LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1251, 11 October 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Outgoing Mail.—Mails for America and Europe via San Francisco will cloße at the Post Office, Geraldine, at 2.45. p.m. to-day, and at Temuka at 3 p.m. State Church in Tonga.—The King of Tonga has had through the Rev. Mr Shirley Baker a splendid pulpit made by the MewZealand Timber Company (Auckland) for his new State church at Tonga. It is a marvel of carving and ornamental work.

The 'Fbisco Mail.—The s.s. Zealandia with the September English, mails, left San Francisco on the 27th ult., contract dtte. the s.s. City of Sydney, with the Colonial September mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 6th inst., two days before contract date.

Accident.—A telegram from Waipawa (Hawker Bay) states that as Fathers Ahern and Seauzeau were, returning there from Wallingford on Wednesday, the horse they were driving shied and they were thrown out of the trap. Father Ahern was bruised, and Father Seauzeau's leg was broken. PhIMITIYE METHODIBT CHUHCH, TeMUKa. The anniversary of the Sunday school connected with this church, will be celebrated by special services, to-morrow, at 11 a.m., 2.30. and 6.30 p.m. At the afternoon service, more especially for children, the prizes gained during the year will be distributed by the Rev. Mr Clark. On the following Monday evening a tea and public meeting will take place in the Church. The tea will commence at 6 and the meeting at 7.30. At the latter speakers from Timaru and Geraldine are expected to be present, lhe admission is fixed at Is 6d. The Nobth Island Tbunk Railway.— The following is the report of the Committee on the North Island Main Trunk Railway route : —" Your Committee met in accordance with the Order of reference made by the House on the 13th September and held daily sittings until it had taken all eviJence available. Your Committee held 19 meetings and examined 34 witnesses, and the following resolution was arrived at, viz. :—'To recommend the central route from Marten to Te Awamutu as the best for the North Island trunk railway.' Your Committee attach hereto a full report of their proceedings, and all the evidence both general and documentary that they have taken. (Signed) E. Richaedson, Chairman."

The Eobbkby at Obaei Kaokootjbse.— At the E..M. Court, Timaru, on Thursday last, before His Worship the Mayor, William Henry Harris and Charles Audoire were charged on remand with breaking into and entering the Grand Stand at.Orari, on the 3rd inst., and stealing therefrom 34 bottles containing liquor, the property of Samuel Breadley. Samuel Breadley, the licensee of the hotel, gave evidence to the effect that he had the three licensed booths at the Geraldine races, and when they had concluded he removed the liquor,of various kinds and brands, from two of the booths to the grand stand, which he locked up and left for the night. The next morning he found the stand had been broken into, and liquor to the value of £6 or £7 stolen. He telegraphed to Inspector Broham. He had given Harris leave to take the empty bottles that were in Nos. 1 and 2 booths, which were open. He was to sell the bottles and the witness was to get half of what they realised. A lad named Thomas Taylor gave evidence to the effect that he rode down from the Orari Hotel to the racecourse with the accused in their express. He saw the accused move the bottles from booths Nos. 1 and 2 and saw them go towards the Grand stand. He saw no more of them, but heard the rattling of bottles together in the stand. Wm. Barratt corroborated the lad'd evidence. Austin Kirby deposed that when he arrested Harris in Timaru, he found a number of bottles in his trap, and he said " I was standing by the door and told him not to do it." On being asked who he meant he said "The Aunt Sally Man." He, Detective Kirby, then arrested Audoire who made no reply to the charge. His Worship committed the accused for trial at the sitting of the Supreme Court in December, bail being allowed as before, accused in £SO each and two sureties of £25 eaoh.

