The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1499, 14 October 1886, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

T^i*tf' I G'AoiM"-^li?' ) 3 r am , eß jPaul Swan, of Wellington/fhaa-ibeen )hppqinti»d at Timaru, vice Mr Edmund Cotter notify ; foiikv a'dfekis^g ! 'b'olumnA l 'tuat s; 'it''iß 'their in*eb'tiob ) at' l 'tbeir" iiextl meeting to - itrike ai rate of one-halfpenny in the j . ,'} (^K^LpfFßt.^OAif,^OAßp.-^-'Armeeting of the Ger'ai'dinp, Road Boardj top.k; place la3t [ fueßday,'an3' a report of. the proceeding's will be'fblbßd ; oii l our ; f6uftb / rjggel'' 5 " ' ; '■- inTHB•» !exhibUtfrsjat tbß lbrtih<)qming Timaru i Show 'are' 1 reminded v thatentries,for sheep,; oatile,; and pigs plose on Saturday .and athei entries ion the tp\\dwikg Gfuesdayi ', ' !' ; ; Bii(iiit KVFjjGray'announcea that he'is nbwrexjeiVing entries for the special s»le of horsesrand oattle* to ibo held' at the Washdyke Company's Saleyards on the 29th of October., The sale will undoubtedly be a very large ,bne, and will afford those desirous of"parting with surplus stock 1 a good opportunity of doing so* i! ' 1 ' :! "-' . i

'•' Tbmuka > Road Boabd.—Candidates for the vacant seat on the Temuka Road Board must be nominated with the Returning Officer, Mr W. Wills, at the Temuka R.M. Courthouse, before noon to-day. Held Ovbb.—A meeting of the Timaru Presbytery was held in Geraldine on Tuesday afternoon, and in the evening a meeting of congregation was held. We are compelled to hold.oyer our report till our next issue. "%£

DtfNBDIK Cbntbai Eieotion. — At the nomination for Dunedin Central, yesterday, William Hutchesoh, Thomas Braoken, Wjl.. Ham Darling, and Charles Robert Chapman were propi..seo'. ,".l\<: .-liow of hands was,.,in favour of Mr Braoken. A poll was demanded by Mr Chapman. ; U

N Z. Shipwso Company. —A few of the Wellington •shareholders in the'N.Z. ShippirJJT Company, at a meeting on Tuesday, resolved that it is desirable that ilia headquarters of the Company should be removed from Cbristchurc|i to Wellington. .Another meeting will be called to discifss-ttie' s'Jbjpct;. Bishop RBbwooD.—Hi*,l|iopdfhip I isbopr Redwood arrived -irl-Grferaldinß from T mAi»us yesterday afternoon., B;is Lordship by the express train., to the\ Orari where he was met by the Rev. Father Bowers and driven Nip to Geraldine, where he will remain fofiji day or two, the guest of the latter genth man*. PISOATOBIAL.—Trout are extremely plentiful this year, and anglers have been miking large baskets.'. An English tourist named; Fitzgerald, who, with his doctor and vafot de chambre, is staying in Temuka at present, went out with a/party of four last Tuesday" night, and'bfought home 17 trout, weighing, over 75lbsV :; .';Mr J. W. Velvin bright' home sixj the largest of whioh weighed }olbs. Others were equally luoky. A Sign of the Times.—At the.-meleting' of the Geraldine-Road Board held nn Tuesday tenders were opened for "BoVeefsm>ili contracts. 'Only*silven tenders'wefe'^ecetveld for the whole of the-works. Both ■©hairman and members remarked upon^thie*very few| tenders sent in, eipwssitig th'e' ( 6pM6n, that it pointed to ; .of vexsM* : mm being out of iwork in-.the The'Chairman •tated that be v 'h"ad never seWti silch a |small number of, tencjers sent in to, $,hV: Board before. '.;■ • - ■ «"'* : '' i; - i !.••.-,(, .. . iMANilopjgi-n-.The body (jol.t a, child apparently threaq or four 'peeks'''old was, "discovered buried'in a hole atj"'t.he,'north part of the t!own s of, Oameru on ,Tuesday, i The 'tody wis inan'advanoed slateof decomposition, but is fearfully mutilated. One df the ,]pga was cut off at the hip, and the head, ayms, and other patte sof. the body."were.eutj and' •hfloked,about.rs<.Th«mother-of. the child is known, but thr,T)p]ice ( only" discovered that something was wrong'theother day, and on Tuesdayfoiind'tnibtfdy'buriedirithe garden. ~ DeAth, ,oi, u a, r- James McLaughian, faster of the Oardrona School (Otago), died at the Queanstown Hospital on Saturday from fatty, degeneration ot the heart, flisson, 11 years of ajge, died au hour. before in the hospital of rheumatic fev»y, and his wife is at present in the hospital suffering" from a broken leg. .We recently published! w aecsational ; aooouut of an attack on his family by rats. The deceased was a man of superior attainments, and for several years had charge of sshoola both in North and South Canterbury. .■•••.■;■ ••' j j 1J1( ;

