The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1106, 17 May 1883, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waitohi Flat Library.—A meeting of subscribers to the above, and others, will be held in the schoolroom on Monday evening next. Winchester Fair.—Messrs Maclean and Stewart, and Messrs R. Wilkin and Co, announce that they will sell stock at Winchester Fair to-day. Quickly Engaged.—The whole of the single women who arrived by the Biitish Queen have been engaged at tfages from 10s per week to £4O a year. The Petroleum Springs.—The prospects of the Company working the above springs are very hopeful. The new bore is down 120 ft. Shift men are working day and night. Auction Sale. —Attention is directed to the extensive sale by Mr K. F. Gray of horses, cattle, farming implements and superior household furniture at his yards and rooms to morrow.

The Inangahua Election.—The Inangahua election has resulted in the return of Mr Shaw, by a majority of 46 over Mr E. Wake field. Mr Wakefield was carried shoulder high through Reefton on Monday night. A Disappointment. The supposed Christchurch diamonds forwarded to Auckland were given to Dunsford, lapidist, for the purpose of testing their hardness, but they rubbed away like glass and did not bear the test.

The Blue Ribbon Movement. The Blue Ribbon movement was successfully inaugurated in Christchurch on Monday night. A meeting in the Oddfellows' Hall in connection with it was attended by 700 persons, 115 of whom signed the pledge.

EDUCATIOWAI,.— It is stated in Auckland that Bishop I/uck, in connection with other Eoman Catholic Bishops throughout the colony, intends to prepare and invite the Catholic laity, to sign a petition to the Assembly re an amendment of the Educa'ion Act. T'ie objection is against the payment by results with Government or against denominational subsidy in the proportion of Catholics to the whole population.

French Convicts.-It is reported that 5000 French convicts will shortly be despatched to Noumea. Well Deserved.— Mr William Chambers, Ihe well-known publisher of Edinburgh, has been created a Baronet. Lecture. The Rev Mr G-ordon will deliver a lecture this evening in the Volunteer Hall, on the subject of " Ireland Past and Present." The subject is a very interesting one, and one occupying great attention at present. The proceeds will be devoted to increasing the Presbyterian Sabba'h School funds. Mobe About "Number One."—A telegram reports I hat ' Number One," who directed the opera'ions of the Assassination Committee in Ireland, intends to surrender himself to justice, and turn Queen's evidence Another telegram states that he is actually in custody, and great sensation is felt throughout London.

