The Fielding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 189?. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 109, 4 November 1897, Page 2

The Fielding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 189?. Local and General News.

The Manchester Riiles will parade this livening. The 'Frisco mail arrived in Feilding r,his afternaon. The Feilding Sports Committee meet on Saturday evening. The next Band Contest will be held in Ohmtejuirch shortly after the New Year holiday 8. Several entries have been added to Mr Charles Carr's Feilding sale to be hcjd to.morrow. There will be Mass at St. Bridget's on Sunday next at 11 a.m. — Church parade of Manchester Riiles. The members of the Feilding Brass Band have decided to register under the Unclassified Societies Act. The expedition to find Ilerr Andree, the losL balloonist, which has left Norway, expects to be absent six months. At the Boio:i{,'h Council this evening the question of Rating en the Unimproved Value will very probably be eousi^lered. Last week Mr R. O. E. Carey, of r fao: nut, shore nine Lincoln hoggets, which £;ave a total of l&Slbs, and four Liucoln ewes and one ram which gave 1041bs. This is a good record. At the Melbourne abattoirs last year 298 cattle, and 2327 sheep were condemned as unfit for human consumption wbich shows bow neceaa&ry is proper [ inspection of meat. In the House yeeterday tba Minister I ' for Public Works informed Mr Pirani ] that, instructions bad haen given to prepar i plans to build the new Courthouse • iub-ic.it in Palmeistoß* *

Mr Marshall Law, grocer and tea merchant, Manchester street, has just opened , up a consignment of preserved fruits. He has on hand also a large selection of the most popular brands of tea. The second number of the Government j Insurance Recorder is to hand. It is i bright and readable, while giving many I useful facts to prove the value of Life Insurance both to rich and poor. Plimmerton House is now open to receive visitors. So many gentlemen and ladies from this neighborhood have in pant seasons visited this pleasant resort for the sea bathing, that the merits of the establishment require no embellishment from ua. Mr Tuohy, who has acted as Clerk of the Court, and chief constable in Feilding for some years, has been advised that for the future lie will be stationed in Fox ton ns the exigencies of the service in that locality require the presence of an experienced and intelligent officer. Women, it has often been said by selfstyled and arrogant philosophers " have yet to produce their Newton, their Dante, their Aristotle, their Pascal, their Goethe." " Dear inc." cjaeuated an old lady when she heard this. '' Had the poor things no | mothers — were they nil born orphans — or what ?■' An employer was cross-qnpstioning a journeyman carpenter at the Conciliation Board recently. " Have you any children '}" lio iiskcd. v Yes, two.'" replied the carpenter. " Ami ilo yon intend to bring them up to your trade '?" " No." " Why not?" pursued the enquirer. "Because they're girls."- — Tost. Owing to the very wet weather yesterday the annual general meeting of the members of the Frilding Lawn Tennis Club had to be postponed. The meeting will he held in Messrs Goodbehere mid Richmond's office at 4 p.m. to-morrow. The committee will meet a quarter of an hour before the general meeting. Mr Wilson, statiomnastcr, has received an intimation to the effect that he has been promoted to the charge of the Wondville station. While be congratulate Mr Wilson on his advancement in the service, we regret to lose one who hns gained the goodwill and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact in his official and private capacity. We have just seen n sample of the new Ritter road skate. They are beautifully made and run on ball bearings. We are told that one can. witli ease, on n good metalled road, easily obtain a speed of 11 i miles an hour. Thesi' skates will be a for- ! midahle rival to the bicycle. We understand thrtt Mr A. Ncvill H.ivnr h.'s linen appointed sole :i£Pnt for this o<i;ist. )lp tells us that several orders hn\e already b. n cn booked and expects n shipment to arrive shortly. Mr A. Nevill Hnyne, land, insurance and coininision agent, reports having disposed of the following properties during the last few months : — 2s:t acres at New I'lvmouth. Miss ("lr-aryto H. Rattenbury ; 1900 acres lease at Otaki. Messrs; Swain. non Bros to J. Green ; 2uO acres lease at Fowlers, A. L. Stokes to 11. Gray; 100 acre-' at Apiti, V. Sylvester to 1-',. ('. Ilavthorne; 4 acres Apiti township, ,F. Jones to A. Di"k ; 1000 acres Kereru. A. Calvrrt to N. Rick ; 2">o acres ]\ihiatua, H. Clarke to T. Twisleton ; N4 acres Swainson's line, near Feilding. W. Richardson to W. Pukulowski ; the Feilding brewery from J. R. Paul to T. Ellison. The misson services in tho Wesleyan Church t!ii3 week have been well attended considering the stormy weather, the interest having deepoued each night To-night the mission preacher will give an address to young meu and will relate the story of the conversion of the Studd Brothers, the famous cricketers, and also of Stanley Smith, stroke-oar of the Cambridge Eight. The story of their call to mission work is most thrilling and inspiring. Although the address will be specially for young men the meeting will be open to all. Arrange ments are being made for a united youpt: people's service in the Wesleyan Church an Sunday at 3 pm. In the evening a great united set vice will be held in the Drill Hall. In all probability the Presbytesian and Primitivo Methodist Churches will be closed on Sunday evening. Full particulars respecting Sunday and Tuesday's meetings will be duly advertised.