LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 50, 21 September 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Mr Hight advertises for a man to drive horses. The Feilding Borough Council will meet this evening at the usual hour. Messrs J. T. Barry and Co. advertise a liej. of town properties and sections for sale. At the examination held on the 13th instant at the Cheltenham School, certificates of proficiency were gained by Pansy Barrow, Winifred Patterson, and Grace Phillips ; and of competency by Edward Burrell. The Magistrate (bald) : "If one half of what the witnesses have said against you is true, your conscience must be as black as your hair." Prisoner : "If a man's hair indicates %he state of his conscience, you can't have any conscience at all." With reference to the Jersey heifera to be sold by Messrs Gorton and Son j^t their sale on Friday, for Mrs M. A. f£irspn, we have beeg requested to state that two of them won first prizes at the Feilding show, and one of them took second honors. They are all from first class cows. *

Mro Harden, Kimbolton, advertises for a general servant. The overdue 'Frisco mail steamer arrived in Auckland at t> o clock laht evening. For picture f taming, Mr Seymour announces that he has 20,000 feet of moulding to choose from. Mr A. H. McLean has a replace advertisement in our wanted column today, with reference to ladies' journals. i Mesßrß Milson and Coles have now replenished their stock|of new and up-to-date goods, which are mentioned on our third page, and invite inspection. Dr Levinge has forwarded ua a copy of his pamphlet entitled "Practical Domestic Astronomy." This is a most useful publication and should prove of great value in State schools. Yesterday was the anniversary ot the battle of Alma, fought in the Crimea War on the 20th September, 1854, in which the Russians were detested by the allied French and British troops. A grand exhibition of summer fashions, which it is claimed is in the front rank for stylishness of goods and comprehensiveness of choice, is advertised in to-day's issue by Messrs Spence and Spence. Members of the Band Contest general committee are reminded of the weekly meeting, to be held to-night, at the Library, at 7.30. The ladies are also requested, by Mesdames Lethbridge and Prior, to meet at the same place to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The tender of Mr Hingston has been accapted by Mr Cobbe for the erection of three brick shops in Manchester Street. The buildings.which will be two storeys high, are to be completed by the middle of January. The plans were prepared by Mr A. James, architect, of Feilding. A contemporary reports that one of the numerous candidates for the Wanganui seat "made a very unfortunate start at his first meeting. He made a rush for the water bottle and took refuge in a draught of aqua pura" It is hoped this will not be brought up in judgment against him. The debate on the question "Is Federation with Australia desirable." arranged by the Feilding Young Men's Club, is postponed until next week. A general meeting of club members will take place in Mr Bray's office to-morrow evening at 7.30, when various matters of importance will be dealt with. Now that potatoes are so high heads of families should turn their attention to rice and oatmeal as substitutes. Of course the initial difficulty is that very few housewives know how to cook rice or to make oatmeal porridge and cakes, but after a few experiments they would soon become expert and thus save a lot of money. A resident of Paikakariki named James Walker missed the last train from Wellington on Saturday night and started to walk home. By some mischance he fell through one of the bridges, a distance of £0 feet, and broke the bone of the pelvis, and also bit his tongue in two. He was lying where he fell till Monday morning, when he was found by Mr James Barr, one of the Manawatu Company's drivers. He now lies in a precarious condition in the "Wellington Hospital. The Feilding Homing Society flew their opening raco of the season from Wanganui yesterday, and considering the rough weather the birds put up good times. The following are the results :— Mr R. Cobbe's Beauty came Ist, with a velocity of lOlO^yds per minute ; Mr Hick's Xmas 2nd, with velocity :>f lOOS^yds per minute ; Mr P. Smith's Cocoa 3rd, with velocity of OQOiyds per minute ; Mr Lange's Trefail 4th, with velocity of 984|yds per minute. The next fly will be from Otaki on Wednes day next. A ball in connection with the Feilding Junior Fostball will take place in the Drill Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening. The committee has been very energetic, and no pains have been spared to make the dance a success. The floor will be put in excellent order and an enjoyable dance should result. During the past season the club has played 11 matches, won 9, drawn 2, and lost none, a very creditable performance. The total number of points scored was 117, against 17. We have been afforded an opportunity of inspecting Mr F. Towler's large display of early tomato plants of all varieties. It can be safely said that these plants are the healthiest and best which we have seen offered for sale this season. Mr Towler makes a special feature of cultivating these plants, so that they are strong and adapted Tor transplanting into any soil. He has also a number of the latest varieties, including the Mikado. Those who are interested in tomato culture should avail themselves of an opportunity of inspecting Mr Towler's premises before purchasing elsewhere. Mr Towler's garden and vineries are also perfect models. " The farmer: of New Zealand," said Mr 6 A. Kinsella. the Chief Dairy Commissioner, to a Post representative •yesterday morning, "are losing over £1,000,000 a year through not weeding out their unprofitable dairy stock." Mr Kinsella went on to say that it was astonishing how many cows there were in the Colony which were not worth keeping, and he strongly advocated the adoption of the Canadian and Danish Bystem of testing herds to ascertain which animals should be killed off. Both Canada and Denmark have numerous testing associations, and their establishment has been productive of splendid results. Judge Casey, of Victoria, who has just returned from a visit to the Far East, relates that a clever cartoon appeared in the Shanghai Sketch, referring to the Russian love of sinking British ships during the war. It represented the deck of the Russian cruiser Dnieper, and in the distance a steamer approaching, whose movements were being observed by a lieutenant Said the admiral to the lieutenant, "What do you make her out to be »" <% A British ship, your Excellency," said the lieutenant. "Is she arme:i ?" asked the admiral. "No, your Excellency," replied the lieutenant : " she is just a British merchant steamer." " Then serve out double rations of grog and clear the ship for action," exclaimed the admiral. Evidently humor and honesty are not yet defunct virtues (says the Christchurch Press). A tew days ago a young lady dropped a threepenny pieoe in Cathedral Square, and gave the matter no further thought till she received the following unconventional letter from one who witnessed the little tragedy and became a participant in it.— " Cathedral Square, three minutes past 3 p.m., close to Post Office, Monday, llth September. Found and forwarded (the threepenny piece is here stuck on the paper). Miss , — Since when has money become so plentiful that you can afford to cast it away at pleasure. In ' high society ' it is not considered good form to show off your wealth in the presence of the less tortuna.te, (Signed) ' Honesty.'"