Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 125, 25 November 1899, Page 2

Local and General News.

* The Primitive Methodist services for to-morrow are advertised elsewhere. Mr Lethbridge will address the electors at Rewa on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Initial entries for Mr Carr's Feilding sale of Friday, Decerrmer 1, are inserted to-day. • Mr J. Watson has cheap editions of books on the Dreyfus trial and the Transvaal war. A meeting of Mr Lethbridge's cora< mittee will be held in Mr Bray's office on Monday evening at 7.30. A special Bank holiday will be held in Feilding on Wednesday next from midday, and at Kimbolton all day. Lewis Carroll said : - When you are young try a bicycle ; when you are old buy a tricycle. To-morrow being temperance Sunday at the Wesleyan Church, the Rev. Mr Vealie's subjects for the occasion will be found in our wanted column to-day. On Wednesday and next (race days) a specially provided lunch may ba obtained at the Trocadero from 10 a.m. Mr T. ft. Taylor will address the electors atHalcome this evening, Waituna on Monday evening and Feilding on Tuesday evening. Messrs Gorton and Son held a very successful stock sale at their Feilding yards yesterday, all classes of stock being readily disposed of. Mr Taylor has had good meetings at Colyton, Pohangina. Apiii, and Makino during the past week. At each place he was asked and answered questions. Owing to the schoolhouse at Stan way having been engaged for a school concert Mr Taylor was unable to ' address the electors there last evening as intended. Interviewed at Dunedin, Mr John Duthie, said the Opposition would gain six seats in the North Island and probably three seats in the South, thus defeating Seddonism by a majority of five. The fortnightly meeting of the local Court of Foresters was held last Wednesday. There was a good attendance. One candidate was initiated and several nominations were received for the various oflices. Mr J. Stevens' prospects of being re-elected for the Manawatu seat are said to be good, and as Mr Brnce is being well received as he proceeds through the electorate, the contest for the seat will be close. Mr 0. H. Hinman is announced to give a series of addresses in ibe Volunteer Hall, Feiiding, on the Tabernacle in the wilderness, commencing •-. with Sunday next. The addresses will be illustrated and should be highly interesting. It is affirmed by certain persons that the recent and present very nnseasonweather is entirely owing to the action of the members of the thousand and one Bowling Olubs in the colony, who were in such a hurry to " open their season." Mrs Milbourne (Miss Maud Beatty), who has been such a popular member of Mr Pollard's Opera Company for several years, made her last appearance with the company at Auckland on Saturday evening in "La Poupee." She left by the Waihora to join her husband in AustraliaMr Svendsen, boot importer, announces he has just opened up a consignment of boots and shoes for the present season, which are of the best quality, and are being sold at low prices. A perusal of the advertisement on our fourth page will not be time lost. With characteristic enterprise, Mr W. E. Grantham, of the Trocadero, is having three rooms furnished and set apart for the convenience, chiefly, of ladies who may be visiting Feilding from tfie country. The rooms are ■■■ admirably adapted for the use of small parties who may desire to indulge in afternoon tea in private apartments. As usual refreshroenta may be had at this popular resort at all hours. The London correspondent of the Auckland Star writes : — I regret to have to record the death at the ripe old age of 81, of Lady Clifford, widow of New Zealand's first Premier. Lady Clifford's end was hastened by an accident that would have proved fatal to most people half her age. Lady Mary Clifford, who was the daughter of the late Mr John Hercy, of Crncbfield, Berkshire, married Sir Charles in 1847. .^ This morning a man, who had evidently been looking at somebody drinking last night, stopped a local J.P. and said "You must remember me. You fined me 5s about three years ago for being drunk." The J.P. enquired "Do you want me to fine you again ?" " Oh, no." was the reply " But I want you to stand me the price of a glass of beer " The acquaintanceship was not acknowledged, nor was the request granted. Dixs Gaiety Company concluded thei r season in Feilding last night. The pro gramme was changed for the occasion and the several items provoked much laughter and applause from the audience. The farcical comedy " Irish Justice," was excellently staged, and the of fun the Leslie Bros, especially in their act entitled " Music on the Brain," was in the highest sense amusing. Messrs Collins and Brown in their impersonation of Salvation lasses, the Andrew sisters. in i heir terpeichorean acts, Ralph Scott's vocal items and Mr D. H. Caston's budget of fun all made up a programme which was keenly appreciated by a fairly large audience. Trade continues active in the United S'aies. The price of steel rails has advanced to 35 dollars per ton, though deliveries had been made at 18 dollars within the year. The contracts cover a million and a half tons, or two-thirds the capacity of the works, for the coming year. Cotton alone is low in price, owing to the deadlock between foreign consumers and American producers. The Transvaal trouble caased large sales of ammunition and meat, and the money murket, at fisst thrown into a panic by the outlook, has strengthened because of the belief that mining shares would be worth more without Boer control in the ininiDg regions. The Presbyterian choir, assisted by other.. musical talept, will render the famous cantata " Isaac and Rebecca " in the Volunteer Hall, Feilding, next Wednesday evening. Amongst the soloists mentioned in our columns a few days ago, Mrs Richards will sing by request those beautiful solosa from "Messiah," "I Know That My Redeemer Livetb," aud "He Shall Feed His Flock." The cantata has been in practice for several months, and lovers of music should take advantage of the opportunity of heaving good music produced in Feilding, and. of assisting to swell the Piesbyterian Sunday School finances. The instrumentalists who wiii n.^Kist are: Piano, Miss Giesen; violins Messrs Bell aud Watson ; double bass, Mr Bilderbeck ; cornet, Mr R. F. - .lybittle: conductor, Mr Greenwo >d. ' la organist has yet to be dcci led ■ ppon, - '