Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 16 December 1896, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next. There will be mass in St. Bridget's next Sunday morning at 8 o'clock. Revenge, at first thought sweet, bitter ere long back on itself recoils. — Paradise Lost. Entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Awahuri stock sale, are advertis ed to-day. Alterations and additions are made to-day to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmerston North sale. Members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded that the corps will be inspected by Lieut. -Colonel Newall to-morrow evening. Mark Twain calls the other side 11 restful Anstralia, where, when it is not a holiday, and yon have nothing else to do, there is always a horserace to go to." Mr James Scott, jeweller, has just received a consignment of gold, silver and plated ware of the most excellent quality and beauty of design ever introduced into Feilding. It may not be generally known that Mr J. O'Meara, who successfully contested the Fahiatua seat at the general election, was at one time stationmaster at Outram. — Taieri Advocate. The meeting at Taonui in connection with the opening of Wesleyan Church promises to be largely attended. Among tbe speakers are Revs Harrison, of Feilding, and QuiotteU, Messes Geo Grant, J. Dixon, and others. The Manawatu Times reports that tbe residents of Palmerston find themselves so short of water that restrictions are laid on its use, and penalties are threatened for waste of the fluid. Our contemporary conjectures some defect exists in the works connected with the supply. The Basting's Standard says it is probable that a Court case will be the outcome of the recent H.B. election, in which a lady will be the interested party. The charge is that of impersonation, which carries with it a maximum penalty of two year's imprisonment. A Sydney parson, the Rev. E. Tremayne Danstan. on ' Social Bubbles ' : — " Another fallacy was : 'Be content where Providence has placed you.' It was easy for the sqnire or parson to be content when each had a good income, but what of the labouring man with bis 8s a week to support a family upon ?" The strawberry industry is making rapid strides in tbe Waimate district (says the Waikato Times). On Tnesday Mr T. S. Hardy sent away a ton of tbe frnit direct to Wellington, where it will probably realise from 6d to Is per lb. Fully 100 lads are employed at strawberry pickiug in the Waimate district at the present titne A follower of Te Kooti, in the person of a Maori woman, when taking the oath in a case at tbe Magistrate's Court on Friday, refused to kiss the Bible, because, as she said, it was her God. She placed the Bible on her forehead, which form of oath was accepted by the Magistrate. — Wanganui Herald. Mr Isaac Brent, of the Central Furnishing Warehouse, Feilding, is still to the fore with a well-selected stock of linoleums, wool mats, and a special line of Austrian chairs, which he is offering at prices which defy competition. An inspection of Mr Brent's extensive stock is invited. Mr Brent's new advertisement appears in another columnIt seems doubtful whether the people of New Zealand bave put a single penny into the half million loan which has been locally raised. The Government refuse to disclose the names of the ten tenderers who have absorbed it, and we presume there is some reason for such a refusal. Had tbe people of the Colony ttii£te(l the Government by sending in tenders for small sums it would have been a feather i# the cap of the administration, but apparently no one in the whole crowd is prepared to touch a Gov ernment loan. Tho mystery of the new loan will probably have to stand over until Parliament meets and demand j an explauitiov.—Wttirarupa Times.

Section 491 has been submitted by Mr Cruebridge as a site for the gasworks. The Mayor elect, Mr W. A. L. Bailey, was installed today in the Municipal Chambers. Our Cheltenham readers are reminded >f the concert to be given in the Hall ibis evening. Mr Thomas A. Bryce has for sale 27 acres of crested dogstail, in our wanted solumn. The next English and European mail, via' Frisco, cloees at Feilding next j Wednesday. | An elopement has just occurred from Masterton, says the Star, a married wo- j man -with a iamily having gone on a i holiday with a friend and neglected to leave her address. It is rumoured that an investigation into serious charges made against a male teacher in the northern portion of tbe Wanganui Education districtis proceeding before the local committee. — Standard. " Nothing succeeds like success " is as true a saying as any. That a quarter of the sheep in the world are dipped in Cooper's Dip proves it one of the j most etticacions and successful preparations extant. A meeting of shareholders (third issue) of the Longburn Slaughtering and Freez ing Oouipunv, (Liiuiied) will bo held in the Assembly Kooms, Feiiding, on Mouday next at 2.30 p.m. Business im* portant. The absence of rain during the past few weeks lias caused the Wauganai River to run very low, and it is doubtful whether the steamers will be abie to continue running between there and Pipiriki much longer without the rain swells the volume of water in the river shortly. The statement of accounts presented at tbo Education Board yesterday showed : Gcueral account, credit j£8392 8s Hd ; building account, credit ±'2<J;> 7s Bd, with balance of grant 11800. The liabilities were £1700, leaving a credit of i.394 7s Bd. The Technical School showed a debt of £200 14s. Specimens of new 1896 farthings are now iv circulation, and the coin so much resembles a Jialf sovereign that shopkeepers who receive any number of half sovereigns at one time should be careful to see that they are not imposed upon. The difference in the coins can be determined at a .second glance if it is bortie iv uiind tbat the farthiug is a tvitio larger, Its 1 * iv weight, with an uumillcd edge, and has the word v farth ing" in large letters ou one side -Post. A society has just been organised in New Yoik'with the view of effecting reform in marriage relationship. Here is an extract from the Society's constitution : — " We each solemnly pledge ourselves not to enter iuto any matrimonial alliance with any person whose family is subject to such hereditary diseases as consumption, insanity, or tbe appetite for strong drink, knowing that each iv dividual is responsible for the physical perfection of hundreds yet unborn." The lunch of the Emperor of Russia at Oxford was prepared in London, and scut on early in the morning, with a staff of fifty waiters, all trustworthy men and known to the contractor for years. This was stipulated in the agreement. The luncheon party was divided into four, according to rank, and accommodated in four of tbe waiting rooms. The cost of the luncb, which, and all railway expenses, will be borne by the Queen, was £115. The cigars supplied were £15 per hundred. At the meeting of the Wanganui Board of College Governors, Messrs Carson (chairman), Sanson, Baker, Fry, Lethbridge and Fred Pirani were present. A report on the 2000 acre reserve up the Wangaebu river, leased by Mrs McDonald, suggested that the Board vote £100 towards the cost of clearing tbe manuka on the land. It was decided to comply with the suggestion, if no legal difficulty interposed. Arrangements were made for forwarding the prizes, and other rou* tine matters, and the Board adjourned.