LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 273, 23 May 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There will be a Government parade of tho Manchester Rifles this evening.. The Master Bakers' Union, of Dunedin, have jlecidefi to raise the price of bread to (tyd the 41b loaf. The Government have granted £550 for the erection of a school at Himatangi, Oroua Downs, and £110 for an addition to the Taikorea School. The death of an old identity in tho person of Mf*David Fox, of Blenheim, is recorded. He was about eighty years of age and had resided in Maryborough for 57 years. In the Gun Club Championship of New Zealand at Wanganui yesterday, Whittle, Eccles, Fraser, McKay, and Seccombe tied with twenty kills. In the shoot off Seccombe won from Fraser on the thirty-seventh round".' At tho Magistrate's Court, Qhristchurch, yesterday, William" Barnard j Rhodes Moorehouse was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, by killing a child while he was riding a' motor-bike at New Brighton at a terrific pace. Th latest rat story is perhaps the stiangest (says the North Otago Times). Aocording to report, a : leakage of gas was discovered in abusiness place in Qama-ru a few; days ago, and a plumber was summoned to put it right. The escape, having been located, the pipe was uncovered, when a rat was found lying dead beside the pipe with its teeth" buried in 'the lead. Apparently the.rat had taken to gnawing the pipe, and when the gas burst through its fumes overwhelmed him. ; A three-year-old daughter of Mr! Hugh M^a*' Laidmore, Amberley,' was badly burnt whilst playing with a copper fire on Saturday, and died from the effects on Monday. It appears tjie child, during, her mother's temporary absence from the washhouse, got a piece of broom or gorge: and put it jn the fire. The flames burst out and the child's clothes c&ught fire and burnt her severely about the face and arms. The mother was also -burnt in trying to save the child,— Prei&s. ' ' ; The concluding case at the Feilding Magistrate's Court yesterday, hewT after tea, was one in which H. if.. Dove sought to recover £5 from W. Beet**, both of Aorangi. Mr MeIntyre appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Graham for defendant. The sum Maimed was the balance on a Government section at Aorangi, which had been wrt&ined by defendant until Dove oleaned out * drain and mended a 'fence, to his sat»faotio». Pefendant claimed this;|ftd not been done. | After hearing evjgonoe, plaintiff was| noh'-auited. \ \ .

Owing to illhealth. Mr Rogers, headmaster of the Awahuri School, has obtained a month's leave of absence. Miss Robertson is in charge, with Miss Wyatt as assistant. A meeting of the Kimbolton branch of the Farmers' Union will take place on Saturday evening next. The business will include the discussion of the order paper for the forthcoming Provincial Conference. While a party of musical gentlemen were going to the Kimbolton dance last night, in a trap, the horse suddenly swerved round a corner, threw out some of the occupants, broke a shaft, and set off at a gallop with one member of the party left in the trap. The occupant discreetly jumped out of the back of the trap. The horse proceeded on its wild career, and up to this morning had not been seen. Fortunately, other vehicles coming along gave the stranded ones a lift, and although some of them were ratherlate, the accident did not prevent a flow of good music at the Oddfellows' dance. A meeting of the representatives from the Gear, Meat Export, Banks, Hawke's Bay and Wanganui Meat Companies, together with the representatives of the Carterton, Masterton,- Woodville, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Feilding, and Palmerston A. and P. Societies and Chambers of Commerce will be held in the A. and P. Hall, Palmerston, on the 29th instant, to further consider the truck question, and to discuss the financial aspect of the loss entailed n farmers through the lack of supply of trucks. The meeting will endeavour to formulate some practical scheme to place before the Minister on matters when a date for the deputation has been finally fixed. The anxiety of the local stationmaster for the good name of feilding is proverbial, while his courtesy is only exceeded by his good nature, therefore we were surprised yesterday to hear from two ladies that one of the subordinate officials had told them that afternoon that there was nob a decent hotel in Feilding. We doubt whether there is another town in the colony where the hotels are better conducted or better equipped, and as far as the accommodation is concerned, it is fully abreast of the times. The ladies in question eventually found their way to Hastie's Hotel, and were soon convinced that their informant was either romancing or was a stranger to these parts. The songs given by Miss Barley at the Feilding Choral Society's concert at Rongotea last night were sung with such good taste, expression, and feeling as to denote a voice of considerable cultivation. Miss Barley has' a contralto voice, full and rich, of which she has full control while she is singing. Her songs last night were "The Wreath" and "My Rosary," and, receiving a wellmerited encore, she gave a splendid rendering of an attractive and beautiful