LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1214, 7 August 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A. Colonial Industry. — The Auckland Timber Company now pay* £IOOO psr week

tor wages. Masonic.—The regular monthly meeting of the Lodge Southern Star, No. 619., 5.0., Geraldine, takes place this evening in the Masonic Kali. The Colonial Secretary. understood that Mr Dick, who was defeated in the recant election, has tendered his resignation as Colonial Secretary. Ball.— A ball takes place in the Woodbury schoolroom to-morrow evening. According to the advertisement, ■ a Christchurch quadrille bind has been engaged. ,

Important Sale.— Mi- W. S. Maslin, auctioneer, announces the sale of important freehold property, etc., in Geraldine, on Thursday next, Risident Magistrate's Court, Geraldine. —The usual fortnightly sitting of this Court, owing to the unavoidable absence of the Resident Magistrate and the non-appear-ance of two Justices of the Peace in the township, did not take place yesterday. There was only one small debt case set down •forbearing.

1 ootball.— The following will represent the Tetnuka Football Club on Saturday next against the Titnaru Crmadera’ Club Meesre Haines, Robert*, Wood, Clinch, Velvin* LeCren, Ogilvie, P. Thomson, T. Thomion, Glut, Heap, Blyth, E. Smith, Coltman and T. W/Taylor. Emergencies ; Meisre Johnstone, Clinch and Dyion, The teanT will start from the Wallingford Hotel for Timaru at 1 o’clock sharp.

Entertainment. —We would remind our readers that the entertainment by the pupils and teachers attending the Tomuka District High School takes places tomorrow evening in the schoolroom. The object of the entertainment is a good one, viz., to obtain funds for the purchase of a gymnastic apparatus for the school, and, combined with a good programme, should draw a full house.

Band or Hors, Gbraldin*.— On Tuesday evening last a meeting of the Geraldine Band of Hope wa9 held in the Good Templar Hall, there being # large attendance of members, fully 100 children being present. Mr T. Sherratt occupied the chair. Besides the ordinary business of the meeting, Mr T. W. Fyfe, one of the leaders of the . Blue Ribbon Army, Timaru,'delivered an eloquent address, which was listened to most attentively by those present, Mr Waite and others also gave short addresses. The meeting then terminated. ' ' Otago Acclimatisation Society. — Mr Bathgate, of Foo Chow, forwarded 48 bamboo partridges to the Otago Acclimatisation Society, by the steamer Tamsiii, but only one bird reashed Sydney alive, and it was brought on safely. The Society has passed the following resolution—“ That this Society views with deep regret tbs etepe which the Government has seen At to take in connection with the introduction of stoats and weasels and other vermin into thi* colony, hitherto so free from noxious native animal* as it believes those animals will prove of little use in destroying rabbito, and will on the other hand in all likelihood destroy Maori hens and other native birds, as well as domestic poultry.” Petty Larceny. —Several case* of petty larceny have been reported in Temuka during the past week. Clothes have been taken off clothes-lines, fowls have disappeared, and other articles are missing. In one instance a fowl, cooked and ready for the table, was taken, and in another chops were taken out of the house. The thief was a • very mean one. Ha even went the length of abstracting a leg of mutton from the larder of our editor. We could forgive him all, but for this. Wa had just negotiated the leg of mutton from the butcher after considerable ■ bffi V’v, and bad worked ourselvea up to a nigh pitch of expectancy in anticipation of feasting on it. Fancy our disappointment at finding it gone ! The wretch! But are sure if he knew how difficult it is ; for a newspaper man to get a leg of mutton, ha would not hare taken it. We suppose we must forgive him on the ground that ho knew not whst he was doing. Thb Unemployed. —Yesterday morning the married men who received tickets from Mr Marsh presented them at the Temuka railway station, and such as appeared obtained work. Out of 20 men only 11 of them accepted the woik, and these were hard at it all day yesterday. Any man. who refuses the work does not deserve much sympathy. It consists of digging a ditch 3 feet wide by 18 inches deep, without having to shovel the earth out of the trench. All that is necessary is to dig and leave the clay in the trench. The ground is very soft and easily dug, and any man can earn a fair day’s wages at it. Those who accepted the work are not at all sorry, and are sanguine of making good The price is 2s per chain, and it is supposed that an average man can dig three chains a day of it. Wa understand that Mr Sinclair, Overseer to the Temuka Road Board, has power to give tickets to married men desirous of obtaining work, and we should advise them to take advantage of it.

