The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 701, 24 November 1881, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Held Ovr.it.— We are compelled to hold over a eorri'spo.'idents letter bearirg reference to Mr D. Leach's meeiing till our next issue. Tijiaru Waterworks.—lt is proposed to formaliy mjirii the Timsiru Waterworks on the I6rh December next, the anniversurv of tin- Canterbury Province. Fhi! is Timaei?.—On Tuesday erening last the premises occupied by Messrs Wood and Smith, drapers, as a branch establishment, were discoverer! to be on fire. Thanks to the

waterworks scheme, it was, however, put out in ten minutes, the water in the h.vdrant at the corner of the Club Hotel being turned on completely deluging it. There was no clue as to how the lire originated.

Electohat-.—On Saturday last Mr Postlethwaite addressed a meeting of the Geraldine electors in the schoolroom, Pleasant Va'ley. At its conclusion a vote of thanks to, and confidence in him was passed. On Tuesday evening Mr Hayhurst met the electors in the schoolroom, South Oran, Mr Mundell oceu* pying the chair. After a patient hearing a vote of thanks was accorded to the candidate. Mr Hayhu st will address the electors of North Oran in the schoolroom this evening, at half-past seven o'clock. Obituary.—Our readers will pe/ceive on looking over our columns that a lady wellknown amongst us. has passed away to that " bourns from which no t aveller retuvneth." We allude to Mrs D. M. Mackay, wife of the manager of the Bank.of New Zealand, who breathed her last on Monday afternoon at four o'clock. Mrs Mackay had been ill for some time past, and had left Temuka on a visit to her relatives in Dunedin. She was seized with rheumatic fever and was, it was supposed, getting better, but finally succumbed to its direful effects. Her kindly and benevole.it dis osirion will long be remembered by a large circle of friends who, however, feel that their loss will be her ga.n. The friends of Mr Mackay are informed that the funeral will leave the Presbyter"m Church for the jirowhenua Cemetery to-day> at 4 o'clock p.m. Ax Ij?IERE3TIN t (} Evbxt. Yesterday morning the marriage of Mr J. T. M. Hayhv.rst with Miss Brown took place in St Saviour's Church, Temuka. The eventcaused considerable stir in the neighborhood, and as the hour appro-: 'bed for the wedding party to enter the church, the latter, together with the avenue leading thereto, were crowded with persons anxious to witness the oeremony. At a quarter to ten a.m. the bride-eleet, with her father, Mr J. Brown, and (•ceompanied by four bridesmaids, the bridegroom and his best m n, Mr Gr. J. Mason, Mesdames Hayhurst and Brown, Mr Hayhurst, sen., and their friends, alighted from the'r vehicles and proceeded up the aisle of the church to the- Communion rails. The bride and bridegroom elect having taken their respective positions, the marriage ser- ■ rice was conducted by the Rev. J. ChaffersWelsh, incumbc t of the parish, the service being choral, The party afterwards proceeded to the resideno of the bride's father, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of. The newly-married couple left by the express train south to 6pend their moon. We wish them a happy and pro. sperous future.

lions for i% new Angle-French commercial treaty s.iould be commenced in the middle of December. - ' A U ST KALIAN. -MjJT.r.ficr.KK, Nov. 21 . New Z u alaiid fcding oats are unchanged ft 8s 7d, ,uul milling sorts at 3s 10 J, Nov. 22Mr Laer. manager of the Union Bank, deelaivs that there is n > foundation for tlie stateun nt in the Age of to-day re garling defalcations in that institution. Sydney, Nov. 2.1. Three fresh eases of smallpox have been advised to tin- Health Board. The sufferers and infested houses in Liverpool, Sussex, ami Cooler streets, have all been quarantined.. Nov. 22. Two smallpox patients died from the effects of the disease to-day. Another fresh ease ease has been repc rted to the Uoard of Health. Brisbane;. Nov. 21. A boat containing a fishing party of five capsized in the bay yesterday, and ,'o r of the occupants were drowned.