Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 231, 2 April 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

An advertiser wants a situation as a housekeeper. Apply by letter only to _ " R," care Star office. • N The following are the vital statistics for Palmerstou N. for March:— Births 22, c ; marriages 7, deaths 0. t< The Rev W. Morley will conduct har- * vest festival services in the Birmingham *< Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening. A splendid stock of Mosgiel blankets F have just come to hand at the New t< Zealand Cothing Factory, n We have to thank the traffic manager of the railways, Wanganui, for a copy of the time table for the current month. j A replace advertisement appears today concerning the ever popular Tiger brand of teas of which Messrs Bramwell J Bros, are the sub agents for Feilding. The Hawera Post says :— On dit tb.it t Mr G ilia ess, M.H.R-, for Grey, who has t been Chairman of Committees of the v House, and many times acting Speaker j for several sessions past, will be appoin- a ted Attorney. General when Parliament • meets. The Rev, D. G. O'Connor, Catholic priest, died at Rangiora yesterday morn P ing. He had been in ill-health for some * months. Deceased was o9 years cf age, jj and had been in the colony for 15 years. ' for 10 of which ho has been iv charge of I Rangiora. I Messrs Spence and Spence have just t received a largo delivery of Colonial s blankets, flannels and rugs, direct from t the mills. They have also imported c direct an extensive assortment of Eng lish blankets and rugs and an immense lot of liauuclettes. j A gentleman who was intruding in ; that part of the New Plymouth S.M. j Court set apart for professional men the other day threatened to report Mr Stan- 1 ford to Judge Kettle if ho was ordered i out. fie was not only ordered out, but , escorted to the door by the bailiff. , Mr T. J. St. Lanronco Toner adver ] tiscs to day that he if. now prepared to receive pupils tor siogiuj.'. Mr Toner is au accomplished musician, having had the benefit of being a pupil of some of the best masters iv the world. For other particulars application may be matte by letter addressed to the care of the Star office. Mr S. AVcstou, of Iluntervillo, has received intelligence of the death of hi:s sou, Mr K. WestoD, at Bcira, South Africa. He had joined the Mounted Police, and was on iiis way to Fort Salisbury, hut was attacked by fever and died in the hospital at Beira. Ho was; 26 years of ago. The well known firm of Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., \Volliu;;tou, notify that they will hold fortnightiy sales of wool, skins and hides. The firm will give special attention to classilicatiou, and from its extended business e.xpcrU eucc, clients may rely on getting their produce placed on the market to the best advantage. The Manchester Rilles paraded for Government inspection last m»ht. Capt. Kirton, Lieut Barltroj), and a good number of uoucoLnmissioued ofMeer.s aud roan weie present, Owing to the absence of Colonel Ncwall the presentation of a long service uiedal to Lieut Barltrop did uot take place. Five candidates to join as naemboi's wore nominated and they will Lo ballotted for at the meeting on Thursday next. Of the 118 teachers in charge of the schools under the Wellington Kilucatiou Board (55 are male and 5o female ; there arc 29 male and 51 female assistants, 22 male and 1 14 female pupil teachers, and )0 .sowing teachers. The attendance of pupils during the year has increased from 13.018 to 1;5,541, with an average of 11,202 against 10,730 for last year. Of the children at the schools at the end of the year 101 were Maoris, 16 half castes living native fashion, and 50 half-castes living in European fashion. At a meeting of directors of the Feilding Starr - Bowkett Building Society, held on Wednesday last, an appropriation of £100 was fixed for Wednesday, 21st inst. Shareholders will receive due notice from the secretary. As this will be the lirst appropriation by tender, it will be interesting to see what amount it will realise. Any persons wishing to take advantage of this opportunity of tendering for the appropriation can do .so by joining the Society not later than the 10th inst. The annual general meeting will be held at the same time as the appropriation. Another of the Young Men and Boys Club concerts was given last night in the gymnasium room, when the followiug programme was gone through : — Clarionet solo with piano accompaniment, Mr Scott and Miss Valentine ; songs. Miss Chamberlain, Mrs Hill, Mr J. Bartholomew, Mr Thompson ; duets, Messrs Butler and Greenwood, and F. Thompson and Williamson, and Mrs 5 Macarthur and Mr Greenwood ; song and violin