The Temuka Leader THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 235, 12 February 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

St. Saviour's Church. —On Tuesday ■ evening a me tin"" was held in Sfc. Saviour’s ■ Church, Tem.uka,. to consider some matters connected ws|j the jelergyman of the parish. The meeting-was rather an unpleasant one. We were invited to report the proceedings, but although we are c-ver ready to expose . abuse in public matters, we do not think it right* to tell tp the, .world congregational squabbles. Iteligion to as is too sacred a matter to hold up to ridicule. No good comes of doing so, and'-we will not take pleasure in exposing the- weakness of others in this matter. 1 None are sufficient, for these sacred things, and we deem,it our duty not to do or say -anything that may reflect disgra-e upon bar Redeemer’s cause. The remarks made by some of the speaker.at the meeting, partook much . of ..the ridiculous, as well as of a feeling which should not have been exhibited at a religious convocation, and we would advise all to try to bind up the wound by keeping it out of sight, when it-will heal all the sooner. T.R.Y.—Tn bur report of - the monthly , inspection of the T.R.V.', we stated the numbeifpresent to be 30. It should have been 40, exclusive of the band. w / Teatura School Committee. —The usual / monthly meeting of the was held } u,h Tuesday last.. Present —Messrs A. Wilson /(Chairman), Brown, ' and Russell. Minutes /of former meeting were read ■ and confirmed, ' i.fter which the Secretary, read the monthly report from the head pagter, stating' that the school still continues to increase, and that the’ number now on'the roll is 380,highest attendance 240, average attendance, 226. A letter was read from Miss E. Young, resigning the charge of the infant school after the end of this month. The resignation was received with great regret. A few repairs to locks, etc., as t_ • rt 1 y .be. Visiting C. m i i as re qiiued to ue attended to, was left to the c-’i.airman to see carried out. Some other matters were “also, brought up, but the meeting being soi thinly attended, on account of other meetings, it Was resolved to leave the matter over till next meeting. -i i Dreeing Twins BiXDEB. r7 A, trial was made with this machine in a paddock of wheat, at Mr. J. Paterson’s, last Tuesday. “This was ah rovy crop; and-encumbered with a tiiicli undergrowth of gra-s and clover, yet / notwithstanding this the Marsh Harvester did its work in excellent style. 1 This maehina comes nearer perfection than any that has > et come before us ; it is to be regretted that - ; t .-o othar twine binders,who composed with it at limani, were not. present, as we feel sure .mat the Deering would have given them the ; go bye; the . simplicity of the machinery * was the adrairitien of all, and the binding - -v. .n perfection itself •; a little alteration in - llic ohvators, to give' more room for long r l.raw and provision for making an ether shift iu t ic size of the sheaf, and we think the in-, volition of man in this labor-saving implement can go no further ; two horses marched bii wit li it at four miles an hour, without any ■-■■trouble', while the machine wa« cutting the fail breadth in a crop that should yield sixty bushels an acre ; we need.not go into further .d-script-ion-of the various parts of t' emachine as it i-s now well known all over Canterbury. A tsirmV doctor, Mrs Qvnthia Hod■ir*. ... w.-is- s' , ut< , uc!’d to ten pears’, immu nt in the tSt.ee penitentiary of 'i-i/ii/p/.-; i ll- ictic". ‘ . -

Spurgeon made an impassioned appeal to the Christian sentiments <d the English people, endorsing o! a<i - tone s position, lie warns Englisiirm-n that mid r the present political policy they are creating a “ Nation of Demon?. The Legion op Honor- In addition t > the award of the Gold Medal (L’ Academia National--.), and also the Silver Medal, awarded to John Binsmead and Sons, of Wigmore-street, London, fur the superiority of the piano exhibited by them last year at the Baris Exhibition, th ■ founder of the firm has heen created Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, this distinction being conferred on uo other British Pianoforte Manufacturer.

Persok'S visiting Geraldine would do well to call at J, Harrop’s cheap sale at the Bush Inn, Geraldine, who, in consequecce of his having determined to relinquish the drapery department of his business at Temuka, will hold a rhe-*p sale at Mr Tren grov*-’s;Commercial Room, Bush Inn, for 14 days only, at and below cost price ; no easonable offer will be refused ; remember, or 14 days only, at the Commercial Room, of the Bush Inn, Geraldine.—(Advt.)