LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1153, 27 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Holiday.—A number of the business premisef in enmka will be closed on Friday next on account of the Geraldine Races. i Back Ball.— The annual race ball will be held in the Odfellows’ Hall, Geraldine, this evening. Dancing commences at 9 o’clock.

Served Him Bight.— At the District Court, Auckland, on Monday, the owner of the monkey that attacked a child at Mechanics’ Bay was cast in damages £25 and costs £8 19s. Extensive Auction Sale. —ln another column will bo found particulars, of tho clearing sale of furniture and effects to bo held at the Bush Inn, Geraldine, on Monday next. . Picnic. —The first picnic of the season, improvised by the' young men in Geraldine, takes place • to-day, the trysling place being the Orari Gorge. Should the weather prove favorable enlarge gathering of both sexes is expected. Fire in Timabu.— A leanlo adjoining the premises of Mr David Stuart, produce merchant, Strathallan street, Timaru, and nearly opposite the grain store of Messrs Miles, Archer and Co. was burnt down yesterday morning about a quarter to three o’clock. The shed contained very little of value.

Sheep Woeetxng. We. regret, that Messrs Lawson and Worner, of Geraldine, hare again lost several valuable sheep in their paddock through being worried by dog*, Two of the latter, have been captured by Mr Lawson, and, their,owners being known, no doubt, the firm will in this instance be recouped for. i their loss. Be Fish has also suffered in like manner, though to what extent we have not as yet learnt. Interesting to Commission Agents.— At the R.M. Court, Timarui 'last Tuesday Messrs R. Wilkin and Co sued jMr J. Y. Ward, Commission Agent, G-eralclme, ;for £2O 7s, The amount was, due , for supplying goods to a farmer . : named Finlay, who resides at Ealing. •. The defendant swore that in ordering the goods he only acted in the capacity of au agent acting on behalf of Finlay, and that Finlay was'his principal. The Bench, howeyer, gave judgment for the amount claimed and costs.

1.0.G.T.—0n Monday night last the members of the Welcome Retreat Lodge, Octaldine, held their usual monthly open meeting, under the presidency of Mr F Bethune, W.O*T. Several songs were sung, and recitations and readings given; Amongst the chief features of the evening wore two ducts sung by Mrs Glass and Miss Andrews* which elicited considerable applause, Refreshments in the shape of buns, cake and. coffee were handed round by the sister members. Despite the downpour,of rain, there was a largo .attendance, and it need hardly be said that a very enjoyable evening was spent. Volunteer News.— The usual quarterly parade and Government inspection of the Temuka volunteer corps was held in the Volunteer Hall last Tuesday evening. , There were 3l present, under the command of Lieutenant Findlay. . The Company was taken into < Mr Quinn’s paddock and put through the judging distance exercise and various other movements, after which they were marched back to the, hall, and; put I through the manual firing and bayonet exercise. At the close they were complimented by Captain Newell on their efficiency, especially for the manner in which they went through the bayonet exercise.

Accident.— On Tuesday evening last, Misi Button, of Peel Forest, met with a slight accident whilst driving along the main road, Geraldine. Mr Q- Fox’s express was standing in the road near the Oddfellows’ Hall, and on nearing it, on* of the horses she was driving swerved on one side, and on going off the road up the embankment the trap over* turned., Miss Button, with great presence of mind, jump edoff and took hold of the horses, heads, speedily 'extricating them from their position with the aid of some persons who were witnesses of the occurrence.' For* tunately not the slightest damage was done to either horse or trap, and Miss Button wai soon after enabled to proceed on her journey#

Onb Blessing. —ln St. Matthews’ Church at Auckland, a few days ago (reports th§ local Herald), the,Rev. W. Tebbs performed the ceremony of marriage in circumstances hitherto, we believe, unexampled in the Colon/. A couple were married, both of whom were deat and dumb,!the bride being also 1 given away ’ by a man who was deaf and dumb. The bridegroom has been for some time in the colony, and the bride ; has come out to be married to him. We understand that, Mr Lord' the Registrar, made some difficulty about graining the necessary certificate, and that there was‘ a telegraphic correspondence with Mr W. R. E. Brown, the . Registrar-general, on the subject. Ultimately, however, all the formalities were complied with, and Mr Tebbs was empowered to proceed with the ceremony. Both the bride and bridegroom could read and write. Mr Tebbs exhibited the nocieisary questions,to which the parties intimated; their assent, and, as Mr Tebbs knows' thih sign language, he could communicate freely with them. We hope the union may be a happy one,'and at all events, if the husband becomes discontented, he will not have to blame,„» wife’s ' nagging* tongue. eW

