Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 69, 18 September 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

. — -•■ The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next. An English mail, via Australia, arrived in Feilding this morning. The committee of the Feilding Athletic Sports will meet in Mr Sherwill's office to-morrow evening. The quarterly meeting of the Oddfellows Lodge takes placo to-night at the Foresters' Hall at 7.30 p.m. The annual meeting of the Feilding Bowling Cluh will he held in the Council Chamhers this evening at 8 p,m. Capt. Edwin wired to-day: — N.W. to W. and S. gale with rain and much colder weather ; glass further rise. A pleasant evening will be spent in the Wesleyan Church, Birmingham, on Monday next. See our wanted column. A meeting of the Shooting Committee of the Manchester Riiies will be held in the orderly room on Mondiy, at 7 p.m. Attention is called to Mr Wood's sale of furniture, general goods, trap, seed potatoes, etc., at 1.150 p.m. tomorrow. The programme is published today of the Japanese entertainmeut in aid of the Young Men and Boys' Club. Read it, Entries for Messrs Gorton and Son's sale at Awahuri, and Abraham and Williams' at Palmerston are advertised today. One of the sights of the recent flood in Blenheim was a banker paddling in a sort of Hob Roy canoe collecting exchanges. The many friends of Mr Charles Carr will be glad to know that he is getting on very well towards recovery, although he still suffers considerable pain. The Citrk in thp local Court lias betn advised that the nexi sitting of th« Wanganni Supreme Court h:is b^en adjourned from the 21st inst to Tuesday, the 22nd. Mr Win Hunter, of Makino. has for sale six first class cowh jnst calved. Mr Hunter has takeu. over the ClU'fcou Hotel, at Bulls, and will probably let his Makino farm. The poll for l'60()0 loan for works in the Manawatu Count} 7 will take place to-morrow. The booth for Mount Stewart riding being at Mr Bowater's house, \ on Mounc Stewart. Mr Ja.nes Hugh, jeweller and watchmaker, has just opened a branch establishment in the premises adjoining those of Mr Woollams, chemist, Manchester street. For other particulars see advertisement. At the recent sitting of the Hawera District Court His Honor Judgo Kettle expressed his disapproval of the practice of solicitors giving evidence themselves in cases in which they were professionally engaged. He regarded it as objectionable and undesirable, and was not sure if it was even permitted in the English Courts. Publican's advertisement in the Clutha Prohibition district : — " At the request of the travelling public I haye decided to open Refreshment Rooms at the Eadway Hotel, where a CUP of TEA or COFFEE i can be had at all hours. Now, aa lam \ trying to run this house on pure Prohibition lines, I hope the Apostles of the Pump will roll up and patronise what they have long desired. Water ! Water I Water I " — Times. A man named Samuel Onions, 77 1 years of age, applied to Sergeant Major Scanlon last Wednesday evening for bed and board. He stated that ho had left the Old Men's Home in Wellington of his own accord with the intention of seeking work at some of the shearing sheds in the Hawke's Bay district. Lodging was found for him, and today the charitable aid officers paid his fare to Waipukurau, where he says he is well known.— Manawatu Times. Several truck-loads of timber were unloaded and measured by the railway authorities at New Plymouth a day or two ago, as a result of which claims have been made against the consignees for excess over supposed measurement and cost of unloading. The consignees contend that fcbe so-called excess arises from odd lengths for which they do not charge, and object to pay the extra charge demanded by the Railway Department. — Standard. The Licensed Victuallers' Association of Taranaki has (says a New Plymouth paper) passed a resolution ia regard to the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act to the effect that the Bill is most drastic in its measures and detrimental to all owners of hotel property and those in any way interested in the trade, inrolre ing as it does the risk of losing thousands of pounds personally to individuals with out compensation, and that Ministers be earnestly requested to reconsider the matter. The results of tests of actual warfare of the Lee Metford rifle, which is now the standard arm-of the British infantry, are not satisfactory, according to latest advices from Vlatabeleland. Unless the bullet strikes an organ it no more stops a wounded man's charge than would a popgun. General Carrington. commanding officer in Matabele, and General Kitchener, commander- in-chief in the Soudan, have made strong complaints unknown to each other, and both predict disaster to the British troops now in the field trom this cause. As Mr Mclntyre, the head teacher of the Birmingham School, has recently married, the children of the school thought it a fitting occasion to make him a small present in the shape of a timepiece. The present was made through the chairman of the School Committee, Mr G. Anyon, who referred to the many excellent qualities of the recipient, and wished Mr and Mrs Mclntyre long life and happiness. Mr Mclntyre replied thanking the children most heartily for their kindness saying that it was a present he would always cherish. Three cheers brought the proceedings to a close. A meeting of the Trustees of the Methodist Church at Apiti was held last week. Present — Rev S. H. D. Perryman (in the chair), Messrs Miller (2), Vicary, O.sborne, Guy and Johnston. A leUer ] was received from the Church of England Committee asking for the use of the Methodist Church every Sunday morning and once in the afternoon of each month to hold divine service. It was unauimously agreed to grant the request. This liberal action will prevent the two churches hold.ng services at the same hour. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Vicary for planting trees round the church. The ladies of the congregation are making good progress in preparing for the Cake and Apron Fair which is to be held in November. The object is to raise sufficient money to wipe off the debt on the church. Next Tuesday the quarterly meeting will b 3 held in the Apiti Church when the Rev G. Bond, of Wangauui, will give a lecture in tbe evening on " Peter MeKenzic." Refreshments will be proI vided.