LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1358, 27 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka. School Commiteke. —ln the report in,our last issue of the special meeting of the above Committee, the word "fences” ■Was inadvertently altered to “ finances.” .

Geraldine Traffic Bridge.— The contractor for the redecking of this Bridge, Mr James Jfhilp, had almost - completed the work last evening. Considering the lime the bridge has been standing, most of the old decking is pretty sound. Lecture.— The Rev. Goo. Barclay will deliver a lecture in the Presbyterian schoolroom, Geraldine, to-morrow evening. The subject will be Christianity v. Confucianism. Great interest was taken in Mr Barclay’s previous lectures, contrasting Hinduism and Buddhism with the teachings of the Bible, and the lecture on Sunday evening ought to prove equally interesting and instructive.

Thb Salvation Army,— The “ Great Western Hall,” a new building near to the Edgeware Road, London, was opened on Saturday 2nd May, for carrying on the work of the Salvation Army. “ General ” and Mrs Booth were present and were supported by Mr William Miller, Messrs Richard and John Cory, Mr T. A. Denny, the Rev. Dr. Clifford, and others. It was stated that the building cost £7,000 and there was a debt of £3,000, towards which £1,727, was received or promised during the dedicatory service.

Accident Near Timaru.— A very severe accident happened on Wednesday last to a man who was engaged in ploughing on Mr McGlashan’s farm at Kingadown. Something g.-dng wrong with the harness, he stopped the plough and went forward to the horses to put it right. While so engaged the animals started, and the man getting knocked down was trod upon and kicked by them, and the plough coming against him caused a compound fracture of his right arm and some terrible wounds. He was picked up quite unconscious and was speedily conveyed to the Timaru Hospital, where he is reported to be doing well. Colonial Industries. A number of papers on Colonial Industries were presented in Parliament on Wednesday. They include a letter from Sir Julius Vogel to the AgentGeneral asking to consider whether it is is in his power to promote the progress of manufacturing industries in the colony; a memo, by Professor Hector on colonial manufactures; papers on trade with Brazil j on the manufacture of glue; on salt works, explosives, tobacco, iron, sugar, beet, frozen meat, woollen fabrics, trade wiih India, and a minute by Sir James Ferguson on the meat and wool trade with India, pointing out that meat can be bought there for 2d or 3d per tb, but suggesting a trial shipment, and also one of woollen goods. Cost of Defence. The salaries and charges in connection with what is called “ External defence,’' proposed to be paid by the Government out of the Consolidated Fund, amount to £24,968. Following are the items: —Staff Commander colonial forces, £700; naval staff officer, £500; torpedo instructor (six months), £176 ; assistant instructor, at 7s 6d per day, £137. Total, £1513. Artillery Corps—l officer commanding, £SOO j 1 sergeant-major, at 9a per day, £165; 3 instructors, at 9s per day, £493 j 4 sergeants, first class, at 8s 6d psr day, £621 ; 4 sergeants, second class, at 8s per day, £584; 30 gunners, first class, at 7s per day, £3833; 30 gunners, second class, at 6s fid per day, £3285, Total, £13,040. Torpedo Corps—2o men, at 7s per day, £2553. Infantry—Eifles, £IOOO. Contingencies,

£1750. Grand total, as already stated, £24,968. The Revised Old Testament. —On April 30th the Archbishop of Canterbury and the other members of the Upper House of Convocation assembled in the College Hall, Westminister, together with the Lower House, to receive from of the Revision Company the revised version of the Old Testament. The Archbishop said the occasion was the most striking in the annals of the English Church. They were met to receive the translation brought to the utmost perfection to which our scholars ceuld bring it. The Bishop of Winchester thanked God that this great labor had been brought to a conclusion. What the judgement of the Church would be they could not say ; but he commended the Revised Old Testament to their kind consideration and forbearance.

Fhance, England and Aubtbalia.Baron Michele, a naval officer of distinction, who lost one of his legs in the Crimea, and hns been on an official mission in Australia and the South Pacific, was startled when he returned to find what a break up had taken place m his absence in the Anglo-French entente co’dtale.' The Baron thinks England and France are bound by their geographical situation, the similarity of many of their political institutions, and even their contrasting features of character, to be the best friends. He regaids the foreign policy followed in England for the last two years as dangerous to France, and indeed to all the free States of Europe. The Baron greatly fears that if things go on as they have been Uely, the fast multiplying Germans will try to disestablish all the French settlements in the South Pacific. The English rap. there is too strongly and widely rooted for the Germans to do more than tread on their heels, and perhaps force them to incur heavy military erpenses from which they hare hitherto had immunity. These views have been set forth in a lecture at the Salle des Conferences, T’h,e Baron speaks in a dear, nervous stylo j and in dealing with Australia and the South Pacific throw, a strong loci colour into what he .ays. He is enthusiastic about our colonies, where he met with the most friendly hospitality. The vine culture he found so developed in some parts of Australia that he fancied himself almost in Seuthern Europe.

