The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1887. THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1539, 13 January 1887, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1887. THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.

I had just recovered from the effects of the holidays, and was in a fair way to regain my mental equilibrium, when George Levons narrow escape brought on me a relapse of the—well, no matter. Fancy our jovial bailiff gliding seaward on the junction of the legs of his breeches, and tell me had not the affair a tragic look on it 1 Shakespeare says that “There is a destiny which shapes our ends rough, " and I may say I have come across some very rough-shaped ends in ray time, but I think to be caught by the fish you would fain catch—to be, in fact, “ the biter bit”—is rough enough. As a private gentlemen I like George Levens; as a Corporal in charge of a guard of YolunI teers he commands my admiration ; but as a bailiff 1 abominate him. Bailiffs have been my pet aversion since I was born, their persecution made me leave the homo of my forefathers, and it was with feelings of horror that I found the pest acclimatised in this colony. I find, consequently, my “in’ards” the battleground of opposite feelings. I am sorry that as a bailiff he was not exterminated ; 1 rejoice that as a gentleman, as n corporal and a comedian he succeeded by such a “ Heap” of good luck in ending so timely his maritime expedition, and in prolonging the journey of life. I must record my admiration of the Volunteer bazaar, and of the ladies who made such a success of it. It was undoubtedly the most creditable enterprise that has been carried outlnTemuka. From little facts which came under my notice I have come to the conclusion that some of these ladies possess financial capabilities immensely superior to the men of Temuka, Amongst the contributions towards the bazaar which one of them got was a fat lamb, but of course that could not.be conveniently stowed away on a stall, and so she resolved to turn it into money. She offered it for sale to a butcher, but Le would only give five shillings for it. This was not good enough. She had it killed, skinned, and cut up into four quarters, and each of the four quarters she sold for 2s 6d, and thus realised 10a from it. Another lady got promisee of money to the extent of about £8 when the affair was first started, and she immediately made arrangements to invest the money at interest so that it might increase. The promises were not fulfilled as readily as she expected, and her plan fell through, but her financial genius asserted itself all the same. A stupid man would have taken 5a from the butcher for the lamb, and never would have thought of placing the £8 at interest, [ have no desire, however, to see the ladies take the lead in business. It would be a blue look out for this paper if they did. Whenever anyone has stopped taking this paper 1 have found that invariably the wife has been at the bottom of it. She wishes to practise economy, and does not see the good of the paper, I entirely disagree with her. If she deprives her husband of that little luxury, so sure as there is a bill on a crow he will go to the public-house to see the paper, and spend ten times the price of it. Besides the paper is necessary for him to be able to know what is going on. He will not see tbe ruling prices if he does not read the market reports; his cuttle may be impounded, but he will know nothing about it j sales may be held at which he may get things he wants, and many other things are lost to him if he does not read a paper. It is false ecomony for a wife to deprive her husband of the luxury of a read of the paper after his day’s work. She will lose ten times the value of it. As an instance of tbe enterprise and push of Americans, Mark Twain tells a story of an undertaker who used lo “go roosting around where people were sick,” taking with him a coffin that would be likely to fit the person expected to die. If it happened to be a case of prolonged illness he used to “ fetch his rations and blankets and sleep in the coffin.” Such go-a-bead energy has been equalled by the Timoru Herald recently. On Christmas Eve last it appeared with a big show of Temuka advertisements, and not one of them had been authorised. The advertisements were put in “on spec,” believing the people would not begrudge the Herald a few shillings at Christmas. The people who advertised say now they will not pay, and the Herald thinks that its enterprise is worthy of more consideration, The lessee consequently advertises that it is for sale, Alas, that newspapers should come to this! 1 have heard of another instance of push and enterprise. The servant of a certain man called for medicine for his master at the house of a certain doctor. While the doctor was brewing the medicine the servant fell asleep. On waking the doctor remarked that he was not well and that he would give him some medicine. The servant did not object, ho thought it po’ite not to refuse : but now he is sorry, for he has been summoned for 7s 6d by that enterprising doctor. There is push and energy left in New Zealand yet. The compositor who had (he job of setting up this complained when lie had reached the end of the lust paragraph that it was so dull that be was dozing off

