Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 7, 8 July 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

It has been definitely decided to hold the tableaux entertainment in collection with St John's Church on Friday, August 6th. As far as absence of fever is concerned Wellington people are in a healthy state ju«t now. There are no patients in tbe Hospital fever ward. Entries for Messrs Abraham and WiU Hams' sale at Colyton, and additions to their Palmerstou and Shannon «alei are advertised to-day. Mr Cederbolm, of tbe firm of Cederholm and Tolley, has been appointed to tbe situation of electrical expert to tbe Wellington City Council. Sensible people will look to tbeir tanks. Tbe Maoris say next summer will see the most terrible drought ever experienced in New Zealand. The annual meeting of the Cheltenham Public Hall trustees and subscribers will be held on Monday, tbe 12th instant, to receive report and balance sheet. The Foxton Herald records the death of George Honore, the third son of the late Christian Honore. The lad was only 13 years of age, and died from an attack of jniaauatiofi of tbe bxw>

The death is announced at Wellington of Mr Lloyd A. Williams, manager of the Wellington branch of Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewen'a business. C»ptain Edwin report! : Southerly galei, with rain and cold weather, are to be expected et all places southward of Thames and Manakau; strong westerly winds from thence northward. Mies Powell, a well known and able speaker, will give an address to a public meeting in the Temperance Hall, and will address the after meeting at tbe Band of Hope tea meeting on Tuesday in same place. The following additional teachers' promotions are gazetted : — C4 — Alexander McCnrrack; DB-H. C. Stewart; D4— Harriett Cnrtis. Dnncan H. Mackay; EB— Elisabeth D. Low ; E4— Ada L. Watts, Grace Barr. On Wednesday, tbe 21st instant, Mr Charles Carr will hold a great clearing sale at the Cheltenham Hotel when the whole ef the furniture and effects will be sold entirely without reserve. The lease of Mr Ryan has expired. Mr Milson has taken the agency for the Zealandia Foreign Stamp Company, of Wellington, and has just received a choice and well assorted lot ot Foreign stamps A fine lot of stamps are displayed in the book window of his shop. See wanted advertisement. It has been suggested that it wonld be a great convenience to people if letters addressed to up country places, were forwarded on when the local post master knows the place of residence of a person who has removed to another settlement within, perhaps, only a few miles. The sub-committee of tbe A. and P. Association appointed to draw up the dog and poultry schedule held their final meeting on Tuesday night. The prize list agreed to allots £80 to dogs and £25 to poultry. In the latter clasß the first prizes are all 15s and the second prizes 5s. — Standard. Mr Thomas Dwan, lecturing at Wellington on tbe flax industry, stated that bis recent visit to the United States and Canada proved to him that flax, as compared with sisal and Manila, was com pletely out of tbe running, and be was convinced that it would be better for New Zealand to destroy all its flax and use tbe gronnd for crops. At a committee meeting of tbe Feild ing Jockey Club, held last night, reports were received from tbe sub committees appointed to consider tbe appointment of a caretaker and planting tbe course It was decided to call for applications for the position of caretaker and also to proceed with tbe planting of portions the course with trees at once. Mr Gardener, sawmiller, of MaDakau, is about to shift his mill to the Upper Hutt. Tbe larger mill was closed 12 months ago, but tho smaller one has been in work until lately. The removal of this one will be felt at Manukau, for it was tbe means of circulating a good sum of money every month. Mr Gardener has taken np 500 acres at the Upper Hutt.— Farmer. I never in my life so touched tbe congregation," Dean Stanley told bis wife after a sermon in Westminster Abbey. " They were entranced. Every eye was apon me from the first word to the last. "No wonder," said Lady Augusta. " Your gloves were inside your bat, and when you took it off they remained on tbe top of your head all through tbe sermon." Tbe Dean was remarkable for a very scanty use of action in preaching. Tbere appears to be almost a boom in tbe carriage- building trade in Wellington. Notwithstanding tbe fact tbat Messrs Rouse and Harrall have greatly enlarged their premises, the extensive now bnildiDgs are scarcely large enough to enable tbe firm to cope with the work. Tbe firm have orders amounting to £4000 at present under way. They have just completed an order for nine new carriages for the Tramway Company, and at present are daily expecting shipment of 100 new bnggien, carriages and traps from New York.— Times.