LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1510, 25 May 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mission Saavioss.—The miraion services at Temuka commence in St. Saviour’s Church on Thursday evening next. The Rev. T. Japer Smytbe conducts the service is the Church to-morrow evening. Saiii AT Wimckbbtix, Attention is directed to the important eals at Winchester, to-day, of live and dead farm stock, household furniture, etc., by Henri J. Mundsll and Co., associated with Ur K, F. Gray. Naw South Waj.ii Tasitt.— The debate on the propoeale introduced by Government for the imposition of 5 per cent, ad valorem duty on certain products hitherto untaxed eonoluded last Thursday night. On a division being taken th* motion wae carried by 47 votes to 80. EUTiaTAIHXaRT AT As will b * seen by Advertisement in another column it is the intention of the Geraldine Dramatic Club to give an entertainment in the Orari Assembly Rooms on Thursday evening, May 27th. Person* desirous of an evening’s amusement after the day's racing would do well to pay the Assembly Rooms a visit, the prices of admission being 2s and Is. The well known efficiency of the Club should ensure a bumper house.

Salb o» Pigs. —Messrs J. Mundell and 00. advertise in another column that they will sell 100 pigs, consisting of porkers and forward stores, on account of the Geraldine Dairy and Bacon Curing Co. on Monday, May 31et. Sale AT Obabi. —Messrs J. Mundell and Co., instructed by Mr T. Wadsworth, hold a clearing sale of sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, oats, farming implements, household furniture, etc., etc., at the Homestead, Oran, tomorrow. Full particulars will be found in advertisement. Cbiokbt. —The Australian Eleven played a match against a Surrey team on the Oval on Friday and Saturday last, and wore defeated by three wickets and three runs. The weather was again wet and the wicket heavy. The Australians made 62 runs in their first innings and 172 in their second. The attendance of pectators was small. A Timely Step. —Sir George Grey has given notice of a Bill to limit the introduction of colored laborers into this colony. It is said the object he has in view is to provide against the possibility of the syndicate that has undertaken to construct the West Coast Railway employing Chinamen, This is a very timely step, and we sincerely trust the measure will be carried. There is not the slightest doubt but that' unless soma check is put on the syndicate it will try to get cheap labor, and as colonial workmen are very much in want of employment we trust that Chinamen will not be brought into competition with them. And worse still, when the line would he finished we would hare the country flooded with then. Volunteer Prizib. -Me Robert Pinckney has a good deal of humor in him. The order of the day yesterday waa to give prizes to the highest scorers, but Mr Pickney reversed tble order by offering prizes for the lowest scorers. He gave a prize for the lowest scorer in the volunteer prize-firing match, and in the honorary member*' match. The prizes consisted of two pairs of epectscles, which he presented so that those who failed might see better. He asserts that those who failed did not aim at the bull’s eye, and so that they may not mistake it for some other object again he made the presentation. Oub Mbmbbk. —According to the Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times Mr. Rolleston made a blunder in Parliament last Friday. A motion to suspend the Standing Orders was brought forward by the Government and it required a majority of three-fourths of the House to suspend the Standing Orders, and Mr Rolleston aimed at thwarting the motion by making use of this. He called attention to the state of the House, urging that the requisite number of members was not present, and then walked out of the House followed by two or three Others. In his absence the Speaker counted the House and found the requisite number present, and when Mr Rolleston returned he found his plan did not act. The Standing Orders were suspended and he was loudly laughed at. Dramatic Company. — A meeting of the Geraldine Amateur Dramatic and Minstrel Company was held on Saturday evening, Mr G. Kruse in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. TheJ chairman stated that the meeting was o lied to settle accounts of expenses incurred in connection with the entertainment at Pleasant Valley. After passing the same for payment a small balance remained to the credit of the Company. It was decided to play at Orari on Thursday evening next, and the secretary was authorised to write to the proprietor of the Assembly Rooms so as to make all necessary arrangements and also to insert an advertisement in the Gbbaldihe Guardian and South Canterbury Times announcing the entertainment. The meeting then terminated. Russian Warship.— The Russian warship Vest ria, Captain Waldemar Lang, arrived at Wellington from Launceston at noon on Sunday. She left there on the 16tb, and had fine weather with a fair wind on the paseage down. When she left Launceston she did not intend to call at any New Zealand port, bnt a elight accident to her anchor necessitated her doing so, and Captain Lang states that now, being in New Zealand waters, he will probably call at Auckland before taking his departure for Japan. Her crew numbers 280 men, exclusive of officers, who number 16. The Vestria is the first Russian warship that has visited Wellington, and will be thrown open to the public on Tuesday afternoon. She remains fiye or six days. In the afternoon Colonel Whitmore, accompanied by Captain Coleman, visited the vessel, as also did the officers of the Japanese warship Tsukuba. The officers of the Russian warship visited the Tsukuba. Yesterday at 8.30 a.m. the Vestria saluted the English flag, and at 10.30 fired a salute in honor of Her Majesty’s jubilee. Entertainment at Pleasant Valibt.— The Geraldine Amateur Dramatic Club, whose meetings and rehearsals have from time to time been reported in these columns, gave a performance at Pleasant Valley on Friday evening. The attendance was fair. A great many of the publis were, however, not aware that the Club intended to give an entertainment that evening. The first piece on the programme was the laughable farce “ Wanted a Confidential Clerk." This was followed by a song acid chorus by Mr G. Kruse, "The Waterbatt.” Mr H. Parker came next with the song and choru*, “ Little Sam." The song, " Jessie o’ the Dell,” was given by Mr Herdman, who was followed by Mi G. Kruse with the song and chorus "Rather.” During the evening the Club kept the audience amused with a number of witty conundrums, and the entertainment wes brought to a close by the Club acting the comio pieces of “ The Awkward Squad,” and “Slocum’s Dog.” The room was then cleared for dancing, which waa kept up with great spirit till the small hours of the morning. Mr Patrick officiated as M.C., and the music was supplied by Mess-s Colbert Brothers, Tub Naw Hebrides.—A Sydney cablegram says that Dr Steele, of the Presbyterian Synod has written a letter in reply to the communication addressed by the Hon. Mr Stout, Premier to the New Zealand Synod. Dr Steele eays the clergymen engaged in Christian missions in the New Hebrides, will never be parties to the annexation of the islands by France on any plea whatever. The matter cannot be settled by the decision of the New Zealand churches alone, as other religious organisations who are interested have an equal claim to be heard on the subject. Tbe entire trade of the group is in the hands of British subjects, and the natives have evinced a preference for tbe British Pace, combined with a strong antipathy to the French. Dr Steele concludes by expressing the opinion that a discontinuance of transportation of criminals to the Paoifio should not bo purchased by concession but should be demanded in the name of justice and humanity. —ln Auckland a petition at the Chamber of Commerce is being signed, consisting of an appe I to Government against the annexation of the New Hebrides by France. At a meeting of the Diocesan Synod, presided over by Bishop Cowie, a resolution deprecating annexation was carried.

