LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 1461, 12 June 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

A practice of friends willing to assist at Miss Balgarnie's leture is to be held at the Wesleyan Church tomorrow evening. On the first page of this issue will be found an advertisement from tbe A.M. P. Society, giving results taken from tbe fifty -third report. The Telegraph Department informs ns that the rate for troop messages tc Sooth Africa has been reduced to 10£ d per word, as from tbe Ist instant. There will be a Government parade of the Manchester Bides this evening, A consignment of sight protectors bad been received and they will be issued to-night. Burgesses are remindpd of tho elec tion to take place to-morrow to till the vacancy in the Borough Coancil. Mt Bagnall and Dr borley are tbe candidates. Mr Morshead notifies an alteration in the date of Mr Joagbin's sale which has been pnt forward a day on aocoant of the N.Z.L. and M.A. Company's sale on Wednesday. At the New Plymouth licensing session yesterday afternoon, Mr Brabant, Auckland S.M., sitting as a com mittee, granted a license to the Hotel Commonwealth. I The engagement is announced of Mr Chas Carter, of the Pollard Opera Company, to Miss May Beatty, who was, until recently, a prominent member of the same company. An appeal is made in England for .£IOO,OOO, so that a continuous investigation of cancer, costing about i&OOO a year, may be carried on. About £20, 000 has already been promised. Mr Joe Brown, tbe advance agent of the World's Entertainers, arrived is Feilding yesterday for the purpose of completing arrangements for tbe appearance of tbe company at the Drill Hall next Wedntsdiy. A Victoria Cross awarded to Lancecorporal John Kyan, 65th Regiment, for gallant conduct in an engagement near Cameron Town, New Zealand, on September 7th 1863, was sold in Loo don tbe other day for £58. Messrs Watson Bros, bave been doing an immense amonnt of work lately in framing pictures and photographs. Their selection of mouldings is remarkably choice, and last, but not least, the work is done neatly and well. What is said to be tbe smallest engine ever made has been completed. It is a horizontal engine which can be placed on a sixpence, One has to look through a microscope to see plainly its various parts, lb runs perfectly aecar ately, and is made of gold, silver, copper and steel. In a Brazilian news paper.the Diario de Pernambnco of April 6tb, are published several imaginative items with regard to % outh Africa. Amonst these is tbe following surprising telegram from London : — " London, April 5. A grant of £4000 baa been voted in favour of the family of the ill-starred English General, Cecil Rhodes."

Owing to the Coronation celebrations the N.Z.L. and MA. Company will hold their Kimbolloa sale on the 25tb instant. The children attending the Palmers ton schools were yesterday presented with illustrated cards to commemorate the proclamation of Peace The application for a license for the proposed Coronation Hotel, at Newtown, Wellington, was refused. The committee wore unanimously of opinion that the hotel was not required in the neighbour hood. We are pleased to learn that Miss McDonougb, who met with a very painful accident some time ago is now getting better rapidly and it is expected that she will be able to resume teaching aboat the end of next month. Tbe Ensign states that a letter re ceived in Gore, Otago, a few days ago stated that a Californian gentleman of means deoided to eettle in New Zealand, and commence business, but altered bis plans on studying the present labour laws, To-morrow Messrs Monnsey and Co. will s«U, in the premises next New Zealand Clothing Factory, Manchester Street, a large consignment of first class drapery, and lugs, also guns, watches, fancy poods, etc. Measures will also be taken for suits. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, on Jane 18th will sell, without reserve, a valuable farm with stock, horses and agricultural implements. For other particu« lars see advertisement. A few interesting remarks on tbe facinating game of ping-pong will be fonnd in oar advertising columns. Messrs Bramwell Broß refer in this advertisement to their large stock of hanging lamps in ell designs ai d draw special attention to the hand pointed ••Miller" lamps which are an orna ment to any room aod are of high illuminating power. Bramwell Bros claim to be lamp specialists, and guarantee satisfaction to purchasers. At a meeting of the Palmerstou Hockey Association on Monday night tbe application of the Feilding Club for affiliation was granted. There being now three teams entered it was decided to start the junior championship. Ihe following drawings were made for the first round :- June 18th, High School v. Midland, Sports Ground, Feilding a bye ; July 2nd, High School v. Feilding at Feiiding, Midland a bye ; Feilding v Midland, at Sports Ground, Higb School a bye. Parson Adams, dnring the Afghan war saved the Jives of two troopers o! tbe 9th Lancers, who had been shot in a nullah. Lord Roberts mentioned the incident in tbe dispatches, and recom mended Parson Adams for the Victoria Cross decoration, Tbe War Office said 11 There is no precedent for awarding a V.C. to a parson." Lord Roberts re plied, "If you don't give him the V.C, I shall resign my command in India ' Tbe parson wan thereupon given the coveted decoration. It wbs particularly gratifying to note the generous spirit displayed by the members of the School tommittee when the question of erecting a fence at tbe Lytton Street School, was brought up last night. Each individual member contributed something witt the result the fence will be erected free of cost to the school. It is also tc be remembered that tbe Committee i gave private donations in order tc procure prizes for the best coinpositior on the Ute excursion to Wanganui. In conaection with the delay in sign, ing tbe contract with the Blue Stai Company, for a regular steam service between New Zealand and South Africa, Sir Joseph Ward expresses the opinion that it is being caused by the owners of the line wbo were the saccessful tenderers. The Agent GeDeral ha* been instructed to sign the contract on behalf of tbe New Zealand Govern ment, and Sir Joseph surmises that the prest-nt delay is being caused by tbe legai formalities which have to be gone through. There has been a widespread impassion in political circles, at Home, that Lord -alisbury has delayed hia resignation as Premier, until after tbe Coro nation of the King, for the sufficing reason that be had a difficulty in nominating a possible successor. That obstacle no longer exists^ because " ,vi Mr Seddon," during his residence in London will be able " to take on the job," until a suitable man as a per mancy is found, and to keep the business of the Empire going in its old form. Selah ! " Yon would be surprised," wrote home one of the Mounted Infantry in Cape Colony, " to see to what a number of uses tbe bayonet is put by us. We find it admirable as a chopper, a tio-opener, and a pickett peg for a horse, It is reliable as a tent-peg, handy as a fork for digging up potatoes, also as a knife, as a toothpick, as a steel for sharpening knife blades, or as weapon for killing fowls. lam afraid many a man cannot fix bis bayonet, owiDg to tbe catch being damaged by hammering it into tbe ground. But we have no use for tbe bayonet?! because tbe Boers never give ns a chance at close quarters." The Weedons correspondent of the Clmatcharch Press writes : — The weather during the last two months baa been very unfavourable for farm work, but now appears more settled. Farmers are pushing on vigorously with the sowing of winter wheat, present high prices tempting farmers to sow larger areas of this crop than ueual. Winter feed is becoming scarce tbe turnip crop this year not standing very much feeding. Potato digging is in full swing, but the crops are much below tbe average, the percentage of good saleable potatoes being very small. Men for potato digging bave been very scarce right through tbe season. The small birds are very much in evidence jast now, being more numerous than ever. The Kairanga County Council has commenced its duties with the laudable intention of doing business as prom ply as possible. Members recognise ihat tbeir office is likely to prove no fine cure, and with a view of saving time at the monthly meetings it was decided yesterday, in the case of deputations waiting upon them, that the desire of the deputation should be placed before the meeting, and tbe members comprising it should tben withdraw, tbe Council communicating its decision at a later period in tbe day. Councillors considered that' by this system many a wordy argument would be sayed and the time of the Council conserved. H was also decided that all resolutions on important matters Bbould be written and filed in addition to being entered in the minute book as usnal by tbe clerk. — Standard