A Handsome Prize at the Fi*e Brigade Demonstration. —The great American Hop Bitters Company, who have started a branch house in Melbourne, are again to the front, this time with the grandest prize ever offered in the colonies for Fire Brigade competition. The cup is to be competed for at the United Fire Brigades' Demonstration to be held at Ballarat in 1885. Below are the conditions under which the said prize will be competed for : —The American Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company's Sterling Silver Cup (guaranteed value £100) This cup must be won twice (not necessarily twice in succession) by a brigade to become the property of that Brigade. A brigade that wins the cup shall have its name and the year in which it was won inscribed thereon. The Hop Bitters Company also guarantee to give eight gold medals, value £25 each, to each team that wins the cup until it is finally won. Any brigade that wins it shall give a bond to the value of £IOO to the demonstration committee that they will hand over the said cup in first-class condition to the next demonstration committee, at the expiration of nine months from the date of winning it. No brigade shall be eligible to compete for this cup unless formed before Ist September 1884. Eight men from each brigade to run with carriage 100 yards, fix hydrant, run out 100 feet of hose, fix branch, and throw water over a rope stretched to a height of 20 feet; run out a second length of hose 100 feet, fix branch, and throw water as before. The first water must be distinctly shown over the rope before the second length is attached to the hydrant. Branches to extend 80 feet from hydrant. Both lines of hose to run in the same direction, and not to be crossed. Euch carriage to carry 300 feet of hose, hydrants and branches on carriage; Jdnch nozzles to be gauged. Strictly ounvas hose

not less than 2£ inches, and to be in no way prepared or lined—to be dry. Both waters to be shown over the rope together. To be run in pairs. There will alio be a largo number of other grand and valuable] prizes to be competed for, which list will be published in official programme. The Demonstration is under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Henry Brougham Loch, K.C.8., and promisns to be the most successful one ever held in the Colony.

Good Wobdb— Fbom Good Authobity

. . We confes* that we are perfectly amazed at the run of y>ur Hop Bitten. We never bad anything like it and never heard of the like. The writer (Benton) bai been selling drugs here nearly thirtv years, and has seen the rise of Hostetter'i, Yinegar and all other bitters and patent medioines, but never did any of them, in tbeir beit days, begin to have the run that Hop Bitter* have. .... We can't get enough of them. We are out of them half the time . . . Extract from letter to Hop Bitters Co., Aug. 22, 78, from Benton, M yen and Co., Wholetale Druggists, Cleveland, O Be sure and ■»e A'iv. Mr K. F. Gray holds his monthly sale on Fridsy next, and is now receiving entries. The Mount Peel Road Board call for tenders for carting boulders and crushing metal. Mr R. Matthews, the proprietor of Strathmore, announces that that horse will visit Geraldine every week. Mr Michael Milton, of the Mount Peel Station, advertises fo' a lad, who will be required to work in the garden and make himself generally useful. Messrs Mogridge and Wiltshire, the Bon Marche, Temuka, announce that they have a splendid stock of spring goods, millinery, boots, etc., now on hand. Quotations will be found in their advertisement.

Mr H. Hodgson, tinsmith, plumber, etc., Terauka, notifies that he will shortly establish a branch of his business in Geraldine. In the meantime orders left at Mr R. EL Pearpoint's or Messrs J. Mundell and Co's. will bo promptly attended to. He is prepared to supply milk cans at Dunedin prices.

The Secretary of the Loyal Alexandrorna Lodge, 1.0.0. F., Temuka, announces that Mr W. R. Uprichard, the late Secretary , is not entitled to receive subscriptions on behalf of the forthcoming Boxing-day sports. Intending donors are requested to kindly, send their donations to Mr Wm. Coltman, junr., Secretary, who will be very happy to receive them.

A Bbatttiful Painting. —Mr G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, 17.8. A., it presenting to druggists and others in this country some very fine picture! in oil of hi* magnificent house and grounds and laboratory at that p'acp. Mr Green it the proprietor of Bosoheo's German Syrup and Green'i August Flower, two very valuable medicines, whioh are meeting with great favor, the first as a remedy for pulmonary complaints, and the latter for dyspepsia and disorders of the liver. These preparation! have attained an immense sale solely on their superior merits, and are sold by all Druggists throughout the world. The price is the tame for each, 3s t>d per bottle, cr sample bottles for 6d. The sample bottles enable sufferers to prove their value at a trifling cost.