song, entitled, "A May Morn* ing," for which the accompaniment was nicely pla/ed by Mr H. T. White. Miss Barley resides in Rongotea, and formerly lived in Hawera. The old problem of getting ten men into nine rooms, one in each room, g resented itself at the Feilding ourthouso yesterday, when there were nine chairs at the table for ten solicitors. The legal gentlemen were not equal to the problem, and two of them took turns in standing up. The gas jets depending from the ceiling were lighted early in the morning, probably to warm the room, as there was no fire, but the only effect was to vitiate the already very unpleasant atmosphere. As the Court was crowded all day, and the windows were not opened till about 3 p.m., it may be imagined that there was no pleasure in being present in the "shed." The annual ball of the Kimbolton Oddfellows was held in Poole's Hall last night, and was a decided success. The hall was nicely decorated with flags and evergreens, and, with about^iSQ couples present, splendid music by Mr A. Baker's band, and a 'royal supper supplied by Mr A. Hart, of Feilding, the function was the most successful of its kind held in Kimbolton for several years. Bros. Staekhouse, Wallece, and Bainbridge were efficient M.'sC. N.G. McMurtrie, of the Kimbolton Lodge, was present, and also members of the Order from Feilding, Apiti, and BimnJ'thorpe. Extras were played by Miss Pawilki, and Messrs Edge and Pro use. The energetic committee, of which Bro. Stackhouse was secretary, deserve every credit for the capable manner in which everything was carried out. A large number of friends and relations attended the funeral of the late Mr Edward George Phyn, whose body was interred in the Feilding Cemetery yesterday, the Rev. Mr Cassell officiated at th,e grave. Deceased, who was well known and highly respected in this and surrounding districts, was a son of Mr and Mrs W. Phyn, of Beaconsfield, and camo to that district with his parents some thirty years ago, where ho resided till 12 years ago, when he . took up land in the Kawhatau block. Shortly afterwards he was married to Miss Wallace, of Waituna, who is very highly esteemed by all with whom she came in contact. Deceased's health had not been good for several years, and undoubtedly the rough life of the pioneer had much to do with his early death. For the last few years he seems to have been gradually sinking, till ho passed away quietly on the 17th inst. at the early age of 35, at his father's residence. All who knew him deplore the removal of so upright and steadfast a neighbour and friend from their midst. He leaves a widow, two children, father, mother and six brothers to mourn his loss, with whom the utmost sympathy is felt. The flattering press notices which have everywhere been lavished on Messrs J. and N. Tait's picture show entitled "The Kelly Gang," have certainly been deserved. The Drill Hall was filled to the doors last evening with an audience that fully appreciated the performance. It is perfectly safe to say that nothing more realistic has been seen in any part of the colony. The first portion comprised pictures of a miscellaneous description, the more humoroue finding great favor with the audience, who time and again burst forth in tremendous applause. The machine used in depicting the pictures is one of the latest, possessing improvements which certainly enable the operators to place them before the audience to the best advantage. Great interest was taken in the pictorial history of the Kelly Gang, which entirely filled Ahe second portion of the programme, and it is needless to say that the pictures depicting the most notable events in the history of the notorious gang created great enthusiasm among the audience. Another two or three nights tould have been put in in Feilding by Messrs J. and N. Tait with equal success to that which attended their last night's performance. Representatives from the various branches of the New Zealand Railway Officers' Institute met in conference in Wellington recently, and during the week's sitting, which ensued a large number of questions affecting the welfare of officers of the Railway Service were discussed. The members comprising the conference subsequently waited upon the Minister for Railways (Hon. Mr HallJones), and urged upon him the desirableness of granting a universal eight hour day to stationmasters and members of the clerical division, together with an amendment of the Classification Act in the direction of more adequate remuneration being given for tlie services performed by the staff as a whole, the requirements of the service having considerably increased of late years. The Minister gave the deputation a sympathetic hearing, ami r ig©d to give their requests every consideration, stating, in regard to hours of duty, that he was averse to anyone Being required to work unduly long houre. At a subsequent interview which the members of the conference had with the General Manager, numerous questions of interest to both the man-: agement and members of the Service were thoroughly discussed. When you feel the first tWi'ige of rheumatism, gout, sciatica, or lumbago, sent for a bottle of RHEUMO. It will quickly cure you. All stores and chemifs sell it at 2b 6d and U 6d. A positive and last ui£ oire.