LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Temuka Leader, Issue 204, 27 November 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

No. 1. Co. T.R. Volunteers. —A special parade of this company took place at the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on Tuesday last, 36 members being present, including officers. Sergeant-Major Morgan was to have been present, but wae prevented throng'' indisposition, and Capt. Young put the company through a number of movements, and then dismissed them. The Winchester Coaches. —lt will be seen from an advertisement in another column that the Wiuchester-Geraldineline of coaches has changed hands. Mr J. A. Young, of Winchester, late proprietor of the above line, lias transferred his interest and goodwill in,the above to Messrs Denoon and Mcllraith, of Geraldine. The new proprietors are known as gentlemen anxious to please their patrons, and we, therefore hope they will receive the support their efforts deserve. The Geraldine School Committee.—A meeting of the above committeee was held on Thursday last in the schoolroom Present —Rev Geo. Barclay (Chairman,)Messrs Trengrove, Sherratt, Williams, and Preston. After the minutes of the last meeting had been read and confirmed, the correspondence was read :—Mr Kernahan wrote asking for leave of absence on particular business. The Masons applied for use of the schoolroom, in which to hold their meetings. The Good Templars also applied for the use of the schoolroom. After discussing some important matters, the meeting adjourned. Poison. —Owners of dogs will have to look out. A valuable greyhound belonging to Dr Hayes, of Temuka, had a narrow escape from being poisoned with strichnine at Ids own gate on Tuesday morning last. Had the proper remedies not been applied the animal would certainly have succumbed. Wo cun sympathise with those who have had-their sheep worried by dogs and laying poison, hut then there is a proper time and place for laying it. To lay a trap like the present, at the very door of the owner’s residence is certainly a most cowardly act. and we sincerely hope the person guilty of so mean au action will be brought to task. Dr., Hayes informs us that the dog had only been let loose a few minutes, when he discovered it lying on tiie walk in front of his residence, and thinks the dog must have been mis- j taken for another dog, of a sirndar colour, I guilty of sheep worrying.- ;

Oxford-Tbmuka Railway. —We learn that the inhabitants of Kakahu and Waihi Busli are petitioning Government for the commencement of the Oxford-Ternuka Railway, operations to commence at the Tomnka end. Considering that it will be some time before Government can satisfy the demands of the Auckland “ruts,” we think that it will bo soxne time before the Oxford-Temuko Railway will be an accomplished fact. Parlour Magic. Some tricks in “ Parlour Magic” printed in juvenile publications are very amusing, as well as very simple <£ The Enchanted Pin,’ 3 for instance. To perform this trick you take a common brass pin, such as a man sometimes uses to fasten Ids shirt-collar when a rear button-flies off. To satisfy your audience, that the pin doesn't contain a false bottom, let them have it in their hands to inspect. This will convince them that there is no deception about it. Now bond the pin in two places -first, about one-third from the head, and second, the same distance from the point, so that the business end will project upwarck Again show the pin to your audience, in order to satisfy them that it is the same pin, only bent—bent on mischief. Now, place the pin on a hard-bottom chair, and when a late visitor enters, invite him to sit on the chair. The effect will be magical. If the ceiling is not more than ten feet from the floor, the probabilities are that the man -will arise so spontaneously that Ins head will made a dent in it. This innocent little trick never fails to amuse am audience, and if such amusements received more encouragement in the domestic circle there would be fewer poems written, askng “ Where is my boy to-night !” Tailors in Sydney are, on tiie authority of a contributor to ,the Mail, “ slow, dreadfully slow 3 ’ ; even the best establishments, says the writer, grumble if the} 7 arc asked to turn out a. suit of clothes within a week. One of them received a direct snub a short time back. A gentleman ordered a coat for his son, a growing youth. About a month after the measure was taken the parcel was delivered, but was promptly sent back with a note of which the following is a copy : —“Mr . Sir, I reg r et to say that since I gave you the order my son has out-grown your measure. Keep the garment, for I have another boy who very likely in a fewyears will reach the necessary size. 33 Later news from the Cape states Sir Garnet Wolseley stormed Secooseni’s stronghold. The aspect of affairs in the Transvaal is less threatening. Affairs in the Transvaal are improving.