LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 904, 14 January 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wesleyan* Church Services —The list, of./- services to he held-in the various Wesleyan Churches in the,, circuit, will•; be found in another column.

New Zealand Tobacco— The.Wellington Post says ; r We have received from Mr M‘Nab, the proprietor, of, the welhkno-nn gardens at the Hutt, a splendid specimen of the Havana tobacco plant, which affords yet another proof of the remarks so often made • .to the advantages of, soil and climate possessed by the locality in question. The plant had no fewer than eighteen leaves.

. The Late Presbyterian Concert.— We regret-to find that in our haste in writing our report, of,the above concert some items of it were, unintentionally omitted.i Amongst these we must-place first “ The Sexton” which ;|wai sung by- Mr Edmonds., and was about the best -song of tb e„ evening. Mr Edmonds has it voice of-great compass and flexibility, and he knows how to use it tp . advantage.. Miss Blyth.' accompanied the choi" on the .har-monium-and most of the songs on. the piano, and a great deal of the success of. the concert was due to her .excellent playing. Peesbyterxan,Church Sunday School. —The .annual reap, given to the children attending the - abov ■ school - was held last.. Thursday afternoon on., the Church ground. - Thera was a large attendance of the children, who did ample justice to the good things provided for them : by the Misses Paterson (4), Dunn,. Blyth, McOallum, iMcNairy-Thpinson, and Mrs W-fison. Messrs Cain, Black’, Mactay and ’ McCann also rendered: valuable assistance. After the children had enjoyed themselves thoroughly they adjourned to the -Churchi .where othe Rev. Mr Gordon suitably addressed them, and several, hymps were sung. The remainder of thp.eycnipg,was, spent in.sports, including three,.pig. hunts. The chase after the first porker was, of an exceedingly , exciting nature, in, which the . eldest boys tookla prominent part, but were unsuccessful till a well-known butcher’s assistant: came to their aid and seized the frightened animal. The other, two pigs, fell’an easy prey to their juvenPe pursuers. Shortly, after., six, o’clock the children separated for, their respective homes, highly elated with the afternoon’s amusement*.

1 The Governor.— The Wellington people are, very-,much .troubled in mipd respecting the movements ofy his Excellency the Governor. They know,, that- he is not well pleased with Wellington and they are afraid that he will change his residence. The report that he contemplates coming to . live in .Christchurch created quite an alarm amongst :them : . until they,heard ,he,..wopld not do so until; he,had resigned.. Now he..is gope on a visiti to., Mr ; Beetham, M.H.R., Wairarapa j and they wonder what on, earth he wants there,. They feel; easier now, however, since the the following appeared in the Wellington : p os t.^_Wp,do : . apt profess to be in possession of any official - information, but we hear in various quarters, that SR. Arthur, Gordon has deferred his < intended departure in accordance with, instructions received from •Homeland; thq.t; tbp, particular- ; position of importance in the,, Royal, Service, to which it was understood Sir Arthur Gordon’s proposed retirement from , the Government of New Zealand was the prelude to , his accession, is not; at present: available... It; is. further rumored that,he wifi. retain the Governorship ; of this colbSy. for some time longer..

Graceful Acknowledgment.—We direct attention to the advertisement of the Committee of the Presbyterian Church which appears in another column, in which they thank the ladies and gentlemen who assisted. at the late concert.

Land Sales. —At the sitting of the Waste Lands Board at Chrisichurch, on Monday, sales were made to the value of £329 17s 3d, as follows : —Selwyn, 53a Ir 80p ; Akaroa, 23a 2r 36p ; Ashburton, 61a 3r 36p.; Geraldine, 25a 3r 7p; Waimate, 61a Ir 14p. Borough of Waimate, 2a Ir 3lp. Refunds were made of former purchases as follows: —Akaroa, 3a Ir 15p ; Ashburton, 10a Or 17p;, Geraldine, 20a,0r 35p ; value £l9O Is 2d. v

