Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XXIL, Issue 91, 15 October 1900, Page 2

Local and General News.

•- t I Man's mission ia to rule the world ; woman's mission is to rule man. A special meeting of the Directors of |of the FeUding Permanent Building j Society wes held this afternoon. The members of the Col} ton R fla Club will fire for the trophy presented b/ Mr Lewis, on Wednesday next. The Green Committee of tha Feilding Bowling Club met. to day and decided to open the season on Wtdnesday afternoon at two o'clock. The Clerk of the Kiwitea County Council, Mr W. G. Hicks, invites applications for the position of Ranger lor the whole of the County, or for any particular riding thereof. The new members of Parliament will cost the long-sufferina taxpayers of the colony another 12400 a year. " Blow the expense" is the motto of our present rulers and governors. 11 1 understand," said Mr Lewis in the House, " tbat at an unnual diuner of the Law Society tbe toast of ' Tho Parlia inent of New Zealand ' is drunk with the utmost cordiality, becau.e they recosni-e that their whole being depends ou the style of legislation passed in this House." Allud'Dg to the provisions ofihe Public Coutracta Act, the Pr^uii v in his Labour I D«y speech en Wednesday, said that by this Act tbe Government had fixed ihat every contract entered into by local bodies must be paid fcr at the rate cur rent in the locality. This Act wis an Eight Hours Bill in another form.— Post. The fishing season l;as b. gun with gome excsllent sport. A couple of days j »£o Me-srs Baines Bro?. made a &o:>d haul in the Munawatn at Ormondville, wiih one basket of 19, the other numberin" 17, all fair-siztd trxut. Another sport, who went out with an celing party, tried his luck with the rod by moonlight, and landed four good t ous in a very sboit lime. - H.B. Herald. Roberts, of ihe car, is meeting with a wily opponent in Wi-iss. The former detests slow pay and Wei^s knows it The latter only decleres Lis intention, S3 we hear from Sydney, of weaiing the English champion dawn. Roberts hardly hesitates a minute before makiug his shot, but Weiss walks round the table and cocks his eye on one side and fusses about. This irritates Roberts, and irritation is often the prelude to bad play. It is not a nice game to play. Mr Charles Johnston Pharazyn, one of th>} founders of Wellington — who arrived in Port Nicholson in 1841 — celebrated his 98th birthday on Thursday. A reception in honour of the occasion was held at the residence of Mrs William Pharazjn, Hobson street, and many friends and relatives of the family took the opportunity of tendering their congratulations to Mr PbarazyD, wbo still retains bis physical and mental vigour to a remarkable degree. Sheep firmera in North Canterbury report tea} s the Press) the loss of Limbs from rough weather has been merely nominal with one or two exceptions. The increase on tbe farms has been most satisfactory, and the growth of succulent herbage promises a very early maturity for the frozen lambs supply. Although tbe equinoctial wind* threatened to disturb the newly-harrowed .soil, as well as spring-grown grain crop, fortunately the previous rain prevented any but trifling damage. An interesting case is at present in progress at tbe Supreme Court, in which (says tbe Lytteltou Times) the maiu point lies in tbe question as to whether or not tbe estate of a deceased persou is liable to a maintenance order on the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court. In the present instance tho whole estate, which includes money and a tenth share of bequests, amounts to a little over .£IOOO. and tbe maintenance order, which existed at the time of defendant's death, involved a payment of £1 per week. Fourjlawyers are representing tbe various interests involved in the case. A correspondent in the Manawatu Daily Times suggests that in view of the present state of foreign politics, the danger of a general war, and tbe defenceless condition of Wellington, the seat of Government be removed to Palmerston North. The notion will commend itself to many residents of the Chicago of the South, but s"> far as we arc concerned we think a tetter place wuuld be the City of Kimbolton, Iho situation is superior, he climate is all that could be desired, ijhe watpri* good, while tbe settlers there would accord a warm welcome- even to ihe members of the present Houses of Parliament. Besides -an attack from a foreign fleet would be impossible. Whatever doubts may haye existed as to tbe effect of tbe amendment made by the House in tho Industrial Schools Bill, hive Uteri tet »t rest by ihe Legislative Council. The doubt was raised as to whether the House had made it suffix ciently char that all private or local -chools Bbould cease after a certain time, and not merely schools which are managed from outside New Zealand. The Upper Chamber has made it quite den* that all private or local schools arc intended to cease at the end of twelve months to be school" within the meaning of the Industrial Schools Act. and from that date will not receive any grant of public money, nor shall any child be transferred to them. Messrs Spence and Spence announce that they are showing washing dres* ■ fabrics, comprising: fancy muslins, piques, repps, drills, mercerised sateena ' and galateas. The variety is both large , and choice. Id the millinery window there is to be seen tbe very latest English and French models, which are ever a source of delight to the ladies. In 1 black and colored dress goods the dis ' play is comprehensive, embracing as it 1 does, the leading shades id lustres, beni galines, fooies, serges, coatings and , cloths. In this connection, it may be remarked tbat ladies cau have their dresses made up on the premises in first class style at a moderate charge. Tha bachelors cf Apiti laid their annual ball on Friday last, 12th inst., and a most eojoyable gathering it proved 1 to be Although the attendance did not ' quite fulfil expectations, the com mitt' e 1 have reason to be well satisfied wi h the i number present, con-idering the cxfc:eoie • unfavourablencss cf the wealliT. The ; hall was very tat fully decor .ted wi h [ evergreens, flowers, etc , nud reflected I much credit on those v. ho ca-rvd out ibis portion of the work, The ra:sic was 1 supplied by Haybttle's String Dand. of 1 Feilding, a«d wai, »t is aUno^t needless to say, highly apprcciut J- Mr Ch*9. Goldriug efficiently discharge! th? duties

