LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1538, 11 January 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mbbxings ofKoad Boabds.—lho irionthly meetings of jthe-Geraldme and Temuka Road Boards takes place to-day. Peaxebs iob Rain.—The Hot. Father Fauvel on last Sunday efetiiflg offered Up; special prayers forjrain. !; i ,;;;,,? Bolt.—^A. team of three horses attached to a dray bolted up the town of Temuka yesterday, and continued running .along the road,! until thej reached Wheelband's Nursery, I where they were stopped. *No > damage was i done. •.','/■:■ "i ■. i! '.i ''■■.■'■ "Washes.—• A special telegram, tjb the' Melbourne Age,; dated London, December i 9, states tb,nt a scheme.is being made.for. the mobilisition of British troops under which England will' be f enabled to embark 600,000 troops at. a.moment's notice. , '. I . Business AnnooSOßhbnx.—ln our advertising columns Mr A. Baker announces that he.has commenced business in Geraldine as a bootmaker, in premises opposite the Crown Hoiel'., /Mr Baker has all the trade f requites, and doubtless will 'receive a fair.share of support. , . .'. '■ ■, ' ' W/BBRLT. At/cxion.—Messrs J. Mundell anrt Op. announce that they hold auction sales of, produoe every, Saturday at their ; roorn f, ; and hLva reduced charges on goods placed iH!their .hands for, absolute sate to 5 per sent. They hare already entries of potatoes, chickwheat, pats, cheese, etc., for.: Saturday next. . •, ■■ ; '[.... , • Pebjuby.—ln the Supreme'Court, Christchurch, yesterday, Ellesmere Goodwin, in whosA.'case a former jury ■'. had' disagreed, pleaded guilty to a charge of perjury. He was sentenced te> two: years!; hard labor. Stephen Hubbard, the lad who pleaded guilty Wet week, and gave evidence against {Goodwin, was discharged. : < i . PbIMIIITB MBIHOniBTCHXrBOH,,TBHTjiA. —The Rev. W. J. Lean conducted the anhi., 'yersary >;s«rvices:; johur.oh.vlast viocs were,well>attended, but in the evening thechurch was full. The addresses delivered by the rev. preacher were most eloquent and ;imp s res.si a tea ing* will' oe ? bel% : nnd ;; it;' is to -be»wished that both will be well attended. Notbd Pbdesibiabb.—Ainongthetbrough passengers to Sydney by theß.M.B.Zealandia G. George, the famous English, longdistance runner, 1 and 'L.' E. ; Meyers, th e champion pedestrian of the world. The latter is accompanied by Harry Fredericks, an Amerioan fleet-foot. The former comes to the colonies on/aipleasuro trip,;but is willing to arrange matches witlj the Australian champion.' Meyers would not enter into any rabes in NewlTorkwith,George,but i« willing' to meet him jri Australia. ' i 'rMKidßATipir .MBBnira. ik Lohdon.-?-

Mr J.'Buchanan, of New South Wales,, is lecturing in London on the immigration and labor question. Speaking of the unemployed in Sydney, he sftidjinany were loafers,; who I did nof iwanfc work';' andj he'contended that there waVroom lin Australia'for one hundred million people. He referred, to the thousands of pounds from-New South Wales to England trbrftig outfiriends. The principles of fair trade would, he argued, be acceptable to the colonies. Mr. J. Norton, of the Trade and Labor Council, Sydney, reproached Mr Buchanan with inconsistency, and; ridiculed the statement that the colonies would accept the principles of fair trade. He stated that the unemployed at present in Australia numbered forty thousand, of whom six thousand were in the vicinity of Sydney. Bight immigrants, who hadireturnad.from Australia, declaring tbey were starred in Australia, attempted to address the assemblage but' ,wefe refused, and one was ejected from the platform. The meeting broke up in disorder.' A Disabled Pbisowbe.—The Guardian ia y g , "A. man named. John O'Leary sustained some nasty injuries on Saturday night. It appears that he wus " wanted " by the police on charges of drunkenness and vagranoy, and Constable Beddek went; to the'Lyt'tellorißoardinghousß for the purpose of apprehending him. o*Leary resisted ' arrest (violently, and aimed a heavy Iblow at the constable, which, however, instead of reaching its intended destination took effect on the window, the panes of glass being shattered to atoms. ; O'Leary V wrist, was cut by the broken glass very sevsrely, the hand ,being nearly, severed f rom ; ,the > hand. . Alljthe arteries, veins, and tendens were cut ihrough. The constable promptly had the man conveyed to Dr Tweed, who attended' t» 'the injuriei. He was then conveyed to ithe heppital, but ,he is in suoh a weak state, ! thrbugh loss of Wood, that it will probably be a fortnight before be wili be in a fit state to'appear'at Court to answer the charges which have been laid against him." GAs Explosion.