The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1107, 19 May 1883, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bankruptcy.—A BUI dealing with this question has been prepared, and will be intro? duccd early in the coming session. Wesleyan- Church, Temdka.— Mr P. Foster, of Timaru, will conduct the morning and evening services in the above Church to> morrow. Waitohi Flat Librabt.—A meeting of subscribers to the above library, and others, will be held in the schoolroom on Monday evening next. A Sympathetic Magistrate. The Magistrate at Christchurch on Thursday fined.a man half-a*penny for assault, saying under the circumstances lie would alraos*' have done the same himself. Sale of the Old School —Yesterday Mr K. F. Cray submitted to the hammer the old school buildings, master’s house, and the 5 quarter acre sections on which the buildings are situate. Mr 15. Lee was the purchaser at £l5O. Grand Monster Concert.— ln another column is published the programme of a grand monster concert in connection wi h the St Saviour’s Church, Temuka. It comprise, the names of both old and new favorites, and a great treat may be anticipated. Advocating Protection.—At a meeting of the Christclmivh Industrial Association the oilier dy, the following increases in the Customs’ tariff were recommended Pumps, 15 per cent ad valorem ; starch, 5 per cant; tarpaulins and waggon covers, wicker ware curled hair, cordage, clmffcutters, glue, and corn crushers, 15 per cent ad valorem, iron verandah posts, 4s per cwb.

The Blue Ribbon Army in Christ church. —Blue Ribbonism is making great headway in Christchurch, 350 having now joined the army. Death or an M.H.R. —Mr James Ruther • ford, M.H.R. for Bruce, died in Dunedin on Wednesday. Ho was in good health a week ago, but casight sold, which brought on congestion of the lungs. v “The Hall.”— Mr John W. Miles, o The Hall, Temuka, announces that he has secured the services of Miss Tate, a thoroughly competent dressmaker, to take charge of the dressmaking department, and is now in a position to execute orders for costumes, jackets, mautles, etc, guaranteeing fit and style, at moderate charges. Full particulars will be found in his advertisement.

