LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1154, 29 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Jewish New Yeah.— The Hew Year 6644 of the Hebrew nation, commences on Tuesday next. : Explakatokt.— The ‘Mr Maokay;’ referred to in the * public notice relating to Native Reserves’ signed by Iraia Wanga in our last issue, is Mr Alexander Mackay. Native .Lands Commissioner. ThbN.Z.S. Cc’a Like.— The New Zealand Shipping Company are advised by cable that the British Ring reached Rio Janeiro on the 24th init., all well her frozen meat being in good condition. She left seven days later than the Catalonia, but is now only four days behind the big Gunarder. Horse Parade.— The annual stud horse parade under the auspices of the Tiiuaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association co ins Off to-day in the old Timaru Show Ground. The parade under the auspices of the Temuka and Geraldine A, and F. Association comes off next Tuesday, and entries for it close with the Secretary; Temuka, to-night. Race Bald.—Tub annual race ball ca.ne off in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Geraldine, on Thursday evening last, and despite the continuous downpour of rain there was a large attendance. Mr Forgusson acted very efficiently as M.O. and Mr W- Stonehouso provided the refreshments ou his usual liberal scale. The Company did not separate till some time after daylight had appeared. '

Picnic. —The annual Geraldine race dar picnic took place on Thursday last, when a goodly number of young persons went m expresses and traps of various kinds to Peel I Forest, the. destination being altered from that of Orari- Gorge. Ther here enjoyed themselves in many ways till the approaching setting of the sun warned them to hasten their departure homeward, reaching Geraldine shortly after dark. The Dtimmt Cashs.— At Wedneshay morning’s sitting of the Land Board, Dunedin letters were received from the suspected 1 Dummies ’• in Tasmania' (Pearsall and the Brothers Young), protesting against the deeision not to issue licenses to them, and stating that they are ready to occupy the lands for their oWn iise and benefit. The letters were merely received.' The Supreme Court ha? decided that the Board’s refusal to issue the licenses was absolute, and unless that decision is set aside no farther steps can be taken. The decision is to be appealed against; The Gbbaedihb Eacbs. —The townships of Temuka and Geraldine oh Thursday and yesterday, shortly after eleven a.m., were almost entirely deserted; and but very little 1 business was afterwards transacted owing to parties leaving fop the racecourse. A heavy downpour* of ram took place during Thursday night, and many a one looked glum on the prospect of the morrow, but. their damped spirits were turned into joy when Sol rose in all his resplendent glory yesterday, and ‘ off again to the races’was the cry. The New MiHisiar.— The Wellington correspondent of the Press telegraphing on Wednesday says s—lt is rumored that ■ with the view of securing equilibrium Of local represenatibn in the , Cabinet, one of the following alternating courses will be adoptedto give Auckland a voice in the Ministry, namely—That either an Auckland Legislative j Councillor will be appointed Minister without portfolio, in fact succeeding to the position in the Whitaker Ministry held by) Mr Oliver, or else that a new Auckland member of the Legislative Council will ho appointed with the object of his holding suoh position, or thirdly that Mr Walter Johnson's place bn his retirement in a few months will be filled by an Auckland member. One of these courses is, I believe, almost certain to be adopted.

The Dubtedik Butchers in Tbocbeb.— At the Police Court, Dunedin, on Friday, six butchers wore charged with selling to the Inspector of Adulterated Food quantities of butchers' meat containing lead and iron, ingredients injurious to health. After the evidence of one witness for the defence had been taken, the case was adjourned. This witness was a traveller for a firm of salt merchants, aud he states that his firm bad supplied a preparation termed 'American ball,’ which was described in the dictionary as a tonic, to butchers in this and other colonies; he believed all butchers used it, but he did not know what its ingredients were. To the police the witness replied that he had not sold red lead or iron to butchers, but sage, salt and pepper. The Gazelle Smuggliho Case.— Mr J, 0. Ellis, of Newcastle, owner of the barque Gazelle, and one of the largest shipowners in New South Wales, has instructed Mr Speed, a solicitor in Auckland, to take steps to apply to have the recent decision of the Suoreme Court reversed in the Court of Appeal. Mr Ellis is a member of the Legislative Assembly of tfew South Wales, and feels hurt by the imputation of smuggling, which he considers attaches itself to him so long as the ship is held by the NewZealan l Government, and he intends to apply to the Privy Council before he will acknowledge the right of the colony to take forcible possession of property belonging to an innocent owner, for an act which that owner cannot possibly either prevent or guard against. Mr Speed has been instructed to retain Mr Hesketh, of Auckland city, who will also bo assisted by Mr Stout, of Dunedin.