to sleep. He was abruptly horizontalised on the floo'- of the office, and for the remainder of the evening he did no more. This is the reason that more of my notes do cot appear in this issue, but if the man recover? in time for next issue the balance of them will appear. . Com O’Linus. LOCAL AND GENERAL. Death op Mbs Labnaoh.— Mrs Larnach, wife of the Minister of Mines, died at Dunedin on Tuesday evening. Primitive Methodist Annitebsaby.— An account of the proceedings at the Primitive Methodist Church Anniversary meeting at Temuka will be found on our fourth page. Congest at Gebaldinh Fiat.—Tomorrow night a grand concert will be hold in the’Geraldine Flat School in aid of the prize fund. Several ladies and gentlemen from Temuka and Geraldine will give selections. The Date Accident at Timabu.— On Tuesday evening laet, the yacht which overturned and sank in the Timaru harbor on New YWs Day, was raised, and in it was found mo;t of the clothing lost by the crew. Auction Sale.— Mr W. 8. Mailin sold by audio!) yesterday the furniture, stock-in-trade, etc,, of Mr S. Baxter, Geraldine. The sale attracted a large number of buyers end every lot offered found purchasers at first-class prices. Gbealdinb Hoad Boabd.— This Board notify 1m tfnotlTer column that the boundary between the Hae-hae-te-moana and the cross road above Mr John Hay’s will be closed for a few days fo allow of culverts being repaired. Bt, Maby’s Anglican Chueck, Geraldine. —Oa Sunday last' His Lordship the Primate of New Zealand preached in the above Church, and administered the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at the morning service. There were good attendances. In , the afternoon His Lordship preached at Woodbury. Irrigation.— A poll of ratepayers re the irrigation scheme for the Rangitata and Orari Water-Supply District will take place on the 20lh instant. The hours of polling will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.tn., and the polling places will bo at the Rangitata Station School, Mr F. W. Badham’s house, Bulnier, and the Geraldine County Conncil Office, Timaru. Serious, Leas.—Young Forfarshire,” a draught stallion belonging to Mr Andrew Martin; of the Otaio, mat with an accident last Friday, which, despite every care and attention, resulted in bis death on Saturday evening. The horse was a prizetaker at the Timaru, Oamaru and Waimate shows, and his death will be a very serious, loss to Mr Martin and the district. 1.0.G.T. An open meeting of the Welcome Retreat Lodge, No. 44, Geraldine, was held last Monday evening, which was largely attended. The W.0.T., Bro. J, W. Pye, presided, and a long and varied programme was gone through in a first-class manner. Bro. Cook, • D.D.G.W.0.T., of Ashburton, was present, and delivered an interesting address, in waioh he spoke* in high term of the position held by the Lodge. During the evening refreshments were handed round by the Sisters, Cricket.—' The cricket mulch between the Australian and English I Wens at Sydney resulted in a win for the former with nine wickets to spare.—On Saturday a match was played at Orari Bridge between teams representing Woodbury and Orari Schools. W. J. Qlanville captained the former, and A. McLean the latter. The homo team displayed the best cricket, and scored a decisive victory. The scores were:—Orari Bridge: First innings, 90; second, 174. Woodbury; First innings, 36 ; seooad, 36. Keeping the Holidays. A correspondent sends us the following; —ln the absence of the sports at Pleasant Point on New Year’s Day, the township was enlivened by the eccentric, movements of an elderly and a young gentlemen, beth well-known residents in the district. It seems that differences had arisen between them dming the holidays with regard to some lollies, but it did not come to a climax until the constable was clear of the coast. The result was the total discomfiture of the younger pujilist, who still bears strong evidence of the (everity of the encounter, Luckily there were no bones broken, although a pairjof spectacle! were considerably damaged, and there is seme talk of an action for damages in the E.M. Court. Tkmuka Linseed Company.— The monthly meeting of the Directors of the Temuka Linseed Company was held yesterday. Present— Messrs J. Talbot (Chuirraan), Postlethwaite, Pilbrow, Miles, and F* Brown. Several . letters were read with reference to ropes, twine, etc,, and accounts were passed for payment. It was stated at the meeting tha f several persons had already began to pull their flax, and that a fair crop was expected. The Manager was instructed to employ the boys who had been employed in the factory to pull the flax of the Company. He was also authorised to paint the new building, after which the meeting terninated. Faith- Healing.