LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 916, 11 February 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wesleyan Church Services.—The list of services to be held in the various Weseyan Chui dies in the. circuit, will be found in another, column.

Thunderstorm at Ashburton.—The Ish-. burton Guardian, says : —A heavy thunderstorm .passed'over Rakaia, at 3-p.m.yesterday. The,lightning.came,down and burned a stock of wheat in Mr Lyttelton’s paddock, and a second flash, struck, the, ground within, 100. yards of the same. Susncxous. The sculler who rowed against White at Auckland- under the,name, of Carter arrived in Wellington on.Thurdav morning. His boat was placed in the Star. Boating Club’s'shed, hut during the day it was, hinted to the Club that Carter and Messenger were one and the same person. The Club immediately asked Messenger to satisfactorily explain his reason for travelling under, an assumed name, failing which his boat would be removed from, the shed. No explanation, was forthcoming, and in consequence Messenger was ordered to take his boat out of the shed.

The Royal Hotel, Timasu. —lt will be seen by an advertisement in another column that Mr M. Spillane, well known in this district as the genial host of the Arowhenua Hotel, has taken the Royal Hotel, Timaru. The Royal Hotel is well known as one of the most commodious in Timaru, and we have no doubt that under Mr Spillane’s management its patrons will find in it everything needful for their comfort and convenience.

His Excellency the Governor. —■ A telegram states that hia Excellency the Governor will leave Mfellmgtop on Eric!ay week, the 17th inst., for Canterbury. His,family, spite, servants and household ,apj/ pliancas are going with him- It i s understood further that Sir Arthur Gordon will be absent from Wellington about three months, returning in time to open Parliament on the first of May. Evidently he has got tired of Wellington. This is hard on Wellington. The end of it will be that the seat of Government will ha removed to Christchurch.

A Sad Occurrence, The Wanganui Herald supplies the. following - —A melan choly interest attaches to the fatal, accident yesterday at the butts. Watts, the poor fellow who came to such an untimely end, and Mettpm, by whose, unlucky ha-nd the fatal shot was fired, had been school-bellows, together at Auckland, mates and friends all; their lives., and until yesterday morning’s, disaster, were fellow workmen in Mr Donald Ross’ shop. The sympathy which through, - o,ut the length and breadth of Wanganui is felt for the mother, and brothers and sisters, of Watts, will be heartily extended to Mettam, whose feelings, under the lamentable circumstances cannot be enviable.”

ThE; New- Licensing Act.— We beg to draw attention to the notification re. the new Licensing Act which appear in our advertising columns, today. It would appear that the new Act meets with approval on all sides, and that all parties have resolved to, give it a fair trial. In Auckland the hotelkeepers and Good Templars are sitting down cheek by jowl discussing who are, the best men to, elect as commissioners. In Christchurch the Yen Archdeacon Harris, and Messrs Harman, ff. G-, Parker, R. A. Weatenra, and P. Cunningham, have been chosen by the hotelkeepers and Good Templars conjointly to be be. nominated as members of the Licensing Bench, In, Hunedin three candidates for election, have, been nominated by Licensed Victuallers and five by Good Templars.

Geraldine. Our own correspondent writes :. —A valuable mare, the property of Mr Lawson (manager for Messrs Tasker ana Co.), was found dgad, op, Friday morning. It is supposed that the cause of death was gripes.—The next Court day at Geraldine will be on the 22nd] instant.—There appears at present to be a great number of persons suffering from neuralgia and toothache in this district, in fact, every other person you mpet is complaining. It has been said that the. climate of New Zealand has a, most deteriorating effect on the teeth. Perhaps some of your readers, will be able to explain the cause, account of the near approach of St Valentine’s day, a, grand display of valentines is to be seen in the various stores, Mr R. S. Cook has a grand display, both comic and sentimental, occupying the. w,hole, of one side of his -window,. Miss Holloway, Messrs Morrison and Dunlop, and Mr Stonehousj have also good se actions orMr Cole, the Government Inspector of- steam and threshing engines, is It present making a tour of the district guaging the.various engines, etc. Justices’ Justice. The vagaries of magistrates’ decisions have long been subjects for ridicule. A telegram from Oamaru states that two cases of sly grog selling were heard on Thursday. The first ended in a dismissal owing to the poverty of the accused. In the.other case a fine of £2 was inflicted on the understanding that the affair would be discontinued. Was there ever any tiling more ridiculous heard of ? A, criminal ia.let off because, he. is, poor, and the.penalty is reduced in another case because, a criminal’s promise is given that it will not occur again. Gamaim is a hot-bed of sly grog selling, in fact, it is stated that there are more sly grog shops than, hotels, and this is the way the magistrates go about putting down a crying evil that is demoralising, the youth, of the town, lor the last four yeaps frequent efforts, have been made by the police to,obtain convictions against sly grog sellers in Oamaru, but have seldom been successful. It would appear, now, as if- the. magistrates were,quite.careless about the. existence of a crime that is making Oamaru the. most ipimpral tow,n in New Eealand,

The International Exhibition, —At a meeting of the Timaru Chamber of Commerce, held last Thursday it was resolved—- “• That a, sub-Committee, consisting of the Chairman (Mr R; Woollcombe), and Messrs Rutherford; Hall; Granger and l Gibson be elected, for the purpose of taking charge of local exhibits intended for the International Exhibition to be held in Christchurch during the month of April next, and that they be authorised to advertise in the local papers from time to time • as they deem necessary) apd that they be requested to make a personal canvass of the town and district, in order to obtain as many exhibits as possible.” The Secretary wgs instructed to write to the. principals of the chief public schools in the district, sending them circulars and askipg for exhibits; from, the. scholars. A phristchurch telegram,says So. well have the. British exhibitors taken up. our Exhibition. that, whereas only 26 bays, were originally set apart for them, 40 have already been applied for, and it is,expected that they wjll want* 60) This, does npt. include machinery. The foreign courts are looking up well. Switzerland will occupy more space than at Sydney, and its agent has special instructions to report upon the capabilities, of New. Zealand as. a.firld for Swiss immigration. Italy, Austria, and Japan will make a fine show, the. latter., being ex- ( pected to be one of :.he sights of the Exhi- | ition, and India will be rep: l ed, '

A Mean Thief.—-In Sydney haroor the other day, two young fellows were upset in a boat, and while scrambling on to the bottom of the boat for safety, one picked the pockets of his brother in misfortune.

