LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1392, 15 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Parliamentary Union.— The weekly meeting of the Temuka Parliamentary Union takes place this evening. A No-Oonfidence motion is on the Order Paper. Race Privileges.— On Saturday next, Messrs J. Mundell and Co, will submit to the hammer the privileges on the Geraldine Racecourse at the forthcoming meeting. Dramatic Entertainment.—A dramatic entertainment, in aid of the funds of the Benevolent Society, will be given in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on the 16th of next month, and doubtless will be largely attended. The pieces are now in active rehearsal. The Primitive Methodists Girt Auction. —At this auction on Saturday night it may be mentioned that refreshments will be provided. A sale of lire stock in connection therewith will take place at Mr K. F. Gray’s yards, Temuka, at half past four o’clock on Saturday afternoon. Pedesthianism,—The articles of agreement between Hancock and Seott were signed on Friday at the Empire Hotel, Christchurch, for a twelve hours’ walking match, and a deposit for £SO a-side was made. The match (says the Press) takes place m Christchurch, and is for £250 a-side. Hancock’s backers selected T. B. Jacobsen and J. Stanley Monck as referees, and Scott’s backers selected Jas. Campbell and A. M. Ollivier as referees. These gentlemen will have to select another to act as umpire. Arrangements will be made to exclude the public from the body of the hall, but they will be admitted to the gallery and stage. No person but the judges will be allowed in the body of the hall during the match. Caught in the Act.—The following is taken from an Auckland paper of a late date : —Last nigbt two men engaged in the Theatre Royal, the one as ticket-seller and the other as ticket-taker at the stalls entrance, were given into custody on the charge of defrauding the manager. The system adopted was that the tickettaker instead of dropping the checks into a box provided for that purpose returned them to the seller, and they divided the spoil. In consideration of one of tho men having a wife and four children, Mr Smith, Mr Baldwin’s manager, declined to proceed with the charge. The most extraordinary part of the business is that the fraud was discovered by Mrs Baldwin in a clairvoyant state, and she informed Mr Smith that he was being robbed. Taking heed of the warning, the manager posted himself in a concealed position, where he detected what was going on, and sent for the police.”

Sudden Death. —Mr Thos. Tindall, licensee of the Hilton Hotel, expired suddenly on Saturday afternoon. It seems that deceased had been ailing for a short time, and on Saturday, in company with Mrs Tindall, he was about to take a drive to Geraldine to see the doctor. While in the act of seating himself he suddenly fall back and expired. Mr Tindall was well known and much respected by everyone who knew him, and his sudden demise will cause quite a blank among his large circle of friends. An inquest was held at Hilton yesterday, before H. C. S. Baddeley, Esq,, Coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr Carter was chosen foreman. The evidence of Dr Fish showed that death had resulted from heart disease. The verdict of the jury was in accordance with the medical testimony. The funeral takes place to-day, and the friends of deceased are invited to attend at his late residence at Hilton for the purpose of following his remains to the Geraldine Cemetery. The brethren of Lodge Southern Star, 619, S.C., Geraldine, of which the deceased was a member, are requested to meet at their Lodge at 1 o’clock, in mourning regalia. Okapi. — A correspondent writes to us as follows : —The weather here for the last four or five weeks has been beautiful, with the exception of a few nor’-westers, and farmers have, despite the low prices of grain, sown a good deal. The young crops which are already above ground promise well, but would be all the better for more moisture.—For a small place there is a wonderful amount of enterprise in Orari, and a deal more business transacted than a stranger would think on riding through our scattered village. We have a general store here, doing a very good business ; and a blacksmith’s shop, where there are three men permanently employed. There are also two or three carpenters who find regular employment in the township, and a shoemaker doing a very good trade. As for our genial host, Mr Breadley is sometimes unable to find accommodation for Ills many friends and customers, therefore I think there is a very good opening for a boarding house. Mr Maxwell, of Timaru, has a branch of his saddlery business here, which seems to be doing well, under the able management of Mr Albert. —Amongst our many advantages we can now boast of our township being a terminus, as the 5 p.m. train from Timaru stops here. The engine shed is just finished, and I hear the Government intend to erect some more buildings for their officials, such as guard, engine driver, etc,—We have a public hall, which, 1 may mention was kindly built by Mr Breadley, and was patronised during the past winter by two or three theatrical companies who had on each occasion a crowded house. The dancing class which has been held weekly on Thursday evenings for the last four months will be continued three weeks longer, and wind up for the season with a grand ball*

