LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 154, 29 January 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

A reward is offered for the recovery of a gold band ring. A cheque on the Bank of Australasia has been left at this office. Mr Mackay advertises 11 acres, with new 6-roomed house, etc., for sale, A bunch of keys, found in West Street, has been left at the Star office. Owner can have same ou application. A meeting of those interested in the formation ot a Rifle Club at Colytou will be held in the local hall on Wednesday next, at 8 p.m. Mr W. H. Sliute is the convener. The Valuer-General notifies that the Valuation Roll for the Borough of Feilding will be open for inspection, at the office of the Council, from the 28th inst. to the 12th of February. There was a large attendance at the Romau Catholic Church yesterday when the Rev Father Lewis, V.G., formally opened the new Convent, which is to be used as a school. The iir&t terra commenced to-day. Mr A. Dunbar, manufacturing saddler. Kirabolton Road, next to Collins Bros'! auction rooms, inserts a business notice | to>day. Mr Dunbar has a first-class reputation, and is a thoroughly competent tradesman in every respect. Tbe remains of Mrs C. Green weru interred in tbe Feilding cemetery on Saturday. The funeral was a very large one, and included a number of old identities of the district, amongst whom the deceased was widely known and respected. An the annual district meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters, held at Auckland on Friday, a resolution was unanimously carried, heartily approving the suggestion made by the Premier to hold a Colonial conference of friendly societies in Wellington during the sitting ot Parliament, We (Wanganut Herald) understand tbat Messrs Baddeley, Forlong, and Co., auctioneers, Wanganui, have just opened offices in Feilding, where they have had their stock agents for some time. The firm now have offices from Stratford to Feilding. In this way they are in touch with buyers or sellers all along the line, A painful accident occurred at Ellerslie railway station (Auokland), on Friday afternoon. The stationmaster was getting on to the van of a train which was moving off when he slipped, and the wheels passed over his toes, severely crushing them, He was taken to the hospital. It is possible some of the injured toes will have to be amputated. The Auckland Herald says a wellinformed correspondent 6tates that Mr Jennings, the member tor Egmont, will be the new Minister of Lands. Mr J. A. Millar, M.H.R, is looked upon as a certainty, subject to confirmation by the caucus, for the Ministry, and it is said 3|r McNab may become Governmen.t nominee for chairraanshia of committees, * j Tbe Gorge Bridge Commission was continued on Saturday, tbe greater part of the morning being occupied with tbe hearing of the evidence for the Pohangina County, The witnesses examined were Messrs F. Arban (settler), Thomas Harland (Engieeer to the Council), D. Sinclair (late Engineer), and F. Philpots (County Chairman). The Commission will reropen at Woodville to-morrow morning.

Miss Nellie Cornfoot has left a parcel of stamps for the Haloombe invalid. Tbe various schools in the district reopened to-day, after the usual Xmas holidays. A practice of "La Maecotte " will take place in tbe Drill Hall to-morrow. Kurthr-r particulars will be found in our wanted columns. The Kiniholtou Rat>!>it Committee will meet ou tho evening of Saturday, 3rd February, in the Druids 1 Hall, Kimbolton, at 7.30. The rates in London boroughs vary considerably. Paddington has a rate of Us 6£d in the £ ; Kensington. 6s 7d ; Deptfonl, 8s ; Battersea,' 8s Id ; Camberwell, 10s 4<l : and Poplar, 12s. No less than o'O petitions for <lis" solution of marriage, 1 for judieia' separation, 1 for a declaration of nullity of the marriage, and 14 for restitution of conjugal rights were dealt with by the Divorce Court in Wellington last year. Tho Law Society of Dunedin proposes to tender a banquet to his Honor Mr Justice Williams on the occasion of the commencement ot his twelve-months' holiday. It is generally believed in legal circles that his Honor has decided to retire from the Bench. The story is told of a well-known man who, not finding his wife, went out into the kitchen where the laundress was busy with the family linen, and inquired : " Bridget, do yon know anything of my wife's whereabouts ?" " Vis, sor, w replied Bridget, "I put them in the wash." Our advertisers and subscribers are requested to