LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1187, 21 May 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A grant of £"120 has been made for the enlargement of tho Kairanga school.

Owing to an accident to tlie machinery, our usual supplement will not be published till Monday.

The dismantling of Government House at Auckland has been completed, over a dozen lorry loads of furniture having been taken out for removal to Wellington, to be utilised in the fitting up of the new Governor's residence there.

Mr Frank Harrison, who was injured at the Hastings races three weeks ago, came out ol a private hospital at # Hastings on ibursday, and left for Feilding yesterday morning.

The Methodist Gift Sale and concert held at Halcombe on the 18th inst. will net somewhere near £40, although accounts are not quite complete.

There was a good attendance of farmers at the stock sale to-day, but owing to the sale being held on a Saturday there \yeyu fewer sheep yarded.

A. Grogan was arrested at Awahuri on warrant this morning oa the charge of failing to provide for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. He was brought before Messrs W. G. Haybittle and G. Kirton at the Court and remanded to appear at Napier on nonday next. Bail was allowed tlie accused at £25 and a surety at £25, and was obtained. A farewell social was tendered to Mr and Mrs 3V. Mills and family at Cheltenham -on Wednesday evening by members of the Feilding Circuit I Wesleyan Church. Mr R. "AY. Neal occupied the chair. The Tley, -C, E. Beecroft spoke of the great loss that would be sustained by the Cheltenham Church by the ■ removal of Mr Mills, Mrs Mills and family to Hawke's Bay, they having for over 25 years taken a deep interest in the work of the church in various positions of usefulness. Mr W. Mills was a trustee, a ; society _steward, and superintendent of the Sunday School, Mr J. Mills was a society steward, and Miss Mills .occupied the position of organist. ..'he Rev. C. E. Bee-

croft presented Mr W.. Mills with pie History of Methodism, latest edition. Mr Masters presented Mr J. Mills with a travelling rug, and Mr J. Murray presented Miss Mills with a hymn and tune "book. The following items were rendered: Violin solo, Mr W. Kirk; recitation, Miss G. - Bow-

ater; song, Miss Summers; song, Air W. E. Carthew. Mr Shepherd presided at the organ. The ladies of the Cheltenham Church kindly s provided refreshments.

Lord Chelmsford, the Governor of New South Wales, has intimated that he intends to attend as many of the Rugby Union matches in Sydney this year as is possible. Interviewed by a Masterton Times representative before leaving for England, Mr A. H. Herbert stated that he would certainly contest tlie Masterton seat at the next election. It is reported that Princess Juliauia, heiress to the throne of the Netherlands, is seriousl.y ill, and that great anxiety prevails in Court circles. The J.'l-inec..o is a little over a year old. "Come and win the prize!" This is a catch-line to a notice which is published in another column concerning plain and fancy dress ball to be held at Rewa next Tuesday evening. Prizes are offered for the best costumes worn by ladies and gentlemen. At the request of the Lytton-stre-ot School Committee, Mr L. M. HorrocKS, dentist, has consented to examine and report as to the state of the children's'teeth. The report in respect to . the state of children's teeth, individually, will be furnished to tho parents by the -committee.

It is reported that a well-known Dunedin resident who had experience in the rubber trade in one of the Indian pot-cessions, invested fcOOO in "lubbers" at Home a few months ago, and has received the satisfying intelligence- that his investment has netted him something like £11,000.

The iiheep-worrying nuisance has huaiii set in. and Mr C. Carr is one of the first owners to suffer. It seems a pity that something cannot be dons to stop the ravages of the dogs m thi'i direction, for. the loss in this district every season is a considerable item in the flocks.

Very few subscribers to the Feilding Public Library attended the annual meeting on Thursday night. It was decided to request tlie Borough Council to select a committee from the following: -Messrs Clapham, Haggitt. Gillespie, Cotterill, Herron, and Campbell.

The reduction in tlie price ol bread by the Hastings bakers has not deterred the promoters of the establishment of ;i> co-operative bakery in liastines frohi further prosecuting their considerable amount of support h\is been promised and three local bakers have placed businesses under offoir to the new company. At a meeting of Cabinet it was decided to appoint Mr Thomas Neave, L.L.D., bai\rister-at-hiw, of Wellington, as one 1 , of the assistant law officers of the Crown, and to abolish tlie office of Crown Prosecutor and Crown Solicitor in Wellington, hitherto held by the firm of Messrs Bell, Gully, Bell and Myers.

