LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, 4 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Druids aro reminded that ii'H election oi' officer- takes place (( H night. H Mr 11. It. Robinson, who was thH successful applicant for the HutH iiorough office position, takes up l>iH duties there on Monday next. H At the Wanganui Supreme CourH on Saturday O. Hughes was foun^f guilty of perjury and sentenced t^J 18 months' imprisonment. There were only two applicants imM connection with the opening of seve^B workers' homes at the La wry setth^B ment, Ellerslie. H The following are the vital statis —\ tics for the Feilding district for tlu« month of May: — Births, 16; deaths, ii ; marriages, 5. James Hyan, a flaxmill hand, appeared at the Police Court yesterday, charged with drunkenness. Mr James Kirton presided, and fined accused ss. The following appointments aro gazetted : —Chas. J. Cantou, to be a member or" the Wellington Land Hoard; A. K.. Drew, registrar of marriages,, births and deaths at Sanson. The prevailing fashion among ladies of carrying their handkerchiefs ' in their purses, taught one fair re- ' sident of Christchurch a lesson re- • cently. On leaving a dentist's sur- \ gery she pulled her handkerchief from her purse, and with it two £5 notes. She lias heard nothing since ! of the lost mon»iy. — Lyttelton Times. 1 Captain Hugo, Superintendent of 1 tlie Wellington Fire Brigade-, is said j to bo well in tho running for the 1 position of Inspector for Fire Bri- ] gades throughout the colony. Cap- _ tain Hennah's rame is also men- < tioned in connection with this ap- ] pointmeht. The Government lias not yet come to any decision in the matter. * Amongst the estates of deceased i persons finally certified for stamp 1 duty in the month of May are Sir _ W. L. Buller, £150,232; John Tin- _ line £77,391 (both of Wellington). ] The Auckland list includes Sir A. J. . Cadman, £22,070; T. O. Williams, <• £5963; W. Dunder, £6021; D. Camp- 8 bell, £3584; O. McCabe, £2263; t Mary Ann Such, £2002. t The motor train constructed by c the Railways Department for the v Kaipara line commenced its running j. [)ii Friday. The car proved very t satisfactory from the public point of o iriew, tho seats being comfortable, a tiul the carriage running smoothly f md silently. The service between l Auckland and Hendetson has been I r.igmented by the running of the n tew train, and four additional trips a ire now made daily. — Auckland b Jtar. v

In a hockey match on the Racecourse yesterday, a team of seven young men defeated the Feilding Girls' Club by 9 goals to 1. The Cheltenham Dairy Company have had a most successful season, receiving a very large quantity of milk, with tests ranging from 4 to 5.6. The factory has now commenced working every second day. We regret to have to record the death of the little two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs O'Keefe, of Queen street, which took place on Thursday. The cause of death was pneumonia, accelerated by dysentery. The funeral tokk place on "Sunday. Two chimneys, in different houses in Kimbolton road, were on fire at the same time on Sunday afternoon. Fortunately for the occupants it was before sunset or the fire bell might have been rung. In that event, they would have been called on to make an explanation to the Bench. At the weekly meeting of the Feild- | ing Literary and Debating Society to-night, contributions to the Manuscript Journal will be read and discussed. The matter must be short, and may be original or extract. The meeting starts at 8 o'clock. Miss Myrtle Barley, the mezzosoprano who sang so successfully at tho Feilding Choral Society's concert at Rongotea, will sing at the Oddfellows' Hall, for the Wesleyan concert, on Wednesday night. Miss Barley is one of the few amateur vocalists who are really worth hearing. The last fortnightly return for the Defiance Creamery, Kimbolton road, j is as follows:— Two days' milk, 654 gallons, lowest test 4.2, highest 5.5, | average 4.8. For the corresponding period last year the figures were — Two days' milk 280 gallons, lowest test 4.2, highest 5.2, average 4.9. Mr B. C. Redwood, brother of Mr George Redwood, of Woodville, has been returned to the Queensland Assembly as member for Toowooinba. Mr Redwood, who is a Kidstonite, had a majority of 653 over Mr Tolmie, the retiring member. At last election Mr Tolmie defeated Mr Redwood by 11 votes. Two black boys were brought before the Bristol magistrates recently, and charged with being stowaways on a steamer from Jamaica. Their excuse, when discovered, was that they had run away from the island because they were afraid of another earthquake. The Court ordered the boys to be sent back. Tlie Junction Hotel at Sandon was completely destroyed by fire at halfpast one on Sunday afternoon. The outbreak occurred while lunch was on, and the proprietor, Mr Morse, was only able to save a few of his effects. The insurances were as follows:—£800 on building, £200 fur- [ niture, £100 stock, £30 piano, and £50 on Mr Morse's personal effects. Complaint was made in a contemporary of Saturday that the express train from Feilding to Palmerston on Friday afternoon was so overcrowded that passengers had to stand up. When all the passengers try to squeeze into one carriage, it of course causes overcrowding, but the fact is there was an almost empty carriage on the front of the train on Friday afternoon, to which travellers would have been directed*if they had spoken to the guard or the Stationmaster. A correspondent writes in reference j to the abnormally sharp appetite of j a number of "gentlemen" who attended the social at Rewa on Friday last. The ladies brought ample supplies for the supper, but these gentlemen broached the eatables beforehand and drank all the milk, mixing something stronger with # tho latter, which gave out a distinct ordor. When the ladies went to prepare the supper • they found that their services were not needed by one section of those present. The directors of the new Wellington morning paper have acted wisely in selecting Mr Chas. Earle, associate editor of the Post, for the important position of editor of their jc-urnal. Those who know Mr Earle intimately will agree with us that beneath a modest, unassuming demeanour