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Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 80, 21 September 1878, Page 2

An unfortuncite accident happened, in Ge.ialdine on Tuesday afternoon to a lad named Arthur Grimmer. He had climbed a tall wattle tree to obtain some bloom, when the bough broke off, and he fell to the ground, head first. His fate was severely bruised, an.l his right arm broken. Dr Fish was immediately called in, and the poor boy, though suffering much, is now progressing favourably. The Star Dramatic Company, who (see advertisement) appear in Tenmka on Tuesday and Wednesday n'jxt, should, judging from Ihe high ccomiunis bestowed upon them by the press, be well worth a visit. The company have becai playing in Timaru for the last three weeks, and the : Herald ' speaks highly of 4,heir performances. The parade of No. 1 Company, Teuiuka Volunteers, on Tuesday evening was very successful, about 30 members falling in. Five new members were elected and sworn in, and the following promotions were made-: Sergeant Coira to be coloursergeant ; Corporal Brewer and Private E. Smith (Winchester,) to bo sergeants. Corporals will be chosen at the next meeting "from the most efficient members. A letter had been received from Major Lean, relative to some complaints of danger atattending practices on the range, i. The question ot' erecting butts was partly considered, but defemsA until Major Lean should have been communicated with on the subject. Ira the meantime practices will be discontinued. It is proposed to set up a target at Winchester for the use of the members "of the Company residing there, and tenders are to be called for enlarging the new target at Teinuko. A letter was received from the Rev Father Fauvel, thanking the Company for the loan of seats during the mission week. The letter concludes '' Long live Captain , Young ! Long live your good battalion !" We gladly echo the words of the pastor. A committee meeting of the Ttmnka .Agricultural and Pastoral Association was

held iit the Star liou-l on Thursday. Me-srs Barker, Quiuu, Elisor, Paterson, M'Caskill, fining Wiight, M'Pherson "Wi'lianiHin, and Dr Rayner, were present. After conjurmitfer the minutes s t>f- the *4iipt meeting,.? the* t commttte Jesolvcd;*' to communicate ljjijth that*, riiemjber fo#f'the county r/obt iaine: a tftle foy. th' 1 Show Grounds. It. ~w;«3- resolved*' to hold a par.ide of entires on Thursday Oct?" 10. Horses to bo on the ground by 10.30 a.m., and todeave it ;it 11.30. /The committee-' wi'l offer "prizes of 'two guineas for the best horse in each 6T'tV)e"cTaspe¥,*lraiigli'tV roadster*, and thoroughbreds. Mr Patterson will offer.-a further .prize of two guineas for the 'best draught-, entire, Mr Barker two guinea-* far the best road--ster, and Mr Ensor-the same amount for the best thoroughbied suitable forgetting weight'carrying hacks. The entrance fees were fixed at -ss, and the charge' to be made at the gates, including lists <f

entries, Is. Messrs B. Thompson, Quinn, PaUrson, and Grant, wore appointed a ground committee. Messrs Jas." Hay and Kerr are to be invited to judge the draught horses. Messrs A. Cox, W.S. Raine, and D. M'Lean, the roadsters, and Messrs Gamack, L. MLcan, and Crammond, the thoroughbreds. The question of attaching more importance to the exhibition of foals at the-Autumnal Show was discussed, and the meeting seemed in favour of doing so, in the nope of en-'counio-iug.farmers'to be more careful to 'the stock they raise.- It was decided to discuss the programme for the Autumn Show ;it the next quarterly meeting, which will be held in October

■Mr L. Buss, coach-builder, of Tcmuka, has this week turned out a piece of; work. Kianship that would do credit to any establishment in the colony. It is a trotting gig, to .carry two, built to the order and from designs of Mr Boyd Thompson, and is as neat a piece of furniture of •the kind as we have seen. It is at once light and strong, At rnns easily, and is pleasant to ride in. Mr Thompson is justly proud of his new property, and in it, with a good trotting horse before him, will "' take the shine out of" anything ou the-road. The -woodwork is all in lancewood or hickory, and neither wood nor iron has been wasted in the construction. A suitable set of harness was made tspecuUly to order by Mr G. Mason, and \is&workmansbip-does him equal credit. accordance with a resolution passed (iit a of the Teinuka School fCom- ' niittee, a deputation of members of the Board of Education of South Canterbury, along with the Chairman of the local committee, visited the school on Thursday last in order to satisfy themselves of the necessity of prompt measures being taken, if the health and value of the school is to be assured. W.bal explanation was not necessary. The filthy state of the walls, which had been offered a coat of raint some time or other ; the close, fetid, disgusting- effluvia emanating from the infant room ;80 to-5)0 cloklron thuddied te-gether tin a room of a oflt 24 x 18, •■without desks «£ forms; simply squattihg down in Maori fashion without the slightest chance of cleanliness, aud with \ only one female teacher, are crying shames to a civilised country. If the ißoard have not let a united effort 'be made to compel the 'Government to deal more liberally with Boards of Edu--1 cation.