The residents of Beuconsfiold and Waituna have their attention directed to the social advertised -for Monday evening next in Mrs Baer's barn. An enjoyable time may be expected. The charge is Is, and the proceeds are to procure posts and stalls for fencing the Beaconsfield Church site, also to assist the Quarterly Meeting fund of the circuit to which Beaconsfield Mothodistically belongs.

Of the 10-1 Government sections balloted for in Auckland on Wednesday, only six were taken up -under the renewable lease system, and three were purchased for cash, leaving 95 out of the 104 taken up under the occupation with right of purchase system, clearly proving that this is the popular system with intending settlers.

A lady teacher at the Hamilton District High School taught her class that drinking and smoking in moderation were not harmful, and that God would never have made alcoholic drinks if He did not intend man to use them. The committee waxed so indignant upon hearing of this heresy that" it decided to recommend the Board of Education to exercise greater discrimination in its selection of assistants.

Some little while ago, according to a private letter received in Wellington from Rarotonga, there was a rather startling revival of an ancient Native custom. Two or three Rarotonga. graves were desecrated at night. The bodies were dug up and removed to the beach and burnt. _ It seems, says the writer, that the spirit of the departed on< P"had been worrying or haunting tl eir friends or relations, and to the Native minds the method related was the only way that the spirit could be laid.

Some time ago, i emarks the North Queensland Register, a Melbourne firm of pipe mai .ufacturers offered handsome inducements -to a Bowen farmer to grow gourds for the manufacture of calabash pipes. Some of the Kelsev Creek farmers procured seed and planted tl|o same, with the result that a promising crop of gourds soon made their appearance. However, like all other valuable crops, a pest has appeared on the scene, in the shape of the white cockatoo. Those birds have played great havee with the crop, and the growers will be heavy losers.

■A pretty little incident of the thoughtful'kindness of the QueenMother is related by a one time London nurse, who recently paid a visit to Ashburton. It was in the days of her' hospital training in London, that a poor girl, dying of cancer, said she always had a great wish to see the Queen. At last one of the nurses wrote- to the Queen's, secretary and told him how the dying girl kept longing "just to see the Queen." Next morning, early, without any intimation to tlie authorities, a private carriage drove up to tlie gates and the Queen alighted.' She had come, she said, so that the dying girl might haye her wish gratified. It was a beautiful action, beautifully done.

Mr Charles Schilsky has been appointed by the 'Hoard ot Trinity College of M usic, London, as the examiner for the college this year in Canada. New Zealand, and Tasmania, in practical subjects: 'Pianoforte, organ, violin, singing, etc. Mr Schilsky, who received his musical education in London, Berlin, arid Paris, lias always made the pianoforte and violin his principal instruments, land as a player he has met with considerable success in England, France, Russia, and Poland. He has been identified for several years now with Trinity College as nil examiner, both in the United Kingdom and in India and Australia. He is due to arrive in Auckland on August 14, and the local examinations will begin on the following day. '■■ ; . .-.,.

"Children should not feel that they leave joy behind them when they enter our "building," said the principal of the Wellington Girls' College (Miss McLean) in a paper on the study of Hsitory read betore the conference of secondary teachers. She added: "Thanks'to modern methods the classroom is not such a violent change, as it once was, from the free merry outdoor life of the young happy being, who had- till then just frisked about outside and Avatched with delight.and wonder the ways of insects, birds v and flowers." The' speaker quoted Stevenson's lines: "this world is so full of a. number of things I am sure we should all be happy as Kings," adding: "it is not an unworthy ideal that our classrooms, for all the necessary discipline, should be full of these 'happy king;s and queens." _ Miss McLean's idea in this connection" is that it is good-for a man to bear tne yoke 'in iris youth, but it should not be all yoke.

PAYING THE PENALTY. Are little men penalised on account ( of their stature? It would seem that ; they are (says the Weekly News) in the'teaching profession. In spite of the long procession of distinguished ! little men which history furnishes, ' the Auckland Education Board on a j recent da£e decided that a candidate , could not be regarded with favour on ' account of his diminutive size". His aptitude and ability were unquestioned. "He is small and boyish, and his size is the only point against him." Is it any wonder that little men are pugnacious? They apparently have to impress upon the authorities the claims of mind over matter, of merit ■ over inches. Size is not the only point that tells adversely. Impoyerished health, want of vitality, courage, vim, pluck, vigour—call it what you will—all play a very important part. We nave only one sentence to add: Keep braced to tho battle by the frequent use of that greatest of all tonics—KOLA NIP. In many instances, success in life depends upon it. Try a bottle and not© thp result. For Chilclren'j Hacking Coughs, nieht. Woods'- Great Pepper*" Oar*, la 6d. «n.«.