LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1183, 8 December 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Concert.— A grand concert in aid of the ‘Tamuka Brass Band fund,” will be given in the Volunteer Hall on Anniversary Day. A first class programme is in preparation. Racing. — We mould remind owners of horses entered for the Titnaru Tradesmen’s Races (to take place on the I7tU Decsmber) that acceptances and colors to be worn by jockeys, must bo in to the Secretary. Mr J. Melton, Timaru, before 9 o’clock to-night.

Masonic Ball. —A grand hall to celebrate the fifth anniversary of St. George’s Lodge of Freemasons, No. 1856, E.C., Temuka, takes place on Tuesday next, 11th December, in the Volunteer Hall. An efilcient bond has been engaged and every arrangement will be made for the comfort of those present.

AIiTjEGBD Wn-ruL Damage. Sometime between Saturday the Ist and Monday the 4lh insts, some evil disposed person opened a . gate on Mr William Hawke’s property near Cooper’s Creek and let two horses and about 400 sheep into (he wheat. The gate wae fastened by three wires well twisted round the gatepost and gate. The damage is esti- , mated at £2O. A reward of £5 is advertised for a conviction of the offender.

Tub Tkiuju'H.—On Wednesday last at high water, the s.s. Waitaki made another attempt to tow the stranded Triumph off, and moved her 1 feet a tern. Proceedings were then stopped for the purpose of procuring more appliances. Latest intelligence states that little hope is entertained of saving the Triumph. She is now almost on her beam ends, and the water is in the second compartment. The ve.-sel is breaking up along the keel.

Obituary —We regret to learn that Mrs Rmvc, until lately Head Mistress in tha Tetnnka Pchoo), died at 4 p.m. yesterday, after a severe illness of some nine months. Mrs Rowe came with her hush aid to T'Mnnlca about nine years ago, and has ever since occupied the position of Head Misties-. She was a zealous, capable and painstaking teacher, and a great favorite •viili (he children. Site whs well liked by ad who knew her, and had a large circle of friends. The funeral leaves her fate icsidence at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Otago Centeal Railway.—Tlio North Otago Times concludes an artie’e on (lie railway returns os follows:—“AltogeMier there is abundant room for improvement in the financial returns of the rolonial railways, and still more abundant room for caution in the inception of new lines and the prosecution of lines already started, but never likely to Amongst (he latter is the Otago Central. And when that darling of the Dunedin stump orator and logroller is finished we shall, we fear, no longer be able to say that the greater part of the annual loss on our railways must be credited to the North Island lines.”

The Outgoing- Mail. The outward mails via Ban Francisco close at the Post Office, Geraldine at 2.30 p.m. to-day, and at Temuka at 3 p.m. The Obabi Beidgb.—We learn that the * recent repairs to the northern approach to ■ o the Orari bridge have been undermined, ren- ; denng it again useless for traffic. Temuka Rifles.— The members of the ' Temuka Rifles will fire for prizes on :■ Thursday next. The hour of firing will . be notified next issue. R.M. Court.— A. first offender was brought up before S. D. Barker, Esq , . J.P., at Temuka, yesterday, and wa? - fined 10s or 24 hours’ imprisonment. School Examination.—The examination of the scholars attending the Geraldine Public School, by Mr Gurr, Acting-Inspector of schools for South Canterbury, will com- . mence on Monday next, in the schoolroom. Annexation.—Mr John London states that the Parliament of Samoa have unanimiously agreed to the petition for annexation with New Zealand, and will forward the petition to the Premier and Parliament of New Zealand. ' Masonic.—The usual monthly meeting of the brethren of Lodge Southern Star, No. 419, 8.0., will be held in the Masonic Hall, Geraldine, on Thursday next, the 13th inst. As business of importance will be brought forward a full attendance of the brethren is requested. The Fire at Matauba.—Steele, who was burned at Mataura on Monday, died on Wednesday morning, after great suffering. He has left a widow and family of fire in straitened circumstances. Steele was formerly a printer and paper-bag maker in a ■mall way in Invercargill. Dissolution of Pabtnkbship.—Messrs Gabites and Plante, drapers and clothiers, Timaru, are dissolving J partnership owing to approaching effluxion of time, and are now holding a monster dissolution sale with a union. The prizes number 280, and consist of watches, sewing machines, pictures, dressing cases,Jetc.. etc. ( Loss of a Yaluablb Hoesk.—A valuable horse belonging to Mr E. Gounihan was r drowned a few days ago in the Orari. The horse was in charge of Mr Lewis and another man, who took him attached to a dray along the river. The horse got into a sand pit, and while Mr Lewis was away getting help to raise, him out of it, the animal worked his way into the river and was drowned when help came. ■ Public Meeting in Geraldine,—A re- ,,‘, quisition, signed by several of the ratepayers , in the Geraldine district, on Thursday last,, having been handed to W. Postlethwaite, Esq. Chairman of the Geraldine Road Board, a , public meeting of ratepayers will be held in the Oddfellows’ Ha)', Geraldine, at half-past 7 p.m, on Saturday the 15th inst. to consider the advisability or otherwise of extending the Orari traffic bridge. Licensing Commissioneks. The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Commissioners for the Geraldine district was -held in the Courthouse yesterday, there being present Mr W, U. Slack (Chairman), Dr Fish and Messrs Tripp and Maslin. The police reported favorably on the various licensed houses in the district. Ee the Bush Hotel, the owner wrote requesting an extension of two months for the completion of additions and alterations, the same being of a more extensive nature than was at first contemplated, An extension of three months was granted.

