The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1621, 16 August 1887, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bail at Oeaei.—A ball takes place in the Orari schoolroom on Thursday evening 1 next. Dancing commences at 8 o’clock. Mb Twombt at Kbbbytown.— Mr J. M. Twomey will address a public meeting of the electors at Kerrytown this evening, The meeting will commence at half past seven o’clock. Timaku Woollen Factory.— The Timaru Woollen Fact )'J has again cotnmimci’d operations, awd it is to b# hoped that good management will now mike it a fin racial •»3CI SS. The Volosnic Libtkiot. Mr H, R. Bint,. Native Interpreter, who has travelled ranch Iviely in 'he Uotorua and East Oo»st distnc's, s'ates that there is now ar. excellent growth through the vojcanic deposit. In some places large quantities of mushrooms hire grown up of enormous size. St. Mabt’B, Gbbaldinb. The Yen. Archdeacon Harper paid Ids annual visit to the Vestry of this Church yesterday. The routine business was gone through, and the usual questions asked and answered satisfactorily. The: Church was ft-.led to be in > very flourishing condition. Woodbury Watkb Supply District.—lt is notified in our advert sng o-lumns that at the next meeting of the. Geraldine Coun y Council, on Sej t. 14th, it is the intention of Mr W. iVJ. Moo ft to move « resolution constituting that portion of the Woodbury district described in the advertisement a water supply district.

Me Rhodes at Brno’s Pass. Mr A. B. G. Rhodes addressed a meeting of electors at Burke’s Pass on Thursday erening and was accorded a vote of thanks.

Accidents.—MrQ. C. AliUg, of Timaru, got his leg broken in the hunting field on ( Saturday. A young man named E. 11. Campbell got a spill off a bicycle in Timaru on Saturday evening, and broke one of his arms near the elbow. ■ Midland Railway Works.— There is actively increased on the works of the Midland Railway. {The contractors are urging the subcontractor* to push on rapidly with their contracts. It is expected that further tenders for the extension of the line towards Beefton will shortly be called for. The section towards Lake Brunner, on the Christchurch road, is being pushed on with at a smart rate of progress. Lakcent. r-,A man named Robert Groton (who, with his wife and child, walked down from Christchurch last week) was arrested yesterday on a charge of larceny'. It seems that the wayfarers on arrival at Timaru applied to the Charitable Aid Board for assistance, and they were given shelter in the old immigration barracks. They repaid the kindness shown them by stealing one of the blankets supplied to them. Sfobtihg.—The annual meeting of the Timaru Racing Club was held on Saturday last. The report showed that there was a loss on the summer, meeting of £43 2s 6d ; but as there was a credit balance at the commencement of the year of £69 2s fid, the Club was still m funds. The proposition of the South Canterbury Club for an 'amalgamation was negatived. It was decided to hold the next meeting in cattle show week. Messrs T. R. Jonei, W. Collins, J. Howey, and W. Gunn, were elected life members for their past services to the Club. Movement in the Meat Trade. The meat supply of London (says a Home paper) is about to enter upon a new phase, A combination of capitalists has been formed to purchase large herds of cattle in the United States, 80,000 head having already been secured, and to ship them living to Barrow-in-Furness, where largo dock accomodation exists for their recaption and slaughter. It is assumed that even if the prices increased 33 per cent, the capitalists could deliver, and sell retail in the London market at 4d to 4fccl perlb. The Winchester School. Owing to the inability of the Education Board to find sufficient accomodation for the children *f the Winchester district within the township, some 25 of the senior scholars were on Mondav conveyed by train, free of charge, to the Temuka District High School, where they will be taught until a new school is built in Winchester. The infant and junior classes are being taught bv their mistress, Miss Bennett, in the Winchester Mechanics’ Institute. The master, Mr Cook, it is understood, Will be employed as locum tenon* by the Board until the new school.i* built. Singular Confession from the Bench —An assault ease in which sundry young men and a girl were mixed up, engaged Mr Wardell, R.M.,at Wellington, recently. The parties were Thos. Woodward and Harry Woods, complainant and defendant respectively, and the scene of the assault was the exterior of the Lyceum after a dance. A whole host of witnesses* were examined on either side, and the last having given , his evidence, Mr Wardell (according to the Wellington Press) said, “ I shall dismiss the case, and order each party to pay their own costs, although lam afraid it’* because I nm tired of the ease.”

