The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1136, 18 August 1883, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATU RD A Y, AUGUST 18, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Porso* —Tin) Secretary of the Temuka Park B mid notifies that. pois>n U eow laid in the Pm-k for the de-truciion of dogs.

Tuitrin >'cn"oorj The Chairman of i lie eniuku •*• Committee notifie* that, ihe above school, wVc'i was closed lns| w.-ek owing to sickness being prevalent in 'lie district, will be re opened next MonJavat the usual hour.

DutrNK and DrsortnEßiyr.—At; the R M. Court, IVniiiku, Inst Thursday before A. M. Clarke, E-q, J. I'., John MeKenna. charged wih ! living been on (be previous evening (I■•(ink and disorderly in a public plate, Was fined 20s or 'IS bours' imprisonment.

lynusTuiAT.-T'e New Zetland Manure and Clinim al Company baa been formed for the piirpos> f,f working the valuable sulphur, gypsum, and heniaiite deposits at White Island. I has ben dulv incorporated, and shares are being rapidly taken up The capital is £30,C00, the first issue being £10.00:1.

Divorce —At, the Divorce Court, Wellington, rules absolute were gtanted in the caies Mulholland v. Wulliolland, and v. Ma nard The ease 'of Clino v. Clino was beard. The petition vf;s from the wife, who reside < at Carterton, for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of her husband's ernelly, and also adultery with one Mrs Spnrg'». His Honor said he was satisfied as lo (ha adulterv, but.on one or two points of law he would reserve judgment.' '

The Raxgitmta. Bridge.—On Wednesday last a .deputation from the Geraldine County Council waited on the Ashburton County Council re the above bridge. After bearing what Ibe deputation had to say. the Ci'iinci! agreed to the fol onwg reply to the deputation :—' That the deputation be informed that this Council cannot entertain t tie proposal to submit the construction of the Rangituta bridge extension toany further engineering ant hcrity.'

The AusTKALAsrAjr Colonies.— Mr Ja-epli Cook 1 lie celebrated Boston lecturer who wua in Auckland a few months since, having relumed horns thus re erred to *he Am'ra inn colonies in nn address he recently delivered :—' Australia is the most American' ised portion of the Biitish Empire. Itisso vast i hut in the few months you spend in i> i.i meeting crowded lecture appointments yo\: se.? half of it. But Australia concentrates its population in its cities. In 15 cities of Australia and Tasmania in which you lecture, you find more than ha'f t'e population. The towns cling to the river source and the best peaports. Aus ralia is, and For nges i-i likely to be, a crescent of po ptt'iit on. 'I lie tips of it.- arc at Port Dirwin in * lie i-orl h, a t«l :it. A lelai lo in the south. Tile, chief I I'ic'ci e?s of it. is at .Brisbane, Sydney, and iUeibourne. This crescent will enlarge un'ii ptrhap* I here iimv ba in it, in Ai'.rtmlua'one, r, liundrc 1 million of people. Ne.ir the will burn two stir" of the ll >t i)tfi;x)tf n■ I■• T sinaniaand NewZcdand. Minor sl:n-s lilt.; the Fiji-: arid smaller island? under British eouirol will surround this group and so the. whole e:;n»le'.la;ion will float through the azure of hi<t.<>ry.'

Wii-ronr Flat S'cnooi, Committee— A full report-of ilia proceeding* at l.lie last m.?etiinr of tin* School Committee appears in our first page.

Land.—ln our advertising columns witi be found full partioul.irs of Ua.l in Canterbury io be open :pr orlection on deferred jraymen's, on the IS li SeptemW '.'at the Lanl Offices, Christchurcli and Timaru. The terms are very easj and places the land within the reach of all, so far as regards price.

Suva. Gaol.—To be sentenced to penal servitude for any lengthened period in Sut» gaol is tautamount to cipi'al punishment. The edific* having been ereo ed in one of the swamps which form the special charm of Sura—from an undertaker's point of view—guards itself against oTercrowding by the simple process of killing off irs inmates. Out oir a Fkouo —Thrift boys named Thomson, Parker, and O'Leary (the latter boy from the South), are missins from the Auckland Training Sch ol sinco July 25rh A boat was stolen on the same night, an i a* a gale was blowing at the time, i-is feared they are drowned. The same boys bolted with Miichelson's yacht some time ago but were caught.

Aw IvTEBBSTitfG Cash.—At Gtsborne the defendants in the civil action b ought by Mr Rees against the proprietor and publisher of Facts have applied to,have over 200 natives exfmined. Their object is to prov» th e truth of Ihe alleged libels, which nrepracticallv ihe same as in the native petition which was presented by Mr Bry>'e, but whi.-h the House recently refused to entertain.

