilding yards to-morrow. The State schools will close to-morrow for mid-winter holidays. The Skating Rink in the Cheltenham Hall will be open this evening. There will be mass in St. Bridget's next Sunday rnorniag at 6 o'clock. Messrs Gorton and. Son will hold a sale at their Rongotea yards to-morrow. The Oddfellows Assembly dance in the Foresters' Hall last evening was well attended. Entries for Messrs Abraham and "Williams' sale at Pohangina on the 30th instant, are advertised to-day. Mr A. H. Tompkins, of Birmingham, invites tenders for felling fifty acres of busb. See our wanted column. Members of the local Quoit Club held a practice yesterday afternoon. It is expected they will send a team of six to play a match with the Marton Club on Wednesday next. Notice is given that the funeral of the late Mr Esteven Bellve will leave his late residence, Marl borough street, tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2.80 o'clock for the Feilding cemetery. It would puzzle a number of those persons who take prominent parts iv debates on analogous subjects to define the meaning of the words " Capital," " Land " and " Labour " as understood by themselves. A woman named Ey ton claimed a man whom she saw in the street at Sydney as her husband, who deserted her twelve years ago, and had him arrested. The accused, however, satisfactorily proved that she had been mistaken. Mr Hustwick, Government Inspector of Alcoholic Liquors, has been engaged {or the past few days in testing the liquor in the various hotels in Palmerston, Feilding and the smaller townships in the district. Several samples were obtained for analysis. A French chemist makes the remarkable announcement that the mere presence of an iron bar in a box of grain, biscuits and the like, will prevent both decay and the attacks of insects. It is not an expensive experiment. A piece of iron can easily be picked up for a trial. The Primitive Methodist Church was well filled last night to hear Mr Neave's lecture on a recent visit to Russia, illustrated by magic lantern views. The subject was very attentively listened to throughout and proved very interesting and instructive. The lantern was manipulated by Mr J. E. Barltrop free of charge. Members of the Winter Bowling Club had interesting games yesterday as follows :— Afternoon — J. Yates, J. Scott, A. R. Curtis, P. Thomson (skip), 13; J. Yates, C Bray, junr., R Young, C. Bray senr. (skip), 15. Evening — C. Bray, sen., P. Thomson, C. Bray, junr., R. Young (skip), 36; A, R. Curtis, J. Scott, G. H. Say well, J. Yates (skip) ,18. We learn from the Napier Telegraph that : — The following team will represent the Napier Rifles in their Morris tube shooting match with the Feilding Rifles :— Captain Chicken, Color-Sergt. Robson, Sergt. Gleadow, Corp. Pirie, Buglers Robaon and Brown, Privates Brewer, Beamish, T. Pirie, Dreaver. £mer»eDeies—Sergfc. Trask, Priv, Bicker--Btaff, Sergt. Compton. Messrs Wood and Judkins announce that they will offer a large quantity of goods at their mart on Saturday at one p.m. Particulars are given in the advertisement. An allotment of land of one acre and a five zoomed bouse at Makino siding, the property of Mr Mai, will also be offered. Particulars can be obtained on application at the mart. The property of Mr Law, of Chnrcher street, consisting of five acres of land and a good five roomed house will also be submitted. The statement of Wood, Sband and Co., merchants, Christchurch, in respect to their bankruptcy shows ; — Liabilities - Unsecured creditors, £17,218 17s lid ; secured creditors, £39,306 14s Id ; estimated value of securities, £50,044 4s 8d ; surplus to contra, £10,737 10s 7d ; total debts, £17,218 17s lid. Assets—Stockin- trade at Christchurch, £3053; stockin trade at Woolston, £990 ; estimated surplus on basils on water and in London, £634 ; book debts, £8500 ; bills receivable,£22l7 5s 7d, less £894 4s 8d ; lodged with the '-Union' Bank ot ; Australia. £1323 0s lid ; cash in hand, £363 16.3 9d; balance in bank (ffo. 2 account) £80 14s 2d ; furniture office, and plant, £173 ; property, £3450 ; surplus from securities^ £\ 0,737^108 7dj^-total Assets, £29i305 2a sd. Surplus, ±12,006 4s &l.

The members of the Manchester Rifles '> will practice Morris tnbe shooting this evening. Duncan Neilson, for supplying a prohibited person (Leonard Craig) with liquor, has been fined £5 at Wanganui. The death is announced from Canterbury, of Mr David Lewis, at tho advanced age of 93 years. For being drunk while on parade, a member of the City Guards (Dunedin) is gazetted as having been dismissed. When " Riccarton " Russell ran against the Hon Richard anent the Advisory Board he " struck a snag " badly. A replace advertisement from Mr H. E. Gunter, the popular teacher of the pianoforte, will appear to-morrow. Mrs Hawkins, wife of the victim of the Kaiwarra murder, is amongst those who firmly believe in the innocence of Louis Chemis. Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Chemis live together. None of the members of the House have bought new suits of clothes this session. It is not — as might be supposed —because this will be their last chance ; but they are waiting for George — the member for Waitotara — who will bring with him the latest fashions. Members of the Feiiding Harmonic Society are reminded of the practice to be held in the Foresters' Hall at 7.30 this evening. Any person wishing to be--1 come members of the Society are requested to communicate with the Secretary, Mr H. W. Giesen, who will give them all imformation required. Mr James Belliss, who is already well known in Feilding as a first class tradesman, notifies today that he has purchased the butchery business of Mr Thomas Parkins, of Bunnythorpe, and the latter invites his numerous customers to extend to his successor the liberal patronage accorded to him since he (Mr Parkins) has been in business in the district. Apropos of " the position " the Napier Telegraph notes as a sign of the times the recent anxiety of the " dumbdogs" to disclaim •' blind following of the Government. It is not long since these personages made their complete submission to the will of Ward, Seddon, McKenzie and Company the principal reason why the3 r should be accorded the confidence of the electors. Now a change appears to have come over the spirit of their dreams, and they are anxious to disown the only " merit " they ever possessed — that of abject cowering beneath (he crack of the wh.p. Id memory of the late Judge Richmond the various law societies in the colony haye decided to raise a fund by voluntary 1 subscriptions in order to found an annual prize to be called the " Richmond Prize." i The Wellington District Law Society has addressed a circular to the members . of the le«al profession in this district inviting snbcriptions for that purpose. It is not yet decided for what examination the prize shall be provided, but it is ex pected that it will be given to the candi- ■ date who obtains the highest marks in some branch of the New Zealand legal ! examinations.— Waipawa Mail.