The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1607, 14 July 1887, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kakahd Bush School.—A report of a very successful concert at the Kakahu Bush School on Friday e vening last appears on our fourth page. Political Rbeoum.—A meeting to consider the advisability of forming a brunch of the Political Reform in Geraldine will be held in jt'ie Town Board oscebn Saturday evening next, at 7.30 o’clock.

Deau&ETS, ceived at Dunedin that Mr Jam® B Wyljie (“Herd Laddie”), the champion d>7»Hght ß player, is prepared to visit New Zealand os soon as players here are ready to receive him. , Thb Mails.—The e.s. Alameda with the English mail®, dated 15th June, left’Frisco for Auckland on srd inst., time-table date. The s.e. Mariposa with the polonial mails dated 20th June, arrived at ’Frisco from Auckland on the 9th inst., one day early. News jthom tije Islands. News from Samoa states that thp action of the Germans ia presenting a flag to the rebel chief Tamasese has had the effect of causing a division in the party, and that a new claimant to the throne has arisen. Tongan news states that Miss Baker’s condition is still critical. Matters political are quiet, but a fresh outbreak is feared.

The — Mr W. Rd'eslon announces HHevheVe that he will address the tiltctoip.of the Rangitota District iu •he "’Oddfellow 8 ? flail, yfcerhldioe, on Wednesday evening next, June 20th, and at Woodbury.onftho following Saturday. Further will be shortly advertised;—Mr- J. jp ! £wotaiey ad4ro3se9t!.i QelValdfiteer Hal I, Teitnuka, on Tuesday''evening, and at other centres ns scon as arrangements sure completed,. : • ■ • • . . . ‘ I Temuka DaiET Factoet, 4- The monthly meeting of the Directors of the Temuka Dairy Company was held' on 'Tuesday.' ’ Pfe' - sent —Messrs J. Brown (Oheirman), ,R.. A. Barter -and G. Mason, Lei I era from the pprohaser Tend, and it was decided to delay the next shipment for four weeks id accordance with his request. The Secretary reported that during the early part of June;B2& gallons of milk had ;been; received, costing £l2 Os 9d. Tenders fori the repairs'required at the factory were received, arid the acceptance of -one 'was left to the Chairman.- Accounts amounting to £SO 8s Sid' were , passed for payment, and. the;.meeting’ terminated. . , 'V

Disease, Among Cattle.— . The following telegram has been, received by the Government from Mr Buchanan,'M.H.R., re .the outbreak of an epidemic among cattle at Wairarapa I baroj the am hority of the .J, Bussell, ,for plating that,the disease is, confined to four or five head of cattle grazing in a padd’oek Where the grass;ja badly ergotfid. Medical ‘ men will Tell 'yoh' that the symptoms are exactly t.he same as tbpse familiar on, l,he .Continent, where: rye bread forms so large a proportion of the food’ of the people. Bye is peculiarly susceptible to a disease'called ergot. You may rest assured there is no epidemic.” Temsbbanob. - A meeting-of the Committee of the Waitohi Flat Blue Ribbon and Gospel Temperance Society yyas; held in| ttye schoolroom on Tuesday, July ISS. Present— Messrs T. Talbot, E. O’Neill, A.VJ. Andrews, and Ji Witsonl' The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. ) Onj the motion of MrTalbot,aecouded-by Mr O’Neill it was resolved to hold the:next public meeting on Tuesday, August 2nd. As Mr Glover, the Lecturer for the* New Zealand Temperance Alliance, will probably be in the district shortly,‘the Secretary was instructed to communicate.with him in-reference, to addressing the meeting on that date. This being all tjhe. business the meeting acHourned fill Tuesday, July 26th.

’ The Fifes?' Green® ee’s Probation Act.' -—•Referring to the Firat Offenders’ Proba-. t on Act the other day His'Honor Mr,, Justice Richmond said ho’considered that the cases; which should be; brought under it were those of,yoiipg men who had been led astray by bad company,; and ..when, furthermore, there were persons s‘6''much interested ih‘the offenders as td bfe willing ; to become sureties for their gbod'hehavlour, One amendment he would' like ito see in the Act, and that was to provide,that: (he person giving a recognisance , under such circumstances should have .the power of surrendering the prisoner 'if he. did? not conform to his instructions. Parcels’ Post.— The parcels’ poat syatem will come 'into' operation in September. The necessaryregulations will shortly be'iasiied by an Order-in-Ooun6il. : But for the unfortunate ! fire 'at the Postoffice, the system, would upw have been in operation. Ttndewi for .the crates; and hampers are undar. consideration.; ;The charges will be about a penny higher than in Victoria, 'the difference being caused by the fact that steamers wilt have to be used as well as railways. The maximum weight of parcels has been fixed at 11 lbs. There will be special. collections and. deliveries in large towns. The .Government will not buy horses and expresses of their, own, but will call for tenders for this branch of the work. Sticking to the Pudding.—A contributor of amusing “reminiscences of society ” to thei columns of an exchange furnishes the following,as an incident occurring at the table of the late Lor.d North wick, He recommended to the notice of a lady some, sweet dish that was near hitt, when'she replied, “ Thank you, my lord, I have some pudding ’ j hot apprehending'hertinswSr, he again and again, at short intervals, urged her, to • taste - the dish, and received the same, inaudible reply, .when the lady’s lout of a colintry servant considered he ought to explain matters." He therefore'approached Lord North wick’s chair, 1 and putting his mouth: close to his lordship’s ear vociferated .with all bis lungs, ' My lord, missus says she’ll stick to the pudding.’ The effect; was electrical, but no one enjoyed the joke better thin the deaf lord himself. ' * ;

