LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 932, 25 March 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wesleyan Church Services. —The list of services to be held in the vaiflous Wesleyan Chuiches in the circuit, will be found in another column. Accident. —A man named Thomas Harris had a narrow escape from being killed last Thursday on the Timaru Breakwater. While driving a horse attached to a truck he fell, and two wheels passed ever his leg, inflicting severe wounds. Justifying- Assassination. —An English telegram says that a meeting of extreme democrats and sympathisers with the Nihilists was held at Soho to celebrate the [ anniversary of the assassination of the late 1 Emperor, Alexander II of Russia. Speeches | were made in defence of the right to assas-, sinate despots, and great enthusiasm was manifested. Good Templars’ Entertainment. —We remind our readers that a tea and entertain' ment will be held next Monday evening in the Templar Hall, under the auspices of the local lodge of Good Templars. A capital programme has been prepared, and everything that could tend to make the entertainment a, success has been done. Mr Postlethwaite, M.H;R., is expected to preside. Catholic Loyalty to the Queen. —The following letter has been written by Archbishop Vaughan to the priest in charge of his cathedral in Sydney on the Sunday after news of the attempt on the life of the Queen had been received : —“ My dear Rev. Father Ryan,—l am sure that the heart of the Catholic body must have been violently shocked on hearing of the recent cruel attempt that has been made on the life of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. The spirit of the Catholic. Church is a spirit cf devotedness and loyalty ; and when anything occurs to shock that spirit, true Catholics are up in arms at once. How intensified, then, must our feelings be when the ebject of that foul attempt was a lady whose life is a shining light amidst the sovereigns of England, aud who is revered as a Queen, felt for as a, wjdow, and loved and admired as a mother, throughout the Empire ? Be good enough to arrange for a solemn Te Deum to be sung in thanksgiving to Almighty God for Her Gracious Majesty’s preservation from the hands of an asassin. Let it be sung in St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral immediately after ray lecture on Sunday night, so that I myself ' may have the gratification of joining in it.” In response to this, a solemn, Te Deum was sung in, the Cathedral, the Archbishop, dressed,in, high pontificals, assisting. Does not this show how fallacious Mr Gladstone’s [ pamphlet was P (1

Sale of Timber.— Mr K. P. Gray held an extensiue sale of timber last Thursday, at- j the railway station. He purposes offering, the balance of the timber next Thursday. ; A Sweet Explanation. —The following : is a unique specimen of a love-letter picked j up in Duke street (says the Waikato Mail) yesterday evening :—“ Dear P—k.—The reason i didn’t laff when you lafb at me in the post oils yesterday was bekos i hev a bile on my face and kant laff. If i laff she’ll bustYour loving J—o till deth.” A Fine Chop. —The Tapanui Courier says that Mr D. Ferguson, who has a farm on ! M'Kellor’s flat, threshed 80 bushels of rye grass to the acre this year. The seed i s valued at 5s per bushel, being an extraordinary fine sample. Twenty pounds in cash an acre is not a bad yield, and yet people say farming won’t pay. Maori Exhibitors at the Exhibition. —A number of Kaiapoi Maories are going to exhibit at the Exhibition. The things they will send comprise native curios of all de- I scriptions, from a greenstone tomahawk to I a pair of shark’s tooth earrings. One of the j exhibitors rejoices in the name of Captain Cook ! —Guardian The Christchurch Ram Fair Th e annual Ram, and Ewe F air of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association was opened at she Show Grounds last Thursday. Ths attendance was not large, as during the whole day there were not 500 persons on tha ground, i Many of the lots offered were passed in, as ; the competition was far from brisk. The j following were the highest prices obtained for j rams, by Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., on ac- 1 count of the Hon. M. Holmes, 25, 15, 11 and \ 9 guineas ; by Messrs Matson and Co., on 1 account of Mr G. G. Russell, 15 guineas. j Presentation. —-An interesting ceremony i took place in the Milford school last Monday, 1 when Mr E. Mossman, who has occupied the- j position of head teacher there for over two years, was presented with a silver inkstand by j the children, as a token of their esteem, and regard, it being the occasion of his giving up. the chai-ge of the school. Mrs Mossman was a'so presented with a hanndsome cruet-stand, Mr Mossman leaves the school on account of getting a more lucrative appointment in- North Canterbury, and we are sure that everyone who knew him, as well as the children who were under his charge, will regret his absence from, the district; Natural Aptitude; —There, is surprise and astonishment that Mrs. Langtry, should acquit herself so well on,the.stage without a life-long previous training. But has there, not been a long, previous training. Is not many a “lady in society” from,h?r youth.up, so far as acting is concerned, in, constant training and rehearsal? If acting involves, pretending to be what one is not,.pretendingto feel what one does not, pretending to be glad, sad, gloomy, morose, disappointed, overjoyed, exuberant, interested, intense, enthusiastic > . sympathetic or any other phase in the range of human, nature, ought not “society” to. furnish many excellent actresses? Why half our girls in. “ good society ” are born actresses as were their mothers before them.