Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

*- — Mr Charles Carr will hold a sale at his Feilding yards on Friday next, October 2nd. Additions are made to-day to Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palruerston sale, and entries for the Colyten sale of the firm are advertised. We regret to learu that Mr Carr is not quite so well this morning, but, all things considered, he is making good progress towards complete recovery. The annual meeting of shareholders in tho Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy Company will be held at 7.30 this evening in the Cheltenham Hall. The Awahuri contingent of the Manchester Rifles have challenged the second team of the corps to fire a Morris tube match- seven men on each side. There will bo a meeting of the Shooting Committee of the Manchester Riiles on Thursday next at 7 p.m sharp. Business re opening of season, election of secretary and general. It is rumoured that Lord Glasgow is to be succeeded by Colonel the Right Hon Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, X.C 8., Lieutenant Governor of ihc Islo of Man, as Governor of New Zealand. The Beaconsfield Library is becoming very popular in the district, it contains a number of books b\ f favourite authors and these have lately been augmented by presentations from Mrs Buchanan and Mr W. R. Godfrey. The Beaconsfield School Committee passed a resolution at their last meeting on Saturday 26th inst., expressing their satisfaction with the schoolmistress who had obtained so creditable a percentage under most adverse circumstances. Two of the finest trout that have been caught this season were obtained by Mr J. F. Manning in the Manawatn on Sunday last. The largest of the two fish weighed 4ylbsand the other 8 Jibs. Both fish were obtained with a minnow. — Standard. A five-pound meteorite, which fell last April in an orchard near Namur, in Belgium, nearly killed a young man who was digging there, has been examined at the Universit}' laboratory at Ghent. It consists of a whitish crystalline paste, containing iron, trollite, brouzite, and chondrol. The Manchester Co-operative delegates passed through Feilding yesterday for Taranaki and Auckland. They were met at the railway station by the Mayor Mr Walter A. L. Bailey, and a number of leading business men, who expressed their regret at the delegates not bern? able to stop at Feilding. "An Englishman's home is his castle, and his easy chair his throne." The real comforts of a home cannot bo fully realised by one whose household does not consist a comfortable easy chair. Mr Eade, of the Corner Furniture Warehouse, knows this, and has just imported a magnificent lot of chairs, anent which an advertisement appears on our third page. We have to record the death of an* other of Wellington's earliest settlersMiss Isabella Hunter, who died recently at the residence of Mr J. P. Maxwell, was the fourth daughter of the late Mr George Hunter, senior, and arrived in Wellington by the Duke of Roxburgh in February, 1840. Miss Hunter was well known in Wellington, and will be missed by many frienas. — Post. Very great interest was taken on the West Coast (says a Greymouth correspondent) in the Old Age Pensions Bill introduced into the House of Represen tatives by the Premier, and for the very best of reasons. At the present time there are considerably over 150 old men receiving charitable aid which, of course, is paid by the local bodies. If the measure bad passed West Coast counties and boroughs would make an annual saving of £'1500 on this one item. Would that there were more women — all honor to her ! like the mother of a large family at Frankton, Victoria, who, according to an Argus telegram, inflicted a thorough horsewhipping on a well known single man in that township, who had been insulting one of her daughters. The man made an attempt to escape, but failed to succeed in jumping over a fence, when he was again caught by the enraged mother, and several cuts given before he could free himself. The committee of the Feilding Bowling Club met last evsning, when Messrs Thomson, Light, Carthew, Bra}', senr., Waiter A. L. Bailey, and Sherwill were appointed a sub-committee to decide as to when the green would be fit to play on and to fix the opening day accordingly. In this respect it may be stated that it is improbable that the green will be opened on October 7th as at first expected. Mr li. Worsfold was appointed custodian. Messrs J. J. Bagnall and C. H. Burnett were elected members of the club. The apparatus arranged by Mr Barry, Superintendent of the Waihi Gold Mins ing Company, for use in the battery to do away with Ihe dust evil has turned out a great success. In place of the clouds of irritating dust which formerly rendered a walk through the battery anything bin pleasant, the atmosphere is now as fine in the battery as outside The dust ejected contains a larger per concave of bullion than even the ore it self, so that, in addition to the comfort and health of the battery hands being secured, the Company will even profit by what was formerly lost, besides obviating a serious cvil I—Thames1 — Thames Advertiser. At the half yearly meeting of shareholders in the Rongotea Co-operative Dairy Company the report and balancesheet for the period from March Ist, to August 31st, was submitted, showing that 1,869,5101bs of milk were received, from which 82.3101bs of butter were made; the average being 22glbs of milk to make lib ol butter. The average price paid per gallon was 3{r\, The cost of production was l.|d per 1b of butter. During the half year improvements were effected to the factory amounting to ±'178, notwithstanding which there was a credit balance of £93. The shareholders expressed great satisfaction with the management, and accorded a special vote of thanks to the manager and staff for their unceasing efforts to make a firstclass article at a. moderate cost. The sum of 4-20 was vote to the secretary, Mr S. Knight.

