LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1708, 8 March 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gbbaldinb Rii lm.—An inspeetion parade will be held this evening. Pbopebtt TAx.—The property trc collected amounts to £367,000. The Commissioner believes th»t the estimate will be fully realised.

Temuka Ritlbs.—A Government inspection parade will take place on Tuesday evening. After the parade the animal general meeting will be held.

Sam at Gbbamhhb.—Messrs J. Mundell and Co. hold sv clearing sale of household furniture and effects, boots, clothing, drapery, etc., on account of Mr E. Darlow, at Geraldine tar-day;

Unpaid Rates anb UNREarsiERED Dogs.— All rates due to the Temuka Town Board not paid by the 14th instant will, be sued for, and owners of unregistered dogs within the Town District will be prosecuted after that date. SwiMMiHft Kachi.—Mr D. W. M. Burn has arranged a number of swimming races to come off to-day in coaniction with the Hilton School. There if a splemdid reach of wafer adjoining the property of Mr W. Beattie, closejto the school, and given a fine day some capital sport should be enjoyed. One race is open to all comers, tbo remainder to the school only.

Hopeless Case.—At last Tuesday's meeting of the Temuka Road Board a letter was read from a George Hide, asking his name to be taker, off the rate-roll, as he had no property in the district. He signed himself " George Hide, shoemaker, at present out of business, and bound for Anstralia." The Board concluded he was a hoptlesi case.

lE.M. Cotjbt, Timaeit.—At the Resident Magistrate'* Court, Timaru, yesterday, Walter Heigh was charged with the larceny of a quantity of clothing, a razor, and a concertina, of the Talue of about £2, the property of Timothy Sheehan, Digby Andrewj, and John Morgan. There were three charges, and the accused pleaded guilty to all, and was sentenced to a month's imprisonment on each, the sentences to be 'cumulative. Denis Heffernan was charged with baring assaulted one John Neill at Pleasant Point on the 23rd February. The parties had a dispute orer a game of cards, and the alleged assault resulted. A fine of £5 and costs was inflietsd, in default two months' imprisonment. Another charge against Heffernan for abusive language, and cross-cases by Heffernan against O'Neill for assault and abusive language, were dismissed.

Sbbiotjs Accident.—An accident happened to a team of horses at Geraldine on Tuesday last, whereby one of them was killed. A young man named Connolly, a nephew of Mr J. Connolly, Pleasant Valley, was coming down the bill on the road that through the Geraldine Bush at the back of Messrs Mundell and Co.'s stables. He was in charge of three horses and a dray loaded with a cord of firewood. The hiil is very steep, and the load got the better of the shaftsr, the horses breaking into a gallop. The driver stuck to them manfully for some distance at the imminent risk ef his life. Finally the horses threw him on the bank at one side of the road, and went thundering down the hill. Coming to the bottom the shafter stumbled and fell. The impetus, however, was ■so great that team and dray went shooting aoross the road and through Mr Pierce's fence, whose house is directly opposite the hill. Here the fallen shafter turned a complete somersault, breaking his baok. Fortunately the leaders went went one each side of a large tree growing in the garden, whioh brought the whole ooncern to a dead stop, but the wood went fifing in all directions. Had it not been for the tree the greater portion of the load would have gone through Mr Pierce's front window, and probably team, load, and all would haye been forced agiinst the front of the house. The shafter, whioh lived only a few minutes, was quickly extricated, taken away, and buried. The other horses were not hurt, while the dray only suffered to the extent of the point of the shaft being broken.

N.Z. RUM ABBOOUIIOK. -The North Isl»nd representatives took £449 lOi of ths prize money at the Hew Zsaland Rifle Association's recent meeting, and tha Southerners £444 lOi.

