LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1586, 24 May 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tbmuka Monthlt Balb.—The monthly sale of stock at Temuka takes place oh Friday next. Shoomno Match. —A shootii g match for two horses will take place at the Upper Raugitata Bridge to-day. Tbmuka Dkum and Fife Bawd. -A meeting of the members of this Bind will t"ko place io the Club Room to-morrow eveuiog at half-past seven o'clock,. Stock Sale.—Messrs J. Mundeli and Co. notify in another column that their dsnal monthly sale of stock will be held at their yards, Qeraldine, on Wednesday, Jane Ist. Dances.—The annual ball takes place in, Geraldine, to-night. To-morrow night * n-tivo bail wM be held in the Temuka Volunteer Hall. Meeting at Temuka.—A meeting of householders, to consider the advisability of disrating the Temuka District High School, takes place in the schoolroom tomorrow evening. Pebpbtual Lbabb. The Commissioner of Grown Lands, Chnstchurob, invites tenders for the perpetual lease of section, 35740, containing 46a lr 43p, in the Qeraldine Surrey District. The upset annual rental is £4l2*. Voujntbbr Bazaab. The Volunteer Bazaar at Temuka will be opened at three o'clock this afternoon in the drillshed. There will be a firstrate display of goods, < < ; and in the ev.ning there is to be a concert. The fee for admission is sixpenoe. Annual Pabish Gathsjbiikj The annual parish gathering in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Qeraldine, takes place in the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. Tea will be on the tables at half-past fire o'clock, after which there will he music, and addresses by numerous speakers. Jubilee CsLßiatTioN at Temuka.—ln our advertising columns will be found the names of those who have kindly consented to collect subscriptions towards the fund for the celebration of the Jubilee in Temuka. When the lists are closed tho names of those who have subscribed will be published. Tbmuka Volumeebi. The Temuka Rifles parade in review order at tbe drillshed at 9 o'clock this morning to fire a feu-de-joie in honor of the Queen's Birthday. The High Sohool Cadets are also to assemble at •' the same tlace. After the feu-de-joie the Volunteers will proceed to the butts and .! hold their annual prize firing. The Qubbn'i Jubilee.—The people of Winchester have evidently resolved to outshine all other districts in their jubilee celebration. Mr Thomas Corcoran, who originated the movement there, has, in one week, collected betwi-ou £9 and £lO, and we believe there are others who have been tolerably successful with their collections also. Aftes Many Ybabb.—The materials for a three-volume novel took plscs at Napier the other day. A middli-aged man walked into the bar of a hotel there with some friends to : have a drink. After eyeing the barmaid rather closely he said to her : " You remind ' me strangely of an old sweetheart of mine, > that I knew at sohool. Her name was—-." "Strange," said tbe barmaid, " you remind me very much also of a boy lover I had. His name was—." " Why, that is n.y name," said the man "And mine-—," said the barmaid, mentioning the name the man had , They had not met for thirty years. Last week they were married. Political.—The Wellington c»rrespondent of tha Christchurch Press, telegraphing at midnight on Friday says':— i It is estimated to-night on the Ministerial side that Government are in a minority of two. The Opposition calculate on having a majority without reckoning on Mr Garrick, Mr Mills, or the Maori members. The same correspondent telegraphiug on Sunday says two more of the rainiacerial supporters have det-eried, which will give the opponents a still greater majority. He also says it is now considered very doubtfui that the defeat of the Ministry will he followed by a disolution. Football. The match between Temuka and Merivale, takes place in the Temuka park to-day, play to commence at 12.30 sharp, and members are requeued to be Dunotual. The following will represent Temuka : Full back, J. W. Velvin ; halfbacks, Roberts, Qeo. Velvin and ano'her; quarter backs, F. LeO.