LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 984, 29 July 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Winchester Fortnightly Farmers' 'and others are reminded that! tfie aboro fair takes pkwe/nexfc;Thursday. " *". "** .'< Tiif uka Asrif (Jbbaldiitb lA./Airo>£i< adjourned ! annual 1 meeting of the aßbVe A.9sociitipn"is:,fa;ididr* Friday next. Subicribers' are particularly resqusted to attend,.-/ ; ...;;■': -'. /..;• .« ;: r ... ; y/ Tkb Christy Mi*stbkl Club. The first entertainment' girth'by the aboTe club passed off very 1 successfidly last singing, the jokes, arid the music if ere fully appreciated, and gave great satisfaction, -j J± full report will; appear in our/ nexjt issue.

Sensible -Maw. -rA resident of IQ-ore has obtained an order from the Court prohibiing publicufcou'sesfrom selling him drink. This is, a fine, sensible way to go to,.wprk v hap employed the law of., his* country, hirnJErpm his own passions. ~, : r ", ~.. r, v -rt Costly Proceedings.—At"the Supreme" Court Dunedin last r Thursday,.,the ; :case McLeod;v. Eeeves was heard., Jt; arose ,qus of the Dunedin Industrial .Exhibition,, McLeod, an exhibitor, having been given; ifo charge for the larceny of wine. The charge was.dismissed, and McLeod sued for damages, but ■ was nonsuited. Ha was next

granted a new trial, arid'now agum sued for £2OOO damages, ■ After two hours consultation the juay found a verdict for 40s, whioh carries costs. A nonsuit point reserved will be argued in Banco. : ' ./■ ■ >"•[

Levanting with aTimaett Woita*.—At the Police Court in Punedin last Thursday, a man named Knight was charged with" stealing certain goods from the house of a man named Karfcon at Timaru. Knight ; boarded. Karton, -who illtreated his wife,and Mrs Kar : ton and her children left Karton and cam* to Dunedin with : Knight, bringing sometious|hold goods with them. . Th» Resident Magistrate told the accused he had acted like a fool, and might haya got himself ittto serious trouble. JEEoweTtr, the case would,ib« dismissed. - . - '•--*

R«FBIGJRATIKG Compakx.—Th«\ , firsfc annual meeting of the New Zealand' Henri* gerating Company was held in i>un«din last Thursday. The report showed that the works were now complete, and operations would bt begun early next momth te prepare a'■ cargo for the steamer to arrive in September. Th* total expenditure on the site and .works To date .had .been £11,534,',' and,, £3OOO, ; mo» would -be required for- their i thorough

equipment. ' ■ '• ' [ •'' ' ••";•'-' 11 ; Miking bags of s<W "of t ife'-dark claim were on'Thursday Uasb J ? Broken out in the presence of the directors ana* put through the.mill, the result.being about 400 ozs.. Another lot of about the same quantity was also broken out m the presence of the Directors, and was crushed with" a "siMifiST result. ' Those 'present s*y hV was ohe ! 'of jfcbb finest displays of gold ever.seen. „Since noon on Wednesday shares haTe risen from 7ls to 955. Shares in the adjoining claims aib aIU rising. - ■ The Walling*ord> Family- xvd Commercial., Hotel.—Today Mr F. Storey opens the Wallihgford Fam fly and Commer cial Hotel as a Temperance ; Hotel and Boarding Hous<j. ETery one is acquanted with the substantial appearance of House from the outside, and, therefore, it is not necessary for lis to refer to it so farl' But'it is far better from the inside, for an air of cemfort and homeliness pervades it all. Tht» furniture of the diaing room alone cost £IOO, wholesale in Dunedin, and this fa3t is sufficient to give an idea of its excellence. It is » spacious well-ventilated room, and is provided with every convenience desirable for comfojFt. On the other side of the private entrance isL a smoking-room, and in its immediate vicinity is the cosiest of little snuggeries, both equally well furnished, In the bar, which opens:,put op the corner, there are all kind's of temperance drinks, and behind it is another well furnished room. Tkere is alio a second-class dinmg-rodnls and sittings room furnished in a superior manner, and a sample-room fronting on the main street. On the ground floor is also.; a billiard-room, furnished with a first-class table, and hair-covered seats all round it On the second floor there are i 9 bed-rpomS, a bath-room, a»d a sitting-room. The furniture of these is capital, and the rooms are large' and well ventilated. Hot or' cold water is provided in the bath-room. The house is certainly furnished regardless of expense throughout, and as a boarding house ought to prove a very desirable , addition" te the town. We wish Mr Storey success in hie new undertaking..

""TBrairaro or Stacks of Gbain.— During jast Wednesday night two stacks of grain belonging totMr D. Heffernan, of Waitohi, were destroyed by fire. They were insured in the Koyal Office for £IOO, and the policy expired the day after they were burned. ThVi/burning is evidently the work of an iriclmdiary.

The TiifAßTr Pouch Cot/et. Last Thursday, at the above Court Charles, Henry Saunders, charged with embezzling moneys belonging to his employer, Mr Young, was.committed for trial. Two lads, ■amed William Ee«s and John Ogden, were charged with stealing a ball of twine, but on their parents promising to flog them they were dismissed.

e-'iTHi Salvation Abmt.—As illustrating the way; ia whiph help and encouragement have been given to the Salvation Army, the Europeaniataii "says, that " General" Booth read the following letter at a recent meeting in the { *Congreßß Hall:—"Dunedin, New Zeaflna; f 5tK 'April. Dear Sir—Can you see send to the rescue of perishing fodajn'this respectbale and highly favoured •ityrM Herewith please find draft fou £2OO. ?he' Lord reward you and yours. —Faithilly, AC Wellwisher." Another noteworthy fact, perhaps, is that the War Cry has now reached a weekly circulation of 280,000, and the'children's paper, the Little Soldier, a circulation of

THIS WiAUB Sttpplt op Alexaitdbia. — The Mahmoudieh Canal, which our war l t#legrams announce as having betn cut by Arabi Pasha, for th» purpose of intercepting the water supply to Alexandria, is the one which. Mehemet Ali caused to be.dug in 1819 labor of 250,000 peasants, of Sfhoni 20,000 died from heat, and fever, and starvation. . Until the opening of the r.ailthis was the regular mode of travelling to Cairo, and evem lately was an important trade artery. Paising at first between the .well-kept gardens of the wealthy Alexdrians, the canal then forms a barrier between Lakes Mareotis and Abu-Kir, skirts Lake Edku, and enters the]Bosetta branch of,the Nile by the lock-gates and stem-pumps ofcAtfeh. Most of the Nile produce for export finds its way through the Mahmoudieh <7anal.—Telegraph, A notice re the dissolution of partnership between Murray Bros appear elsewhere. Mr A. Wilson invites tenders for feneing with willow stakes and wire on the Opihi river bank. , Messrs E. Wilkin and Co., will sell at Timaru, today, barb wire, horses, etc. On Monday,' at Washdyke Yard 3 they will sell a quantity of sheep, cattle, and pigs. Messrs Maclean aad Stewart, will hold their usual sale of horses, drays, and harness, ; etc.", at . the Timaru Horse Bazaar today. They have a 178-acre farm for sale on easy terms.