A Youthful Offender.— At the Ashburton Police Court yesterday (according to the Guardian) a boy barely 7 years of age was charged with the larceny of a whip valued at 15s. The most surprising part of the affair is that a person purchased the whip from the child. The police withdrew the charge and offered no evidence, but Mr Beetbam severely cautioned the little offender and bis paren's, and very properly commented on the action of the person who had purchased the whip. Why Britain Hesitates.—lt is stated that among the principal causes which have operated to produce a change in the attitude of the English Government towards Russia is the receipt of a report from Sir Donald Stewart, the Commanderin Chief in India, to the effect that the Indian Army could not as a matter of prudence undertake an expedition to Herat until the railway is completed to the Pisheen Valley, which, it is now ascertained, will not be done in less than three years.

Wesleyan Mission Services.— The mission services at the Temuka Wesleyan Church are still proceeding, and up to the present they have been very well attended, considering that the weather is very cold.. The Rev. D. McNicholof Ashburton will conduct the services to-night and to-morrow, and for the first four nights of next week. The Rev. Mr Thomas requests us to state that persons who attend no place of worship are cordially invited. We are glad to find that the mission is producing very successful results, a fact which may be accredited to the zeal and earnestness of the pastor of the Church.

Masonic. The installation of the officers of Lodge Southern Star, No. 619, S.C., took place in the Lodge-room, Geraldine, on Thursday evening. The Rev, Jas. Hill, U.W.D.G.M., was the installing officer, and was assisted by Bros. R. S. Cook and W. R. Lawson, Acting-D.G., Stewards. The following Masters and Past-Masters were on the dais; —Bro. J. Harrop, W.ivl., St. George’s, E.C., Temuka ; and Bros. H. Smith, W.M., S. Gould, and W. DeKenzy, P.M., E. 0., Winchester. The following officers were installed for the ensuing term Bro. Wrn, Young, P.M., as R.W.M. ; Bro, Jas. Williams, D.M. ; BrO. N. Dunlop, S.M.; Bro. R. Gould, S.W. ; Bro. W. Coltman, J.W, ; Bro. W. Shiers, Treasurer (reelected) ; Bro. J. W. Pye, Secretary; Bro. G. H. Patrick, S.D.; Bro. C. Waller, J.D,; Bro. D. Andrews, 1.6.; Bro. R. Scott, Tyler; Bros. W. R. Lawson and R. Taylor, Stewards. The routine business and installation over, the brethren adjourned to the Oddfellows’ Hall to partake of refreshments, the cure of which had been entrusted to the Lodge Stewards, Bros. Lawson and Cook, who, obtaining the services of Bro. L. Tombs, of Temuka, duly administered to the wants of the inner man. Mr Tombs’ •bility as a caterer is a sufficient guarantee that the repast was a first-class one. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been duly honored, the time was passed in harmony, and when the time for parting came the brethren departed for their several homes well pleased with the way the evening had been spent, and more especially at meeting the guest of the evening, Bro. Hill, whose presence in South Canterbury is always much appreciated. How to Get Sick. —Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the vile nostrums and imitations advertised, and then yon will want to know How t* Get Well. —Which is answered in three words—Take American Co’s Hop Bitters!—Bead Advt.

Messrs J. Mundell and Co. are now receiving entries for their monthly stock sale. Mr W. Upton Slack, Pleasant Talley, invites tenders for cutting and burning 150 chains of gorse fences at Woodside, Tenders close on the 11th July. Messrs J. Mundell and Co. invite tenders for the lease of 20 acres of first-class land, together with a 9-roomed house, in the suburbs of Geraldine. Tenders close on Monday next.

Intending tenderers are reminded that tenders for the lease of 630 acres of land from Mr S. D. Barker, of Kynnersley, near Temuka, close to-day. The blocks into which the land is divided vary in size from 20 to 130 acres, and it may be taken up for one crop, or for periods ranging from fire and a-half to fourteen years. This should place the land within the reach of any person desiring to take it up.

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