Winchester School.—At a meeting of the Committee of the above achool, held last Monday evening, Mr C. 0. McCarthy, of Timaru, was selected oot of 29 candidates for the post of master. Illegal Shootimj.—A correspondent signing himself "Flapper" writes to a Ohriitohuroh paper stating that it ii quits unnsoesiary for the Acclimatisation Society to decide the date on which the shooting seaipn is to open, "as it was decided to open the seMon in the North Canterbury district a fortnight ago, and duck (hooting is in full swing all along th«Selwyn : EiTer." Turtles ik-Niw Zkahid.—During the passage of the TJnioa Steamship Oompaiy'i B.s. Mahinapua from Weitport last Sunday Captain Holmes saw two turtles—one off Stephen's I»l*jd and the other about eight miles to the S.E. of the iijand. Judging from the size they would be about three or four hundredweight. each. . The westher wai lovely and the i»a ai calm as a mil I pond at the time. The steamer pasted about fifteen or twenty yards off. t them. Pkopobbd Dairt Faotobt.—At a meeting at Pleasant Point on Monday afternoon of those interested in the establishment of a dairy faotory near that township, it was stated that only 76 £5 shares had been taken up. The directors estimated that the site, building, and plant would cost £BOO, and that a start might be made when shares of the value of £IOOO had been taken up. At the conclusion of the meeting 44 mors shares were baken up., 4 „ , Sporting. :—• |lie Victorian Racing Olub'B Meeting was continued on Tuesday, and was well "attended. Results :, Maiden Stakes, l£ miles: Mr J. Mayo's The Queen 1, Lord Allen 2, BolinbrookS; time, 2min lOseo. Sires' Produce Stakes, 6 furlongs: Hon. J. White's Volley 1, Lonsdale 2, Lady Betty 3; time, Imin 19fsec. Hurdle Race, about 2£ miles: Mr S. ftathWa Leporella 1, Ruby 2, Ocean 3 ; time,,.drain 12sec. Australian Cup, miles: Hon. J. White's Carlyon 1, Arsenal 2, Dick Swiveller 3. The race was won by half a length. Among the other starters were Nelson and Malua, but Nelson, however, never looked dangerous. Public Auction Stakes, 1\ miles: Mr L. L. Smith's Louise Bertha 1, Dividend 2, Faugh-a-ballagh 3; time, lmin 29sec. The Bourke Handicip, 7 furlongs: Mr M. O'Shanoessy'a Chicago 1, Acme 2, Escutcheon 3 ; time, Initi 45^ec.

Atxbmptßd ThlM.—-An audacious attempt was made last Saturday night to steal some of the Geraldine Dairy SVctory pigs. Mr D, MoOallum is lessee of the paddoek and whey of the factory, and h»i then a large number of pigs in ohargs of a youth, who lives on the premises. On hit Saturday night thii youth was awakened by soma noise, and on getting up found that some people were in the piggery interfering with the pigs. He called to hie dog, and the men in the piggery finding they were discovered, immediately decamped. There were three men there, two of them dressed in light clothes and one in dark, and they had with them a horee and trap, for the lad heard them driving away. He found after they had gone, that one of the pigs had been tied up, and it ie possible that a good many would hare been earned away only for the men having been discovered. Precautions will be taken in future against such depredations. The oiretaker has been supplied with firearms, and the next midnight visitor will rnn the risk of being well branded, eren if he eaoapes. , ; • Home Borriß Markht. A correspondent who has sent Home two or three parcels of butter sonde us the following quotation from a letter he received by last mail from the gentleman to whom he coDuigoed.it. The first lot was to arrive in London ftn the day the letter was written :-^ c You did well to put it into the cool chsmbtr, a.B had you not the chances are that the closeness and heat of the vessel closed up, would have hurt it very much. I hope it will turn, out wall; if sweet and mild it is sure to do so, if it be salty or stroag it will be quite the opposite. The butter I bad from CUre, ia Ireland, last week cost me U£d, exclusive of carriage. If yours be firstclass, and as it will be grass made, it might bring rather more, but this depends all on qmlity, and if very good the disposal is an easy matter. You must be very careful in shipping tilt experience gives you more light." We expect to give the result of the experiment in an early issue after arrival of next mail.

