Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 130, 1 December 1899, Page 2

Local and General News.

A coach-drivec's cushion is advertised for. The Manchester Rifles will hold a church parade on Sunday next. Mi* Greenwood requests that all accounts owing to him be paid before the 7th inatant, to Messrs Ratliff and Giesen. Mr F. Y. Lethbridge will address the electors in the Volunteer .Hall (not the Assembly Rooms) this evening, at S o'clock. Messrs Watson and Morshead hold a clearing sale nexc Tuesday for Mr J, Greenwood, at his private residence, Stafford Street. Messrs Watson and Morshead's furniture said appointed for to-day has been postponed owing to the inclement weather having prevented the consignment coming to hand. The Catholic Bazaar will be continued to-night. Owing to the courtesy of Mr Lethbridge (who had previously engaged the hall) the bazaar will be continued in the Assembly rooms. Mr Pegden, of the Furniture Ware house, announces that he has made enormous reductions in every department dtiring the sale, and has an immense stock to select from. Intending purchasers should call early. Miss Goodbehere's weather report for November, 1899.—The rainfall for the past month was 328 inches, the average for the past five years being 420 inches. The month has been showery, rain having fallen on sixteen days, the heaviest fall being on the 12th, when 0 64 inches was registered, there being also a rather severe thunderstorm. It appears from what information we (N.Z. Dairyman) haye to hand that (he factories all over the colony are receiving heavy supplies of milk, and if the season is favourable the output of dairy produce this year will be large practically twenty-five per cent, over that of last year. This fact, coupled with the highly satisfactory prices for both butter and cheese purchased, should result in a booming year for New Zealand farmers. We would suggest to the committee of the Feilding Jockey Club, that a member of the committee, or a steward, be appointed to have the control of the grandstand. Yesterday wben a heavy shower of rain came on a number of ladies who were seeking the shelter of the stand, were obstructed by a number of louts who had stationed themselves on the steps of the gangway. They would not budge an inch, and the ladies had absolutely to force a way through. The Catholic Cathedral at Westminster is approaching completion. It is in contemplation to open it for worship on 29fch September, 1900 - the golden jubilee of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in England. The roofing has begun, some of the minarets and domes are almost finished, and the tower has been carried to half the intended height. The nave will be the largest in Fngland, with an area of 14,000 square feet, as compared with the 13,244 square feet of the nave of York Minster. We have to thank the directors of the Methodist, Ladies' College, Hawthorne, Victoria, for a pamphlet which contains photographs, and a description of that excellent institution. We are informed that the school does not exist merely for profit, the aim of its founders having been to create a teaching institution for girls which should develop both mind and body, bringing to education acientific methods and a religious inspiration. Rev. W. H. Fiichett, 8.A., is President of the college. Messrs Milson and Coles have their Christmas advertisment to-day on our 3rd page in which they draw the attention of the public to their stock of useful presents, cards, prize books, toys and dolls, especially the dressed dolls, which are really beautiful, and at the same time reasonable in price. Having purchased all of their Christmas shipments for cash and thus saved the discounts, cus'omers may rest assured they will find ' good value for their money " and be more than satisfied. The bazaar is well worthy of a visit and all that the firm asks is that the public will pay their establishment a visit before concluding their purchases elsewhere.