LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1662, 19 November 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hongs Taming.—We are inform d Uni Sir Andrew Le Fl«ming will soon vint (hie district sad give an exhibition of hoise iraining and taming. Excursion Fares to Dunedin.—Evoursion t ckels to Dunedin, araTible for return til! the 12th December, can be obtained at Temuka from Monday next. CONCERT AT Waitohi. — Great preparations are being made in Waitohi fo" a concert which will he held there on (lie 25r.h inst in aid of the school priz ■ fund, Sererul prrons from Temuka, Timaru, and Pleasant Point will take part in the proceeding*, and a groat success is anticipated. Railway Returns. —The railway returns for the four weeks ending October 15 h were ss follows : —Receipts : Nort h Island, £20,909 16* 6i ; Middle Island, £41,927 16s Id ; total £62,836 12s 7d. Expenditure: North IsI .mi', £18,430 3s 91 j Middle Island, £34,052 12s lOd ; total £52,492 16s 7d. Opposition to the Railway.—lt is reported thit (Denmark, Horsleydown, and some - M '«r up-coumry stations are err»nging to ' Jt " —«nl down this season bv road bring their . •*-««.bales on thengines instead of putting im... railway line. The work of carriage by im road has been offered to be done at a cheaper price than the railway rate. A few days, it is expected, will see this mode of Iraneh initiated, and its success or otherwise will be determined.—Press. .

I’ll' >ija in,r> Action,— Tlio Inxt of a lolograin which lias Iho ii mnl hy Sir Julius Vognl to oho of bm uountilimntn in (Jluinlchurch appuni’H in another col uni dh. In it ho «aya may Ul<« a civil notion against the Speaker of the ! louse. Tuuuka Souoor. Committkic. — l n onr report, of I,ho last, meeting of tho Tmnnka School Committee, Mm A. W. (liiao’n name was inadvertently omitted from among I hone ladio* appointed to judge i.ho Bowing. Tho lion W. Holloaton’rt special priaei are for drawing and darning, not plain sewing and darning. Novel DiTonan Cash.—The number of divorce* Unit are Hoonrod now-a-dsys is something frigid,fnl to I limit of, and tho grounds upon which some people try lo got unhitched aro laughable. For example, a one-armed man in Salem, Oregon, lately applied for a divorce on tho ground that tho hand ho had given hia wife in marriage wan lost, and that tho contract wn» therefore void. Hali-holiday.— .A.s previously announced tho whole of the business place* in Geraldine closed at one o’clock on Thursday afternoon last, that being the commencement of the half-holiday movement in that town. Unfortunately the afternoon proved wet, and in consequence the proponed cricket mutch in the park did not cornc off. Should the weather permit it will bo played on Thursday next, by which time tho members of Iho Club hope to be in a little better “ form.” SußauME OomtT Sittings.— Supreme Court sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867, will be held at Timani, commencing on the following days, at II o.m.;—Tuesday, 24th April; Tuesday, 21st August; Tuesday, 11th December. Eusinees in Chambers may be disposed of in the course of those sittings on such days and at such hours as the judge may appoint. If any of tho days above appointed for sittings should be public holidays, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday. Easily Settled. —At a committee meeting of a Forth Island candidate recently, one of the speakers related the following amusing story “ A poor woman in Liverpool went to market to procure a joint of meat for her family** Sunday dinner, and purchased a sheep’s head. Tho butcher wrapped it in paper and plasei it in her basket, saying ‘That’s a splendid head—a real Liberal.’ On hearing this the woman bogged him to take it back as she dare not take it home, for her husband was a Tory. The butcher took it back, chopped it down the middle and took out the brains, and assured her that it was all right now —a real Tory. She went homo happy.” The Violet Cambuox Case. When tho De Bensaude divorce case was so disreputably settled, the public fondly hoped that they had heard the last of Miss Yiolot Cameron’s matrimonial troubles. Not a bit of it. A month pass o *, and then, lo ! and behold, we have Mi De Bensaude again summoned for persecuting his wife by ringing her front door he'd and attempting to force an entrance lo her domicile. Tho story told by Miss Cameron’s lawyer (Mr Lewis) ran thus:—Before the divorce case came to trial De Bensuade agreed to taka £llOO to squash proceedings. Ho also promised to let hia wife live in peace and quiet henceforward. “ The Alloo,’* said Mr Lewis, “ this man fully believed to be the price of his wife’s honor ; yet at the trial jhe got up and withdrew all aspersions on her character. Now, having spent the £llOO, the wretch is trying to extort more by re-»ommencing his persecution* and making her life wretched. De Bensaude, who is one of the most contemptible persons on G-od’s earth, feebly endeavored to deny Mr Lewis’s statement, averring that he only called on his wife to remonstrate with her for receiving Lord Lonsdale. Unfortunately the magistrate could not see his way to punishing the man merely for ringing his wife's bell. He warned him, however, to de.dst from worrying her, or further proceedings would be taken.—Exchange. 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 tho Railway Refreshment Rooms for 6d. Luncheon as usual. A waitress in attendance for ladies. The Shilling Lunches still continue at the Club Hotel. D. McGuinness, Proprietor.—Advt* SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Magic Lantern Entertainment, followed by a Concert and Danco—At Waitohi Flat on Friday next. T. Bullock, with J. Mundell and 00., Auctioneers—Sell valuable suburban properly at Geraldine on 7th Deo., on account of Dr Fish. J. Mundell and Co.—Soil a large quantity of men’s and boys’dobing, ladies’ dresses, household furniture, etc., immediately after horse sale on Wednesday next. Wm. Todd, Herbalist, from Dr Neill’s Establishment, Timaru—Will give free advice on herbal treatment of disease at Geraldine on Nov. 24th, and at Temuka on Dec. Ist. 0. B. Eichbaura, Chemist, Timaru Notifies that ho has started an agency in Geraldine for tho sale of medicines and druggists’ wares generally, under the managements of Mr J, J. Hiskens, All orders left with Mr J. J. Hiskens, at the QtTABDIAN Office, will be promptly attended to.