Minister fob Agriculture.— The Hon the Premier states the Government will propose to the Assembly that provision be made for a Minister of Agriculture. Mr Brown has been appointed to impart instruction in reference to the manufacture of cheese, butter and bacon, and is now at work. The appointment of an inspector to “ grade ” wheat exported appears at present premature. 1.0.G.T. Temuka.— The quarterly meeting of the Good Hope Lodge, No 43, 1.0.G.T., was held in the Templar Hall, on Monday evening, 14th inst. After the usual routine of business had been gone through, Bro W. Coltman, junr., L.D., installed the officers for the ensuing term as follows: —W.O.T. Bro A. Russell; W.Y.T., Bro Morton ; W.S.’ Bro W. Coltman ; W.A.S., Sister Russell. W.F.S., Bro J. Cooper; W.T., Bro E. Brown; W.C., Bro Metson ; W.M., Bro Edgier; W.D.M., Bro Knowles; W.1.G., Bro Lynch; W.0.G., Bro Edgier, junr.. W.R.H.S., Sister Lynch; W.L.H.S., Sister Howarth; P.W.0.T., Bro Turner. Mr Dabgaville at Auckland.— Mr W. Dargaville met his City South constituents last Friday night at St James’ Hall, Auckland. There was a good attendance. He condemned Major Atkinson’s scheme of compulsory insurance ; Mr Eolleston’s management of Crown lands, and Mr Bryce’s management of native lands. He said the two latter Ministers were stop-gaps to promised settlement of the lands of the colony. He praised Mr Bryce’s administration of native affairs, and thought his removal from the post of Native Minister would be a misfortune, but that the question should be removed from the region of party politics. As to the Education Act, ho would -oppose all tinkering with it; A vote of thanks and confidence was passed. Linseed Oil Company.— A meeting of the Directors of the Temuka Linseed Oil Cake and Fibre Co, Limited, was held on Thursday evening in the Wallingford Hotel. Present—Messrs J. Talbot (Chairman), Lyon, Woodhead, E. Brown, R. K. Parkerson, W, A. Murray and R. A, Barker. A letter from Mr Hayhurst was read, and two enclosed samples of dressed fibre excited much favorable comment. No lis linseed fibre, dressed by an American machine on f an improved method, breaking and scutching the fibre and threshing the seed at .one operation, and doing away with the tedious and expensive process of retting. The fibre is in first-class condition and retains its original strengthNo 2 is hemp fibre, dressed on the same principle, not having been touched with water. The samples are on view at the office of the Company. A resolution was passed that Mr Hayhurst be requested to obtain one of the machines if possible, or; in the event of being unable to do so, to at once forward machines of another pattern, so that farmers who are contemplating sowing flax can feel sure that there will be machinery at hand whsn required. Mysterious Occurrence.— The Daily Times’ correspondent at Roxburgh telegraphs that the body of a man has been found at a creek between Moa Flat and the Pomahaka river, in the Teviot district. It is stated the body was covered with stones, and the head had apparently been chopped off and placed near the feet. It is believed the man was murdered and his clothes burned. There is still a portion of the flesh adhering to the bones, and from the appearance of the body it is, surmised an attempt was made to bum the body. The police have gone to the spot. A later telegram states that the sensational story from Teviot has turned out a false alarm. The police have received the following telegram from the constable stationed in the district ‘ Found bones of a human being in a gully twenty-nine miles from Roxburgh .on ranges. They are all disconnected and decayed. There is no appearance of foul play. It looks as if the body had been there for the last eight or ten years, and that the deceased person had been lost in the snow. There is no chance of identification.” * Te Whiti at Home.—A telegram to a Christchurch paper states that Sir W. Fox visited Te Whiti recently, and found him still in an excellent frame of mind and in a large degree “ Europeanised,” He still insists on strict cleanliness, yrnper cookery, butter for his bread, and cLaiw for bis rest. He will not squat on the grounl, and he won’t tolerate Maori cookery. A recent visitor being invi'ed to breakfast with Te Whiti, went with fear and trembling, antici pating “high ” shark and dubious cleanliness in the serving of what he did get. It was a thoroughly English breakfast, with lea and coffee, eggs and milk, Ac, and was served in an irreproachable style, and on a tablecloth of scrupulous cleanliness, while Te Whiti was courteous and quite a “ pakeha hosty In short, the effects of Te Whiti’s mtroduction 'o civilised life and schooling in civilisation has had the best results and is bearing the happiest fruits. Te Whiti’s present plan is to lay off Parihaka into a Native town as nearly after the design of Nelson as possible. He was charmed with Ins sojourn at “ Sleepy IIollow r ” and means to copy it with the closest fidelity practicable. He is going in largely for planting English trees and for improved cultivation and sanitai bn generally. Tiiis is a marvellous change in less than two years.

Oir Theib Wax to Parihaea. —About 150 natives, four abreast, on horseback, marched through Opunake on Wednesday morning on their way to Paribaka. Amongst them were Titokowaru and some of his. people, but most of the cavalcade came from Wanganui and Waitotara, Our Railway.— The President of the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce has recsived the following from Mr Whitaker irIC reply to a deputation from that body ! large supply of additional rolling stock has been ordered some time ago, and part of it is now in course of,arrival.. -The non-political management of railways is still under con • sideration of the Cabinet, and a decision will be come to before the session, and either a Bill will be introduced, or the reasons given, early in the session, why the Government cannot propose such a measure. The railway machinery is inspected by proper officers, as carefully as is done in the case of machinery owned by private persons, if even not more so. Liquorice Farming.— This, practised in England since the days of Good Queen Bess and lately introduced into New Zealand,- is now being recommended to colonists as a remunerative form of agricultural enterprise* The Glycyrrhiza globra is a root that “ pays,” no doubt, under certain conditions, and the plant is easily propagated. There is, however, (writes Anglo-Australian in the European Mail) a good deal to be done that some colonists might overlook before the resultant juice can be converted into an article of commerce. The “ sugar ’’ is obtained by infusion, and has, after proper evaporation; to be chemically treated with sulphuric acid. Many who could very well grow the root would, I fancy, fail lamentably in the after treatment, and as the total import of liquorice into the United Kingdom does not at present exceed £IOO,OOO per annum in value, I should fancy that colonists would do better to stick to more legitimate products that are better known in our produce markets, and for which the demand is virtually unlimited. A Blue Ribbon Incident.— A temperance lecturer, who had been at work in the towns up the Hudson, has been giving a reporter a page from his early experience in Michigan Previous to his arrival in a small town where he intended to do some work, the boys had agreed among themselves to go to the meeting but not to sign the pledge. He appealed in vain for recruits in the temperance cause j not a man would move. At this stage of the proceedings the belle of the town sprang to her feet, and cried in the sweetest of voices: “Boys, this is really too bad. Won’t you sign the pledge ?” Not a soul moved from his seat. Again the fair belle appealed to the men’s better nature, but it was to no avail; they had promised they wouldn’t sign. Finally the lady said : “ Now, boys, I wil kiss the first man.who signs the pledge.” At this juncture up jumped a tall backwoodsman, who exclaimed: “ Sis, I’m yer buckle- f berry. Whar’s yer pledge, till I sign.” The brave girl kissed the fellow, and the cheering which followed made the building rattle. This incident broke the ice, and before the reformer had left the town nearly every one had donned the ribbon.