A Rabbit Extebminatob. - A public trial of Stenhouse and Smith’s patent rabbit exterminator was held on Friday at Dumgree Station, near Blenheim. The machine destroys the rabbits by infecting the fumes of sulphuric acid gas through the bhrrows, death appearing to be instantaneous. Several burrows were fumigated and dug out, numbers of dead rabbits being found. Inspectors Passan and Blundell of the Rabbit Department, and Inspector Collett of the Awatere Rabbit Board, were present, besides sheep farmers and other practical men from town. Great satisfaction was expressed at the working of the machine, and it is understood that the inspectors, intend to report favorably on it. It is simple ’and inexpensive, and well adapted for ordinary sheep runs. Wesleyan Church, Tbmtka.—•At the above Church yesterday evening: the Rev. Thomas E. Jones, “ the Welshman from Timaru,” delivered an instructive address in aid of the Foreign Missions. There was a fair at'endaace, and the address, which was of more than average merit, was listened to with evident pleasure. The Rev. W. Gv Thomas presided.—-This evening the Rev. Mr Jones will conduct a special service in the same church, when ho will deliver an address on “ The danger of playing with enticements to sin.” The rev. gentlemen will sing in Welsh during the evening. A collection will be made to defray expenses.

Ladies in Surpmces —The following extract from the Record (London), June 24th, will be read with interest “An innovation in choirs was introduced on Sunday in St. Luke’s Church, one of the most fashionable churches in Birmingham. For some time past the choir—a ladies’ and gentleman’s voluntary—has been situated in tbe gallery at the west end of the chnrcb. The Rev. W. B. Wilkinson, th»vicar, feeling the inconvenience of this arrangement, desired to remove it into the chancel. This necessitated the introduc tion of surplices, but the difficulty was how to drape the ladies, Tory tastefully designed surplices have been made for the female members of tbe choir. They 'ire of Scotch lawn, with pleated backs. Purple velvet caps complete the atdre,”

A New Zealand Woodwobkeb. Mr Anton Seuffert, probably the cleverest and beat known arthfc in woodwork in the Australian colonies, died at Auckland on Saturday, oth inst., at the age of seventy-two. The New Zealand Herald gives the following particulars of his career He was a native of Austria, and at one time foreman in one jf the departments In the warehouses of Lister and Co., of Vienna, cabinetmakers to the Emperor. At the Great Exhibition of 1351 he was engaged on the exhibits of that firm which were then shown, and subsequently em| loyed on designs for the furniture of Prin.ee Liehtemtein’e palace. Some thirly years ago Mr Seuffert emigralid to New Zealand, settling at Auckland, where ho has been so long and favorably known. It will be remembered (hat he executed a cabinet with inlaid work consisting of 30,000 pieces, valued at 300 guineas, which was purchased and presented by the citizens of Auckland to her Majesty the Queen. Mr Seuffert had been getting somewhat feeble, and latterly manifested symptoms of dropsy, but he was not confined to bed (ill Monday,’and he passed away peacefully on Saturday morning. He leaves a widow and three sons and three daughters. Mr Seuffert’* art has not died with him, as he has studiously trained up his son, who promises to inbarit *ll the father’s wonderful artht : o skill in inlaid work. !• may be added that Mr Seuffert executed the inlaid woodwork on the covers of the Jubilne memorial address sent to the Queen by the New Zealand Legislature. ,

The Premier.— Sir Robert Stout, ac- I companied by Lady Stout and his Private ( Secretary, passed through by the express train from Christchurch yesterday for Hampden.