—An explosion of gas occurred, in the Bank of New South ''Wales,'" Aii'cklatidV' about 9 o'clock on Snndny night, by which, two clerks,; N. V Von Sturmer and W'. J Von Sturmer, were iniured. N. Von Sturmer, who is ledgerkeeper and resides in the ; Bank, returned from a stroll with his cousin, and; on entering the door detected strong fujnes of gas, evidently coming from the strong J roorfi. He unlocked the strong room door' arid/'produced/a light to ascertain where the leak was, and on his entering the candle ignited the gas aod the explosion took place. The two moo were considerably singed-about the neck; audi hands, and also ulightly on the face, bnfc fortunately not very seriously. Dr Haynes was telephoned for, and was soon in attendance. He dreaHed the burns, and ordered the femoral of the men to ithe hospital whither they were, taken. , The force of the explosion was very great,; as it extended along a number of pagsages on the ground floor, and rose to tho third storey, nnd shattered a skylight over the main staircase.:!; , ■-,.■-,, :, : v

Distribution o* Pbizbs.—The annual distribution of prises in aonneqtion with the Goraldine Flat School took place on Sunday .Jan;,2nd,-; There ww a large attendancej of (bo parents and friends of the seholars, Tbe meeting, was opened with .devotional, exeroiies, conducted'by the'iuperintehdent of ; , the school Mr D. Shaw. Before [the distribution ! Mr'Shaw explained that jthe priisps were not to be presented aooording t o ' the siie or age of the children; but according to their attendance during the year. Thg children ■ then recited several pisces ;fo r which th«;y receded special prizes. Messrs John McKeDzie and Alexander Bell sic ted a judges and awarded the recitation prixisj a 8 follow : Glass I. Outhburt Bb,aw,i 1« Bobert.Bhaw and John Bose. (equal), 2; Arthur ; Hawk?; 3, ' : Glass If. Maggie' Kelman, 1: George Shaw, 2; j&fnei Shaw, 3. Class 111. Jessie Southj 1 j Joseph Looker, 2; Hugh Rose, 3. The prizes we're then presented to the children by Mrs McKinley who addressed a few words of I encouragement to - each child as it. came' ■forward to receive its roward. Short and to the oKildyen w«*e„ 'rielivere'd "'by' MeWi J; J, MckenVg, A. Penney, and D. Shaw. 'The J school waf thioii •'closed with hymns and i prayer. " '"'"'" "" "'' ! I

that Mr Price Williams has expressed the opinion that the New Zealand railways are as J economically worked as any in the world. Sale, at Gbbaldinb.—Mr W. 8. Maslin i holds a sale of grooeries, oilmen's. stores,millinery, household furniture, etc., ?oh pre-, mises of Mr 8. Baxter, Ge.-aldine, to-morrow. Mb Stjtteb At the Poikt.—Mr J. H. Sutter, the member for Gladstone, addressed -bis constituents at; the Point on Saturday /evening, arid was accorded a-tote of thanks and confidence. He said he anticipated there *wduld be a deflfeit of hßlf-a-tnillionattheend of the financial year, and was in favor of retrenchment.' He ' should ■ not ■' se'ek ! ' reeleotion. < ; .CONOBBI;'-. AT G»BAI3>INB F£a'^—Qh BrievemrJg' next a grand .concert will be held at the Geraldine Flat Bohool, in aid of the prize fund, in which a number of ladies and gentlemen frond Geraldirie and Temuka will take part.' Admission tickets are ,pc)w being sold, and, judging from the rapid,, they are being, disposediof, the concert (premises to be very suooessful.. ■■ .. , ; ■' The Midiano Raiivtay.—Mr R. Wi'soc, Chief Eygineerof the Midland Railway Company, will arrive in the colony this week to inspect the route, The CommlaBiootirs have made arrangements to send some 3,000 tons plant by direct steamer, part having already arrived. They have till July to spend the required by the: -Act; :■'[, »■.■•:.■• ; :/; >. \ ' The lomig.—The s.s. : lonio sailed on on Sunday morning from Lyttelton for L London -"via" Bio fle" Janeiro VTarid'Terieriffe with • full cargo, consisting of 23,000 carcases of frozen sheep and lambs, 600 kegs of butter, 5000 bales of wool, 1000 tacks of barley,* 250 sacks of beans, 150 sacks of cooks* foot, and a quantity of other cargo. In edition to the above about 500 sacks of oats, peas, and,bran have been shipped for Bio. FoßnmAiß.—Mr «J arneßDobbs, the father oft he child whose eye, it was said, had been totally, destroyed by a ferret, at Otepopoi haa written to the Oamaru Mail stating that, although at the time the sight was pronounced to be quite lost, under the careful tretment of Dr Levinge, he lis glad to be able to say the eye haa been restored to its former condition and is now perfectlly. sound. ~ jChickbt. —Thecrioket matoh Shaw and Lillywbite's team v. the Australian eleven was commenced at Sydney on Friday.-j The weather was fine.