Dear Land.—Mr Well wood’s homestead of 250 9cres, at, Napier, was sold to, Messrs Belsdn Brothers, Limited, for the high price of £6O an acre. x-Pedestkiahism. Edwards, the pedes/trian, has written accepting the challenge of Vaughan, of New. York, to walk fp*** six days' for the world’s championship, for £SOO (2600 dols.) a-side. Gas.— ln boring for oil, gas wells are occasionally 1 struck instead, and one recently tapped h(»r Pittsburg is a monster among monsters. The roar of the escaping , gas is i described is terrific, and it is estimated that at least sis million cubic feet are blowing i away to waste every day. f ( , or ;Mbti Kingi.-^-Met! Kingi’sl ■funeral at Wanganui has-been .postponed till 'Monday afternoon, to'give time for natives - frotnc' iUoliabd, Wellington, Napier, Taranaki and elsewhere to attend." King Tawhiao bar Expressed a wish to be' present 1 . Natives from all parts of the coast are pouring in to i'Patikl, where'4 tahgi is going on daily. Gibx Auction.;—Qn ; Tuesday evening - last's meeting of the Committee of the Presbyterian, Church’ it Geraldine was held, ' in the vestry to take intoi copsideiration;Jihe financial position of the church. After some discussion it was decided to hold a gift auction in the early part of November next, the proceeds to be devoted to the ohdroh funds. Thb Wanganui Child Mubdeb.— lt .}wiU be - remembered, saysthp. Post ~ ttat a,woman named Phwbe Veitcb Wasponyiqtqd at Wanganui" a" few -months ago of child murder and Sentenced to ' death,) but> after-“-respited, on -a- verdict pf r »-> jury ]of { matrons that she was enciente. The.prisoner. wai wfely doHrerod of a child in ,the. Wol- : lington/Gaol.last Thursday night. 1 : ' ! Gandry has ereaied something Life a sensation by hi| treatise on the links-of* ifeentf animal life; HeYCpudiates v!thet|lui» doatrino 61- iroluliion; and ’With' » r multitude of palseontologio prdof shows that 'ih'e ancestry"of'the human race cannot be ni ftaded iip to mhllute, add' that a monkey is w aot our naidtaF'-brCthisr, If the struggle'fpr ,! lifd law wore'triiei the ' world odght howto contain only, superior animals, the infcrio r bsendevoured. ■ , Hoesh Pabades. —The annual ; horse parade under the auspices of the Timaru A. and F. Association takes place in the old Timaru Show Grpund on Saturday next. Entries close with the Secretary, at Maclean / and Stewards buildings, at noon to-day. The annual parade under the auspices of the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural Pastoral Association comes off in Temuka on Tuesday next, entries closing with the Secretary at 5 p.m. on Saturday next. Teh New Ministry.—The new Ministry were sworn id before His Excellency the Governor at noon' onjTuesday. Major Atkinson retains his former- portfolio, and has also been, appointed Premier. Mr Dick resigns the portfolio of Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs, and Mr Oliver takss charge ol these departments. Mr Conolly retains his former portfolio, and has also been appointed Attorney-General. Messrs Rolleston, Bryce and Johnson remain as beforeA Perilous Voyage.— M. Jovis, a French aeronaut, made an attempt to [cross the Mediterranean in the baloon Albatross, at 8 o’clock on a Saturday night. In the car were Jovis, his lieutenant Lyons, a journalist. The three travellers were taken by the wind towards Corsica. The baloon descended to the water, and the party of aeronauts were nearly drowned. They threw out all their apparatus, provisions, etc., and afterwards rose again to 9000 ft. Then a violent wind drove them to Italy at a speed ef 90 miles per hour. At 9 o’clock on Sunday they reached the Italian coast, and came down safely at a Tuscan hamlet near Brescia, They were heartily welcomed by the inhabitants. The distance traversed was more than 1200 miles. Servant Girls in Saxony.— Saxony has some curious laws concerning servant girls. For instance, the mistress is required to allow the servant one pound of butter and one pound of 'coffee per month, or the equivalent in money. If the servant furnish her own bedding she receives li cents extra per night for so doing. Seventy five cents per month is allowed the servant for her washing, and she receives five per cent on all purchases she makes. . She must give a month’s notice before leaving her place, and must keep a book for recommendations, ; in which, upon leaving her place, her mistress is compelled to state the cause of the servant’s leaving, and also what is her character. Fearful !—A Home paper savs that the rejection of the marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill will have the effect of putting n stop to some of the stories which have lately been in circulation respecting the dissension, caused in family circles by the measure. One of the latest is that a lady with four unmarried sisters always had two of them alternately to stay with her daring the season in town, but immediately after the passing of the second reading of the Lords she packed the two girls off home again, and refused to have any more of her sisters in the house. There is safety in numbers, and one would hare thought her best plan would have been to have had the whole four in the house at once, inasmuch as her husband could hardly want to marry them all. The Cholera Epidemic. —Mr Dale a well known engineer, who. has been for twenty years at Mansurah, writing to a friend at Alexandria respecting the cholera epidemic says‘ During a run of less than an hour on the Nile I counted thirty-seven diseased bodies of animals and some skinned carcases tied to the banks to enable the fish to have a good feed, and the fishermen a good haul. The fish are afterwards sold and eaten. Other carcases are sold ashore and eaten by , the Arabs. The skins of the diseas’d beasts are stored in the town. We have only A,rab - medical men, who, act and report according to orders from headquarters. The town is short of medicine, disinfectants, and food.’

