LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1127, 7 March 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The people of llangataua are proposing to cut a new track to Mount Ituapehu.

The Railway Department is to issue excursion tickets [or the Easter holidays from Tuesday, March 22, available till April 26.

Miss Coombe, of the Feilding District High School, will be promoted to the vacancy at the Terrace End school, PalmoTston. North.

Train arrangements are given in another column for the Band Contest to be held at Wanganui on the loth to 17th inst. Excursion tickets will be issued.

Tne Wimmera struck a storm m crossing from Sydney to Auckland, and consequently her English and Australian mails missed connection with the Main Trunk train yesterday.

The handing over of Government grants for road works to the local bodies to spend is a good idea, but the Clifton County Council has protested against the cost of supervising the work not being allowed out of the grants, and refused to take upon itself the duty under the circumstances.

His Excellency tbo Governor returned to Wellington last night from Napier. Lord Plunket leaves this evening for Christchurch, en route jto the West Coast. On Monday ho proceeds to Domett, -and thence travels via the Otira Gorge to Greymouth, visiting Reefton, Rokitika, Kumara, Ross and Westport, and returning to .Wellington about March 13.

With one exception, the admittances to the Stratford Hospital last month were from the Government settlements and railway works, and the Board is protesting against the Government's refusal to -give a special subsidy to the hospital on that account, as tho main portion of the expense falls on the farmers of the other portions of the district.

Apparently ex-champion boxer Fitzsimmons. who is to visit Feilding next Wednesday, finds it very hard to make up his mind to quit the boxing ring for good. It will be remembered that at the conclusion of the contest with Lang, the ex-champion declared that he would not again be seen, in the ring. Reports from Aus T tralia. however, show that negotiations are in progress for a match between Fitzsjmmoiis and Williams. 'Asked in Wellington : if : it were true that he intended to again enter tho ring, Fitzsinimons remarked:"! don't know. T think I might. I will know "shortly."'

Mr and Mrs S. W. Fitzherbert left Feilding last Saturday. Messrs W. Dimock and Co. have advanced the price of pigs to 3Jd. A. E. Berblinig is claiming £2000 from John Norton for alleged libel in Truth. "Kitchener Square." is the name that has been given to part of a property which has just been subdivided at Timaru for sale in building allotments. A crop of Algerian oats grown on Mr Meredith's property on the Upper Plain rteumed a yield of 80 bushels to the acre. There were in all 11 acres from which 880 bushels wore threshed. A large number of sales of farming properties have taken place in the Waika.to lately. L"p to £30 an aero has been paid in good districts for small farms of.from 30 to 100 acres. Rabbit poisoning operations, which have been carried on extensively all over the Wairarapa district during the past season, are just about compilo'ted. The thoroughness of ; tlhe operations has proved an effective cheek to the increase of the pest. It is ICiwito-a's turn this month. Messrs Divan Bros, report the sale of the freehold of the Post Office Hotel, Grey-street Wellington, which was owned in a joint .partnership by Messre Dwan Bros, and Mr David Sullivian, to Mr Alexander M'Yinish, the present tenant. The price paid is nn the neighbourhood of £25,000. The Rev. W. It. Tuck, M.A., Methodist minister, whose charge was the Wellington suburbs, has ten-, dered his resignation, finding himself unable to conscientiously subscribe to some of the Church doctrines. Mr. Tuck was transferred to Wellington under twelve months ago. Mr David Price, well known as the private secretary to Mr Ernest Short, of Parorangi, who was recently completely prostrated with rheumatism, reports that as the result of a four weeks' stay at the Rotorua Sanatorium, and a course at the Priest's bath, combined with Aix massagetreatment, he has thrown away his crutches, and is now well on his way towards recovery. Sen bathing at Devon port, Auck'biiuf, has -become vlery popular of late, and large numbers of bathers of both sexes may bo seen daily on the various beaches. Between December '20 and January 31 last it was estimated that the number of persons on the Cheltenham 'Beach alone averaged 2000 a day, and on several occasions as many as 5000 arc said to have congregated, there. The report of the Court of Inquiry which was ajipointod to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fracas at- the training camp of the Dominion Scouts at the Hutt Park recently has been forwarded to his Excellency. It is understood that the result of the affair will be that one of the officers concerned will be dismissed the service and the other reprimanded. The management of the famous Krupp works at Essen have niado application to the Hungarian Minister of Commerce to allow them to erect in Hungary a. gun factory, in order t oexecute quicker and at less cost the orders for war material for Servia, Roumania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. It is believed that the new 'Hungarian Minister will grant the demand, as the Krupps do not -ask for any concession whatever. There was a large number of people in Victoria Park yesterday afternoon to hear the Feilding Brass Band. The pro-gramme submitted included the two contest selections and trombone trio, and under the conductorship of Mr Cuminings the band displayed quite nice "finish" in the playing of the different items. Tho contest quick-tftep was also marched to music, -and good precision was shown throughout. The. contest takes place at Wanganui next wt*k, the Feilding Band leaving thqnce on Monday morning.