Gbbaedjkb ■Racing Cltjb; —A' meeting'of the Committee of this Club was held at their office, Geraldine, on *£i estj&f afternoon. Present Messrs R. H. point, W. Polhill, W, DeEenzy, ~W. I>. R. Lawson, J. Mundell, arid R.'S. Cook, We^ ! tary. The minutes of the previous nneting baring been read and confirmed,the Stewards proceeded to remove the disqualification of the horse Bordermin, his owners M. i.nd C. Hobbs, and his rider Mazengairt, who were disqualified at the Autumn Meeting' c! the Club. This being all the bueintM thejmeeting terminated. | Paikitji, Acoidbkt.—A painftl accident happened to a child (a boy fourteen months old) of Mr George Phillips, at Temuka, on Sunday night last. A daughter Phillips was preparing the tea—Mrs Phillips at the time getting ready for Cburchj—and the child by some means got hold of .a eup filled with almost boiling tea which it lupset over itself The consequence was that it was severely scalded on the head andjchest. i)r Campbell was called in and attended to the poor little sufferer, who is progressing favorably, but it will be a long time before it is fully recovered.' , i

The Chaise of the Hinemoa,-"" The steamer Hinemoa, whioh took prospectors to Big Bay, returned to Wellington on Tuesday'' morning. After landing her passengers at Big Bay, she voyaged southward and visited. Jackson's Bay, where she landed some surveyors, and Milford Sound, and then raridown to the Snarep, the Solanders, the Auckland and Campbell islands. At each place the fjt>p4i depots provided for shipwrecked sailors were f examined, and found to be intaofc. Campbell Island was left last Saturday, and the Hinemoa came on to Wellington direct. The Hinemoa brought 100 penguins and two sea hawks from the Snares; ten live albatrosses j from Campbell Island, and four sea lions from the Auckland Islands. The last named ciir'ioM creatures are to be sent as a present tjo the English Zoological Society, to be added to the!Kegent,Park collection. ..'•-. j