South Canterbury Frozen Meat.— The Secretary of tlie'S.O. Refrigerating Company has received news to the effect that the Company’s shipment of lambs per the s.s. Blderslie realised 7d per lb and the sheep 5Jd per lb. Chuboh Paeade. — The Geraldine Rifles I to the number of 38, including the Band, under the command of Lieutenant Ward, attended church parade at the Presbyterian Church, Geraldine on Sunday morning last, the service being conducted by the Her G. Barclay, the pastor of the Church, The rev gentleman delivered a most appropriate and impressive sermon, a condensed report of which will appear in our next. The Church was crowded in every part. Presbyterian Chuboh, Gbealdinb.— The annual congregational meeting of the Presbyfceriam Church was held in the vestry on Friday evening, May 21. The Rev. G. Barclay, minister of the parish, occupied the chair. The balance-sheet showed that- the year had been begun with a debit balance of £l7B 9s Bd. The total expenditure for the past year had been £385 14s 9d, and the total receipts £414 12s 4d, leaving a debit balance still remaining of £149 12« Id which was £2B 17s 8d better than that of Uat year. The increase of subscriptions over those received last year was £67. Mr Waite moved, Mr Skianer seconded, and it was carried “That the balance-sheet as read be adopted.” The Chairman reported that be had carried on a regular programme of services in the outlying districts, being ably assisted by the elders of the Church, who were always willisg to do whatever might be required of them in the way of services. The business of electing a new Committee was then proceeded with, and the following gentlemen were unanimously elected; —Messrs Mundell, A. McKenzie, A. Reid, 0. Hewson, A. Rose, A. McLean, P. Brown and A. Irvine. Mr N. Dunlop was elected secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year, Messrs Mundell and Waite to be auditors. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the outgoing com-, mittee for their services during the past year, and also to the treasurer and secretary. A hearty vote of thanks was likewise passed to Mr Angus Macdonald for his handsome present to the church of a pair of communion cups, and to Mr Stewart for his services to. the church during the year as lay-reader, This being all the business the meeting terminated. “ Sough oh Oobhs.’’ Ask foe Wells’ ‘ Bough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions, Kempthorue, Pros*** »ud Qo., Agents, ObriitakuTcb, .3 Skinny Men.— "Wells’ Health Renewer.’ restores health, and vigor, cutes Dyspepsia impotence, Debility, At Druggists. Kempthoine, Prosser and Co., Agent*, Christchurch. 1 "You Don’t Know Their Talurs”— " They cured me of biliousness and kidney complaint, as recommended. 1 bad a half bottle left, which I used for my two little girls, who the doctors and neighbors said could not be cured. lam confident 1 should have la it bath of them one night if 1 had not had the American Oo.’s Hop Bitters in my house to use. That is why 1 say you do not know half the value of American Hop Bitters, and do not recommend them highly enough.” See advt. Holloway's Pill s. — When inclement author checks to a comideraable extent the action of the skin, an alterative is required to compensate the body by means of other channels. Holloway’s Fills can be confidently recommended as the easiestj surest, and safest means of attain, mg this desirable end without weakening the most delicate or incommoding the most feeble. When from frequently recurring chills or the inhalation of impure air the blood becomes foul and the secretions vitiated these Fills present a ready and efficient means of cleansing the former and correcting the latter. By this salutary proceeding disease is arrested at its outset, its pains and inconveniences averted, and the nervous structures saved from the depressing effects entailed upon them by aa illness. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Geraldine Dramatic Club—Give entertainment at Orari on Thursday evening next. Temoka Linseed Factory—Want to rent 00 acres of land suitable for linseed growing. Offers to be seat in not later than the 3lst May. J Mundell and Co—Hold clearing sale of live and dead farm stock, furniture, eto., at Mr Wadsworth’s farm, Orari, to-morrow; sell 100 pigs (porkers and forwaud stores) on Monday next; hold monthly stock sale at Geraldine, on Monday next. J, Ballantyne and Go., Victoria House, Timaru—Notify that, owing to their cellar at Christchurch being recently flooded, they are selling a large quantity of calico at fabulous prices. Quotations for flannels, shirtings, serge, suits, etc., etc., will be found in their advertisement.