- .The Englishmen, winning , the toss, went first to the wickets, where they remained all day, and when the stumps were drawn had compiled 258 runs for the loss of seven wickets. On Saturday the Englishmen increased their sooni to 280, Briggs being the highest soorer with 69 caught. The Australians failed to make any effective stand 'against the English bowling, the first innings closing for 132./' '■'•' . ■ . ; " RaNcHTATA AND OBABI WATHB-Sr/PPLY. —Eatepayers in the Bangitata and Orari Wafer-Supply District are reminded that a public meeting takes plaoe in the Btar Hotel, Temuka,' to-night, for the purpose of discussing the proposal of the' Geraldine County Council to borrow £2500 for irrigation purposes within;: the,, district. 1 TheVprojeotV has been bn hawfoVa'long'time'now;' and'ifc is to be hoped that there will be a good attendance of thoße interested. The dry'weather experienced of late must have shown how necessary irrigation works are in certain - districts. ■'■ :'■•" ■ "'' Political.—The Wellington correspondent of the Press says;—" Major Atkinson - is reported not. to have as yet definitely definitely decided when he will begin his stumping tour. The state of Mrs Atkinson's health will probably prevent the leader of the Opposition, from leaving, bis home for some little time. It is currently stated that the Egmont seat will probably be contested by Mr MjGuire, J.P., who is said to be confident of securing a majority over Major Atkinson.It is stoutly disputed, however, by the Majoi's friends, who are quite oonfideLt Of securing his re-election." ' ' ' : ■ ■' i •'! n,> Eduoatiomas Ihstitt/th.—The session of the Educational Institute coneludediat Christchuroh on Friday. It was deoided;to hold the next annual meeting'at Nelson in Jannary 1888. -The following officers were elected: —President, the President, of the Kelson branch for 1887; secretary,. H. Worthington (Auckland); and treasurer, J. G.H. Soott' (Christchuroh). The repjjrt of the committee on the standard syllabus,' as amended by the Council, was referred to the District Institutes,'and will be brought for- ' ward' next year. The principal clauses of the report stated that the number of compulsory subjects included in the syllabus is excessive ; that compulsory subjects for 'individual examination and individual passes be restricted to - reading, including explanation, spelljng and diotation, writing, arithmetic, and composition. ! Accident. A rather serious accident happened on last Sunday to a man. named Varco who lives at Orari. It appears that in dismounting off a rather restive horse he missed his footing, and c«me to the ground in a sitting posture. The horse' swerved' round and kicked him on the right side of the face with one foot and grazed him on the shouMei with the others A fearful wound, reaching from the front of, the ear to below -the angle of the jaw, was inflicted on ihiti, and be was rendered unconscious. Members, of the family who wore on the spot rendered immediate , assistance and despatched a messenger to Temuka far Dr Campbell, who reached the injured man with' all possible speed. Dr Campbell on arriving found that the man bad lost a great deal of blood but had recovered consciousness, also that no bones were broken. Ho did all that was required and dressed the, wound, and so far as we can hear (he sufferer is progressing favorably. StJNDAY School Treat at Psßii Fobbst. —A very successful' treat was h«ld at Peel Forest on Friday last in a paddooli kindly lent 1 by J. G. Dennistoun, Esq, ; The school children "withTtheir Superintendent, Mr j F. Newman, mustered at the Church at 2 p.m., and marched to the plaoe selected for the treat, where all kinds of games were gone through, such as racing, jumping, and other games for toys, etc., t At 4tO'olook the jtoaos were distributed, by Mrs'.J, B. A, .Aoland to the children who had gained them, a few words of encouragement being addressed to each receipient, The following is the prize. list:— Ist Miss Priteharti K. Jenkins, 1; M. Langford, 2. Second Class— Teacher," Miss I/. Acland): W. Langfard, 1; J.-Whittin r 2.- -Third Class—Teacker, Miss , Acland i^.Cil'Jenkins,';J.;;'] ?F. Bitohie,; % FoorthClsss—Teacher' Mr ! F. Xewman: T. McKay, 1; E, Bull; 2, A small prize was also given to eaoh of the other ohildren attending the school.■> After the prizes bad been presented the children and parents and friends (of whom there was. a large number present) sat down to a splendid tea provided ' by 'Messrs J. Williams 'and Son." 'After tea' , the games, etc., were resumed and on, •, until hearly'dark. The Sti,Rft«uken 1 dep 1 t then ; ( addressed a to the ohildren, after which obee'rs' were given for the Superintendent, arid also for Mrs Acland, ' Mrs Hawdon, and Messrs Dennistofln, 1 Acland and Barker. This brought the proceedings to a pffesejat having »p- < parently thoroughly'enjoyed themselvei| I ~ j

Sai«b> OF "'Messrs Gracie, Maclean and Adam sell some T»lu»bl8 freehold property, eituata'in the township of Wallineford, t£jM* K; F. Gray's salerooms, Temuka, on Friday, 2lst.:iust. Particular! will be found ia, our advertising columns.

