Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 117, 15 November 1893, Page 2

Local and General News

Mr George Wilks' letter, No 4, is unavoidably held over tO'dav, Mr E. Goodbehere, land agenL reports the sale of section 13, Block XVI, Qngo, 343 acres, at a satisfactory figure. Napoleon First said:— A journalist is a grumbler, a cenaurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more form idable than a thousand bayonets. A Danish milking machine has been exhibited at the World's Fair. In the place of working on the suction principle the teats are manipulated by means of rubber bands, which act much in the same way as the hands. It is now believed (says the Times) that the woman who shot herself in Tinakori road on Friday last was Miss Annio Cavanagh, the only child of Mrs Cayanagh, of Dunedin, and that about a year ago she was employed as barmaid in a hotel at Maßterton. It is expeotod that some very unpleasant royelatione will ho made at tho inquest to-morrow.

The Manchester Rifles are reminded ofthe daylight parade to-morrow afternoon at seven o'clock opposite the Assembly Rooms. Mr Stevens, postmaster, is leaving this week for a month's holiday, most of which will be spent on his farm at Pohangina. Mr Buckley is the relieving officer. In our advertising columns to-day Mr John Leyden, auctioneer, notifies that he will hold a great sale of sundries in the shop next to Messrs Bramwell Bros, in Fergusson street. The sale will commence to .morrow and be continued until further notice. In our advertising columns Mr William Carthew notifies that he is a candidate for the position of Mayor of the Borough of Feilding for the ensuing term. A meeting of his committee will be held at a date yet to be appointed. Messrs Gorton and Son's stock sale tbis afternoon was not so largely attended as usual. The entries were small and the prices realised indicated a drop. The firm will hold their next Feilding sale on Friday, the 24th instant. " Aro you in favor of taking the duty off empty packing cases P" was one of the questions put to Mr Duthie in his meeting at Wellington last night. " The gentleman who asked that question," replied the candidate, " w_nts the duty taken off his head— it's empty.' 1 The retort was received with shrieks of laughter and loud applause. It is again notified in au advertisement over leader, by the Clerk of the Pohangina Road Board, that that body intend to raise loans, under the " Government Loan to Local Bodies Act, 1886," to the amount of £7472 lis 3d, for the construction of various works in No 1 and part of No 3 Wards of the Pohangina Road Board dis • trict. For the payment of mtereet on the same it is proposed to levy a special rate of three and seven-eighths of a penny in the £ on sections within the above mentioned Wards. Speaking of the Payne Family, who appear in the Assembly Rooms on Thurs day the Ballarat Star says : — We have not heard of any other family m Australia so well able to entertain an audience. Their concerts have also a positive educational yalue. They are calculated to promote amongst the people a taste for a wholesome class of music, and to encourage many— both old and young— to renewed and better efforts to achieve results hitherto supposed to be unattainable. When Warden Lucas brought his motion forward at Saturday's meeting of the Pohangina Road Board is reference to obtaining a small sum per annum from settlers for the right to graze their stock on the river bed. he mentioned that about 1000 heard of cattle were graziug all the year round outside their owner's property, and he did not think any objection would be made to the charge. Warden Arbon said 2000 head would be well withm the mark, and he approved of the motion, which was also supported by other members of the Board. Although there was only a fair attendance of members at the usual weekly meeting of the 1.0. G.T. Lodge, held last evening, a very successful meeting was held. The election of officers was postponed until Tuesday, 21st of November. After that date the meetings will (during the summer months) be held on every alternate Tuesday night, and will commence at 8 o'clock, instead of half past 7 Songs were successfully rendered by Messrs McKenzie, Bray, Foster, Blackmore, and Anderson, Mr McKenzie was loudly applauded for M Sergeant Buzfuz's address to the Jury," as was also Mr Downey for his recitation, '' I once had an Uncle."