LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1135, 5 February 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Inteeesting to Faembes. —To-day wo publish the first of a senes of articles on Agricultural Chemistry—a science which every farmer ought to know something about. The articles will be so written that every one can understand them. We should advise farmers to read them carefully and to keep the papers in which they appear. They may be sure that the writer of these articles knows thoroughly what he is talking about, and that anything he says is worth studying. A Trades Papeb.—A trades organ, entitled Labor, has appeared at Auckland. It is a weekly, and the price twopence. Tbmuka Road Boabd. — The monthly meeting of this Board takes place to-day. A public meeting of the ratepayers re the closing of a road takes place at noon. Incobeect. —The statement that has been published to the effect that the contractors for the Danevirk railway works had levanted is incorrect. Resident Magxsteate’s Court, Temuri. —There was no Court held in Temuka yesterday. The Resident Magistrate did not put in an appearance, and if he had there was nothing for him to do, as all the cases were settled out of Court. Monthly Stock Sale. —Messrs J. Mundell and Co, auctioneers, Geraldine, will hold their monthly sale of stock, etc, at their yards, Geraldine, to-morrow. The entries to date are given elseere, and more will be received to hour of sale.

Mr G. A. Sala. — Mr K. S. Smythe, tha well known entrepreneur, has made arrangements with Mr George Augustus Sala for a lecturing tour in Australia. He will arrive m Melbourne in April, 18S5, and intends to do the trip in a year from home to home. Professor Sample. Professor Sample gave an exhibition of horse training in the Exhibition Bui dings, Melbourne, on January 28th, for the benefit of h cal charities. It was very largely attended, and it is expected that £7fo to £BOO will be available for dis* tribut'on.

A Neglected Road. —A correspondent has written to ua complaining of the slate of the road leading from Temuka to Mr John Pa'arson's. It is covered with a luxurious growth of Scotch thistles, and certainly needs attention—much more so than some of the roads recently cleared.

Choir Picnic. —The annual choir picnic in connection with Sb Mary’s Anglican Church was held yesterday at Mr Slack’s, Pleasant Valley. The party thoroughly enjoyed themselves and returned to Timaru in the evening. It was originally intended to hold their pionic on Saturday but it was postponed as above. Fatal Accident. —About seven o’clock on Saturday evening Mr Thomas Ballantyne, when driving home to his farm on Ilam road, Ricearton, from Christchurch, was thrown from his waggonette through his horse bolting. Dr Nedwill was at once sent for, and on his arrival pronounced that probably death was instantaneous, as the neck appeared to have been broken by the fall. Property Tax in New South Wales.— The property tax proposed by the Treasurer will be framed on the lines of the New Zealand tax, to include property of all kinds, real, personal,lands, houses, mortgages,shares, bank deposits, household furniture, and wearing apparel, exceptions being allowed under £3OO, and an allowance of that amount taken off when above that value.

A Daring Youth. —A daring attempt was made to murder a constable by a youth named Deenen in New South Wales. The latter was arrested by Constab e Hodglunson on a charge of horse stealing, and was being conveyed to Picton by train. The prisoner induced the constable to remove his handcuffs, and then shot him four times with a revolver. The guard of the tram came to the constable’s assistance, and Deenen was secured. The constable, though badly injured, is progressing favourably.

Blub Ribbon Abmt. The monthly meeting of the Blue Ribbon Army takes place in the Yolunteer Hall, Temuka, next Thursday evening. Full particulars will be found in the advertisement. Mount Peel Road Boaed Election. — Nominations of candidates for,the scat on the above Board, rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr J. Heney, must be made with the Returning Officer, Mr Robt. Irvine, Peel Forest, before noon on Thursday next. Licensing Committees. —The poll tor the election of Licensing Committees for the Temuka and Raukapuka (late Geraldine) districts takes place to-morrow between the hours of 9 a.m and 6 p.m. A list of the candidates with the polling places are advertised elsewhere. In our last issue in reference to the Raukapuka district, the name of Dr Fish as a candidate, and Woodbury as a polling place, were accidentally omitted. Gold Mattees.—A telegram from Christchurch states that the recent discoveries of Auriferous quartz in the Wilberforco district s given an impetus to prospecting on this side the Alps. Two parties left town lately, but were compelled to return through unfavorable weather and the flooded state of the Rakaia, which in the upper portion was impassable. The beach diggings near Southbridge have fallen into oblivion, as they were not found profitable. N.Z. Tobacco.—At a general meeting of the New Zealand Tobacco Growing and Manufacturing Company, held in Auckland on Saturdav, it was reported that about onehalf of the total shares of the Company had been applied for and allotted. It was resolved to start manufacturing operations at once. Yollbracht, the working manager, was instructed to get his cigar-makers together and commence manufacturing upon a few tons of leaf left over from last year’s growth. The reports received from farmers now engaged in growing the leaf are most favorable. Explained.—The strange case of a man being picked up insensible in the road near Nelson with a fractured skull is now explained. A telegram from that place states that John Renowden still remains insensible. Two small pieces of skull wore removed on Friday night, and his recovery is very doubtful. It appears he was working some days ago at Belgrove, near where a contractor was firing a blast. Although warned he said he knew when he was in danger, and was struck on the head with a stone. He left for the village, but is said to have stayed at a hotel drinking instead of procuring medical aid. Religious Mania. —At the R.M. Coart, Timaru, last Monday, Elizabeth Archer, a married woman of some 27 years of age, residing at Buchanan’s paddock, was charged with being of unsound mind. A local paper states that it appeared that the unfortunate woman had been a regular attendant at Salvationist meetings, and for some time past had manifested considerable eccentricity of behaviour. On Sunday afternoon, she displayed so much violence and disposition to kill her children, that the neighbors called in the aid of the police and she was, with considerable difficulty, conveyed to the lockup. There she conducted herself throughout the night in a most violent manner, making several attempts to strangle herselt with her garters and stockings. She would allow no one to approach her, and on Monday morning presented a shocking appearance, raising her eyes and hands frequently, and exclaiming—“ Ido believe in the Lord.” , Her husband is away up country, harvesting, it is not known exactly where. It was impossible to bring her into Court, and Drs Lovegrove and Drew having examined her, certified that she was suffering from religious mania, and was violent towards herself and towards others. She was committed to the asylum at Sunnyside. The Premier on the Temperance Movement. Presiding at the Band of Hope Festival, Wellington, on Friday night the Premier said that although he was not a ' total abstainer he had yet great pleasure in presiding at the festival, for two reasonsFirstly, it was the duty of every public man assist in movements which had the good of the community for their object; secondly, all who were working for social reform in various ways could meet on a common platform. On this occasion, after reviewing the principles of the Temperance movement, he continued —A great change was coming over the opinions of liberal and radical statesmen at Home, lor they were beginning to recognise what we in this colony had recognised to a limited extent, that all social movements in the present day to he successful must finally be taken up and dealt with | by the State ; that was to say the people, as a whole, must deal with them. The temperance organisation seemed to have recognised this, for temperance advocates had endeavored r to cultivate the public opinion as the first thing to be done. They then went to the Legislature, and asked for power of local option to enforce the will of the community after that will had been determined. He approved of local option as applied to the liquor traffic, not perhaps on the ground that some people thought, but as the mort desirable object for which all who desired the advantage of the community should fight. What local option really asked A for was a fair field and no favor, that people should themseves fairly argue the thing out, Y and that the will of the majority should be given effect to. The temperance movement being founded on great truths must succeed, >, and he had not the least doubt it would eavan the whole mass before many years were over. But they would do very little in these social movements until women had more direct influence in the matter. On this question of local option women should have a vote exactly the same as men, and he thought their vote should not be confined to oae political question.