Hilton School Committee. - The monthly meeting of the Hilton School Committee wis held on the 25th of February. Present—Messrs R. Skinner (Chpirman), Beattie, Hide, Rooke, Learjr, Toomeyj and Cochrane. . The minutes of the last ordinary meeting and of a special meeting were read and confirmed. Be the vacant seats on the Board of Education, it was decided to rote in favor of Messrs J. Taibot, M. Gray, and R. H. Pearpoint. The Inspector's report was read. [The report-has already been published in this paper.] Mr Rooke applied for the use of tbe school on the 25th March to hold a sacred concert, and the request was granted. A special meeting of the Committee was held on the sth March to consider the applications for the mastership of the school It wts decided to recommend to the Board of Education! —First, Mr Dl *W. S M. Bum ; second, Mr George Steyen. ."Xt'was; decided to hold the annual .schdollreat on Thursday, 15th March, and lists in aid of the same be the children. It may be mentioned that Mr Burn has been locum tenema at the school since Mr Taylor's resignalirW There were twentytwo applicants lor tbe post.

TeMUKA MECHANIC!' IXSIITUXi.—The monthly meeting of -the .Committee of the Temuka MechaniosTnstilute wai held in the Reading Boom oh Tuesday evening, Maroh 6th. Present— Blyth, President (in the chair), MaS.„.(}enslemun, Goira, B. lee, Lawson, and H» M. Miles, Hon. Sec. The minutes of the previous meeting were read aad confirmed, The, Sesrstary produced the agreement with the new librarian, signed by the President and! .the Librarian, and stated that the latter had taken charge of all books, and signed for the same. The Secretary reported baring obtained 26 new yearly members, and the Librarian 6 old members, making a total of 48 yearly, 5 half-yearly, and 3 quarterly subscribers. This was considered by the Committee to be very satisfactory. Aooounts to the amount of £e 13s were passed for payment. It was proposed by Mr Coira," sseoided by Mr Lee, and carried —"That anyone keeping the Young Ladies' Journal longer than four days will be refused the following number, the Committee baring receired several complaints of late." It was propesed by Mr (jtentlemun, seconded by Mr Lee, and carried —■" That the President and Secretary see to the outhouses of the Institute, and oarry out any repairs they may deem necessary." A role of thanks to the President terminated the meeting.

I.O.G.T.—The weekly meeting of the Welcome Retreat Lodge, No. 44, 1.0.G.T., Greraldine, wai held oit Monday evening, there being a good attendance. Bro. Cr. fl. Patriek, W.0.T., preeided. Three candidate were admitted into membership, The nomination of diitrict deputy for the Geraldine district, which inoludei Feel Forest and Timaru, w*s next proceeded with, Bro. K. Moljtnzia being nominated. The laoretary wai instructed to write to the Lifebott Lodge, Timaru, and Belief of Feel Forest Lodge, asking them to lupport the nominations alio, to notify tha prtient diitriet deputy of tha nomination. Soma routine work wai disposed of and the lodge wai duly oloied by the W.O.T.

Two Organs, Regelate first the stomach, second the liver—especially the fint-io as. to perform iheir f anotioni perfectly, and yon will remove at least nineteen-twentieth! of all the ills that mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. Dr Soule's American Hop Bitten is the only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs. - Maine Farmer.

Coughs, Coidb, Bbokohims, &c, are quiokly cured by using Baxter's " Lung Preserver." This old-established and iavorite medicine is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by members of the medioal, legal, and clerical professions. For testimonials, ■ee advt. Sold by all patent medicine vendors. . SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. T. Corbett, Woodbury—'Has 80 aerei oaten straw for sale. Temuka Hifles—lnspiotion parade on Tuesday erening. • Temtka Town Board—Notice re unpaid rates and unregistered dogs; Greraldine Bo»d Board —Invites tenders for painting buildings at Greraldine Public Pound. Mount Peel Boad Board—lnvite tenders for metalling on Kskahu and Burke's Fast roads, H.N. Hiskeni,Seoretarv—lnvitei tenders for right of selling refreskments at Qeraldine Public Sports. John Meyer, Temuka—lnvites tenders for lease for five years of 80 acres first-class land, with purchasing clause if desired, J. Ballantyne and Co., Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, and Dressmakers, Victoria House, Timaru- Publish seven facts worth knowing.