Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 157, 31 December 1897, Page 2

Local and General News.

— m The Apiti Athletic Sports will be held to-morrow. The initial entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' sale at Palmerston on 6th January are advertised. On Sunday next the l\ev W. Woodward will preach in the morning and the Rev. W. Woollass in the evening in the Primitive Methodist Church. Strangers are invited. On Sunday next the Rev W. Woodward will preach anniversary sermons in the Colyton Primitive Methodist Church when collections will be taken up on behalf of the trust fund. The Christchurch city surveyor reported on the cost of tarring streets, and estimates the cost at .£lB4 per mile. The Council agreed to give power to the Works Committee to make an experiment on one of the streets of the city on which there is moderately heavy traffic. Miss Linda Raymond told a Sydney interviewer the other day : " I love New Zealand. All my greatest successes have been scored there, and there are no such big-hearted people in the world. I love the people who bring a dab of mud out of New Zealand." lion's that for high '.' It is understood in connection with the large number of changes and promotions in the police force throughout the colony that it is the intention of the authorities to form police sub districts, tbe sergeants to have charge of the various country stations in their various' districts. We remind our readers of the splendid dioramic limelight exhibition to be given in the Primitive Methodist Church tomorrow. A rare treat is in store for those who may he fortunate enough to be present. As the charge is only Cd the church ought to be crowded. The Rev C. C. Harrison will occupy the Wesleyan Church pulpit at the morn ing and evening services on Sunday next. Hymns suitable to the season will be used. At the close of the evening service a service for the Renewal of Covenant will be hold, at which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered. A broad hint suited to all climes. An Arkansas editor, reading that a young lady, in New York, '• Kneads bread with her gloves on," says, " We need bread with our boots on ; we need bread with our pants on, and if our subscribers in arrears do not pay up soon, we shall need bread without anything on.— lnsurance Monitor. We learn from the Examiner that the following presents wore made to Mr Woodhouse on his departure from Woodville to take charge of the railway station at Feilding : — A beautiful silver and ebony butter shell and knife, a very pretty silver sugar box with sifter, an inscribed match box, and a handsome silver sovereign ease. The Bulletin states that two Australian fire insurance companies have already had to make calls in view of losses on the Melbourne tire. Another company has had to realise the whole of its liquid securities, and tbe banking facilities of still another will be fully tested to meet engagements. It will take several years' profits to make good the losses of two Victorian companies. That bicyclists live in a world of fashion of their own would appear from a statement in a contemporary that ' the bicycle craze has revolutionised thft stocking business." Tbe explanation is that a woman who " used to do with one pair of stockings" (!) now requires six, because ahe does nob wish people to say, " Here comes Miss Stylish Girl with her plaid stockings," or, " Here she cames ; I know her by her Persian hosiery." On Saturday the Wellington polo team played the Oroua Club at Foxton. The visitors were defeated by 8 goals to 2. On Monday Manawatu met Wellington at Foxton, when tbe latter were again defeated by Bto 1. Yesterday Manawatu met Oroua, when the latter were again defeated by Bto 1. Yesterday Manawatu met Oroua, when the latter were defeated after a close game, tbe scores being Manawatu 7, Oroua 5. The Manawatu team comprised Messrs Giesen, Elkington, Baker and Snow, while Messrs A. and J. Strang, B. Gower and O. Robinson represented Oroua. Miss^K. M. Wood is an Omaha girl, who is acquiring considerable standing aa a lawyer in tbe state of Nebraska. She is a graduate of Harvard, and has won several cases she has carried to the Supreme Court. Her specialty is divorce court business, bat she refuses to take cases of this nature against women. Tiip result is that Miss wood is receiving 'Wl the business of Omaha who desire divorce. She boasts, however, that she Hetties more divorce cases out of court than by judicial methods, claiming that she conceives it to be her duty to bring quarreling couples together when possible before resorting to the law. An entertainment was given in the j Assembly Rooms last evening by the Phonograph and Kinematograph. The loud Duplex Phonograph used by Mr A. I H. \Y hi tekou.se the manager) is far more perfect tluui any instrument previously hoard here. The iiound is clear and distinct, the articulation beitig plainly audible all over the building. Well s^lectf.-d songs, musical items and a whistiiiig.solo were rendered in the best style. The pictures shown through the Kinemato-L-raph embraced a wide range of subjects, im)"<ling several humorous scenes. The audience, which was large, were so delighted with the yi.cv's shown that several of them had to be repeated A selection played into the phonograph duiw.j.; tbe evening by the Feilding Brass Hand was spoilt owing to their being too close to the instrument, but another effort will be made this evening to take a more perfect record. The Kinematograph and Phonograph will hi; again shown in Feilding (\\'\r\ evening when new scenes an.d selections will be given. A marriage ceremony, the contracting parties being Mr David Short and Misk M. Alice Bramwell, was performed by the Rev C. C. Harrison, at the residence ( f Mr W. Baker, Makino road, yesterday i.ii.Ki^iy.cn. in the presence of n very large •.-aihcriiig vf relatives and friends. The jiride, nho w.as >\ray by her father, presented a charming' ap£,ea/riu.>e, being dressed in heliotrope oostuiiii, jLuu^u-'d with cream silk, pretty white hat, " veil, and the usual spray of orange blossoms, aivd carrying a handsome bouquet. Miss Aniv I?«J\cr,. wearing a white dress with hut \o matob, ,*;•■' eefully performed the part of briderfinu.il IL' John A. Taylor, ! <,i ?J;>kino, attended as W-.a. ;,vni. A j surui/'-UVV^ t'/ >n &st was' provide^' ,Ir, »',, , and :\jVi JUV&, 7>' toast of the ".brigand brlflaeroow '"'* &'**■ iv?l»°s«l J '.v the officiating minWf, tyhfCp %Q \>. ;.','. 'irroo m responded to. Mr MvirYfiV, •<■< tyyiuv-*; proposed the health of the Ul<]v*M:M<i : onil Mr W. Bramwell the toast of ••(;{;(■ UsM-id hostess," both of which were >- ( >-eive<\ -.V!th -.lnplHUSc. Mr and Mrs s!k,;'-1-;.''A 'IV.-i- iiftcrv.ard.x foi then- new fcpaac at btoim^v #c'nt, "Waituna.