—The Rev. Mr Gordon, of Bt. PsulVPresbyterian Church, Invercargill, delivered a sermon on Sunday night on “ Faith-healng, what is it F ” With reference to the Rev. Dowie, of Melbourne, now on a faith-healing mission to Invercargill, Mr Gordon assorted his belief that Mr Dowie’s so-called fiaaling power was simply animal magnetism.' On Monday night Mr Dowie announced that he would reply to Mr Gordon. The Wesleyan Church was crowded, and proceedings were of a very lively order, the rev. gentleman being most unguarded in his references to those who interjected remarks or asked questions. One of the audience, who said Mr Dowie’s mode of procedure was all bounce, was characterised as a “ lying scoundrel” ; and another gentleman, who asked Mr Dowie when he was going to the hospital te heal the sick there, was ordered out of the church. Fo cures effected by Mr Dowie’s agency at Invercargill have yet been made public. Mileobd School. —A special meeting of the Committee of the above School was held on Monday last. Present —Messrs J. Brown (Chairman), James Christmas, junr,, Thomas White, John Maze, R. Williams, and J, B. Wareing. 'Jhe minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A letter was read from the Board of Education, dated Jan. 6th, re forwarding applications for the post of master of the Milford School. A letter was read from the Inspector to the Board of Educat ion, dated January stb, advising as to the suitability of several of the candidates. The Committee read over and considered all the applications of the twelve applicants, and several of the members made very long speeches in favor of their favorite, which carried the meeting well into the small hours of the following morning. It was finally proposed by Mr James Christmas, seconded by Mr J. B. Wareing and carried “That Mr P. A. Joseph, of I’aier: Mouth, be recommended to the Board of Education as master of the Milford School; but if any difficulty should arise as to his fitness in any wav, the Committee would name Mr J. R. : Comer, of ths Stoke School, North i bury, as thiir second choice.” The meeting then tamiuatedi I

The Wiee-Woem, There is now on 1 view at the rooms of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association (says the Press) a sample of potatoes from the crop recently found to be destroyed by wire-worms at Opawa. The matter was reported to Mr Ivey, of the Lincoln School of Agriculture, and by him to the Government. Mr W. de Q. Reeves, of the Agricultural Department, Wellington, who is now on a visit to Christchurch, has purchased the crop and had it destroyed, and the land is now being subjected to a saturation of gas lime. The Timabu Haebob Boabd Case.— The action of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company v. the Timaru Harbor Boad, being a claim for £32,802, has been fired to be tried in Wellington by a special jury on the 14th of March next. Messrs Bell, Gully and Izard (says the Wellington Press) are agents in Wellington for Messrs Harper and Co., of Christchurch, solicitors for the plaintiffs, and Messrs Chapman and Fitzgerald represent Messrs Perry and Perrv, of Timaru, solicitors to the Harbor Board. Dispute About a Church —Unseemly disputes are proceeding between the contractor for budding the new Epiphany Church at Auckland and the church authorities. Mr Edinouds, the contractor, whose time expires in a week, refused to deliver possession of the church till his claims are satisfied. Laet Sunday someone broke into church and divine worship was held. The matter was reported to the police, and is now in the hands of the lawyers. Mr Edmonds will allow Sunday services, but not choir practice and other meetings. Aeowhbnua Obmbtbet Boabb. A meeting of the Cemetery Board was held, on Tuesday last. Members present were Messrs Hayhurst . (Chairman pro tern), Brown, Aspinall, and Masoo, The minutes of the last meeting wore read and confirmed, Mr Hayhurst applied to rent the land in his occupation, and also to have the 3 acres attached added on to it, at £1 an acre for another year. Mr Aspinall proposed, and Mr Mason seconded, and it was carried —“ That Mr Hayhurst's application be granted.” After sundry accounts were passed for pay*, ment the meeting terminated. Another Austealian Outrage. Another horrible outrage is reported from Tamworth, N.8.W., a town of about 4000 inhabitants. At the Police Court five men, named Frederick Cross, W. Barrett, Walter Godhold, Charles Swain, and Thomas Church were charged with criminally assaulting Mary Ann Berrigan, a girl 15 years of age. The evidence of the girl was to the effect that she had been leading an immoral life for the past four or five years. On January Ist the prisoners came to her place, took her by force to the back yard, threw her down and committed the offence despite her resistance. At the close of the girl’s evidence, which was contradictory, the case was remanded, Teebible Accident.