The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1898. Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 292, 14 June 1898, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1898. Local and General News.

Mr Joseph Darragh has a replace advertisement in to-day. Mr G. Rankin. senr., poundkeeper at Apiti, inserts a notice to-day. Entensive additions are now made to the entries for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmerston sale, The charges against Craig, formerly an employe oi Te Aro House, will be heard in Wellington to-morrow. Mr James Trewin, of the Public Benc'it ''ooi j\pot, has just --penoJ up a large ladi.'s' overs- oes >nd sandal footholders. The Waipawa Mail reports potatoes at 15s the sack, butter Is 6d per lb and eggs at Is 9d per dozen — yet the people arc grumbling ! A new warehouse is being erected on that section of land between the business premises of Mr E. Martin and Mr H. L. SherwiU. The work of constructing the traffic bridge across the Mangawhaririki stream on the road leading to the Kawhatau valley has been commenced. The Feilding Lodge of Oddfellows wil* pay a fraternal visit to the Palmerston Lodge on the 22nd inst., and not on the 17th, as previously announced. Mr Stratford, Warden and Magistrate on the West Coast, who was badly bested ■n a contest with the Auditor General last •cor, reached the Court the other day ten minutes late, but he would not admit he was dilatory and made tho bailiff put the clock back ten minutes. The point-to-point steeplechase in con- <•■ .jn with the Rangitikei Hunt Club .\ di held on Saturday when the steepleji:n p for heavy weights was won by Mr S H. Bartlett's Rainbow 111, Mr L. M. Taverner's Dandy Dick being second and > r N . Wilson's Sylvia third : the light weight steeplechase was won by Mr F. H. Gibbons' Seddon, Mr D. Campion's Mystery being second and Mr H. A. Finlay's Kohn third. The usual monthly meeting of the Co'yton W.C.T.U. was held on Thursday last. Twenty ladies were present. Mrs R. L. Pudney gave an interesting report of the proceedings at the Palmerston N. Convention. Miss Tong read a paper ou '• Literature," written by Miss Tong and Mrs F. Brown. A lending library was started in connection with the union. Four new members were enrolled. Of all the Premiers who have held the reins of office in New Zealand, tbe Hon Mr Seddon enjoys the distinction of having told that position for tbe longest unbroken period. Sir Edward Stafford's longest conticnons period of office was June 2, 1856, to July 12, 1861, a total of 5 years and 41 days. Mr Seddon became Premier on May 1, 1898, and therefore had on Saturday held office for 5 years and 42 days,-N.Z. Times. At Palmerston ou Saturday evening Mr J, H. Gilchrist, who held a position iv the Palmerston branch of the U.F.C.A. was the recipient of a presentation i» tjio form of a suitably inscribed handsome marble clock, from his late fellow employes, on the eve of bis departure for Foilding, where he has been appointed us manager of the U.F.C.A. brunch. Mr M. Cohen made the presentation ou behalf of U*e employees and referred to the trustworthy &&<t ?blx- manner in which Mr Gilchriat had served tfce U,F.C.A M his oU, otion being thoroughly deserved.; Mr b i cl -riat Buitably replied.

The Kiwitea County Council will meet on Saturday. Initial entries for Mr Carr's Birmingham sale are advertised, also additions to his Rangiwahia and Feilding sales. The annual meeting of the Feilding Debating Society will be licit! in the Borough Council Chambers this evening at 7.30. Mr R. O. E. Carey offers a reward for the conviction of the persons who were shooting on his farm at Taonui on Thursday last. Messrs Gorton and Son will offer for sale in the Feilding Assembly Rooms at 2 o'clock to-morrow, Mr C. Pharazyn's Makino estate. In Christchurch cribbagc matches arc in vogue. As this game is an intellectual exercise, it is proposed that it be introduced into the state schools in the City of the Plains. At the residence of Mr H. Hammond, Wiiitohi, on Thursday lust Mr J. Cockburn, of Rongotea, and Mrs Howe, of Houtoa, were united in the bonds of matrimony. Captain Edwin wired at noon to-day : ! —Gales with rain from between northeast and north and west at all places northward of Hawcra. Barometer further fall everywhere. The death is announced of Mr C. "W 1 Robert, of Palmerston North, at the age of 66 years. Mr Robert was one of the earliest settlers in Palmerston, he having taken up land at Stoney Creek twentyfour years ago. The New Zealand Times says:— The case of a boy at Feilding, who was fined L 4 for having a hare in his possession out of season, has been considered by Cabinet. It was considered that the fine imposed was too heavy, and it was ac cordingly reduced to 10s. The second annual general meeting of the Young Men and Boys' Club was held last night at Glasgow House, but owing to counter attractions there was but a small attendance. After the report and balance sheet had been read it was decided to adjourn the meeting till next Monday, when the new committee and office bearers will be elected. It is hoped there will then be a full attendance. At the smoke concert held on Saturday evening in connection with the Chclten ham Cricket Club the trophies given to the club were presented to the successful " knights of the willow." The trophies were as follows : - A ball, presented by Mr H. Jaggard for the bowler who secured the highest average and another ball presented by Mr A. Barrow to the player who played in most matches were won by Mr Brown ; a ball presented by Mr F. Smart for the player who secured most catches was won by Mr It. Burrell ; a bat presented by Mr W. I>. M. Banks for the best batting average was won by Mr J. Hare ; and a bat presented by Mr Mitchell for the best all round player was won by Mr John Barrow. The pro sident of the club, Mr J. Bruce, made the presentations. There was a large attendance at the concert. The usual toasts were duly honored and a number of songs were given during the evening, a most pleasant time being spent. A scries of cases of milk poisoning, attributed to the use of pasteurised milk are recorded in the •' New York Medical Record." and it is pointed out how laree is the number and variety of bacteria which are not destroyed by this process. Even the acid-producing bacteria are left in sufficient profusion to increase rapidly unless the pasteurised milk is kept on ice, a thing which it is obviously impossible to ensure. In milk, however, which bad been sterilised at a temperature of 90 degrees or 92 degrees C, the acidity remained stationary for from three days to three weeks, without ice, in the warmest weather. The conclusion arrived at by the author of the paper is that pasteurised milk is an uncertain, and in some cases a very dangerous food for infauts, and that in the domestic sterilisation of milk it should be heated at least to a tempera* ture of 90 to 100 degrees C, the latter being the preferable temperature, for ten minutes, A combined conference of school teachers representing Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Wanganui districts was held in Palmerston on Saturday. The conference discussed standard reading books, but the selection of a series was deferred pending the report of the sub-committee, until August 6th ; it was decided to recommend the adoption of the Wellington method of examining drawing, individual failures not contributing towards failures in standards ; the style of writing approved was Phillips' semi-vertical or Verc-Foster's civil service. It was resolved that the Minister of Education be requested to rearrange the present syllabus into seven standards instead of mx. The Conference agreed that the requirements for the fourth and fifth standards should be spread over three years. It was also urged that the upper primer class should be treated as a standard in the mode of examination. A resolution was carried that the present practice of conducting local pupil teachers' examinations should be discontinued and that pupil teachers should be examined by the Education Department according to a uniform colonial sjllabus. The Conference resolved that in its opinion technical education or manual training can never be made a part of the primary school course. It was agreed that no home lessons requiriug written work should be set.