LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1114, 5 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mohb Local Option.—Mr M. W. Green has a Local Option Bill in hand for introduction next session.

Temuka Road Boabd.— The monthly meeting of the above Board takes place today. Tenders for several works close at 10 a.m.

Thb Pbice op Meat,— An important announcement to householders by Mr Wm. Ackroyd, butcher, Temuka, appears elsewhere. In it the price of meat is considerably reduced. A Successful Experiment,— The chess tournament with living figures was repeated on Friday night at Dunedin to a fair house. The first tournament gave a gross return of £l4O.

A Female Lecturer.—Dr Anna Potts, M.D., of tli* Women’s Medical College, Philadelphia, is lecturing at the Opera House, Auckland, on Physiology, Health and Disease. She has been favorably receired. Koap Board Elections.—The elections of members of the Tetnuka and Geraldine Road Boards take place to morrotr. The names of the various candidates, and th e polling places -will be found in our advertising columns.

Accidental Death. A man named William Dawson, well known in Timaru, was found lying on the road between the Washdyke and Timaru on Saturday night, having, it is supposed, fallen out of his express. Ho was unconscious when found and died next morning. Suspicious—The body of a man with his throat cut has been found near Mossburn, Riverton, Otago, on the roads to the lakes. The police are investigating the matter. The locality is 14 miles from the Telegraph Station at Lumsdcn, and details are not to hand, It is rumored the deceased’s name is Young. Tbkuka and Geraldine A. and P. Association. —The annual meeting of the subscribers to the above Association will be held in the Wallingford Hotel on Friday evening the 15th, at 7.30 p.m. Those subscribers who have not paid their subscriptions for the past year are reminded the same are now considerably overdue. Gospel Temperance Mission.—A five days'mission in connection with the Blue Ribbon Army will shortly bo held in this town. At ths invitation of the Rev. T. A. Hamilton a largo and influential meeting was held at the'Parsonagc on Friday evening last, the Revs. Gordon and Wills and a number of laymen of various denominations being present. The Rev. T. A, Hamilton occupied the chair, and briefly explained the object of the mission. It was unanimously resolved to carry out a mission, and those present formed themselves into an Executive Committee. Subsequently the following officers were selected, viz.: President, Rev. T. Hamilton ; Vice-Presidents, Revs. Gordon and Wills; Secretaries, Messrs Cooper and Coltman j Treasurer, Mr Russell. A large hall will be engaged and suitably decorated, and speakers will be invited from Dunedin and Christchurch.

Gbealdine Flat School. — The usual monthly meeting of the Geraldine Flat School Committee was held in the echoolroom on Wednesday last. The members present, were Messrs Bell, McShane, Kelman, South Shaw, Eose and McQuillan. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. It was resolved, upon the recommendation of the teacher, that a charge of twopence per quarter be made upon each child for the use of pens, ink, and slate-pencils during school hours The master’s report was read and adopted. It was resolved: —"That one ton of coal and a broombo procured for the use of the schoul; and that the visiting committee get the fence trimmed and repaired, and the wood cut into small lengths for the use of thestove.” Messrs Kelman, Shaw, and 801 l were elected a visiting committee for the ensuing month. Accounts amounting to £1 15s were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned to the last Wednesday in June.

3niiw Store foe Winchester.-A well attended preliminary meeting of settlers from Geraldine, Winchester, Kakalm and Wail ohi waa held in the Geraldine Flat Schoolroom, on Thursday evening last, to consider the practicability of starting a grain store and other local requirements at Winchester, Mr Murray, of Winches!or, was elected chairman, The following resolutions were fully discussed, and it was resolved to submit then to a public meeting to be held at Winchester at an early date, notice of which will be given by advertisement: “ That it is desirable that a coal yard, capable of bolding say 500 tons, and a grain store fitted with all the latest improvement* for dressing awd hoisting grain be erected at Winchester.” 2nd. "That the board of directors of the Farmers’ Operative Association bi asked to put u-> a shed at Winchester, and k'mt should they refuse a company be formed to build one with all necessary improvements.” 3r r b ‘ That, the Government be petitioned to enlarge the goods' sned at the Winchester stat ion to at least double its present size to meet the requirements of the district.” A vole of thanks to the clubman terminated the proceedings.