-en and F. K. dray; forwards, Cutten; Simpson, Dyson, Carr, A. Clinch, Hart, Smith, J. Franks, and W. Stewart j emergencies, F. Shallard, and J. Clinch. All players are requested to bo on the ground at 12.15 sharp.—A match look place last Saturday between the second fifteen of the Temuka Sohool and the first fifteen of the Winchester Sohool at Winchester, and resulted in a draw, no points beinn scored by either side. Pbotbotion in Englabd,—The Duke of Rutland speaking at a country meeting at Leicester on depression recently, said the only remedy for distress was to tax all imports. He might be asked if he would tax the poor man's bread, but what was the use of cheap bread if people could not buy it t From the Queen down to the humblest labourer, they were all being ruined owing to their depressed condition. They could give only the loyalty of their hearts in this jubilee year, for the state of trade would not allow them te subscribe to the Imperial Institute. The olsrgy were ter. ribly distressed. It was proposed to borrow 75 millions to redeem their tithes, but where was tbe money to come from? Lord Cross had introduced a measure for the sals of glebe lands, but all these proposals were miserable devices. They should face the truth boldly, and re-establish Protection. He believed the remedy for Ireland's evil was to be found in Protection for agriculture acd industries. Distbiot Coubt, TIMABU.—At the District Court, Timaru, on Friday, His Honor Judge Broad granted the Deputy Assignee certain costs in the <suae of Hall and Meason. Be the Timaru Woollen Factory, Company, Limited, in liquidation, His Honor ordered that the 4th July next be fixed as the time on or before wbiqh proofs of debt be delivered, and the 14th July as the date of adjudicating upon claims and notice thereof to be advertised every alternate week. The case of T. Foden v. H. Mat thews and four others claim £192 12s 3d, damages, was heard. The plaintiff was the con- -s tractor for the building of a Hall for the Orange Lodge at Pleasant Point. After Borne evidence had been taken His Honor suggested that the matter should be submitted to arbitration, and adjourned the case for a short time. On the Court resuming, Mr Perry announced that the cass had been settled as follows:- Judgment by consent for £1.60, each side to pay its own costs, . money to be paid as follows: £4O in a fortnight, and three monthly instalments of £4O each dating from the end of 14 days, interest at eight per cent, io default of one instalment execution to issue for the whole amount owing. His Honor ordered judgment to be entered up accordingly. The balanoe of the bankruptcy cases were ordered to stand over till nsxt sitting, and the Court adjourned.

J.. Thb Qnßß*'fl BIBTHBAT.—To-dH>, being J*»he anniversary of the Queen's Birthday will be observed aa a public holiday. At Tqmuka • football matoh will be played in the Park, the Rifle* will fire a fea-ds-joie and afterwards fire for prizes, and a bazaar will be open in the Volunteer Hall. At Geraldine the Bifle corps will fire a feu-de-joie in the morning and afterward* fire for prizes. The annual, gathering in connection with the Presbyterian Church takes place this evening. A ball also takes places. Thb Wxlungtox Post Oiticb.—Plans are belog.prepared by Mr Beatson, of the Colonial Architect's Department, for the restoration of the Geoeral Post Office buildinga. Fully seven-eighths of the old walls can be used again. The new building will have brick partition walls and noliff■haft, It is estimated by the former contractor that the restoration of the building will take ful'y a year. Special Settlers.—A party of Cantorbury settlers (says the Press) numbering eighteen families, arrived at Auckland ou the 11th. They were to proceed by the s.s. Oreti to a special settlement which is to be formed at Waimamaku, near Hojrianga. T'" Und iB aiid to be of a most excellent d> •••■.oter, and in the neighborhood a guiuu id is available. The Oret> was aIBO taking up another batch of settlers to Ilerekino. PaHSOKAL. —Mr A. Periney, who resigned the ffiasterihip of the Geraldine Flat School a short timer *go in order to take oharge of the Enehatuna School, in the Wellington district, has with Mrs Peniisy evidently soon began to take an active part in works that are calculated to benefit the school. Ik the report of a eonoert held in connection with the school the names of both Mr and Mrs Penney figure very prominently indeed, and the eonoert appears to have been an entire success. * Chcbch PIBADH.