G-apes' Valley School.—The is the Inspector's report on this schobT:—Staff—Miss Sarah A. Buck, sole teacher. Enrolment and attendance —On roll,' 34 j working average last quarter, 25.; present quarter,' 24. Classes—Standard V.: Boys, 1 j girls, 5 ; total, 6. ', Standard. IV.: Boys'] 0 ; girls, 1 ; total, 1. Standard III.: Boya, 6 ; girls, 3; tolalj 9, Standard. 11. ; 4 ; girls, 2 ; total, 9. Standard I. : Boys, 2 ; girls, 5 5 total, 7., . Passed: Boys, 2 5 girls, 3 1 total, 5.. Registers—Satisfactory. and neat, but without provision Jor science or object lessons. Methods, etc.—Satisfactory. , Order and discipline—Satisfactory. Behaviour—SaW-) •'factory; i State of buildings—Good, but some, plaster down, and lining of porch has never been completed. Sufficiency, etc. —Ample space. Tidiness and cleanliuess maintain the reputatiop already gained J. AjNDBpSO'N, Inspeotor* , ! ; > : ' Tbmpbeakcb Mbbting.—An open ineeting of the Good Templars'(Lodge, Geraldine, was held'6n Monday evening. In the ah-j sehce'' of the W.0.T., Broi T. Sherratf, D.G.W.C.T., presided; There was 'a good •attendance of {the' publitf, the half being, well 'filled.' The firsVitem oh the programme was Wduet (violin and and : clarionetV'by Messrs Sherratt and Weston respeblivelyi ■ Song Mrs Torteou?, " We may- neyer meet again"; song, ipiagi-'S Sister,"l cannot mind'mf'wheel, mother "5 reading, Mr] T. Sherratt; songi'.Mr A.! Penny, > The laSs* of Richmand Hill"; song, Miss Mashn, '" Wbatarie'silver hairs to : us " ; recitation, 'Mr Darlow.' The usual buns, and ; coffee jWeraj then banded round, ahd the W.0.T., Bro. K. McKenzie, then took the chair. Miss Andrews opened the second part of- the entertainment with a solo, " Katie's letter," which was encored ; amd the following items were then: giraa—recitation by a member of the Lodge; eong, P.W.0.T.; song, a Sister, "Far away from Bonnie Scotland";: song, Mr Logan, •'Rather," encored ; 'seng, : Mr Penny, " Here's to the year that's »vra," The meeting was .closed by all joining in singing the National Anthem. ~

Oonobbt and Dabob. —At Kakahu Bush to-morrow night a/mnosrt and dance will take place, the prooSeds from which will be devoted 1 to the"Behoot iprize fund. / Ifris to/beS, limped there will b'e ft large attendance, ab the, object is certainly a, most deserving one. ' • ' I ; Gebaldine Lawn TbnmW Ctui.—The &bmfaij.meeting 6i% the rodmbers of this. was.field on . Wednesday. v Present— Dei Messrs BCi>W. Moore, J.; Ounning : ham,'A. Hawkins, H. B. Webster, 0. Philipson, and E. Maben. Mr Moore wag voted to chair. The minutes ;of tlie previous nfeetiiig were read Snd loonfirmed. Copies of the rules of the Onristohurch, South Oanter-, ''Wry > 'ana r 'Wellingfbn'iDlubß were Inid on the i table., The balapcef beet showed thereceipts for'ttie post year'to be £9 15.«, and'the ex-

U^4.i&l!£*,9£, ,wbj<sb.,„ifc - e,„.,pprtiqn r; | was in connection with the preparing of court, £lO 6s 6d, leaving a debit balaoce of lis 6d. The following officers were elected for the year :—President, Hon. W. Rolleston; Vioe-President, Mr A. Maodonald ; Secretary »nd Treasurer, Mr A. Hawkins; Committee,' deoided to, fix the subscription for the seosbn at 10s;' > being 'the Tiueinees, the meetins terminated. •' «d y noniewife, when giving her house iti spring cleaning, ihould boar in mind that the, dear, inmates are more precious than houaei, their need; oleinsing, by purifying the' blood, re'gulatiog the ,stomaoh and; bowels, and the should know that there is' nothing that will do it bo iwely m American Co.'s Hop Bitten, the purest and bett of all'! (maiiioiaei. '■■:.; ~,v:."') ; -;''i;r. I ■.::{) ; )! ' SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISfIMBNTS. ' ' .•.•;. • :,j ,:' ■ , ) —ii ' ' •■:li' , i ■''< ! • ' : ' Arowhenu* Town-Board—Noticererate':- . Timaru .Agricultural and Pastoral Association—Dates on whioh entrieidloseV '• K. F. Gray, household, |.iumitureand effects'on Tuesday; next; is now receiving entries for special sale of horses and cattle; eit thft : Washdyke on 29th October. ■'■;<-. •,i .„ ■■■ ■■■•■•''■ ■'' '•■ " : -'' ■ ; .;•;■ ';■ «'! •■■&. B. Slater, Sydenham'. Sous'ei Tiiharu—- , Will make immense reddetiohs during the Inext few>''weeks'itiia'll" department,''in! consequence, of shaving; sold his business,! and ,havipg ;to, gjve, up > possession: on November Ist. New,,season's goods'at wholesale prices, and special quotations in made to order goodß. ....