Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 179, 1 February 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

(There will bo mass in St. Bridget's on •n day at 11 a.m. Mr Somes, Spiers Freeman, of As\iurst. advertises for sale 770 acres, grass 1 ed, all rich alluvial soil divided into pad docks. The terms &m remarkably liberal. See advertisement. On Saturday last the Mauawttt/a and , Oroua Polo Clubs tried conclusion at Foxton. Oroua defeated the senior team by t« o goals to nil, and the second was also d. feated by two goals to nil. At the Bui s S.M. Court on Friday Robert Bryau, licensee of the Rangitikei Hotel, Bulls, was fined £'10 and costs and his license endorsed, for permitting unlawful games to be played on the pre mises. Notice is given by Mr John Notmaet, i D.0.A., Wanganui, that a meeting of ! tbe creditors of William Hammond and Heritart Vernon Hammond will be held I id the Court House, Marton, of Tuesday the 9tb instant. The Wellington- WaHrarapa railway wes opened to Pabiatua to><Jay fojr the carriage of goods. The station is ,abou,ti two miles from the township. Passengers will be carried about tbe end of March. In an interview, W r eiss (who toured the colony some cix fl*o»£hs back) said ib.3 best players he met io N&w Zealand were Chavannes, of Wanganui, &aS- Muir, of lavercargill. Two Maoris, CarroJJ and PrawL, he said, were a cut above the ordinary jjalayers. It is alleged by Phillips, the Melbourne murderer, tliat though .kis embezzlement only amounted to ill, fk&dy demanded £ 20 from him. and hence ' the t ncarrel which led to the. murder. Phillips confession of caurder was made at the earnest request of his father, who urged him to tell tvs solicitor everything.