It is regrettable to learn of the illness Df Mr F. ft Jackson, the Mayor of Wan;anui. I A reward will given for a hand-bag, ! Dn return to Mr Cobbe, lost between ' Feilding and Rongotea yesterday. ; It is expected that the Banking Com- i mittee will conclude taking evidence to- ! morrow, and then start ou an almost equally arduous task of preparing the report, Ladies Alice and Augusta Boyle, accompanied by Captain Feilden, A.D.C., | leave Wellington on Saturday for Hastings, where they will be the guests of Captain Russell, at Flaxmere, iv order to be present at the Napier races. The Taicri Advocate's Wellington correspondent says the ouly impression left in the lobbies over the Hutchison-* McKenzie incident appears to be one of regret that the Minister had not time to land one on George's nose before wellintentioned parties effected a separation. On Friday next hi the Drill Hall, Mr R. S. Patterson, from Kansas, and Mr Stagpoole, of Hawera, who has had experience in hotel ruanagemeut, will give addresses. Mr Patterson will speak on ll How we carried Prohibition and how it works," and Mr Stagpoole will give some of his experiences. Both are fair speakers and a larec attendance is expected. At a prohibition meeting at Totara, near Oamarn, an objector, who is referred to by the reporter as " the notorious Bob Mitchell," said : — " Stop the importation, ami every squatter could get his supplies out from Homo labelled ' sheep dip ' ; and every shepherd could make his own. Every camp cook could make whisky in an old nail can, with a fewfeet of lead piping." The Palmerston Golf Tournament was concluded on Saturday with the following result: — For the Ladies' Open Ninehole handicap, Mrs Wilson beat Miss Bennett in the finals. Miss Stanford won the Ladies' Approach Competition, In the Men's Approach, Mr J. S. Wilson secured the first place, Mr C. H. Coote Ithe captain of Feilding Club) second. The Men's Putting was won by Dr Wilsou. Mrs C. J. Monro won the Ladies' Putting. The Men's Driviug was won by Mr L. A. Abraham. In the Ladies' Drive, Miss Wiunie Hankins secured first place. The Nine-hole Handicap Competition coucluded the programme aud was won by Mr Still. — Standard, In the football match Veterans vPlayers, to be played on the Oval tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 8 o'clock the following teams will do battle for their respective sides : — Veterans — Prycc- Jones, C. Bray, G. Saywell, O. C. Cooper, W. Smith, W. Gieson, M. Belfifc, S. Strachan, H, P. Lance, Davidson, J. Beltit, Booth, Dickson, R. Whisker, G. Shannon, Barker, Hunter, and G. Foster. The Players will he represented by— Full back, Moore ; three-quarters, P. P. and H. W. Giesen, J. Robinson ; five eighth, Jack ; half, W. Shannon ; wing forwards. Stuart and McDonnell ; forwards, Whisker (2). Parkes, Matravers, Aitken, Johnston and W. Smith. In the event of any player selected not putting in an appearance, emergencies will be selected on the ground. A good game may be expected as the Veterans are confident of securing a victory.