The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette Published Daily. FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1896. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 75, 25 September 1896, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette Published Daily. FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1896. Local and General News.

Anyone wanting cheap useful goods should \isit the auction mart, Kimbolton road, t:> luovrow. Mr George Wheeler notifies that the ram-; will in.-, shorn at Burford on Octobci" l' - -t. TJuse interested are invited tc attend. Il is coniputo.'! that there is £800,000,---000 worth of gold au/1 jewels at the hotto"' of the sea oa tht j route between England and India. Mt B Poole has now taken potnession J of tiie \Vaituna Accommodation ilui^e, whisJj be iias 1 i^ci lrom Mr P, Uoyle. Mr W. Kv^usfiD acted as valua'.nr on Vhalf of the pairphaaer and Mr N. Gorton s or the veDdo1 "' The no M for tbe Mauaw^ County good mior^y. *a »»* »^^ (with 662 votes) on the *o« 3W wcorded 403 votes in favor of the loan, «®» nve voted agaiust it. Mr W. J. Hammond s tinsmith sho^* at Rongotea was destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning last. There was no insurance on either the building (which was owned by Mr J. Glover) or its coitriitjs. Very law things were saved from destruction, Mes-rs Ck.ro, Fitzgerald and Richmoud, fji-cbitects-, invite tenders for the supply and d; livery at Highden. Awahuri. of building timber. Condiiiou.s, | specifications and schedules can be seen |at the office of Messrs L ram we 11 Bros., Feilding, or Bavrnud aud Abraham, Pal- | tnerston North. For otlfer details see ddvettiaemeat.

The Premier says he hopes Parliament would be able to prorogue in about a fortnight's time. Captain Edwin wired at uoou to-day: —Strong N.W to W. and S. winds with rain, and glass rising. The owner of a lady's macintosh cape found on Kimboltou road, may have the same on application to the Star office. It is stated that Mr J. B. McEwau Chief Government Dairy expert, will leave for a visit to England early next month. Mr C. Revans, grocer. Palmerston N., notifies in our columns that ho is giving the highest market price for eggs m any quantity. Notice is given by Mr Corpc that owing to delay 'in shipping some machinI cry the Junction Crcannry will nut >><• able to commence work as advertised on Monday next. The- secretary of the Jockey Club. Mr E. Goodbehere, gives notice that all persons training horses or otherwise h-<:s---passiug on the racecourse; property without permission will be prosecuted. Last season 125,440 gallons of milk, for which 3d per gallon was paid, were received at the Bruce Dairy raciorv. Out of this 1:51,17C1b cheese were manufactured, which was sold fur JdCrA). Some interesting replace advertisements from Mr Cobbo will appear in our " wanted known " column to morrow. | Spring and summer goods in great variety are now being opened up daily at Mr Cobbe's. Mr W. S. Russell, ton rf the Into raun a^ r of the Bank of jS ow Zealand, and who for some time has been stationed ;«.t Waipawa, has tak<*n »»■• pluce of Mr Hf.rmer in the Murton branch of the Bank. Mr Wall, a Wanffanui cycYitl, yosto?- . ay afternoon c-.stablithe;! a Palmers-ton bicycle record, the time Icing 2hrs 38mins. Mr Thorn jv.nn, who nccompnnic-d the record breaker, me! ivifh a siiflit mishap on Mount Stewart aid arrived two minutes irtUT. bn-m WangHriui in Bu>i> was t-ojwpieictl at the rale of 20 miles ycr hour. The colony gained Hi persons last month, the number of arrivals being 97W (020 male s, 2(>U females, and !K-5 childion), and the departures S9S (550 males, 2G7 females, and Hi children). In August. 1805. the arrivals wore i:'.2O (KfiO males, 4OH females, and ]ti2 children), and the departures l/]OS iHOI males, ;!'.)<) females, and 105 children), a gain ol 15. Mr J. S. Milson, bookseller and stationer, lias just received a large consignment of Martin's photos of New Zealand scenery, principally of localities in the Wauganui district, suitably "got up "as Christinas cards. Tiny arc remarkably wiA\ finished fivid should, lind a ready sale amongst persons desirous of giving their friends at Home an idea of the beauties of New Zealaud scenery. A privata wire received in Marton yesterday is to the effect that Mr 11. Koae'nc died at Greytown North that day. The deceased was tor some time statioumastor at Marton, and from there be went to Patea, then to Feilding, and from the latter place to Greytown. Deceased, who was about l>o years of ago, had hvvu suffering from a complication of diseases. He wasihoroughly well known throughout tho Rauyitikei, and was esteemed for many estimable qualities. — Mercury. The Apiti Dairy Company have just received advice from Home that oue of their consignments of cheese brought 44s per cwt and the customer who purchased it advises tho company that the cheese is " choice " and that he could place all the outputs from this factory at the top market price. Locally the Apiti cheese is, also, highly praised. We understand it is the intention of the directors to exhibit samples of their cheese at the Palmerston A. and P. Show next month. A correspondent of Chambers' Journal state that spent tea leaves can be utilised for poultry. He writes as follows : — Owners of poultry may not be aware that fowls are very fond of spent tea leayes. They are a very useful ad- ■ jnnct to the poultry yard menu, especially at some seasons. Tho fowls noorn to €ii joy tho loaves, whether given alone . or mixed with their own food. Probably the leaves act as a tonic. Here, however, is another use for the leaves when exhausted by humanity. Duriug the hearing of the Court case at Pahiatua on Saturday Constable Bowden, when t'iving evidence, was refering to his note book, Mr Jellicoe an--3 uoxed the book and was reluctant to return it. Tho constable appealed to the Bench to have his book returned. The Bench seemed lost or was mesmerised by the Wellington barrister. The constable demanded that the book be returned. Mr Jellicoe asked him what the private notes were that were written in ' the book. The constable replied that > one of the notes was to the effect that Mr Jellicoe owed him thirty shillings. Result — Storm of applause from the body of the Court, collapse of Mr Jcllicoe^ aud return oi thu hook- — Herald An archbishop was visiting a country 1 house, ad so rommenried himself to his : !.o.stess" family of children, thr-t one of ihem, a bright little clever girl of about -i^Jit, threatened to monopolise conversa--1 <u>j>, l>ut was brought to a sudden silence iiv he- father's whispered remonstrance nit-hut ' t-hut up, Mabel!' For some time -ho remained quietly considering the re- , t.uke. Fri -filing by her svk'nee, her f-v- - i'mi mother drew their guest on to 'S.-eit his? conversational powers, which <ie did with success. To the child who hue' been rebuked for talkativeness the manifest injustice of favouritism ebown to this conversational visitor became iof oily intolerable. In the middle of a sentence a small but stern voice made itseif heard. 'Shut up, Archbishop!' it snid in grave tones of rebulce, and it is nefdlcss t'» add that the remark had the desind effect.