The Ringarooina, with the Suez mail, leaves Lyttelton for Melbourne via Dunedin and Bluff on Tuesday next. The Claud Hamilton follows on or about Friday. In speaking of the match Australians v. Cambridge University, the 'Saturday Review ' pays the following tribute to the capabilities of the Colonial Eleven : "It is probable that no eleven, either of Gentlemen or Players, could beat the University. The Australians have received their most decisive lesson, and yet, so uncertain is cricket, that on another day, they might mike a very good light with their victors. They hive justified professional criticism based on their performances at home. They are more than i match for most comity elevens, and it seems extremely probable that the best possible Colonial Eleven could meet the best possible Eleven of England. For a travelling team, which several good players (Mr Evans, for example) were unable to join, they have done wonders. Their visit has been a source of healthy enjoyment to many thousands of people, and we trust that it has been no less pleasant to themselves."'

One of the members, in the course of a recent debate; spoke as follows : I am afraid.to allude to anything scriptural, because we always get rebuked for doing so, but when a great blessing was promised to a nation, which had become the glory of all nations, there was no better land offered to do it than that which we here possess, a land of brooks and of waters, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley and vines, a land where we may eat bread without scarceness, a laud where we shall uot want anything, a land whose stones are iron, and out of w.'iose hills we may dig brass. "All we Wi'.ut is wisdom in our laws," &'ei\ Tb/ireupon Mr Sheehan said that he thought his honourable friend's quotation ,»vas exceedingly appropriate, andjfairly descriptive of this country ; " a country which we cannot kill by bad legislation, or bad govern-

incut, or it would Lave been killed long •ig"." k <v »—-- In connection Fitller's lecturing tour, it is sad to jelatc tlia.fc nil tlie guiltier are not "ambitious to /"- 5 ■- Jut v iX i * lleui'n'4he>'nojxlu art' of hows/A to co6k their ■JiUßbatnd's goose," when they get og.erriiot *,a-goote,i but a jjwsband.' Onn ojf tho<!" -kindly, jolly, and buxom fein ile>'proJ.uct-> oftlie Shamrock-Islo, who sweeten our lives with overdone chops, and. Hibernian sauce, was offered by her mistress a; course W ? Mis» Filler's lectures, gratis, and for" nothing;: '"But "Bridget"asthore* did not seem to appreciate this particular kind of generosity. After ing, and.playing with her. .apron strings, she boldly gave vent to lier thoughts thusly : " Raise, ma'am, iv you wouldn't inund, I'd raytherlani gymnastics!'' f I

..... The catalogue and.rules of the Tcmuka Mechanics' Institute, are now ready '. for distribution, and may be obtained from Mr Fildes, Dr Hayes, and Mr Bolton. The catalogue is well got up, the books are well classified under nine different heads, so that it is an easy matter to find any particular work.

" The gentlemen who speculated in tlie puichase-of the wreck of the Loch Ard are," states the ' Warrnambool Guardian,' "scarcely likely to find the venture a profitable one. In addition to the original purchase money, we are informed that a further sum of £2OOO has been expended, with" very little to show for it. There is no sign of the ship breaking up, and the opinion of the diver,, who made a survey on the 21st instaut, is not very encouraging. He reports, that casks of cement and other things of little value were to be seen,' but nothing worth raising, added to which the siltation going on will render the': w'<rk a very slow and expensive one. It is not unlikely that when a favorable opportunity' presents itself the purchasers may try a charge of dynamite, with a view to bursting up the deck."' The Christchurch 'Press' says ; The six new American engines ordered by the Government in January last have arrived at Port Chalmers in the ship Southtninster, from New York. The vessel, after discharging a quantity cii cargo at Port Chalmers, >vill come on to Lyttelton, and there discharge the engines, which, like other'cargo of a similar character, are at the bottom of the vessel. They are intended principally for the Christchurch section of the railway, but will be used for the express trains between here and Dunedin. The firm to whom the order was sent have certainly lost no time in executing it, for the letter did not leave New -Zealand until the 3rd January, and would take at least a month to reach its destination. Then the voyage from NewYork to 'this country would take another three months. So that tlie time actually .employed in constructing the engines—for they have been made expressly for this colony—ha-s been but very short. The American 'engines " Lincoln' and " Washingroh" are giving great satisfaction to the railway authorities, and are considered infinitely superior to the English locomotives for the light description of railways in this country. They arc wonderfully equable in their rales of speed, and may bi depended on almost to a second. With the exception of the first return trip from Dunedin, they have not varied a minute from the time of arrival, audio a Journey of nearly 250 miles this is a great deal to say. A further advantage in obtaining enfines from America is that an order can be much more quickly supplied thence than from England. For instance, half a dozen Fairlie six-wheel couple-bogie engines were ordered from England for the Dunedin section of the line eleven months ago, and have not yet arrived. Tt need hardly be said that Avith the large traffic that now passes over the line, these locomotives are very urgently needed ; in fact, the whole line from Amberley to Invercar-o-ill is very short of engine power, particularly on the Dunedin section. The American engines referred to are expected to arrive in Christchurch in about a fortnight, and will, in all probability, -be running a fortnight afterwards. Gf the 800 ■trucks which the Government ordered for the lines in this island, there are now 300 built and running, and the other 500 will be completed and in working order by the time the next grain season comes round. The whole of the iron work for these is imported, but all the wood work is done in the railway workshops of the Colony, or else by contract. Ou board the Southminister there is a very large quantity of all kinds of American railway machinery which has been ordered by the Colonial Government, and which is intended for the railway workshops.