The Saltatiow Army.— Addressing hi» follower* at Hanley, recently, General Booth said the Salvation Amy was still marching on, and in twenty years, if the rat® of progress of the last six years was continued, there would be 1,250,000 officers and 250,000,000 soldiers. Referring to the case of the Eagle Tavern he said'te acted hourly and under legal advice in his interpretation of the new-covenants. He had ,kept' it open as a te tape ranee inn, but be had maintained the spirit license. He had no fear as to the result of the appeal he intended to make against the recent decision. 1 " Minijto AT..IHE Thames.— The new Prince Imperial Company bad ah interim crushing on Wednesday, at which 1644f0z gold were obtained from 18 cwt of specimens. The monthly clearing up will take place to-day. The amalgam accumulated up to the end of last week amounts to 22740 z. The fire in the Cata lonian mine still continues, hut walls having been built in the level, and'the up-caste shaft covered, so as to exclude supplies, of air, it is slowly being smothered. The mines in the neighborhood hafe been able to - resume work, though on a limited scale. 1

A Paying Discovery;— A recent event in Paris has given rise to a good deal of Boulevard gossip, and may some day afford material for a cause celebre. A* the cook bf the Marquis de Tamiasier was walking at. a tale hour through the Bpis do Boulpgnevho was startled by hearing a child ery- out. He stopped, and on looking about found on the roadside a beautiful cradle, the ' oceupiiufc of which war n fine • baby-girl wrapped up in the finest lace and cambric, embroidered with a coronet, but. with no other crest or mark of any kind. He also discovered a sum of .15,000 francs, and a tatter entrusting the infant to the care of (the finder, and promising him a magnificent reward if she were well brought up and treated with kindness. ‘As you watch over her, so will I wateh over you,’ educate her well, a d in Addition to the reward which your good action will bring of itself, a handsome fortune shall be yours when the child cbmei of age.’ The cook was not loth to accept the charge on these terms, so be put the gold in bis pocket and sent the little stranger to bo taken care of by a sister of liis living in the country, .

The Natives at Kawhia.—Government hare received information respecting the destruction ofbeacons at Kawhia, by native** Mr Butler of the Native Office, who was sent' to make enquiries, found that the' beacon*' erected by Captain Fairchild recently- were, removed, and so much broken that; it would take some considerable time to repair and re-erect them. One of the two chiefs who were concerned in the destruction' of the beacons • has ; gone to Whatiwhatihoe with Tawhiao. The other was still''at Kawhia, and when Mr Butler called on him to assist at once in repairing and re-erectirig the beacons, be. answered that he could not without instructions from Tawhaio. These two chiefs are the same as were concerned in pulling up pegs along the road from. Kawhia around to Aotea harbor. It is believed that, in both; ; instances the j chiefsacted.. at this instance of Tawhiao, and some of his adviser* belong to the Waikato tribe. The beacons are -not yet re erected. The Hinemoa, has returned to Wellington. Tenacity or Life.— An extraordinary instance of tenacity of, life is related by the correspondent of an English paper as follow* r ,• —A barnful of barley was commenced to be thrashediOn the Bth March Inst. When the straw, was being stacked in the stockyard, and was about a yard high, a violent., storm came on, and work was left for the night The sow (expecting daily to farrow) crept into the centre Of the stack; iNsxt morning several inches of snow covered the straw, and the men standing on the ground forked a, great quantity on the etapk from the end*; and sides without treading in the centre. Thus the pig was left undisturbed in her.extemporised bed. The dimensions of the stack whip completed were 18ft. wide, 36ft. long, and 14ft. high. The hole the pig oeeupied wae as nearly as possible in the centre. She was not found till the straw wai removed !on the 19th July, just nineteen weeks after her first incarceration, A more emaciated creature it would be impossible to imagine. She was full of flesh when she wae lost, but when first discovered her bones were barely covered by skin. She had a large sore on the side she was lying oh. She w not yet able to stand, though gradually, gaining strength, and it will be Icing ere she resume* . her normal condition. All trace* of the litter of pig* had disappeared. This is,'.l think, the longest instance known of a domesticated animal being witheut food or water, iand with an insufficient supply of air. Asnual Boxnro DatSpobts A® Tmutia. —A meeting of the Sports Committee of the Loyal Alexandrovna Lodge was held in ths Oddfellows* Hall. Temuka, on Wednesday, September 26th, 1883. Member* Present— Messrs Upriobard, Davis, Win. Hooptr, Thomas Larkham, Richard Comer, H. Dunford, Wm. Binley, Joseph Beri, and James Roddick. It was decided to *tart the »port« with a handicap bicycle race, the race to start from the Temuka Post Office, the course to bo to Winchester and back. The race to start at 10 o’clock sharp, and to bo open to all compotitors,; lb# first prize to bo a silver cup, and the second 40s. There will be 19 events besides the bicycle race, 5 races to be handicaps, including a one mile walking, 100 yards, 250 yards and $-mile flat races, and a i-mile hurdle race, over eight flights. A married woman’s race will be included in the programme. The following were appointed stewards Messrs Robt. White, Jas. Blytb, H. Dunford, B. ; Coomer, Jas. Davis, W. Binley, Dr Campbell, Wm. Hooper, and Joseph Bsri ; Handicappers, Messrs John Paterson and D. McKenzie; Starter, Mr Chas. Story; Clerk of the Course, Mr, T. Larkham; Judges, Messrs J. M. Ollirier, A. B. Kirk, N. C. Nioholai and Martin Dunn; Secretary, Mr W. R. Upriobard. The sports will be held in the Park, It was rssolvsd