General Boulanger. —The Paris correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph is of opinion that a coup d’etat is rapidly approaching, and that General Boulanger is likely to repeat Napoleon’s trick of 1852. A Profitable Business.— Ellis Newton, “ the American Auctioneer,” was a passenger by the Tarawera, which left the Bluff for Melbourne lately. He claims to haye netted £4OOO clear profit as the result ot his New Zealand tour, extending barely over six months.

Ranoitata Election. —We have good grounds for stating that Mr Buxton has definitely decided to offer himself as a candidate for the Rangitata district, in compliance with a strong requisition forwarded to him from the Ashburton side. A requisition asking him to stand is also obtaining signatures in Geraldine. Inequalities of Wealth, —In New York four prosperous citizens earn their livelihoods as doctors for the lap-dogs of rich women. As a rule the only medicine they use is starvation. They fling the dear pets into barred boxes and deprive them of food for four days, having found out that the usual trouble with pat dogs is that they are fed extravagantly and improperly. And yet these people who overfeed dogs trouble themselves very little with the miseries of their . fellow 0.-eatures.

R.M, Court, Timaru. —At the R.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, Joseph Gale Was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment for using obscene language at Fairlie Creek. Three children named Major, whose mother is dead and whose father is in the hospital, were ordered to he sent to the Burnham Industrial School. David Hunter, aged 15 years ; Walter Davie, 16 ; Archibald Davie, 14; and George Seyb, 14, were each fined ,20s and costs for having placed a pair of trolly wheels on the railway near the Washdyke. Geraldine School Committee, A special meeting of this Committee was held on Friday evening last for the purpose of nominating a gentleman to fll the vacancy on ; .the South Canterbury Board of Education, caused by the resignation of Dr Foster. It was unanimously decided to nominate Mr R. H. Pearpoint. The Committee could hardly have made a better choice. It is very desirable that a gentleman from the ■ country districts should bo nominated, and Mr Pearpoint’s well-known abilities and intimate knowledge of the requirements of the country districts eminently fit him for the position. Decline of the Red Indian. — The Indian in his war-paint and traditional costume is too picturesque a feature to be really dropped frorn the “Wild West” shows of the future ; but he will be purely a figure of convent on in tb« course of another generation, as.the be-ribboned peasant ot Italian opera. General Hasslett, who is practically the Indian Secretary of tho United States Government, assured a New York journalist, .who questioned him a short time ago on the red man’s progress, that the “ blanket Indian ” will very soon be completely extinct. The Indians are all on the reservations now, ha went on to say, and “wear store clothes, fancy scarves, and slouched hats.” Their land, which is at present held in common to, prevent them from disposing of it, will be granted to them in severally in about twenty years, by which time they will, it is hoped, have learned the value of a homestead. There are about five thousand children in the Indian schools, where they are being taught everything likely to be of use to them, a practical training in husbandry being tho chief feature in the education; and they give every promise of, turning out excellent farmers. To the ladies of Timaru and surrounding district.— Another reduction to meet the times. A cup of tea or coffee with cake supplied at all hours at the Railway Refreshment Rooms for fid. Luncheon as usual. A waitress in attendance for ladies. The Shilling Lunches still continue at the Club Hotel. D. McGuinnese, Proprietor,—Advt. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Ball at Orari.—On Thursday evening next. In Bankruptcy —Re Julius Siegert, of Temuka, storekeeper. Hon. L. Walker, Four Peaks—Has 117 acres of ploughing to let. J. M. Twomey—Will addres* electors at Winchester on Saturday evening, Geraldine County Council «-• Notice re Woodbury Wafer Supply District. W. S. Maslin, Geraldine —Sella freehold section, blankets, cheats, clothing, furniture, etc., on Thursday next. J. S. Waite, Geraldine —Notifies that he has just sold his business, and requests that all accounts owing to him may be paid at once to prevent further proceedings being tiken.