The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published. Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1896. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 104, 30 October 1896, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published. Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1896. Local and General News.

Flour bas advanced to £11 per ton in Wellington. Parades of the Manchester Rifles for November are adyertised to-day. Mr Charles Carr will hold a stock sale at his Feilding yards to-morrow at the usnal honr. Mr J. G. Browne will address the electors of the Rangitikei electoral district in the Assembly Rooms this evening at eight p.m, Mr W. Baker, coachbuilder and general blacksmith, wants to sell a coach in good order, new rustic trap, single buggy and second hand waggonette. The annual meeting of shareholders in tbe Feilding Building Society will be held in the Municipal Chambers at 8 p.m. this evening. The Andrews and Beaven's " Little Wonder " seed cleaner will be on trial at Messrs Barraud and Abraham's stores, Feilding, to-morrow. Mr E. T. Harrison will address a meeting of tbe ratepayers of tbe Mangaone riding on Thursday, November 5, at 2.30 in the afternoon at Mr Skerman's residence on the Zig Zag road. Two Wellington residents received cable messages yesterday stating they had drawn Charge (Carbine — Forest Queen) and Sabretache (Cuirassier - Roie), respectively in TattersaU's £1 consultation. The nominations for the offices of councillors for the various ridings within tbe Pohangina County must be in tbe hands of the returning officer, Mr W. S. Harper, not later than noon on Thursday, November sth. At Pemberton yesterday a daughter of Mr Lay was severely scalded. It appears she stood on the fender opposite tbe stove, and overbalancing herself fell forward and upset a kettle of boiling water over her face and chest with the result stated. A very good programme has been arranged for the concert to be given tonight in Glasgow House at eight o'clock. Tbe charge for admission is very low. The leading artists of the town will assist with vocal and instrumental items. There certainly ought to be a good at { tendance. A meeting of the ladies of the Church of England congregation at Colyton was ' held yesterday afternoon, when it was I decided to open the new church on Wednesday, November llth. Services will be held at 8.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. when addresses will be given by special preach ers. A substantial tea will be provided in tbe Colyton Public Hall from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Shock to a Trusting Nature.—" I am ! sorry to have to tell you, young man," said the aged clergyman, " that the sermon that you delivered this morning was • -preached by John Wesley more than a hundred years ago." "Is it possible?" exclaimed the young; divinity student, both shocked and grieved. " I — l found it in a volume of sermons published by the Bey. Pkiletus Muggins in 1825, and long since out -of print ! Whom can one trust?" Meesrs S. Luke and Co (limited), of Wellington, the well-known *ron and brassfounders and engineers, have a replace advertisement on the fourth page al to-day's issue, in which tbey call attention to the fact of their being agents for the following high-class makes of bicycles : Stadge- Whitworth, Hobart-Bird, and the Spatting. These machines bave given entire satiaftfCtion to cyclists and need no puffing from az. Messrs Luke are also prepared to -Xtdartftfc* .cycle repairs of auy description.

Attention is called to James Wood's Bale of useful goods on Saturday. The Premier and Minister of Justice went North by tbe Mail train to-day. Owing to pressure of otber matter several letters to the editor are held over until to-morrow. A man named William Henry Constable was arrested at Feilding yesterday by Constable Tuohy charged with disobeying an order of the Court at sonAn advertisement appears in another column re the lecture to be given in the Drill Hall next Wednesday, November 4th, on the Prohibition question by the Rev P. R. Monro. Full particulars in future issue. At the Wellington Exhibition Sports on Wednesday, F. Hunt (of Marton) won the half mile bicycle race from scratch in lmin 13_secs, the one mile in 2mins 33 1 sth sees, and tbe five mile in 13min 39secs, both from scratch. Miss Laura Fisher, well known in musical circles throughout the colony, and eldest daughter of Mr G. Fisher, Mayor of Wellington, was married on Wednesday at Wellington, to Mr J. M. Mathieson, of the Auckland branch of the Bank of New Zealand. The following have been selected to play for the Cheltenham Cricket Club against Colyton to-morrow : — Adkins, A. Barrow, Jas Barrow, F. Barrow, John Barrow, Burrell, Callighan, Gibson, J. Mills, Pratt, Viles ; emergencies, Fowler, Niccolls, Edge, Banks and Ellis. Play to commence at 11 o'clock. The annual dinner in connection with the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association was held in Mr J. Bett's show room on Wednesday evening, when there was an excellent attendance. The president, Mr F. Pirani, M.H.R., presided. The usual toasts were duly nonored and everything passed off very successfully. At the Palmerston A. and P. Show yesterday, the Society certificates were awarded to : ~F. Whitlock, Wanganui, collection of sauces and pickles ; G. H. Scott, Palmerston, for exhibit of bicycles, viz., " Tbe World " racer and roadster, " The Union " roadster, " White Flyer " road racer, •' Reliance " roadster, all very lightly constructed machines. Mr Joseph Belfit, jnnr., gives notice to-day that he has commenced business in Feilding as a general carrier and trusts that by strict attention to business to merit a fair share of public patronage. Mr Belfit has secured a very serviceable express, constructed by Mr W. Reader, of Feilding, and is prepared to undertake the delivery of parcels from the railway station to any part of the district, or to remove furniture. By a fire whiich originated in the back of the premises occupied by Mr J. Colville, the Square, Palmerston North, the building was partially destroyed, and Messrs Colville's aud De Luen Bros, stock were either burned or damaged by water, while Messrs J. R. Montague and W. Reid suffered a loss in the removal of goods from their premises which adjoined the burning building. Mr Colyille's stock was insured for £350 aud Messrs DeLuen Bros for £358. The building was also insured. A correspondent writes as follows: — The electric light is making progress in Wellington. The Royal Oak, the largest hotel in Wellington, which has lately had a fine range of buildings erected and is fitted up in the most modern style, will have about two hundred lights. The Royal Opera House is now being fitted up with the elecric light in all parts of the House and stage ; above 300 lamps will be required. The architect under whose instructions these two installations are being carried out is Mr WL C. Chatfield. Messrs Cederholmand Tolley, electricians, are doing the work.