LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1417, 12 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MotiKT Pski Boad Poahd.—Mr Eobert, Thew Ins been elected a member of this Board vice Mr A llawdon resigned. POST-SESSIONAL ADDHKSS. —Mr LrVFStHUI, tI.U.R., cdaressed his consiituentsnt Npls'H) laft Tuesday i.ight and received a vote of v.hai'ke. Thk Fibb on the Waihakapa. —Mr Ca>ew, assisted by Admiral SooU, commences the et'<jtiirv into the origin of the Ore on bonrd the VV»ira> , apa to-day at Dunedin. Acci dent to ins Maobi.—The steamer ■vfaori, ecal laden from (ireymouth to VV-1-lir-gt"n, w»htowd in'o Nel?on by the steame' Mvtai last Tueodar night, having broken her •haft. A Disihokbst Manager.—Joseph Bland, recently mar.agar at Dunediu for Stewart, Dawgon and Co.. was arreted at Melbourne on Tuesday night on a charge of defrauding hie employers of £I2OO. His defalcations are said to eitend over a period of 12 months. Thb Late Shbbf Smothering Casks.— It will be remembered thist Dr Foster applied on behalf of his client, Air Bayley, for leaye to appeal against the judgment delivered by the Resident Magistral*, Mr Bttddeley, in the sheep smothering nnrl trespass cases at. tb» R.M. Court, Geraldine, on t-he 2nd inet. We are now informed by Mr Bajley that he intends to abandon the application for appeal* CONCBBT AND DAWCK AT WINCHKSTKB. A concert and dance in aid of the prizs fund tales pluce in th? Winchester School tomorrow eveninjf. A very nice programme hac, we understand, been p~eparnd for the concert, several ladies and gi»n»lumen from Temuku and Geraldine asMstmif, and we hope to see the schoolroom crowded. It may h* mentioned that the tLn. W. Rolli-eton wll preside, auci the overtures will be ilayed by Mrs J. T. M. Hayhuiet. Bad Sunshades.—The Volunteers who attended the review at. Temuka on Monday last, who were not provided with helmets, but hadonly theundress "Qlenparry,"found them very poor protectors from ihe fcorching heat of the sun's rayi>, and all who w<v-t» thus dressed —except » few "htrd case«"—may now be seen wiih their f»ces, forehe»d« especi l'y, bndly ; unhurtit. The Glengarrie's, iboUjih neat, and ««.-ful for indoo- exeioine or eamp life, are qn te unMnt-.ib!? for an oeeasioual hot summer dut's Sia-d eii-nie. By next, yea" those Vet tot Ihe lull drew unifo-ms should try to do »o, in order to he able to appear on euch oceiwio..s as Uondav belter protected from the >ui. Induction Service at Pleasant Point.—"n Monday afternoon last, th* Uev. W. Whit', 8.A., havirg accepted the " cal ," was inducted into thoPreanyterian Church at Pleasant Point. The service was a most impressive one. A Sim 'it was preached by the Rev. Mr McKee, and impressive addresses wore delivered by tb- Hev. (inn. B -relay and Mr Stewart, of Orari. In Ihe evenino; a conversazione wa* held iu tht< Assemb'y I'ooms, which wis a great success.' The Kev. G. Barclay presided. A'ldresa s were delivered bv the itev. (Jhairm-in and the ft< vs. W. White, T. J. Smyth-, en J W, G. Thoui'is. All piesent greatly enj >yed tliHrnsolves. Road V. Rail. —Every effort is being made ro e«t«lili?h the Wiu'gon competition wi'.h Bluff-Invercargi 1 ra'lway on a porminent tootrng. The merchant* have asked the Harbor B"ard to provide shed accommodation, and lust Tuesday n'eht the Blt-ff ' ouncil accepted a tender of £450 for metalling one of the worst part" of the road. The li.vereargill merchants have collected over £IOO for re-p-drine other portion*, and the Counly Council are to be asked to subsidise tiheeame. Ihe prop --sal of the Manager of Railways is considered by the merchants a» unsatisfactorv, and they are determined to ninn'ain the wagsOf.s, by which goods can be earned it less than half tbe recent reductions on measurement goods made by the Manager at Invercarfji 1. Additional waggons hare been engaged. Thb Aboiitios op Cosstjltatiok?.