LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1652, 27 October 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Financial Statement.—The Financial Statement will not be delivered till Tuesday. Municipal Conbbbenoe. —The Municipal Conference will meet in Wellington on Monday next. Gebaldine Road BoABD. Tho next meeting of this Board will tako place on the L6th November. Saltation Tba.—A monster Salvation tea will be held at Peel Forest on Monday next. A brass band will be in attendance. Holiday.—-Our township seemed to be almost deserted yesterday, most of the inhabitants having gone to the Agricultural Show in Timaru. Magdalen ASYMJM.—'The Rev. Father Ginaty paid a visit to Geraldine on Tuesday last in connection with the above admirable institution. CONOEBT AND DANOB AT WOODBURY.—-A oonoerfc to raise funds in aid of the new Presbyterian Church at Woodbury takes place tomorrow evening. At the conclusion of the i concert a dance will take place. ' Mb Matthew Burnett.—A Sydney telegram to the Melbourne Age states that the voice of Mr Matthew Burnett, the temperance advocate, is reported to have failed through over-exertion. The Voluhtbeb Hall, Gbealdiwb.—Mr A. White, the contractor for flooring this Hall and building two additional rooms, coonmmced the work on Monday last, and expsots to have the same finished in about a month. Small Bibd«' Nuisance.—Mr W. Coltman has been appointed by the Geraldine Road Board to purchase on their behalf small birds and eggs, at the rate of 3d par dozen ail round. Particulars will be found in onr advertising columns. BiSHOr Gbimes.—A Handsome barouche, and a pair of horses and harness will be presented to Dr Grime*, the newly-nppointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurcb, on his arrival. They have already been subscribed for and purchased. Blown OSS a Jetty.—During a nor'wester on Sunday at Sumner, Mrs Rule, of the Sumner Hotel, was blown off the jefc'y into the sea. She got hold of a pile and hung on till resoued. She was, however, completely exhausted, and at first it was thought she | would not recover. The Young Senators.—One of the Maori representatives has been struck with the scarcity of bald-headed members in the House. There are only six, as against forty-six in the last Assembly. A bald head, the Maori member says, be has been led to believe was a sign of wisdom, and arguing from this point he thinks there are too many babes and sucklings is the House. Thursday Hal* Holiday.—lt will be seen by referring to another column that the Thursday half holiday movement promises to be a thorough success in Geraldine. The business men, without exception, advertise this moraing that they will olose their places of business at 1 p.m. on Thursday's, oommenoing on Nov. 17th. The movement has been takes up with, great enthusiasm, with the above result. Bazaab. —A bazaar in connection with the Wesleyan Church is now taking place in Timaru, being opened on Tuesday last by Mr R. Turnbull, M.H.R. The obi.ect of the bazaar is to wipe off a debt of £SOO now existing on the Church, and as it is estimated that the value of the articles offered for sale are worth in the aggregate £IOOO, this should be accomplished. The display is really a splendid one, and the attendanoe so far has been vary large. Railway Fbeiohts.—For erratic pnoes in the way of railway freights, take the following :—Messrs J. Mundell and Co., of Geraldine, had fourjjases of fish consigned to them a week or two"apo from the Bluff, on whioh the charge in all amounted to 15s sd. On Tuesday last one case of fish game to hand from the Bluff of exactly the same aise and weight as one of the four other. Tha oharge for the single case amounted to 9s 9d. Had the four been charged for at this rate the freight would have amounted to 395, almost more than the value of the goods. Deobasb o? A Maobi Warbiob.—There died at the Kaiapoi pah, on Saturday, at the advanced age of ninety years, Hiromona Tirikau Haukene, one of the Native warriors who in 1827 sustained the siege against Te Rauparaha. His natural desires were ever on the aggressive side, eveti in the councils of his tribe; hence he was never considered a rungitira of rank, but owed tho respeot in which he was held to the fact that he was a daring warrior, and likely to prove a very unrelenting enemy.—Press. 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 6d. Luncheon as usual. A waitress in attendanoe for ladies. The Shilling Lunches still continue at the Club Hotel. P. McGuinness, Proprietor.—Ad vt.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENT." Thursday Half Holiday—At Grernldine from 17th November. Tetouka Road Board—lnvite tenders for fencing approaohet to W«ihi Bridge. Salvation Army—Notioe re monster tea meeting at Peel Forest »n Monday next. In Bankruptcy—Ko Helier Fauvel, of Temuka j notice re application for order of discharge. Geraldme Boad Board—Notioe re date of next meeting ; and re purohaie of email birds and eggs,