Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 236, 8 April 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

_^ Mr G. P. Church has sold his farm at Dirmingham to Mr W. D. M. Banks, of iviwiteaEntries for Messrs Gorton and Son's sale at Bulls on the 13th instant are now advertised. A notice of considerable interest to our advertisers and subscribers appears over leader today. Mr Carr will hold a produce sale at his auction mart on Saturday next when potatoes, oats, onions, etc., will be disposed of. We have to thank the secretary, Mr •I. Goodbeberc, for a conplimentary icket for the Easter meeting of the /eliding Jockey Club. • A humane man is kind to his horse.' l ? or best value and latest improvements hi horse covers see Messrs Bramwell iiros new advertisement. Mr Charles Oarr will sell on Saturday next, at 1.30 p.m., the privileges in connection with the Feilding Jockey Club Easter meeting. Captain Edwin wired at noon to day: j^W to W. and S. gale with rain after 12 hours from now : glass rise and much colder weather. Regarding a press rumour that it is the intention of the Department ultimately to shift the Eastown Railway Workshops to Palmerston North, the Hou Mr Cadnian assures Mr Carson that there is no such intention ; that indeed the matter has never couao before him, and cannot see that it would be other than disadvantageous. The Bailer Miner remarks of Mr E. O'Couor. late M.li.R. The queer spectacle of " The Ballnv Lion " on a bike cau«ed some merriment iv town on ! Monday lasc, the Lion flying around Westport; in quite a finished style. The seat of his pi Ice is rather low. and when bis kuftes baad ou the upstroke of the pedals, he '-o-ji-ds one of an enormous ■grasshopper preparing to take the record leap.

Mr F. W. Powell, the accountant in I lie Wanganni branch of the Bank of J few South Wales, who has been suffer- ; ag with his eyes, is at present in Wei- j ington under the care that well known ye specialist, Dr McKenzie. Messrs McElroy and Managbhave deided to set a sawmill on Mr Thorby's i iroperty, Stanway, where two or three 1 ears cutting excellent timber is said to $ xist. Operations will be commenced i arly in the springThe time for receiving claims for old ( ,<tq pensions, which was to have closed at he end of the present month, hus been j extended till 31st July. The number of slaitns received from all parts of the , :olony up to the end of last month was j ibout 3500. At the annual meeting of the Debatug Society to be held on Tuesday evenng next. Mr Watson will affirm " That ;he race is intellectually deteriorating." Mr Stevens will oppose. Members aud ;he public are invited. A match has been arranged for eleven D'clock on Saturday next between the Stanway and Waituna Rifle Clubs. The members chosen to represent Stanwav are :-D. Reid, R. Reid, R. Anderson, W. Miliard, 0. Thorby, J. Roots, F. Ellerm, G. Younger. One of the neatest bicycles we have seen is the Crescent, a new bicycle just imported into the colony with all the up-to-date improvements aud which is on view at the local agent's shop, Mr J. S. Milson. For price and quality it cannot be beaten, viz., £17 cash. The Secretary of the Feilding Public Li Wary reports the following new magazines have corno to hand:— The Australasian, Punch, St James's Budget, Chambers' Journal, The Nineteenth Century, The English Mechanic, Review of Reviews, Cassell's Saturday Journal, Illustrated London News. A meeting of those interested in the pleasant Sunday afternoon movement wili be held at Glasgow House ou Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. A good atten dance is desired as tho object is good aud deserves to be largely supported by the public. Suggestions arc invited and will be fully considered. There was a moderate attendance at tho Assembly Rooms last evening to witness the variety entertainment given by Karl Browne aud his talented com pany. The several item? wore well ap plauded, the humorous portions creating a great deal of laughter, Karl Browne, the Dutch come.iiau, being particularly good. ___________________