LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1670, 8 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gbealdine Town Boaed.— Only tho Chairman and Messrs Williams and Quin put in an appearance at the Board’s office oh Tuesday evening, and these not being sufficient to form a quorum the meeting adjourned . till that night weak. Sale at Temujca.— Mr. W, S. Maslin, instructed by Mr H, Fauvel, who is giving up business in Temuka, will sell a large quantity of general groceries, shop filings, horse, trap and harness, etc., on the premiser, Temuka, to-day. A Bio Salmon. — A correspondent writes from Totara Flat, Grey Valley, West Coast, stating that be found a salmon on the bank of the Grey river, three feet long, two feet in girth, and full of spawn. He found it in a dry by wash, where it appeared to have got during a Hood. Suicide of one of Mhs Langtkt's Seetants. —The paisengars who landed at Queenstown from the National Line stsamer Egypt, from New York, reported that on Sunday week, the day after the steamer left New York, a steerage passenger, who was in charge of some horses belonging to Mrs Langtry Jumped • overboard, and sank before a boat could reach him. The Laeeikin • Element.— -The public executioner in Sydney is. in trouble. He lives at Bondi, where the larrikin element has been specially troublesome lately, and it has shown a special repugnance to the hangman. He was set upon by four larrikins lately, and brutally assaulted, and is now in the direst terror that the roughs in the neighbourhood will carry out their oft-repeated threats to burn down his house and “do for him.”

Ah Odd Custom. —An odd birthday custom prevails in the Paesbyterian churches at Minneapolis, Minnesota, so says the New York Christian Union. On each Sunday after a birthday the person who has completed another year goes solemnly up to ths missionary box, and in view of the congregation drops in the number of cente equal to his or her age. Ladies unwilling to reveal the truth have hit upon the ingenious expedient of dropping in a dollar (100 cents), knowing that the congregation will not believo them to have completed the century. Kaukafuka Licensing Committee,— The quarterly meeting of this Committee was hold in the Courthouse, Geraldine, yesterday. Present Messrs W. tl. Slack (Chairman), 0. G. Tripp, and W. S. Maslin. The minutes of the previous meeting weie read and confirmed. Constable Willoughby’s report upon the licensed housea in the district was read, and was satisfactory in all cases. The fire escaped bad been tested and had been found sufficient. The troughs for the watering of stock had also been placed at the houses holding accommodation licenses. This being all the business tho meeting terminated, i

A Coming Lectures. 1 ?. Miss Yob Finkolatein, a lady who has achieved urent success in Eogland as a lecturees on Biblical subjects, has arranged to go out to lecture in Australia, Mr R. S. Smythe will be her manager.

AouiotnvrtmAi. Depression.— The price at the Michaelmas sales of live stock in England have been lower (han those of last year, and the figures are the worst since 1850. The fact is (says Truth) that owners and tenants of land have no money to invest in well-bred stock.

Gambling,— At a meeting of the Christchurch Minister’s Association on Monday last, it was agreed to solicit the co-operation of similar Associations throughout the colony, so that a united effort might be made for the suppression of gambling. Monster petitions are to be presented to Parliament early nest session.

Lady Teioyoltsts.—One hundred women ride tricycles in Washington. The smoothness of the streets makes the work easier than it is anywhore else, and the encouragement eiven bv their male relatives in the cycle clubs strengthens them to face the public. Most of the women have a special costume in the nature of a riding habit with the train cut off.

.FuoaKN Meat Trade.— By the last mail the PreM was informed that a number of Rnglith Importers of New Zealand meat were endeavoring to form an Association with a view to control in London the quantises of meat to be placed on the market at any one time, and the price to be fixed. If this could be done good must result to the working of this branch of our New Zealand business. Lady Dentists.— The Committee of the National Dental Hospital College, 149 Great Portland street, have resolved to admit ladies to be trained as dentists at that institution. This is a further step to that which we have already announced—namely, that registered females medical students are admitted to the hospital. This admission of the lady medicil students was induced by the fact that ladies could not obtain the necessary dental education at any general hospital.—Exchange.

Profitable Speculations .—How _ profitable music-halls are is pretty evident from the figures which were quoted at the sessions recently in hearing an application for a license. The Pavilion made £IO,OOO in ten months, and the Alhambra has paid a dividend (46 per cent.) which made the month of every speculator water. All professional people admit that a music ball is one of the best investments in London.

The Position of Women.— Professor Gneist, in a lecture he gave in the Victorian Lyceum on the employment of women, declared his conviction that the opinion expressed by John Stuart Mill, to the effect that “the present condition of women is bondage in the worst sense of the term,” is a gross exaggeration. He held that it was the position women necessarily occupied in the home, from the Princess down to the wife of the poorest labourer, that constituted their real equality with men.

ADisfIoTSHT. —A few days ago as a party of bush fellers were at work at Mr C. Batt’s bush at Kopuranga (says the Wairarapa Duly), they discovered a large number of human hones, including two skulls, and some Maori axes. Judging from the scattered appearance of these bones, and the fact that there were large gashes on the side of the skulls, it is surmised that the men have dropped across an ancient Maori battle field, and that the owners of the bones in question, when in the flesh, were the victims of some tribal dispute.

A Disclaimer. —Wo have received a letter headed “ The. AmorousShearere* Cook,” from a correspondent who denies that ho was the "lovesick swain” alluded to in our local columns a short time since. In the local in question no names were mentioned, and the locality even in which the parties resided was not indicated, therefore we do not think it necessary to publish our correspondent’s letter, more especially as in it he takes the opportunity of waxing eloquent over some of his own conquests, which are not of public interest.

