LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 49, 20 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Mr F. Bray has a replace advertisement in our issue to-day. Mr R. S. Smith, of Colyton, wants to lease six or eight good cows. Train arrangements for the races at Wanganui are now advertised. Messrs Abraham and Williams will hold a stock sale at Colyton on the 26th instant. Mr Hugh Burrell wants a capable farm hand at the ond of the present month. Those who have already planted potatoes, and who make plentiful use of the Bordeaux mixture, will reap a goldon harvest as their crops mature. At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs Haggitt and Thompson, J's.P., the Rev. EUis. of Sanson, was fined Is and costs ior leaving a train whilst in motiou. The concert arranged by the Church of England at Apiti for last evening had to be postponed, owing to the inclemency of the weather. It is expected to hold the concert next Tuesday. Mr F. Y. Lethbridge, M.H R , inserts a notice to the effect that he will again I be a candidate for the Oroua electorate at the forthcoming election, and it is his intention to address the electorate ai an early date. Lodger (who has just had a plate of empty oyster shells laid before him) : What on earth have you brought these for ? Servant : Please, sir, they was all wot was left after I cleaned the insides out! The Kairanga County Council decided yesterday to formally object to being included in the list of contributors to the cost of the erection of the Lower Gorge Bridge. Kairanga will havo to pay just the same. A mistake was made in one of our headings yesterday, tho words " Equitable Life Insurance " appearing in place of the " New York Life Insurance C 0.," having reference to a cable anent tha latter company. There will he a Government parade ! of the Manchester Rifles at the usual hour to-morrow evening. Major Joyce will inspect the corps, and it is therefore incumbent upon every member to be presept; Mr J. Brown, the advance agent of Mr Stevenson's Entertainment Co., headed by Professor Andrews and his wonderful magic kettle, was in town today. The Company will appear on Tuesday next, in the Drill Hall. Mr Walter Walsh has a new book in the press, which will be published about the end of October. It will bear the title " The Women Martyrs of the Reformation." No author has ever before written a book exclusively devoted to this subject. In the House of Lords on July 31st, Lord Ludlow called attention to a complaint made by the Chief Justice of New Zealand of great delay in the administration of justice in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counoil. The Lord Chancellor, in reply, regretted very much that information bad been given to the Chief Justice which was in its material part without foundation, and he stated that, although the state of things was not absolutely satisfactory, there had been no undue delay in dealing with cases from New Zealand. On the first page of to-day's issue will be found an advertisement of Meisrs B. Hamilton and Co., who announce having opened a permanent establishment in Wellington, where they are prepared to givo advico on mattars appertaining to the complaints of men. If unable to pay a personal visit to their establishment, sufferers may write in confidence to Messrs Hamilton and Co. who will advise them aa to the best course to be adopted. Further particulars may be obtained by reference to the advertisement.

Entries for Mr Atkinson's gale on Friday aro now ndvortiHod. Tho Foiltlin^ .Junior Football Club will hold a hull in Ilio Drill Hull on Friday noxt nl H p.m. A reminder irt pjvon of tint opening ot a Kechabiln Umi, in tho Wosloyan Schoolroom at 7.JHJ p.m. to-morrow. There is somo talk of a gold bearing quartz reef having boon discovered, near Mount Bruce, in tho Wairarapa. A syndicate has boon formed to make a thorough test of tho ground. The Village Sunday School — Teacher: Now, can you tell me what the Israehties did when they came out of the Red Sea ?— Tommy (suddenly inspired) : I know, teacher. They dried themselves. The weather was exceptionally cold this morning, and it is feared that the south-west wind blowing will prove fatal to many of the young lambs in the back country, also to sheep which have been recently shorn. Proof. — Doubting woman to grocer : " Keally, now, are those eggs fresh ?" j Grocer : " Madam, it you will kindly step to the telephone and call up our farm, you can hear the hens that laid those eggs still cackling." In dealing with an insolvent farmer at Timaru on Saturday, Judge Haselden 1 said it was not often that farmers came into the Bankruptcy Court nowadays. Farmers were the people who were making all the money. A fire broke out last evening in the ' Kumara Town Hall. Damage to tho I extent of £200 was done before it was i extinguished. It is understood that : the insurances were allowed to lapse a few days ago. At the Wanganui Police Court yesterday, Richard Henry Daniells was charged with appropriating money to j the amount of £700, the property of ' the Marton Borough Council. Accused pleaded guilty, and was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence. j The following definition of the word ! " news " is given by an American contemporary : — " As news comes from all parts of the world, so the word itself indicates the tour cardinal points — North, East, West, and South. The letters also suggest Nobleness in thought, Equity in dealings, Wisdom in conduct, and Sobriety in life." Much interest is being shown in the coming Band Contest. It is predicted by local experts that the Feilding Band will be well up to the front when the points are counted. Their chances for the championship are poetically referred to in our advertising columns by Messrs Bramwell Bros , who are offering some special lines in Japanese dress baskets and cheap teapots Mr Hugo Gorlitz visited New York last month to complete arrangements for the American tour of Kubelik, who is to. give 100 concerts throughout the United States and Canada, for which a sum of £50,000 has been guaranteed in advance, and should the takings exceed a certain margin, the star's princely portion will be still turther augmented. This will bo easily the largest contract ever made for any one artiste in any part of the world. The mortality among sheep at Rakaia, Canterbury, which was mentioned in the Times last week, turns out to have been due to ante-partum paralysis. This is rather a common trouble in New Zealand. It is caused generally by the ewes before lambing taking too little exercise and becoming too fat. It can generally be guarded against by moving the ewes every day or placing them where pasture is scarce, so that they have to travel for their food. The Emperor of Austria will shortly be the owner of a pair of kiwis, a pair of wekas, and a pair of keas, which are being presented to him by the Minister of Tourist Resorts, Sir Joseph Ward, through Commander Hohnel, of the Panther. A couple of tuataras will also be sent Commander Hohnel has promised to return the compliment by sending a number of chamois to the Government. A young man with a swelled head made a peremptory demand for an increase in salary. The head of the firm did not dispute his argument that he had don 9 much to build up the business of the firm, but tried to convince the young man that everyone's position could be filled. " Suppose, for instance," said he, " you should die. Someone would take your place." " Oh," replied the young man, " that is a supposition." "Then you may suppose yourself discharged," was tho answer of the employer, " and you will find that is a hard fact." The Kaikoura Dairy Cos. cheese is well-known to be the best procurable. Home and Australian firms are continually making offers for the total output, as the cheese brings the highest price wherever offered. Feilding residents are very fortunate in having tha opportunity of buying this make, as it is only through his personal acquaintance, with the manager and directors that Mr Haswell has been able to get a regular supply of their cheese. Special attention is drawn in our wanted column to the arrival of the first consignment. " Whom are you quoting," said Opposition members yesterday afternoon to Mr Wilford, who was reading Hansard of 1898. In that year a breach of privilege had been committed by the Dunedin Evening Star, and Mr Wilford was reading the speech of a member on the matter. In reply to a query, Mr Wilford asked his questioners to wait, and on reaching the end of the speech he shut the Hansard volume with a bang, and asked the Leader of the Opposition if he agreed with the views expressed in the speech just read. " Oh no, I don't," said Mr Ma3sey. " Well, it's your own speech," retorted Mr Wilford triumphantly. Mr Massey joined in the laugh against himselt, but he did not give in without making an explanation, which, however, was adjudged by most members as too thin.