LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 1410, 15 April 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

• — The School Committee will meet tbis evening at 7,80. The Feilding Masonic Lodge will meet on the 21st instant. In our advertising columns Mrs E. H Thompson, of Bongoiea, thanks her numerous friends for the deep sympathy they showed toward her in her late sad bereavement. There is a probability that a proposal will be made shortly to form a company to erect an Opera House in Feilding. Failing ihe formation of a company it will be erected by private enterpriseMessrs Gorton and Son advertise an important clearing sale of sheep, dai>y cows, horses and farm implements on tbe 23rd instant near Hal com be at the farm Mr Robert Linton, who has eo'd bis land to tbe Goyernmeßt. Tenders are invited by the Secretary of the Feilding Jockey Dlub. Mr E Goodbebere, for tbe erection of a public stanrf, &nd an itonlfence (labour only), on South street. Plans may be seen at the office of Mr Goodbehere. We have received from the Government Printer a copy of tbe New Zea land Government Tonrist and Health Resorts Department Itinerary, showing services, distances, fares, etc. Tbis should prove a most valuable aid to travellers for their health and pleasure seekers alike. Ladies and children are unable to have dry feet where there is any work on tbe farm, especially after rain or heavy dews, but this can be overcome by seennng a pair of gum boots. The New Zealand Clothing Factory advertise these in tbis issue at very low price?, viz , children's ss, maid's 6s 6d, women's Bs. These should supply a long felt want. It was the late Sir Isaac Holdon (writes a London correspondent) who said that tie day would come when raw wool would be as cheap as cotton, but nobody thought tbe day would be as near as be did, and with American middling cotton to-day at 4-^d per Ib, it must be said that the article is actually dearer than good sbafty New Zealand medium cross-bred wool. Sad news comes from St. Helena in regard to tbe captive Boer General Cronje. His wife, who never seems to bave recovered from the terrible shock of Paardeberg, has for some time been hopelessly ill. Now bis Adjutant is dying of heat disease. The result is that General Cronje, who lived in a hoDBe with these two as bis only companions, will be leit in solitude. Miss A. W. Arrow, a daughter of Mr H. Arrow, of Waipawa, has been selected a« one of tbe teachers for tbe Boer concentration camps. Miss A. L. Bees, M A , Dnnedin.has also bt en selected as one of tbe teachers. She is a daughter of Mr Rees, solicitor, Gis borne, and is tbe only graduate who is being Bent. Tbe wboie of the teachers will leave the Bluff on tbe 4tb of May, to catch tbe Damascus at Melbourne. Tbat there is an increasing demand for land in the Waikato district is shown by tbe fact that tbe whole of the sections of tbe Eureka estate re« cently cut up by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company were disposed of at the upset prices. The company are now cuttiDg up the well known Lansdowse estate comprisiDg Eome 3200 acreß of laud admirably adapted for dairy farms, and are offering same on specially liberal terms. The Rev Lawry has kindly consented to deliver an address at the opening meeting of tbe Literary and Debating Society in Mr Bray's office to morrow night. Tbe election "of officers will also take place and general business be discussed. Intending members are invited to attend. The Rev Cbas. Murray who was invited to address the meeting will be unavoidably absent from town. The youth of tbe town should oot miss this opportunity of acquiring the facility of public speakers, and becoming conversant with the various important topics which will from time to time be discussed. Tbe Government have supplied to all M's.H.R. a form on which is to be stated all tbe public works in tbeir respective districts which require attention, such works to be entered according to urgency In most cases the Members are forwarding the forms on to the local bodies, who are asked to supply the desired information. The idea is to have everything in a concise form instead of tbe local aii thonties sending in particulars of such required works at long intervals. Local authorities will do well to see to it that this district is not neglected in j tbe matter of " claims.' 1

The Kiwit?a Couuty Gonnoil wil* meet on [Saturday next. The school excursion train which leaves Feilding for Aramoho at halfpast seven in the morning, will stop at Taonui, Aorangi and Makino for the convenience of children and others who live near those stations. Mr C. Bray, Returning Officer, gives notice that an election of members for the Manchester Road Board will be held on Thursday Moy Ist, 1902 Nominations to be made on Friday 25th insant, at the office of the Board At the Police Court this morning John Melrose pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place yesterduy, He was convicted and discharged, but ordered to leave the town f rthwith. Mr Kirton J.P., was on the BoDch It is eaid, remarked Mr Seddon at Wellington last Friday night, that the attitude of New Zealand in regard to the war was only approved by a few. Where he asked (and his voice rose to a patriotic pitch), where did the young men come from who have fouybt for the colony iv South Africa? "From Ireland,'' said a quiet voice at tbeb>»ck of the hall, and the assemblage roared with laughter. The proposal to hold a Mounted Rifles camp in Feilding is taking definite form. The majority of ihe members of the Feildiog Mounted Rifles and the Manawatu Mounteds have siguified their approval of the suggestion. The site for the proposed camp has not yet been chosen. The combined camp v. ill be a decided improvement and wi 1 offer rcauy induce ments to the men. Railway guards would do well to exercise a little more caro when at flag stations. One d*y last week at Aorangi a train pulled up beyond the platform and a lady passenger who bad with her a child, and two or three parcels, bad a nasty experience. In oider to facilitate matters the lady put her parcels on to the carriage platform and as soon as the train stopped she alighted on the metat and commenced to remove them, the child being within the carriage. Before our informant had remove her parcels the train moved off and she had to run alongside of tbe carriage until tbe passengers handed the child out to its anxious mother.