LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1659, 12 November 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS

Geraldine County Council, Tho poll for the election of two gentlemen to represent, the Temuka riding on the Geraldine Council takes place on Wednesday. The candidates are Messrs B. A. Barker, J. T. M. Hayhurat, and J. Talbot. Mr W. M. Moore being the only candidate nominated for the Geraldine riding, has been declared duly elected. Anniversary Services and Tea. The anniversary services in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church, Geraldine, take place to-morrow. The Rev. G. Barclay will conduct the service in the morning, and the Rev. W. J. Dean ,in the evening. The usual soiree will be held on Tuesday evening, and a public meeting will follow tho tea, when addresses will be delivered by the itefrs. Barclay, Dean, and others, , The UNEMPLOYED.-r-According to the Otago Daily Times Mr Mitcholson has intimated that at the end of the present month it is the intention of the Government to reduce the amounts. paid the unemployed by Ts u day. On and after .the Ist of next .month, single men are to receive 2s 6d, and married men 3s 6 I per day. That is the way to deal with them, let them be starved out and buried ! Proved Weapons. —At the cullers’ feast recently given at Sheffield, Mr i£. Slanhope stated that every weapon in store, in the army and in the militia, bad now undergone a severe test. He considered it certain that rho contracts placed in th* hands of English firms would lead to the production of more efficient arms than som* German weapons. Die lesson lately learned would, he believed, result in a periodical examination of all British arms in use.

Funeral Notice. — Wo hiive boan requested to notice the funeral of Mr A.Gsuld, of Palincrslon North, an account of which was published in the Mnnawatu Daily Times of August 29th. The Times says: —“ It was the largest ever- held in Palmerston, and shewed the estimation in which Mr' Gould was held. It was attended by members of al the Societies to which the deceased belonged, including 100 Foresters, members of the Chosen Few Orange Lodge, and 60 Masons, and ib was half-a-mdo in length. The funeral services ot all the Societies were read, and also a funeral service by the Rev, Olphort, and the deceased was then laid in h's final resting place. The deceased was the father of Mr Gould, of Woodbury.

Tub Racing Drama at Timabu. Shortly after midnight on Wednesday three men entered the yard of Messrs Murphy and titock, stablekeepers, Timaru, and rousing up the groom required him to deliver up to them Miss Arundel (Princess Royal mare), who was in a loose box at the end of the yard. Th» groom declined to do so without his employers’ authority, and the men proceeded to break open the door and take away the mare. On Mr Stock’s arrival at the stables the groom informed him of the occurrence, and he has since been engaged in searching for the men. On leaving, the men handed the groom a letter from a legal firm in Chrislohuroh. Tho mare taken away is the one that has played such an important part m the “ ringing in ” case that ia now before the 5.0.J.0. Jockey Club.

R.M. Court, Temuka. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Temuka, on Thursday last, before Messrs D. Inwood and J. T. M. Hayhurat, J.P.’s, James McOninn with using profane and obscene language and resisting the police on the evening of the 9di instant. Constable Morton in his evidence deposed that the accused had been very violent, and assistance had to be procured to get him to the lock-up. The assault on . the policn was most violent. The accused pleaded that ho was drunk at the. tim#, and that it was his first appearance in any Court. The B«nch considered it a very bad 'case and passed a sentence of three months’ imprisonment. Spurious Clover. — In reference to the warning to farmers which has been recently given by Professor Ivey, of the Canterbury Agricultural College, as to some seed which was gold as white clover proving to be Trefolintu minu?, Mr M'Queen, manager of Knapdalo has informed tho Mataura Ensign that he had ordered a sample of see i represented as being a mixture of I efoil, white clover, and al-dke, and seeing the professor’s warning had his suspicions aroused. Accordingly he sent a samp'e to bo examined, and th« following was the report': —Trefolinm minis, 82 per cent, ; white clover, 9 per cent. ; alsike, 4 per cent. ; ; sorrel, 4 per cent. ; Yorkshire fog, 1 per cent. ; plantain, 1 p»r cent. It is peril ips unnecefairy to add that the order was countermanded, and a saving of about £SO made, thanks to Professor Ivey. The Professor, who examines samples for fanners without charge, stipulated in the 1 above case tint it should he undo public as a warning to others. Improvements in Harness-Making.— Mr Maxwell, of Timaru, has effected some improvements! - !) harness-making which are attracting considerable attention, and for which he has taken out a patent. At the Timaru Show his display'of hiruess was very much admired ; at Ashburton his harness was highly commended, and no w wo find the following in rh i Lyttelton Times in reference to Ida display in Christchurch “ Mr Maxwell, of Timaru, had a grand assortment of harness and saddlery to show, along with all Hie necessary furniture of tho menage. There wire race, stock, and riding saddles; carl (leading and shaft) harness; harness for gigs and traps—all fitted with nickel mounting. Apart from the excellence of the material, the workmanship upon all Mr Maxwell's,exhibits of itself wns bound to command attention. Then ho showed some patent draft springs, intended to ease tin strain upon the shoulders and back of the horse, and render sore shoulders and sore backs things of the past. This rasing principle he has abo applied io saddles, and w th ono of these spring-fitled saddles no rider need ever Ce^r.hurting the back of his Bucephalus." Charitable Rivalry. —The Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald says that, measured financially, the growth of Christian kindness in the fashion rb'e suburb of Toor u h imrvel--1 lous. On hospital Sunday the two churches there contributed over £SOO to the hospital fund. Their rivalry is the one cliariub’o, excitement of the c'ty. It is no secret that the liberality of the Anglican Church, St, John’s, is duo to one man, who left tho Presbyterians on account of a fami y quarrel. This year he is said to have given a donation of £SOO in order to place his new congregation ahead of his former friends. The amount, however, was talked of, and the Presbyterians applied a whip, which brought them in a total £2 more tiian their rivals, Then an errant member who had been absent from church sent £5 to the Argus as a gift towards the collection at St. John's. The religious journals, however, maintain that this should not be counted, and that the Presbyterian Church was first at the post. The man who looks most philosophically at the rivalry of the churches ia the treasurer of the fund ; but after all, large though iha gifts are, they are but small premium for fashionab'e people to pay for their ecclesiastical privileges. Government in Danger.—The Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times telegraphs :—“A rumor was circulated in Wellington on Thursday that Mr Soobie Mackenzie intended to move an amendment on (be financial proposals. As far as I can gather the facts are these : It is no secret that from the first Mr Mackenzie disliked the borrowing proposals and thought that the Government in failing to. grapple with the Public Works policy was falling much below the demands of the country and the necessities of the financial position. All that I can gather from Mr Mackenzie is that he has mads up his mind to no particular action, bat that bo thinks that a select committee should be appointed to consider all the railway lines now under construction, with a view of se- . leeting such as in o pecuniary sense ought to be finished to utilisable points. His view is that the committee should be confined to the expenditure of half a million of money, and that with the expenditure of this smm the Public Works policy should be wound up. Mr Mackenzie’s notion is, as expressed in his Naseby speech, that the Northern Trunk line should be constructed on the land grant system. I understand that rather than more an amendment he is most anxious Major Atkinson should move in the direction of reducing the;.loan policy, and that probably some arrangement will be agreed upon. If Major Atkinson can get rid of some of the lines by £ho aotiop of a committee, bj will require less money, and consequently his I policy is not traver»?d.” 1