The Frozen Meat Trade, —The following letter has been received by the German Consul in Dunedin from the Consul in Sydney“ Sydney, Nov. 7,1883. “ Sir,— The increasing importance of the export of fresh meat from Australia to England having been noticed in the agricultural papers of Berlin, His Highness Prince Bismarck is desirous of gaining some information about the development of this industry up to now. In order to make the information which I have been called upon to furnish as complete as possible, I have the honor to request you kindly to favor me with a detailed report on the subject. In particular, I beg you to state minutely the price of the meat in New Zealand, the cdsb of transporting it to England, and eventually Germany, and the cost of the procedure for preserving it.” Accident.—On last Tuesday Mr and Mrs Nicholson, of Waitohi, had a narrow escape from serious injury. They were driving into Temuka in a trap, and in turning round a corner rushed suddenly into a place where the road was being repaired, resulting in the trap being capsized. It appears that a con . tractor is carting the shingle on the road and that a day man belonging to the Temuka Hoad Board is spreading it. The man belonging to the Board had not arrived at the work when Mr Nicholson was coming into town, but the contractor had, and he bad several loads of shingle strewn a'l over the place. Mr Nicholson never saw these until he was in the midst of them witli the result as stated above. The trap was smashed and Mr and Mrs Nicholson were both hurt On arrival in Temuka they consulted Dr Hayes, who attended to their wants. We are glad that their injuries were not serious. Horse Faib.—As will be seen in one of Messrs J. Mundell’s advertisements in the present issue, this enterprising firm intend starting a horse fair at their yards, Geraldine. The principle on which it will be conducted , will be this: —Farmers, breeders of borses and others can, if they choose, dispose of their own horses themselves. If they have not found a purchaser, at a certain hour of the day, they can call an auctioneer to their ■ aid (on payment of an entrance fee of one , T shilling), who will wield the hammer in their interests, and knock them down to the highest bidder. But, on the other hand, if, they do not desire to hi.ve their horses sold ,by public auction they will be at perfact liberty to take them to whence they came. In such a horse breeding district as Geraldine is noted to be, this should bo a great boon to all concerned and no doubt the offer of Messrs J. Monde 1 and Co, will be largely taken advantage of. The Labodb Traffic. —The Captain of the schooner Alfred Viitery, wl o lias ju.-t returned to port from the South Sea Islands, intends, says the Maryborough Chronicle, i “to make a formal complaint to the authorities on a subject which certainly should receive due at ention. It appears that the captain of a labour schooner off Harlow, not being content with the ordinary and fairly legiiimiite mode of persuading boys to recruit on board his vessel, went so far as to place a hundred pounds’ worth of ‘ trade ’ in the hands of a native king, with the understand ing that his vessel should forthwith be tilled to her licensed complement by his snbjecs, ■ It does not require any transcendental power of thought to picture the worthy potentate persuading his perhaps unwilling countrymen to join the ship. In the islands might is right, and it is not possible to imagine a king holding office in thus© quarters for any length of time without a good deal of powers of ‘ persuasion ’ at his back. To bribe a powerful ruler to bully his subjects to recruit in the labour market is a little dodge which can be done very quietly, and therefore, when found out, should be nipped in the bud.”

; Reaping - Machine, Attention is directed; to Messrs Kelsey Bros., advertisment re 1 “ Johnston String Binder,” which appears in another column. It is alleged that great improvements have been effected in tin's machine, and that it gained first prize against 35 competitors at tha Paris exhibition. We refer our readers to the advertisement which appears in another column from which full particulars can be obtained.

Supreme Court Sittings:—The following sittings of the Supreme Court have been gazetted Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, will be held at the Courthouse, Timaru, to commence on the following days, at H a.m—Tuesda}', 2nd June, Tuesday, 9th December. Business in Chambers may be disposed of in the course of these sittings on such days and at such hours as the Judge may appoint. If any of the days above appointed for the sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence only after the day so appointed. The Unemployed.—A meeting of about 100 of the unemployed was held in Christchurch on Thursday last and a petition presented to His Worship the Mayor. One of the speakers protested against immigration ‘which was only kept up for the purpose of bringing wages down,’ to which all assented. When the petition was being presented to the Mayor one of the men remarked that the weather bad been against haymaking, and there was nob much gardening being done, gardeners preferring to prepare their own ground. Work must be provided for the men with families, or else plundering would have to be resorted to, to obtain food. The men would then get sent to Addington, and the Government would be compelled to maintain the families. He had been ten years in the colony and never saw fhe place in such a bad state. The Mayor hoped that before they went to plundering they would seek assistance from the Charitable Aid Board. The “unemployed ” at Dunediu have been taken on by the Government at 6s per day, and the Christchurch unemployed want to be treated in a similar manner. Mr L. Buss, Temnka, has a second-hand spring cart for sale, cheap. Messrs Maslin and Sherratt invite tenders for the erection of auction rooms in Temuka (labour only). Messrs T. and J. Thomson, drapers and silk mercers, Timaru, have just opened up a choice assortment of new goods. Particulars in advertisement. Catarrh of the Bladder, stinging irri tation, inflammation, all Kidney and similar complaints, cured by ‘ Buchu-paiba,’ Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents. 3 Mr 3L F. Gray will hold a sale of the privileges of the sports, in connection with the 1.0.0. F., on Boxing day, at his rooms next Friday. He has a 5-roomed house at Winchester to let. Doctors Gave Him Up. -“Is it possible that Mr Godfrey is up and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy ?” “ I assure you it is true that he is entirely cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters, and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and said he must die.” “ Well-a-iay ! If that is so I will go this minute and get some for my poor George. 1 know hops are good.” Read.—[Advt]