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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Weather. —During Sum ay and yesterday rain continued to fall. In the night-time particularly it rained very heavy. This is much to be regretted, as a large amount of the in this district is still in stook, which, with the heavy undergrowth this year, makes the sheaves more liable to grow than in other years. It is to be hoped it will soon dry up, or the consequences will be serious. With blight and rust, wind nnd rain, and 1 st, but not least, low prices f-.rmers will not be very flush of money this season, notwithstanding the very heavy crops which abound almost every where throughout the district

"Jack Slater."—A nun of tho name of Jack Slater was t»ken into custody on Sunday last by Sergeant Carlyon, lie being in a state of 'delirium tremens. Shortly after being placed m the lockup, the Sergeant heard a noise. When he went to the lockup, he found the prisoner had torn up a piece of zinc from the floor, and was sawing away at his throat ; being unable to remove the piece of zinc from hit grasp, be went for help, and returned just in time to save the man's life, as he had mnde a deep gish, and blood was flowing freely. After considerable effort, the handcuffs were got on, and his life saved, but as he made a grasp at his throat to tear out the windpipe it was deemed advisable to put him in a straight jacket. Dr Hayes was speedily br >ught, and he sewed up the wound. Tic imlvtpny individual, howover, threatens to drown hi ;•- self whenever he is set at lib :rty. Lie recovered sufficiently to be sent toTiuinu where he remains.

Government Lank Sale.— Wj would direct attention to an advertisement in another column notifying that a sule of town sections in the Orari and AroAvhenua township's will be held in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka. on Z3rcl installt. There is also a considerable amount of rural land to be sold for cash and on deferred payments. Working men should have a look at these sections, as the chance is a r-u-e one for them obtaining land on c*«y terms of payment in Canterbury.

A Monster Trout. -O.i Sunday last (says the Tapanui Courier) a party of our lesidents were bathing in tho Pomahaka, when ihey found in a cocky pool a trout, said to be three feet Jong, and apparently from sixteen to twenty pounds weight. The bathers made an attempt to catch the finny monster, but without avail. The fish was in view for some time, and there is every reason to believe that the description of both weight and measurement is correct.

Again.—"iEgles " tells the following good story : —" You have been," said His Worship to the gentleman in ths dock, " guilty of a very serious offence, for which you must be imprisoned without option of fine." Then, turning to his fellow justice, he said, in a stage whisper, quite within hearing of the prisoner, "I think a fortnight in the lock-up will meet the case. What do you say ?" His worthy brother magistrate coincided, but the const ablo in charge of the station pointed out that circumstances, which need not be mentioned,rendered a prolonged incarceration in the lock-up impossible. "Well," again whispers His Worship, '' it's hardly worth while sending him a hundred miles to gaol for only a fortnight—serious expense to the Government, you know—let's give him a month." And they did J Not Bad.—A gentleman writes to the London Echo and says : —" On board my ship an inebriated sentry foil overboard, and the officer of the middle watch went in and saved him. On being recommended by the first lieutenant to the captain as worthy of wearing tho Humane Society's medal, the captain refused to forward the suggestion to headquarters on the plea that the officer had no permission to leave tho ship."

Theatrical News.—The Melbourne Argus does not speak in very glowing terms of Mr J. C. Williamson's Pinafore Troupe which opened on February 14th at the Theatre Royal. Miss Maggie Moore's Josephine is condemned in toto, nnd they compare Miss Leaf, as Buttercup, unfavourably with her predecessors. Miss Pdecardi is praised, being described as a success, but Mr Harding's Captai n Corcoran is not rapturously spoken of. In fact, according to the Argus, Mr Rainford's Dick D'-ad-eye wan about the only musical success. There was a crowded house.

Instrumental Music—According to an Irish paper, Rev F. Petticrew, of Letterkenny, recently lecture on the subject of " Scriptural principles regulating the service of praise in the worship of the sanctuary," in the Second Presbyterian Church. The lecturer " treated his subject with the lucidity of statement nnd force of argument for which he is so eminently, distinguished. No one could mistake his meaning in respect to any aspect of the question discussed by him, as his utterances were most distinct and gayo no unc3rtam sound. His arguments in opposition to the use of instrumental accom.paniment in the service of praise in the worship of the sanctuary, under the Christian dispensation, amounted to a demonstration. He made it transparent beyond the verge of all doubt, that neither in the Primitive Chinch, nor for six centuries

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Temuka Leader, Issue 37, 2 March 1880, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Temuka Leader, Issue 37, 2 March 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Temuka Leader, Issue 37, 2 March 1880, Page 2

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