Gates’ Talley School.— The following is the Inspector’s report on the annual standard examination of the Gapes’ Valley held on January 12th, 1883 Mistress; Miss S. Buck. Attendance s Number on the roll, 36 ; average attendance, 23; present at examination, 27. Results of examination in passes : Standard VI, presented 0, passed 0 ; Standard V, presented 1, passed 1: Standard IT, presented 4, passed 2; Standard HI, presented 4, passed 4; Standard 11, presented 0‘ passed 0 ; Standard I, presented 8, passed 3. Total presented, 17 ; passed, 15 ; percentage of passes, 88-2. Classification after examination: Passed Standard VI, 0; passed Standard V, 1; passed Standard IT, 2; passed Standard 111, 6; passed Standard 11, 9; passed Standard I, 8; below Standard I, 10; total, 27. General lemavks—The work of the upper Standards is in several cases incomplete; and the defects noted in the class lists should receive attention, but the lower classes pass very creditably, and the work as a whole, shows careful and efficient teaching. The-school is excellently managed, and under perfect discipline. (Signed) Henry W t Hammond, Inspector.

The Ryan Case. —At the District Court, Timaru, on Wednesday last, Patrick Ryan was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment with hard labor, to from the commencement of the session. In sentencing the prisoner, His Honor said prisoner had had the benefit of the most able counsel, and .every point that could potsibly be taken throughout the whole L case |n|his teen taken. He had beenVubjected- to a long trial, which had at all events expesed the whole of -bis proceedings thoroughly. With reference to the accounts His Honor was not aware how far the statements of the learned c ounsel about waste of property could be supported, but there was no question that the prisoner came to the colony with the deliberate intention to defraud any and every person he could. He seemed to have had a certain amount of money to start with, sufficient to have traded with honestly, and thea after defrauding a number of persons here h* went awly with a sum more than sufficient to pay all his debts honestly. The prisoner’s ca e furnished an example of the truth of the old maxim, that honesty is the best policy. Had he paid his debts honestly he would have had a large surplus instead of being; a« he was now, penniless. It was true he had been in gaol a considerable time and had suffered a good deal, but it was quite impossible to pass over the grave offence of which he had been guilty. The charge upon which he had been found guilty was concealment of certain property, but in the hearing of the charge the whole circumstances attending that concealment had been brought before the Court. The sentence passed upon him would be that he be imprisoned aiicTkept to Lard for eight calendar months, to commence from the date of the session, or six months from the present time,

sPOSTS at O-EHALDINE. The annual sports in connection with the LOOP., Geraldine, will come off on the Queen’s Birthday. A dance will take place in the evening. _________ Mr J, Lawson, of Temuka, has an ims, pounded notice elsewhere. Mr GK Bolton has been appointed trustee in the bankrupt estate of Eobert Worthington, of^emuka. of the Temuka Park Board adreruscj that trespassers in the Park in pursuit of game will be prosecuted. Messrs E. Wilkin and Co will sell horses, cattle,pigs, etc, at Washdyke Yards, on Monday next. If not previously released, Mr W. C. Andrews will sell a white mare at the Gerald dine pound on Monday next. Messrs Maclean and Stewart will hold their usual sale of horses to day at their Timaru Horse Bazaar. They have one or two special entries. On Monday they will sell a freehold farm adjoining the Levels railway station.