LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1164, 12 April 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bank Holidays. —The branches of the Bank of New Zealand in Temuka and Geraldine will be closed to day and Monday next, being Bank holidays. Race Ball.- A ball takes place in the Woodbury schoolroom on Monday evening next (Easter Monday) commencing at half past 8 o’clock. Good music will be provided. Masonic. —The usual monthly meeting of the brethren of Lodge Southern Star, No. 619, S C., will be held in the Masonic Hall, Geraldine, on Thursday evening next. Eastke Tide, —Yesterday (Good Friday) was most religiously observed in Geraldine and Temuka, as strictly as if it were a Sunday. To morrow being set apart in remembrance of Our Lord’s resurrection will be kept as a high festival in the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches in the district and Easter Monday will be a close holiday, the Banks remaining closed that day also.

Land Wanted,—Farmers and others

are reminded that offers of from 2D to 40 acres of lea land will be received by the Secretary of the Temuka Linseed Company to-day.

Eifle Match. A rifle match took place on Wednesday between 15 of the Tsukuba’s crew and 15 of the Auckland City Guards. The Japanese team scored 742 and the City Guards 1072. Captain Ariji, of the Tsukuba, presented the highest seven in the winning team, ColorSergeant Hay, with a handsome present.

St. Savioub’s Gift Auction and Bazaae. —lt is requested that all who have kindly promised contributions to the Bazaar in aid of St. Saviour’s Church, Temuka, will forward them to the parsonage not later than Monday next, and contributors to the gift auction are requested to kindly forward their gifts to Mr B. D. O’Halloran not later than Wednesday next.

Woodbuet Eaces. On Monday next (Easter Monday) the races under the auspices of the Woodbury Eaeing Club will be held The stakes are very liberal and the promoters of them having entered into the matter with great spirit there is only the fickleminded weather »ow to look forward to, to make the races a success. Should it prove favorable, (and we hope it will) the Woodbury people will hare a grand day’s sport. The programme of the events appear in another column.

Immigration and Emigration. — The immigration and emigration returns for March are:—Auckland: Arrivals 639, departures 296. Wellington, 542 and 164. Napier, 3 departures. Greymouth 30 departures. Hokitika, 3 arrivals, Lyttelton 1 and 162. Dunedin, 348 and 6. Invercargill, 421 and 421. Total arrivals 1934 ; departures, 1088. Of the arrivals 1064 were from the United Kingdom, 804 from the Australian colonies, 43 from Fiji, and 24 from Hawaii and the South Seas. Departures: 281 for the United Kingdom, 801 for the Australian cc.lonies, 14 for Fiji, and 66 for Hawaii and the South Seas. Of Chinese there has been only one arrival, and 30 departures. No return from Nelson or Russell.

The Kea Pest. —The following is an extract from a letter received by the Government from Mr B. Bouchier, Sheep Inspector, &c., at Queenstown, Lake District:—“ I was last week on a station on Wanaka Lake, where a mob of hoggets were attacked by keas, and in one night no less than 200 sheep were killed. The shepherds killed most of the birds, however. The use of a bonus for the destruction of keas is such that it gives a great impetus co men to destroy the birds, and sometimes it is hard-earned money. The manager of one run in this district gives contractors four shillings per beak and his shepherds three shillings per beak, and the consequence is that this shearing hardly a sheep was marked by wounds inflicted by keas, and the death-rate of sheep was reduced by nearly one-half, the total number of beaks delivered at my office was 1574.”

The Death on the Ringakooha. — At the inpuest on the body of John Henty, who died on board the Riugarooma, Captain Tozer deposed that, as far as he could judge, the cause of death was delirium tremens, and the steward gave corroborative evidence. Mr Giblin, accountant at the Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, deposed that he had known deceased since 1876, and that he suffered from chest and lung disease, and that he was of temperate habits. Dr Tennant, who made a post mortem examination deposed that there was great congestion of the brain, tubercle in the lungs, and the heart was in a state of fatty degeneration. The cause of death was serious apoplexy, resulting from general debility of the system caused by sea sickness and exhaustion. A verdict of death from from natural causes was returned. Mr Henty was a nephew of Edward Henty, one of the pioneers of Victoria, and son of Stephen Henty. He had been in the Bank of New Zealand at Sydney for nine years, and for soma considerable time had had charge of the George street (Auckland), branch. Waitohi Flat Public School.—A meeting of the Committee was held on Monday, April 7. Present Messrs Talbot, Giltnour, Scott and Anderson. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. A letter from the Rev. T. Hamilton was read, asking the Committee to grant a holiday on Wednesday, April 16th, the occasion of the annual parish gathering in connection with the Church of England taking place on that day. It was decided that as such a long period of holidays had already been given, the request could not be entertained. The visitors, Messrs Scott and Gilmour, reported that they had found the school working satisfactorily, that a little gravel was required about the school and master’s house, that a wooden platform was needed at the water tank, and that the closets were in an unsatisfactory condition. Messrs Scott and Gilmour were appointed Visitors for the current month, and were authorised to get a few loads of gravel as suggested by them, the Chairman to attend to the other matters mentioned in their report. It was decided that the teacher be consulted as to the advisability of the time allowed for the dinner hour being shortened during the winter time. Accounts amounting to -£4 17s Gd were passed for payment, and the meeting terminates. Flies and Bugs, beetles,insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jackrabbits, cleared out by ‘Rough on Rats.’ New Zealand Drug Co., General Agents. ,

Mr K. F. Gray has a 8 h.p. portabli engine for sale. The Mount Peel Eoad Board inritei tenders for several works.

Messrs Maclean and Stewart will hold a sale of 305 acres of land situate at Waitohi, and part of the Arowhenua property, at their rooms, Timaru, to day.

Messrs Maslin and Sherratt will hold a sale of useful and fancy goods, groceries, ironmongery, etc., at their rooms, Temuka, to-day. Messrs J. Mundell and Co. will hold an important sale of fancy goods, piano, boots, furniture, potatoes, etc., at ; their salerooms, Geraldine, to day. They notify that the sale of Mr J. Leishman’s stock and plant will be held on the 22nd instead of the 24th. ‘You Don’t Know their Value.’— ‘ They cured me of biliousness and kidney complaint, as recommended, I bad & half bottle left, which I used for ray two little girls, who the doctors and neighbors said could not be cured. lam confident 1 should have lost both of them one night if I had not had the Hop Bitters in my house to use. That is why I say yon do not know half the value of flop Bitten and do not recommend them highjjtg, nough. ’ See Advt,