Loyalty.—'l ha Welington correspondent of the Oliifjo Daily Times gays“ Iho four Maori members met on Wednesday forenoon and resolved unanimously that there should be no meeting of Ihe Native Affairs Oomraittee on Thursday. A strong expression of opinion was given relative to the conduct of the pakeha members carrying on business on the Prince of Wales’s Birthday, One of the Maori gentlemen remarked that there was a good deal of ‘ gammon r about the loyalty of the British people. If Her Majesty’s Maori or Irish subjects had shown such disrespect to the throne they would be called disloyal, but when Englishmen transgressed in the direction indicated it wte all right and propsr. They wished, as loyal subjects to Her Majesty, to express their strong disapproval of the course adopted.” The Maoris were quite right. What is virtue in an Englishman is vice in an Irishman. The Mbmbbb fob Sydenham. Says the Wellington correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily : “ Sydenham Taylor ’oped the Governranst would see its way to carry on the ’ead post office at Christchurch, and ’oped the Government would not give a hanswer in the negative huntil he ’ad takken the sense of the ’Ouic.” I think the Sydenham people must be endowed with a keen sense of contemptuous humor, or they would provide themselves with a member who had not such an undying enmity to the letter which is generally “ whispered in Heaven.” Mr Taylor is a disappointing person. When he rises to speak he wears an expression which would seem to say “ Now bold you.* sides, I am about to be excruciatingly funny.” And you get ready to hold your sides accordingly, anticipating some monstrosity of jocosity, and Taylor indulges in some bye-pity with his glasses, looks round the House and smiles a smile as wide as a Chinese coffin with the lid off, and then squeaks out some bald little stupid impertinence which is .mean and small enough to make the ghosts of all the dsad circus clowns rise from their gravss and kick him.

W. Coltman, Geraldine—Has good doubleaeated buggy for sale. Primitive Methodist Ohuroh, Geraldine— Notice re annual services and tea. W. 0. Beswick, Deputy Assignee—Notice re bankruptcy of James Lmgsbail. Geo. Gibbs, Waitohi—Offers 10s reward for recovery of lost store cart book, P. W, Stubbs, Returning Officer—Notice re election of members of Geraldine County Council. Bible and Book Society—Will close depot at Temuka to-night, an J open at Geraldine on Monday next. H. K. Webb, Chairman School Commissioners—lnvite tenders for 14 years lease of reserves nt Xakahu. W. 8. Muslin, Geraldine—Sells section, horses, gig, waggonette, harness, household furniture, etc., at Geraldine on Wednesday next. Davies and Murphy, Cash Drapers, Timaru —Announce that their Christmas gift sale has now commenced, and that any cash purchases from 5s upwards will receive a present, J. Billantyne and Co,, Drapers and . Clothiers, Victoria House, Timaru—Notify that they ore now showing novelties in all departments, just opened, and invite inspection, T. and J. Thomson, Drapers and S Ik Mercers, Timaru—Notify that they have made some advantageous purchases ia the colonial markets in addition to hrfavy shipments they receive per every direct stiamer ; enumerate a few of the special lines they have now on show.