LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1038, 2 December 1882, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tub Outgoing- MAiL.—Tke outgoing mail, via .'Frisco, closes at the local Post Office at 3 p.m. to-day. Wksietan Church, Tkmitka.—Mr W. H Jones will conduct to-morrow's service in the above Church, morning and evening. The Dbaina&e of Thiarc—On Wednesday a poll was taken in Timaru as to the advisability of racing a sum of £15,000 for the purpose of draining the town. The proposal was negatived, the ayes being 75, and the noes 125.

The London Wool Saxes.—The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report, under date London, Nov. 28:—The wool market is unchanged. Seedy and burry wools are neglected. Up to date 44,000 bale? have been sold, and 5500 withdrawn.

Large Jewellery Eobbery.—Eichard Hemley, Thomas Stewart, Peter Young, Joseph Eodrigues. Benjamin Sutherland, George Dean and John Erickson, of the crew of the steamer Wellington, have been committed for trial at; Wellington for the robbery of £652 worth of jewellery on the steamer.

Cricket. —The match Auckland versus Timaru concluded last Thursday. The attendance on both days was small. The result was .—Timaru, first innings, 51; second innings, 88; total 139. Auckland, first innings, 124 ; second (for four wickets), 27 ; total 141.

Fires. —A large fire occurred in Onehunga on Thursday morning. The total loss was about £4OOO. The insurances amount to some £2OOO. A three-roomed cottage in the North East Valley. Dunedin, occupied by a man named Daniel Chambers was burnt down last Thursday night. It was insured in the Standard office for £l7O. The Longhurst Case.—Mr E. Shaw, solicitor, has renewed his application to the Minister for Justice that the remainder of the sentence passed on Longhurst be remitted. It is understood that now the judgment of the Appeal Court has been delivered the Cabinet will definitely decide whether or not any action should be taken with regard to releasing Longhurst.

The Tbmuia Hotel —Mr Fenton has already effected improvements in r the Temuka Hotel, and we believe that he contemplates making extensive alterations in it shortly. The billiard table has been newly covered and varnished, the floor of the room covered with linoleum, and elegantly covered seats put all round it, making it as comfortable and as well furnished a billiard room as there is in South Canterbury. The Frozen Meat Industry.—The Sorrento has now almost completed her loading and will leave for England on the 6tli December. The shipment of frozen meat prepared for her by the New Zealand Refrigerating Company consisted of 7266 carcases, but 1428 of these have been unavoidably shut out, and will be shipped instead by the ship Dunedin, which leaves in about three weeks' time. The principal contributors to this total number are Mr J. Reid, of Oamaru, 1013 ; Messrs Smith and Sons, of Tuipcka. 1003 ; Murray, Roberts and Co., of SI rath Taieri, 971; Mr J. Douglas, of Waimate, 967 N.Z. and A. Company, of Clutha, 707 ; M: Studbolme, of Waimate, 487; E. Menlove, of Oamaru, 482. The total weight of the shipment is a little oyer 237 tons, or an ayerage of 731bs per sheep.

Accidents. —A man named Robinson was injured on the railway line near Oamaru on Wednesday by a trolly running off the line and a log which was on it falling on him. A melancholy fatal accident occurred at the Maori Kaik, Dunedin, on Wednesday, by which one of the passengers of the steamer Plucky, which had gone there on an excursion trip, was killed. His name was Salmon, and he was manager of a brushware factory in Cumberland Street. He was sitting at the bottom of a steep incline, when a horse on the top dislodged a stone, which, rolling down, struck him on the back of the neck, killing him instantamously. He is understood to be a single man. A Balclutha telegram states that Edith Ann Smith, a servant to Mr Russell, stationmaster at Stirling, fell from a carriage when the train was nearing Stirling last Thursday night. She was conveyed to Balclutha, and attended by Dr Smith, but she died at 2 o'clock this morning. An inquest will be held to-day.

Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., will hold a sale of cattle and sheep at the Washdyke Yards next Monday. Mr E. H. Jewell notifies that all accounts against the Crown Hotel must bo rendered before the Bth instant. Mr D. McLeod, Hotelkeeper, Albury, has an important announcement in reference to the debts owing to Mr Gr. W. Creemer. All accounts owing in the estate of David Leach, a bankrupt must be paid, until'further notice, to Messrs Blyth and Bolton, the creditors' trustees. Messrs Maclean and Stewart will hold an extensive sale of horses, drays, and harness, at their Bazaar, Timarn, to day. On Monday, at Washdyke Yards, they will sell cattle and sheep. The Temuka Park Board invites tenders for the crop of grass in the park avenue, etc. \ Full particulars will be given by the secrei tary, Mr Bolton, with whom tenders close j next Tuesday, at 1 p.m.

At I pni ion is directed to Mr Tangney's advertisement. He docs not complain of his trade leaving him, but returns thanks for the liberal patronnge which has enabled him to get rid of last year's stock and lay in a fresh supply for thVsumwer. How is it that Mr Tangnev is the only man who do-s not complain ? Because he gives good value, and sells cheaperthanTima.ru. Mr Tangney has no two prices. A child can get from him goods at the same price as adults, and he makes no distinction between persons who can go to Timaru and those who cannot—he charges them the same priees. His business has quadrupled during the last twelve months, and he is ready to admit that it is due to advertising. Yet he has never advertised in any other paper than the Temuka Leader. He is the only man who has jjone m thoroughly for advertising, and the result is success. It would be well for Temuka if it possessed many business men like him—men that would charge the child and his parent alike ; men who would deal fairly witli every one, and make no distinction between persons who could go to Timaru and those who could not. While the business of other people is decreasing rapidly Mr Tangney'e is increasing and we sincerely trust it will continue to do so.