Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 232, 3 April 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

A boy named .Taints Campbell had an arm broken while playing football at Awahuri ou Thursday. Staff Captain Edwards will hold fare well services in the: Salvation Army barracks ou Thursday evening next. Mr Herbert R. S. Taylor, dentist, of Wangaaui, inserts a business notice over leader today. Alterations and additions arc n ado to day to Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmerstou sale. Extensive entries are published to^ day for Messrs Gorton and Son'-s next Feilding stock sale, to be held on Oth of April. The Huutervillc folk are making the arrangements for the establishment cf a cottage hospital in their thriving town. Tenders are invited by the Superintendent of electric lines, Mr J. Logan, for the supply and delivery of telegraph arms. At a committee meeting of the Feilding Debating Society last evening it was decided to hold the annual meeting ou Tuesday, April 18. The manager of the Pvangitikei Sawmillers Association, Limited, Mr W. G. Haybittle, inserts a business notice today. At the Wellington Land Board meeting the Commissioner reported that the result of the sales of timber in the Eke tahuua Block had atnonuted to L 7115 12s. " Young man, what right have you to kiss my daughter on short acquaintance? " "What proof, sir, have you that I have done any such thing?" " No positive proof, young man, but that hair j pia in your moustache is strong circumstantial evidence." The returns of causes for insanity in England show that in every 100 cases twenty-four are hereditary, twenty four may be attributed to drink, twelve to business and money troubles, eleven to loss of friends, ten to sickness, and 11 to various causes. "Just thirty three years ago to-day," said the old soldier, " the top of my head was grazed by a bullet." "There isn't ' mnch grazing there bow, is there grand pa," was the comment of the youngest grandchild, and as the old gentleman rubbed bis bare poll he bad to admit the correctness of the assertion. The cyclist who rides a well-made bicycle knows how essential it is to have it fitted with the best tyres, and therefore he uses Dunlops. All the League ! championships held up to the present j date have been won on Dunlop tyres, as ' well as all the amateur championships, with the exception of the half-mile. It has been reported that on Thursday last when Messrs Murray (of Wanganui) and Burgess were crossing the Makohine a tributary to tbo Eaugitikei river, the horse and trap were swept away by the current. The occupants saved themselves by clinging to the branches of trees overhanging the stream. Nothing has since been seen of the horse, vehicle or its contents. Services will be held in the Wesleyan Church to-morrow at the usual hours. Mr H. Sauson, of Rougotea, will officiate at tl>e morning service and in the even ing the liev W. Keall will conduct a farewell service. Mr Keall will leave this district in a few days for Blenheim to which town he has been appointed as superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist circuit. The result of the trial trip of the new British cruiser Terrible arc such (writes an American journal) as to put the naval shipbuilders of all important maritime countries on their mettle. The Terrible, on her official run over a 23 mile course, showed an average of 23.^ knots an hour When it is considered that the cruiser has 14,000 tons' displacement, the showing becomes remarkable, and serve to push that new creation of the British dockyards iv advance of any rival which has so far appeared upon the sea 3. Thus the Christcharch Press ;—Applicants for Government sections must uot possess too much money or too little. Iv fact, it would seem that a happy medium is required, the Land Boards being the judges. At the examination some surprises are experienced. On one occasion a man who evidently belonged to the labouring class, astonished the examiners by announcing that he possessed £1500 cash, aucl on another an individual, untidily dressed, and very negligent as to appearances, smilingly answered that he thought he had -PIOOO secured, and believed he had .£IOOO in the Bank, but if they would allow him I time he would make sure. He was al» lowed plenty of time. On Thursday evening at about five o'clock a boy named Stanley Jacobs, the ei«ht-year old son uf Mr Henry Jacobs, settler, of the Feilding-Ashurst road, was drowned in a gravel pit. The deceased witb several other children left the Hiwinui school for home, the former leaving the latter for the purpose of going to a gravel pit it is believed to wash some ink off his face, wheu he fell in. The accident was not observed by jfcbo other children, who were a few chains away, but their attention was drawn by a scream from the unfortunate bo}\ When they ran to the pit nothing could be seen but the child's hat floating on the water. Information was sent to a son of Mr J. L/., Pill's, who recovered the body, but not Jsefp^e the child was drowned. An inquest was held at noon o-day before Mr W. A. L. Bailey, J.P, ; ; n the absence of the coroner. The fan- j ral will i „ye the residence of deceas- , d'B pare i s for the Feilding cemetery p t one o'ebe k to'Biojxow afternoon. 1

The telegraph wires were working >adly today, causing some delay to iress messages. On Saturday next Mr Charles Carr vill sell the privileges of the Feilding Fockey Club for the autumn meeting. r or other particulars see the advertise- op nent. be Mr Johu Cobbe has just received per i.s. Ruabiue a large and varied assort "' nent of plain and fancy dresses, mantes, hats, ribbons, velveteens, corsets oc md umbrellas. „ th There was a large attendance at the Volunteer Hall last evening to listen to f 0 Sly C. H. Hinman's lecture on Palestine ar ihe lecturer being listened to attentively a , md his instructive address was much ippreciated. Ac The committee of the Canterbury ct Fruitgrowers' Association have drafted i bill providing that it is an offence to bring apples infected with the codlin K motliintoan uniufected district or to G sxpose any infected apples for sale thereiu. a: Mr J. F. Donnelly's haircircs.sing salaon aud billiard room were formally opened last evening, when a number of his friends aud patrons spent a jovial evening. A piano having been hired for the occasion a number of songs were tiiveu, „ At the mectiug of the Land Board the . Commissioner of Crown Lands intimated ci that out of 1400 selectors in arrears with ) : their payments at the last meeting of ' the Board, 650 had paid some £itioo, 0l while 800 had not paid at all. The so- w lections of those whose payments were "' doubly in arrears were forfeited. c . Mr J. T. Follass, the new proprietor a( of the Bunuythorpc Hotel ami formerly (U: of Wellington, has not taken po.-sep.siou. j| It is Mr Follass' intention to make the Hotel a popular resort for residents of Feilding aud Palmerston and with that object he is inakiug various arrange- j ; meuls which will be duly announced. a