All Gone.—Tlie Mount 11a Chronicle savs that a Free Kirk elder and his wife joined the Blue Ribbon Army the other week 'just to show a good example,ye kn.'as the oil woman put i*. John brought in a good Glenlivet and handed it to his better half to keep ' for medical purposes.' A week after being inflated into the masteries of Ribbon ism he came home on ?a'urday night and tod his wife that he was suff ring from ' awfu' pains in the stonvich,' and to ' gi'e hiii a drap o'yon,' ' Oh,'replied the wife * yon's dune twa da** ago' Thb Supposed DujfoyDS.— The following ca' le messages were received in Chris church on Wednesd y : —From Mr Kelsey to his brother.—' Four first-class brokers declared stones genuine, hence my cable in reply f o yonra pressing for opinion expressed, an 1 answering mine to await result of cutting Result now shows stones only crystals Spe lfic gravity wanting Hold GoTernment Geologist's certifier e. Appearance of stones admitted to be Tery deceptive. Hobday agrees' From Mr K-dsey to \lr Craig.— ' Alexa-der, also Klein, b'st standing, dclared genuine. Pubmitted G. vernment. Geologist, pr mouneed intensely deceptive bur, not dia nonds; only crystals'

Gold Phopebtt —The Was'e Lands Board of Christchurch granted to Long and party a li ense to prospect for gold in the Ma'rern district. The object of the party is to discover a gold bearing reef Th* Chief Commissioner anneunced that the Board had decided to defer consideration of other applications for prosper.ors' licenses in the Malvern c'istrict till next, meeting, when they would consider how long aid for what, extent of ground, further lioenses should be granted. They felt a difficulty in dealing with so many applications for the s«me dis trict, as if all were granted it would shut up for months a large area in the case of gold being discovered. Of the numerous app i for diamond prospecting licenses, no one answered when his name was called. The New Zealand Shippihg Company —At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Shipping Company at Christchurch on Tuesdav, Mr Murray-Aynsley, deputy Chair man of Directors, in moving the adoption of the report, said >.ince fntering upon the steam traffic the company had despatched four steamers homew\rds, which, be« Hes cargoes and passengers, carried 49,690 carcases of meat., and 25,000 are now being loaded on board the Tataloni* and Briti h King Since the s'earners commenced run ning, the passenger traffic had been greatly increased. The new steamers now being constructed will have twelve knots speed at set. During the past year, in ad(?i im to ■reamers, 60 vessel* had been despatched outwards, carrying 98,480 rona of cargo, and 2222 passengers, and homewards 46, with a registered tonnage of 42,664 tons, earning 341 passengers. He assured the meeting that the Director* were well sati«fieJ with the results of the introduction of steam.

Accidents—At Auckland on Wednesday. James VcShane, a carter in Newmarket, w»s struck br the cowcatcher of the Kaipara train at. Evber Pasi crossing. He was sent to the Hospital, but his injuries are not serious —On the same day, a monkey at Coromandel broke loose and attacked *•> infa'.t of Mrs Gunn, tearing its leg badly in three places.—News from Collingwood, Nelson, states that a young man named James Cottier son of an old res'denl of the district, was partially buried by a fall of earth in a claim at Lightband's Gully. He was able to walk home, but dnd an hour la*er.—John Grey, who was injured while working in hie claim at Waitahuna, Otago, a few days ago. died in the Tuapeka Hospital yesterday from his injuries. He had resided in the distric for fifteen rears, and was greatly respected. He was a native of Ireland, about forty-eight y arsof age and unmariied.—A fatal nccident occurred on the Westport Coa! Company's inc ine last Wednesday night. A boy named VVouldish was sent down from Denniston at i pm. wMi a message, and not returning search was made. His body was found by In father at mid' lght, under the trestlework of part of the incline known as McDonald's Hill. One leg was nearly stvered from the body. It is supposed he bled to death.—On Wednesday afternoon Mr Isaac Sfawson, an .■ld settlor,of Brookside, when returning Lome from Ranginra met his death by drowning in the Selwyn river at VcAlpin's Ford. The body wae subsequently found.

House Wakming —At the invi ation of Mr and Mrs B jwden, lu'e of the Woodbun. but n w of the Crown Hotel, Geraldine, »

