LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 256, 20 May 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The South Orari Board of Conservators give notice-. ihal they intend to strike a rate of sixpence in the pound upon the rateable property in the conservation district for the year ending 3lst May, 1881, the rate to be pay; ble forthwith. The rate book is open for inspection at the Road Board office, Temuka.

The Tt-mnka Rifle Volunteers, will hold their annual ball, under the patronage of the officers of the Timaru Artillery Volunteers ann the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on the evening of the Queen's Birthday.

It is notified in another column that the Tenuika Road Board will, at their next sitting, proceed to strike a road rate :or th»* year ending 31<t December, 188.0. The itangitala "Railway siding, which has lately ho> n closed for alterations, is now open a,?ain f< r tn.ffir. At Omnaru, Mr Sutherland has retired in favor of Mr John llei<i. Mr Geoigt Jones announces himself as a candidate, s r > there are now two Liberals in the nel d._ Mr Keid has not gi\ en'any indication of his political views, but it is supposed he will "be a supporter of the present Government.

There are loading in Lyttelton at present, by J,he New Zealand Shipping Co'iipa 1 y, twelve \ e>se s, w th a tonnage of 10,uD2, equ.,l to IG,OUO ions of grain.

We would dra'v alt ntion to Mr K. F. Gray's sale ot properly to-day, '2OHi instant. The lota are in clitferent parts .of the township, most conveniently sitnaie'l, and as t'e owner, Mr Arenas, is de'ermineil to sell, l'uy rs who believ" in the future <'f our little township will have an oppoitnuity of providing themselves with a linne seldom to lie met with. This sale, we take i , will be a fair test of the \ehvi of town prop rty. Seviral neat cottages near the Railway St tion are most suitab'e i'or workmen whose occupation is in the the towi?.

AT Ashburton, the effects of the lateearthquake can be seen on paying a visit to the cellar of the Somerset Hotel. A wooden bench supporting some quart* rcasks was shaken over, and the barrels were rolled on the flooi.

The Hon John Hall request the electors of the Selwyn district to meet him at the Town Hall, Leeston, on Thursday evening next, at 7 o'clo k.

The Judge of the Cheltenham County Court recently decided that, in order to make an innkeeper liable for property lost, the traveller must prove not only that it came into the care of the innkeeper or his s-rvants, but that it was known to them at. the same time to whom the property be onged.

At tho sitting of the Waste Lands Board on Monday, the following amounts Hire sold, realising LIO4, subject to a refund of L2 ;—Ashley, 3 acres; Selwyn, 49 acres ; total. 52 acres

The men of W. Bruce's woodwai e factory, Timaru, are out or strike. They were offered work on half time, with a reduction of 2s per day in their wages, but declined the terms.

Superstition is on (he increase amongst the natives, owing to the preaching _ of the new prophet, Parora Ita, from Wairarapa. He prophecies great floods in two months, u Inn uli the Europeans will be drowned, and the natives will set their own again. At Te Ante, men and women, perfectly naked, bathe in the water every morning', believing they will be cured of all diseases. His preaching- and prophecies are great rn.bbi.sh, but the local chiefs fear t e spread of superstition, and say that all the trouble with the pakelms has originated from the teaching of such lunatic*. Tohera calls a meeting of Maoris for next Friday, to fix the boundaries within which the prophet and his disciples must not enter.

Captain Donaldson, <>f trie ship (laieloeli. which arrived at Lyttnlton from Syd ney on Tuesday, reports that when about 28* saiib of Cape Camp' ell, "ii Saturday night last, he saw what appeared like a burning volcano on the Looker-On Ranges. There was a great deal of smoke, and the flames shot up at intervals of al out f en minutes for over three hours.

It is asserted that about sixty-five years after the birth of Christ the Chinese Emperor sent ii delegation to learn of the new religion ; that not heiig guided by an unerring star on the way, lhey met 13 idihist priest, who represented th 11 stir rel gi<> i was the one lor whi.-h they were --<->ekin .. By this mishap Buddhism was introduced, and became the prin-ipd religion ot China. In Germany betrothed p'rs'.nsex h ng.. rings, and both the man and the gin - > about wearing their ln-troLii d-riiu. T is stamps them as both out if the ni rk t .i.i-l prevents iristakes.