—Graphic. Tardy Reward. —Captain G. W. Neilsou, of New, Orleans, has just come into possession of a magnificent silver telescope, awarded to him over 20 years ago by thu British Government for brave and noble conduct in rescuing, daring a fierce gale on November 6th, 1859,-the crew of the British barque Penelope, water-logged and at the mercy of the waves. The. crew numbered eleven, and were. discovered clinging to the rigging of the helpless vessel. The telescope was first sent to Washington, then to Boston, then to New Orleans, where it remained during the war. The owner was advertised for in 1878, but not until a short time ago did he hear of it. The old sailor is now happy in the thought that his action did not go unrecognised by the British Admiralty. Woman’s Rights. —A case involving some Yery ghastly points, came on at the Sydney Police Court a few days ago. A faithless husband died recently at the house of, his mistress. While the. body was lying waiting for interment, the. man’s widow, accompanied by her two children and other relatives, took forcible possession of the house and all that it contained, the body included. The latter was buried at the expense of the widow, who claimed to retain possession of all she found in the house. She carried her point too, in spite of,the protestations of theother woman, who vigorously protested that she had purchased the furniture in the house. As, however, she could not produce the re. ceipts,and the widow, could at any rate show her marriage lines, virtue for once met its reward. Promenade Cqncert. —The first of a series of promenade concerts, under the auspices of the Temuka Brass Band, was held last Tuesday evening in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka. Owing no doubt to the inclemency of the weather the attendance was not large, and it was to be regretted as the entertainment was of an excellent character. The programme of music got up by the band was gone through in a capital mnnner, and showed they had studied assiduously to be as perfect as possible. The programme consisted of the following selections .- —‘ The Red Cross,’‘ Old China,’ ‘ The King’s Dragons,’ ‘ Lucky Stars,’ ‘ Albion,’ 1 Lovely May,’ ‘ The Signal,’ ‘The American National Guard,’ ‘ Sweet Smiles,’ and ‘ God Save the Queen,’ ‘ all of which were rendered in a really creditable manner. B;sides these a recitation was given by Mr Twomey ; a song entitled ‘Hark the Drum,’ was given by Mr Adarr.s in a manner that elicited a rapturous encore, in response to which he gave ‘ Schneider’s Party,’ which proved most amusing. Mr Storey also gave a song, and j was encored but did not respond. During j the evening several of those present enjoyed j themselves heartily in dancing, and on the whole a most enjoyable evening was spent ' It is we believe the intention of the band to j give several concerts during the winter j months, and we sincerely trust they will be 1 better patronised when they become better j knoyrn. j I

School Entertainment. —An entertain inent in aid of the school will be held nexfc Thursday evening, in the Volunteer Hall. A long and varied programme is being prepared, and it is expected that some- of the best Timaru talent will take part in it. Result of Absconding with a Wifs. —At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Timsru, yesterday, a man named Fred Cullamore was charged with the larceny of several articles of furniture the property of C. J, Lockwood. It appears that ths accused was living with Lockwood and his wife, and that on the morning of the 21st instant he absconded with Mrs Lockwood, taking with him articles to the value of £2O. He was living in Oamaru with Mrs Lockwood when arrested, and denied having taken the goods. He was committed for trial. Prolific Crops. —The Lyttleton Times gives the folio ving instance of prolific crops I in tbe Canterbury Province: —Mr James John, | of the north read, Styx, has just given an instance of what good land under good bus- . bandry will produce. This season he has threshed 72 bushels of marketable wheat to the acre, the description being purple straw tuscan, from a field of 24 acres. The same paddock produced last year no- less than 14 tons of potatoes to the acre, and the previous, season, being under turnips, finished off 55 j heavy long-woolled wethers to the acre in a ; period of six weeks,; —At the Ellesmere Hor-. i ticultural Show held lately at Leesten, Mr ! Amor exhibited three roots of peas: One. I root had 93 pods on it, one 96, and the other ! 109 pods on it, all sound and well filledI They were grown by Mr John Rennie, at j Doyleston, and are known as the Farmers’ ■ Friend. 1 Interesting to Volunteers. The | Oamaru Mail says :—We observe that some : of the officers of the Dunedin Volunteerj corps are writing to The papers denying that , their corps owe anything in. connection with the last Easter Review held here. We. adhere to the statement we made about a week ago that accounts are still outstandingagainst the Dunedin, Southland, Timaru, and Ashburton Volunteers. If those who have. accounts against the Volunteers in connection j with the encampment will forward copies to. us we shall he glad to publish them, and ■ thus make it clear which corps paid theirj debts and which did not. We have no right to blame the innocent for the actions of the - i guilty. W.e believe We are correct in saying - | that the Dunedin Navals.did, pay all claim?; against them.