LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1181, 1 December 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mbs Hampson.— Mrs Sampson is agai in New Zealand, and lays the : foundation stone of the Saltation barracks, Auckland, on lues day next.

Tub Timaett Maiobalty.— Mr John Jackson on Thursday was declared duly elected as Mayor of Timara. This will be his second year of office, i Vital Statistics. —The following hare in the Geraldine district for the month ended November 30th, 1883—Births 10, Marriages 2, Deaths 3. Foot-and-Motjth Diabase.— Says the European Mail The sad 'effects of the foot-and-mouth disease are being found all over the country—first in the losses which the farmers sustain, and next, in consequence of the high price of meat. Indeed, were it not for the imported article meat would be at famine prices.

■ Legal Chaegbs,—- Considerable amusement (says ths Press) was caused on Thursday at the meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board by the Chairman reading the following extracts from the bill of costs in a case in which the Board were concerned—“ Perusing telegram appointing to meet me, 6s 8d ; pre paring telegram in reply that I would meet as proposed lls 8d; paid Is.”

Thb Disease Among thb Rabbits. —The following telegram has been received by Chief Inspector Johnson of the Babbit Department, from the ■ Inspector at the Lake Country Disease decidedly tuberculosis. Dr. Douglas examined one rabbit and found the liver and lungs badly affected. Ten shot last week were all affected. Numbers are still dying, but the disease is confined to one locality,”

Fatai. Accident at Ltttblton.—Between four and five (o’clock on Thursday afternoon an accident occurred at Lyttelton, by which a man named Benjamin Gregory lost his life and H. Ryder, a fellow workman had his leg broken. The men were at pick and shovel work on J. Stinson’s contract for forming a road from Nor wick Quay down to the site of the proposed steamers’ whaif near Peacock’s Jetty. Gregory was digging underneath the rock undermining it so as to bring down a fall of earth when a solid block of the stuff fully a ton weight, suddenly gave way, and falling upon him crushed: him to death. Ryder, who was working near him, was also struck, and one of his legs was broken. T. Newton, one of the' workmen, had a few minutes previously cautioned Gregory to be careful, and from an examination of the ground at the back of the fatal slip, distinct traces of water were to be seen, the face being quite wet. Gregory i» a resident of Christchurch, said (o be a married man, and ap- , peared to be about fifty years of age. His body was taken to the morgue. Dr. H. Macdonald was on the scene of the accident a moment after it happened, and had the injured man Ryder taken to 1 bis home which is in Lyttleton. Another of the workmen was .reported to hare been hurt earlier in the day by a fall of earth at this same piece of ground.—Press. 1 . ,

J R. M. Coubt, Gebaldine.-Tlio usual sitting of this Court was held on Thursday last, when a few cases were disposed of by < the Resident Magistrate, H. C. Baddely, Esq*,, The December sitting will not be he d as it \> falls within the Christmas holidays, and 11 accordingly it will not take place of January next. V Anothbe Comet.—The Queenstown cor- j respondent of the Star telegraphed on Wednesday— “At two o’clock this morning ■ comet, nearly due south, was seen in the heavens. At' 2.5. p. m. to-day a lurid mail shot through the sky, and was followed by a loud rumbling noise as of an explosion. Its direction was N.B. to S.E.” Wellington Cits Council.— Timaru residents seem to be in favor at present in the Empire City. Recently Dr Hammond waj appointed Resident Surgeon of the Wellif-tmi Hospital against a host of compete now the City Council, having a lawyer as Town Clerk, hate given Mr T. n. | Martin, of Timaru, the latter position. I Bishop Luck. Bishop Luck at, a meeting ; 1 of St. Patrick’s Parishioners at Auckland oaS Tuesday night, stated that he intended visitingfl Rome and returning vrithA number of priestsll It was not bis intention to give them like Bishop Croke, but to return with inH creased reinforcements. ;He could eay iH honestly and : sincerely; ahd'while he had hfafl and health hu services W6ul<3 be given to the I diocese. f ,,. Jf!l , Txmasu High School ElectioJK— The I •lection of the members .to,, be represent the' Borough of Timaru on the Timaru High School Board took place'> on Wednesday lait, Yen Archdeacon Harper and Dr Loregroye being the successful candidates. Mr . Plants, the third candidate, ! was beaten by 44 votes, Dr Lovegrovo polling 145 votes, and Mr Plante 107. Mr Manchester was reelected by the Waiinat? County Council to represent the. Council on the Board.

1.0.0.F.—0n Tuesday evening last the usual fortnightly meetibg of the brethren of the Gladstone Lodge, 1.0.0. F., was held in the school 'Fairlie Creek, there being a. good attendance, Bro. C. Pye, N.G., presiding. The minutes of thb previous meeting were read and confirmed. A Degree meeting was then held, when between' twenty and thirty brethren received the first, second and third degrees, 1 which were conferred on them by D.D.G.M, Bro, of Geraldine The ceremony tpolJa considerable time, and at its conclusion the Lodgaj iras closed in due form by the Diatrifl Deputy Grandj Bro. G.'-Ward. I The Gekaldinb County,' Council.-jH gave a portion of the proceedings of day’s meeting of the; Geraldine County Council, in cur last issue.; .After the resolution in reference to irrigation had been passed, /Mr Talbot drew the attention of the Council to the damage done to the new part of the Opihi bridge by the late floods, and moved —" That application be made under clause. 35 of the Boads and Bridges Constructs® Act for three-fourths of; the cost of damage done to the Opihi bridge by the floods, and that Mr Meason be prepare the requisite plans, etc.” He eitimH ted the cost of the repairs at £SOO. Mr Sherratt strongly objected and a long argutook place, but the resolution was uffchnately carried, Mr Sherratt,concluded by warning the Council that,the proposal would lead to a further severance of the Council, and as soon as he got home hp would take steps to have a public meeting called for the purpose. The meeting then terminatsd..

