LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1495, 20 April 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Held Over. Correspondence and other matter is crowded out of this issue. Geraldine County Commit.—ln our advertising columns will be found the Council’s balance-sheet for the year ending 31st March, 1886. The total receipts for the year amounted to £4500 4» 4d. Tbmuka Road Board.—Mr W. Will*, the Returning Officer, notifies that a general election of members of the Temuks Road Board will take place on the 7ih May. All the present members go out of office,but will be eligible for re-election. Candidates must be nominated with Mr Wills before the Ist May, at noon. The Dredge Progress,—At a meeting of the Oarnaru Harbor Board last Thursday, it was agreed to offer the Timaru Harbor Board a half share in the dredge Progress for £BOOO. The original cost ef the dredge was £13,000, but the Oamaru Board have expended several thousands in improvements. The j£ast and West Coast Railway. —lt is in contemplation to hold agr nd demonstration in Hagley Park, Christchurch, to celebrate the receipt of the news re the West Coast Railway. Mr C. C. Bowen, Chairman of the Guarantors, has cabled Home to Mr Allan Scott for details of the contract made with the syndicate. Nbw Buildings.—ln spite of the hard times there are still men amongst us with plenty of enterprise and faith in the ul’imuto success ef Geraldine. It is the intention of Mr J, Kelman to improve the corner at the function of the Pleasant Valley and Main Roads by erecting a bakery thereon. Mr J. Berry is at engaged building the oven. Temperance.—At the Primitive Methodist Church, Temuka, last Sunday evening, Mr King, of Geraldine, who conducted the service, delivered a very earnest address on Temperance, giving one or two striking instances in which drink had proved tbb ruin of persons who had become slaves to it. The address was listened to with much interest. Strange Accident.—A strange accident occurred in Tamukn a few days ago. Mr T. F. Hooper was driving a horse belonging to him along. tha street by Mr George Dysen’s, when a dog ran out and commenced to bark. The horso kicked at the dog with the result that his hind leg snapped in the lower part of the hip. The bone was broken completely and the hoisa had to be killed.

Fires.— Early on Friday morning a stable at Waimate, the property of Mr W. J. Black, the Overseer to the Waimate County Council, was, with its contents, destroyed by fire. A nearlr-newdog-cai t, alarg* quantity of harness, feed, etc., were destroyed, and us both building and contents were uninsured Mr Black is a loser to the extent, ha estimates, of £2OO, Mr A. Copland, of Otaio, had about 600 bushels of oats (which wire stored in a shed) destroyed by fire last week. The only insurance was £9O on the shed. Champion Whapbbost R*o*. The Champion Whaleboat Race, for £2OO a sjde, between the Waite mate and Hauraki crews (Auckland), took place on Saturday afternoon, and was witnessed by 10,000 people. The Governor was present, iho race was well feonteited till half way home, when a foul tdek place. Hauraki then came away and won by several lengths. The WaitemataV,protest 1 ; qf deliberate fouling was disallowed by‘the umpire. A good deal of mtrabir oliksl^d'hands. |

The Sound of the Dbdim.-—People of Winchester lust Sunday hoard distinctly the sounds of the drum of the Temuka band, at it w ■ playing going to Church. And what wu» still stranger, the g mods of the drum of the; Geraldine band, as it was playing on its way to Church were also heard. Blub Ribbon Mission. —Mr Thomas Seatree notifies in another column that he will deliver three addresses in connection with the Gospel Temperance Blue Bibbon Mission at the Good Templars’ Hall, Geraldine, commencing this evening. His subject will be " London by day,” and ” London by night,” etc. Mr deatree hus lately been lecturing in the North Canterbury district, and has met with great success. Accident. —A seven year old «on of Mr 0. G. Bradley, of Hilton, met with a nasty accident on Sunday, being kicked in the face by a horse, which infl.cttd a very sever# wound, splitting the nose and cutting the cheek. Dr Fish was immediately sent for and dressed the poor little fellow’s injuries, which, the Doctor states, are of a serious nature. He is now doing well. Town Board fob Arowhenua.—We> are informed t hat the Committee appointed to take s eps with the view of forming Arowhenua inio a Town District have received a communication from the Hon. B, Stout, Premier, stating that the money from the salsa of auctions in the township of Arowhenua would be held for a time. Over 80 signatures have been obtained to the petition, praying that Arownenua be formed into# town district. The petition is now lying at Mr Ru-sell’s store for inspection. High Bate of Intbrbst.