A Hustle Accident. —Miss Mary Harmon (»ays an exchange), a plump, rosycheeked young woman of ninatcen, was wa'king through an electric light establishment with her affianced. A wire from her bustle had worked through her outer clothing and touched an electric wire at the moment when her hand rested on a hit of iron, completing a circuit. Miss Hartnoa fell to the ground paralysed. She has partially recovered, only to find her hair grey, her plump form shrunken, and her face indicating a Woman of sixtyfive.

The Reason Why. —lt is told of Charles Stewart Calverley, who wrote “ Fly Leaves," that when a student at Cambridge ho was a frequent visitor at the Dean's lodge. One evening when ha was there the children’s bedtime came, and they said good-night. One little miss, about five years of age, kissed her father and mother, and was leaving the room, when her mother said, “ Why, my dear, are you not going to kiss Mr Calverley!” “ No, mamma, Mr Calverley doesn’t want to kiss me.” “ How do you know he doesn’t I” “ Because, mamma, whenever he meets us walking at the back of the college, he always kisses nurse, but he never kisses me.”

Geraldine Dairy Factory. The monthly meeting of the Directors of the Geraldine Dairy Factory was held on Monday afternoon last. Present—Messrs W. Postlethwaita (Chairman) W. M. Moore, J. Mundoll, L. Grant, R. Skinner, VV. C, Slack, and Dr Fish. A Jong discussion took place in regard to the price that was being paid for milk, and seeing that ether factories were only paying 3J per gallon, it was unanimously resolved to pay the same price on and after Monday, 12th inst., but should the sale of cheese, however, warrant it, at the close of the season, a bonus will be given to the suppliers of milk to the Factory, 15,516 gallons ot milk were supplied during the past month, for which £226 4s 5d was paid.

-1.0.Q.T.—0n Monday evening a meeting of the members of the Welcome Retreat Lodge, No. 44, 1.0.G.T., was held in the Good Templar Hall, Geraldine, Bro, G. H, Patrick, W.0.T., presided. After the roll of officers had been called, correspondence received was read and dealt with. A considerable amount of business was transacted by the Lodge, and it was decided to hold the annual picnic on Monday, January 2nd, at Scotsburn, and various Committees were appointed to carry out all the necessary arrangements connected therewith. One member was reobligated. Bro. W. Coltman, junr,, was appointed Lodge representative to the Grand Lodge, and Bro. T, Sherratt, D.D.G.M, The receipts of the evening having been announced, the W.O.T, reminded members of the open Lodge to be held on j Monday evening next, and the Lodge was j then oUaed, |

S.C. Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.— A meeting of this Board was hold at Timaru yesterday. Present— Messrs J. Jackson (Chairman), W. Balfour, J. T. M. Hayhurst, R. A. Barker, and Dr Lovegr&ve, Dr Lovegrove was appointed Treasurer, and Mr Lough was appointed to act as Secretary. It was reported that 537 persons had been treated as outdoor patients during the past eleven months. The cost of medicine and medicine bottles was a large item of expenditure. It was decided that appli-

cations for oat-door Hospital relief should be made to Mr Lough, the Secretary, from whom orders only can be obtained. It wag decided to hold the meetings at 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday in each month. A letter was read from the Christchurch Board in reference to a family who were now on their hands, and who were stated to have come from South Canterbury. It was decided not to acknowledge any liability. The relieving officer at Waimate reported that a recipient of charitable aid in that district had been convicted of keeping a bouse frequented by persons of indifferent charade'-, and the matter was referred to the Chairman and Secretary. Mr Barker gave notice that he would move at next meeting—- " That a collector of debts be appointed to recover on commission all available money duo from in-patients who have left the Hospital. Accounts amounting to £IBO 8s Id were passed for payment, and the meeting terminated.

Another Lib Exposed.— The Home correspondent ot the Otago Daily Times writes j—“ Sir Francis Bell has noticed the sensation which has been caused in New Zealand by the republication of a telegram from a Melbourne newspaper, founded on a cable message from London, which stated that he had divulged the contents of a private communication from Sir Robert Stout wherein the defeat of the Stout Ministry was predicted. Sir Francis has been trying to probe the matter to the bottom, and ascertain what amount of justification there was for the statement that a telegram to that effect bad been sent from this country. Ho has secured a letter from the Loudon correspondent of the Melbourne newspaper in question, in which the latter states explicitly that Sir Francis never showed him aay letter from Sir Robert Stout, nor did he mention that any such letter as was indicated in the telegram had been received. The only remark, he says, which Sir Francis made to him on the subject of the approaching New Zealand elections was to the effect that It was without precedent for a.Premier who appealed to the country to be returned with a majority. This ho understood to moan th«t Sir Francis Bell thought that S;r Robert Stout would be defeated, and he telegraphed out in that strain. If the truth of the matter were known, it would probably be found that the garbled telegram of the Melbourne paper had its origin in an unwitting broach of confidence on the part of a fellow Agent-General. Sir Francis says that he has not received any such letter, and could not, therefore, have shown one to anybody ; and he is a little surprised tint—probably through some confusion of mind caused by the worry and anxiety attending the eloclions—the ex-Pramier should have said anything to imply that he had actually written such a letter." 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 attendance for ladies. The Shilling Lunches still continue at the Club Hotel. D. McGuinness, Proprietor.—Adrt.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

Mrs W. E. Barker, Waikouiai, Peel Foresl —.Wants a good cook.

Arowhenua Town Board—lnvite tendore for carting 690 yards shingle (more or less). W. 8, Mashn—Will sell groceries, shop fittings, etc., at Temuka to-day, on account of Mr H. Frtuvel.

Yelvin and Taylor, General Storekeepers, Temuka —Publish cash price list of groceries for Christmas month, and draw special attention to their stock of glassware, etc., very suitable for Christmas presents j have large stock of boots and shoes at low prices.