LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 910, 28 January 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wesleyan Church Services —The, list of -services to be held in the various Wesleyan Churches in the circuit, will' be found in another column. Ministerial Visit.—The Honorable Mr Eolleston arrived here by express train. last Thursday, and left fop the,south, by express train. yesterday. Bishop Redwood.—His Lordship , the Right Rev. Dr Redwood, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wellington, arrived, here by express train yesterday. He will preach at the Roman Catholic Church at the , morning and- evening services next Sunday. Mass will be celebrate in,the church at 8.30 i and 10.30, a.m. Severe Weather. —This district was. visited yesterday by a nprth-west ga}e of unusual severity. No. serious damage done by it has yet been reported with the exception that it broke some windows in the town. It will do a,great deal qf;ha;-m to ripe, cornfields, and the loss t o the district through it will be-considerable. Wesleyan Church. —We are glad to learn that the Rev. Mr Fee has been re-, appointed by the-Wesleyan Conference now sitting in Christchurch, to the charge of the Tcmuka church. We are sure there is not one amongst us who will not rejoice at this, as besides being a minister of religion who has won the hearts of his own congregation, Mr Fee hap during Hi ß time here attained considerable popularity amongst all classes of the community. Educational, —We have received froip Mr H. W. Hammond, Inspector of-schools, a circular letter showing the.attendance at the various schools under the. South Canterbury Board of Education, for the-quarter ended Dec. 31, 1881. There, are altogether 35 schools in, the district, and the number on the roll at the beginning of , the quarter was, 3480, which increased to 3531 at the end of the quarter, thus gaining 51 additional pupils. In the Temuka school the attendance increased ftom, 3.?3,t0 350. 1.0-O.F. —The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Alevandrovna Lodge of the 1.0.0. F., was held in their hall last Wednesday evening. Bro E. Smith, N.Q-.. in the chair. The Sports Committee submitted their balance sheet, which was very satisfactory, and a vote, of thanks was .aeporded to the working Committee for the manner in which they carried out the sports. It was decided to ho Id a degree meeting next lodge night. Dr Campbell was installed as conductor for the ensuing term. The meeting then adjourned. The Otaoo Bible and Book Society. —Mr J, R. Macdonald, agent for the above society, has opened with a large and well selected stock of books, a branch in this town in the old Tehuka Leader Office. The stock consists of the Leisure Hour, Sunday at Home, The Boys’ Annual, The Q-irla’ Annual, The Quiver, and a supply of Bibles and other books too numerous to mention. The fact that they have been selected oy the Otago Bible and Book Society, is a sufficient guarantee that they consist of the most desirable class of reading, and we recommend them to the attention of our readers,

JLtBATH of Mb Gbiebson. — Mr Grierson, who fell from the top of an omnibus in Christchurch last Tuesday, has since died. 6-old. The month’s gold shipped pen Alhambra, at Greymouth, last Thursday, waa 14,282 ozs. 2764 ozs were from Westport. This is one of the largest shipments for a long time. Cbickbt. —ln the match between the English Eleven and the Wellington team the English scored 222 and the Wellington team 80. The English team left for Auckland yesterday. Hail Storm.— It is reported that a hail storm passed over the Hunter hills last Sun--day morning, and that hail stones measuring three, quarters of an inch in diameter fell, doing much damage in that- neighborhood. Working. Men’s Club. —At the annual, meeting of the Auckland Working Men’s. Club, the report showed that over £2.o£|, of" the debt had been paid off during the and that the debt remaining was £lB7. The members number 178. Reapers and Bindebs.—The public are. reminded that the trial of reapers and binders under the auspices of the Canterbury- . Farmers’ Co-operative Association, will taka, place today ip a paddock, on the.. Rev. Mr*. Foster’s farm, Wai-itf road, about a mile, from Timaru,. New Zealand Cement. —Messrs Brogdea, and Sops’cement works at Colhngwood are, now rapidly approaching completion. Thebuildings are almost finished, and the pro-, prietety expect to have everything in, full swing shortly.. The machine will be oapablei. of turning cuff 30. tons per week.. Death: from. Drowning. —Alexander. Wilkie, mate of the brigantine Eliza Marywas drowned; at,Auckland on Tuesday night. He was escorting a drunken seamap aboard; when both-slipped.from the planks connect-, mg the vessel- and the wharf; The seaman, was picked up.at once, but Wilkie was. no-, where,to,be seen, and his body is not yet re-?, covered. Abduction. —A map named James Fowler. was brought up at Ashburton on Wednesday, charged with the abduction of a young girl, named Lucy.Haines, from her parents’ keep-, ing. Her parents, who, reside at Alford; Forest*. had received, a. letter from the girl, who is fifteen years, and nine .months old, stating she had married the prisoner,.butt this he.denied. He was remanded to of evidence.beipg,obtaioed.I ire. —Mr Farrell’s house,, the Bush Inn,. Geraldine,, bad a- narrow, escape ' from fire, on Thursday, moaning. About daydreak a. large volume .offsmoke .was seen issuing from., the kitchen, and on search being made, the, manteffpieco was found to be on fiye. For- , tunately the .flames ,w.ere easily subdued, the. only damage done was the .ceiling.and mantel?, piece being burnt. Iff- the, fire,had not been discovered when it was, there .is no doubt £ bub that, a, serious . fire . would have taken.j place. The.Citt- of Cashmere.