Temuka Park Board. The usual monthly meeting cf the Temuka Park Board was held last Tuesday, im , the Star Hotel, Present—Messrs S, D. Barker (in the chair), J. Paterson, and K. F. Gray. The minutes of the previous, meeting having been readapd confirmed; and accounts, were passed to the- amount of; £Jfi> 14?.. Mpssrs Meyers apd; Gray^WPi’n-appointedißangers fpr the ensuing, month. It-was resolved—That t|ie ordinary, meeting,of;th<? B<jard be bpld ip '.future,,on, the 2nd'Tuesday in. .each;, month .at 3,30 pirn.,” and “That Mr Wills be requested to>audit the Board’s accounts.” The meeting then adjourned.’ . A- Self-Sacrificing Doctor. —A- tale of almost unequalled; self-sacrifice comes horned from, the. Transvaal. Dr Langdon, one of the Army Medical Department, was wounded at the Majuba Mountain on the day when Sir George Colley was killed,’ The .bullet stimck big spine, and paralysed his lower limbs. Knowing he must die, he cal'ed to the orderlies near him and caused himself to be propped up. against, a bqulder. There, in the very presence of, • death, he with ,his own hand forced the - morphia, solution into the wounded arm,of Corporal ,Farmer and thus, frightfully,,- wounded, and, suffering most acutely he, died. The story of, this gallant devotion is vouched for by the best authorityThe Late Elections. Apparently all the trouble respecting thp late elections is not over yet. More than Mr Pharazyn, have been guilty of. impersonation. Mr Edward Thomas has been committed for, trial for impersonation at the Cheviot election, and Mr C. R. Martin for double voting at the Wallace election. The following petitions have been lodged :-r-Eohert Rutherfurd against the , return of. James. Hutchinson Sutter for (Gladstone. Wihiam ffollia against the return of Harry AUwright for Ly and William, Grattan Cowlishaw against the return, of Walter, HippolitejPilHet fqr StanTupre., A petition has also been lodged against,Mr ( J, G.;, Waspn for. the Wakanui district.

MATEiMONiALi—The .Eev - Chaffers-Welsh afc the Presbyterian concert the .other nighb complained that very few,, marriages took placq in Temuka, and advised his young friends to get married,, without taking the future into consideration. So .long as they had enough for their, immediate, wants he. would advise them to enter, into .that blissful state which he . himself had found to be the . happiest condition of life. Now, the question is, how to bring about marriages ? and perhaps we could hot do better than profit by the experience, of,, our, neighbors The,. Star says: —“The church picnics, kiss-in-the-ring, and other, social games during the holidays appear to be pro-# ducing alarming results in the matrimonial ; line. No fewer, thap six Masterton girls, to bur knowledge, have begun the New Year by giving their mistresses notice, .urging with a blush that, “ they are very sorry, but they, are going to, start housekeepmg on their own account.”- The,.result is, quite a famine in the domestic line. Mistresses., are .nq , longer desirous of girls, that can wash, cook, and do ’up muslins. They are only too. content if they will stay at home and leave off courting. There is.. one. class of . deserving females, fortunately, who are likely to,, profit immensely by the reaping and binding harvest-that. Cupid, the, clergyman, and social festivities have brought about. We refer to plain-looking spinsters in the autumn of If they nq, longer possess charms for the swains.of ,the Tillage,.their ~. sedate looks and chastened accents „have .a. powerful recommendation fpr mistresses who are beginning to appreciate the.proverb ‘an old horse for a hard road,’ If there are any ‘old gals’in New .Zealand who age ...not afraid of a little hard work,, and wish for comfortable homesi and sweet-tempered mistresses,, we . believe they would fipd the Waparapa —particularly Masterton —a happy hunting ground at the present moment.” The township of Temuka has witnessed a few weddings since the holi-. days, and we are told that a good many more contemplate entering into the blissful state. shortly. Would it not be worth while to try the experiment and get up a few. more picnics. Bisses, in the ring, or anywhere else for that matter, _ a*e, powerful, auxiliaries to bring about tho.unipn of.hearts.. We should, recommend : a ,fijee .indulgence in them, in fact, we wpuld not object to submit ourselves to be experimented upon.

Mr E. A. Barker, Orari, invites tenders for stooking carting and stacking about 120. acres of wheat, oats, and barley, also. S&r. thatching stacks.

; Mr W. Postlethwaite invites tenders for cutting (reapers and binders and horses pro* vided) about 5C 3 acres, wheat and oats, on the Eaukapuka estate ; also,, for stooking carting, and stacking the same..