LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1215, 9 August 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Onehunga Ibojt-Sand Wobks. The j plant for the Onehunga Iron works has arrived by the s.s. lonic. ' In SeABCH os Castaways.—The Government steamer Hinemoa has been dispatched to JEoveaux Strait to search for castaways. Thndees. —Tenders for the several works to be contracted for for the Geraldine Road Board will close on Tuesday next at 10 a.m. Bate.—The Clerk to the Temuka Town Board notifies that a rate of a half-penny in the £ has been struck on the rateable property in the Temuka Town district, und is now payable. The rate roll is open for inspection, , '

Gkbaldinb 'i'oWN Boahd.—l he adjourned Dieting of the Board will be held on Wednesday evening next in the Literary Institute, Qevaldine. ",;

Appointments*—Mr Hi K. S. Baddeley and Mr H. W. Robinson are appointed Resident Magistrates for the districts, of Kaikoura and Geraldine respectively. Installation. The Welcome Retreat Lodge, 1.0.0. T.; at Gerahline, is gradually increasing its membership and is in a flourishing condition financially. The installation of officers for the ensuing term will take place on Monday evening next.

Gift Auction.—-A gift auction in aid of the Primitive Methodist Church at Gereldine"...will take place on Tuesday next. A refreshment stall will be open during the afternoon and evening. It is to be hoped that the auction will prove a great success. Death or Miss Rowb.—The Rev. Father Fauvel requests us to state that ho has received a letter to the effect that Miss Rowe died a Roman Catholic in a Roman Catholic Hospital in Sydney. He desires 'this to be made known as a rumour is current to the effect that she died in the Protestant faith. New Zbaxand Shipping Company.—The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the.above Company was held in Christchurch'on Thursday at noon, when the annual report and balance-sheet were submitted. , Mr J. L. Coster, Chairman of Directors, occupied the ohauy and moved the adoption of the report and balance-sheet in a somewhat lengthy speech. The retiring Directors and Auditors were re-elected, and votes of thanks were passed to the staff, the | Directors and the Chairman. Footbai.li. The return match between the Tiaaaru Crusaders and the Temuka Club comes off at Timaru to-day at 3 o'clock. The following are the players :• —Timaru : Messrs M. Shepherd (captain), Eichbaum, Goodal), Jones, King, Cols (2), Wilson, Mills, Fox, Molntosb, McGuinness, Webb, Haggett and Birrell; emergency—J. Hughss. Temuka : Messrs Haines, Roberts, Wood, Clinch, Velrin, LoCren, Ogilvie, Thomson (2), Gurr Heap, Blyth, Smith, Coltman, and Taylor; emergencies—Johnstone, Clinoh and Dys»n. The Temuka team leave the.' Wallingford Hotel at one o'clock sharp. Gkraldine Daiby FaOTOßT.—Owing to the small attendance at the meeting of the Directors on Wednesday List, the election of Chairman was postponed, as was also that of the Finance Committee. It was decided to take legal proceedings.against those shareholders who had not paid up their call whan due. Mr W. Postlethwaite tendered his resignation as a director of the Company, /which was accepted with regret, and Mr D. Shaw "was elected in his stead. In future the meetings of the Direotors will be held on the first Monday in each month instead of Wed - nesday as heretofore.

The Honobabium:.—Tn the division on the question of the honorarium (says the correspondent of a contemporary) a certain member .who thought that " Nelson " expected every man to do his duty deliberately sacrificed the interests of his wife and family, to which he had made a pathetic allusion in his speedi, and voted with the minority. Not, however, without some misgivings. Forcing his way up to the teller, he eagerly asked, " How is it going, Seddon ?" The member for Kumara rose • to the occasion, and in a stage whisper answered. ■ " A tie, a tie." The rejoinder, which probably expressed the feelings of many other honorable members, is' worthy of record :—" The devil, man ! you don't say so ? If I'd thought that, I'd have voted the other way." A Disputed Will.—A disputed will case of some interest engaged the attention of the Supreme Court, Auckland, on Wednesday. The parties to the suit were relatives of an eccentric individual who, up till the time of his death, went by the familiar nam© of " Miser Wilson," and was popularly regarded as being possessed of almost fabulous wealth. It' seems twenty years ago he a young wife, but some three years later, after the birth of a daughter, domestic jars were so frequent that the ill-assorted coupla were obliged to separate. For the remaining seventeen years of his life deceased lived with his brothers familf at Cox's Creek. A partial reconciliation, however, was effected with his wife and daughter before his death, and by deed he settles upon them the bulk of his real estate, which is valued at between £BOOO and £IO,OOO, the daughter of course getting a larger proportion'. Eighteen months ago he made a will, whereby ho bequeathed £BOO to two nephews and a niece, in three sums of £4OO, £250 and £l5O, and it was this will which his wife and daughter now sought to upset on the ground of coercion and undue, influence. In this, howeTer, they utterly failed, and they were accordingly saddled with costs.

