Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 237, 9 April 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

An English mail arrived in Feilding this morning. Labouchere, the editor of Truth, designates ours as a " Petticoat Government." Numerous additions arc made to day to the entries for Messrs Gorton and Son's Bulls saleThere is some tallf of starting a preserved milk factory in Taranaki, probably at Waitara. Tbe deatb is announced of Mr Alexander McDonnell, an old settler of Wanpanui, aged 72 years. Captain Edwin's storm duly arrived last night. The wind was very violent, accompanied by heavy rain. Football is in full swing up and down the coast and yet members of the Feilding club have not even made a start to practice. At the last meeting of the Kiwitea School Committee they decided to vote for Mr Spvrdle for the vacant seat on tbe Education Board. " Let there be light." Messrs Bramwell Bros, advertise and show the very latest ideas in lamps, direct from fche manufacturers afc wholesale prices. At the farewell social to the Rev S. Perryman, to be held in the Birmingham Town Hall to-morrow evening, that gentleman will exhibit bis interesting slides of " Over lake and glacier " The return match between the Kiwitea and Birmingham ladies' cricket team will be played in Mr Banks' paddock on Friday next. A ball will be held in the evening in the Cheltenham. In a billiard match at Dunedin recently Weiss and Memmott played a match of 1500 up, spot barred. Weiss won with 56 points to spare. His biggest breaks were- 235, 172, 137, 72 and 47, Memmott's breaks were — 163, 109 96 (60 of whicii were off nursery cannons), two of 46 each, and 41. The White Rock potato is said to be a most prolific cropper, of first class flavor, and is an excellent keeper. It is a d^ep-eyed potatoo, but this should not be considered against it as deep eyed potatoes are far fuller of vitality than the beautifully skinned and evenly surfaced varieties. The total killing at the Belfast Freez. ing Works from February 16th, 1883, to March 6th, 1897, exceeded the fourth million. The figures are as follows : - Sheep and lambs 3,953,969, pigs 38,376, cattle 3,593 ; total, 4,004,938. The company is now m possession of splendid works, with facilities for doing a bigger trade than ever. To day Mr W. S. Hart, gunmaker, Palmerston North, inserts a business advertisement, to which fche attention of our sporting readers is directed- Mr Hart is well known as a thoroughly practical man, well up in bis business, one who only supplies his clients with the very best guns and ammunition, all of which are guaranteed. Tbe following case was heard in the Feilding S.M. Court yesterday :— P. Murphy v. Mrs S. J. Pitt; claim £11 10s and tbe recovery of a tenement. Mr Richmond for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff with costs £1 lis aud solicitor's fee 10s 6d ; and an order made that possession of the tenement be given within fourteen days. The splendid limelight exhibition given in the Primitive Methodist Church on Monday last was greatly enjoyed and a special request was made for another to be given, if possible. Arrangements have been made for a limelight entertainment tomorrow nigbt, when a new <pt of views will be shown, except those of Loudon, which will be repeated by special request. The " Torn Bible " will be included in the views shown. Among tbe natives to be sent Home to take part in the record reign celebration is Wilson Tipene, of Waipawa. He i.s six feet in height and weighs 14st Blb. He left for Wellington on Monday without saying good-bye to bis manyfriends who bave a pecuniary interest in him, and possibly he may not pay bis contemplated visit to England. — H.B. Herald. Pocket picking is an occupation that admits of a vast display of ingenuity. While disclaiming any particular merit for ourselves (modestly remarks the editor of the Patea County Press) it is an indisputable fact that again England is in the van of all nations, in that her pickpockets hold their own against all 'orcign competition. In London alone over 100,000 men, women, and children gain their daily bread entirely by this unscrupulous mode of living. The tea room at the local branch of fche U.F.C.A. is now open and being uudt^r the supervision of a competent person should meet with the support which the management anticipate, the room having been set aside and suitably furnished with the necessary tables and other appliances for the convenience of country customers who favor U.F.C.A. with their patronage. Patrons may depend on receiving every attention and having their wants promptly attended to. We learn from the Standard that at a meeting at Palmerston yesterday after* noon of those interested in the estab lishment of a bacon factory at Palmerston, it was explained that Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, of Dunedin, were agreeable to start a bacon curing factory in Palmerston provided they were guarantepd sufficient support by farmers. i he tnu would bo prepared fco give tlie iiiai ket price for pigs, the present one lyeiug .'Jd per lb- After some discussion tliuhi: present guaranteed 170 pigs for j the present season and 322 for 1898, and to canvas the district for an increase J ' in tbe number of those promised.

Additions are made to day to Mr C. j Carr's saie at Mr Jennins' farm, Awa- ] huri. ' Several new advertisements from Messrs Spence aud Spence will appear .0 morrow. Captain Edwin wired at noon to*day : — W. to S. and S.E. gale with rain, and mach colder weather; glass rise. The Ashurst School Committee have decided to vote for Mr Sanson to fill the vacancy on the Wanganui Education Board. The Manchester Cooperative Association is opening an agency at Sydney for the purchase of Australian dairy produce. A roar of laughter went ronnd tbe House yesterday when Mr Taylor gave Botice of asking the Premier, " Will the Government during the recess take into consideration the advisability of offering the Bank of New Zealand in tbe London market for sale as a going concern?" There is some talk of big apples just now. A correspondent of the most reliable veracity says a Colyton settler missed one of his little boys and after a long hunt found the lad hidden behind an apple which bad fallen from a tree in tbe orchard. The apple broke the leg of a sbeep when it fell. Next 1 At the District Court yesterday, His Honor Judge Kettle remarked that it would be much moro salisfactory if cases, sucb as was now proceeding before tbe Court, were not put before a jury, but referred to a judge and two medical experts, who, in his opinion, would be much more capable of dealing with it.— Standard. Tbe produce sales of which tbe first of tho series inaugurated by Mr Charlas Carr will be held at his Feilding auction mart to morrow, should prove of infinite benefit not only to producers but to consumers as they will thus be brought into closer and therefore more intimate relations. Tbese sales must therefore prove a source of profit to the one and saving to tbe other, and should in consequence be supported by both sides. Mr W. Reid, of Makino, has a small patch of sorghum growing on his farm, wbich was raised from seed obtained from New South Wales. It has grown to a height of between seven and eight j feet and is something like maize in appearance, with the exception that the seeds are formed differently and the leaves, •which are not so broad as maize, are somewhat coarser in fibre. Mr Reid tried bis cows with small quantities of the sorghum but tliey did not seem to caro for it very much, probably because there bas been so much grass tbis season and tbat it was allowed to grow rather coarse before it was given them. It was planted the last week in December and its growth was very rapid. Iv Australia sorghum is used as a summer fodder and can be eaten down by sbeep, it makes first class ensilage.