Masonic. —The regular monthly meeting of Lodge Southern Star, No. 619, S.C., will be held in the Masonic Hall, Geraldine, on Thursday evening next.

Monthly Sale.— Mr K. F. Gray holds bis monthly sale of stock at Ins yards, Temuka, to-morrow. Particulars will bo found in our advertising columns. Blue Ribbon. —William Noble, tho founder of the “ Blue Ribbon" movement, left .Ragland for Australia, via America, in tho Cunard steamship Serria, which u expected shortly to arrive at Sydney. Cemetery poe Woodbury —On Saturday evening next a meeting will be field in the Schoolroom, Woodbury, to take into consideration the advisability of providing a caaaetery for Woodbury and the district. The Evening Press Libel Case.— The adjourned application for a change of venue in the libel action brought by Dr Stewart of Christchurch against Mr Roydhouse and Mr Wakefield, M.H.R., proprietors of the Wellington Evening Press, came before Mr Justice Johnston in Chambers, Christchurch, on Friday morning. On the application of defendants’ solieitor the application was postponed till the first convenient day after the present session of Parliament.

Accidents. —ln Timaru on Sunday lasr, a girl named Rose Huband, some 13 years of age, met with a rather painful accidenf. With several other children she was playing on some timber stacked on the Moody wharf when a beam of timber on the top of the pile became displaced and fell, and in its descent struck her heavily on the right thigh. She was taken to a chemist’s shop and afterwards to the Hospital. No bones were broksn. On Thursday, in Timaru, a little two-year-old girl named Clarkson fell off a chair, and shattered some of the bones of her right shoulder.

Temdka Mechanics’ Insthtoe. A meeting of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute was held in the Reading Room on Friday, 11th inat. Present—Dr Hayes (President), Messrs Hargreaves, Beri and Haines. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed and sundry accounts passed for payment. The President stated that on looking into the funds of the Institute, he found they had £39 in hand, out of which he thought £26 might be expended on new books. It was accordingly resolved that the sum of £25 be expended on new books, and that subscribers to the Institute bo requested to note down in the suggestion book (which lies on the table in the Reading Room) the names of any works they would like to see procured for the Library. After some further discussion the meeting terminated.

Febbzing Woeks.—The Southland Frozen Meat and Produce Export Co.’s works at the Bluff are now ready for use. The buildings are very extensive, with three very large freezing rooms and storage accommodation for 10,000 sheep. One of Haslam’s refrigerating machines has been obtained. It is 75 h.p., and capable of supplying from 50,000 to 160,000 feet of eold air per hour. The buildings cost £6500 and the machinery from £4OOO to £SOOO. The site of the works is near the wharf, and the water used is drawn through pipes from the sea. The railway siding runs along side the loading shed connected with Ihe works, and the sheep can be received and despatched with great expedition. The directors of the company have not yet decided when to begin operations, tut probably a start will be made ere long. The works were erected by Philpot and Matheson, from designs by Mr K. Coxon, Christchurch, (Raslam’s representative) and all details have been admirably carried out.

