Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 92, 15 October 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

Entries for Messrs Gorton and Son's I "Waitana sale are advertised to-day. Additions are made to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmerston sale. Train arrangements for tbe Wanganui races will be advertised on Saturday next. Captain Edwin wired at noon to-day : — Strong north to west and south-west winds and glass falling. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Oddfellows' Lodge takes place on Friday eyening, at 7.30. The Palmerston Cricket Club has been registered under the Unclassified Societies Registration Act. In our report of tbe Wesleyan Church tea Mrs J. S. Milson's name as having assisted with a table, was inadvertent^ ly omitted. One hundred and fifty acres of land at Mount Taylor have been purchased from Mr F. Y. Lethbridge by Mr John Gould at a satisfactory figure. The Rev. G. P. Davys will hold services next Sunday at St. Michael's, Stanway, at 11 a.m. ; St. Agnes', Kiwitea, at 3 p.m. ; and Birmingham, at 7 I p m. The bankruptcy of R. C. Templer, of Cheltenham, dairy farmer, is announced. A meeting of creditors will be held in the Feilding Courthouse on the 22nd instant. Mr Walter Rutherford, of Palmerston North, as agent for the Official Assignee, gives notice that a first and final dividend in the estate of William Goodman is now payable. For other particulars see advertisement. A number of Mr W. Reid's sheep having been worried by dogs, he has decided to sboot any dogs found on his property and to prosecute any persons found irespassing on the said property at Makino without respect of persons. As it will not be long before the writs are issued for the general election it behoves everyone who is entitled to exercise tbe franchise to have their votes registered before it is too late. Forms can be obtained at the Star office. A gum digger at Taipaki banged himself in a wbare. It was stated in the evidence that be bad lost the money at the Auckland races which was sent by his mother to take him to England. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned. The proprietor of the Cafe and Private Hotel, Lambton Quay, Mr G. Bodley, notifies to-day that first class accommodation may be had at his premises, which are provided with every comfort for travellers at exceedingly moderate rates. 1 Any fool can be a member for Parliament.' So said Mr Greville in Masterton on Tuesday night. It was Josh Billings we think, who once prayed, 'God save the fools, dont let them run short, only for them, wise men would not make a living.— Wairarapa Star. The dates of the wool sales to be held io 'Wellington by Messrs Murray Roberts i and Co., during the coming season, are advertised to day. Wool will be ex- J bibited in tbe Harbor Board's new Wool j Stores, specially erected for that purpose. The firm makes advances on wool either ' for sale in Wellington or shipment to London. The hands at the Napier breakwater intend holding a public meeting on Friday to enlist sympathy with them in their trouble over the strike. It is stated that the strikers are taking steps to induce men to refrain from accepting the work. jA wire received from Napier last night states that the strike has ended, the contractors conceding the 8s per day asked for.J The British frigate, De Brook, lost in a storm off Lewes, in the United States, in 1798, is stated to have had on board no less than .£10,400,000 worth of specie and jewels, taken from an intercepted Spanish ship while on her voyage to Halifax, and with it were also taken 200 prisoners. Tbe latter were in irens on the lower decks when the vessel foundered, and all were lost. Mr Wilson, who is one of the most popular members on the Opposition side of the House, leaves for Scotland after the general election, and will be absent from the colony for some months. Mr Wilson was today presented with a silver tea kettle and spirit stand bearing the following inscription : —" J. G. Wilson, M H.R., from friends in Parliament on bis temporary retirement from politics, 1896."— H.8. Herald. There is an idea abroad that bicycles, anto-motor cars and other things of that sort, will do away with the usefulness of the horse, and as a consequence breeders of that animal will have to strike out a new line. The notion is simply •' buncombe." The same dread existed in England when railways were introduced, but at tbe present time, railways and bikes notwithstanding, there are ten times more horses in use than there were fifty years ago. The people who ride bikes, would never, in ninety per cent of cases, have ventured on the purchase and keeping of a horse. Some few weeks ago the members of the Young Men and Boys' Club were treated to a splendid magic lantern entertainment by Mr Fribirg, of Colyton. The exhibition was one of the best of its kind ever given in Feilding, consisting chiefly of English and New Zealand views. Mr Friberg, who highly appreciates the efforts of the Committee to blend the educational with the recreative very kindly consented to repeat his entertainment. This will be done to-mor-row evening and it is to be hoped there will be a larger attendance of the public and members of the Club. A remarkable instance of a mother's devotion to h«*r child is reported from Colohester. It is reported that a Mrs Walker, wife of Sergeant ■ Major Walker, of th* King's Dragoon Guards, was wheeling her baby in the cavalry barracks, when the perambulator was knocked down by a restive horse ridden by a soldier. The horse continued to plunge, hut although sbe herself was much in-, j'ired Mrs Walker crawled on her hands nd knees to ber child to protect him >he bad scarcely covered the infant with ber own body wben the horse backed on to her and trampled on her. The brave woman had several ribs broken and her right lung injured, whilst her face was '•ut and bruised. She now lies in a critical state in the hospital. The child, which would certainly have been killed, escaped with only a shaking.