Indemnity to the Alexandrians.—l he Indemnity Commission which was appointed I to consider the claims preferred bv residents of Alexandria on account of damage done to their property by the bombardment of the town by the British, has sent in its report. The Commission recommends that a sum of £645,000 be voted for the purpose of meeting the claims. Destruction of a Horse.—The last train from Christchurch to Timaru, when between the Opihi bridge and the Arowhenua station on Monday night, struck a horse and broke its hind leg, cutting it nearly off. The horse was found by the surface men on the following morning, lying beside the line, and was shortly afterwards shot. It was the property of Mr M. Connolly. Nelson, Moate and Co's Teas.—ln another column will be found an advertisement giving the names of the various agencies in the district for the above firm's leas. The Temuka agent is Mr J. Brown; Geraldine, Messrs R. S. Cook and N. Dunlop; and Pleasant Point, Mr J. L. Morris. Ever since these teas have been introduced to the public they have been growing in favor, and mow the sale is enormous. Meteor.—A correspondent writing to us at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening says :—'T have just had the pleasure of witnessing the passage of one of the most brilliant meteors I ever remember seeing. The meridian passage, lasting from eight to ten seconds, commenced in a north-easterly direction, and appeared to t rr.verse south-west. Its exact time of appearing was 6.45. I should say that the arc described in the Heavens was 75deg. As we shall in all probability hear more of this strange phenomenon, I have sent you these few notes thinking, perhaps, you would care to publish them." The Prisoner Longmore.—lt will be remembered that about a year ago a man named Elms, alias Longmore, was arrested in Christchurch charged with being concerned in a number of burglaries which had been committed in that city. Several remands took place, but one morning while in the prisoner's waiting room at the E.M. Court, Elms made his escape through a window, and notwithstanding the efforts of the police, nothing more was heard of liim, and it was supposed that he had effected his escape to San Francisco. It now appears, from a telegram published this morning, that a man named Sweeney, who was arrested in Sydney on a charge of robbing the Brunswick Bank, is identified with the Christchurch es capee. Longmore, was one of the associates of Harry Jackson, lately committed for trial for shooting at Mr Deans. —Press. The Fisheries Exhibition.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales attended the banquet of the Fishing Company, and in his speech expressed regret that the destruction of the Garden Palace by fire had destroyed half the Sydney exhibits. The opening of the Fisheries Exhibition in London was a brilliant affair, although it rained steadily throughout. The decorations were profuse and effective. The whole of the Royal family, except the Queen, were present, as well as the members of the Cabinet, Foreign Embassies, and the Colonial Commissioners, There were numbers of foreign fishing girls present, dressed in their national costumes, and hundreds of British fishermen weft admitted after the grand procession through the Couits. The Duke of Richmond delivered an address, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, formally opened the Exhibition, promising to read a paper by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh before the Fisheries Congress. The collection in the Exhibition is very complete in all respects, and there is an unequalled display of life-saving apparatus. Canada is the best colonial Court j the British, Swedish and Dutch Courts are also excellent. The Dunedin Harbor.—The Wellington Post goes on in the following irreverent strain about the lonic's proposed visit to Port Chalmers :—" It will be a great deal too bad if the success of the Direct Steam Service is imperilled at its outset, and a splendid steamer placed in imminent danger, merely to satisfy the inordinate craze of the Dunedin people for inveigling big ships into their dangerous and inaccessible harbor. Apart from other awkward mishaps which have resulted from this risky mania, and which have been sufficiently numerous of late years, it will not be forgotten how the San Francisco boats fared whsn under the old contract they were obliged to make an attempt to hop over that nasty bar, and to wriggle in and out of that narrow and serpentine channel by which Port Chalmers is approached. It will be remembered that the Australia stuck right across the channel, and was within an ace of breaking her back ; and that when the City of New York once got m she was very near having to stay inside for eTer, being unable for some days to get. out with the outward mail, and only escaping from her durance by a liappy fluke ; while the City of San Francisco, in crossing the bar, received some bangs on her bottom which made her officers, crew and passengers skip again." j

The Standabd Insurance Co —ln another column will be found a notice to theeffect that Mr K. F. Gray is the Temuka agent of the above Company, and Mr W. C. Andrews the Greraldine agent. Great Drapery Sale.—Messrs Gabites and Plante, drapers, Timaru,«re now holding a sale of a bankrupt stock, purchased by them in Dunedin at an enormous discount, to wit 40 per cent off cost price. With this issue they present their second price list, and request attention thereto. A Dirty Vagrant.—At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Cbristchurch, on Monday, Thomas Allan, 21 years of age, was sentenced to two months for vagrancy. He had been well off a year or two since. When arrested, he was so filthy that he had to be " scrubbed down with a long handled broom," and his clothes burnt-. He had ruined himself by gambling and drinking. , Entertainment.—The annual tea and concert under the auspices of the Star of Waitohi Lodge lakes place in the Waitohi schoolroom to-morrow evening. All concerts and tea meetings held at Waitohi are successes, and doubtless this will be one also, more especially as great efforts are being put forth to please the public. The tea commences at 6.30 p.m. and the concert at 8. The Salvation Army.—At the Holiness CoHncil of the Salvation Army in Dunedin on Monday, Captain Pollard stated .that another station would shortly be established in Dunedin, the officers being now on their way out. A theatre at Wellington had been engaged for one year, and the theatre at Chriftehurch for two, and a beginning was ako to be made at Invercargill. He said funds were coming in fairly, but these engagements had been made entirely in the hope that funds would be subscribed to meet them.