Imfeotkhkntb in Gbkaidinh. —Already the Town Board are showing signs of activity in clearing out and in some instance! reforming the side channelling on the main road.' They hare commenced at the upper township and the -workman employed will gradually work his way to the lower township, where the side channelling (if such it can be called) is in a bad condition. Indeed, along some parts of the road it it very questionable as to whether they were eTer made at all. In this work alone the Commissioners will deserve the thanks of the shopkeepers and residents on the main road. The building for the Bank of New Zealand 's now approaching completion, and is in the painter's hands. The Roman Catholic Presbytery, erected on a section close to the church, has been finished and the Rev. Father Kean has removed thereto. A vaoant space of ground abutting on the main road between the Good Templars' Hall and Mr Freeman's bootmaker's shop has been levelled. and fenced for the purposes of a timber yard. Mr W. C, Andrews has resumed his monumental stonemason's work, at the corner of the section between tiie GkbAedinh Q-UABBiAif Office and the drapery establish- i mtnt of Mr E, Glass. J

Temuka Dairy FACToar:—The Secretary of the Temuka Dairy Factory Company invites tenders for the use of the factory paddock and for the whey during the coming season. Tenders close on Wednesday next. Donation to the Tkmctka MbohaeicV Institute. —Dr Hayes, president of the Temuka Mechanics Institute, has reeeived a' letter from Mr Postlethwaite containing a cheque for £5 for the benefit of the Institute. The Dbcids Lodgb.—The second anniversary of the Druids in Timaru was celebrated on Wednesday night by a large procession, which was witnessed by fully 2000 people. A"concert and ball were held afterwards. Immigration and Emigration.—The following are the Immigration and Emigration returns for July :—Arrival — Auckland, 326 ; Wellington, 470 ; Greymouth, 1; Lyttelton, 26; Oamaru, 1; Dunedio, 245 ; Invercargill, 174. Total, 1243. Departures—Russell, 9 ; Auckland, 335; Wellington, 166 ; Greymouth, 4, ; Lyttelton, 217; Timaru, 1 ; Dunedin, 1 ; j Invercargill, 260. Total, 993. Of the .arrival*, 624 are from the Uaited Kingdom, 446 from Australia, and 173 from other pluces. Of the departures, 208 were for the United Kingdom, 643 for Australia, and 142 for other places. Chinese, 18 arrivals, (16 from Foo Chow and 3 from Australia) ; no departures. Fires.—i'he house of Mr Reginald Jones, jolicitor, Invercargill, was burned down Inst Thursday night. It was insured for £4OO in the North British Office,'and the furniture and effects for £7OO, £SOO being in the Liverpool, London and Globe Offices, and £2OO in the London and Lancashire. Mr Jones was absent at a meeting, and only his wife and servant were in the house, from which nothing, was saved.—A cottage in Leven street, Invercargill, occupied by Mrs Johnston, boarding-house keeper, was destroyed by fire at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. waß saved. There was no insurance en the furniture or effects. The cottage belonged to Mr Sloan, and was insured for £125 in the Austialian Mercantile Union Office.

Ashbubtok Hunt Club Sthepleohashb. —The fifth meeting in connection ■with the Ashburton Hunt Club was held on the Racecourie on Thursday. Appended are the results: Hunters' Hurdle Eace (handicap) of 15 sovs; over sii. ai.Thts of hurdles about 3ft 6in high; one and a half miles : Mr E. Miller's Pirate, 1. Winter Handioap, of 26 sots ; one and a half miles on the flat: Mr H. D. Bradley's Pilgrimage, (late Jack) 1. Trotting match, of 50 sots ; three miles : Mr C. Physick's Kate, 1. Hunt Club Cup (Handicap) of 20 sots ; OTer such country as the Stewards may appoint : Mr R. Miller's Pirate, 1. Flying Handicap, of 10 sots ; three quarter miles on the flat : Mr Quill's Prinoess Eoyal, 1. Consolation Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 sots ;li mils ß - Jasper, 1.

Fx-IBS AND Bugs, beetles, insocrs, roaches, m'.if bed bugs, rate, mice, gophers, chipI munks, olearsd out by " Rough on Bats." 1 Kempthorne, Prosser aid Co., Agents, Ohrietohurch. 7 3 ■ - ;, - Mr E. Burke, of G-eraldine'i'.u , ..a. I ■■... bushels Canadian seed oats for tale. Tenders for cutting, stubbing and burning gorse on Mr John Petersen's Springfield and Winchester Estates close to-day. A quantity of household furniture and effects will be sold (under distress varrant) at OUivier's late auction rooms at 12 o'clook to-day. "Rough ok Oobns." Ask for-Weill •« Rough on Come." Quiok relief, complete, permanent euro. Oornß, warts, bunionp, Kemptborne, Prosser and Co., Agents, Chris tohuroh. 8 Mr Wm. Kt. Uprichard, Commission Agent, Temuka, advertises a 10-'acre section of good land (fenced in) for sale. The land is within a mile of the Temuka Post Office. The " Phoenix Novelty Company's " programme on the A.J.C. Great Metropolitan appears elsewhere. The shares are 5000 in number, at 10s, and the priies (157) range from £5 to £SOO. With our present issue is enclosed a circular issued by Messrs Gabites and Plante, drapers, Main South Eoad, Timaru, who announce that they hare removed to the corner shop lately occupied by Messrs Coy and Drummond. Haying purchased the stock of Messrs Coy and Drummond at little more than half its original cost, they hare decided to offer it at a discount of 50 per cent. They hare decided on this in consequence of extensive alterations being about to be made to the premises. The circular supplies full particulars. Easily Pboven.—lt is eaiily proven that malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of the livar and kidney*, general debility, nervousness, and neural gio ailmenti yield readily to this great disease-conqueror, Hop Bitters. It repairs the ravages of disease by converting the food into rich blood, and it gives new life and vigor to the aged and infirm always. Sea Advt.