LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 10 August 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gbxaldinb Hoad Board.— The monthly meeting of the Geraldine Read Board takes place to-day.

The Tower. —The Tower of London ha* been reopened to visitors, after having been oloeed fey* more than a year, on account of the dynamite explosion. Bald at Okabi. —A ball will take place at Orari, iu the Assembly Rooms, on Friday next. Mr J. O. Binskin will act as M.C., and as Mr J. Pigoni will supply the music, it msy be tskon for granted that it will be tret-clas'. Refreshments are to be provided. Chearßailwax Faebs.— To day “ Saturday return tickets,” available for return up up to nnd including Thursday next, will be issued at all the station*at which the express train stops between Timaru and Tinwald. The tickets are available for the express train.

Postponement.— Owing to the inclemency of the weather the lecture which was to haye been delivered by tho Rev. G. Barclay oh Sunday evening last in the Good Templar Hall, Geraldine, had lo be postponed till Sunday evening next at the same time and place.

Greek Dress.— The Greek plays in London are said to be likely to introduce new fashions m drtss. All fashionable women in London cannot have seen even plain girls looking charming in these lovely Greek dresses, beautiful girls positively radiant, without wanting to resemble them.

Congest at Temuka.— Our readers are reminded that a concert in aid of tba incidental funds of the Temuka School takes place in the Volunteer Hall this erening. The programme, which appears in our adTertising columns ie a most promising one and ought to be sufficient to draw a large audience.

Yoluntkir Bazaar. -Owing to hat Saturday afternoon being so wet the meeting of ladled advertised to take place in tlio Volunteer Hall, Teinuka, lapsed for want of attendance. The ladies who have th» matter in hand, however, have been working energetically, and there is very little doubt of the bazaar not proving a great success.

CbisßW.—A niafceh between the Australian Hewn nd an Eleven of G-loueesterihire connaeeeed on Thursday last, and was eonlimed on Friday and Saturday, the result being, a draw. In Aheir first mpings the Hlonwstsrsbir# Eleven put together 220 ru«s, sad in their second 358. The first innings of the Australians closed for 211, and in thsir second they had scoured 178 for the loss of ire wiaketa when time was called. A Muauw Baptismal Cb»tifioate.— lt is a eurious fast (says Truth) that when Lord Btdssdale succeeded his father in 1830 he was unable to take his seat ns the House of Lords for several months, as tbe certificate of his baptism eould not be found, the ceremony baring taken plaoe in the house, and no legal record having been preserved. The late Lord Chesterfield was kept out of the House nearly two years through a similar difficulty. Betkbpbise Says tbs Hastings Star : "The London Times, it is said, as soon as the news reached Home of the recent eruption at Tarawera, sent a cablegram to the proprietors of one of the leading journals in Auckland, asking them to wire s full account at the catastrophe. That they really wanted as detailed a description as waa possible is proved by the tact that the amount up to which the Auckland journaliets were authorised to go for the purpose was ne lees than £8000.”

SHOCKinct Amm.—A peculiar case of attempted suicide is reported from Sydney On the afternoon of the 12th July, a young man, whose name is unknown, but who is supposed to be a Herman, went into Messrs Plummer and,Owen's, ironmongers, and asked to see some revolvers. Upon one being handed to him he asked for a cartridge to fit it, which was also given to him. Whilst the assistant’s attention was directed to another customer the man shot himself through his oresst. There is little hope of his recovery. Sbtbeb— According to London Truth there waa some dissatisfaction with the garden party given by Princess Lousie, and some sharp criticism* were passed by the colonial visitors on the meagreness of the fare offered ; and it was evident that the hostess thought that her guests had “ lunched late and were to dine early.” Mr Lsbouchere remarks; —“ I hear that the Queen, by whose permission tju’s party was given, has expressed her displeasure at tho slovenly way in which it was arranged, and has intimated that when she allows entertainments sc take place in ' her Palaces,’ she expects that everything will be well done, Princess Louise will be consoled for this snub when the gets tbe bills in, for they certainly ought not to be large.”

Tbmuka. Rifles. —There was a goodly muster of th« above corps on parade last evening, considering the inclemency of the weather. Before the men were dismissed, Captain Hayhurst intimated to them there would be a church parade next Sunday, but he had not decided whether it would be in the morning or the afternoon. If at the latter service it woqld be held in the hall. He also told then} that the nqpjber of Government parades had been increased from four to eight in the year. In consequence .of this the monthly parades would be discontinued, and he would call them together only when he thought it desirable. The _ weekly parades, however, would be continued as heretofore.

Scholastic.— Mr A. Erakine hai been appointed assistant master at the Geraldine School. Chcboh Pabadb. The annual Oburch Parade o! the Geraldine Rifles takas place on the first Sunday in September, when the <members of the corps will attend divine service, at St, Mary’s, Geraldine. Aomi Habbows, —The trial of the Acme Harrows which was to have taken place yesterday on Mr 0. P. MoOallum’s farm, IVmuka, was postponed, the weather being unfavorable.