Small-Pox in New Zealand. —One of the fireman of the Waihora, which arrived at Napier from Sydney on Saturday, ha* been found to be suffering from small-pox and ha* been strictly iiolated. His name ii ' Mouatt. He is not axpectsd to live. The steamer had left for Auckland before the disease from which Mouatt was Buffering was ascertained. On arriral at Auckland the yesael was ordered into quarantine. The passengers will bo iiolated for 14 days, and the steamer will be thoroughly fumigated. On hsr way to Napier the steamer called at Port Chalmers, and Mouatt spent a night with bis wife and family. It is suggested that they shall be isolated, and that the Port Chalmers corporation should take the necessaiy precautions. At Wellington, Auckland arid Christchurch, strict precaution* aro being taken, and at the latter place twenty adults have been re-vaccinated at the Hospital. Several nurses there have also been re-vaccinated, and the Mayor with the Health Officer, is endeavouring . to secure the use of an isolated building where smallpox cases may be treated. As a preventive parents should see that their children are vaccinated, and, whore necessary, re-vaccina* tion should bo resorted to.

Ditoecb. —The divorce ease of Tovtle v. Towle and others is to be tried at Christchuroh on August 18th. Tawhaio in England. Tawhiao, the Maori King, and his suite had an interview on July 20th with the Earl of Derby. Tawhiao demanded for the Maoris the right to make their own laws. Lord Derby deprecated such a proposal, but promised to consult with the New Zealand Government on the subject. Political. —Intelligence which has reached Wellington from Napier, says the correspondent of the Press, represents Mr Ormondi ib a speech .which he made at a dinner given to his Committee, as referring to the fact of his having been pointed at as a coming Minister. In doing so ho said that if his assistance were really necessary to form a strong party he would give it, but he should take office with great regret, because this would necessitate bis being away from Napier, and he was most anxious to be on the spot during the construction of the proposed harbour works, in which he is deeply interested. Supposed Wbeck.— The Riverton police report that a lifeboat belonging to barque Marie. Ange has been found la Doughboy Day, about two miles -west of Colac Bay. The Natives say they first saw it on the 2nd inst. The boat is 18ft long, and it badly stove and v otherwise damaged. Nothing further was found. Captain Toner, of the Ringarooma, reports that he saw fi.re on Rod Head, Preservation Inlet, on Sunday ni»ht. It-was blowing hard, and he could not communicate with the shore. He is of opinion tiiat the fire would not be visible from Puysegur lighthouse. It is surmised that the fire may have been made by shipwrecked persons. The Government have been asked to send a steamer to make enquiries. The Wellington correspondent of the Press states that instructions hate been sent fer the Government schooner Keheno to proceed to the scene of . the supposed signal fires. It is stated that whalers occasionally light fires in the bays of Eoveaux Straits for the purpose of “ trying out, ” and that there may prove to be a similar explanation in regard to those reported by the Ringarooma, However, the mystery will doubtless soon be solved by the expedition of the Kekeno.

Sixpenny Readings.— Tuesday evening last was the evening; selected for the first of the entertainments to be given iu Geraldine for the benefit of the Literary Institute. A programme bad been chosen by the Committee appointed to arrange, all matters connected with the -entertainment, but unfortunately, thecaretaker of the Oddfellows’Hall, wherein it was announced to take place, hud net been consulted in the matter, and it was at the last minute, not till close on 8 p.m., that the hall was got leady. In the meantime a large number of persons had assembled outside the hall, and, weary of wailing, had retraced their steps homewards, amongst whom were some ladies and gentlemen who had volunteered to assist on the occasion. The entertainment consequently fell through, to the disappointment of a great many persons.

Bilfield School Committee.—The usual monthly meeting was held in the schoolroom on July 3lst, at 7.30 p.m. Members present Messrs E. Griffiths (Chairman), Ford, Annals, Newport, Woulfe and Hansen* The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The master’s report for the month was read, and considered very satisfactory. The school opened on July Ist, with an attendance of 36, and now there are 45 on the register, the average for the month being 35.2. A subscription had been eollected in aid of the school fund, and it was gratifying to the Committee to find that in all £ll 2s 6d had been collected. £5 of that amount having been subscribed by Mr Wm. Posilethwaite, the Committee desire to accord to that gentleman a hearty vote of thanks. The visitors’ report for the month was received and adopted. Mr Newport and Mr Hansen were appointed visitors for the ensuing month. Some accounts were passed for payment, and some cheques were signed, which concluded business. The meeting then terminated.