that Messrs Uptiohard ‘ and' Dunford inter view the members of the Temuka Brass Band, and ask'them if they would be willing to join in-getting up a concert, to be held in the Tolunteer Hall the sports evening; Messrs ' Uprichard and Dunford having interviewed ; they were informed that Edmonds and Rutland ; would make all necessary arrangements to'work in concert with the suggestion of the'Lodge. A Baby Show and Qther novelties in the show line will be introducedduring the interval between tHe two parts of the concert. It was resblrp «* that Mr Uprichard , make arrange-; with the Secretary of the Tounteer . Company,’Mr Q-. J. Mason; 'rtf,retaining the. for^Jajjg^night,.• After • a .vote .of, Ihanks^to^the Chairman and Secretary the ieeting ' terminated. '• The Secretary has' ioalready.threjS loupe'to. be competed for;and: ' the, sports hid fair to hr the -most- successful Lodge;: J tsil'-Messtt i.R. Wilkin'. and Co, auctioneers, t Timarui will sell: 27 acres" bush-land' at * ; ®NfMdine. now occupied by Mr .J. 0; '^Whitaker,it their rooms, Timaru, to-day,; J; ,‘Mwsrs j. jMundejl, and Co,;,auctioneers, ■ * CwStdme,' 1 -trill' tiild ft sale of’ ’racing ‘ and ~ stock, at their saleyards,' Gtraldine, to-day. Bntries.ceceired up to. time of sale. Catarrh.,of Jhe Bladder, .stinging irri-. tation, inflammation, nil Kidney and similarWroplaints, cured by ;‘Buchu-paiba.’ Mjbsev Moss arid Co, Sydney, General MriW/S. 'Mftslih, auctioneer',' Geraldine, wilf: jhPW sale; of--, household; furniture on the premises of Mr John Benny, at Geraldine, to-dayl In conjunction' with «* fMundell..and'Gp,..,next, Monday) : 1 iftowucfed Mr'T. Farrell, ho will seli the- ? >wholrf:of this household furniture, effects; and; > itook‘in.trade, of the Bush Inn, Geraldine. ' 1 . Her.bed. wjth such a wm-;.' plication of nUments that. no doctorpould tell what was the 1 matter or cure her; 2 and : Six montlisagol saw an Arperican.fl.ag! , )r , Hop .Bitters on it, end L, thought I. ' a,,fpc|l once moire. 'I tHpd‘i|. : tey folly proved to' fee' wisdom; 1 Twb ties cured her, bhe is now as 'well and as anyman’s wife, and it cost ihw only two dollars.’—H.W., Detroit, Mich.

of Messrs T. and J/ Thomson l of 'TJmaru. It will be seen from the advertisement that they have entered into partnei ship as drapers, hosiers, silk mercers, etc., and commenced business in the ' shop recently erected on the i rum of the place which was burned down . while in the occupation of Messrs Park and Anderson. The shop is fitted up splendidly, and has air the appearance of a first .class establishment. Messrs T. and J. Thomson claim to have made such favorable arrangements for the purchase of goods as will enable .them to sell the best articles at very reasonable rates, They confine themselves entirely to the drapery and hosiery line—they do* not keep any ready-made slothing. We wish, them success in their new undertaking,