THE WEATHER.

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 38, 7 September 1905, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

■■ ■ ■ ♦ Captain Edwin wired at 12.5; as follows : — Strong winds from between nortt and east and south-east ; glass fall rain probable after 12 hours fron now.

Redstone's stable at Kikuwai, Eas Coast, were destroyed by fire last night Four coach horeas, valued at over £100 were lost. A iinal reminder is given of the meet ing to be held in the Wesleyan School room to-niftht to form a branch of th< Order of Rechabites, in Feilding. Mr Gibbons (Wellington), is offering a prize of one guinea for the best col lection of vegetables, grown from hii seeds, to be exhibited at the Feildinf Autumn Show. The latest additions to the telephom exchange are :— MrC. E. Young, pnvat< residence, South Street, No. 70 ; Mr J T. Barry, private residence, Kimboltor Road, No. 80. " Well," said Snaggs, " I think man} dogs have more senso than theii masters." " Yos," chimed in Craggs " 1 have a dog like that myself." And he couldn't make out why they laughed. Our report of the cas* Fry v. Boazei in yesterday's issue was somowhat n error. The plaintiff sued for the ro covery of £63 l(Js 6d, being alleged balance due ror sale ol firewood tc defendant nt 7s a cord. The defendant statod tho price agreed on was (is a cord and paid tho sum of £ 1 4 10s 3d (costs included) into Court in satisfaction, and counter-claimed at the same time foi £1 13s 3d, balance due for chaff-cutting done by defendant for plaintiff. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £4-1 10s 3d (amount paid into Court), and he was nonsuited for the balance with costs as reported, and judgment on tho counter-claim was given for defendant for £1 8s 3d, with 5s costs. " Do you believe in the Weights and Measures Act being applied to pub- , licansP" was a question submitted to Mr Hogan, one of tho candidates foi Wanganui, on Tuesday night. " What 1 mean," added the gontleman is, " supposo I want a pint of beer, 1 have to pay sixpence for it ; why should 1, if ] only want half-a-pint or a ' pony ' have to pay sixpence for it just the same If a milkman sells me a quart ot milk for threepence he only charges me threehalfpence for a pint. Why should I have to pay sixpence for half-a-pint ol beer r" To which Mr Hogan promptly replied : " The best thing you can do is to ask for a pot every time !'' But tht questioner was still unsatisfied. " Sup« pose I don't want a pot," he said; "suppose I only want a-half-pint ?' Then the crowd laughed.— Chronicle.