—A church parade of the Geraldine Rifles took place on Sunday last. The members of the carps to the number of about SO mustered at tbe drillshed at 10.80 a.m. Headed by tbe Band tinder Bandmaster T. Sherratt and commanded by Captain Pearpoint, they marched to the Primitive Methodist Oburch.where an appropriate service was conducted by the Be?. W. J. Dean, wbo took for his text -Revelation ii., 17: "He that hath an ear let bin haar what the Spirit eaitb unto the churches } To him that overcometh will I give to eat, of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and in the stoae a new name written which no man knoweth suing he that receiveth it." At the conclusion of tbe service the men were marched back to the drilhhed and dismissed. Land Board.—An ordinary meeting oftheCrowu Land Board was held at Christchurch on Thursday. Licenses for deferred paymtnt sections were granted as follows :—Orari Jon. Bloomfield, 4 acres; W. R. Vernall, 4 acres; Arthur Story, 4 acres; Philip Buckley, 1 acre. South Bakaia —John Kae, 2 acres. Village homestead special settlement leases were granted as follows :—Geraldine— 9a lr (by ballot), H. R. Prrvt. Fairlie Creek—Bernard Oarr, section 4, 3.acres. The Board decided to again offer suburban section 22, Waimate, by auotion for cash; to let Reserve 1667, South Rakaia, by tender for fourteen years; to let Reserve 27108, Opihi, for seven years. The Chief Commissioner reported that Reserve 146, near Timaru, had been sold to Charles Bowker. frEfiioxjs Accident.- A serious accidont happened in Timaru on Saturday afternoon! to three ladies— MUs B«yle (housekeeper to |}r Hayes; and Mrs Lavery, of Temuka, and Miss Gallon, of Timaru. It appears that in the morning the firstnamed ladies' drove into Timaru in a gig, and after a short stay at the house of Mr Dick drove on to Saitwatwr Creek, taking with them Miss Gallon. Ou teturuing to Timaru late lo tbe afternoon the gig collided with a trap belonging to Mr Chas. Nicholson, which was standing at Messrs Knott and Scarf's butchei'e shop (near the Commercial Hotel). «nd the three ladies were thrown violently to the ground. Mrs Lavery was the most seriously injured, her right arm being broken, her upper jaw badly hurt, if not broken, and her face was terribly cut and bruised ; Miss Boyle was also badly cut about the face and bruised, but had no bones brokeo. Miss Gallon wag more fortunate, and escaped with a severe shaking Bad a few bruieen. The unfortunate ladies were at once taken into some private bonnes near at hand and medical afsintance summoned, when everything possible was dene to alleviate their Buffering*. In ths eveniDg Miss Boyle was removed to Temuka. After the ladies were thrown out the horse completely wrecked the gig, and getting dear of everthing returned to Saltwater Creek, where it was secured later on the same evening. Mr Nicholson's trap was much damaged. Mrs Lavery is progressing favorably, and it is expected will be well enough to be removed to her home in a day or two. , Jwrusß Address. -The following is a copy of the Add rant rent Home on Friday last by the Timaru Jubile* Committee : " To Her Moat Gracious Majesty, Victoria, by the Grace of Got?, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Que§D, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India. Mow Gracious Sovereign—On behalf of the loyal subjects of Your Majesty in the Town and District of Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand, we humbly de•jiire'on the occasion of the celebration of thejahilee of your most illustrious reign, to 'present to Yonr Majesty our warmest and most respectful congratulations. As colonists we feel that never in tbe history of our country has there been such an extension of Empire by peaceful occupation of fair lands, sever such an evidence of tlie wonderful vitality of the AngloSaxon race in multiplying and replenishing the earth, as has taken place during the fifty years of Your Majesty's reign. Although resident in tbe most distant of Your. Majesty's