The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. MONDAY, MAY 13, 1895. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 265, 13 May 1895, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. MONDAY, MAY 13, 1895. Local and General News.

The Union Football Club will meet at Mr Ross' room this evening at 7.30. The regular monthly meeting of the Feilding Lodge will be held at the Foresters' Hall this evening. We have to acknowledge receipt of a copy of the forty-sixth annual report of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R. will address his constitutents at Sandon in the Town Hall this evening, and at Camp, bell to morrow evening. The Standard says :— Mr Roberts, who was recently Secretary of the Dairy Union, has purchased an interest in Messrs Adsett and Son's sawmill at Pohangina. On Saturday last Mr and Mrs Dyer returned from their honeymoon tour in the South Island. We wish the newly married couple a long life of wedded happiness. On Saturday next Mr Charles Carr will sell by public auction, on the premises, Kimbolton road, the whole of the stock in trade of Mr T. H. Bredin. See advertisement. Parliament will be opened about the usual time, during the third week in July. The Wellington Times states that the Government policy measures arc in a forward state.

Following are the handicaps for the bicycle road race on Wednesday afhernoon : — Mingins, scr. ; Watson, 85yds ; Feck, 170 yd s; Way, Gifkins, Trevena, 185 yd s; Gapper, N. Bray, 325 yds. It has been suggested that the Mayor should arrange to meet the Premier with a deputation to lay before the latter gentleman the question of a new Poßt Office and a Clerk to the Court for Feilding. Mr W. Reid desires us to state that the concluding lines of his letter should have read instead of " more inclined " '• would absolutely vote in favor of the loan," if the Fire Brigade concession was struck out. Mr Kelleher, of the United Farmers' Alliance, has been removed to Palmerston North. As we understand this means promotion we congratulate Mr Kelleher while we regret the change. Mr Kelleher lias made ruauy friends in Feilding since his arrival. A meeting of those interested in completing the arrangements anent preparing the ground and other matters connected with the Golf Club will be held on Friday next at a time and place to be shortly announced. As this Club is founded on a popular basis it is expected the membership will be numerous, An announcement appears to-day drawing attention to the social to be held in the Feilding Assembly Rooms, on Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Feilding Cycling Club. The committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements have been successful m selling a large number of tickets, and there is every prospect of the social being largely attended. Messrs Abraham and Williams report :— The entry of horses at Palmerston on Saturday was a small one. A fairly brisk tone existed, though prices remained unaltered. The majority found purchasers, including the racing mare Trickery, which made 01 guineas. Spring-carter, £11 ; best hacks, i.7 7s 6d to £10 ; others, £3 to £Q. The meeting of combined Anglican choirs on this coast is definitely fixed to take place at Wanganui on 3rd July. A further delay has been found necessary, owing to the alterations being made to the organ at Christ Church (Wanganui). The Feilding choir will drive over to Palmerston on some Friday evening shortly and hold a practice with All Saints' choir. — Standard. At the annual meeting of the United Farmers' Alliance shareholders at Palmerston last Saturday the Chairman said the object for which the auctioneering business was opened, namely the reduction of the commission on sales, had been attained, and as the Directors found the business could not be continued without a further supply of capital it had been discontinued. The yards were let for £100 per year. They had no intention of resuming the auctioneering business. The third annual meeting of shareholders in the Farmers' Alliance was held on Saturday afternoon, when there was a large attendance. Mr J. Martin, Chairman of Directors, occupied the chair. The report and balance-sheet, particulars of which have already been been published, was adopted. At the conclusion of the meeting a resolution was carried " That we hayc read with interest Mr D. J. Nathan's paper on the frozen meat trade, and other products, and whilst not wishing to give an unqualified approval to the scheme, we think that the Agricultural Department should call a meeting in Wellington of delegates from the various agricultural and co-operative associations to discuss the question." The wrestling match for the lightweight championship of New Zealand, Gneco-Koman and Catch-as-catch-can styles, between J. Sutherland, lightweight champion, and J. W. F. Halcombe, of Feilding, was decided in the Feilding Assembly Rooms on Saturday evening last, the latter proving the vie tor. The first bout, Grseco-Roman style, was won by Sutherland, who threw his opponent after fifteen minutes wrestling. The second, Catch-as-catch-can, was won by Halcombe (after wrestling 6 minutes), who also won the next two falls, the bouts lasting 5*- and 2t\ minutes respectively. At the conclusion of the match Sutherland admitted he had been fairly beaten, but offered to wrestle Halcombe again in three or four months time. Mr E. J. Kelleher acted as referee. We are informed that the directors of the Australian Mutual Provident Society have again considered the question of the rate of interest charged to members who borrow on the security of their policies, and it has been decided to still further liberalise the conditions under which such loans can be obtained. For many years it was the practice of the Society to charge a uniform rate of 7 per cent on all policy loans, -whether the amount required was £5 or £5000. Recently, however, an alteration was made under which borrowers of an amount of £2 or over for a fixed term of not less than two years, should be charged only 6 per cent, provided they did not borrow more than 75 per cent of the surrender value of the policy, instead of 60 per cent, which was the limit available in terms of the bylaws. It is now, however, determined by the directors to advance to the full extent of 90 per cent if required, in all classes, and to charge the reduced rate of 6 per cent to all borrowers of not less than £100 who take the money for a fixed term of at least 1 year, interest being charged quarterly. This regulation will come into force on the next quarter day, viz., Ist July.