Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 255, 3 May 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

— # — An American firm of tobacco-manu-facturers is named " Buttler and Bosher." An emergency meeting of the Feilding Masonic Lodge will be held on Monday next at 7 p.m. It is stated that Mr A. Richards, of Fobangina, is about to leave that district for Taranaki. The Manchester Road Board intend to protest against the re-erection of the Onepuhi bridge,

A concert will Bo giveu at the Young i Men and Boys' Clnb ou Wednesday | evening. j Quoit players are requested to meet | od the ground at half past one o'clock ; on Wednesday afternoon. j Messrs W. Adams and Co., of Wanga- ' nui, were the successful tenderers for Mr J. Darragh's new brick storo. A minstrel entertainment and danco , will be given in the Bunnytborpe Hall j on Wednesday evening in aid of a local resident. The following are the vital statistics for the Borough of Palmerston for the month ending April 30th:— Births 22, deaths 3, marriages 10. Mr D. Manson had a bullock shot by a would be sportsman yesterday, ami bas therefore reluctantlydecided to prosecute all trespassers. The third fortnightly dance in connection with tho Marjorie Assembly will be held in the Foresters' Hall on "Wednesday evening next. Tho final competition for Captain Kirton's binocular glasses will take place on Wednesday next at 6 am. and 2 p.m. Handicaps will be published to-morrow. We have to acknowledge receipt of the first number of " The New Zealand Band of Mercy," a journal published under the auspices of the Wellington Society for tho prevention of cruelty to animals. Mr W. G. Shearer announces in another column that his busiuefis will positively close on 31«t of tins month, having quite a number of orders yet to complete he finds it impossible to close before that date. Mr Montague has baen instructed by Mrs Hamilton, of Kimboltou Koad, to sell by public auction the whole of her superior and well selected furniture on Friday next, in the premises adjoining the U.F.C.A. With to day's issue wo publish as a supplement to tho Star a map of Turkey and Greece, the scat of war in Europe, which should prove of assistance to our readers in connection with the war news. The extent of tho cycling craze may be judged from the following advertisement in a Penusylvauian (U.S.A.) newspaper: — " Will swap my wife ; twentyeight years old and trim-looking, lor any two-wheeled cycle." The members of the P.S.A. committee arc requested to meet at Glasgow Honsn to night at 8 o'clock to prepare tho program mo for the ensuing quarter. It is hoped to commence tho gatherings on Sunday next. Instrumentalists and singers are invited to help. Selling cattle by live weight is rapidly growing in favor in Scotland. During the past year out of 13,559 head cf fat cattle which entered the Dundee cattle market for sale 11,498 were sold by weight aud it is expected that the prac tice will be generally adopted duriu<; tho present year. Mr I. Brent's cash clearing sale is now in full swing and persous desirous of securing furniture of all kinds, linoleum, floorcloth, or anything in tho furnishing line could not do better than inspect Mr Brent's stock, every article of which is marked in plain figures at a reduction on prices previously charged. Liverpool is by far the greatest centre for the distribution of American apples which reach English markets As many as 100,000 barrels have been sold in one week in that city at remunerative prices so preat is tho power of absorption. London, Glasgow and Hull also consume on an avcrago, 20,000 and 30,000 barrels per week. There is at least one country in the world whore it costs nothing to die. In somo of the cantons of Switzerland all the dead, rich as well as poor, are buiv ied at the public expense. Coffins and all other necessary articles are furnished on application to certain undertakers, designated by Government. Everything connected with the interments is absolutely gratuitous. The following attractive a dvertiseuient is at preseHt appearing in the London dailies : — " Applications are required for the position of Official Hangman to a British colony ; salary ±250 per annum, with expenses ; passage paid out. Ad-di-ess, stating qualifications, past employment, and full particulars, to ' X,' 718, care of Deacon's Advertising Offices, Leadenhall street." At the instance of Mr Hull, Stock Inspector, an information has been laid against Mr G. Richards, of Hastwell, Masterton, charging him with offering a bullock, affected with tuberculosis, for sale in the saleyards, Palmerston. Mr Hull detected the symptoms of the disease, and, on making a post mortem of the animal it was found to be very badly affected. Since Mr Hull's advent in the district he has been working very quietly j but most effectively, and has had over forty animals destroyed, all of which were suffering from the disease in a more or less advanced stage. Only the other day a .splendid beast, fat, weighing about .£IOOO, was suspected of being diseased and ou being opoued was found to be absolutely rotten. This beast had boon intended for tho Wellington market. Fortunately, thanks to the diligence i xorcised by Mr Hull, the disease is now sensibly lessening, although isolated cases are still met with. s