Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XX, Issue 223, 30 March 1899, Page 2

Local and General News.

A good farm of 320 acres in the Apiti district is advertised for sale by Mr W. A. Sandilands. . The regulation period during which , sheep may be dipped will end to- . morrow. Entries for Mr R. E. Beckett's sale at j Hunierviile on the Gth April are advertised to-dny. The presentation of the public testimonial will be made to the Hon. John McKenzie early in April. Mr Arthur Hickford, of Mangaonoho. advertises for a lost cheque, of which payment has been stopped. Mr J. C 11. Ishcrwood gives notice that he is prepared to take pupils for violin tuition. | A smart business man with excellent references, advertises for employment in a store or other business. The Kiwitea County Clerk gives notice to-day that certain roads within the Kiwitea County have been declared county roads. Mr Charles Carr held very successful sales at Apiti and Kimbolton, on Tuesday and Wednesday last respectively. At a meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club Stewards last eveaius;, it was decided to accept the tender of Mr M. Marr, of Martoo. for the race books. The Hastings Standard is iuformed ou pretty reliable authority that the Government will run Mr T. Wilford against Mr C. Wilson at the next election. Ou Saturday next the bowling tournament between Wellington, Napier, Palm erston, and Feilding Clubs will commence on the Palmerston Club's green. Altogether seveu club's will compete and, providing the weather is favorable, a good time is anticipated. Mr Linton intends to make the school at Kakariki a success. The native children are already taking advantage of the opportunity to learn and are therefore attending with the most praiseworthy reguianty. Ml- Liatoa has promised to give each scholar who attends without a break, a substantial present. We (Standard) wnderstandg that Sir James Prendergast contemplates cutting his properties m Fitzherbort find Bunny np into sin-ill farms. As they comprise . some of the finest :and in the district, I fchera is bound to bo a plienomenul demand for the sections. The Dairy Conimis-i.msr Mr Rud dick) has returned to Wellington from a visit to Hawkes Bay and Poverty B*y. He has a great belief in the future of those districts from a dairy point of view. Mr Ruddick will confer with the Minis ter for Lands next, week in reference to the question as to where the Government School of Dairy Instruction shall b 8 established. Yesterday afternoon there died at Palmerston N. au old aud highly re spected identity on the coast, in the person of Mr F. W. Harrison, whose demise his numerous friends will regret. Mr Harrison was best known to the racing fraternity, and no race meeting for years past has been complete without this genial sport. His every action was strictly honorable, and he was a sportsman in the true sense of the word. " Have you any cynical, ill-natured people in your city '?" afked General Booth at the Opera House last night. Then, with one of those asides of which he is a master of, the Salvation Army leader slily added, " I suppose the Right Honourable the Premier would say they are all on the Opposition side." Mr John Duthie, M.H.R., who was seated almost cbeek-by-jowl with Mr Seddon, enjoyed this sally as much as did the audience. — Times. We understand that very satisfactory arrangements have been made to carry out the work of erecting the Otara bridge over the Rangitikei river, near Ohingaiti. The bridge is now to be one span of 322 feet instead of a bridge of 250 feet suspension span and 100 feet trass span. The 322 feet suspen> sion span will reach from bank to bank and will leave the waterway clear for the full width of the river. The alteration of the plans will not increase the cost of the structure. Milk that is heated too much above 100 degs. Fahrenheit loses for the time a degree of its sweetness and density ; but no one fatigued by over-exertion of body or mind who has experienced the reviving influences of a tumbler of this beverage as hot as it can be sipped will willingly forego a resort to it because of it having been rendered somewhat less acceptable to the palate. The promptness with which its cordial influence is felt is indeed surprising. Some portions seem to be digested and appropriated immediately, and many who fancy they need alcoholic stimulants when exhausted by labour of brain or body, will find in this simple draught an equivalent that will be as abundantly satisfying, and more enduring in its effects. The artistic side of photography has bad special attention devoted to it within recent years, and the studio of Messrs Wrigglesworth and Binns has always borne evidence of the progressive movement. Among the latest mechanical aids to the art has been the setting up of a series of backgrounds of a kind which has been used in the studios of the Old World and America with most satisfactory results as regards the turning of the photograph into a picture. Messrs Wrigglesworth and Binns have recently received a series of cloths which bear the signature of Seavey, of New York, who is a well-known Ameri can scenic artist. These cloths greatly enhance the artistic effect and finish of the work done by the firm, the backgrounds including seascapes, interiors, Rembrandt-like effects iv portraitare, and interiors. Some new chairs placed in the studio will tend to lighten the task of posing for portraits. Very fine bromide photographic work has recently been done by the firm, an exhibition oJ which is to be given in tbe vestibule in Willis street shortly. Tbe vestibule .:.si-:f is being renovated, tbe decorative <:olonr beiug changed from pink to <4reen, and when this is completed and Mir pictures are arranged for exhibition the display should attract attention.