—Mr J. L, Leesmith, w'm has been lecturing on behalf ot the New Ze tland Farme s’ League, will arrive in Temuka n-xt Wednesday, and lecture iu the evening in the Oddfellows’ Hall. Mr Leesmith recently addressed a meeting of f irmers in Tirnaru, a report of wh ch appeared in these columns ; he baa since been through all North Canterbury, and has met with great success. We trust ho will have a large audience in Temuka. Burned to Death. A sad accident occurred at Wheatstone, Ashburton, last Saturday. A farmer named Shearer had been burning some straw stacks near his house on Friday las’, and on Saturday morning some of his children went out to look at the smouldering ashes. On of them, a little girl, 6 years of age, Barbara Ann, fell into them, and her clothes at once took fire. A brother, 10 rears old, managed to tear the burning clothes from bis sister, but she was 8 i badly injuied that she died at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The father was away at the time of the accident. Accident. —A serious accident happened on the Sumner Road Christchurch, last Sunday afternoon. Two drags were proceeding from Heatbcote to Sumner, loaded with passengers, and the one in the rear attempted to pass the leading one. The road being narrow a capsize resulted. The driver (Haywarde) had one of his thighs broken in two places and an arm was also broken ; one of the passengers had his ankle dislocated, another was badly braised about the head and body, nd a third was considerably cut on the bead, while all were greatly shaken. As the party were thrown out of the drag on to a pile of broken metal it is a wonder no fatality occurred. Harvest Thanksgiving Services,— Harvest thanksgiving services were held in the Wesleyan Church, Temuka, last Sunday. The Church was beaudfully decorated with a profusion of flowers *nd evergreens, and there was also a plentiful supply of the fruits of the season. Each of the windows and the doors were decorated with evergreens, interwoven with flowers, and ears of wheat, oats, and barley, and on the space between were floral wreathes artistically got up. The pulpit was also handsomely decorated, and on a table in front of it, on silver salvers, was a magnificent display of fruit, while some splendid bunches of grapes hung in front of the i ulpit. An enormous pumpkin, weighing 34lbs, was not the lead; noticeable in the display. There was a very good attendance at both services. The Bov. Mr Thomas officiated in the morning, and his text whs Acts, xiv., 17—“ Nevertheless He left not Himself without witness in lhat He did good, and gave us rain from heaven and frurful arsons, filling our hearts with food and gladne-s.” He pointed out how beautiful, thoughtful, great, and mysterious God is j how the operations of natural law testify concerning His Being, Hie Goodness and Providence. All this should call f irth our adoring and grateful recognition of His loving kindness. Our thankfulness should be seen not only in this service, but also in relieving the distresi-ed, and giving employment to those who are able to work. In the evening his text was Matt, xiii., 39—” The harvest is the end of the world, and ihe reapers are the Angels.” When the Prince of Wales, in answer to a player, recovered from a severe illness, there was public thanksgiving in St. Paul’s Cathedral. So, as amidst much foreboding, a good harvest here should evoke our public thanks to God. The Great Teacher was treating of great moral truths. We are all sowers—in words, l.>ok», habit*, and deeds. At the end of the age the Angels will be harvesters, carefully stacking up the good wheat and binding together the taies. Reaping is certain ; What »ha!l the harvest bo P The fruit was yesterday distributed amongst the sick and needy of the parish. Humors of the Camp.—The evenings at the encampment in the Park passed off very quietly. It would be difficult to collect together so many young men that would behave themselves so quietly and well »g the Volu tears in camp at present in Temuka. Mr George Ramsay supplies all the fun. The first evening he went down, and as he was entering he wag accosted by the sentrv with the word* “ Hall! Who goes there ?” Geordie’s reply was; “ Hold your tongue, you fool. I have a bottle of whiskey here.” Apparently this was the pass word for the night, for Geordie passed after a conversation in subdued tones with the sentry. To bis chagrin, however, he found the whole cam*) had gone to bed, and he oouli get no one to help him to drink the whiskey. He sat down, and began to logs up as to whether be would drink it all himself or not. He got h * right hand to toss up against his left, and for a long time he carried on this gams, in the course of which he frequently accused one hand of cheating the other. When the toss went against another drink, it was chesting. He sang a good many songs, and amuied himself generally, till at last he Wss arrested and run into the guard-room, and :be bottle of whi<key was confiscated. On Sunday evtnmg he wa* the life and soul of the camp fire. All the small boys of the place played with him, threw clods of earth at him, and used him r mghly, but he never attempted to hurt any of them. In fact, he seamed to enjoy it. For their edification he used to stand on his head, walk on his hands, and throw pomersaHlts that would do credit to a circus clown, and spiced the proceedings with snatches of welhsung comic songs, He also told anecdotes of his experience in “the Tirnaru and Lyttelton Colleges,” and mads hirasejf very amusing generally. Poor Geordie ! It is a pity to see a young man, well-born, well-educated and well-favored intellectually such as he is reduced to the level be has been brought to by drink,

