LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Issue 758, 19 December 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Visitors to the district and local residents who want a hors© and trap for a tour through the surrounding country should call at the Carbine Stables. The animals and vehicles at this stable are kept in the bftst con dition. Call at Staii Office and see our private Christmas and New Year cards. A nice selection. All that is necessary is to select your design, supply an •appropriate message, and the rest will be speedily done in the establishment. David Tatton was for the second time this mouth before the Court this morning for drunkenness. He was convicted and discharged, and a prohibition order was issued againtt him. After the school prizes were distributed at Bunnythorpe yesterday ai teruoou, an adjournment was made t<, the Public Hall, where about 30 were present. Mr Fred. Pirani dell vered a half-hour address. He refer red to the fact that a number of tlx pupils of the Bunnythorpe school ha mado highly successful teachers fo. the Wanganui Education Boarc: This was it high tribute to the heac; ! master oi ; the school, who had beei I there so many years. At Longburi Mr Pirani also spoke for balf-an-houi after distributing the prizes. A feei ' ing reference was made to the do j parture of Mr Hankin, the headmat ter, who was to take up a similar po i sition in the Ashhurst school. M: Hankin lntd, been in the Longbur. school for many years, and was onof the- best teacJi(?£S in the Board : j service. He had doiuMxceHent wor, in the school, and dcservxfd his pro motion. Mr Haukin was a-tSßres en away on sick leave, an-'l Mr Pw^li; expressed the hope that he woulrspeedily be restored to health. Oi a recent periornianecj of llidiai'U.. jMitertaiiiors, who appear iv i'eildun next Thursday and Friday tCliristina Eve and Night) a leading Uueeuslaii Daily said : The ulms depicted os the screen were remarkable for thei. ! clearness oi : outline, excellent colou. and an entire absence of flicker, am represented scenes both grave am ! gay Specially line films were "In/ . j Gipsy's Revenge,- ! a most dramati. 1 picture and wonderfully realistic . -"flic Enchanted L'qnd," with magioa' L-JfctU-s "ad splendid colouring; / ! Drama in Seville," showing a Spams; ' duel and a bull tight, and possessing ; absorbing interest: "The Farmai | noroplan'e," in actual flight showing ' the conqupror of the air, and nian> oI.LO-rs. Tho musical portion ot th< : in-oirnimmc is well look«l after b> ; Mi)-is Mario Mallaco (pianiste), Mi 1 Brandon Baflfour. Mr Will Hughe: i (loose-lecgod comedian), and the ; Arnolds?' whose juggling feats exhibii | cleverness of a very high order anc noofl to bo seen to bo appreciated.

Seasonable greetings which we reciprocate to hand from the local telegraph messengers and the Feilding Brass Band. Miss Robertson has resigned from the staff of the Nelson Girls' College to take up missionary work in New Guinea. Miss Hilda Nathan, eldest daughter of Mr David Nathan, of Wefllington, was married in London on Wednesday to Mr Alfred Salinger, of that city. "What is syntax?" was asked of a class under examination. "A tax on whiskey," was the reply of one student. And the teacher thought he deserved the mark of 100 j>er cent. An Invercargill girl ; staying with her sister at The Hague, in an account of her impressions says: "The most comical sight I saw on arrival, was a boy leading a string of horses, through the city, with each horse tied to the tail of the horse in front." As showing how timber has gone up in price in the Stratford district, the Star was informed by Mr E. Barton, of Tariki, that whereas he paid 11s per hundred feet at the mill for the best heart of rimu three years ago, he has just paid 20s for the same class of timber, and 13s is being charged for seconds. Mrs Pennord, a wealthy woman farmer, of Louisiana, has just had her tomb built. In the lid of the coffin are several air-holes, and a telephone is placed near the headrest, and is connected with the house of the cemetery keeper. Thus the fear of being buried alive is reduced to a minimum. , The "prophet" Rua is holding a monster picnic and feast at Mangapohatu on Christmas Day. He has sent his "premier." Meni Kerekere, to town to invite all Maoris and pakehas to the feast. Great preparations are being made for a large gathering in the way of "kai ; " but no strong drink is allowed. "Rua no like te waipiro," remarked Meni, "but plenty of everything else." A correspondent of the Hawera Star says that while mowing a field of green oats for ensilage one day last week at Okaiawa he came across rather a rara avis in the shape of a hawk's nest containing five eggs, each of which contained a young bird. The writer adds that it is the first time he had seen anything of the kind. He Was always under the impression that the hawk built its nest in the fork of a tree. A somewhat startling^ slip of ]bhe tongue was made by a speaker at the High School's "breaking-up" cere, mony at the Theatre Royal, Napier, on Wednesday. The _speaker said : "I have to thank his Excellency for the great honour he has done us by being present here this evening. You will all remember our prize-giving cemetery.' The sepulchral reference to the "ceremony" evoked an outburst of laughter that did not subside for some minutes.