1 Thb Pit ice of Bread in Timabtt.— There has been quite a little excitement in Tiniaru among the householders, on account of a combined attempt of the bakers to rise the price of bread to 7d the 4!b loaf. Correspondents hare deluged the newspapers ’ with letters crying out at the injustice, and the bakers have also tied their say, one of them alleging that as they were compelled to give very long credit, and frequently never got paid at al’, for their bread, they were justified in charging the higher price. He also took up the plea that bakers have a ‘ right to charge what they liked.’ Of course they have. Co operative bakeries, and various o'her remedies were discussed, but nothing was done. Luckily for the people of Timaru a split had occurred in the camp of the bakers, and the price will remain as heretofore, 6d; The following advertisements, copied froni a Timaru paper, are forcible and explanatoiV, We have, for obvious reasons, omitted tli\ names" Notice to the public of Timannl This is to notify that I intend to sell pj bread at the old rate, viz., sixpence per 41l loaf cash. Mv name did not appear in tlfl first insertion of the advertisement notifyitip the rise in price, and it was entirely again®],/ my wish that it appeared at all. Trustr that the public will appreciate the stand have taken. —I am, etc, ——This is th reply of the other bakers “ Notice to the public. We the undersigned bakers of Timaru beg to contradict the advertisement of Mr /appearing in the South Canterbury Times re signing his name to the list. We held a meeting last Saturday, when all the bakers signed the paper (\Tr —— included), with the exception of Mr I) , who was absent. We beg to state Mr —— was the man who took it (o Mr D for bis signature. The reason Mr ’a name did not appear in Monday’s issue was owing to the Secretary mislaying the list of signatures, and having to copy the list from memory, overlooking Mr -—’s name until Tuesday, when it appeared. We also beg to state that Mr 's name was third cm the subscription list towards defraying the expenses of advertising. Just to show what sort of a man Mr - is, we also state he offered us a room on his premisesJjk i save expense of holding meetings in hotels: Trusting the public will appreciate the actions of‘Honorable Men,’,'in preference to a man who has proved himself to tell most infamous falsehoods, we conclude by stating that our price will be the same as usual.” Hare follows • list of* tii* 11 disappointed,”

Doubtless more will be heard of this matter, for it is decidedly hard at present on the wandering “lamb.” Separation prom the Cottntt.— Great dissatisfaction exists in Geraldine at the recent action of the Geraldine County Council, and last evening a meeting was privately convened in the Road Board Office to take into consideration the advisability of separating from the County, and forming a new one, embracing Mount Peel and Geraldine districts. A full report will appear in our next issue.

A harmonium is for sale, apply at McClelland’s cottage, Geraldine. Tenders for tying and stocking 70 acre* rye grass for Mr W. Budd, Winchester close to-day. Tenders for ploughing section 8890, on the Geraldine Downs, for L. Walker, Esq., will be opened to day. Wood, Sband and Co., announce that Mr Moss Jonas, of Timaru, is the agent for the M Wood” Binder and Bundle Carrier. ;

Messrs Mundell and Co., Geraldine, publish the entries received up to the present for their monthly stock sale next Wednesday. Mr Wm. Rt. Uprichard, Commission Agent, Temuka, invites tenders for the loan of £2OO for five years, on first-clais security, Messrs Henry and Findlay, Temuka, announce that they have one of the new Deering Twine Binders on view at their yard, and are now taking orders.

Mr K. F. Gray will hold a sale of house- ; hold furniture at Winchester, next Thursday (immediately after the fair), on the pre- , mises of W. A. Murray, Esq. The Temuka Road Board invite tenders for several works. They also invite applications for the office of Inspector of Nuisances ' for the town and district of Temuka. ■

Meetings of the creditors of John Cunnard and T. B. Sheen, will be held in the, E.M. Courthouse, Temuka, on Tuesday next, to consider the debtors’ intended applications for Orders of discharge. Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., will hold their usual weekly of draught and light horses; harness, etc, etc, at their yards, Timaru, today. On Monday next, at Washdyke yards, they will sell fat and store cattle, etc, etc, Flies and bugs, beetles, insects, roaches, Ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jackrabbits, cleared out by ‘Rough on Rats.’ Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents 3 Feels Young Again. —“My mother was afflicted a long time with neuralgia and a dull, heavy, inactive condition of the whole system, headache, j nervous Srostration, and was almost helpless. To physicians or medicines did her any good. Three months ago she began to use Hop Bitters, with such good; effect that she seems and feels young again, although over seventy years old.” —A Ladyinß.l Look up—[Advt.]