The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1880 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 273, 24 July 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1880 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Irish Pilgrim ” is announced lo appear in the Winchester School ou Tnes day evening The entertainment is well worth hearing, and all those who attend may anticipate a treat They will not be d'sippointed.

A Melbourne telegram contains the pleasing intelligence t.iat oats are rising iu price “N Z oats 2s 7|d Milling quarn titios show a slightly improved tendency,’ so runs the message Tins is good news for those fanners who have been able to hold their oats

General Davidson, in his report, thus r fers to the Temuka Rifles—The men moved vvoll, and were up in their drill, but were often thrown into confusion bywrong words of command.

From a paragraph appearing in the “ N Z Times,” of the 15th insl., we regret to learn that Temuka is likely to lose the services of Mr Reid, Postmaster and officer in charge of T legraph We say it is ‘-likely,” because ir mi enqu.ry of Mr Reid, we find lie is totally iu the dark on the matter He has during his brief residence in Temuka become universally respected His urbane manner and kindly demeanor winning for him many friends His removal will therefore be general.y rem-etled Mr OTlalluran, it is reported, ? ucceeds Mr Reid

There is an old saying that when “Poverty comes in at tho.door, Love flies out at the window.” That this is not always the case was proved (says the Mi.ruing Herald,) last week at the famous Mnllocky Gully. A gentleman, e gaged there at 28s per week, was the happy father of three girls. One of them fell in love with a twenty-one shilling man, and agreed to he his for better or worse But as the course of true love does not uow'run smooth, the father objected, and the match was broken off. Nothing daunted, the young lady cast about for another lover, and found one in the person of a brave Italian immigrant. This time the lady resolved not to give her stern parent the chance of saying nay; so one day last week she disappeared from the “ unemployed section,” and is now doubtless enjoying the honeymoon with her partner from the sunny South, leaving her disconsolate father to comfort himself for his loss by an extra allowance of beei\ Who would have thought to find so much romance at Mnllocky Gully.

Mr Wakekeld M.H.R. for the district, passed through Temuka for the south on Thursday. In connection with thi 3 gentleman, the following from the “ O.D. Times” Wellington correspondent may explain the cause of our members’ absence from the Empire City:—“ The presentation of the report of the Royal Commission on Local Industries has been fiuthet and indefinitely postponed. It was expected to bo sent in last week, but this anticipation has not been realised, and now the Chairman (Mr Wakefield) has gone to Christchurch on another Govern-

ment commission.”