Local and General News.

Feilding Star, Volume XXII, Issue 165, 15 January 1901, Page 2

Local and General News.

A lady's cape, with fur collar, ba* been j left at this office. Mes3rs Bramwell Bre. want a strong youth for store work. The owner of a sheep dog is advertised for in our wanted column. Mr Babboge, general carrier between Fedding and Apiti, inserts a notice today.' Mr T. E. D-»une has bean appointed Secretary of the Department of Industries. Draught horses are now sold in Scotland by weight. The system originated in the United States. The content- of a fancy goodi store will be sold at Me-svs Morshead and Giesen's sale on Friday next. Mr Raymond P. Walsh gives notice that all horses and cattle trespassing on the east side of tbe Kiwitea stream, will be impound d. The Postal Department his been adyised that the colonial mails per Miowera which hft Sydney on s;h December reached Loudon on 12th January, three days late. Having bad a' very successful opening to the c-sh sa'e at Sherborne House ih - proprietor is determined to keep tbe thinn going by s ill bringing forward i fresh linet to be sacrificed. 'the Manchester Rides . will hold a parade on Thursday evening next. A , full muster is requested. The tSam to fire againSs Palmerston N. will leaye the Square to-morrow morning nt 9 o'clock, sharp. A New Zealander now in Sydney . noted as nn odd feature of the Commonwealth i'luminati ns that a large semicircle of lights blazed out a " Welcome " i over the portals of Darlin^hurst Gaol during the celebration week. We have been requested to direct public attention to the fact tbat the rates > of postage, except for letters and letter cards, have not been reduced. Commercial papers, newspapers, etc, still require the same postage as before. A great number of dead trout have, during the past few days, been found in a stream which runs into the Kiwitea near heltenham, The cause of the mortality is the recent dry weather, there being now bnt little water in the stream. To-morrow evening Mr T. W. Kirk, J Government biologist., will deliver an instructive lectnre in tbe Kimbolton Hall. Mr Kirk's subject— farm seeds and weeds, and orchard and crop pests— is one whicb is of special and vital interest to the farming community. This being ho, it is to be hoped tbat tbe residents of Kimbolton and district will show their appreciation of Mr Kirk's visit by attending. The lecture will be illustrated by lantern slides and should prove of value to all those present. A meeting of milk suppliers to the city of Wellington was held at the Lower Hut ou Sxturdav evening, when tbe regulat ons under the Dairy Act of last session were (ully discussed. Strong objection was taken to some of the provisions, namely, the amount of air space rf quired (which wis considered excessive) in sheds, the requirement tbat milk cans should be dried (tt being considered suffix cient to scaid, rinse with cold water and then turn the cans up-side down) and to the provision for white-washing. Spe. king at a reception in England affc-r his return from South Africa Sir R. Bull'-r said:— •• We were fighting in a country throughout which natives were settled. Our adversary had only to ride into a Ktffir k>aaland learn the whole news of the district, whereas if we did so we were mote. We had a certain number of interpreters, of course, but that is not ths same thing. An officer sneaking the language could ask things wh eh be could neyer get answered through an interpreter The difficulties we experienced, not knowing the two main languages, Dutch and Kaffir, bave not had due weight given to them by our critics." The result of the Presbyterian General As-embly Sabbath School Examination for schools in she Wanganui Presbytery, end held on October 18th last, is now published The candidates from Feilding obtained marks as follows : Junior — Bible : Amy Watts 100, Ronald Watson 92, Irene Murchie 88, Percy Shearer 74. Catechism : Irene Murchie 99, Amy Watt- 95, Ronald Watson 82. MiddleBible Gfrnlriine Thompson 81, Janet Br*y 77, Jessie Goldfinch 71, Arthur Robins >n 67, Stanley Shearer 51, G. Bartholomew 47. Catechism : G Thompson 100 Jessie Goldfinch 83, G. Bartholomew 80, Janet Br-»y 80 Senior— Bible : Daisy C»rm»n 100, Eva Thompson. 99, Ken. Bartholomew 91. Catechism : Eva Thomson 95. Daisy Carman 95, Ken. Bartholomew 89, Essiy . Eva Thomson 75, Daisy Carman 68. In regard *o tbe slime which prevailed to such an extent in Blind Bay some time ago, and wbich made it? ap pearance in Golden Bay when the waters around Nelson were clear, we learn from Mr Maginnity, who has been camping with his family at Takaka, that Golden Bay is still suffering from the visitation. Takaka was partially free of the slime for a time after it first showed its If, bu-. the stuff has now returned, and the ocean U ' brilliant every nigbt with ifc 3 phosphorescence, furnishing a magnificent spect icle. j As at Nelson, the slime has caus.d much | ; mortality among tha fish, aud from i Pohara to Collingwood the shores of the , bay are strewn with dead denizens of the deep, including even sharks. If the slime left golden Bay totally or in part ! and then returned as reported, its ! recrudescence around Nelson is also ( fa bie, and in the circumstances it ] - r t be well to have the stuff analysed by a naturalist-- Nelson JSvenin Mail. ' <