The Bangitata SieOK Bbidm.— Work is steadily proceeding at the stock bridge attached to the railway bridge over th# Kangitata, and the work will shortly be finished. The bridge is, however, only over that part of the riverbed where the stream now runs, and should this alter its course something more will have to be done.

Obituary. —The Lyttelton Times ot yesterday announces the death of Mr J. H. Dickenson, late of the Miifprd Flour Mills. Only a couple of weeks ago Mr Dickenson left this district; in ap-uarently-robust health. He has since been living in Christchurch, where he died. He was 59 years of age. Town Improvements.— The day-labor men of the Geraldine Town Board were engaged yesterday in cleaning out and deepening the outlet to the drain running past Mr H. B. Webster’s store, This was a work that sadly needed looking to, and it is well that the Board have attended to it before the summer months srt in, otherwise it might have been the cause of a serious illness in the locality. A Good Idea.— Mr Thomas Moore, of Raukapuka Bush, has hit upon a happy idea in the way of live fences. He has planted a hedge of gooseberry trees round his section, which have thriven well, and although only three years old are so trained as to be quite four feet high. Being strong, well-grown bushes they now form sn excellent fence, which neither cattle nor horses care to approach closely.

Thu Wbathsr. — Early on Saturday morning list* rain began to fall, and continued with slight intermiesipns till; we went to press this morning. We hare not heard of any damage being done, but the rirer* in the district are all slightly swollen. The Waihi river, which for many weeks past has been perfectly dry at the ford between Orari and Geraldine, had a considerable body of water in it yesterday, but not so much as might hare been expected considering the quantity of rain that has fallen. So far, no great loss among the early lambs is reported. Up to the present the weather has proved remarkably fine, and ploughing and sowing have proceeded a pace. Action Against the Timaru Harbor Board. —Some weeks ago we mentioned th at -it was rumbred that the owners of the ship Lyttelton and her cargo intended to action against the Tiroaru Harbor Board to recover the value of the ship and cargo. This rumor proved true, as legal notice in reference to the action has now been served on the Board, It will be remembered that at last meeting of the Timaru Harbor Board, Mr Moody (acting Chairman) stated that ho had retained the services of Sir Robert Stout in the event, of an action being taken against the Board, New Zealand Tweeds in Australia.— In the Australasian of June 26th appears the report of a deputation from the Yiotorian Clothing Manufacturers’ Association, which waited on the Chief Secretary to oppose the increase of duty ou woollen goods, which had been asked for by the woollen manufacturer*. The report says :—“ The deputation erpreised their sympathy with the woollen manufacturers in the present depression, but said that the depression was not due to the tariff/ but to a change of fashion which had brought worsted clothes into common use, and to a want of enterprise on their part in the management of . their mill*. It was affirmed that the New Zealand tweed* were superior in pattern and quality to tbe tweeds manufactured here, and that it bad been found in certain oases that they could be imported at a less' cost than would be charged for the same article of Yiotorian manufacture.” This testimony to the character and quality of the tweeds manufactured by the Kaiapoi Woollen Company, the Mosgiel, and the Roslyn, should be highly satisfactory alike to the New Zealand manufacturers and the people generally.

Socialism ik Italy—One of the most startling incidents connected with the recent general eleation in Italy is the return for two constituencies —Ravenna and Fprli—of the ex-convict Amilcare Cipriani. This man originally served under Garibaldi, was with him in Sicily, and drifted across to Egypt, where he killed an Italian named Santini, with whom he had quarrelled in Alexandria, and likewise two gendarmes who endeavoured to arrest him. Then he fled to Candia, drifted to Paris, was mixed up in a conspiracy against the life of Napoleon 111. and took a prominent part in the affairs of the Commune. He was afterwards sentenced to be shot, but was reprieved and transported for ten years to New Caledonia. On his return to Italy in 1881 he was arrested and tried for the murder of Santini, and was sentenced to 26 yeats’ hard labour in the prison of Portolongue, where he is now confined. And this scoundrel, with three murders on his head, has been deliberately chosen by the Socialists of Ravenna and Forli to represent them in the popular Chamber. It is scarcely necessary to add that his conviction renders him ineligible to take his seat among the law-makers in Mooteoitorio, but his election is one** of the unpleasant signs of the times in Italy.