obligate), Mrs Macarathur and Miss L. Macarthur ; violin soloa, Miss Hill and Mrs James ; Clarionet solo, Mr Brunette. Mrs James played the accompaniments in her usual manner. An application has been made to the Supreme Court by Messrs Hall Bros., solicitors, luvercargill, acting on behalf of several coutributorics to the J. G. Ward Farmers Association of New Zealand. Limited, for the examination of the Hon J. G. Ward (lately chairman of directors of the company), Mr Robert Albert Anderson (lately secretary of the coinpauyi, Mr J. Ewart Hannah (lately auditor of the company), Mr William Wats >v (President of the Bank of New Zealand), and Mr George Atkinson Birch (lately manager of the Colonial Brink ,;,t InvercarKill). The application will be heard at the Supreme Court in Dunedin on Friday, Latimer Ridley Jones, 36, owner of the Eskd.alo Stud farm, at Scalby, near Scarborough, was arrested iv January last on an extradition warrant charging him with having committed forgery in New York fight years ago. Jones, who since Ins residence in Yorkshire has maintained considerable style, was well known in the neighbourhood for a special breed of American horses. A large crowd assembled at the station to wit ness his departure to London in charge of the police. The charge of forgery is said to i?;yolve a sum of no less than 20,0001., the victim being a Jewish money lender in New York. Jones was arrested when out driving with his wife in a smart sledge, drawn by a pair of American horses. A quiet but pretty wedding (says the Mariborougu Express) was solemnised by the Rev Thomas Fee at the Wesley C '■ inrch. Blenheim, on Thursday, March 2 -P.ii, the contracting parties being Miss ftt-hi-1 Maud Chuck, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Chuck, and Mr Ben iainiu Arthur Miller, formerly of Manchester, England, but now of Apiti. The church had b';cn tastefully decorated for the occasion. The young lady is well known in Blenheim and was connected with the Wesley Church and [ Sunday school from her earliest childj hood. The church was well tilled with | the bride's friends. The week previous to the wedding a well attended meeting of the young Women's Biblo Class in connection with the Wesley Church was held to present Miss Chuck with an album suitably engrossed on the occaj sioa .of her approaching marriage. The J chairmac, 2,1 r VY. Jordan and many of i tuo members a-uffi friends bore testimony to tbo sterling <juaiitieu of J^iss Chuck, and how by her straightforward "ac/J. consistent membership ebe had endeared ' liersolf to all tUe cU^»

There was a fair demand for stock at Ir Carr's Feilding sale today. Captain Edwin wired at noon to day : -Indications for strong S. to E. and f,E. winds, glass rise. The Wellington Acclimatisation Soiety propose to urge the Government 3 adopt means of destroying stoats and 'easels in districts not infested by the abbits. The Liverpool, London and Globe 'ire Insurance Company has paid over a Mr J. G-. Mitchell the insurance aoney on the Rangiwahia Hotel, which t-as recently destroyed by lire. Mr Mithell is proceeding with the necessary rrangements for the re-erection of the iotel with as little delay as possible. Vcstcrday afternoon Mr H. Davidson ras the recipient of a dinner service rom his fellow employees at the local .ranch of the United Farmers Co-opera-ive Association. Mr H. W. Davy made he presentation in a neat speech, to diich Mr Davidson suitably replied. Mr )avidson leaves for Kaikoura to-day ,nd when be returns will be accompaued by his bride. Mr H. Dickiu, chairman of thePohan;ina County Council, and Messrs G. S. iuiuble and E. Gallichan, waited on the ncmbor for Palmerston 3'osterday in reoreucc to the proposal to construct a jridgc over the Pohangina River near iVarue's Sawmill. They gave Mr Pirani i petition largely signed on both sides of he ranges urging the necessity of the York. Mr Pirani promised to do bis best ;o impress the importance of the matter 3U the Ministry. — Standard. 3lr J. F. Donnelly, hairdresser and ;obacconißt, who has just removed to ;he premises formerly occupied by him n Fergussou strret, next to the Empire Hotel, has effected considerable improvements to them. The saloon and billiard-room will be formally opened this evening with a free smoke night, when Mr Donnelly extends a free invitation to everyone imcl hopes to see all !:i^ old friendy. The hairdressing saloon is iitted with every convenience for the carrying ou of an extensive business, while the tobacconist's department has received some attention and is replete with a full stock of all the requirements of the trade The billiardrooin, which is provided with a first class table, is under the charge of a competent marker.