l.iree circle of their friends assembled last evening at ;a bill in the Oddfellows'Hall, in celebration of their taki'ij; posse sion of the Crown Hotel. An hearty expression of g ol wi'l was extended to the host an i hostess Dancing was kept up with great spirit till an early hour this morning, when the company separated highly gratified with the 1 berality of their entertainers. The Nsw Mojitoa&b Compaky.—The floating of. I .the new Mortgage Company with a capital of £2.000,000 ha* largely exceeded the expect at ons of . the protm>t*ri of tin. Company, a< he a phoitions for share* from all portions of the country are fir in excess of any number that cm bo alloted them if the entire 100 000 shares wjie i sued ins ead o' 50,000 as originally intended. It is not known what action the directors will take to meet the demand for shares, but probably a larger number will issue than was contem plated. Even then the app icants cannot by any means receive 'he number of shares they have applied for. Thb Blue Kibbok—The monthly meeting of the Teumka Biue Ri bon Army was he'd last Thursday night in the Volunteer Hall. In the absence of the Rev Mr Gordon, the chair wis taken by Mr Russell. There were about 200 persons present. The proceeding* were opened wi h prayer by the Rev Mr Hamilton, who also read the fourteenth chapter of St Paul's Epistle to the Romans A hymn was next sung, snd a short address delivered by the Chairman, in the course of which he explained that the Rev Mr Gordon was absent thr >ugh having a, very severe cold. The Rev Mr Hamilton then a (dressed the meeting. He spoke f>r an hour snd ten minutes, and delivered s Yery forcible addressed He took for his text Rom ins XTV — 13. and gave a history of the movement from the time it was first originated to the present day. He sated the nu.ober that had joined in certain centres of pipu la tion, i eluding Christchurch 6001. o»maru 2600, Timaru 600, and Terauka 430, and said that 97 per cent of them h>d remained true to their pledge. The two speei I feature,, of the movement were that it was founded on religion, and that its membe s wore a badge. The wearing of the Blue Ribbon .was an open profe sion of principle and practice ; it helped the weak to keep the pledge ; it created sympathy between v.-.rious classes ; it showed Ihe members were not faint hearted; and it helped th.-tn to tecp he pledge. It was a beautiful emblem of a noble ca se. In England last year £150,000.000 was spent on drink, or £4 7* 2 • per head o? the popu'a ion while only tjjd vas spent by the combined societies for the spread of 'he Gospel. The revenue of the Bri isli and Foreign Bib e Sec-i ties would take 600 yea"** to supp!» every amily in the world with a Bible, un i ii would not i akts above six months of the money spent on drink. Tf yon plaoe £36 lis against every letter in every word in •he Bible it would be eq'wl to the amount spent on drink in England. In New Z-aland there were 13 pub iohouses to every elementary school. He quo ed from the Lancet to show ihe effects of drink, and pointed out that the medical journal had said leetofa ler? lived the longest. He showed that alcohol was a poison, and said it was being circulated in the colony to the the value of two and a-balf millions of pounds, or £5 pe>- head, per annum. They ought to object to this because it was a stumbling bl< ck in the way of prosperity. He quoted at considerab e length to show it w»» the cuuue of Time and los» of property, and said •hey were not justilled in supporting such an institution. The duty of the State was to sweep it all away, but this only could be done by the will of the people, which was the framer < f all laws. It Wiis their duty to send representatives »o Parlia ent who would attend to the matter. It was the Church's duty to do its be»t to suppress it. The rev. speaker wound up with aneirnest appeal to the members *o stick to thrir colors, and to to jnt. A dialogue between \fa«ter» St 'rev and Goodly, recitations by Misse* Goodey and L Ut»t<»n. were well appreoi ted About 30 j lined he ord-r and the meeting terminated with prayer.

Mr "R. A Barker, Orari, U#a a few crn<» bred Devon cows for sate, springing to milk

■ The S*. 'force's Lodge of Freemason'» Temuka. invite off ira of a site suitable far the erection of a hall etc.

Messrs R Wi kin and Co., auctioneer*, Titnaru, will hold a sale of horses, bug ies. trap* and harness, etc., at their vards, Timaru to da v.

T'O pound reward ; a offered for th«« re. eoverv of a hackney fiUv Idafc from Fairfield Gerald ne. on fi> der returning same to Mr D. Denoon. Gteraldine. Messrs J. Vfundell and Co., auctioneer*. G-erald'no. will sell to day at their HaWnom* Geraldine, tea. sugar, homehold furniture ere ; also, pigs, fowls, geese, firewood, meatsafe, etc.

Ffi«s and bugs, beetles, insects, macros, ants, b-dbugs, rats, mice, eophfr-«, jac><r«bl»itM. rOeirtd <uit by ' Itiiiili on Rats.' 7|'. Moses, Moss and U<», Sydney, General Agents

Mr W. O. *»pir>an. for both fl'btois no'i'iei tbit we\ig*ot "he e editr« of John t"uruwrd. of Arowhenua, ■ t retn-per, and Tno "iv* B. R»>e n. of Tfmuk*, tuttnnlc r, H-ri g lars d f«r w n nf •i)ffi;t:B' nutnhrrof oreriitos b ing i renent, *int.h roer-inp* stand *dj »tii , n<*d tli today a" fch* Di »ri"' Cou' , 'h'»ii«e, Ti-nani, »><e orm r • t 1.1 o'clock and the latter at 11.30 oVI-ck in tb* fore o>n. Holloway's PilN can be confidently recommended as a domestic remedy for the ailment" of all cliwa and condition* of people. Y>«ung and old of both B a x> 4 H may take this medicine with the certainty of deriving benefit for its une, when disorder or disease in making them miserably. Holloway's PIU are unrivalled for their purifying, aperient, and strengthening properties. Th«-y remove indigestion, palpitation, and headnche, and are specially serviceable in complaints peculiar to females. E-ich box is wrapped with printed instructions for the guidance of invalids who will readily understand, from e .refuMy studying them, th** h«»t wav of recovering health. Holloway's Pills will work a thorough chmg* in the constitution of the weak and nervous.