LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 114, 9 December 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

A good cook is wanted for the Manchester Rifles' camp. The local Masonic Lodge will meet on Monday next at the usual hour. Mr J. B. Clarkson has two advertisements in our wanted column to-day. The quarterly meeting of the Feilcling Qhamber of Commerce will be held on ftjonday. A meeting of tbe Kiwitoa Hack Rac0. ing Club will be held on Monday next at 7.30 p.m. H) The Premier has received very many telegrams congratulating him on his victory at the polls. Monoy is abundant in London at present, owing to the redemption of £14,000,000 of Exchequer bonds. )q Mr F. Y. Lethbndge thanks the _ electors of the Oroua Electral District jq for the honorable position in which they placed him at the recent poll. K) The Clerk of the Kiwitea County — Council (Mr Baynes), inserts a notice )0 re a loan of £900, to be expended on — Coulter's Line. Full details are given in the advertisement. n lan L. Simson, of Gore, has issued a u writ claiming .£5lO damages against Chas. Saunders, prominent in No-license circles, The cause of the action is an allegation that Simson had been con- _ victed of sly-grog selling at Gore. \ Beatrice May Port, a married woman, aged 32, was found drowned in the Dunechn harbor yesterday morning. n She left her house on Thursday night at 7 o'cloek, during the absence of her husband, and was not again heard of till the body was found. ■ i A coach builder named Adolf Scholtz, against whom a serious charge is pending, took a dose ot Paris green at Nelson on Thursday night. He seemed to recover after the use of a stomach pump, but later at the hospital his condition became critical. The Canterbury Philosophical Institute has decided to establish a Hutton Memorial Research Fund, in honor of the memory of the late Captain Hutton. The fund is to be devoted to the en- \ cpuragement of original research in natural science in New Zealand. Entries for Messrs Gorton and Son' 3 sale at Feilding on the 15th instant ar e now advertised. The firm also notifies that they have received instructions from Mr A. Bell to sell on the . 16th idem at the mill, Forlong's Road, 130,000 feet ot timber, also sawmill j plant complete, full particulars of 5 whiph are detailed in the advertisej ment. At 5.45 last evening an alarm of tire j rang out from the Stafford Street bell. The members of the Fire Brigade and a large crowd quickly found their way to the station. The outbreak took place in one of the back rooms in Mr Sporle's residence, Beattie Street, but was extinguished before the arrival of j the brigade. j The Premier has sent the following I telegram to Mrs Vile .— " It is with profound regret I learned of the sad be- . reavement and irreparable loss yourself and family have sustained, and hasten to tender to you my sincere sympathy and condolence. Quite a gloom has been cast and widespread condolence will be with you in your affliction.— li. J. Setidon.'; At a meeting of the Feilding Athletic Club, held last evening in the Library, Mr H. Booth presiding, it was decided that letters be sent to the schools in the adjacent district stating that if more schools do not compete for the Shield the qom petition will be abandoned for ever. It was also decided to have a Highland dance competition for boys up to 16* years ; Messrs Short and Barry having promised trophies for this event. By an Order-in-Council justgazetted, it is expressly provided that stamps must be placed on the front or address side of a letter, in the right hand upper corner, stamps placed on the back of a letter will not be recognised, and the letter will be surcharged as insufficiently paid. The Order-in-Council also states that on re-directed letters care should be taken not to place fresh stamps over the stamps which have beep, previously used. Writing to an English paper, a correspondent says: — "Your apt remark that the New Zealanders' football tour bas ' caught on ' is widely supported by many of those who usually do not enthuse over the game, The athletic appearance and manly bearing of the team, combined with their principle to always play the game, accounts largely for the attention given them. If these men are the true New Zealand type, a freat temptation presents itself to Englishmen to emigrate to this more free, more vigorous, truer Britain of the South." I

A pair of spectacles (in cane) has been left at the Stab office. The Choral Society's practice of " The Messiah " will be held in tbe Drill Hall on Monday evening. The Gothic, which left Wellington for London to-day, took away about 1800 tons of butter and 5557 caset of cheese. For the Wellington East seat Mr Aitken has secured one more rote, making his total 2593 against McLean's 2578, a lead of fifteen. The Rev A. C. Lawry will preach in the Wesleyan Church to-morrow morning ; and in the evening the Rev J. J. Mather, of Palmerston North. The Citizens Life Insurance Co., Ltd., has taken up the whole of the Water Loan of £7000 required by the Feilding Borough Council to complete the water scheme. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. advertise a sale of the late Dr Hughes property, in Manchester Street, to take place on Tuesday, 19th instant. The Government has instructed the Land Purchase Board to enter into negotiations for the purchase of tbe Lagmhor Estate, Ashburton, comprising about 20,000 acres and coming up to within two miles of the town. "We are carrying gambling to an excess in New New Zealand," says Mr Laurenson, M.H.K. "We are carrying it to such an extent that out of 313 week days in the year 290 are occupied by race meetings." The Rev J. Olphert will preach in the Feilding Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow morning, and at Colyton in the atternoon. The Rev Sims preaches at Makino in the evening, and Mr Harris at Taonui. A cable message to-day states that the New Zealand footballers will play a team representing Great Britain, in London, for the unemployed fund, probably on January 6th. It is hoped the King and Queen will attend. On Wednesday next Mr A. H. Atkinson, under instructions from Miss Noake, will sell her valuable residential property in Manchester Street ; also, without reserve, her furniture and effects. Full particulars will be advertised on Monday. A farmer near Timaru has on his farm a wild duck that has built its nest in a willow tree some six feet from the ground. The bird is now sitting, and the nest will be watched with some interest to see how the bird will conduct her young to the ground. At the Ashburton Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr Wray, S.M., presiding, Richard Nealon was charged on six informations with selling liquor in a Nolicense district. A conviction was entered on the first information and also on the second. Afterwards the prosecution withdrew the others. In commenting on the amount of false swearing which was associated with sly-grog cases, the Magistrate said, that owing to the difficulty in detecting such offences, a penalty must be inflicted, as the accused had been once previously convicted for a similar offence. He had no option but to send him to gaol, and would sentence accused to two months' imprisonment on each conviction ; the sentences to run concurrently. The accused's counsel said he intended to appeal, and bail was allowed in £100 — and securities for costs. A meeting was held in the Druids Hall, Kimbolton, last evening, to proceed with the formation of the contemplated Chamber of Commerce, Mr Baddeley being in the chair. The meeting was well attended, and the election of officers resulted as follows : — President, Mr W. G. Carruthers; VicePresidents, Messrs Baddeley and Hansen ; Committee, Messrs W. Banks, L. E. Jackson, W. S. Poole, C. Baynes, V. Middlemiss, P. Nesdale, and F. Alford : Secretary and Treasurer, Mr F. Fanthorpo. It was considered advisable to meet monthly, on the second Tuesday in each month ; special meetings to be notified. It was deemed advisable to meet next Tuesday, 12th instant, to discuss the Forest Road Loan versus a larger scheme submitted by Mr L. E. Jackson, when a large attendance of members is expeoted.