—The following eitract from a letter from one of the suecMs'ul swe-'pists appears in the Napier Telegraph, and give* the opinion of a pro fessional on the rffects of the new Act abolishing consultations:—" The public ore evidently muoh in favor of sweeps being continued, and it would have quite met public opinion had Parliament passed a Bill to rrgulate them in euoh a war that the dis honest sweep prometer would have had no chance whatever to swindle the public. After the Ist November I expect there will bo a goid many sweeps got up in priva f e. Tbis I look up>n as the worst form of d )insi it, as if men are inclined to be sharpers, thmt is just the way to enooursge them • the more openly the business is done the better. Legalise thtm by giving licenses to good meD, and to b* under the inspection of »ome public officer, and make it, punishable should any of these become defaulter*. A Bbqbkst RBPrjgßD,—An exchange say*: •—•" A paragraph went the round of th« papers, some time ago, stiting that an aJmirer of Mr Bradlaugh had bequeathed him £IOOO, while putting his own widow off with only 32a a week. Canes of this kind have net been unusual in higher ranks of life There.was Netld, the Buckinghamshire mi-er, for instance, who bequeathed naaily a midion of money to the Queen, and did not give sixpence to his own family or even to a fiithful old hou-ekeepsr who had nused him for years. Her accepted the legacy, being a lu*iness-lik" w<>m»n ; erected as'.aincd-glars window io Niid'* parish churrih to hi* m-'ino'y ; and gave the old hou'e'veeper a few chillings per Wsf k for the remainder of her days. N<> one thought. ve _ y mach of the Queen for taking the money. She. had a Ittre"* family and only the paltry pittance of £385,000 lo support them upon. But Mr Br.ifil<uigh, who ik a poor man, also with a familv, ha* disappointed bis enemies and aloddened bis friends by refusmj Ihe £IOOO bfqne*t, immediately on the circumstances becoming known to him. Toe Christchorch Show.—A correspond;dit of the Ashbutton Utnrdian telegraphed as fnpnws yesterday :~-"'lhe weather ia beautiful for the M>-tropolitan Show, which i« attended by largo crowds. The lotal number of exhibits is 3,768, against 1,293 lust year. The qualiiy is good. Slmcp, c-ittl", and pigs display great gener-d excellence and improvement on last year. Horse, though not very numerous are good. The show of implements is equal to anything peen here. Local manufactures and products are very superior in quality. Dairy produce excellent. The principal prizewinners are :- In Merinos—R. Catnphe'l and Sone, a"d McMmter's Executors ; Leicester* -J. B-nifan', J. Hydon, A. Murdoch, and W. Boag ; Lincolns— C. Withell and W. Morris ; O-^swolds—W. Boag ; Southdowns—H. J. Washburn and S. Uarforth; Crossbrids-C. Wuhell ; Shorthorns-J. Deans ; Gold medilsf>r best bull, he'fer, an! fat catile—S. Gar forth ; Draught horses—McKr-Har ami J. tfiark ; Blood horses I —J. Spenca ; Pgs— E. Clarkson ; Daily produce— M. Peaoh ;md C. B. Candy." I

Attacked bi a Boae.—The Prens states thai a bov named George Turner, aijed 14, implored by Mr D<srrelt, HororeU, while drivins pi?* on Monday, was attacked by a boar, which rioped up hii tidgh and tore hi? hand. Me whs t-keu lo the _ilo?p tal at Chrirtoliui'cli »t. riL'hfc. A Large Blast. —A nvin of granite estiui»ted to weij.'h 4' leat>t 500,0b0 ton* was ni»p : aced recently on the line of (ba Iron Mountai 1 Ri)iboad, Mi-souri, by a single b.»»i. A alifift 65 feetdeep was sunk, with tateriil chambers, in which five lons of powder were stored. After the shaft had br«n pearly filled to the top, an electric sptrk from a b«Ue'-y half a mile dintawt fired thi* nirtgi-zn.', witb the result indicated. Obstructive Natives.—A daring outrage was committed by natives nt To Wiiiroa, Luke Traawhera (A.uckland), on Saturday last. It appears that the natives desired to regain possession of thfl Terrace Hotel, leased by them to Mrs Robert Graham. To attam their desire they attempted to forcibly eject Mrs Graham. A series of conflicts ensued between the leesce find the natives, but ultimately the chief, Wi Kepa, who had taken a prominent part in creating the disturbance, promised that the (.ffenders should appear at the R.M. Court on Monday. This promise wiis kept, but the.hearing of the charges « a 3 adjourned until December 3, trie prisoners being released on bail. TVMUXA BrjTTKk, ChUESB AND Bacon-Crruif-a Factory Company, Limitbd.