Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

Mr T. J. Clapham, of Apiti, inyitcs tenders for felling 50 acres of bush at Apiti. There will be mass in St Bridget's, Feildiug, next Sunday forenoon at 11 o'clock. The Yellow river is styled the " Sorrow of China." It is estimated that its Hoods in the present century have cost China 11,000,000 lives. Mr Woollarus, chemist, wishes to draw attention to the fact that he has just imported direct from the manufacturers a stock of drugs, perfumes and other sundries. " When are man and wife not one ". J " asks a joking correspondent. At many times, but especially when riding on a tram-car when the conductor shout ' Two tickets ! " The " Fat Contributor " in the New Zealand Times of yesterday, says the City Council of Wellington lacks the life or energy of a decayed turnip. This is surely unkind. A meeting ol the Quoit Club will bo held this evening in the Manchester Hotel at 8 o'clock. As tho business is of importance a full attendance of members is requested. Mr P. Mcllroy, of tbe Rangiwahia Hotel, has purchased the stables at Rangiwahia (recently owned by W. Goodwin) from Messrs JBarraud and Abraham. It is Mr Mcllroy's intention to improve the stable accommodation at bis hotel, which should be appreciated by the travelling public and settlers passing through that district. In a replace advertisement Messrs Speuce and Spence notify that they are now in the last two weeks of their great winter sale. Although immense quantities of goods have been cleared out, there yet remains a splendid selection, and numerous other bargain lines have been added, so that patrons may rely on effecting as big a saving on purchases made at the Bon Marche now , as at the beginning of the sales. When the Kaiser Wilhelm was a small boy he attended the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales. He was under the charge of his two uncles, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Connatight. As may be expected young William fidgeted sadly, and consequently received an occasional warning tap on the shoulder. But how he did revenge himself ! His uncles were in Highland dress, and the future Emperor shyly knelt down and bit into their bare legs in great earnestness. Don Quixote tilted at a windmill. Lord Ronald Gower has levelled his lance at the tall hat, the potae roa so much admired all over the civilised world. Democratic America is up in arms and although a " democrat dearly loves a Lord " yet he will not carry his affection so far as to abandon that Stirling stamp of unassailable respectability - the tall hat. The tall hat will live and flourish when Lord Ronald Gower and his bald head — ho blames the hat for it — are forgotion and mouldered into plebeian dust. The mortal remains of the late Mr W. Smith were interred in the Feilding cemetery yesterday, a large number of friends joining in the mournful procession as a mark of respect to the memory of deceased and sympathy with the bereaved relatives. About forty Masons joined in the procession, the late Mr Smith having been a member of the craft. The Rev H. M. Murray conduct eel the burial service in an impressive manner, while Bro W. Carthew, P.M., read the beautiful Masonic service for the dead. The Moturoa freezing works at New Plymouth, which have just been completed, are equipped with the LindeBritish freezing apparatus and driving power of the latest description. The works have been erected more for the purpose of ice manufacture and storage of butter and cheese than for meat freezing. About four tons of ice can be made per day, and the ice chamber will hold many tons. The butter and cheese chambers are each capable of holding about 220 tons. In addition to these there is another chamber that will be utilised for pork storage. There are three chambers 20ft by 17ft, which can be used for meat freezing at any time, and the plant is capable of freezing 400 sheep per day. Pumice will be employed for insulating purposes.— Hawera Star. Of all the quaint notions that ever entered the mind of man, surely one of the quaintest is to abscond from a workhouse because of boiug unable to pay a debt. When the reason of entering that place of refuge is taken into consideration such a proceeding becomes altogether Ciilbertian in its topsy-tarvey-dom. Yet it is an actual fact. At the Birmingham Police Court recently, a pauper, 65 years of age, was charged with absconding from the Birmingham workhouse. He was found sleeping in an outhouse aad in Court he explained j to the Magistrate that when in the house he had made a book on the Lancashire i steeplechase with certain .of. .the other inmates. In the course of hiE transactions ho had over laid his book against Lady Helen, the winner, to the extent of 2s. Thus, after the race he found himself in the unpleasant position of having only Jss to pay 17s. Unable to meet his expecianj; creditors in the face J of this deficit he ha<jl absconded. How-evi-r, ou his promising to go back to the workhouse he was discharged,.