The favorite song in bowling circles in Wanganui just. now is — "Take that Banner." Mr C. Wickbam advertises today that he is prepared to undertake gardsning, rough carpentering or other han- i iiwork. A prohibited person was fined .£1 and £1 6s costs at Wanganui for entering Aramoho Hotel and asking for a glass of beer. A young man named Charles Groombridge, 22 years of age, was drowned in bhe Wanganui river yesterday morning through a canoe capsizing. Mr A. R. Cox invites tenders for the erection of a nine roomed residence. Specifications may be seen at Mr Giesen's office, Feilding, or Mr R. E. Beckett's Marton. A lady advertises for sale one baboon, three tabby cats, and a parrot. She states that, being now married, she has no farther use for them, for the reason that their amiable qualities are all combined in her husband. Messrs Cornish Bros, have opened a branch of their business at Apiti, -where they are selling the stock of silk and drapery goods of an Assyrian, which was confiscated by H.M. Customs. They also advertise, in our wanted column, that they have received in their Feilding establishment a large assortment of the very best fresh fruits of all descriptions. At Foxton on Saturday before Mr Stanford, S.M. the bookmaker McColl, was charged with wilful trespass on the Foxton racecourse on January 23rd, and fined £10 and costs, including all witnesses expenses. The evidence showed accused was carrying on bookmakinsj on a very large scale, and this was borne out by his books, which were produced. Constable Giliespie prosecuted, and Mr Hogg, of Wanganui appeared for accused. — Standard. The following team has been selected by the Wanganui A.A. and C. Club to compete in the events at the Athletic Championship MeetiDg in Auckland next month :- A. Good, long jump ; A. N. Norton, 100 and 250 flat; F. Beamish, 100 and 880 ; A. Holder, 100, 250, 440, 120 hurdles and 410 hurdles ; G. Holder, 100, 250, and 440 ; H. L. Kingsley, pole jump and high jump ; F. A. Piper, putting 161 b weight and throwing the hammer. Some strong remarks were called forth from Mr Wardell, S.M,, by a maintenance case iv the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Friday. "It seems to bo the custom now." said his Worship, " for I youns men and girls to so about together aud behave improperly, taking the chances of anything coming of it. The number of orders for the maintenance of illegitimate children applied for is very lar< T e, aud not at all creditable to the eitv, I canuot help commenting on this fact" From the annual sheep returns just to hand we uotice th^fc there wasatSOih April last the following number of sheep in the Counties mentioned :— Rangitikei, 407,787, a decrease ©f 10,589 ; Oroua, 395,035, increase K-1.1B8: Kiwitea, 20G.:-566, increase 05,281 ; Pohangina, 72,994, increase X.718; Mauawatu, 214.010, decrease l J05 ; Horowhenna, 1G2,W)4, increase 11,372, The total number of sheep in the Colony at April 30th was 19,138,493, a decrease for the year of 688,111. An enterprising firm iv New York is sending waggons through tho country, and offering to put up round or tub silos for farmers. The following description of this silo is givcu by the Farmers' Review :— " The silo is built of pine, about 2in thick, grooved or matched. On the ends of the staves, where more than oue length is required for the height of the a'An, a piece of iron is used by sawing into the eu<J of each piece. They use heavy iron liGOps a#d screws that ma}' be tightened as requited. Coal tar is used in putting it together, and it is covered with a metal roof." A silo 12ft ip diameter and 20ft in height is put up for 72 dollars. The reports of these tub silos are highjy favourable, aud they are said to last a longtime,— Australasian. The latest novelty is a nailless horse shoe. luste ad of the nails being driven into the hoof which so often leads to " pricking" and Jameuess — the shoe is fixed to the outside of the hoof by means of little clips. These clips have small teeth, which are driven into the side of the hoof. By an ingenious wedgo arrangement, as the wear of the shoe goes on the more aud more secure it becomes on the hoof. Further, in shoeing a horse the village forge need not be called into ■ service. You can shoe your animal in a ! desert; at home your handy man can j manage the business without trouble. Though new to the public generally, the invention has been tested fry experts. Several horse-keeping firms in jEcglan.d have tested the nailless shoe, and the authorities of a German army corps have had it on trial fora year, and now make jt an item in their stores. Reports from New South Wales state ■ that the K raiQ y* e ! d though light, is better than was anticipated, and it is eetimated that eight million hoghejs will be harvested. The reports of South Australia and Victoria are of a similar character, and it is believed that both colonies in the aggregate will yield sufficient for their own wants and for seed as well. Reports from Queensland i are encouraging, so far, at least, as the prospects of a medium crop are concerned. £a regards our own colony it is impossible to writp with any degree of ! certainty. The phe^nomei+al drought told severely in some district's. The reapers and binders are at work, cubing wheat aud oats. Some fe^ <crops of wheat will be a good yield, aod an exceptionally good sample, but in general the yield will be light, and it is feared that the grass will be a light sample.— Southern ' exchange. On tlte subject of the prevalanco of prime the Wa^anui Herald says :- It is uot only the .faulty education of school ' iiie which is to blame, but tha laxity of home discipline also — the lqs.3 ot' that moral tone iv the household yyhjch, in contradistinction to crime, has heeu the incaus of bringing forward so prominent Iy men and women in public, political, ord social life, and of whom we have every ttason to be justly proud. If, we contend, paruuiji and guardians would sink the following of iade qr the ventilation of some particular doctraue, sitfctiyg hours from home,' and 'turned fciifcir attention to their own fireside with its ciiHrm aaa peaceful influence, then, instead ot the few wb,o jjiofl? derive such inestimable benefits to be i^par^ed b.y father or mother, fcberff would spring ,up & race whose instincts for yt*a4 w^uld be paramount, aud whose moral tutitffes would ha«a the effect of dwarfing if not eradicating the germs of crime. The recent rains, s?ii£eh have been much heavier alone the rang** fciiafl in thp immediate neighborhood of Feiidi&g caused floods in the Manawatu, Pohan gina, Oroua and Rangitikei rivers on Saturday .and yesterday. The Oroua river was higtie^ on Saturday night than it has ever been kqown, iiud it was feared the bridge known, as Ivjfen;des on the Feilding-Asburst road would T?,e aged. At about 10 o'clock yestetda'y morning the carcase of a horse, with a saddle and bridle on, was seen floating do we tfch.e irisrpr at Aorangi by Mr Jas. Campion's boy^, .b.ut E\e have not heard ! who tha owner is or b,p.w j.b £ot into the river. It ww reported the temp.orsfjr bridge across the tfclHg^kei river a£ Bulls, which was being used while tfae bridge proper is being repaired, has been y/Aghed away and consequently all traf-.■fifl,-ex«egtijiig -foot passengers, is sus-

Mr Jas. Wood has received instructions to cell by auction a quantity of store goods, etc., enumerated in the advertisement, on Thursday next, February 4th, on behalf of Mr A. N. McMeikan, who is giving up business. We understand that Mr Joseph Dar ragh of tbis town will take over the storekeeping and bakery business at Apiti conducted by Mr A. N. McMeikan on Friday next. Mr Darragh has been doing a large business in Apiti for sometime past. Tbis store will be conducted as a branch store in connection with Feilding, and will be a convenience to Mr Darragh's customers. Mr J. F. Donnelly, who recently purchased Mr T. A. Howell's bairdressing saloon, has had the whole of the premises reuovated and improved. To keep pace with a growing trade Mr Donnelly has engaged Mr G. White, au experienced hairdresser who is well known in Fpikl ing. It will bo seen on reference to the advertisement that Mr Donnelly has reduced the price for cutting hair. Every person who has had anything to do with the S.M. Courts in tbis district siuce the adveut of Mr Stanford, will regret very much to learn that it is proposed to remove that gentleman to New Pl3 - mouth. [t seems a pity that just after 31 r Stanford had created a new home for his family in Palmerston North he should be compelled to break it up and bc»iu the work all over again. We hope and trust that tho Minister of Justice will see fit to alter his decision and allow Mr Stanford to remain in charge of his present district for another period.