LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1009, 26 September 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Football—The Sydney football team played against fifteen of Otago at Dunedin on .Saturday, and were beaten, Otago winning by a goal and two tries to nothing. House Parade.—The annual Horse Parade under the auspices of the Timaru .Agricii Itural and Pastoral Association, t kos place on the 7ih October next on the ground of the Association at Wsi-iti road. Entries are to be made on or before Thursday, sth hist. The Sa lvatio t Akm v.—New Zea'aml, it seems, is selected to bo the head-quasters of the Salvation Army in the South Pacific. Contingents, General Booth states, will shortly be despatched to the Anstralias, and a corps will be permanently located in New Zealand. Educational Reserves.— Mr John Marsbman, invites tenders for the lease for 11 years, of Educational Reserve No. HOG, containing 12G1 acres situate at Gearldine, and for Reserve No 2278 containing 75 acres, situate on the road from Maronan to Tinwald neir to the Ashburton Borough Endowment Reserve No 2ii3 t

Glass Spinning.—Glass spinning and I glass flower manufacture is a very extensive branch of the Austrian glass industry. It I is now so developed that a petroleum flame gives some 1,450 yards of glass thread every minute, tnar. are woven not only for glass cloths, etc., but also for watches, chains, brushes, etc. Fire'—A fire occurred at Oamaru in a three roomed house in Eden street on Saturday night, shortly before midnight. The house was occupied by a man named Alfred ’ Dray. The neighbours were aronsediiby. screams, and found Mrs Dray, who had only been confined a week, rushing into the garden with her child in her arms, both enveloped in flames. They succeeded in extinguishing the flames by means of wet sheets, but the child is not expected to live. Polio Changes.—We learn with much regret that we are to lose Inspector Pender in consequence of his being removed to Christchurch. The change is to take place in conformity with the recent regulations, under which officers of police are to bo transferred from place to place periodically. Mr Brohani, of Christchurch, is to replace Mr Pender. Mr Pender has been in Timaru since April, 1874, and wc feel sure that there are few' in South Canterbury who will not regret to hear that he is leaving. As a police officer Mr Pender has no superior in in the colony. Complimentary Benifit.—This evening the Temuka Christy Mmstral Club will give an entertainment in the Volunteer Hull as a complimentary benefit to Mr E. Stratton, who is leaving the district for Dunedin. During Mr Stratton’s time in this town his inoffensive, quiet, gentlemanly manner, as well as his undoubted talents as a musician, has made him a great favorite with the public generally, but more especially with the band, of which he was master, and the other clubs with which he was associated. It s not, therefore, too much to expect that he will have an overflowing house at hia benefit this evening, and wc sincerely trust that he will. The programme is a leng and varied one, and of itself ought to draw a bumper house.

A Novel Smallpox Cube. —The San Francisco papers record an extraordinary cure of small-pox patients by an accident. Sixteen men, when being conveyed from the ship in which they were attacked to the hospital, were thrown into the sea by tlu upsetting of the boat, and were thoroughly drenched with sea water, and sat in their wet clothes for an hour afterwards. The medical men looked for a large percentage of deaths after “ treatment ” of this kind, but all the men made an extraordinary recovery while others who had been attacked a f the same time were still far from convalescent. The San Francisco people are inquiring whether a salt water bath is not the right treatment for small pox.

Inquest at Wellington on a Child The police held an inquest on Saturday afternoon into the circmnstunces c.nriected with the sudden death of an infant named Henrietta McArthy, aged four weeks. The evidencc’showed that the mother, Catherine McArthy, had been confined in the Women’s Home, and that the child was adopted by a woman named Jansen, a short time after its birth. The child had been fearfully neglected by Jansen, being left almost without clothing and for hours without any nourishment. When remonstrated with as to her treatment of the ahild, Jansen replied, “ Let the little cry and die. I’ll pay for the fnneval.” The medical evidence showed neglect, but to what extent death was accelerated by this the witnesses could not say. A verdict of deatii from natural causes was returned. It is understood that the police in*end to take further action in the matter. Dreams to Order.—lt is known that the action of the brain causes a rise of cranial temperature. M. Delaunay finds, from experiments on himself during sleep, that, reciprocally, an elevation of cranial temperature stimulates the action of the brain. Dreams arc usually illogical and absurd. M. De'aunay, by covering his forehead with a layer of wadding, gets sane, intelligent dreams. He has also experimented on mode? of lying which favour the flow of blood to particular parts, increasing their nutrition and functional activity. He lias observed that the dreams one has while lying on one’s back are sensorial, variegated, luxurious. Those experienced when on the right side are mobile, full of exaggeration, absurd, and refer to old matters ; but those produced when on the left side are intelligent and reasonable, and relate to recent matters ; in these dreams one often speaks. The observations, according to the author, agree with what wc know as to the seat »f sensibility, of mobility, of in'exigence, etc , and the comparative psychology of the right and left brains. —English Mechanic.

South Orahi School Committer.—This Committee hold their ordinary meeting on the 16th of September; Present —Messrs May. McLeod, and Turpin. Mr Barker being unable to attend, Mr May was elected Chairman pro tern. The minutes of last meeting were confirmed. Letters were read from the Board of Education, submitting forms of gymnastic apparatus bo be supplied to any schools willing to bear half the cost; stat pig that the now boundaries had been pro claimed, and enclosing copy of the proclamation; and informing the Committee that their application for a hand hell had been granted by the Board. The head teacher reported an arerage attendance of 12, the number on the roT being Go. lie complained that the attendance was not so good as it should be, and asked the Committee to r.rge the parents to send their children to school more regularly. He enquired whether the Commit'ee wished any holidays to be give* at the race time, suggesting that two half days would be qui'e sufficient, and requested that some more hat pegs be plac d in the porch ; that a bench should be procured and placed on the north side of the school for the girls to sit on while eating their dinners, and that a fence be erected across his section so as to divide the garden pi ecoiu front .of Uia h»iu»

from tho paddock behind. On considering the report it Was reaolred—That the teacher be requested to forward a list of tho irregular attendants at next meeting, when the Committee will take eteps to compel the attendance of such as are of school age and lire within the prescribed distance ; and also that the school be closed in the afternoons of tho 28th and 29th insts.; and that the Chairman be requested to apply to the Board for a grant of £5, to enable the Committee to make the necessary improvements, as well as some repairs to the master’s house, not mentioned in the report, the Chairman’s attention baviag been called to it early in the month ; the Committee undertaking to see that the works are properly carried out.” Resolved, further—“ That the Inspector’s attention be drawn to the fact that thirteen months have elapsed since the school was examined.” Mr McLeod handed in £l, being the amount paid for the use of tho schoolroom by the dancing class, and reported that the class had been conducted in a peaceable and satisfactory manner. He had been present on each occasion. Resolved —“ That the use of tho school be granted for another month on the same terms, provided that it be not used on either of the race nights.” The Visitor reported that everything was going on satisfactorily. Mr Turpin was appointed Visitor for the coming month. After passing accounts the meeting adjourned to the third Saturday in October.

A cook is in want of a situation. Mr R A Barker advertises for a gardener, etc., and general band. Mrs O’Halloran advertises for a general servant.