, Lawn Tennis.—Tennis is. a.grand game and was a favorite with ladies thousands of years ago, notably with Narcissus and her maidens, of whom the old man Ulysses tells. Girls ought to learn and love tennis, for of all the occupations which could be found for them none are so well calculated to develop them into fine healthy women and the of mothers. If there is any lurking defect in a girl's constitution, and trace of that common complaint—lung disease—nothing 3an be of such an enormous value to her as a careful and regular game of lawn tennis. And then, in addition to its importance as an hygienic institution, it is a pleasant, happy game, occupies all a girl's thoughts, and drives away from the mind all those petty troubles and fits of the blues which sometimes attack the very best of girls. An Obliging Glebe.—l heard a sad story of an ingenuous clerk in the Admiralty office which overlooks St James' Park. A gentle man. with whom he had a slight acquaintance asked him whether he might come to his room to see the Keview of the Egyptian troops by the Queen on Novembei 16 "Certainly," replied the clerk. "May I bring my wife?" "Yes." "I have two daughters, may they come?" "By all means." A second time the gentleman called to ask whether a few nieces might be added to the band. To this the clerk cheerfully assented. "We cannot be sufficiently grateful to you" said the gentleman, "for enabling us to have so good a view of the review." "I am afraid," answered the clerk, " that you and jour family will not see very much of it. for my room'looks out into the back yardi"—Truth.

: Not Equal to It.—Vanity Fair tells a nice little story of the young Princes of Wales When the two young Princes were with the Detached Squadron', their last port of call was Brisbane, where they, only stayed a few days. The Squadron was under orders:to sail on Saturday, but the people of Brisbane were very anxious to add to the festivities got up for the visitors by a scratch race meeting, which could not be arranged before Sa'urday. They tried all their powers of persuaiion on the Admiral to induce him to slay, and failed. At last it struck a leading member of the Citizens'Committee that the influence of the young Princes might b e enlisted. Accordingly, during a large public ball, several grave gentlemen formally approached Prince ' George, and with due solemnity explained their business. Fancy their consternation when that lively young gentleman, as soon as he understood their mission, burst out with, " What, want me—me—to speak to the Admiral,! Don't you wish you may catch me at it ?"

"Home."—At the opening of-the new Bap'ist Chapel in Tiroaru on Monday evening last, one of the local papers states, that the Rev Mr Dolomore gave a short but interesting lecture on " Home," treating the subject generally in a playful, but, neverthe less instructive manner, illustrating it by numerous short anecdotes. No man could, in Ins opinion, be said to have a home unless he had a wifo in it. Lodgings or bachelors' halls might be pleasant enough, but they were not homes. He then described several of the qualities necessary in the husband and wife, to make tlieir homesa happy one. He deprecated the extreme fastidiousness often shown by men in choosing partners, pointing out that they often " went through the wood and got a crooked stick at last." To make home happy there were three things above all others to be avoided, and three others to be cultivated, the first being muddle, debt, and drink ; the second faith, hope, and love. Muddle in the home, he showed, often drove men to the public house, and many who were called the victims of driuk would be more riphtly termed victims of muddle. The opposite of muddle and the cure for it was to have a place for everything and keep everything in its place. Often it was the husband's fault that there was muddle in the house, because he did not provide the " place fcr everything." The subject of debt was very .amu'singlj but forcibly treated, but drink he J eaid, could not be so treated, and he appealed to his hearers to keep free from it as the greatest cause of wretchedness and the greatest destroyer of happiness that could ever enter a home.

Resident Magistrate's Court, Gebai.dine.—No Court will be held at Geraldine to-day, it having been adjourned till to morrow, the R.M. having to attend Ashburton. Business Changes.—Mr N. Dunlop, of 3eraldine, announces that he has purchased the whole of Mr Maslin's business, and hopes that the patronage hitherto bestowed on his predecessor may be' transferred to him. i s His announcement appears -among the advertiseThe Licensing Acu.-The Clyde paper jays.—" AxaseVtbr first-one-of-the kind yet tried under, the of the Licens ing Act, .1881, t was heard before Major Keddell, R.M., at Clyde, on Wednesday, and a conviction obtained. The section reads :■— " Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place; whether a building or not, or in 'any licensed premises,'-may be apprehended, and on conviction \ snail be liable to a ;penalty of not less .than fire i shillings nor more than twenty for ,t,ho first offenoe, and in default, imprisonment." The accused referred lo was in a bedroom of the hotel at the time, yet he was apprehended* There were circumstances surrounding this case that made the arrest perfectly; justifiable on the part of the police, as just! prior to j seeking shelter he in a manner fully warranting,it. ~,.[' An impounding notice .from the Geraldine Poundkeeper appears elsewhere,' Messrs Maclean and Stewart/ instructed by Mr R.B. Sibly, will hold, a clearing sale of horses, drays; harness, .etc,at''.'their' Timaru Horse Bazaar on Saturday next/' ' ' '» •" "'■ "'• ■