- —The hull of - the City of Cashmere was bought at last Thursday by Mr C. Boiiyne_.for the sum... of £120„ Mf - the-City off Cashmere, and if sueceeds in., , so doing;, as is most likely, he will, make. about £SOOO out of the. transaction. The . vessel could not. go into, better, hands to be . floated for, if it is possible,, Mr Bourn is the-, man to float her. W.e . wish, him success in his undertaking. Accident. —We regret, to learn that an , accident happened to Dr Hayes, Mr . Boyd ; Thomson, and: Mr Scott, insurance" agent, last Wednesday evening. They were driving, into Timaru to attend the .coursing meeting, . and when near the Wash dyke, the mare, usually a very quiet animal, while going on at a slow pace, and without any apparent cause, began . kicking,' respiting in the whole, three being throwp out and the vehicle being . up. Dr- Hayes, and Mr Scott, escaped with comparatively slight injuries, being only a little bruised, but MrThomson, on whom the trap fell when it capsized, was., very much hurt. When released by Dr Hayes from under the trap,, he had almost fainted. Another trap was procured, in which they drove into Timaru, where Mr. Thomson was attended by Drs Hayes andMacintyre. He had to remain in Timaru, that night, but next morning he was sufficiently recovered to yeturn home, and has , since been laid up, but we are glad to learu, that his injuries are not, serious, and that he . is likely to. be able to get about again in a , few days. Dr Hayes and Mr Scott home the same night, and have been able to, attend to their business as usual, although, they received a good shaking and some., bruises. Generous Creditors. —A meeeting offthe. creditors of Captain Mclntyre was held : last Thursday, at Wellington, for the pur-, pose of assenting to a deed of arrangement, whereby the Colonial Bank takes over all; property and agrees to pay to the unsecured; Creditors 2s 6d in the £; Prior to the meet->v ing several creditors expressed the greatest ; sympathy with the debtor, and a suggestion that they should return the dividend to him was, unanimously approved of. The deed was assented to, to alter which a resolution was proposed to the.-effect Chat the Bank be requested to hand over the dividend to the debtor. Mr Brandon said the better way. would be to draw an order on the Bank to , tha,t effect signed by the creditors. This was. done at once, all present signing the docu-, ment, and Mr Brandon on behalf, of the Bank, said they would pay on all debts proyable on the 7th of January. Mr Levin said that hp and others would endeavor to get the other creditors to sign the document i and on the part of the creditors present. ( asked Mr Drake, as representing the Bank, to I use his influence with the Directors to get something returned by them. Captain Mclntyre had handed over everything ho possessed , to them, and was beginning life again at an advanced age, after an honorable, career of 20 years. Mr Drake said he would convey the wishes of the creditors to his Directors and use his influence to give effect " to them.

burtomtes have succeeded in their project to start a woollen factory, they have already negotiated the purchase of a suitable plant. The movement has been on foot only about one month. That is how Ashburton is going ahead. VixAir Statistics.— The total births in the boroughs throughout New Zealand for the month ended 31st December last Amounted to 401, against 447 in being a decrease of 46. Deaths amounted to 155 in December, being an increase of 11 on the number for November. Of the above deaths males contributed 84, females 71 74 of the deaths were of children under five years, being 47.74 of the whole number, 33 of these were children under one year. Arrested on Suspicion.— Philip Waldmau, a bake;, in whose place the Queenstown fire broke out, has been arrested by the Dunedin police, and remanded to appear at Queenstown on Monday next. Bail was ■fixed, himself in £IOOO and two sureties of £SOO. The surroundings are exceedingly suspicious. In a private unoccupied house belonging to Wald man a quantity of inflammable material was found. His wife went to Dunedin last week, and took a quantity of household goods with her. Mr A. "Wilson invites tenders for harvesting on his Seadown Estate, Father Fauvel, in another column, expresses his gratitude to Mr Whitehead for services rendered by that gentleman to him-