. Timaett Agricultural and Pastoral Association. —The monthly meeting of this Association was held on Saturday, the attendance being good. A letter was read from the Timaru Harbor Board granting the Association the use of one of their rooms. It was resolved that a Challenge Cup, given by the business men of Timaru, value 50 guineas, be awarded to the largest prizetaker in breeding stock: sheep, cattle, and horses. Mr G. H. .Rhodes offered a £5 5s prize for the best pen of fat lambs fit for butchers’ purposes; also, a £lO cup for the best horse that has hunted with any recognised pack, the same to be entered in either class 146 or 147. Mr McLaren (President) intimated his intention of giving a prize of £5 5s for the largest prize-taker in draught horses. Mr A. Grant will give a prize of £2 for the best collie dog on the ground. Messrs McLaren, Ford, Pringle and Kelland were appointed a Ground Committee, The annual horse parade will be held on the old show ground on Saturday* 26th inst. The Secretary was instructed to write to subscribers of £lO, asking them if they desire a life membership, in terms of Rule 5. The Secretary was directed bo advise implement makers of the new regulation with respect to implements for exhibition. The meeting then terminated. The Shadows os London. -Mr Fred. Crook lectured last Sunday evening in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on the above subject. It is a pity that Mr Crook selects Sunday nights for bis lectures. If he would only select other evenings he would undoubtedly be better appreciated. Wo do not know whether Mr Crook respects the Sabbath or not, but this we know : the majority of people do, and it is a mistake for Mr Crook, or any other man, to hurt their religious feelings. There is nothing to be gained by it ; it annoys some people. His lecture could not be said to be irreligious. On the contrary, it was well calculated to inspire sympathy with the suffering poor, which in itself is a religious feeling, and if delivered on a week night there can be no doubt but that the lecture would be thoroughly appreciated, Mr Crook starts from St. Paul’s Cathedral. He said it took 74 persons to manage St. Paul’s Cathedral, and besides salaries from the State these got an income of £46,844 from landed property. To enter the crypt of St Paul’s cost 3d, and to go up under the ball, 400 feet high, cost Is 6d. Casting a glance from the cross of St. Paul’s most of London could be sees. Five millions of people lived within view, and within a radius of three miles there was more money than in all the nations of the earth. Within this narrow limit all the title deeds of the world were kept. He next described the life led by some of the poor, and recited a poem by Mr G. B. Sims. He also described a “ Friendly League,” which is a sort of an entertainment got up by thieves in a public house for the purpose of raising money to relievo distress among some of their own class. There was no chance for a London thief, for once he', got into gaol the police would not Ist him live honest. Fe next described the Mendicity Society, which had been established to relieve beggars. They had an income of £4264, but only £520 of that was given in relief, the balance went to pay salaries, cab-hire, etc. Peabody gave half a million of money to relieve the poor, but the money had been spent in the same way. But all Mr Crook’s other experiences were completely put in the shade by “Doob n’s soup kitchen.” This was a kitchen for thieves, and such people, and consequently it became necessary to take certain precautions, because any portable article would be sure to vanish. Doolan had the tables nailed to the floor, the bowls end dishes screwed on to the table, and the knives* forks and spoons were secured ■