A united watch-night service will be j held in the Primitive Methodist Church to-night, commencing at 11, when short addresses will 'be delivered by the ltev W. Woollass and others. On Sunday next the Rev "\V. Thompson will preach in the morning and the Her. T. Macdonald in the evening in the Presbyterian Church. Mr Macdonald will also preach at Awahuri at 2.30 p.m. Daniel Jamieson, who was sentenced to one months' imprisonment in Palmevston the other day for false pretences, will appear before the Court on Tuesday next to answer another charge of the same nature. F. Slubley is the prosecutor in the case now pending. A good crowd of spectators assembled at Aries yesterd»y to witness the match between the Hawera and Manawatu teams. The former was represented by the name players as yesterday, viz., Messrs Atkius, Moore Lysaght and Tonka, whilst Mesirr Baker, Snow, Gieaon and Skerman played for Manawatu. The game was most interesting and resulting in a draw after a most exciting tussle, each side ecoAng four goals. On the play off Manawatu managed to cross the line first and come off victorious. Dr. Harry Campbell, an American doctor, advances the theory that a good cry is distinctly beneficial to a woman. She enjoyed it long before Dr. Campbell endorsed it, bat there is an added taste of pleasure in the act when it is knowu that a crying spell is better than sleeping potions, since it produces exhaustion and gives the nervous system a better chance for recuperation. Crying docs not consist merely in the shedding of tearg, but includes so general and widespread an action of the muscles that the whole body i« convulsed and the blood pressure in the brain ig much reduced.