Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 103, 28 October 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

The late Mr W. Turnbull has left £3000 to charities in Wellington. Mr J. Wood will hold his usual weekly produce sale to-morrow. Initial entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' sale at Celyton, and Gorton and Son's sale at Mavton on 2nd of November, are advertised. Yesterday's Standard says :— Mr Hull, Stock Inspector, has gone on a visit to Awahuri in search of some cattle that are reported to be diseased. A Napier doctor has received a cable message announcing that he has drawn the Malua horse Mora in one of Tattersall'B sweeps on the Melbourne Cup. It is well understood in political circles in Wellington that should the Government suffer a defeat in the House, Mr Seddon will go to the country at once. The official enquiry into the cause of the fire which destroyed the Pahuerston Courthouse lasted throughout the afternoon. The jury returned an open verdict, with a rider recommending that in any future Courthouse erected in Falmerston a responsible person should be placed in charge as custodian. An elderly woman named Margaret Carson, of Rimu, was arrested yesterday at Hokitika on the charge of murdering the infant child of her daughter. The daughter, an unmarried girl, gave birth to a child a few days ago, the mother, two days afterwards, took the child away, and it died the same night, and she buried it. The South Canterbury agricultural show opened on Tuesday in fine weather. The entries were very much better than in the previous show. The principal prize-takers were : — Merinoes, l'\ H. Smith; English Lcicosters, I>. Grant; Border Leicesters, P. F. Douglas and A. Murdock ; Lincolns, C. Withell ; Shropshire Downs, R. Parry. Leicesters were the strongest class. A very successful trial was held at Nelson by volunteer officers of an electrical target invented, patented by two local residents, Messrs Will MeGee and William Harris. It does away altogether with the necessity for a marker at the butts, the value and position on the tnrget of each hit being shown on an indicator at the firing point automatically. The officers spoke in terms of high praise of the invention. The lady Councillor at l'etonc, Mrs Raly, is causing further trouble in that Council. At a meeting of the Ways and Means Committee, of which she is a member, the Mayor refused to allow any business to be transacted until the whole Council had had an opportunity of considering a letter which appeared in the Post over Mrs Raly's name, reflecting upon the action of certain Councillors towards her at an unpleasant scene which occurred at a recent meeting of the Council. The Christchurch Press says : — One of the must significant facts in connection with the present pession is the widespread belief that that the Premier is realising that his position is weaken ing both in the House and in the country, and that forseeiug the approach ing time when be will no longer retain it, he ia, with characteristic sagacity, looking to London as the future sphere of bis political and public activity. According to one rumour be will next year go Home as Agent General. An inquest wa3 held j'esterday on the remains of the late fourteen-months-old son of Mr G. A. Field, a settler near Apiti, before Mr E. Gascoigne, J.P., acting coroner, and the following jury, namely, W. Spurway, P. McConnell, J. Sullivan, H. Burne, W. Burrows and R. D. Tosswill. The evidence was in the direction of showing that the child was drowned in a creek containing from six to nine inches of water. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased, Chas. R. Field, was accidentally drowned and that no blame was attached to anyone. The much talked of mission to be conducted by the Wesleyan Connexional Evangelist, the Rev D. O'Donnell, will begin on Sunday next in the Feilding Wesleyan Church. One of the most pleasing signs in connection with the preparatory work of the mission is the kind sympathy and warm interest shown by members of other churches. It is fully expected that the Wesleyan Church will be found too small for the numbers attending before the end of the first week and a larger building will have to be secured. Nothing would afford the promoters greater pleasure than that such a necessity should arise for their sincerest wish is that the whole town, and every church in the town should be greatly benefited by the mission. A special meeting for prayer will be held on Friday at 7.30 p.m., to be followed by a choir practice, to which all willing to help are earnestly invited. The committee of the Feilding Cycling Club met in the Boys' Club last evening. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence was received from the Feilding Brass Band ; and from Mr W. A. Sandilands, accepting the office of President. It was decided that the opening run of the season be held on Wednesday next, November Isrd, to Btart from Manchester Square to Awahuri and back, at 2.30 p.m. A costume parade of cyclists will take place on Wednesday, November 24th, at 3.30 p.m., when three prizes of JGI, 7s 6d and 2s 6d, will be allotted to the three most original and tasteful " turn-out." This competition is open to cyclists, whether members of a club or unattached. The entrance fee will be 2s for gentlemen and for ladies free. A committee of three gentlemen and two ladies will act as the judges. On the evening of the same day, at 6 o'clock, a handicap road race from Manchester Square to Ley's line and back will take place. Prizes, three silver medals ; entrance 2s. Nominations close with secretary on November 18th.