The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1897. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 159, 7 January 1897, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1897. Local and General News.

The Pohangina County Council will meet on Friday the 15th iust. Additions are made to tbe entries for Mr Charles Carr's stock sale at Feilding to-morrow. The Engineer of tbe Pohangina County Council, Mr D. Sinclair invites tenders for work as detailed in the advertisement. A spark from a railway engine ignited a waggon laden with chaff at Rotorua yesterday. The fire was speedily extinguished. The codlin moth is said to be more plentiful this season in Hawke's Bay than on any previous occasion, and is playing sad havoc with the apples. At a meeting of tbe Gear Meat Com* pany a dividend of 10 per cent was declared. Some objection was taken to carrying over bo large a balance as £3810 and it was agreed tbat the dividend might be made larger, but tbe general feeling was in favor of holding a good balance in hand to meet possible risks. To nigbt in connection with the Prim, itive Methodist Conference there will be a meeting when addresses will be delivered on Christian citizenship by Rev T. H. Lyon, gambling by Rev C. E. Ward, the social problem by Rev E. Drake, youthful sins by Rev J. Clover. At the close of tbe addresses tbe Mayor and Council, and Mr Lethbridge, M.H.R., will welcome tbe Conference to the town of Feilding. Great preparations have been made during the past week for the removal sale which commences on Friday at tbe U F.C A. Judging by the enormous reductions iv all departments tbe firm seem* determined to make any sacrifice to dispose of their stock rather than remove it to the new premises which are almost ready for occupation. An inset from the firm is pnblished with today's issue. That it was a wise step on tbe part of the various local bodies in the district to throw open tbe roads during spring and enrly summer months to stock was shown by tbe lire at tbe Sash and Door Factory yesterday. The grass in the yard, though not a tithe as long or as thick as the grass would have been in tbe streets, enabled tbe fire to spread with wondrouK rapidity and greatly increased the difficulty of extinction. — Standard. Four cases closely resembling English oholera have occurred in Gisborne and the district recently^ says the Herald. On Thursday afternoon Mr J. Wallace, storeman for Messrs Williams & Kettle, was suddenly seized with violent pains, and other symptoms of the complaint, and bad to be taken home in a cab. He was attended by Dr Cola, and the next day had quite recovered. Another case 1 van that of a cab driver named MeGootnbe, wbo was taken ill while driving eotno ptraengers in bis nab, and was driven home by Mr F. Stafford. Ho is now all right. A lady risiding in Gisborne and a resident at Patutabi have also been seized with tim same complaint. In view of these facts people would do well to be very careful of their diet, avoid chills, and boil the water before driub'P£*

The Rontgen Xrays were successfully [ nsed at Auckland recently by Dr Lewis lor the location of a bullet in the palm of the hand, which two previous opera tionß had failed to discover. The Palmerston Sash and Door Factory narrowly escaped destruction by fire yesterday morning, the sawdnst and timber in the yard having caught fireIt was, however, suppressed before any serious damage was done although £100 worth of timber was destroyed. Daring the month of December, 27 es< I tates were placed in the Public Trust Office. The largest were - Benjamin Blower, Auckland, £750 ; William Henry Button, Queenstown, £500 ; John Me Whirter, Onewhero, £500 ; Robert Rose Gunn, "Western Australia, £350 ; Firth Wrigley, Tauranga, £100. Mr John Fuller's Myriorama Company, which gave a splendid entertainment in the Assembly Rooms last night, was attended by a good audience. The entertainment takes the form of an imaginary " trot round the globe." Some really beautiful views were shown by the aid of a powerful lime light machine, and an explanation of the points of interest on the route was given in turn by Miss Lydia Walters and Mr John Fuller, who each kept the audience in a state of merriment by introducing funny stories by the way. Mr Fuller is assisted by a talented concert company, and at intervals excellent songs and recitations were given, accompanied by suitable and realistic illustrations. Pressure on our space will not permit of our giving a more detailed report today. The company will pay a return visit to Feilding in about three weeks.