—A meeting of the Directors of the tboye Company was held on Tuesday morning. Present —Messrs Gray (in the chair), J. Austin, 8. Cuin, and J.Brown. The minutes of the previous morning were raid and canfirmed, correspondence was read, ?.nd fha following lenders were accepted :—.For the aipply of coal, J. Blytb, at 31s per ton ; for boxes, A. Frew, round, 2j Bd, square, o- Id. Tender'! for cartage were received, but being considered unsatisfactory, it was decided to defer the siutter. Accounts amounting to £22 12s wore p*s*»d for payment. The Secretary reported that he had piiid £74 lis for 5113 gallons of milk received during October. The meeting then terminated. A Maori on ma Tbavpis.—As showing fchut the Maori is notineapab'e of the highest civ lizitionan exchange mentions the following stoiy :—An Ktst Coast eetil«r on a visit, to the other Island met a native. Now natives are scarcu dovn sou'h and our friend, a fi>s'.rate Maori linguist, naturally sad, "fenakoe." The Maori answered in English, and in reply to further enquiries stated that he belonged to the Biy of Plenty ; that be had been at sea • had just landed from Newcastle ; and, being hard-up, would like to borrow a pound. lie was given the money at once. Ni-xt day the two met again in the street, when the native paid back the pound. " I Ihoughtyou were haid-up," said our friend. "Ah, wel'," faid the Maori, " me did not want you go back B-iy Plen'y and tell my people .luck owe me pound. Me make a plav game poker, win fifty pound !" '■ How did \ou manage thai. ?" " Me know how stack the pack ; me learn at Sydney !" Wbll Connected.—-The following lengthy obituary notice is taken from a recent issue of the Sydney Daily Telegraph : -"Barley— T)i d on August 23rd, 1885, nt Lea, Qiif-en-street, Woolabra,Sydney, Murgusrette Klizi L. MaeOonnell, the beloved wifn of G. W. H. Bay ley, Railway D parrment of New <Wh Wal-,6, daughter of the late Eobert Mac Donnell, PMscian, Dublin, sister of Lady Blake, l*te of Metilough Cjs'l-, Ireland, and of Robert. Mac Donnell, M.D., f Hinder of the Hospital for Cons linptives, Montreal, Canada, and of Ricb-rd Mac Donnell, barrister, Pbils/hlphia ; niece of Dr Hichard Mac Donnell, D.D., and lite Provost of Trinity CoHrce, Dubl o, and also of Dr Cba-J s MacT)onnell, late Rev. W. A. EvanBon, of Ingleshtim Vicarag», Gloucestershire, »n J third cousin of Sir Richard G. McDonnell, formerly Governor of South Australia and Hongkong, also of Captain Robert H. vifccDonnell, formally of the 55th Regiment. Her ei:d wag p ?r!er:t peace." A SiNOur.AB Sight.—The singular sight was lately witnessed of fire is»uing from the waters of the river Clyde, a few hundred y rdsb-low Bothwell Bridge, audit attracted to the scene thousands of curious spect.t!ors. For some time tack, near the mouth of the Andhenraith stream, and not far from the left bank of the river, tbe water has in one or tvo places been seen to bubble up, the largest of the agitated parts making a circle nearly a hot in cncumference. S'ill no heed was taken of the circumstances until the other day when an angler while wading in the stream, which, owing to the dry weather, is abnormally low, soratoh'ed a match to light his pipe, and in throwing it from him the water at onco caught five, and emitted a brilliant flume. It is now clear that the gas issuing from tbe mineral workings underneath is finding its way through a figure into the strata to the surface of the water and had been kindled by the lighted The boys amused themselves trying, ineffectually, r,o put out tha tongue of flame, which at night rose to a height of 4 or 5 feet. Bands of Hops Kxhibitio:*.—A Meeting of the representatives of the f-rbus Bands of Hope in Timaru was held in the We«leyan Bohooh ojm, on Friday evening, to consider the advisability of holding an exhibit ion in Timw, nnder the auspices of the United Bands. After some disunion, it was decide i to hold an exhibition on Easter Monday, to be called " The Soul h Canterbury B»nds of 3rp* Exhibition." The following representative Ciramitlee was then appointed :—Congregational Mr W. D. flaggctt (Chairman) j Presbyterian, Mr D. M. viatkay; Wesleyao, Mr W, Moore; Baptist, Mr W. G. Bassett ; Primitive MehodiV, Mr Beswick • Secretary, A. W. Basoand; As-si-tant Bf.cretarv, Mr F. Simmons. The Exhibition he'd last Easter was a great -uecess, and judging from tha very earnest uni enthusiastic unnner in wuioh the Committee have taken the matter in hand, and from the interest shown in the last Exhibi}.i >n by the youthful membsrs of the various Binds of Hope, this one should prove equally successful. Law TKNxrs Totjknamknt.