LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1171, 8 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Votb o? Thaks;s.—At a meeting of the vestry of St. Saviour's Churob, Teinuka, the following resolution was passed :—' That a cordial rote of thanks be . passed to Mr P Coira for kind supply of refreshments at the late concert.'

THI Pbobbbti Tax.—The Property Tax Commissioner notifies that Property Tax payable for the year commencing Ist April 1883 will be payable on the Ist day of .December next. Particulars will be found in the advertisement.

Biethday Ball. —To-morrow evening the annual birthday ball will be held in the Odd-, fellow's Hall, Geraldine. As the wind-up of a general holiday it should prore a success* especially as great efforts hare been made in this direction, an efficient Band and M.C. haying been engaged-

The Chabob agaiitbtCbombib Bbowv.— Crombie Crown, journalist, who was arrested last week on a charge cf obtaining £2 by false pretences from Joseph Blackley, Hobart, was brought up at the Melbourne City Court on October 30th, and again remanded for fifteen days, as it was stated there were several other similar charges pending. , 'R.M.' Watt at Atjtbaic.—Mr Watt, ; R.M., held au 1 , impromptu Court at Outram on Saturday under amusing < circumstances. Two men turned out of an hotel indulged in some rowdy behaviour. Eventually one ran away, and Mr Watt, who had been standing quietly by, rolling a cigarette, stepped up to the other and there and then fined him 20s, or in default three days. The local constable .collected the fine. : Pidbsxbi anism.—The Press .states that the articles for a match between Edwards and O'Connor for fifty miles, ; to take place in the Drill Shed, Christchurch," on Saturday next, were signed last Monday night, and the first deposit of £lO a-Bide paid to Mr R. Richardson, the stake-holder: .The match will start at 1.30 p.m., and fiuish between 10 and 11 p.m. on the same evening. The final deposit will be made on Friday next,

Cbickkt Match.—The match between the Geraldine and Ashburton Borough Cricket Clubs will come off to-morrow'on the] ground of the former. Wickets will be pitched at 10 a.m. Owing to the local members not jtßrning 'up for practice the players on behalf of the Club had not up to a late hour last evening been chosen. We understand that Mr B° H Pearpoint will captain the teamShould the weather prove favorable a large gathering of our cricketing friends may be expected.

Competitith Piaks. —We hare been favored with an inspection of the competitive plana prepared by Mr Upton for a new Town Hall to be built in Brisbane. The Town Hall is to cost £40,000 and £2OO has been effered for the best plan, and £IOO for the second best plan of it. Mr Upton intends to compete for the prize, and it was with this view that he prepared his plan. The work does infinite credit to Mr Upton. The plans are admirably drawn, and the whole arrangement of, the building appears to us to be splendidly designed. We trust that Mr Upton will be successful.

Nabbow Escape,—A child-belonging to Mr Garland, of the Arovrhenua Hotel, had a narrow escape from drowning a few day* ago. It fell into the river, and wat rescued by its mother just in time to save its life. Dr Hayes happened to be driving by at the time, and on noticing the accident rushed at once to render assistance, and arrived immediately after the child had been taken out of the watir, He caught it in his arms aad rushed with it across to the hotel, where he took the necessary steps to expidite its recovery. The child recovered soon, but had the doctor not been on the spot it is doubtful whether it would hare survived tte accident. Rbobgaitjihtg otra Civil Sibvioi.—The correspondent of the Press writes.:—'l hear that very ; decided progress is being made, although in a peculiar quiet manner, with the work of devising a scheme for the reorganisation and classificatioa of the Civil Service, At present there are preat complaints of the uncertainty of promotion by merit, and of the predominance under all Ministries of personal or political backstairs influence in securing the best things in the service. I understand that one of the features of the new scheme will be a careful provision for regular promotion and classification, according to desserts, ■o that the best men may have a motive for exertion, and not hare reason lo upprehend seeing the long-sought'prizes when apparently within their grasp clutched by some outsiders who may happen to have friends at Court.' Fijian Hobbobs.—By the Penguin, frpm Fiji, the following items of Fiji news have been received:—The schooner Energy, at Levuka, reports having been ia the islands as far as the Banks' Group. On arriving at Apia, one of the stations which belong to the owners of the schooner, it was found that a trader at the station named Edward McEwan, had been shot the day before. The coatt tribe say that a bushman fired, killing their chief, and afterwards McEwan. In going north towards the Banks Group, the Energy touched at Achau, when she heard that a Frenchman, Matthew Ferries, had been tomahawked in a small eutter belonging to the Company for which the Energy trades. He was killed while buying nuts. A Ma]licola boy and one Lifou boy swam ashore, and eventually saved the cutter, although she had been completely looted- At Rewa a filterer named Arohibald Wilson, in the employ of the Colonial Sugar Company was brutally murdered by some person or persons unknown. Captain A. J. Xustel, a gentloman of Samoa, bought a vessel named the Vavau, and after it had been repaired Captain Kustel told his friends on shore he was going out in order to test her sailing capabilities, and said she would return in two days, but nothing has since been heaid of the vessel, although some months have elapsed since she left Samoa for her two days' cruise. There is very little room for doubt as to the fate of the vessel and all on board. , ~

Thb Wbatheb.—According to all appearances winter has not left us yet, for on Tuesday morning last there was a pretty sharp frost experienced. The eold nights and cutting winds are telling forcibly against the ; growth of the young grass and'the crops in the district. Mrs N. Dunlopi Geraldine, requires a general servant. ■ Mr John Thatcher, of Orari Flat, Woodbury, has 160 acres land, situate, near WoodWry, td"letfforoijecrop"of wheat.*" Walter Langdon, of, Orari, wheelwright, has filed a declaration of insolvency. Mr A Ormsby, of Timara, is his solioitor.;— ; Messrs Bawson and Worrier announce that they have dissolved partnership ao butchers, at Geraldine, and the business will in future be carried on by Mr Lawaon.: Not a Bbveraqe,—Thsy [are not a beverage, but. a medicine, with .caralive properties, of the highest degree, containing no poisonous drugs, They, do dot tear down an already debilitated:system, but build it up. One bottle contain! more real hop strength than a barrel of ordinary beer;' Physicians prescribe them — Bochestet Evening Ezprets, «n Bop Bitten, Read.