dominions, we have our fell Bhare of the peace and prosperity which, in so la rge a measure, have attended your Majesty's rsigo. We desire most humbly and loyally to record our grateful appreciation of Your Majesty's eminent personal influence for good as our Qaeen—a» an example of noble life, and of the evident favor with which it has pleased God to keep your going out and your coming in during the past fifty years to the great advantage and happinness of your people. And we subscribe ourselves, M. Jonas, Mayor ; Henry W. Harper, M.A., Archdeacon; A, L. Halkett-Dawson,. M.A. ; Arthur Perry ; Edwin Hy. Lough, Town Clerk; Members of the Jubilee Committee of Timaru and District." Tbe address was beautifully engrossed and illuminated by Mr G. W. Wsdtv

Gun Accident, —A rumor reached Temuka last night that Mr John Hay, of Kakahu, met with a rather serious gun accident. The full particulars of the case have not ome to hund, but it is said that he was doing something wuh a breech-loader when the chirge exploded, with the result that his hand was very badly hurt. Dr Fish was immediately sent for, and he arrived with all possible speed and dressed the injured limb. Mutual Improvement and Debating; Society.—ln another column will be found*n advertisement inviting all persons interested in forming such a society as the above to attend a meeting to be held iu the Oddfellows' Hall, Geraldine, to-morrow evening. There is little doubt but that this meeting will be well attended. The movement is the outcome of a proposition moved by Dr Foster at the Jubilee mesting a few evenings ago, and the matter has been taken up with a warmth and enthusiasm tint augurs wall or ita success. It estibliphod, such a society will bo a reil bom to Geraldine. Shbbp-FbKDBBS.— Vr W. Caraton, Winchester, has an adveiL.sement in another column that should prove of special intereat at this time of the year to those who have the care of sheep. He has now on hand quite a large number of sheep-feeders of various descriptions, all of whioh are eminently adapted to answer the purpose for which they were designed. His combination feeder is especially handy, as by means of a moveable shutter it can be used to feed either hay or smaller feed, such as chaff or oats. It is also arranged so that the small feed may not blow away. Another, and larger one, is so built that the sheep are protected while feeding from the water falling from the roof. Mr Carston invites inspection, as he is cer- ! tain they need only to be seen to bo appreciated. Railway Refbeshhbht Rooms, Timastj j —D. McGuinness begs to inform his numerous friends, and the travelling public in particular, that having taken the above rooms for a fresh term he has decided to reduce the charges hitherto made, and in future they will be as follow :—-Breakfast in readiness for early trains, Is 6d; Hot Lunch or Dinner, served up in the hitherto well-known profuse style, on arrival of North and South Express trains, Is 6d. Tea and Coffee always in readiness, and choice confectionery, &o. Ihe lessee would especially draw attention to the Ladies' Private Dining-room, which has been specially arranged and furnished for their convenience. A waitress is always in attendance. The usual Is Lunches are still continued at the Club Hotel.—A.dvt. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENT. Temukc Road Board-Notice re striking a rate. H. B. Webster, Geraldine—Wants a retriever dog, Temuka Volunteer Bazaar Open at 3 p.m. to-day. W. Carsten, Winchester—Has sheep feeders for sale. Jubilee Celebration at Temuka- Names of collectors of subscriptions. Prisbyterian Churoh, Geraldine—Annual parish gathering to-night. K, F. Gray—Sells cattle, sheep, and pigs at Temuka on Friday next. Temuka Drum and Fife Bind—Meeting of members to-morrow night. Mutual Improvement aud Debating Society —Meeting of persons interested to-morrow evening at Gerßldine. J. H. Baker, Commissioner Crown LandsNotice re section 35740, Geraldine Survey District, for perpetual lease. J. Mundell and Co., Geraldine—Publish amended notioe re coach running between Orari and Geraldine ; sell sheep, cattle, pigs, etc., at Temuka on Friday.—Hold monthly sale of stock at Geraldine on June Ist.