LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1162, 18 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Baud. A ball takes place to-morrow night in the Woodbury schoolroom in aid of the children's prize fund. Mount Peel Road Boabd .—The monthly meeting of this Board takes place tomorrow. Tenders for works must be in before 10 a.m, Ikwabd San Feancisco Mail. The Temuka and Geraldino portion of tho San Francisco mail may be expected down on Friday. Racing. We learn that Mr R. H. Pearpoint's entire horse Jangler is nominated for the Geraldine Racing Club's Sires Produce Stakes, 1887. Coaches to Hilton.—Messrs J. Mundeil and Co, announce thai; on and after the 29fch October next they will run a coach from the Hilton Hotel to the Temuka Railway Station. 1.0.Q-.T. —The members of the Welcome Retreat Lodge, No. 44 1.0.Q-.T., G-eraldine, are requested to assemble at tho scheolhouse at half-past one p.m. to-day, to attend the funeral of their late Sister E. A. Newport. The Late Mbs L. Newport.—A notification in another column summonses the brethren of the Loyal No. 19, 1.0.0. F., to meet in their hall, Geraldine, at 1 p.m. this day, for the purpose of attending the funeral of Bro. L. Newport's deceased wife. White gloves. The funeral will leave her late residence, main road, Geraldino, at 2 p.m. to-day for the cemetery. A Waste of Time.—ln Christchureb. the other day one member of the legal profession applied for an order to examine a certain witness, who it was alleged would not go before the trustee. The application was stoutly resisted by a second legal gentleman. After three quarters of an hour of argument, His Honor decided to grant the application. ' Oh, well,' said the opposing counsel,' you can examine her ; she is stone

deaf, and can neither read nor write, so that the examination will have to be carried on by lip signs.' Bom.—On Tuesday morning last a team of horses, belonging to Mr Elkis, bolted away from Thomson's shop, Temuka and cleared up the street. Mr Elkis was in the dray at the time, but owing to baring no reins on the leader was unable to stop the horses. They continued their journey through the street by Mr Gray's auction room around Mr Blyth's corner and up the street, turning the corner at Mr Dyson's and along the cross street to the main road, where they were stopped by Mr J. W. Velvin. Mr Elkis remained in the dray all the time, and directed them as well as he could. No damage was sustained. Accidents—A Napier telegram states that during the storm of Saturday a trolly with two men was blown oyer an embank ment on the railway, and a coach was upset on Petane Beach, but no one was seriously injured.—A man named Bands was killed on Petane Hill on Saturday night by hi* team and dray going over the side of a precipice. —On Monday evening a little girl named Kirk, a daughter of a platelayer on the line, was run over by a railway train at Puketapu.— A man named Shaw was killed at Henderson, Auckland, on Tuesday, by a car falling on hj m .—Williim "Watt, a bushman, fell over the Coromandel wharf, Auckland, last Tuesday night at dusk, and was drowned. —On the Oxford-Sheffield, Canterbury, line on Tuesday, while about 60 men rscently taken on from the ranks of the unemployed were loading ballast near the Waimakairiri river, the train while being shunted suddenly stopped, throwing several men off. One of these, whose name was not. ascertained, fell under the wheels, which passed over his head and neck, crushing the lower jaw and frncturing the vertebrae. Deal h was instan taneous. Another named Edward Drink well had his left thigh frastured and eustained other injuries.

