Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XXII, Issue 163, 12 January 1901, Page 2

Local and General News.

We regret to learn that Mr Mr G. Kidd, of Kiwitea, is dan»erou*ly ill. Th« Cheltenham Dairy Company is n-uv making about 2500 lbs of butter per day. An advertiser wants to exchange 900 acres of good grazing land, for a dairy farm. - Train arrangements fer the Anniver : sary Day of Wellington, are advertised to-day. Entries for Messrs Abraham and Wil- . liams 1 sale at Palmerstoa on tbe 17th iust , are now advertised. Mr Kirk, Government Biologist, will lecture at Kimbolton on Wednesday next, ihe 16th instant. The numbers of the Cheltenhatn.-Kiwi tea -ports club will meet this evening in line Hall, to eltct officers, etc. We h'>ve received « ver beautiful wall calun<ia> horn ibe Auckland Branch of tho Atuerican iobacco Company. A notification from the Pohangioa Comity Council in reference to a pro posal to burrow a sum of L 2700 will be found ou our fouith page to-day. M. T. Harrobio, IVfa igamaire, is the winner of tnn i-jctr- Ad per ll> si^en b Messrs W. Diuiock and Coy,, of Wei ii' "iiin, ior th« finest quality piga dtliv-. er dithi i f -ct ry tor the week ended 10th rJ-.!.M.i:ir\, haviug secured 34 points. Atth .inh c <t it s for the 'sort petitions t tbe K .ii'.t- > Hide A sociuion mtefcing t> be li id on the 22 d instant, do not •lo (? v til the fifteenth, several have -,i . -ce-'i I'-C'ived, -md it is anticip-, : He urn i -pz will be a most successful ue Mea-rs Got- on &■■ d Son held a successful -file at their •'.eiiijuig jards yesterday, i her.- wan a jjocd demand ip£ sheep, ; c p ciai'\ iambs, but cattie were slightly lihsief : sc ptiri^r l"r dairy cow* which sod vu-:l tb se sold on account of Mr 1 y -xi en) aye ;»gi gLB 6s, A number /t>f * eii-ester stud ram 5 ! were broui4M to W.e Ijnyoii by the Rotomahan * J-jixty of th.'s-> were consigned •o Mr Brewer, of Puloiereton North, by M*>B«rs King aud Co, of Christchurch, and t\v lye were for Messr3 Johnston aud Co., from ivlf F. C. Tabarr, of Christch,u:_cb. Dr Conao Doyle, presiding at a lecture by Mr Winston Churchill, strongly ad vo/cated fighting the war out to the bitter .ens. The course of disgrace, he ! said, is :\yorse than th/s cpurse of death. • The former was passing away w;th the Boerw, who formerly despised, but now bate ug. Some years a^o (says the Press) a few |i,^= ( » snails -of,. r,r(,i! uljfc oyer from '"' *t. -;•;<)•:■ ' ' ) urtoti gardeaerg «>■> ri unMu«iC ■"■' v< as pets by i the importer !hes have been very slowly, but iiiitot'unately very surely, extendins their borders, and are now cpoytitutin*' an additional pest to ncauy of the garden^ within the borough. Trooper J Hog?, who recently returned from the South African campaign 'baa presented the Cheltenham Bifle Clulj with a handsome and unique trophy for competition rtixiongsfc jts members It is ' ■i Krngcr sovereign mounted as a br.iocb, find if; now on view =n the show window of Mr .T. Scott, Jeweller. The police officer who is on his way to t£r co ony for tbe pnrposa of identifying the man Cna^es Lilly w^ite, charged, in i ijifc m me pf Art&uj,' "^latcb, with tht> : n):r<ier ftt Colchester, Engl.4po, of o^e Alf.'f-d Welch, is e&pected ar.ive : uj hin a few days, in the meai^fme i . ill> whifca.bas been further reuiftia led tp (be 17(h iUHt»ot. !

A young black sheep dog is advertised for. The secretary of the Foxton Racirg Club, has a notice in to-day re acceptances. Entries for the bike road race close at Barry's Bicycle Worka'at 10 o'clock tonight. The Rev C. Murray will speok on Sunday Dight on the " Master Christian " by Marie Corelli. Wanted returned a dark brown Rug, lost mar Cobbe's corner. Reward at Star office. Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day : — Moderate to strong south-west to south and south-east winds ; glass rise. The Engineer of tbe Kiwitea County Couacil, Mr Charles Bray, junior, inyites tenders for certaiu public works. . The Commissioner of the Government Life Insurance Department, Mr J. R. Richardson, gives notice that an agency will be opened at the post office Kimbolton 9 , as from the 14th instant. At the Kdkoura • Athletic Sports on New Year's Day, H. Davidson, a format resident of Feilding, easily won the 120 yards hurdles from scratch and in the married men's race ran well with his brother benedicts, one of whom he tied with for first place. Ow'ng to the difficulty in getting heaters in the colony, the Cheltenham Dairy Company is unable to start operations at the Hiwinui creamery. They are expec'.iog to rpceiyc on 9at any moment and a3 soon as possible it will be firted up and the creamery started. A new advertisement will appear io a a day or two from Messrs Brim well Eros. In the meantime our readers are requested to inspect tho centre show window of the firm's handsome shop. It is full of handsome Japanese wall pockets to ba given away duricg th 9 present month. There was a very large at'endance in the drill Hall last night to see the famous Biograpb, but owirg to an ace dent to the dynamo, the per oroiance could nob take place. In this connect'on we must congratulate the audieuce on th»ir patience and good humour. A bstt.r conducted, or more orderly assembly could not be found in any other part cf tho world. A very pleasant social afternoon was spent by the members and Mends of the Colyton W.C.T.U. last Thursday. The I object wa-; to welcome Mrs R Pndney (the president) on her return from Eng land. Miss Minchin spoke a few words of we'eomfi on behalf of tli3 Union to which Mrs' Pudney duly responded and also gave a few int'iesting fac s in connection v\ith her recent tiip to tha Old Country. A meeting of admirers of the poet Burns \va? held in the Borough Council Chambers last evening for tho purpose of 64-cussing the desirableness of celebrating the anniversary of the binh of the famous Scottish poet ion the 25th inst). Present— Messrs J. B^rtho!onaew (in the chair), T. Watson, .7, Dunlop, A. Spence, G. Spencp, M. Law, J*. M. R Lochhead, W. Dickson, and Dr Sorley. After discusson it was decided to hold a Burns recital and concert on the evening of January 25. Mr T. Wutson consented to giye a recital. A committee consisting of Messrs Law, G. and J. Bartholomew, W. Dickson and J. Dunlop, was appointed to arrange the concert A vote of thanks to Mr Dunlop for moving in the matter and to the chairman, terminated the meeting.