Messrs Morshead and Giesen advertise iheir horse sale for Saturday next. A man named Robert Lyons was killed it the Makohine viaduct -on Saturday. There were 48,938 persons engaged in factories in this colony on 31 Bt March, an increase in fiye years of over 19,000. An interesting advertisement from tbe U.F.CA. in connection with the ironmongery department, will appear in tomorrow's issue. Tbe Engineer of the Eiwitea County Council, Mr Charles Bray, Junr, invites tenders for Public works as detailed in tbe advertisement. His Worship the Mayor bas kindly consented to preside at the Concert on Weduesday next, in the Assembly Rooms. A large attendance is auticicipated, both afternoon and evening. i Messrs Chamberlain and Co, engineers and blacksmiths, have just received a new supply of bicycle accessories. Having engaged the services of an expert cyclo engineer they arc prepared to effect repairs to bic\ cles. Clara; "Did you nct : ee thst finolooking gentleman turn and look back at me after he had passed? 1 Mauds: " Yet. Isn't it queer how little it tikes to turn a man's head ?" The ceremoDy of unfurling the flag at the College Street School, Palmerston North, will take place next Wednesday afternoon. Tte Manawatu Mounted Rifles, and the Palmerstou North Rifles will ass:st. It wouid be interesting to know when tho eamo function will be performed in Feilding. A rifle match will be fired on Satur day next between teams representing tho Ccl.\ton and Cheltenham Rifle Club 3. The latttr will be represented by tbe following: — R. Rtid, E. Pask, Ellerm. J. Barrow, 11. Currio, R. Taylor, F. Spencer, R. Barrow, C. Russell, E Wilhelm. Any of the latter who cannot attend aro requested to let the Secretary know at odcp. The match will be tired on the Colyton rango commencing at 12 o'clock. Power is given by tbe Tublic School Teachers' Salaries Biil for the making of regulations in rega'd to the number of teacher-! and pupil t acliera in every public ecliojl, and the salaries and nl lo\v9nccs payable to t' achers and pupilteacheis; also regulations with reference to the making cf grant* by the Education Boards ti school comnii'tees for gene; al education purposes. Except within a borough no public school shall in future be tsfciblibed within three mil s of an existing public scbool without the approval of the Minister. BThe Minister tf Lands informs Mr Mog«, M.H.R , thit the regulations un dertbeLn:d< for Settlement Act, gaz-ett-d ou 4-h February, 1897, only ptrmit of advances on bui dings, fences, and o'lur improvements being made to workmen wlio take up small allotment rear citi s. It i- a-sumed that other settlers should be in a position financially to rar.y on thtir opt rations without r?quiring liny gudvar c-. Ov\inß. however, to the representations tbat have been made, tbe rcgu'at ons are about, to be a t?rcd so as to permit if advances bei"g made to the small holders on the Aorangi Estate, near Feilding.— Po<t.