Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume XXII, Issue 167, 17 January 1901, Page 2

Local and General News

— ♦ Mr L. E. Ward has a rep'ac i- i ein !c-day. Fruit i- tbis year scarce hr u.hout the colony. Vo!untrti> are reminded of the parade this evenir g. Mr J. Beltifc, of the Manchester sables, adverti-e« gigs for hi c. Dr Grac, M.L.C , is about to take a hoi day trip to England. Two draught horses are added to Morshead and Giesen's horse sale for Saturday. The eleventh issue of Stone's Directory which will be published in August next, is being corrected up to date.

During two recent Saturdays one hun dred boys took to the Wattuafce County office 54,450 small birds' eggs. The returns of the Registrar General 1 *; office show 2758 persons arrived in the colony and 1576 left in 1000 as against 2200, and 1236 respectively in December, 1809. fn a Masterton divorce case which will shortly fee before the Court, the petitioner's brother ia Jjkely to be cited as co respondent. Substantial damages will also be claimed. The Foxton Herald says :— Mr Frank Robuißon has disposed of bis Carnarvon estate aad is about to take up his residence in PaliLueiMo.n. A good settler will thus he pr&c&cally Jpsjt to the Manawatu County. One of the greatest gathering- *fnßs!s~ paper men the world nan ever a -en was that held in Svdury as a conclusion to the Federal Celebrations It was on the occasion of a banquet to pressmen by the (toveJZU&ent, about 500 being present.

A special sale of drapery is advertised to-day. The Oddfellows' Lodge will meet tomorrow evening. At a meeting in Wellington last night it was decided to form an association for the maintainance of social intercourse between old residents of the Canterbury provincial district. Labour in the Tar an aid district h so scarce that many settlers are offering 10s per day for bush-fellers and Is 3d per bour for road work. This high rate of pay is attributed to the scarcity of men caused by so many of the right stamp going to South Africa. A match was played between teams tepreseniing the* Tttrtin iFtilding) and Cheltenham Cricket Clubs, on the Jatter's ground yesterday afternoon. The Tar tans defeated their opponents by 37 io 24 runs. Mrs Evensen generously provided refreshments for the players. During the temporary absence from the colony of the Premier, the Progress ive Liberal Association of Canterbury, has been playing high jink*, aud even gone so far as to issue a manifesto pro-, testing against the political methods of Mr Seddon. When that Hon. gentleman returns he will toon bring them to their senses, Several local authorities have of lato received account from tbe Valuer-General for claims vars ing op to upwards of a hundred pounds for revising the rate rolls during the past jear. As the accounts have been considered excessive io some cases the authorities affected have decided to ask the Department how the cost is arriyed at.

Arrangements are being made by the Government to brin^ into the market the lands of the Midlands Railway. The authorised area is sis million acres in all. These will be open for selection after the Ist February, and in the meantime applications are being heard foru persons already io occupation under temporary license, on whose cases repoits will be made to the Minister of Lands. The Hawera Star of the 14th instant, tays :— A record for ihe Kaupokonui Dairy Factory Co y and we bd'eve for the district and the whole colony has been put up during the past fortinght. The shipment of cheese from th.s factory eoiDg forwad by next bo it will total 1500 cases, of the value, roughly, of L 4500, and this is the produca of the factory for a fortnight During the past two days respectively there h«s been on the road, carting the last of the cheese to Hawera railway 8 ation, nine and four five-hor^e' te.ms. There is no rest for the wicked. Con ceroing the recent r id on sly grog sellers the Free Press staes that the atten ions of the police were by no means confined to Ba'cluths, but would seem to have embraced the whole Prohibition electorate of Cluthn, and that the larger proportion of Inspector Purdy's stiff stem to have been employed in this special business. Seizures of liquor we c made ao Richardson's and Visl's boardinghouses at Owaka ; Mrs Welsh's boardinghouse (late Railway Hotel;, Pukerau; and at Dunne t's boardingbouse, Kelso, A- special sitting of the Magistrate's Court will be held at Balclutha on Friday, 18th inst., to hear certain charges of sly grog selling, and it is understood a number of respectable citizens will, from the information gleaned by the detective before-mentioned, be called upon to giye evidence Verily ihe way of the transgressor is hard.

The parly part vi next month Feilding will be visited by a lady, Mrs Towler, of Duuedin, who is a Specialist in the Colonial World of Medicine, and is becoming ;very widely known for her great Mansavita (" Water of Life ") Remedies. Tbe remedies are stocked by chunis's, but Mrs Towler is desirous of personally meetiug patient?, hence her journeying from home, and her visit to Feilding. She stays here for a few dajs only, and may be consulted at Mrs F. Towler's Mrs Towler is not a eurgfon, but takes her place in the ranks of the ladies who makes a specialty of certain branches in medicine, The branch in which (the many testimonials, some widely known even in this district, fully bear this out) she has been most successful io the treatment of piles, eczema, wounds, bad legs, burns, etc. The medicines used have a most important hall mark, in that they are prepared nnder her personal supervision, and are registered and protected throughout Australasia. Sufferers (b-th sexes are carteously received) should call and see her at Mrs Towler's Feilding, and get the benefit of an experience ranging over many years both at Home, io Africa, and all ihe colonies'. All interviews and communications are treated as s'rictly confidential, and country people who cannot find time to call upon her will have their letters promp'ly replied to.