. [ Pbotbotion,—Sir Juliui Vogel has issued a challenge to the Dunerlin newspapers who oriticised his recent wddress on protection in Dunedin to refute and rebut the argument! he rut, forward. The judge to decide the uiutber may be-outside .the polony, but must not be a partisan of either or freetrade. ' If the papers succeed Sir Julius Vogel'will give * ifilO'to/'ftrbonevolent'iiiiftitution. The challenge is issued through the local protection league. ' : - • ■'-'• Nbw Zbamhd.Stud _Co»j,mt'|Baii.--The annual sale of blood skwk yettrlings took .place on Wednesday afternoon at the Sylvia Park Estate (Auckland) of the Sew Slealaod Stud Company. There was a large attendance, embracing " visitors from _ Victoria, Sydney, Napier, Wellington, Wang'anui| and Canterbury. There were 33 yearlings —3, by Capapie, 5 by Leolinu!s, 1 each by Guinea, Piscator, Robinson Crusoe, and 22 bv Musket. The auctioneer stated that the total winnings of Musket's stock to date was £BO,OOJ, of which £18,500 was won last year. The sale realised over £lo,ooo* The highest figure was 1100 guineas for a bay * filly by I Musket from Sylvia. The purchaser was Mr Churnside, from Victoria. D. MoGtjinnbss begs to inform his friend and the pablio that the .Shilling Lunches hitherto served at the BaUway Befreshment Booms will, on and after Saturday,"the 80th Nov.; be discontinued, and in.future will (with the same liberal menu) be provided ia 1 the large and elegant diningrobm of the Club Hotel.' In future tuhoh at Baiiway Befreshment Booms, 2s 6d; at Club Hotel, li.— , SYNOPSIS OF ADVEBTIBBMEWIS. Graad Concert— At Geraldine Flat school .onJriday , ? , ~, ~ , fl . .. A.. Baker, 'qqmiiienoei \ business in Geraldine. .'L^'f 1 ';; \ J. Mundell and Co.—Hold sales of pro* , duce at Geraldine.eyeryiSaturday; i Win; Wrigbti Wiitohi hr Invites tenders , forrpulliag tying, and stooking linseed. ; i J; J. Popplewell, Temuka—lnvitee ItendeM ' for erection of cottage for Mr Wo. Stewart. 'Taylor indFlatrnani Woodbuiy-Invite tehrlers for skim ploughing from 200 ito 300 ,'"■'«enn>'' ■■'• ':•' yl i;:*;. ;'■ .-:; '■; - '>; Mechanics' Institute, Temuka Annual meeting of subscribers on Tuesday rtext, '• 'Janttarylßth/ .'""' ■''•,:: ' In Bankruptcy—Notioe re firot and final 'dividend of 13s in the £ ih H. T. O'flullivan'e 1 or Carter's estatr. .?:.•.-?■!.,!!' Isaac Greaves,, Temuka -7 Will * pot. bo : responsible for any debts contracted by Fanny Greaves, bisseoond daughter. .; ! "' , *■; John Murray, Manager Orari Station** ' Invites tenders for, threshing ryegrass, and 1 for cutting, stacking, and stooking oati. Hayes and Co. Notify that thay.are ! giving up business in Temuka, and ; are bow holding a great clearing sale of di-apery. elotbing, and boots. ■■-.■>•> y t : •>j j - ■<. ;,;, 1 Gracie, Maclean and , Adam Sell 1 aero 2 roods land, situate ih the town of Walling* ford, at Mr K. F. Gray's salerooms, Temuka, ' oh Friday, the 21sti instantil ;■■ i: V: * |