The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1407, 20 October 1885, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tbkitka Schooi. Committkk.—The usual monthly meeting of this Committee will take place this evening. Pbatsbs ?o* Raiw. — At the morning and evening services of the Roman f!atho i-' Church last Sunday prayers were offered tor rain. Drums aw» DigOßn»Bi,T.—A man earned Jo»m Hardy wan bought b-fore K F. Hray, E*q , J.P., at the police office, 'emuka, yesterday, and fined 5- or the ucu 1 alt«rnatirefo: the above offencv. Small Bikds axd Eaao.—Th« Cleik to tbo Gerald ine Road Boa id notifies that the members are prepared to purchase eggs and young birds c uruig the season at the rate of sixpence a dojen for the latter and threepence per del n for the fomer. J'hb Bishop ob Wellington.—Amongst the passenger litit of tbe San Francioco mail steamer, City of Sydney, which arrived at Auckland last Sunday, appears the name of the Right Rev. Dr Redwood, Roman Catholia Biihop of We'lington. PBOPKkTY Tax.—Our re«d rs »re reminded that «t.»tements of all real and personal propeny belonging to. th, m. must,,in iccordanee with the Property Assessment j Act 1879, and its amendments, reach the | Proper y Tax Commissioner, M. 1 J. Sperrey, Wellington, on or before th* 21 t O'Jtoher (fo-"'orrcw). Forme ca» be- obtai:«ed at the • Po«toSo»> or Uqw the local Aeeeseor.

i MaBOX Xloxuis.—Market lionets to the W»*liJvka will in future be iiwun't on ul orna<«'Thui'3(lß7t l commeiicing on Thursday next. limabp A. akdP. Shot?.—Entries for all classes at thin Show —excepting sheep, cattle, and pig*, which oio-ed on Saturday lotclose wi'.h the Secretary, Mr F. W. Stubbs Timaru, 10-d-y. Eakoitata Bridqb Racks.—A meeting of persons interested in taking «teps to carry out the annual races at Rangi'ata Bvidg , will he held at the Rangitata B-idge Hotel on Saturday evening next at half-past seven. Salkb at Tsmuxa.—To-morrow Mr K. P. Gray holite sale* of horsee, ploughs, trap-, harness, Hour, tinware, et ~ etc., at 'lt-muka. Full tiaiiiculars if to places where sal°» will be hil ', and time of same, etc., wi.l be found in our advertising columns. Railway. Rbtpbns— The railway returns for rhe four weekly perio.d ending 12;h Seppmber «.how tbe receipts to h<ve been £68,033 9s 3d, and the expenditure £52,102 81 4if. For the corresponding period Jast year the receipts were £65,176 18a 9d, and the expenditure £54,6665s lid. Gold. —The value of the gold entered for export at Auckland, Marlborougu, NelsoD, West Coast and O'ago for the quarter ended 30th September was £235,860} for the correrponding quarter of 1884 the (•mount was £208,495. No gold was entered at Canterbury or Wellington. Obaei.—The members of the Orari dancing class clo-ed their seaon with a grand ball in the Assembly Hall on the evening of Friday laft. Evr.ry one seemed to have reserved their best efforts to make the affair an unqualified success, and such undoubtedly it was. About twenty-four couples represented the township and din nc . The Hall was enlivened by beautiful floral decoration , and the refreshment department was uider the ablv management, of M>s H*rri-on. With " Youth at the prow and Pleasure at the helm," with good music, and graceful partner?, and an efficient M.C., who could resist the fascinations of the enchnnting godde-s who presides over l.h<" gyrations and evolutions of the ballroom ? On this oc3»Mon the votaries of Terpsichore proved themselves wo-thy of her patronage, for not only was there a "sound of revr>l-y by ni«lit " but the " golden orb of day" was well above the hoiijon ere the knights and ladies of her tournament sought their well-e*rned repose, "■'ome well-rendered songs contributed greatly also to the pleasures of the evening, and the arrangements generally gave every satisfaction. The members of the class are certainly muoh indebted to Mr J. O. Binskin, who has ably officiated as M.C. throughout the season, and to Mr Behirens, who has supplied tbemutio. The Blub Ribboic MoYEMBirr in WinchßßTßß.—On lbu.oi»y las a very lurye meeting of about seventy persons was h id in S'. John's Church, pre-ided over by the Rev. T. -■*. Hamilton. The meeting was upened with prayer and tinging the hymn "Soldiers of Christ arise." The Chairman then staled the object of the meeting, vii„ to elect a Blue Ribbon 'ouimit-ee and also 10 organise a Band of Hope. He Hoped that an influential and z» 1 us Commit tee wo'ld be formed, and a buiidng secured in which meetings might henceforth be held. The following werd unanimously eleoted: — Rev. T. i. Hamilton ; VicePresidents, Rev. E. Mackintosh *nd Rev. W. G. Thoina»; Secretary, Mr Chaibs Shalkrd ; Treasurer, Mr .Hart; Committee, Messrs K. mitk, G. Smith, Stewart, Gimson, Page, Wilks and Collae. A Ladies' Coinmi'tee was »lso formed for house to house visiting, Jistributing le»fUts, and arranging for tea meeting", etc. Earnest addresses were delivered to the children by Mr Cook and Mr StrWA-t, of O'ari, It wa< a ringed that the Band of Hope should meet on the sec >nd and fourth Thursdaysiu eaoli month. Mr Murdoch McLeod was elected Seoretary, and Mr John VlcLeod Treasurer to the Band of Hope. Oue person present sign fled bis wii.li to take the pledge, and after the singing of the avening hymn the meeting terminated. At ■» Committee meeting held immediately af er*»nis, the Secretary wan instructed to wait upon the School Committee and muke application tor the use of the school f:r meetings. It was resolved to inaugurate the establishment of the movpruent in Winchester by a ..a on or about November 6. Dbamatio Entebtainmsnt.