N.Z. Wheat.—London advices states that it is considered probable that the price or wheat will continue low. Recent shipments from New Zealand have become heated during the voyage, and grain has sprouted. Assaulting a Salvation Captain.—At the Christchurch Magistrate's Court on Monday James Forward and William Handrell were fined £2 each each for assaulting ' Captain' Edwards, of the Salvation Army, by throwing rotten eggs at him during an open-air service in Manchester street. Thb Timabu Embezzlement Case.—After hearing the evidence m the cases of embezzlement preferred against Frederick Charles Bourdon by the New Zealand Grain Agency Company, the Bench decided to commit the accused for trial on both charges, fixing the bail pirsonally at £3OO, and two sureties of £l5O each. Accident.—A party of 'ladies' from Timaru paid Temuka a visit yesterday, the party being contained in a single-seated buggy hired probably from one of the too confiding stablekeepers in that town. Just before entering the railway gates, coming from the direction of the Temuka Cemetery to the town, the frail driver, from excitement or eome other cause, ran into a dray. No one was hurt but the buggy was seriously damaged. Thb Proposed Borough. —We learn from a telegram received from Wellington that Temuka was not proclaimed a borough yesterday, owing to the opposition offered it. There is a rumor afloat also that the promoters of the counter petition have received a letter from .Wellington, pointing out that the first paragraph in their petition was untrue—exactly what we told theui a short time ago. Under these circumstances we cannot conjecture what will happen, only that we believe it will end m the town being eventually proclaimed a borough. Concert.—»A concert to augment the funds of the Temuka Presbyterian Church choir takes place in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, to-morrow evening. The first part will consist of a service of song, 'Jessica's First Prayer,' a very nice piece, indeed. The connective readings will bo given by the Eev D. Gordon, and the soloiste will be Miss I, Marshall. The second part will consist of miscellaneous music. The organise is Miss Blyth and the conductor Mr J. H. Edmonds. A pleasant evening's entertainment may be looked forward to. Distinguished Visitob.—His Excellency Baron Hiibner, the Austrian Ambassador, who arrived at Invercargill per the Wairarapa on Monday morning, was conveyed to Kingston by special train in three and a half hours. The steamer had been detained at Kingston, and the Baron proceeded to Queenstown. He is unattened save by a valet. The Baron speaks English well, and took a lively interest in the ; country he passed through. His stay ia the colony is limited to a mouth. He was accompanied by Mr Kingsland, Mayor of Invercargill, and Mr Fitz-Jackson, His Excellency the Governor's representative. The Baron went to the head of the lake on Tuesday and thence to Kingston en route to Dansdin. : Mb Redmond in Wellington.—-A number of the Irish residents of Wellington city and the surrounding districts waited on M r J. E. Eedmond, M.P., on Monday morning to welcome him and present him with addresses. Mr Redmond replied in appropriate terms. He did not consider the expressions contained in the addresses as tendered so much to himself as to the cause of which he was the advocate. He remarked there had been many unscrupulous calumnies heaped on him in other places, and that sometimes by persons who knew very little about his platform. He hoped the citizens of Welling l ton would come to the lectures which he proposed delivering there, and show the manliness of their English character, which was not to condemn a man before he was heard. He would assure them that they would hear nothing from him that they could take exception to; that the cause of the Irish National League was perfectly constitutional, and the arguments used in support of that cause were in every sense reasonable and constitutional. Mr Eedmond lectures at the Theatre Royal, Timaru, on'Homeßnle for Ireland,' on Saturday next.

Mr R. H Pearpoint, Goraldine, has for sale full sized and three quarter best Calcutta woolpacks, etc. 'Buchu-Paiba.'—Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. Druggists. Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents. ' 2 MrK. 1?. Gray, auctioneer, Temuka, will sell a bay mare (seized under distraint for rent) near the Temuka Post Office corner to-morrow, if the claim id not previously settled. The sale takes place at 11 o'ciock. At 2 o'clock, at his salerooms, he will sell. (under bill of sale, if the case is not settled), a butcher's plant, consisting of trap, horse, harness, sausage machine, etc, etc Attention is directed to Mr H. 1. Clinch's advertisement, which appears in another column. Mr Clinch announces that he has a splendid selection of clothing materials, and anyone who inspects his stock will agree that, this statement i» true. We can add to this that we have found out from actual experience that clothing can be obtained from Mr Clinch at least 5 per cent under the cheapest house in Timaru, and consequently wo re commend persons requiring clothes to examine his slock and ascerlain his prices before making purchases elsewhere. They will find that to do so will be to their advantage. Air Clinch is one of our enterprising young citizens, and deserving of support. He has countenanced every industry that ha* been set on foot by investing his money in shares, and the man who does that deserves support. We hope that he will get ifc. and judging from the way in which his business has increased since he commenced, we must say that it appears to us be has sesured a large amount of patronage. A Lovely Ohaplet—A late fashion report says : " Nothing cao be prettier than a chaplet of hop vines in blossom." A recent medical review says: " Nothing can be a batter renovator of the health than Hop Bitters. They aid in all the operations of nature ; toning up the weak stomach, assisting the food to become properly assimilated, and promote healthy action in all the organs. The dictates of fashion, as well as the laws ot* health, alike favour a right applications of hops." liead.