Timaru Racing Club.—At a genera meeting of this Club on Tuesday evening last, at which there was a good attendance, the following programme for t meeting on Anniversary Day (Decaaiber 16th) was adopted :—Two-year-old Stakes of 25 sovs., 6 furlongs ; Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 sovs., with 10 sovs. for second horse, 2 miles; An niversary Plate of 27 sovs., 1 mile ; Handicap Time Trot of 15 sovs., 3 miles ; Counties Handicap of 60 sovs., with 10 sovs. for second horse, miles ; Selling Hurdle Race of 16 sovs., miles ; Town Plate of 60 with 10 sovs for second

horse, 1J miles ; Selling Hack Race (to be run in half mile heats) of 15 sovs., and Consolation Race of 15 sovs., once found the course. The programme will be issued in a day or two. The officers were elected as follows; Mr R. Rutherford was re-elected President, Mr W. S. Armitage Vice-President, and Mr T. R. Jones Judge. Mr J, Shears, one of the Stewards, having left the district, Mr James Mathews was elected to fill the vacancy ; the other Stewards were re-elected, as were also Mr H. Gardner (Starter), Mr W. Gunn (Clerk of the Scales), Mr J. Lukey (Clerk ot the Course), Mr T. R. Jones (Treasurer), and Mi R. Ferguson (Timekeeper). It was decided to request Mr D. McKenzie, of Gerddine, to act as handicapper, and some very flattering remarks were made as to his abilities, A Committee of Management, consisting of Messrs W. Guun, W. Collins, E. Smith, J. Lukey, T. R. Jones, and H. Lambert was appointed to carryout all necessary arrangements in connection with the forthcoming meeting'

Aeeital of the s.s. lonic at Auckland. The lonic, Captain Cameron, arrived at 4.30 p.m., on Monday last, after a passage of 43 days 20 hours, exclusive of stoppages. She left London on the 18th, Plymouth on the lOthj and Teneriffe on the 24th June, and Hobart bn the 30th July. So far as the weather was concerned, the passage was one of the finest yet made. She brings 4718 tons of cargo for all ports, which is one of the largest so far in one bottom, of the direct steamers. For Auckland the. passengers are. 6 saloon, 42 second and 73 third class ; for Wellington, 7 second and 2 third class; for Lyttelton, 2 salooon, 3 second and 17 third class. No births, 1 deaths or siqkntss- were recorded* Notwithstanding the large number of passengers for Auckland, there are no Government immigrants on board. She has the same officer* as on the previous trip.

TbMUKA Pj!E3BYTfIKIAN CHUaOK. A meeting of the members and adherents of this church took place on Tuesday svsning last to considsr what steps should be taken to retain the services of the Rev. D. Gordon, who i* likely to receive a call from St. Paul’s Church, Invercargill. About 70 or 80 persons were present, and Mr Wm. Stewart took the chair. A long discussion took place on the subject, and the following resolutions wore carried unanimously :—Proposed by Mr K. P. Gray, arid seconded ■ by Mr Q. P. MoCallum—“That the members and; adherent* .of this Church having hoard that their pastor ’ (the Rev. D. Gordon), who ha's labored amongst them for nearly fire years with the utmost zeal and faithfulness, is about to receive a call from' St. Paul’s Church, Invercargill, resolve that they most respectfully and earnestly desire Mr Gordon to remain as fcheir pastor.’’ Proposed by Mr . John Anderson, and seconded by Mr John Hay memorial be drawn up in accordance with the foregoing resolution and signed by as many of the members and adherents' ot‘ the Church as possible, and that the earns he handed to-the Rev. Mr Gordon without delay.” The meeting then terminated. A ■great many signature* have already been attached to the memorial. Decline of • Dyeoepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured by “ Wells’ Health Renewer.’’ Druggists. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christchurch. ' ‘ ~ 2 Tenders are required by Mr W. Shiers, Geraldine, for-erecting 90-chains fencing. Mr Michael Mitton invites tenders for ploughing on the Mount Peel station. Mr Job Brown, Temuka, announces that he has prime samples of Canadian, Danish, and sparrowbill oats for sale. Tenders ar? yvanted by Mr John Murray, for cutting, stubbing,* and burning gorss on the Oran stition. 1 Also; for ploughing, for grass, 100 acres. ,-j “ Buohu-Paiba.”— Quick, complete cure, b,;l annoying Kidney, Bladder, and Urinary Diseases. At Druggists. Kempthorno, Prosser & 00., Agents, Christchurch. 2 Tenders are wanted by Mr John Paterson, for cutting, stubbing, and burning gori* on the Springfield" Estate, Temuka, and on the Winchester Estate. Under distress warrant* a quantity of household furniture and effect* will be sold in Ollivier’s. auction rooms, Temuka, on Saturday next. Tenders for planting and maintaining about 20 acres forest trees and about 12 miles of hedging on railway land, south of Timaru, closes with the Timaru station-master at n*on on Saturday next. ; MissfiAßLßNßsa. —The most wonderful and marvellous success, iu cases where poisons are sick or pining away from a condition of miserablonees that no one hnowi what ails them (profitable patients for doctors), is obtained by the use of Hop Bitters. They begin to cure from the first dose, and keep it up until perfect health and strength is restored. Notice Advfc.