The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1896. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 3 August 1896, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1896. Local and General News.

New potatoes ara already being sold in Nelson. An advertiser wants a cow. See our wanted col mn. Mr W. Carthew has just received CasseU's Academy pictures. Native dogs have been committing great havoc among sheep in the Omahu district in Hawke's Bay. The owner of a cheque drawn on a local bank fouud a few days ago is advertised for, See our wanted column. Mr A. E. Ratliff, land agent, advertises for sale several valuable properties conveniently situated, and at yery reasonable rates. Entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams sale at Palmerston on the 6th, and Colyton on the llth insts respectively) ' are advertised to-day.

Mr J. H. Fry, of Makino, reports tbe rainfall for tbe Makino district for July as follows : — 1896, 4-24 incbes: 1895 2-92 inches. A fancy dress carnival will be held at the Excelsior Skating Rink towards tbe end of tbe present month. The date will be announced later on. It is stated tbat tbe further charge against ex- Detective Kirby is connected with the arrest of certain persons for tbe Hastings Post Office robbery. It is stated in Wellington tbat Mr T. K. Maedonald is to be appointed Controller and Auditor-General, in place of the late Mr J. E. FitzGerald. A reward will be paid for information leading to the recovery of a brown gelding, lost or stolen on Friday nigbt, also a rug taken trom another horse. Tbe entertainment given iD the Cheltenham Hall on Saturday eyening last, by the Apiti Bijou Minstrels, iv aid of the Apiti Brass Band, was very successful. For the future the Excelsior Skating Rink will not open on Wednesday evenings but will continue to opeu Wednesday afternoons and Saturday evenings only. Thirty-seven applications were received for the position of clerk to the Manawatu County Council. Mr F. Pownall, of Wanganui, was the successful candidate. The Royal Burlesque and Gaiety Company are announced to pay a farewell visit to Palmerston on Wednesday and Thursday next. Tbe burlesque of " Fra Diavolo " will be staged on the opening night. The Legislative Council Banking Committee expect tbeir enquiry will occupy another three weeks at the present rate of progress, the House's Banking Committee ■will take another three months to arriye at a conclntion. Another amendment to the Leader of the Opposition's no-confidence motion is to be moved by Mr Pirani, which will affirm the unsatisfactory character of the Government's action in dealing with the Local Bodies Sinking Funds. Mr George Stewart, late of Fortrose, who was compelled to take refuge in a tree for 36 bours duriug the late floods, died in the Southland Hospital on Saturday afternoon, death being due to blood poisoning following frost bite. Mr George Adams, of Makino, advertises that he has on hand for sale a quantity of tbe very best bricks ever made in the district at moderate prices. He invites iuspectiou. He has also for sale some first-class sweet hay. Mr Beckley, of Sherborne Honse, will have a very important replace advertisement to-morrow re furtlier concessions and extension of time of the sale, as he is desirous of making room for uew stock corning forward after stock takiug. On Thursday last Mr D. Wilson, of Colyton, and Miss Rudd, of Cbristchurcb were united in the bonds of matrimony, the ceremony being performed at the residence of Mr W. F. Bramwell, of Feilding, by the Rev C. C. Harrison. Mr James Trewin has a replace advertisement in to day by which he very properly claims that he sells only tlie very best articles at tbe Public Benefit Warehouse, Kimbolton road, Feilding. His prices are reasonable, and as only the best materials are used by tbe hands of capable workmen, his customers get good value for their money. The ordinary meeting of the Feilding Debating Society will be held in the Borough Council Chambers to-morrow ! evening at 4.30., when the subject for discussion will be " Would it be right to exclude undesirable immigrants (such as Asiatics, lunatics, and consumptives) from New Zealand." Mr T. West will lead in the affirmatiye and Mr F. F. Haggitt will oppose. In order to avoid the odious LSO commercial travellers' tax in New Zealand it is proposed in Melbourne to charter a special steamer once a year, run over to New Zealand, collect the buyers there bring them to Victoria, keep them for a few weeks, serve them with the goods required, send them home after a good outing, and all at a cost of less than half the tax.— Staedard. On Wednesday, the 12th instant, Mr Carr will sell by public auction, without reserve, at the stables of Mr Goldfinch, Feilding, tbe whole of the livery plant of that well known establishment. The coaches, buggies, vehicles, harness, etc., are all in first-class order and this affords a splendid opportunity for livery stable keepers and settlers supplying their requirements in that direction. Messrs Abraham and Willams report : — At our horse sale on Saturday the Maori horses offered were of the usual stamp. Bidding was moderate and prices up to previous sales. In other classes a fair demand existed and an average quantity was disposed of. Maori.bred yearlings made from 13s to 245: 18---months to 2-years, 28s to 40s. Aged draught mare, £10 10s ; hacks, from £3 to £5 10s. The following land sales were recorded at the last meeting of the Wellington Land Board : — Village Settlements. — G. Webb, section 8, Hewa ; H. Scbmifcfc, section 1, and S. Parkins section 7, Karewarewa; W. D. Thompson, section 5, Pakihikura ; D. Thompson, section 9, do ; J. L. Laing, section 12, do. Ordinard selection. — G. L. Hooper, section 4, Block I, Umutoi ; G. Currie, section 32, Block IV, Umutoi. Apropos of tbe interesting comparison between Jersey and Ayrshire cows as shown by the Babcock tester, in our issue of a few days ago, We learn that a supplier to the Colyton branch of the Cheltenham Factory who has spent some years breeding a herd of grade Jersey cows came out with a test of 5-1 for his June account. As this supplier has invariably had the highest test since the factory started, it is a strong point in favor of the Jersey as a paying breed.