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Temuka Leader, Issue 170, 23 August 1879, Page 2

Footba.lt...—The football tou-namenttom-me-iocs at Christclur.ch to.:day with Canterbury and Ofcago. The tatbe/ team passed th ough Teaiukar-b/- the 2:50 exp -ess yesterday. Unfortunately for the latter, Mr Fose, their cftptainTis"%6t"~'ambngst them, his ankle having given way. Most jf the faces we -, e f am-liar to us, and they all; appealed to be in good form. We wish them every success, but b?'.;ere they will get licked. Important Sale.—We are requested to call the attention of our ■ eade '3 to an advertisement )-.i another column of Mr Williamson's sa!e ox the lease of Mr H. D. Macpherson's Tenoana farm, on the 27th. inst. S.C. Cotjrsing- Cr.Pi?.—A committee meetiiiT took place in the Royal Hotel, Ternuka, on ° Thursday evening, but the br.s<ness was pc :e'y of a routine Mature, and of no importance to on-.- readerfei Ma* i Richardsor addressed the Chrisltffiyrch ■elect^gs^-b-st nigh', but did not ''ecWfe a licence. The meeJagWfcke up id great disorder, the cliai-: uaa that the baada held up weve equal To a 'LOi.e Mm in Tfl.fi Mackenzie Coo-NTi;y.—The huge .search party that has been engaged for some tiaie ia removing the snow from the gully ia the Mackenzie country, where it was supposed that the union'unate men Smith and Morrison were buried alive a month found the body, of John-Smith's dogyesterday morning, and twenty men are now engaged digging away the snow, and it is supposed they will soon * find Smith's body, as the dog was certain, to be near him- The dog looked as if it had been killed, as the blood from it had permeated through the snow for some distance. A eooceit in *!ud?oTThliPlfunds of Si- ; Saviour's Church, Temtib, will iake place on the evening of Tuesday, 26tli instant. An excellent programme i« published in oor advertising cqlumns, and we are sure as the object is Kuch a' worthy one that there will be a large and appreciative audience.

JM c Wm. Woolcombe, a candicr'e i'Ot 1 '.lie lepfesentation oxTimaeu, addressed (or rather tried to address) t lie electors ac the Mechanics' Institute, Timavu. on Wednesday evening last, but (be audience eviclenl'v considered; that as Mi* Woo'h?d had a o2 amusement out of them for the past 15 yeavS; they tbopgt it was their turn no .y, and went in for having some inn out of him. The proceedings, judging fiom the report in the ' Evening Telegraph,' must have been of the most laughable kind. We certainly think, though, that after the audience had had their fling they should have settled down to it and given Mr Woolcombe as fair a hearing as tuey did his opponent, Mr Tarnbull.

A Puktti' girl " out West" told her beau that she was a mind-reader. " You don't say so 1" lie exclaimed. " Yes," said she ; " you have it in mind to ask me to be your wife, but you're just a little scared at the idea.' Their wedding cards are out.