Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 230, 1 April 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

The Borough Council will meet this evening. Additions are made to Mr Carr's sale at Feilding. Captain Edwin wired at noon to-day ; —Strong N.E. to N. and W. winds, glass fall.

Particulars of a sale of Crown Lands to be held shortly will be advertised in a Jew days.

The meeting of the Manchester Road Board has been postponed to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

The Rev. S. H. D. Perynmn will preach his farewell sermon at Rangiwahia cm Sunday next.

Mr Eade has rugs and carpets for sale at his establishment, all first class goods at very low rates.

There was a burglary last uight ai Mr Boll's store at Halcombe. No particulars are yet to hand.

At the end of the year there were 11H schools under the control of the Wellington Education Board.

The Golf season will be opened in Feilding on Saturday next, and not the 10th as previously stated.

Lieut.-Colonel Newall will inspect the Manchester Rifles this evening. Members are requested to be punctual.

As an example of the fertility of the soil at Birmingham, it is worthy of note that a vegetable marrow, grown by GAnyon, of Birmingham, turned the scales at 401bs.

Tho ruling passion strong again. When Hope was picked up after his fall irom Secrecy at the Park racing meet ing, the first words be made use of were " Well, who got Home ?"

Deposits on plumbago recently iliscov creel by some Nelson residents in the vicinity of Pakawau, in the Coliingwood district, have been analysed, aud found to contain between 50 and GO per cent of carbon.

Ministers have given instructions that steps are to be taken to acquire tho Wo burn estate near Waipukurau, consisting of 27,000 acres, from Mr Piirves Russell, under the compulsory clauses of the Land for Settlement Act.

After the murder of Mr and Mrs Jones at Petone the usual Salvation Memorial services were held. It is reported that amongst those to take an active part aud to testify to the old couple's good quali ties, was Mr Stephen Bosher.

Business competition is so keen iv a certain town not a thousand miles away from the trie station on Mount Stewart that tenders are called in midwifery cases among the medical men, and the newspapers have to " quote a price "' for advertising the results.

Mr Charles Carr held a very large sale at his Birmingham yards yesterday, this being by far the largest sale yet held at these yards. The attendance was also good. There was a very fair demand for stock of a good class and most of the lots were disposed of.

A harvest thanksgiving service will be conducted in tho Birmingham Wesleyau Church ou Sunday evening next, when the Rev. W. Morley, president of the Australasian General Conference, will preach. The church will be suitably decorated for the occasion.

The proprietors of " The Austral Cycle Agency, Limited," insert a notice to-day concerning the ' Singer ' and ' Triumph ' cycles, English make. They want good agents, men with plenty of push, aud oiler good terms as regards advertisement and terms. The depots of the company are at Christchurch and Dunedin.

At a committee meeting of tho Feild' iu>4 Jockey Club last cveuiug Mr Good behtre was appointed to represent the Feilding Jockey Club at the Racing Club's Conference. It was decided to again prevent bookmakers from going on the course. Messrs Saywell and James' starting machine will be used at the meeting.

The following is given as a cure for drunU.euu.ess : - Make a drink of ground quassia, half an ounce steeped in a pint of vinegar, and put a small teaspoonful of it in a little water, and drink it every time the liquor thirst is present. This remedy is said to have been used with good results. It is also death on microbes, -md makes a useful insecticide wash for dogs.

In om* advertising columns to-day Messrs Gorton and Son notify they have received instructions from the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Wellington, to sell, at their Auction Rooms, Feilding, on Friday 6th instant, a block of land eodtainin? 64hc 'Jrs 2ps, being parts of suburban sections Nos. 185, and 186 on the map of Feildinß. For other particulars see advertisement.

A rascally outrage was perpetrated on the Rev Mr Randerson, of Makotutu, on

Sunday evening at Norsewood while service was being conducted in the Wesleyan Church. Some person or persons unknown almost cut the traces and reins through, and as these damages were not discovered until the owner had sorted ou his return journey to Mako iiku. tLu act might have been respon- !>.<• for a serious accident. — Bush Advocate. Mr Ellory Gilbert, pianoforte tuner and importer, of the Aramoho Piano Depot, will visit Feilding district on the sth of April, and will be staying at the Deubi»h Hotel for some weeks. Persons requinug a good, reliable, piano or organ would do well to interview Mr Gilbert, who will give them every information. Pianos from 20s per month, and tuned free of charge for 12 months. Orders for tuning left with Mr Carthew, stationer, will receive prompt attention.

A very teee watch is kept by the ' London sanitary authorities upon all imported produce of an pdibla character with the view of detecting any aSult.era-: tion, impurity, or deficiency in quality. It is satisfactory to see that during the past year colonial produce has passed triumuhantly, or brilliantly, through this otaeai. During last year three different samples a£ butter from New Zealand came under the purview of Dr Sedgewick, the public analyst io£. the City of London, and were pronounced by him to be absolutely pure, and in evcty respecb of satisfactory quality. This has open mentioned in various London papers, aji-i chould prove a distiuet aid to the popularity of the New Zealand product.