— A terrible accident occurred recently on a farm at Cow Flat, 13 miles from Bathurst. A farmer named i Barrett was reaping, and driving his own machine, when be noticed his son, two years and a-balf old, in the field, and told him to go home. The little fellow left for an open space ! where the hay was cut, and the father, thinking he had obeyed and returned to the house continued reaping. Suddenly in the thick i part of the crop, the horses stopped, and some- > thing obs 1 ruoted the knife of the machine. At the same time he heard a scream, and on 1 investigation Barrett found he had cut down ’ his child, severing one leg entirely above the > ankle, and the other leg almost so. The child , had gone into the crop unobserved, and had not moved when the machine came along. • One foot was lying some distance from the > body, and the other foot and ankle hanging from the leg by a sinew. Serious Bush Fire at Wakatipu.—An : extensive bush fire has been raging at the ’ head of Lake Wakatipu since the sth inst, and has not yet burned itself out. The whole of the bush from Dart to Greenstone 1 river, covering about 4000 acres, has been on fire, and it will probably have completely destroyed the bush from which limber for moat of the mines have been drawn, and which gave employment to from 80 to 100 men. Some huts hare been destroyed, and at least two families are rendered homeless. The escape of the few houses at Kinlock was very narrow. The fire was sweeping down to the fences of the hotel when the wind changed. Some tourists staying at Kinlock had to be removed to Glenorchy. The scene at night is described as awe-inspiring. If the fire crosses the Greenstone merit may almost completely denude one side of Lake Wakatipu of the timber which formed one of the' characteristics of the beauty of the lake. Gambling Hells in London. —l am waiting, says a London correspondent, to see Sir OharH Warren pounce upon the keepers of baccarat clubs. The town bristles with gambling dens, in which men and boys are ruined daily. Soldiers, lawyers, merchants, clerks, actors, musical singers, shopmen, are all to be numbered among the victims at the cloth of green. We read of the sins of Monte Carlo and Monaco, but no scenes there equal those to be seen nightly in London. Nay not nightly only ; baccarat goes on by day as well as by night in the city and in other districts of the town. In the smaller places the bank is worth no more than £10; in others it is at times worth £IO,OOO. I hear of some young fellow who plays with great luck, and who usually carries with him bank notes to the value of £20,000. Hundred pound-notes are common on the table. Three years ago, when a raid was made on the Park Club the other hawks took flight; but they have been back at the old haunts for some time past. When will Sir Charles Warren move in the matter. Loss of A Steamer.— The China mail brings news of the loss of the British steamer Ferntower with 50 lives, during a typhoon, off the mouth of the Saigon river. During the storm one man after another was washed overboard, the vessel being thrown on her beam ends and becoming quite unmanageable. She then sprang a leak, and volumes of wafer rushed below through the smashed skylights. By constant pumping -she was kept afloat for some hours, but eventually, and without any new warning, violently plunged and went down head foremost. There was no time to launch the only undamaged boat, and the majority of the passengers and seamen on deck were thrown into the water, others being carried down with the vessel. The deckhouse became separated from the wreckage, and on this some of the officers and sailors clambered. For three days and nights they floated about on this improvised raft without any food, and had abandoned all hope, when on the fourth day the British steamer Yindobala hove m sight, and took them off. The survivors were so overjoyed that the rescuers thought them mad, but they Soon recovered. The drowned, including the captain, were over 50 in number, D. MoGuinness begs to inform bis friends 1 and the public that the Shilling Lunches 1 hitherto served at the Ra’lway Refreshment Rooms will, on and after Saturday, the 20th i Nov,, be discontinued, and in future will (with the same liberal menu) be provided in ■ the large and elegant diningroom of the. Club Hotel, In future lunch at Railwoy Refresh- , ment Booms, 2s 6d; at Club Hotel, Is.— , [Adyt.] ( “Rough on Pubs.”—Why suffer P.lsi P Immediate relief and complete cure guaranteed. 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