LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1175, 17 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Camp Meeting. A camp meeting in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church will be held at.lemuka to-morrow. ~ The Native MiNiSTEB.—The Hon J Bryce has left for Waikato in order to,arrange; for a settlement of affairs in the Xing country.

Vitai Statistics.—The Vital Statistics for the principal towns and boroughs in th o colony for the month of October are 562 birth, and 200 deaths. / '.-.,. .; ••; A ToTAtisATOB GASE.-f-For running a a totalisator atDunedinon the] Melbourne. Cup a man named Barnett was fined £SO and costs and thirteen others 20s and costs. Q-EBAMINB, COITNTI COUNCIL ELBOrION. Nominations of candidates for the seat, acatedby MrC G Tripp for the .Mount Peel riding must be made with the Acting Return!ng Officer,. Mr R Irvine,;before noon on Monday next. The poll, if necessary, will take place on the 26th. /

Altebation of Roads. The Temuka Road Board announces that ib iis proposed to stop a road running through R S 6384 on the Arowhenua property near'Temuka, and to take in exchange therefor a road running, through the same section. A plan of the*-' proposed alternation can be seen at the; Board's office. i ' ' i; l Woopyhab'B Cibcus.—We would remind our readers that Woodyear's Electric Circus will appear in Geraldme to night j and in Temuka next Monday. The Company forming the cirsus is entirely new, and the artists in their special lines cannot be surpassed. They f appear for one night only in each place, and doubtless will do good business.

;>< Mb StriTEß at Pleasant Point.—Mr J H Sutter, M H.R. for Gladstone, addressed his constituents at Pleasant. Point last Wednesday, and was well received.' About 70 electors were, present. At the conclusion of his address, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to him for his address and explanation of his conduct in the House. Miineb Stephen.—Another visit from the ' healer,' Mr G M Stephen, may be looked forward to shortly, says the New Zealand Times. According to advices received by a Wellington lady, the. other day from; Mrs Stephen, her husband and self are at present at Brisbane, and doing well there.; Mr Stephen's power has increased rather than diminish»d. They purpose leaving Sydney for New Zealand by the 'Frisco mail steamer on the 20th inst, and will work their way south from Auckland, as they did at their lait visit. '■■,/■■ i.'' The WjAtheb.—On Thursday morning last the weather generally/became brighter, and about 2 p.m. the sun shone forth in all its brilliancy .but heavy clouds shortly after oume up over the hills and another thuuderstorm was experienced, accompanied with heavy rain, which continued till night. The grass and young crops have been benefitted by the rain of the past three or four days and are looking quite fresh and green. Some warm weather is now required to further their growth'.

The Nbw BANKBUPTcr Act.—At a meeting of the Cabinet, on Wednesday, it was . decided to recommend to His Excellency the Governor the names of four gentleman for appointment as official assignees under the new Bankruptcy Act. The gentleman are : For Auckland, Mr John Lawson, formerly connected with Brogden and Son, and for a time , Commissioner for the North: Island Eailwaya; for Wellington, Mr 0 C G-raham, at present Town Clerk; for Christchurch, Mr E C Latter, a well known resident,; for Dunedin, Mr James Ashcroft, until recently editor ofthe:Q,tago Daily Times. The appointments will be gazetted as soon as His Excellency has given his assent. > ''

Distsiot Court, Timabtj.—At the above Court, yesterday, before His Honor Judge Hardcastle orders of diicbarge from bankruptcy were pranted W. Hendersonv J. Worthiugton. The case of C. J. Foster vJ. Mundell was adjourned by consent. Cricket Match.—The annual match between the Otaio and Geraldine teams will take place to-day on the grounds of the latter.' The "uames of the players on the Geraldine side will be selected from the names published in our last issue, I Wickets .wjll.be pitched.at 10j3ila.m.