, : Football. —A football match will take pUoe in the Park, between teams representing .the,' Terauka Third Fifteen and the /Timaru invinoibles on Thursday next, play commencing at-3 o’clock. The following will represent TemuktiC. Fauvel, ’ 81. McLeod, R; "McLeod; D. Stewart, ! W. ‘Storey, F. ' Storey, A. Russell, J. Austin, J. Dunne, J, McOallum, I. .Morris, 0,. Connolly, F, Colbert, A. Morris, and -D. MoOaskill, Emergency, W. Gray, Players are requested to be on the ground punctually,—The followlowing will represent ’ the Invinoibles E. Pemeval (Captain), H. , Shrimpton, A. West, S. Turnbull, A. and B. Franks, H. and G. Thompson, A. Murphy, G. Shields, J, Harrison, S. Wilson, J. Mahon, E. Jones, and F. Kirby. ’ ■

A CURroirs 1 FREAKi An old map named John Freeman (Says the Press),’ who walks on crutcl.es,-well known in Christchurch, as a vendor of lead pencils, was arrested by Constable Alien on Wednesday nfternopn on a charge of maliciously breaking a window in the sho[. of iMessrs Gould and Co., chemists, Cashel street. It appears that Freeman had expressed his intention a few minutes previously of breaking the best window in the street, in order to get into gaol, as he. had, ho said, bepn refused charitable aid or admittance to the Hospital, He walked along to Messrs Gould and Oo.’s shop, and deliberately broke the window with bis crutch. The window" is a large plateglass one, valued at £2O, and fortunately for the owner of the properly it is insured.

Capture op a Murderer.— Hughes,-who murdered Cons!able O’Connell whilst being interrupted in, a burglary at Freemuntle, Western Australia, pnd who has been evading capture nearly three months, wag caught oh July 2. He' had "caused much excitement, having sworn to shoot any man whp tried to arrest (pip. He had been hiding in the bush near Perth apfi pVepfijanlle. |t appears that on the day he was caught he was trapped from Canning to three miles south of Preeruantle. The police party consisted-of Constable dee, Leary, and Hogan, and a black tracker. Gee was the first to see Hughes running at full speed. He gave chase, and shots were exchanged several tirpes, The other constables then rode ftp. Affer'some further firing Gee wounded Hughes in the left thigh and ho surrendered quietly, ffo was then taken to Freeipsptje where the inhabitanls turned out en masse to see the prisoner. The police behaved with coolness, and Gee is especially deserving of prais# for his courage.

Rustic Aneodotbs*£* The : following Hi o iea are told by the Rev, Dr.Jeswopp iu I is bpnk, jimt published, called “ Arcady t -Fpr Epiter, For WosaeAmoral -incumbent wGs once consoling a small farmer who had i.qjSt his wife, declaring that Providence must bo submitted to with resignation. ‘‘Tiial’s'right enef, .tbytes 1 ;,;Thero;’aiP’l no uke'd gainsayin’ on ,'iP; but someliew that there Old Providence hev been agia mo a'l along, he Hev ! Whci, jast.year he most, snoilt my totem, and the' year afore that He kinder did ;.fpr diy turnips, and now lie's been and got’ hold 'o K ’ my' missirs, '"’Bat''‘i“r6ckotT 'aß there’s One ahev as’ll put a stopper on Ha if a' go too fur.” A story is told of'ode'Jerry Eke, an Arcadian, yjrbo was backed to eat a -calf ? at ; a .sitting. The animal was chopped 'up -aiid' made into seventeen enormous plasties, wiih ah outer crust of thin -batter. To.tho horror,of his backers, Jerry stopped at the. tenth one i but it was only to remark, “I say. Mm’r, 1 ain’t got nothing to say agio them pays; lloike’em amazin’; but I’m a thinkm’ -et’a about time I should begin upon that therealfP '

Railway Rbpeeshment Rooms, Txmaeu, —D. McGuinness begs to inform his ninner ous 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, ip future they will ,b«...as ; fpllow :—Breakfast in, readiness for,, early trains, ,1s 6d ;.'.Hot, .-Lunch: or Dinner, served up in the hitherto well-known profuse style, on arrival of Worth and South Express trains, Is 6d. Tea and Coffee.always in yeadiness, and choice confectionery, &o. The. 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.—Advt. ' SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. '

Tiffiullook, Ashburton—Has a butcher's shop* bakery, etc., to let.. . J Mi Twomey—Will address the electors of Gladstone in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on Tuesday evening next. r Pohticalllefo?m—Meeting atGeraldine on Saturday evening to consider advisability.; of forming branch of Political Beforni' Association. : . ' v.■ “■ Mr W. Eolleston—Will address electors of Pilots’’HblV Geraldine, on .Wednesday pvrping next, and at Woodbury bn the following Saturday. ,