Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 262, 11 May 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

Tlie death is annouuced of Mr F. W. 1 Tully, a Greytown settler, at the early age of 42 years. The concert in aid of the Birmingham i Church of England buiidiug fund will i be held this evening in tho Town Hall. I The train ran right through to Napier i yesterday for the first timo since tho recent flood. Mr Hayne has a replace advertisei ment in today in which he draws attention to some leaseholds andfarms which ho has for sale. Any person wishing to loase or buy land could not do better i than give Mr Hayne a call. The Times has reason to know that i an English detective has arrived in New Zealaud, and is at present engaged in . making enquiries iv a certain district in tho North Island in rafereuce to the Sunderland bank robbery, oue of the perpetrators of which is supposed to he ] in this colony. i Tbo Taranaki Herald points out that [ the dairy produce entered for export from New Plymouth during the quarter ended March 31st was of greater value than the gold exported during the same period from the wholo of the Auckland goldfields. The respective figures were Taranaki dairy produce, £103,153; Auckland gold, £101,607. By a typographical error the adveri tisement inviting tenders for the erec- ! tion of a cottage in Feilding, inserted by ! Mr T. H. James, of Wanganui, architect, i wai made to read " tenders will close on i Monday the 15th instant," instead of the , 10th. Mr James has requested us to i say that iv order to anticipate any i inconvenience tenders will close on Wednesday, May 12th (to-morrow). On the strength of tho New Zealand census statistics it appears undeniable that married men live longer than the bachelors, for whereas the latter alto- * gether outnumbered the former by more than two to one, thero were 90 married men, against only 25 single ones, who could declare that they were 85 years of age or over. Wives of the same age wero also more numerous than spinsters, A reward of £250 is offered for the apprehension or conviction of the burglar or burglars who perpetrated tho Sunderland Bank robbery, and now supposed to be in New Zealand. The bank notes, tbe numbers of which can be seen in the local banks or at the police station, are nineteen of LIOO each, three of £50 each, two of £20 each, three of £10 each and thirty-nine of £5 each.— N.Z. Times. The following was the votiug for the election of the committee of the A.M.P. Association, at Palmerston, on Saturday: -G Wheeler 90, L Wallis 90, J W Marshall 90, F V Lethbridge 89, J O Batchelor 86, R Aldworth 88, E G G Couper 88, C J Levett 88. R Stevens 87, L A Abraham 87, D P Buchanan 87, J R Mcbennau 85, W P Kendall 85, F S Mcßae ■;-), W H Hartgill 83, F W Sewell 82, T R Hodder 82, A Conway 82, H J Booth 81, B N Lano 81, M Cohen 81, S W Luxford 80, A W Skerman 80, H Bryant 80, A Dick 79, L S O'Loughlin 77, W T Wood 77. S R Lancaster 77, F W Arbon 76, F P Snow 75, F Pirani 73, T Knight 71, A S Baker 71, S Standen 71, S J Mullins 69, R J Munro 69 (the above were elected), A Rutledge 69, and J Knight 66. Our Rangiwahia correspondent writes — The newly formed Ratepayers' Associ tion beld its regular monthly meeting on Saturday evening, Mr Brewster acted as chairman pro tern. Mr T, McKean was elected secretary and Mr F. Pemberton as chairman for the year. The chairman tben took his seat amidst congratulatory remarks about the services rendered by him in assisting tho settlers. In reply he said that he must not take all the credit to himself, others including Mr Brewster, having assisted. The chairman stated tbat their late secretary was unable to attend and baud in the yearly balance sheet, but he was certain that they still had funds in hand. As it was late in the evening further busiuess was postponed until next meeting. From the very earliest times some sort of public advertising has been felt to be a necessity. We read of notices, in tho first days of the children of Israel being posted in tbe high places of the cities, proclamations, generally, of kings and prophets inscribed on parchment ; and papyri, more than 3000 years old, have been exhumed from the ruins of ancient Thebes, on which are written descriptions of runaway slaves aud the rewards offering for their return. Another heathen mode of attracting attention was. to hang on the statues ofthe infernal deities, within the entrances of temples, sheets of lead bearing curses 'and pray-.' ers of vengeance against thoso persons who had stolen goods or. otherwise injured the advertiser, thoeyil to be. deprecated only in case of the -restitution pfthe property. •■■;,

A concert will be held at the Young Men and Boys' Club to-morrow evening. Ths annual examination of tbe Feilding State School was commenced to-< day. We have to acknowledgo receipt .of tbe Government railway time-table for the curreut month. We understand a petition is in course of signature in the Pemberton district for presentation to the Kiwitea County Council requesting the suspension of the construction of the Mangamako road. Tho Feilding Debating Society will meet in the Council Chambers at 7.30 this evening when the subject for discussion will be " That women's work should be valued on the samo basis as that of men." On Thursday next the vacancies in tho Shooting Committee of the Manchester Bifles will bo filled after the inspection parade. A meoting of the committee will be held the same eyening to make final arrangements for the prize firing on tho Queen's Birthday. On Saturday last a meeting was held at tho Endymion Hotel, Awahuri, when it was decided to hold a race meeting at Awahuri sometime in tho middle cf June. A programme was drawn up which haa been approved by the Wanganui Bacing Club. Further particulars will be duly advertised. New Zealand produce passes through too many bands in Loudon, says Mr MacEwau, and as a result does not receive that attention it should on its arrival in London, nor is it placed to the best advantage. In this ror-pect there is, he thinks, room for improvement in the facilities for distribution.