The City of Cashmere. —It is now thought that the above vessel will become a' total Das. Since the purchase of her hull by a company, very bad weather has been experienced and last night she got such a . terrible shaking that almost all hope has been abandoned.

Tekhka School Committee. At a special meeting of the above, held last Thursday evening, all the members being present,, it was decided to write *O, all the School Committees in the Geraldine County, asking them to support the Temukai School Committee’s candidate. Dr Hayes, for election, to the Board of Education, and promising, in, return, to support any candidate brought; forward by those schools. Messrs Mackay and Harrop were appointed visitors for the month.

The New Grain Company. —Our readers will be very glad to learn that Mr McClatchie,. who. has conducted Messrs P. Cunningham, and Co.’s branch establishment at Timaru forthe past th ree years, has been appointed by the Company who. took over the business of' that firm as their agent at Timaru. We are. certain that this news will be received with much satisfaction by those who, have had any', business with the firm, and also by the host« of friends which he has made since his ; arrival in South Canterbury.

Ashburton. Ch;besb and Butter Fac<;tors’. —rThe Ashburton Guardian says : have been given to understand that the sit#*., for the proposed Ashburton Cheese anti; Butter Factory has been definitely fixed.,,. The company have purchased a piece of land.-j of ten .acres in extent, opposite the., Flemington schopl-house, from Mr John. Grigg of' Longbeach. It is the intention oft' the directors of' the company to push on the* erection of' the- necessary building and; the. fixing of-the plant, so as to. enable the com--pany to. commence operations at the begin-, rung-of September next. A few shares yet remain on hand, for which early application is neecessary..

The American Duty on Wool.: —As we; predicted some time- ago, there appears very little hope that the Yankees will abolish, the; duty on wool sent to its markets from- this, colony. Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, according to a telegram, haa been most courteously received in San Francisco, but given to understand that he need: not entertain much hope that his mission re wool duties would be, successful. The Yankee, knows that this colony is foolish enough to. allow his machinery, etc., into this colonywithout a protective, dpty. and crush thereby her- own industries; but he will not re-. ciprocate, because.his exnerience has taught; him that protection is beneficial to his-. y country.

The Standard Brewery. —Recently ’ a.. very extensive brewery has been erected by.,the Standard Company, and they are still - build’ng additions to-, it. It stands on oneacre of land on the South Town Belt, Christ-, church, near the railway line, and it is, contemplated to run a. siding to it, so ..that it can be woi’ked much cheaper and more ■expeditiously than it otherwise could. Besides the brewery there is a neat cottage forthe manager to live in on the section. Thebrewery itself is 50ft high, and the whole - : work, is done by steam, which saves a great-* deal of labor. All the machinery has been, manufactured in Christchurch, some of it by :Mv John Anderson and the remainder by Mr Banks. The malt-house is 120 ft long by ■ 24ft wide ; No. T cellar is 60ft long by 30ft. wide, and No. 2 cellar, which is not yet*, finished, 70ft long by 25ft wide. It is, capable of turning out 100 hogsheads of beerper week. Mr F. W. Hales, so : well known-, in Timam and this district, is managingdirector of - the. brewery, and his varied experience and knowledge of business should enable him. to wprk, profitably and satis--factorily this extensive concern.

The Chbistchtjech and West CoastRahway. —We are glad to find that the. promoters of - the above line have not been, daunted by the silly report which the Com-. ■’ missioners submitted; They have decided to, ■ write to Sir Julius Yogel; and to forward him copies of all documents, together with a list', of the names of the. proposed provisional? directors, and to ask him,to cable, on receipt to what extent, in his opinion, he could in-, fluence subscriptions of, British, capitalists in the.event of the colony subscribing, for say 20,000 shares in the proposed Company, and further, to, write to Q-eneral Fielding in, Australia, pointing out that it is competent for the syndicate he represents to undertake the construction, and that if he considers the. matter important enough to pay New Zealand* a visit, one of the. promoters would accompany him over the country through which the line wou’d pass. It is rather strange, though tha tthey have ignored the Agent-Q-eneral ofthe colony in,the matter, and gone for as-, sistance to Sir Julius Yogel. Probably they have done right, but it seems to us a on Sir F. D; Bell. Sir Julius Yogel’s mission, if he succeeds, will be an item of 1 some magnitude.

Attention is directed’ to Mr Waugh’s advertisement, from which it will be seen thathe has purchased the fishmongery business lately carried on by Mr Price, and is ready to supply orders in the country. Persons from this district favoring him with orders will receive whatever they may require of; him by the next train. Attention is directed to Messrs, G. Adams and Co.’s advertisement in another column, in which they offer watches and jewellery at prices .which.ought to tempt anyone to purchase. It was Mr Adams who set up Roman, Catholic Church clock, and we commend him to nersons visiting Christ-. church who may j.'. /cilery. His connection witii LLiio dis! r’-T. fn ; ieen so, pleasant ■ ing it,* i ; V"