also. The soup-boiler was bricked in at the end of the room, and when a customer came in who wanted soup Mr Doolan would take an enormous syringe, dip it into the boiler, syringe up the soup, and squirt it into the bowl on the table. If the customer had not the means of paying for it he would syringe it back again. He next referred to other places of the same kind, and referred to Charles Dickens. The characters drawn by Mr Dickens in Bleeding Hart Yard were perfectly true. He knew venerable, benevolentlooking sanctimonious scoundrels who kept Mr Banks at work. He was very severe upon humbugs and hypocrites of this class. Taking the lecture all round it was highly interesting, and it was delivered with much dramatic action that gave it point and piquancy. The audience was axtremely interested, and appeared to regret that the lecture was not continued much longer, although Mr Crook spoke for an hour and a-quartor. We are pleased te state that Mr Crook will repeat his lecture on Friday evening, when no doubt he will have a larger audience. As we before stated the lecture is most interesting, and those attending will be well repaid. During the evening the members of the Band have consented to give srveral musical selections. Thb Tidv Housewife.—The careful tidy honiewife, when giving' her house its spring cleaning, should bear in mind that the dear inmates are more precious than houses j their systems need cleansing, by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels, and she should know that there is nothing that will do it so surely as American Go’s Hop Bitters, the purest and best of all medicines. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. David Clouston, Geraldine—Funeral notice. R. H. Postlethwaite, Geraldine —Wants a station cook. J. Mundell and Co.—Sals of race privileges on Saturday next. L. E. Haines, Temuka—Notice re dramatic entertainment, Wm. Young—Notice to brethren of Lodge Southern Star, Geraldihe. Fred Crook—Lectures at Temuka on Friday evening on “ Shaddows of London.” K. F. Gray—Sale of hone, cart, and harness at his yards, Temuka, to-morrow. Jas. W. Pye—Monthly meeting of Lodge Southern Star, Geraldine, on Thursday. F. R. Flatman—Notice to persons desirous of obtaining a cemetery for Woodbury and district. L. Walker, Four Peaks —“ Trump Card ” will stand at Four Peaks this season if nob previously sold. telegraphic! The s.s, Zealandia, with the August English mail, left ’Fricso for Auckland on 29th ult., timetable date. The s.s. City of Sydney, with the August colonial mails, arrived at ’Frisco from Auckland on 7th inst., a day earlier than the timetable date. The Union Company’s s.s. Wakatipu from Sydney arrived at Wellington yesterday. A terrible dyn unite accident ou Saturday morning at Skippers (Otago) resulted in the death of John Tripp and Cornelius Nolrnan. The men were warming some dynamite at a fire in their chimney, when an explosion occurred. Nolman was blown through the rcof of the hut, and Tripp was frightfully mutilated, dying two hours after the explosion. Both were unmarried, and were working a claim on their own account.

At a special meeting of the Mercantile Marine Association, Auckland, the seizure of the barque Gazelle for smuggling on which the master was convicted, came up for consideration. The following motion was agreed on ; —“ That the Secretary wire to the Hon. Mr Tole asking if there is time this session to introduce a Bill to alter the law re the seizure of vessels for smuggling, throwing the onus on the master only where the owner is not implicated, the penalty on masters to be so severe that smuggling, such as in the Gazelle case, would not be likely to occur again.

The first section of the Railway from Well ngton to Parecnata, a distance of 16 miles, will be opened on the 21st instant. At a meeting of representatives of Wellington Friendly Societies on Friday night the desirability of holding a monster demonstration at the Exhibition was affirmed,

At a sparsely attended meeting held on Friday night at Halswell a resolution was unanimously passed expressing the opinion that the Member for Heathcote, Mr J. L. Coster, had disfrancised his constituency at a critical time, and seeking a pledge from him that he will take bis seat during next session of Parliament or resign in time for his successor to be elected.

The Auckland Artillery Band left on Saturday for Wellington, to take part in the Band contest. William D. Jackson was arrested on the brigantine Camille, Auckland, on a charge' of embezzlement at Oamnro, of moneys of the Perpetual Trust and Agency Co., of Dunedin. He was remanded. The Hoos. Messrs Buckley and Tole, the Bryce-Rusden Commission met on Saturday forenoon for the purpose of taking further evidence, but adjourned until the afternoon, when the evidence of Sir Geo. Whitmore was taken. Messrs laird and Bell, counsel for Mr ilusden, have cabled Home asking for an extension of the Commission on the grounds of further important evidence. It is known that this request has been granted, although no official information has yet been received.

The Executive Committee of the Exhibition have decided to accept the offer of Mr Te Ao, M.H.R., to provide 20 Maori girls from Otaki, who will give three entertainments consisting of dancing, singing, etc. On Saturday morning at Dunedin a lad named Morrison was thrown out cf a butcher’s cart, the horse of which bolted down High street and came into collision with a lorry standing at Bing, Harris and Go’s. The boy had eno side of his skull smashed and one arm broken. Ho is doing well and is expected to recover.