The Salvation Army Year-book for 1910 contains the following: "The succession to the position of the General is not in any shape or form hereditary, nor is it- ever intended to be so. Every successive- General will Iks under the -most solemn, obligation to select that officer to succeed him whom he considers best adapted to {ill so important a position. By a further provision, a high council of tho Army is constituted, providing means f>.;Y removing from his position as General of the Salvation Army any General committing a breach of trust, and also for the selection of a General if, through failure to appoint or from any other cause, there-,should at any time in fact be no General."

A preliminary meeting of musicians interested in the visit of the great Yorkshire choir in Juno of was held in Palmerston on Saturday afternoon. Feilding was represented by Mr H. Temple White. As the choir, which will be over 200 strong, can only visit this part of the island on an afternoon, and as Palmerston is the most convenient centre, it is proposed to organise committees in its interest in all the towns alonp the coast, including Feilding, Rongotea, Wanganui, and even unto New Plymouth. Mr White has been appointed convenor of the committee to reorganised in Feilding. Mr Hugo Gourlitz, who is looking after the New Zealand interests of the enterprise, is to visit Feilding and address a -meeting here in about six weeks' time.

By the Moeraki, which left Wellington on Friday for Sydney, a quantity of live stock was shipped for exhibition at the New South Wales Ropal Agricultural Show, to be held at Easter. Mr A. Chrystal, of Southland, sent a number of stallions and mares, the_ sires beiaig Peter the Great, Sir Watson Stewart, Highland oliiof, and Sir James ; while the mares were by Clan McArijhur, Botany Bay, Briton Still, Duke of York, and Lord Cranburn. Mr G. M. Currie, of Koatanui, despatched a two-year-old prize Hereford bull and some yearling thoroughbreds. Ten purebred stud ewes (Ronmeys) were consigned by Dalgety and Co. on behalf of Mr E. Short, of Parorangi. On Friday next, by the Moana, Mr G. 1 ,, . Moore, of Kai Iwi, will ship three yearling bulls, one of which (Confidence, a four-year-old) holds an unbeaten record.

In an editorial article to-day's M. D. Times grows scared, as follows: "'A deputation is to wait upon the Minister of Railways here to-day to urge that the old train arriving here from the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay at 11.15 be restored in place of the substituted train at 1 o'clock. This will convenience many, especially those requiring to attend the P aimerston and Feilding sales, but beyond tins we would suggest that local deputations be wary. Nearly every locality is objecting to the present ti-mo-table, and many of them declare that it is specially constructed to suit Palerston. It does on the whole suit Palmerstpii most remarkably, and it would be discreet on the part of the deputation to-day to remember this, and prefer merely a specific request for the improvement it desires. If the whole thing went into the melting pot, as several places have" asked, it might not fare so well with Palmerstbn/'

The Waitohi school picnic was held in Mr Henson's fine grounds on Saturday last in "beautiful weather. There was a large attendance of both pupils and parents, and a happy time was spent in games, races, etc. An abundance of appetising refreshments provided by the ladiea_of tho district were appreciated by all, Mrs Henson and a number of willing assistants doing all they could to see that no one was neglected. During the afternoon Mr Efcnson, (Chairman of the School Committee) referred to the presence of the Chairman of the Education Board at the gathering in complimentary terms, and Mr Fred. Pirani presented the prizes. Every child in the school received A book, while the following special prizes were awarded: Standard V., Eric Henson ;-Standard TV., Harold Burnett; darning for boys Percy Brookie; school sweeping, "Eileen Henson; gardening (girls), Maud Lucas, fboys) Norman Lucas; reading, Eric Henson; sewing, Phyllis .Hammond; attendance, Roy Burnett (never' absent and never late during tho year). After the ceremony, cheers were given* for Mr Pirani, the teacher, and tho School Committee.