The Rabbit Pest.— The Dunstan Timas states that 60,000 rabbit-skins were collected during the month of August on one station in the Dunstan rabbit district.

Female Clerks. Clerkships in the United States Civil Service appear to be a passport to marriage. In throe months ended May last over 100 female clerks in the Treasury at Washington vacated their posts to enter the manage state.

Entertainment. To morrow evening Professor and Madame Weston give a combination variety entertainment in the Oddfellows’ Hal 1 , Geraldine, at which several gifts will bo presented. These talented entertainers performed most euecessfully ilast year, and are therefore no strangers amongst the residents. Their bill of fare is lengthy and varied, and we hope to see a .crowded house.

Larceny, —Thomas Watson, who was dismissed last Monday for stealing some bottles of stout from the Orari Hotel, was brought up before 3 D Barker, Esq, J.P., yesterday, charged with having stolen a bottle of whiskey from the bar of the Star Hotel, Temnba. He was remanded. 1 Geraldine Flat Mutual Improvement Society.— The adjourned meeting of the Geraldine Flat Mutual Improvement Society was held .in the schoolroom on Thursday, the 20th instant. It was decided to ask the Rev George Barclay to 3act as President. Mr David Shaw was unanimously elected, Vice-President and Mr Cooke, Secretary. Mr Cooke after the objects of the society, set the ball rolling by a short address upon ; jihe advantages of deep ploughing. The isubject was afterwards warmly discussed, on the question being put to the meeting the advocates of shallow ploughing as opposed to deep ploughing carried fyhe day. ‘ls coporal punishment in schools necessary!’ was next debated, when the advocates of the tawse were declared to be in the minority. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, the 4th of October, the subject for discussion being ‘ The Nationalization of the Land.’

, South Orari School Committee.— The monthly meeting of this Committee was held on September 17th. Present Messrs Barker (Chairman), Bissett, W McLeod, J McLeod, Binskin and In wood. .The minutes of the last monthly meeting were read and confirmed. A memo, was received from the Board of Education're payment for books from the depot. The amount not agreeing with the tchool accounts, the Chairman was requested to 'apply to the Board for a detailed account. A circular was received from the Board re insurance of , school buildings. Mr Binskin offered, on behalf of the Dancing Class, to guarantee the insurance for three or six months. Resolved —‘That the offer of the Dancing Class be accepted, and that the Chairman forthwith insure the building for £250. The teacher reported the. average attendance as 51, desired instructions as to holidays, and drew attention to the want ot a lock on the school door; also stating that a supply of firewood was required. Resolved—- ‘ That two days’ holidays be given on the days of the Geraldine Races, and that the lock be attended t» ; but that no firewood be ordered, the cold season having now passed.’ The Visitor again drew attention to the need of certain small repairs to the schoolroom and master’s house, and stated that the master complained 6f the noise made by the Dancing Class, and of the dirty state of the school floor. Resolved— 4 That the Board be applied to for a grant of £2 for repairs ; and; that the Dancing Class and school cleaner be informed off the complaints made.’ Mr W McShane was appointed Visitor for the ensuing month, Mr Binskin paid in £1 from the Dancing Glass for rent of room, and 17s 6d for sale of books, etc. Resolved— ‘ That the Inspector be asked to examine the school as soon as possible.’ After examining accounts, the Committee adjourned to the third Monday in October. The Geraldine Road Board invites tender* for a number of road works. Tenders close on Oct 9th. A steady, industrious young man, with good dog, is wanted as under shepherd at Geraldine. A five or six-roomed house in a central position in Temuka is wanted. Two years’ rent guaranteed.. Mr K. F. Gray, auctioneer, Temuka, will hold a sale of firewood, (cut into short lengths) at 4 o’clock on Saturday. Mr J. B. Beckingham, of the Timaru Furnishing Warehouse, invites visitors to Timaru to inspect his stock of furniture, which for excellence and cheapness is second to none in the district. - Mr George Mason, saddle and harnessmaker; and importer, Temuka, thanks his patrons for past support, and invites attention to his present stock of saddlery, etc. It is of the very best quality. Mr A. Fraser, of the Bon-accord Carriags Works, Main North Road (next Kings’s stables), Timaru, announces that ho is prepared to build to order, repair, or re-paint, buggies, spring carts, and carriages of every description. Can’t Preach Good.—No man can do a good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a lawsuit well, doctor a patient, or write a good article when he feels miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and unstrung nerves, and none should make the attempt in such a condition when it can be so easily and cheaply removed by a little Hop Bitters. Look for— Advt. Wise Folly. — 1 For ten years ray wife was confined to her bed with such a complication of ailments that no doctor could tell what was the matter or cure her, and I used up a small fortune in humbug stuff. Six months ago I saw an American flag with Hop Bitters on it, end I thought I would be a fool once more, I tried it, but my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her, she is now ns well and strong as any man’s wife, and it coat me only two dollars.’—H.W., Detroit, Micb, I Read—Advt.