Licensing CoMiiiTi’EES.^T^v‘^n,u|l \ meeting of-the Temuka Licensing Cpm-,-! mittee takes*'police ,at nodu>; to-day itt R.M. Courmdusef' Temuka. The annual meeting of the Geraldine Licensing Committee takes place next Friday. Land Nationalisation.—A public meeting under the auspices ofthe Land Nationalisation Society was held in the Dunedin Lyceum on Friday night. There were about 100 people present. Mr M. W. Green, M.H.R., was in the chair. Mr Stout delivered a speech on the question “Is land different from other property ?” answering it in the affirmative. The Rev. John Waters (Presbyterian) read a paper on “ The nature of the tenure of land under the national lease system” A discussion ensued, but only one opponent of land nationalisation was present. At the close vo'es of thanks were passed to those who gave addresses. Training of Girls.— At a meeting of the Auckland Board of Education a resolution was passed —” That the Board approve of the suggestion contained in Principal Heath’s letter on calisthenics at the Girls High School, and resolve that the attendance at drill, as prescribed by the school syllabus, be enforced on all pupils unless a medical certi ficate be produced to the Head Master stating such exercise is without doubt injurious to scholars. That a circular to parents and guardians be drawn up calling attention to the dangers of the present style of dress and its unsuitableness to the purposes of physical development. That the Inspector arrange for a periodical examination in calisthenics as in other subjects.” In the course of a discussion it was suggested that girls should be dressed in serviceable and uniform dress.

A Jealous Man. —A shocking tragedy is reported from New South Walls. Mrs Cornish, a widow living in Sydney, has two daughters, Jane and Emily, the latter of whom is 21 years old. Jane lives with her mother, but Emily is in service at Burwood, and on the evening of the attempted murder hud come to see her mother, Mrs Cornish had a lodger named John Sennets, 30 years of age, a ropemaker, employed a‘ the works of Messrs Forsyth, In the sitting room were Mrs Cornish, her two daughters, and Mr Bonnets, having their evening meal. He requested Jano Cornish to fetch a little water This request she complied with, and she lefj. the room for that purpose. Bonnets, without any warning whatever, then drew a sixchambered revolver and shot Emily Cornish in the left cheek. Mrs Cornish pluckily attempted to wrest the weapon from him, but he got his baud clear, and pointed the pistol at her and pulled the trigger, but the weapon seems to have missed fire. She ran away> going out of the bouse, and raised an alarm. Meanwhile Bennets fired a second time at Emily Cornish, as she ran round the table the shot again taking effect in the head, Believing her to be dead Bennets then placed the revolver in his mouth and shot himself dead. The motive assigned for tho act is jealousy. The injured girl is slowly iocovering,

A Universal Provider. —Wm. Whitely, whose premises at Westbourne Grove London, have been injured to the amount of £IOO,OOO by a fire, is perhaps the most interesting specimen the British tradesman extant. He set, up in 1863 with a staff consisting of himself, two clerks and an errand boy; now he employs 3400 persons, 1800 of whom ho boards at his own hotel, to supply which and his own customers he maintains a farm at Finchley. He gets his mail in a wag gon and sends'out 140 men to deliver his goods The clerks have lectures and bible classes, teachers of French, German, and music, shorthand, drawing, etc., and innumerable dramatic, literary and athletic associations Whitely calls himself the Universal Provider, and lives up to his name, furnishing dry good*, groceries, meat, provisions, confectionery, bread, cake, furniture, musical instruments, toys, coal, railway tickets, theatre tickets, books, newspapers, stationery, boots and shoes patent medicines, hardware —if needs be, barbers, waiters and clergymen, cradles and coffins. “Whitely U.P.” it was who furnished a gen’leman going to India with a complete outfit at an hour’s notice, wife included, and who, when a rash youth went to Westbourne Grove (to win a £SO bet) and ordered an elephant, askod politely “Asian or African, sir ? How many feet high ?’ ’ and had the animal up for inspection inside of an hour.

Mr A. M. Clark, Arowhenua, wants two men to make drains and lay tiles. Mr W. Wheelband invites tenders for raising timber and clearing swamp land. Tenders close to-morrow.

Messrs J. Mundell and Co. will hold an extensive sale of stock at their Yards Geraldine, to morrow. They will also sell a choice lot of freehold property situate in Geraldine,

Mr K. F. Gray announces that he will attend Ihe monthly stock sale at Geraldine 'o-morrow, and sell cattle, sheep, etc. He announces an extensive sale of furniture, elc., in Mr N. Mo ey’s warehouse on Friday the 15th June. He will also sell at his sale rooms on account of D. M. Mackay, Esq., cn Monday June 11th, the whole of his valuable household furniture, and effects. We believe that if everyone would use Hop Bitters freely there would be mucj leas sickness and misery in the world, and people are fast finding this out, whole families keeping well by its use. Read. Holloway’s Pills.—With the darkening days and changing temperatures the digestion becomes impaired,the liver disordered, and the mind despondent unless the cause of the irregularity be expelled from the blood and body bv an alterative like these Pills. They go directly to the source of the evil, thrust out all impurities from the circulation, reduce distempered organs to their natural state, and correct all defective and contaminated secretions. Such eat-y means of instituting health, stiength, and cheerfulness should be in the posses-ion of all whose stomachs are weak, wh'-se minds are such harassed, or whose brains are overworked. Holloway’s is essentially a blood-tempering medicine, whereby its influence, reaching the remotest fibres of the frame, effects a universal good.