The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JUNE 9. 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 398, 9 June 1881, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JUNE 9. 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Parliament.—Parliament will meet for the despatch of business to-day.

A Monster Whale, —A whale recently came ashore at Warrington, Blnoskiu, about 75 fe t in length. Tenders. — The Mount Peel Hoad Hoard invite tenders for several works. For particulars see advertisement. Literary Notoriety. possesses the distinction of being the point nearest to the South Polo at which newspapers are published. Hell Over. —The report of the business transacted at the meeting of the Temuka Road Hoard on Tuesday last (with the exception of the tenders accepted) is held over. ’Frisco Mail. —The City of Sydney, with the European and American mails aboard left San Francisco on the 4th inst. and is expected to arrive at Auckland, on the 2Gth or 27tlx inst. Extensive Sale. —Messrs J. T. Ford and Co., announce that they will hold a sale of stock on or about loth instant at Cade Bay Farm, Temuka. Full particulars will appear in another issue

Caught at Last. —A man lias been arrested in the Oamaru district who has been wanted by the police for four years. His name is Joseph Thomson, and he is charged with the theft of opsra-glasses in Wellington in 1877. Hunting. —Yesterday" the hounds met at Mr Eusor’s house, Kakahu. The meet was fairly attended. The first hare was lost in the riverbed, and on the clowns being tried again another was found, which was run to Smithfield and killed. Concert and Ball. —To-morrow evening a grand concert and ball, in aid of (he funds of the Temuka brass Band, takes place in the Volunteer Hall. The programme of the former, which has been carefully compiled, appears elsewhere, and a treat may be anticipated. Lecture.— On Tuesday evening last a lecture was delivered in the schoolroom Milford, by Mr Mossman, the subject being “From the Cradle to the Tomb. There was acapitalattondanoo.and the proceeds were in aid of the school fund. The lecturer handled his subject in a very masterly manner. T.M.I-A.—As will be seen by the syllabus of the Temuka Mutual Improvement Association the subject for debate at the Good Templars’Hall this evening is “ Is Free Education Necessary in New Zealand.;’ to be opened in the affirmative by Mr Brown, followed in the negative by Ml la (ill i I it crested Haven ts ajtewkL

Tnu Tar area. —-All the articles recovered from the wreck of the Tararua have now been forwarded to the policcoilice at Dunedin, and a complete list of them, together with descriptions of the bodies washed ashore has been made out.

Lunacy. —At the lies! lent Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday last, before A. Cox and S., D,. Darker Esqs., J. P.s’. Thomas Palm ol was brought up charged with lunacy. On the testimony of Urs Camming and Hayes, the Bench ordered him to he forwarded to the Sunnysido Asylum, Chris! church., A Curious Trademark.— A trademark for a patent medicine is gazetted, cf which part of the description runs thus :—'‘The letters ‘ no’ being inserted within the bow. and the letters ‘she’ being printed on the loft arm of the woman.” Can it be intended that the whole label should read German sjTiip Bosh(e)'? Temura Brass Band. —On Tuesday evening last the baud paraded through the town performing several selections of music in a highly creditable manner, and we feel sure that their call upon the public to assist thorn in liquidating the debt for pure!iaso of instruments, etc. on Friday evening next will be generously responded to.

Unpi.easant.— A Paris, correspondent thinks there is more immorality in the capital of the world to-day under the Republic than in the days of the Empire, in Napoleon’s time the immoral newspapers were few in number, and were circulated privately and secretly, whereas there are now no less than seven journals devoted entirely to obscene subjects, one of which has a circulation of 190,000 a day ~aud is growing alii the time.

Long Woolled Sheep. —The Southland news reports that long woo! is giown at the T<’i Tois, near the scene of the Tararna disaster, on the estate of Mossss Tapper and Carmichael. In one instance the lo ngih of the staple was no less than 2Gin, and although of two years’ growth there was no perceptible “ breals” or irregularity of fibre. It was a part of the fleece of a crossbred Leicester wether, and for lustre could not easily be surpassed., A Hairy Horse. —Says the Hawera Star :—The hairy horse of the plains is certainly a curiosity, and if it could be shipped to Mr Barnaul, a good price might, bo secured by its present possessor, Mr D. Carroll who bought it from the natives a short time ago for £B, and handed over to Dr C. Lichtwark, of Ketemarae, the well-known horse-trainer. The animal was very wild when first brought in, but nmv itisalmostas tamo as a Newfoundland dog. The matted tail of the “ hairy horse,” which is three feet in length, is like a huge wooden leg —something of the pattern that, an elephant might require, if one of its legs had to undergo amputation. The mane also comes down in strings about three feet long, and it would appear that the usual shedding process has been changed, and the waste of the skin has been transferred to the Inigo tail and’ the peculiar-looking mane. In lime to come, Mr Carroll may be able to sell the animal to some travelling circus at a handsome profit. Result ok a Royal Hunt. —Last year, after one of tho hunts near Hubertuas. took, and while on his way to a birdshooting in the Sehorfhaide. the Emperor William felt slightly indisposed by an attack of sore throat, and proposed to return on foot to the castle. The King of Saxony and the Grand Duke of Mcck-leuburg-Sch werin were with him. When, after an hour’s march, the Emperor began to feel somewhat tired, his companions hailed a peasant on his team, driving in the same direction, and at their request tho party were speedily accommodated with seats on the waggon. After a while the peasant’s curiosity would no longer be kept down, and he naively asked, “ I suppose it is all right, hut would you please tell me who you are?”—“ I util tho Grand Duke of Mecklenburg.” —“ Ahem ! ” said tho peasant, incredulously, “And who are you 1 ” —“ I tun the King of Saxony ’ knowing smile; “and yon, Mr 1”—“I am the Emperor of Germany.” that will do,” grinned the peasant ; “ and I daresay you’d like to know who I am. I am the Shah of Persia ; and when it comes to joking 1 can take off my part as well as the next man.” The three real sovereigns f urly roared with laughter, but the good uatured peasant drew a pretty long face when soon after he deposited his passengers at the castle, and found out that he had been the only “ joker ” of the party.