Thk Ship Ltttel'cos.— The bad weather that set in early on Saturday morning, put an end to the hopes that wera entertained of raising the ship Lyttelton, which has been lying submerged in the Timaru ‘Harbor for the past two months. All Saturday a very heavy sea was running and the vessel was exposed to the iell brunt of it. During the night the mizaen-mast fell, and shortly after daylight on Sunday morning the two other masts also went over the side, and as it is almost impossible that the masts should have broken off level with the dock, it is conjectured that the vessel must have parted amidships. During Sunday the beaoh was strews with wreckage, and numbers of men and several teams were engaged In collecting what they eould and placing it beyond the reeoh of the heavy seas which were thundering on the beach. A number of casks of spirit*, some casks of tallow, a few bags of flour, and a few bales of wool oame ashore, and here and there some of the frozen sheep, which formed part of the ill-fated vessel's cargo, were thrown up. The beaoh was literally strewn with loose wool for a mile or so. The purchasers of the vessel are heavy losers, as besides the sum they paid for her iu the first instance, thsy expended a considerable <tum in several futile attempts tg raise her. Qu board wore two steam engines, which were lashed to the masts, for the pur: pose of working the pumps with which an attempt was to have been made to float the vessel. An expensive diving apparatus was also on board. All yesterday the men wer*f engaged in collecting wreckage, which:, was constantly coming ashor*. ’ ; •*

A match took place in Timara : lest Saturday between an Camara and a Timaru Fifteen, the home team being beaten by seventeen points to nil. It is only fair to add that the Timaru footballers did not - expect the Oamsruviana to arrive, and consequently. their team was a scratch one. The match was played in a pelting ruin, and the players were in a deplorable condition at its conclusion.—The match between the Winchester and Geraldine teams which was to have came o£E in the park on’ Saturday last did not take place owing to the,, unpropitious state of the weather. It will in all probability take place bn Saturday next. —The return match, Temuka v. South Canterbury, will be played at Timarn on Saturday, the 14tb inst. The team to represent' Temuka will b« published on Thursday.—The'return match. against Merivals will take place at , Ashburton on Saturday, the 21st inst., and it ;*■ i« hoped Temuka will send a strong team to f meet the above Club. , ;•

Agricultural Society.— A meeting of the Committee of the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held last Saturday afternoon in the Star Hotel, Tsmuka. Present— Messrs K. F. Gray (in the chair), E. Lee, A. Grant, W. 'Wills, J. M, Twomey, and P. Wareiog. The* minutes of the previous meeting were read ' and confirmed. The Treasurer reported that ha bad about £4O to the credit of the Society. After some conversation it wns decided to hold a horse parade tinder the auspices of the Society this year, and Messrs’ Quinn, Lee, and • Paterson, were appointed a subcommittee to carry it out. A diacoision arose as to the ad visability of .holding an agricultural show, and bn the motion of Mr Wills, seconded by Mr Waring if was decided to hold a show in the month of March next. ' The following were appointed a Committee to ascertain what support the Show would be likely to get, namely Messrs Gray, Quinn, Talbot, Lee, Grant, Cain, Paterson, Barker, Holland, Badhan, Kelman, Allan Macdonald, Angus Macdonald, Tripp', Hayhurst, Ruddenklau, and Slack. Sundry accounts were passed for payment, after which the meeting adjourned.

To* Highland Growers.—The Heme correspondent of the.Otago , Daily. Times writes “ The Highland croflereare by no means satisfied with their prospects under the legislation that has/ just been introduced, to ameliorate their * conditien, and are consequently disposed to entertain,schemes of emigration than they were a short time ago. The Governments of Canada and Queensland/ as well as blew Zealand, are interesting themselves in promoting special settlements of these hard-working tillers of the soil. But to the crofters the idea of emigration to . Canada, though there are settlements 1 there, is not regarded with favor. The same remark applies, for other reasons, ' to the Queensland prefect; but-since the visit of Mr Ccdlin Allan* many of their misconceptions respecting New Zealand as a field for settlement have been re- • moved, and they now listen with ooni eiderabte favor to the idea of a colony of them tevng: ; egtablißhed at Waikawa, on the east coast ef tho South Island. Sir i Francis Bell baa been in communication i with the Imperial Government on the eibject for;* considerable period, but he . did not make; much progress .until the i advent te office of the Earl of Dalliousie, : i who, during his recoct visit lo New Zealand, inspected the proposed special \ • settlement, and considered it admirably y adapted for its purpose. Lord Dalhousie ■ is a warm advocate of ,tho emigration of selected families r.f crofters l td this spot, 1 and recont interviews between, himself ' and Sir Dillon Bell lead to-the belief that some concerted action jn the way of assisting these people To New ..Zealand | *naay'be possible. Many landlords in the , crufters* districts wou'd be quite willing , to coDtribute to a fund fot. this purpose, i but for many'reasons it is considered , i better, to obtain Imperial assistance in preference to that of private individuals.^ Malarial Fbvis.— Malarial fever*, constipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness, and neuralgic ailments yield rsadily to this great disease conqueror, American Go’s Hop Bitters, It repairs the ravages or disease by converting tbe food into rich blood, and it rives new life and vigor to the aged and infirm, bee Advt. ;