'■[• :A. Peomtable: Hoesb.—-A widgnt of Temuka some time ago bought a horse out of the Pleasant Point Pound for £llos. Ho sold'hini subsequently 1 at' a 'reasonable price to another man; who sold him' to one'who exhibited the horse at. the Timaru show and got first prize for the best cob on the ground. This, of course, added value to thelhqrie and he was again sold and taken to Christ'church, where, he again, took 'first prhw. His Excellency tlie Governor' took'a'fancy to the horse, offered £4O for him, and of course got him. A Temuka horse has thus got into the yioe-regal stables, -■ "* " A Lazy Woman.—Mrs Brookes, who lost her husband and two sons by a boat accident some two oY three yearsjback, andwhb was subsequently assisted by the "bharitab'le institutions at Dunedin and and her passage paid Home—is returning,,tp the colony. The London Charity ■' ; Organisation Committee write to- the Wellington lent Institution stating that her late husband's friends have got tired of tar, and that she has exhausted all charitable sources. As she refuses'' to work they thought the ; best of getting rid of her Was to pay her passage back to the colony, which has" been in • the steamer Yictory. The local .Committee will refuse ta assist her on her arrival. .

ABOWHBNUAf CbMBTBBY BoABD. Thfl ordinary monthly meeting of the Arowhenua Cemetery Board took place at the Star Hotel, Tdmuka, : on' Tuesdayafterybn last, 'Present—Messrs E f F'Gray '(Chairman), J Blyth, J T M Hajtiiirst, J Me'yers| J Brown, and MiQUinn. The minutes.of'the previous meeting wore read and confirmed. Accounts to the 'amount of £l3 9s we're passed for payment. The By-law Committee' reported that they had drafted a set of rules in accordance with a resolution pasted at the previous, meeting. A copy of the same having beenr-

submitted for approval,! it \ was rrosplved—'That the rules be, adopted; and advertised in the local papers.' Mr Harrison?<jinterviewed the Board relative : his child's grave dressed. The work'waa ordered to be done,, -It ' That all trees blighted be dug put by the roots.'. The meeting then adjourned. ''"'",' '" ' '"'"' TEICUKA BtTTTBB AND CHEESE FACTOBT,—A meeting of ;the Directors ;or>this Oflmpany was held in the Wallingford Hotel, on

Thursday evening, Mr Gray' hv the chair. Accounts amounting to £IBO 9s 7d were passed for payment, One tender was received for the paddock and whey,, but the amount was deemed insufficient, and the Secretary was instructed to treat privately iwith any) persons wishing to have, fit. A larger number of cheese hoops being required, it was decided to procure; twenty of a size suitable for making, cheeses of -201 bi weight. It being decided to pay for the; milk every month, the Secretary received instructions to attend at the factory on the third morning in each month, from Bto 9 o'clock, for that purpose. Messrs Austin and 3?aie'risQn were appointed to have ilic factory paddock fence rendered pig proof and the dnch\ deepened. The meeting then terminated. We believe that a ton of cheese has now been manufactured. '-The milk supplied to the factory is now. nearly 400 gallons: daily, and with the increase of grass consequent upon the present propitious weather should soon reach from iooto ,600 gallons, A "Fjohtabse Man.—A gentleman from the Rarigitata district, rejoicing in the name of John Kelly, broke the monotony of th» usual quietude of the township of Temuka yesterday afternoon, Mr Kelly has not yet joiied the Blue Ribbon Army, and y»sterday afterwards toqk the idea into his head! that it would be a very good tiling to give Mr Mendelson a thrashing. He rode ,up on horseback and met Mr Mendelson in front of his shop. The latter, owing to the language used, came; to the conclusion that Mr Kelly entertained belligerent intentions, and so here* tired behind the barricades of his own shop. Mr Kelly-carried the war into enemy's country, following him into the shop, but one of Mr 'Mendelson's customers coming in to be to'nsorially operated upon, he intimated his intention of waiting until Mr Mendelson could find it convenient to carryon the battler He waited while the opera'ion Was going on, doing no more than giving an Occasional' dig in the ribs ,; ; to Mr [Mendelson and : his' customer. Np'isooner had the pustoraer leftjthe room than hostili* ties were renewed. He 'went' for Mr Mendelson straight, but no doubt he regrets it by this time; for he soon found himself liors de combat on the floor, All is fair in lore and war. Mr Mendelson followed up the advantage, and kept him there,''with the assistance of his wife, until his daughter succeeded in inducing a constable to present himself on the scene. Mr Kelly was Been in company with the constable afterwards going down the street, and it is supposep; he accepted his invitation to spend last, pight in the Government House of Temuka. He will be introduced to our Justices of .the Peace in Temuka to-day. i