—A tournament took plioe in I'imiru on Monday ltsr, in which representatives from the Timaru, Alexandra, and Temuka Clubs, took part. The first event which the Temuka reprenentatives contested was a double with Timaru—Messrs Tos»will and 0. H. Clark representing Tiraaru and Messrs F. H. Barker and R. Pinckney, Temuka. The first set was won by Temuk*, and the second and third by Timaru, who thus won the match by two sets to "ne. In a single match between Mr F. H. Barker for Temuka, and Mr F. Wilson Smith for Trnuru, the f >rraer proved the vi tor. A single mitch beiween Mr Tosswill for Timaru, and Mr Pinckney for Temuka, replied in a win for Timaru. The other natohes played were a double between Mrs Tosswill and Miss Bees for Timaru, and Miss Smith and Miss A. Meefor Alexandra, m which the first named were the winners; i single between Mrs To9Bwiil(for the Timaru) and Miss Mee (for the Alexandra) the latter winning; a douhlo between Miss Re*s and vfiss Pearson (for the Timaru) and Miss Vrnith and Miss .Wee (for the A'etandra), the former win-in^r; <\nd a sin;la between Miss Rh«s (for Timaru) against Miss M. Smith (for Alexandia) in which the latter was defeated,

An Ownerless Hat.-—The representative of this paper who attended at Green Rayps the evening has sworn vengeance against all the Volunteers in New Zealand. There was found at Green HayeH on the following morning a hat for which there was no owner. This hat wan left at the office of this together with the information that it had been left behind by our representative on the previous evening. Now our repre-s-niuive in one of those who belong to the—well, not the Blue Ribbon Army exactly, but fo those who sympathise with them, Nothing pleases him better than to see o'her people drinking cold water while he is contributing largely to the Customs revenue. He fell highly edified by seeing the Mayor of Timari'. —about whose conversion Mr Burnett made ho much noise—drinking the health of Her Most Gracious Majesty 'he Queen in vast tumblers ©f cold water. Being thus a great admirer of cold-water driDkers, aud a sympathiser with Blue Ribbonism, be feole greatly hurt at having been suspected of having left the festivities bailees, nnd he takes this opportunily of stating that he did not. The hat has been sent to the wrong man. Unleas we make a great roiatuke, it belongs to the representative of the Timaru Herald. We have come to this conclusion owing to its sisss and shape. It is just larga enongh to fit the head of the Timern Herald's representative, but not any way ner.r capable of holding the vast intellect that represented this paper. The Imfc i» ftill in our possession, and the owner can have it at any moment be likes. Good Wobdb—Feom Good Authority. fecMy at the run of your American Co 's Hop Bitters. We never had anything liko it, and nev*r hoard of the like. The writer (Benton) has been selling drugs here for nearly thirty y»rs, and has the ris* of Hoatettors's, Vinegar and all other bittera and pateafc medioinej, but never did any of them, in their best aty?, begin to have the run that American Hop Bitters have, * * We c»u't get enough of them Wi are out of them, half the time. * * Kx'.racfc from letter to Hop Bitters Co,, UAA , Augu*t22, 78, from Benton, Mybbs & Co , Wholesale Druggists, Cleveland, 0. i*a euro and sea Advt. inn Milin friWltf. SYNOP3IS OF ADVERTISE MEN KJ. B« Morrison, Beehive Stores, Geraldine— Business notice. J. Harrop, Temuka—Has for sale, cheap, a i-aore seotion with 4-roomed cottage, etc. etc. Mount Peel Road Board—Mr R. Thew, is elected a member in the place of Mr A. Hawdou resigned. Rew.ird—Reward offered for tbe return to the Bank of New Z-aland, Geraldine, of a black ami white and tan fox terrier bitch. P. McCaskill, Winchester Wool Works— Announces that he is now receiving orders for sorting or scouring large or small clips at moderate charges, workmanship being guaranteed.