The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette Published Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1896. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 139, 11 December 1896, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette Published Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1896. Local and General News.

. — ♦■ There will be mass in St. Bridget's on Sunday next at 11 a.m. Mr Charles Carr wiil bold a stock sale at his Birmingham yards on Tuesday next. » On Tuesday next Messrs. Gorton and f Son will bold a stock sale at their Wai* ' l t<iua yards. Nominations for the handicap events j I at the Apiti Sports close on Friday nest i ; tbe 18th inst. , Ifc is stated tbat the Premier intends . to ask the Governor to appoint four more . Legislative Councillors. James Wood offers by auction to* ( morrow a lot of first class fancy goods. For farther particulars oee advertisement. Fill pin cushions with well dried coffee grounds, for mice or motbs will never touch them, and the needles and pins will not rust. Tb* three winning numbers in tbe Auckland Cycling Club's Act Union were 4 358. 2664, and 2317. and were held by Auckland peeple. A ir.au named Frederick Ifa&k£j* wae struck dead by lightuing while standing in? on the doorstep of his honse an Grennock, South Australia. The U.F.C.A. will bave a new and startling announcement to morrow. Today tbey have some interesting notices ia ove w49ie4 column- '

In the South Australian Legislative ouncil the proposal to abolish barmaids fter the year 1900 was defeated by 9 otes to 6. Notice is given by the honorary secreary, Mr E. F. Eagar, tbat the subscripion lists in aid of the Apiti Sports will lose on December 23rd. A Melbourne bankrupt named John I'Namara was recently able to pay his treditors in fnll as tbe result of winning k prize of £1100 in TattersaU's sweep. An Eltham farmer says that an elective check against the ravages of the inrnip fly is to mix a gilt of turpeutine with every 201 bof seed.— Hawera Star. We have to thank Mr John Prior, the ocal agent for the Liverpool and Lonlon and Globe Insurance Company, for jopy of the pictorial almanack of lhe jompany for 1897. The ram of Mr Alf. Matthews, Western Lake, which took first prize at the Wellington show, was shorn the other day, the fleece turning tho scale at 201 b. Tho fleece of the second prize ram weighed 191 b. Tbe Canterbury members will hold a prominent positiou in the new Parliament. They're all shrewd, capable business men, and will assist materially in checking the rushing through of shoddy, ill- considered legislation. An important notice to fruit growers appears in another column to-day from Mr W. Dixon, of tbe Royal Blue House, Palmerston North, drawing attention to a specially mixed Paris greeu preparation for spraying fruit trees for codlin moth. The attention of our readers is directed to Mr J. S. Milson's uew Christmas advertisement which appears on our third page. Mr Milson has just received j direct from Ward, Lock acd Co., London, a splendid assortment of prize books and bibles. In our wanted column Messrs Spence and Spence draw attention to their extensive stock of millinery and fancy drapery suitable for the Xmas holiday season. Tbo Bon Marche prices are well known to be on the most moderate scale possible. A Christchurch farmer lost his wife, and out of love for her called the estate " Gleumary." A neighbour having met with tho same affliction, aud equally de sirous of keeping before him the iwa^e of his dear departed, followed his example, and his farm is known by the name of " Glenbetsy." Owing to the difficulty of obtaining suitable side-saddles to tit ponies, it is probable the committee of the Polo Club will be unable to include the " Gretna Green " race in their sports programme. However, we learn it is possible the race may be run, in which case post entries will be received on the day of the meet ing. We have been favored with the following particulars of the returns of Ronpotea Dairy Factory for November :— 99,852 gallons of milk were received, which made 37,8631ns of butter. The amount paid to suppliers was .£1328 5s 7d. One small supplier secured £33 5s from 26 cows in October, and £'34 10s from 28 cows in November, One of the novelties at the Polo Sports next Wednesday will be the cigar and umbrella race. The conditions are as follows : -Ponies to be saddled, umbrellas to be opened, and cigar to be lighted with ordinary wax match before mounting ; umbrellas to be open all through the race, and cigar to be kept alight. Round a flag from right to left, and back to winning post. A Waverer — Village Doctor : " Well, Blundy, how did you vote after all ? " Rustic : " Well, sir. I promised the Blews, but the Yallers got over my missus, and I says ' Yes.' So, when I went to tbe bewth and they gave me my ballot paper ' Conscience for ever,' says I to myself- Goes into the box, shuts my eyes, makea a big cross, promiscous— and Lord knows how I voted." Mr W. Summers, of the Feilding aerated water, cordial aud ice manufactory, gives notice to-day that having introduced a refrigerating plant into bis factory, be is now prepared to supply ice iv large or small quantities to any part of the borough or district. As us ual he has a large stock of aerated waters and cordials on band and is prepared to promptly supply any order. It is said that the best remedy for bleeding at the nose is a vigorous motion of the jaw, as if in the act of mastication. In the case of a child, a wad of paper should be placed in its month, and the child directed to chew it hard. It is the motion of the jaw that stopa the flow of blood. This remedy is so very simple that many will feel inclined to laugh at it, but according to the Scientific American it bas never beeu known to fail in a single instance, even in severe cases.