COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 705, 4 September 1885, Page 15

COUNTRY NEWS.

FEILDING. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Church was recently held, and was a great success. Mr F. Hill, of Napier, preached the sermons ou the Sunday. The following day the usual tea meeting was held, and was largely attended. After the tea, addresses were delivered by the above-named gentleman, and the Revs J. Clover (the pastor) ; A. C. Lawry (Wesleyan), of Marton ; J. W. Worboys (U.M. Free Church), of Woodville ; H. M. Murray (Presbyterian) ; and Captain Condon, of the Salvation Army, the two latter being located in Feilding. The Primitive Methodists here evidently know how to get up a splendid tea and secure a capital attendance thereat, as on this occasion more than 200 persons were present. The second of a series of entertainments at St John’s (Anglican) Schoolroom, in aid of the Sunday School building fund, was largely attended, and was in every way successful. The programme was a varied one, and was very satisfactorily and pleasingly carried out. These entertainments appear to be very popular. I regret to have to report the sudden death by accident of one of our respected townsmen namely, Mr Joseph J. Mayhew, of the firm of Summers and Mayhew, lemonade and cordial manufacturers and railway advertising contractors. He was riding home from Bulls, whither he had been on the business of the firm, and when just past Awahuri he was thrown from his horse and killed instantly. A.n inquest was held, at which the medical testimony was that death was caused by the dislocation of the upper portion of the spinal column, or what is popularly known as a broken neck ; and the verdict of the jury was one of accidental death. A young widow, with an infant a few weeks’ old, remains to mourn his loss, he having been married only about a year ago. He was of a most genial open-hearted, and liberal disposition, and his untimely end is deeply regretted by the numerous friends he had made, and whose interests he had served while living. A meeting of the sawmillers along the line from Foxton to Wanganui was held here a day or two ago re the private sidings question. The objectionable by-law published on the 16th ultimo was read and condemned —to death if possible. The following resolution was unanimously passed, which concluded the business That this meeting, representing the whole of the sawmill proprietors on the Foxton - Wanganui Railway line, condemn the by-law re private siding access as being calculated to interfere with and cheque the progress of the timber trade, while being an extra tax on an industry now contributing very largely to the revenue ; and and that a copy of this resolution be sent to Messrs . Macarthur, Wilson, and Bruce, M.H.R.’s We have justhad the celebrated Faust Family giving two of their novel and marvellous entertainments to crowded houses. It is pronounced the best “ show ” that has. ever been to Feilding, and the audience was in raptures throughout each performance.