Woodbdbt Racks.— For the convenience of the patrons of these races next Monday, the stewards have arranged that one of Messrs Mason and Vuilance’s totaliiators •hall be on the ground. The prospects of a most successful gathering are at present yery good. Fertility of Milfobd.— There are few places equal to Milford as regards fertility of soil. There has been reaped there this year over 80 bushels of wheat and 110 bushels of oats to the acre, and Mr Wareing has 4 acres of mangolds there, which are expected to yield atomt 6| tons to the acre. One of these mangolds was shown to us in femuka, yesterday. It, turns the scales at 281bs and we were told it was only a fair sample of the whole ef the four acres Ctolin». —At the Cycling Sports, Dunedin, on Saturday, the Mile Maiden Race was won by Murley (10 yards) in 3 mins. 38 secs,, and the Three-quarter Mile Handicap by P. A. Cutten (Dunedin) from the scratch in 2 mins. 16$- secs. The Cycling Alliance’s Ten Mile Championship Race ef New Zealand brought out four competitors, and a splendid race resulted. F, Webb (Dunedin) proved the winner, C. Reece (Pioneer 01»b, Christchurch) 2nd, F. A. Cutten (Dunedin) 3rd, and S, Kerr 4th. Only 15 yards separated the first and second men. The Five Mils Roadster Raos was won by Murley (400 yards) easily, Hobbs (Invercargill, 400 yards) 2nd. Football. —The opening game of the season in Tomukutook place last Saturday afternoon, the attendance being fair. The majority of those present, however, belonged te Winchester, the local men not being at all strong. It is to be hoped that they will attend practice steadily duriag the season, more especially as they will have every Thursday afternoon at their disposal in the course of a week or so. Play commenced at three o’clock, sides being picked by J, W. Velvin (Captain) and L. E. Haines (Vice-Cap-tain). The ball was kicked off by Velvin, and was smartly returned by G. Smith. A series of scrimmages then ensued in about the middle of the ground. Haines got the ball through and Blyth, following up well, secured it and got the first touchdown. The kick was entrusted to G. Smith, w bo placed a goal to the credit of the Vice-Captain’s team. The ball was soon in motion again, and some very good play was shewn on both sides. Ultimately R. Smith secured another tmchdown for the Vice-Captain’s side but no goal resulted. Some fast play ensued, when W, Stewart secured the ball and by a good run got a touchdown for the Captain’s side. The Captain took the kick and converted it into a goal. Another goal and a try was afterwards secured by the Vice-Captain’s side (which was the heavier one), the m«tch thus proving a win for the Vice-Captain's team by two goals and one try to the Captain’s one goal. The play exhibited was very good, considering it was the first g.imo of the season, and it showed that if the members of the Club do not neglect steady practice they will give a good account of themselves during the season. Military Ball.— The ball which was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Friday evening-fu connectioa with the Geraldine Rifle Corps was a thorough success. The Committee, to whom were entrusted the arrangements, were Messrs R. H. Pearpoint, J. W. Pye, and A. 0. Patrick, and they are to bo congratulated on the decided success which attended their efforts. The hall was beautifully decorated with ferns and evergreens. At the far end was a large wreath, in the centre of which, on a red ground, were the letters V.B. in silver, surmounted with a crown formed with bayonets. On either side were the arms of the corps draped with flags, and below were the letteis G.R.Y in large s'ze. All round the room were rifles and bayonets of the corps tastefully arranged, with crowns and other devices in silver scattered over the walls among the flags and foliage. Private Furguson proved a most efficient M.O. The music wai supplied by Messrs Savage Bros, (piano and cornet) and Miss Savage (violin), of. Ashburton, and was simply excellent. The providing of the refreshment table was left to the care of Mr Mcllraith, of the Bush Inn, whose name is a sufficient guarantee for the completeness of the arrangements. The floor was perhaps a little heavy, owing to the traffic over it of eo many nailed boots previous to the dance, but this was considerably improved by a plentiful supply of beeswax, etc. The attendance was large, the Hall being well filled without crowding. Among the visitors present were Major Young (of Winchester), Captain Hay hurst, Lieut. White, 001.-Sergt. Ooira, and Private Mason (of Temuka), Lieut. Ward and Lieut. Pearpoint (of Geraldine) were also present. The appearance of the ball-room was essentially military, the bright new uniforms of the men shewing off beautifully in contrast with the handsome dresses of the ladies, and the darker colors of the ferns and foliage. Dancing was commenced at about 9 o'clock, and was continued with great ipiril till well on into the next morning. The evening being cool dancing was a pleasure. It is intended to hold an annual military ball in Geraldine in connection with the Rifle Corps, and the success of Friday evening should certainly prove a great stimulus to the Committee on future occasions.

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