—Owing to the hurried manner in whioh our report of ohe entertainment given last F iday evening in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, was written, omii-cions were made which we now hasten to set rieht. The pi 'ce entitled " The Happy Puir" was not only excellently mounted, but also acted in a manner that would do credit to professionals. Both Mrs Hargreaves and Mr Pinckney were letter-perfeot in the dialogue, and they succeeded in presenting a very realistic representation of the piece. It is a piece which affords scope for much tiistrionic ability, its dialogue is good, and its situation* effective, and the lady and gentle-' mm who wee cist for it seemed to understand their parts thoroughly. The audience appeared highly pleased, and at the close Mrs Hargreaves and Mr Pinckney hart 10 come before 'he curtain in response to a call trom alt pait* of the B th Mrs Hayhurst and Mrs Rout w*-e deservedly encored, and both very oMiginuly responded. We have alreacy referred to the migoificent raavner in which the fa>-ce of " Lend me fire (•hillings" wae mounted. We may add that 'be ladieß who took part in it were splendidly dressed, and apparen ly had spared neither t 'ouble nor expense in gflting it up. The piece is vcy inferior in point, of dialogue, in fact the lenguage is not, half sufficient at times to explain the action in it. There is too muoh of the " asi-ie " business in it, and the piece would go better if some of ii wt*re cut out. Besides the par's represent d by Mr Gurr and Miss Ladbrooke, both of whom acted with remarkable intelligence and ability, the next, most importnnt parti were that of M.C., efficiently filled by Mr Ashwe 1, ' »n i Captain Phobbs, the mad, jealus husband, by Mr Bryars. Both made as much a» possible out of their part--. Mr Haines had li tie ti do as Mr Mireland, the arti«t, hut that he did well, ?peaking his lines cle-rlv, 'listi ctly and effecti»ely. Mrs Ashwrll hud only a few words to speak, and those she >pi«keuccu ately and well. In this piece M' Pinckney appeared again, as a waiter, and gave aa good a representation of £am as c.iuld h,-wi-hed for. I eri lcisioe amateur performances he difficulty of avutd ng to give offence presents itrelf. If greater praiie is given to one than the other, tbe wnirfr of tbo critique is sure to be set, down as a fel ow who knows nothing at all about; it. Even at the risk of being thus b anded, we mu-l say that M.r Pinckney'* acung w»»< characterised by exeallence etiuh a< few debutants could reach. The bal which waafterwan<s held was crowded, there being not nearly sumY-ient room for all to dance. Too much prai-e cannot be given to Rargreaves i-nd Ash well for their effort- i making it a Miecess. They provided a goo > part of the refreshments, and dij everything eke in th«ir power. On the wbole the eveni'V was exttem-ly enjoyable, and we believe the result, will enable ihe Committee to hand BStoodsum to the Benevolent Society. Mr Haines, who acted as Seeretaiy, deserves thanks for I lie intelligent manner in which he performed. Lis duties. The grog* rottipu ware abeut 4SBfh

.Illeokd LaROKNY. • Albert Ho-kins, saddle, • Jem'tJine, was arrested yesterday by Constable VVillouahby on smpioion of having; ftott-n a sum of £6 from the house of Mr J. Boughton, tailor, on Easter Monday last-, Apul6rti. <*ecu<e.i waß brought up before the Re». Geo. B*icl»y, J.P., charged as above, and wa;«, on the application of Constahle rem&Dded till Monday next. Bail wa* allowed accused, bimielf in £IOO, and two .urtitiei of £SO each. Fatal acoiorkt at Lakk Trkapo.— The head shepherd on Mes*r» rluthe ford's Mount Mistake station, John Munro, was drowned on Thursday afiern on in Lake Tekapo. With another m»N aaraed 'lhomas Goodm n, he started from the 'iek»po Uotcl in one of Mr hulhei ford's bouts shortly after 2 o'clock on the day ia qii'stiw for the Mount Mistake Station, and about 3 o'clock the boat upset. The accident was noticed from the shore, and a boat put off to the roscue. It reached the upturned boat in time to Bare Good miui, but Murro was gone. Goodman was unconsoiuus and remained so for some hours. Munro had been for about five years in the district, and waß greatly liked. A Scoldisu Womam.—The barbarities of the duckiv g stool foif the cure of scolding women, though abolished by law, are now oftentimes practioed by a kind of sooial barbarity r,one the leu reprehensible, Women scold only when they »xa ill, In stead of blaming them we should prefwibe Am. Co.'s Hop Bitters. The entire system Will undergo a genial, pleasant ohange. The ne/vas will be q iiefr-d and acerbity of worn and thought wnl givo place to amiability and Kffcoiion. Healthy women do not scold or fret.—Read advt. BYNOPSI3 OF ADVERTISEMENT. J. Bperrey, Wellington.—Notice re Property Tai. N.Z. Kailwiys—Notic; re Market tickets to Washdjke. I Rangi'ata Bridge Raoes—Public meeting at Rungitata Bridge Hotel onSalu.day next re the Races. GeruMine Road Boa'd. —Members are prepared to purchase eggs and young birdu during the coming 6ea on. Pigs—Owners of pigs wanting to se l ! are requested to take tame to Geraldine Factory by 2 p m. on Saturday next. Francis White, Timaru—Announces thit he has bought the book deb's in Peter Bertie's esfafe, and has authotised Mr Bertia to collect the same.