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Temuka Leader, Issue 192, 6 November 1879, Page 2

Concert. —We would remind onr readers that the concert in aid of the Presbyterian Church Manse Fund comes off in the Volunteer Hall this evening, and by the progromme, which appears in our advertising columns, a good evening’s entertainment may be depended upon. The prices are low, 2s and Is. The object is also good, and we trust therefore that a good attendance will be the result. Dunedin National Industrial Association. —The' National Industrial Association has sent a telegram to Mr E. J. C, Stephens, M. H. R., Wellington, suggesting that sugar be admitted free of duty ; tea at 6d per pound ; coffee at 4d to 6d ; wines other than Australasian, at 6s per gallon ; sparkling wines 8s ; spirits at 15s per proof gallon ; jewellery and plate at 25 per cent, ad valorem ; cigars at 8s 6d per pound ; and manufactured tobacco at 2s 5d per pound. Shooting. —At the annual meeting of the New Zealand and Canterbury Rifle Association held to-day, it was resolved that the interprovincial rifle match, Otago v. Canterbury, be fired in Dunedin on a date to be fixed by the Otago Association. It was also resolved that the interprovincial representatives team ho reduced from fifteen to ten, and that the Otago Rifle Association be requested to agree - ■ ‘A'? resolution.

Sale of Racehorses. —We notice by an advertisement which appears in the Christchurch Press that the following well-known racehorses are to be sold by oublic auction by Messrs Delamaiu and Co., on Saturday, 15th inst.;—Templeton, Fishhook, Titania, Maritana, Hornby, Lonehand, Alice Gray, Robin Hood, Agent, Te Whetu, Luna, Lady ot Lake, Belle of the Isle, Foils Parine, Flatter.-/, Fiction, Laertes, Pinfire, Sinking Fund, Oambal’o, Vampire, Volunteer, Lara, Tera, Lady Ellen, Prospers, Yaldh.rat, eh f Atlanta—Anteros. Those who afa in want of thorough good ,l nags” should seize the opportunity and go to the sale, for it is not often such a chance occurs. The great scarcity of money, Jio doubt, has brought the horses into maScet.

SalStof Business. —Mr Samuel Currie has sold his interest in the bakery business to Mr James Marshall. AH persons indebted to Mr Currie’s estate are requested to pay their several debts Mr James Marshall, whose signature will be a sufficient discharge. .Educational. —The Eangitata school was opened yesterday under George Barclay, jun. Fifteen children attended, and several more will attend during the week, who are prevented through illness and other causes from attending at present. We wish the school ev/ry success.

Cricket.— *A match will be played oh the grounds of the Temuka Cricket Q!ub on Saturday next, between a team chosen from the Timaru school and one from tho Temuka school.

A Dreadful Accident. —The German papers give an account of the death of a clergyman from a wound caused by that apparently innocent, instrument, a steel pen. Pfarrer Franz Motz, of Puchkirchen, was in the habit of sticking his pens in the holes of his ink-stand with their points upwards. Leaning over to look more closely at a book which was propped up on the further side of the inkstand, the point of a pen accidentally pricked him. The wound was so insignificant that he took no notice of it at the time ; but the following day the pain became so great that ho sent for a physician, who found that it was a very bad case of bloodpoisoning. In spite of nil remedies the virus got such a grasp upon his system that, after eight weeks of increasing suffering, ho died from the casual prick of a pen.

Laughing. —Laughing is strikly an amusement, altho some folks make a buzzness ov it. It haz bin considered an index ov karakter, and thare is sum so close at reasoning, that they say they kan tell what a man had for dinner, by seeing himlaff. I never saw two laff alike. While thare are some who dont make any noise, thare are some who dont make enuything but rfbise ; and some agin who hav musik in their laff, and others, who laff just az a rat duz, who haz caught a steel trap, with his tale. Thare is no mistake in the assersbun, that it is a cumfert to hear sum laffs that cum romping ont ov a man’s mouth, just like a distrik school ov young girls let out tew play. Then agin thare iz sum laffs that are az kold and meaningless as a yesterday’s hukwheat pancake,—that cum ont ov the mouth twisted, and gritty, aza 2 inch augur, drawed out ov a hetulok board. One ov these kind ov laffs haz no more cumfert in it than the—stummuk ake haz, and makes yu feel, when yu hear it, az though yu waz being shaved bi a dull razer, without the benefit ov soap or klergy. Men who never laff, may have good hearts, but they are deep seated, like sum springs, they have their inlet and outlet from below, and show no sparkling bubble on the brim. I don’t like a gigler ; this kind of laff iz like the dandylion, a feeble yeller, and not a bit ov good smell about it. It iz true that enny kind ov a laff iz better than none, —but give me the laff that looks ont of a man’s ey6s fust, to see if the coast is clear, then steels down into the dimple ov his cheek, and rides in an eddy thare awhile, thenwaltzesa spell, at the korners ov his mouth, like a thing ov life, then bust its bunds ov buty, and fills the air for a moment with a shower of silvery tongued sparks,—then steals back, with a smile to its lair, in the harte, tew watch agin for its prey. —this is the kind of laff that I luv, and aint afrade ov.— J. Billings. Mr Archibald Forbes.' —Mr Archibald Forbes, the well-known special correspondent of the Daily News, who is at present in Sydney, will visit New Zealand in the course of a few weeks. From a letter received by the s.s. Eotomahana (says the New Zealander), the probability is that he will come direct to Wellington, making this city his headquarters during his stay in the Colonies, The Loftus Troupe.—The City Council on Monday resolved—“ That the Town Clerk be instructed to intimate to the proprietor of the Princess Theatre that the continuation of the objectionable portions of the performance now being given by the Loftus Troupe, on the recurrence of such entertainments in the future, will involve the suspension or cancellation of his license.”