Public Meeting. —MrG.Edgaler, one of the candidates for a seat on the Temuka Licensing Bench, requests the ratepayers of the Temuka Licensing District to meet him this evening in the Temuka Volunteer Hall at half-past 7, when he will give his opinion of what a Licensing Committee ought to be. The meeting will doubtless be largely attended. The S.G. Refrigerating Company. —At the poll of shareholders of the above Company on Saturday last in Timaru, forty shareholders polled 318 votes in approval of the Directors’ action, and fourteen polled 99 votes in disapproval, the majority in favor being 26 voters and 219 votes. Four votes in favor and one against were informal. The Chairman declared Mr Wiglej’s motion “ That the action of the Directors re site be approved of,” on which the poll was duly carried. Several shareholders who were not prasent at the meeting when the poll was demanded were not allowed to vote, in accordance with an opinion of the Company’s solicitors. Mr P. Wareing, of Milford, declined to state whether he was present at that meeting or not and was not allowed to vote. He entered a formal protest. A Maoex Jockey Club. —A novel Jockey Club has been formed in the Wanganui diatrict under the name of the Kai Iwi Jockey Club, all the members of which are Maoris. A programme, has been issued for a race meeting to be held on the 14th March, for which added money to the extent of £BO is allocated. The programme comprises Handicap Hurdles 15 sovs, Maiden Plate 15 sovs, Hai Iwi Handicap 20 sovs, Flying Stakes 10 sovs, District Handicap 15 sovs, and Consolation Stakes 5 sovs. The first three and the fifth races are for Maoris only, horses to be ridden by Maori Jockeys only, in colours, the rest being open to Europeans. All the Stewards and officers are Maoris, and in anticipation of the event, a number of natives have horses in training at Kai Iwi, about ten miles from Wanganui, and at several other native settlements in the locality. Mr Henry Griffin publishes a notification re rent. Mr W. Wheelband invites tenders for erecting a two roomed cottage in wood (labor only) for Wheelband, Temuka. Mr C. G. Tripp, Orari Gorge, Woodbury, advertises for shearers, fleece rollers and fleece pickers for the shearing of the ewe flock, to commence to-day. Messrs B. Wilkin and Co, will hold a sale of cattle and sheep at Winchester Fair on Thursday next. They also advertise a large number of catt'e and sheep for private sale. Wells’ ‘ Rough on Cohns.'— Ask for Wells’ Rough on Corns.’ Quick relief ; complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. 1 Dr Mclntyre, of Timaru, announces that he has appointed Mr J. G. Bowie his agent and collector, in the room of Mr Cook, and in future all moneys must be paid to him. Mr Bowie requests a settlement of all overdue accounts. An Alabaster Box. —Young girls finding their complexion growing sallow, and their skin becoming rough or freckly, resort to perfumed ointments for a restoration of their bloom. All such should use Hop Bitters, which will restore bloom to cheeks, whiteness and beauty to their complexion, making rich blood, good health, and happy smiles. Read Advt. Messrs Maslin and Sherratt auctioneers Temuka and Geraldine, announce that they are prepared to conduct sales in all parts of the district, and will hold sales at their rooms every Saturday. They publish a list of properties which they have for sale pnvately, and announce that they will advertise property for private sale, in that list, free. They are agents for the Fire Insurance Association. “ German Syrup.”—No other medicine in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. In three years two million four hundred thousand small bottles of this medicine were distributed free of charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia, and other diseases of the throat and lungs, giving the afflicted undeniable proof that German Syrup will cure them. The result has been that Druggists in every town and village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggists and ask what they know about it. Sample Bottles 6d. Regular size 3s 6d. Three doses will relieve any case. 1