Holiday excursion rates will be available on the railways from next >. Monday until February 15 till January 2. See advertisement. At a meeting of the Executive of ' the Feilding Agricultural and Past-' oral Association last night, it was decided to engage the services ofthe Feilding Brass Baud for the second aay of the Show. The Feilding A. and P. Association has received from the Wo belay Sheep Shearing Machine Co. Ltd., the silyei cup presented by the Company for competition in the sheep classes at the forthcoming Show. The annual outing of the Beaconsverv thankfully received by the Com Stee from thl ladies of the district. At the services m the Presbyterian j ChtVh tomorrow Christmas liymns and anthems will be sung. TlieKev. a Budd will give addresses on "fmmmuel" and "The Prince of the FoTTals" at the mo ™»g .gj evening services respectively On will be given. j Some additions pris« «™ iifilt are all for girls. in the Sixth «f«J j ard, were not given ?^™*Xtf*V** f ' published in yesterday's Stab, a spw ; HI nrize presented by Mr • • BrTm^for the best ? rl rn^o Junior class wnss won by Try msnop , Mr W H. Milliard, managing direcbenefit to «ie company The Picton correspondent o thi Lvttolton Times telegi -aphs: What bdicved to be Captain \Vakehekl s word or that of one of the o hcers of liis ill-fated party, has been tound on Massacre Hill at the .locality at Sich the famous Wairau occurred. The weapon is much rusted, but is as pliable as in its original state. Thi guard piece of the hM is up and there is a deep dent m the handle, sugfiesting that the sword was in action when it was dropped on tiie hillside. The finder, a neighbouring resident, expresses the wish that the sword should be handed to te nearest living relative of Captain Wakeheld. It might not be generally known that cigarette smoking by ladies is becoming "quite the thing" in Masterton (says the Age). One tobacconist informed a representative ot this journal that in consequence of the practice becoming so general he now kept a special stock of cigarettes made especially for ladies. He had quite a number of customers tor these, not only ladies themselves, but young men who purchased the tra<rvant weed presumably for their iemalo friends. Female smoking has not been noticed in the streets yet but the reporter was assured that it was indulged in to no small extent privately. Here's a few curious things I have struck, says a writer: Call a girl a chick, and she smiles; call a woman a hen, and she howls. Call a young woman a witch, and she is pleased; call an old woman one, and she is indignant. Call a girl a kitten, and she rather likes it; call a woman a cat, and look out for scratches. And it's the same with men. Call a young fellow a gay dog, and see him smile; mention that he is a pup, a hound, or a cur and look out tor your face. He doesn't mmd being termed a bull or a bear; but mention he's a calf or a cub, and see the result. The coercion of the able-bodied loafer who shirks the responsibilities ot honest life was referred to by .Dr Valintine at the conference ot delegates from bodies controlling the distribution of hospital and charitable aid in Dunedin. He recounted a case of a remittance man who had periods of hard drinking, and then periods of delirium tremens and convalescence in hospitals. "That kind of man " continued the doctor, "should 'not be allowed any mercy. We are getting too mushy in our sentimentalism altogether." He advocated a labour colony for such men. Writing to a friend in Christchurch, a well-known New Plymouth lady now resident in England says: "What a fight the suffragettes are making 1 I think they are grand women. I used to think in New Zealand they were unwomanly and many other hard things, but I sympathise with them now. I have met most o£ the leaders and find thorn refined, cultivated women, but full of pluck and convinced this is the only way. Remember the newspapers exaggerate things and the suffragettes don't do all that is reported of them. I met Annie Kenny, who is a mill hand, but there is no roughness about her, only a determination and an intelligence I admired." When calling up Oswald BramweU, the dux boy of the school, for his prize, at the High School yesterday afternoon, Mr - . H. GuChrie said the occasion proved the adage that sometimes valuable goods were locked up in small! parcels. He congratulated Oswald on Ithe distinction he had gained. In addition to the book prke, a gold medal, presented by the School Committee, was given to the dux. Mr Guthfie called for cheers for the leading boy in the school, and these were given with such good will, and Oswafld was greeted with hearty applause when he stepped up tor his prize, that it was evident he would nave negotiated a prize for the most popular lad in the school, should such fiave been offered. "I am instructed that they are birds of passage^ — here to-day and gone to-morrow," remarked counsel in a case at the S.M. Court in. Wellington, referring to two defendants in a case that had been called a couple of times recently without a definite date of hearing being fixed. Counsel went on to inform the Court that defendants had been in town early in the week, and had gone up to Dannevirke, where they were going to lodge an application to have evidence taken for the purpose of further delaying the case until after the holidays. His Worship listened patiently, and then, reverting to counsel's opening statements, remarked casually ''You mean they were here yesterday and are gone today." Mr Victor Harris died at Christohuroh early on Thursday morning after a dhort but painful illness. The deceased gentleman, says^ Press Association message, had been intimately associated with, the turf since the early eighties, particularly with, trotting. He was for nine years president of tfie Lancaster. Park Trotting Association previous to the amalgamation of that body in 1899 with the Canterbury Trotting Club. After the establishment of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Oiub, Mr Harris was its president foi several years. He was initiated into the Canterbury Masonic Lodge some- twenty years 'ago. For a number of -ears 'he was in business in OhxistohuTdh, where he had a large circle of friends. Mr Harris, wiho was in Ibis forty-fourth year, leaves a widow, a grown-up son and a daughter.