Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Borough Council will meet on Thursday evening. The Feilding S.M. Court will sit at 2 p.m. on Friday next. The Pohangina County Council will meet on Saturday next. Additions are made to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' sales at Palznersfcon and Colytoo. A Dundee man swallowed his artificial teeth. These having been located by means of the X rays, a successful operation was performed. A telegram from Herberton, Queensland, states that a carpet snake, 16ft long, was recently shot, and was found to be literally covered with cattle ticks. It is now stated that but little hopes are entertained for tho recovery of Sergeant Villars, who lies seriously ill in Wanganui from the effects of the wound he received with a knife in an affray some time since. There is a row in a church at Masterton between members of the choir aud thn Vicar. It is likely a compromise will be arrived at so that the choir may sing what they like, and the Vicar may preach what he likes. This will level things down a bit. The following team have been selected to play for Palmerston in the polo match on skates against Feilding this evening at the Drill Hall :— Forwards : A. McMinn, E. Medrick, A Bedford; halves : C. Purcer, W. Batten (capt.) ; goalkeeper, H. Meyrick.— Standard. The Feilding Debating Society will meet in the Borough Council Chambers at 7.30 this evening. A public debate is being arranged between the Palmerston Mutual Improvement Society and the Feilding Debating Society to take place iv about a mouths' time. There is at present on view in Mr Bunting's Feilding studio a well got-up photo of Mr E. J. Allen, late of the Feild iuo branch of the Bank of New Zealand, and his former assistants, at whose instance the photos have been prepared aud framed for presentation to their late chief. There is a suitable inscription at the foot of the pictures. A mob of 50 horses was offered for sale at auction, having arrived from Charters Tower. They left therein good condition, but showed the ravages of ticks. No ticks, however, were on them ou their arrival the owner having dressed them with kerosene and fat. Ticks n ist made their appearance on the horses n<;ar Dalryruple. None were purchased at auction. A great sale is now being held at Messrs Kirkcaldie and Stains' drapery establishment, Wellington. The sale will last up till 19th August, and during the time profits will be completely annihiUud, reductions at the rate of 25 and 4(1 per ceut being made on the stock, which is for cash only. Country orders paitakc in all the benefits of the sale. See advertisement oy.er leader. Tbere car> be no i^usstion that prohibition is one of the burning questions of the day which has been forced into tho inner circle of practical politics. Therefore we would strongly recommend those who would like to hear an exposition ot the views of one who is a recognised l,ea/lei- la the movement in New Zealand, should fu&ke a point of attendiu" tUs lecture by '.fc^.e liev Mr lsitt in the Drill Hall on the I.Bth "jnst. iNow that tuo lambing season tab commenced we can't sufficiently urge people who have sporting or other dogs out of work, to keep them on the chain. Two spanieis were shot yesterday in the &ct of running ewes in the neighbourhood o£ Kjtmbolton road. Of course the owners of the dogs sill be annoyed and au»ry but, where does .tyi« pwner of the sheep come in ? To be very ,£4-j?Jipit nothing bub extreme selfishness can ,be attributed to owners of unemployed dnys who keep xxucmplQyp4 chains or none at all. Tho refreshment rooms at the Palmerston Railway Stations have just undergone a complete renovation. The rooms 'ka-ye been painted a delicate green shade relieved by darker borderings the effect not only being pLessjant to the eye, but imparting an air of method end comfort !to the surroundings. Mr Walter Firep- ' man the well known caterer of the Man- , awatu Railway has charge of the rooms, i and needless to state, under bis manage I ment they have lost nothing in popularitj*—Standard. »

Captain Edwin wired at noon to-day : — Strong N.E. to N. and W. winds after 12 hours from now ; glass fall. Messrs Gorton and Son advertise entries for their sale at Bulls on the i ith instant. To-morrow has been appointed Arbor Day. There will be no excitement in Feilding. Mr Hes'wood, Secretary to the Treasury, is now mentioned as successor to the late Auditer-General. Messrs James and Heaps, architects, invite tenders for the erection of business premises (in brick) for the Feilding branch of the United Farmers' Association. Plans, specifications and conditions raay be seen at the offices of the architects, Feilding. Tenders will close on the 26th instant. A young mau named Hardie, living in Christ-church, could not understand a few days ago why the retriever dog, belonging to the house, walked in with a piece of dress stuff in its mouth. But the cloth was found to be a part of his mother's dress, and further enquiry led to the sad discovery that his mother had been drowned in the Avon. What might have terminated in a very serious accident occurred at the Marton Theatre Royal last evening. There was a rather unusual rush for seats at the opening of the doors for Pollard's Opera Company's performance, and numbers clambered up the old fashioned drawbridge on their wav to secure tickets. The stairway refused to stand the strain, aud utterly eoliapsed, taking with it fully thirty people, amongst them a number of ladies. Fortunately the drop was not very great, but as it was, two persons received injuries necessitating their absence from the performance, and several others will no doubt have cause to remember the marks left on their limbs for some time to come. — Mercury. At the Palrncrston S.M. Court yesterday, ]\lr Innus appeared on behalf of plaintiff in the caso of J. S. Freeman v. W. Baker, lately disposed of at Feilding, and asked for leave to issue execution on the judgment given for .£42 17s with costs, amount of commission on a sale. Defendant gave notice of appeal and submitted a draft case for approval of the plaintiff's solicitor, who, after perusing and altering tho case, returned it to the appellant's solicitor, since when he had received no intimation with regard to the alteration and no application had becu made to settle the case. Mr lunes submitted tlie time had expired iv which the apeilant could now appeal and it must be considered abandoned. Leave to issue execution was granted, together with JLo 5.s costs. — Standard.