note that accounts due and owing to the Feildino Star for the period ended December 30th, 1905, have now been either posted or delivered. An early settlement in each case is earnestly requested. Financial ruin in. the Borough of Roslyn is apparently to be staved off to some extent if a cemetery is obtained for the borough, says tbe Otago Daily Times. The Mayor informed a recent meeting that " a number of people dying in the district have to go to Anderson's Bay." A oemetery was a thing that paid. Cabinet has made the following educational grants— Wellington Education Board : Balance of building grant, : £.'5360 ; additions and alterations at Thorndon in connection with with the Training College, £ 5000 ; erection of teachers' residences at Konini (£415), and at Scarborough (£415) ; additions to residence at Bideford, £135. Wanganui Education Board : Workshops for mechanical engineering and woodwork at Wanganui, £350. We are asked by Mr Heywood, Secretary to the Treasury, to contradict a statement re-published by our morning contemporary from a Christchurch paper to the effect that Mr Macintosh, General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, is severing bis connection with the bank, owing to some differences ot opinion with respect to the Government banking account. Mr Heywood Bays tho statement is without foundation. — Post. A sensational rise in tbe price of cotton has enabled Mr Joseph Hoadley to make £200,000 in fivo minutes on the New York exchange. The market bad expected 8,000,000 bales of cotton to be ginned up to 14th November, but thero were only 7,198,167 bales. There was a mad rush to buy; prices went up 20 points at a time. Then Mr Hoadley turned seller. His total profits on the day's business are estimated at over £200,000. A miner took his boots to get soled, but was not in a hurry to pay for them. After a few weeks had elapsed the shoemaker called to ask for his money. Geordie's wife answered the door, and on being told by the shoemaker that he had called for the money for the boots, she shouted into the honso and told her good man what was required. v What !" exclaimed Geordie, '•' he wants pay for soling the boots ! Tell him it's not his turn. Why, the chap that made them hasn't been paid yet ! ' A number of Oddfellows' delegates, while driving out ot Apiti in a coach on Saturday morning, narrowly escaped from a serious accident. The coach was rounding a curve when it ran up a sharp bank, breaking the axle. The coach then toppled over, throwing the outside passengers on to the road and the inside passengers into a heap. The driver (Mr Gladstone, jr.), kept- a tight grip of die roms as he fell to the ground, and succeeded in keeping the horses under control. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. Medical experts are calling the attention of the public to tho importance ot performing the nose-blowing operation in a scientific and hygienic manner. i First one nostril -and then the other : should be blowu without undue violence. Doctors state that the two nasal passages should never be closed at the same time, If they are obstructed, as in the oase of a cold, the back of the throat is filled with compressed aft, and this, together with the discharge and the microbes which it contains, may be driven through tho Eustachian tube into the middle ear, and lead to serious results. A great authority on the subject used to forbid his patients to blow their noses when suffering from a cold. This course is hardly one which will commend itself to those m the habit of catching colds. The best advice would seem to ,be that when it is necessary to blow the nose, tho blowing 6hould be done gently. We have received a small pamphlet entitled " Something about the Salvation Army and its General," giving a brief account of the Army and its work. From this it appears that the organisation is now established in 52 countries and colonies, with a staff of over 14,000 officers, aided by 44,000 local officers, nearly 18,000 bandsmen, and a large number of» voluntary workers. The total number of Homes in Australasia alone is now 67, which provide daily accommodation for 3000 persons. The cost of carrying on these institutions is very great, and the Army authorities would be grateful for any assistance the charitably-disposed can give them towards carrying on their work. Copies of the pamphlet, and any further information needed as to the various agencies, can be obtained on application to the officer in charge, Salvation Army. Wellington.