he possesses a wealth of ability just suited for the position. He has been trained. in a good school, id a capajbte," far-seeing journalist, an excellent judge of men, and au -GCir_ant with New Zealand politics of every shade of opinion. As prophets are so seldom given any honour in their own country, it is also a pleasing feature of the appointment that Mr Earle was born and bred in Wellington. The Secretary of Feilding Acclimatisation Society has received a letter from the Goneral Manager of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, in reference to making a uniform date for the opening of the season for red deer, fallow deer, and native game, and suggesting that the Society take steps to bring the matter before the annual Conference of Acclimatisation Societies, to bo held shortly. The letter states that a good deal of disappointment recently arose among deer stalkers from overseas, owing to the season for deershooting in the Wairarapa not having been opened on tho same date this year as previously, and in sonic instances visitors who came to the colony in anticipation of the deerstalking season opening on the. Ist March had to leave without having an opportunity to stalk. mestic variety was enacted on Friday (says the Auckland Star,/, on the premises ol an Auckland business firm, it appears that at about tour o'clock in the afternoon, a girl carrying a baby, entered the shop, where a number of men were working, and laid the infant on a bench beside a youth who, it is said, repudiated his alleged responsibilities with the remark that "she had kept it for so long, and it was up to him to take a turn now." She then left the shop, leaving the embarrassed young man to the chaffingly unsympathetic remarks of his brother workmen, and the unaccustomed duties of | attending to the baby. In desperation he took the child to the police ' station, and laid his difficulty before one of the officials, with the result ; that the girl was brought to the sta- < tion. Much good advice was given ] to her as to the care of her offspring, ; and the remedies open to her to bring ■ the alleged father to book. Finally the sergeant's argument was so successful that the young mother '. once more took the little treasure home. Some illuminating evidence was i given before the Native Land Com- i mission at Te Kuiti with regard to ' the practice of declaring minors, in- i terested in lands, to be adults, re- j marks the King Country Chronicle. ! Apparently a Judge of the Native ' Land Court has power to declare a j native an adult, when there is some ] ioubt about the - ' vge. Maoris . are proverbially hazy with regard ' to dates, but in most cases can tell to within a year or two, in a period ? jf twenty-one years. However, it ; yas stated that the practice had I ;rown up (in cases of sales of land * :o the Crown) of declaring children * )f not more than ten years to be * idults. This was done for the pur- J lose of securing the money at once, f nstead of having it vested in the 5 Public Trustee. The Maori jpay V lot be able to manage his own affairs ? ifter the manner of the Pakeha, but * ie is remarkably apt in taking^ ad- ? rentage of favourable points.—Star. |

A recent arrival from Russia, well acquainted with the social life or that country, expressed himself strongly confident that social intercourse was much freer in Russia than in New Zealand. In this country it seems to him that football was the greatest medium through which it was attained. George Walls, jockey, again met with severe injuries at Otaki yesterday. He was riding St. Amelia, tfnd at the last fence his mount came down. Walls, when picked up, was found to have received a very badly lacerated skull and was quite unconscious. He was removed to the hospital, and the doctor has every hope of pulling him through. Mr J. A. Bond, the well-known artist, of Auckland, is at present on a visit to Feilding, and will remain here for some days. Mr Bond intends to visit the beauty spots of this district, and to offer some of his sketches for sale in the district. We have had the pleasure of viewing some of Mr Bond's work in dry oils, which shows great attention to detail and true artistic feeling. A smile went round the Arbitration Court at Palmerßton this morning when a strong Government supporter was. haled before the Court for daring to employ his storeman (a lad) to drive a^fert occasionally and not paying him driver's wages. The defendant gave a very satisfactory explanation of the matter, but his surprise was manifest when a fine of £2 and costs was inflicted I It is not always safe for an employer to do what he is asked. At the Arbitration Court at Palmerston this morning a flaxmill owner was charged with paying an employee by cheque instead of in cash. The defendant explained that on this particular occasion, his employee nad asked him to give a cheque to the employee's wife when she was going to town (the mill is some distance from Linton) and he did so. Fined £1 and costs! Last night what may be termed as a "suprise concert" was held in the Public Hall, Cheltenham, in aid of the Wesleyan, Methodist Sunday School. There was a good attendance, and an attractive programme was carried out in a most creditable manner, the dialogues by the young folks being especially good. Songs, recitations, and piano solos were rendered in gpod style by the following ladies and gentlemen : — Miss M. Mills and Mr J. Mills, Miss Wilson (Feilding) and Mr Mann (Feilding). Miss J. Harris acted as accompanist, and altogether a very pleasant and successful evening was spent. A very unfortunate, and, for many, a very unsatisfactory mistake was made at the Otaki raceß in connection will the declaration of the dividend on the Feilding-trained Bonheur in the Hack Hurdles. This was first announced as £2 11s and after about 150 had receiVed that amount it was discovered a mistake liad been made* and the dividend was cut down to £1 10s, which sum was paid out to most of the holders of the remaining 300 tickets. A visiting pressma", Mr Ulic Shannon, worked out the dividend and made it £1 19s, and after a lot of protestation the totalisator management admitted this was correct, and that amount was finally recorded officially as the dividend of Bonheur.