LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1710, 13 March 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Aeowhbnua Town Boabd.— The monthly meeting will be held to-morrow evening. Football. —The annual meeting of the Temuka Football Club takes place this evening.

Gbbaldiwh Road Boabd.— The monthly meeting of the Geraldine Road Board takes place to-day. Temuka Rifles. — A Government inspection parade and the annual meeting take place this evening. Oleaeing Sale of Daisy Stock.—On the farm of Mr James Smith, Smlthfield, close to Winchester, Messrs J. Mundell and Co. hold a clearing sale of dairy cattle, pige, etc., to-morrow. The Agent-Generalship. A cable message from London, dated the 9tb, states that Sir F. Dillon Bell, Agsnt-General for New Zealand has no intention of resigning hie position at present. Woodbury Races.— Entria* for the Handicap Hurdles, All-Aged Handicap District Race, and Woodbury Cup must be gent to the Secretary Woodbury Tockey Club, Mr J. H, Doan, not later than March 19th. Acceptances for same close on March 30lh. Gbbaldinb Public Spoets Committee. —A meeting of this Committee was held at the Crown Hole! on Friday night last. There was a fair attendance of members present. A number of minor details in connect.jo with the forthcoming sports were arranged, and the tender of Mr J, Riordan for the temperance refreshment booth was accepted at £4.

Raubapdka Licensing Bench.— There being no nominations of parsons to act on this Committee received when the same fell due, Messrs W. E. Barker, A. H, Brisco, W. U. Slack, C. G. Tripp, and the Hon. L. Walker have been appointed by the Governor to act as a Licensing Bench. The first meeting takes place tomorrow.

A Bom.—A horss and trap belonging to Mr B, Hammond, Geraldine, was standing on the bill opposite Mr G. Rambles on Saturday, when the horse turned round and commenced to more down the hill. From a walk it broke into a gallop, and went straight down the main road. Fortunately nothing was in the way, and the animal was stopped opposite the Bush Hotel. No damage was done beyond the t«ro shafts being sprung by the point of one striking against a telegraph pole.

District Court, Ti-vtartj. At the Distric. Court, Timaru, yesterday, before His Honor Judge Broad, sitting in bankruptcy, discharges were granted to W. Tesswill (Mr White) and Timothy Harnett (Mr Lynch;. Assignee’s costa were granted :n the matter of M. Maze and C. H. Reid, The matter of G, Lambert was ordered to stand over on the application of Mr White. The public examination of M. Mazo was taken when, His Honor said ho would adjourn the matter until the 24th mst. Probate was grafted to the wills of H. Finlayson (Mr Hay), and J, Boyce (Mr Clements). With regard to the Timaru Woollen Factory an order was made in accordance with Mr Raymond’s application that the contributories pay a call of £1 per share.—Mail. Temukv Dairy Factory.— The monthly meeting of the directors of the Temuka Dairy Company was held on Friday afternoon. Present Messrs Job Brown (Chairman), Barker, Mason, Scott, and Dr Hayes. The secretary reported that a shipment of cheese had been sent Home by the lonic, and that cheese had also been sent to Wellington and Brisbane. During the month of February 5J6,785 gallons of milk had been received at a cost of £334 I4s 7d. A copy of a letter sent by Mr W. D. Sutherland, of Dunedin, to the Otago Daily Times was read, and the suggestion that a Government inspector should examine dairy produce previous to its shipment for the Home markets to prevent the shipment of badly packed and inferior goods, whist) only served to prejudice the Home' buyers, was considered very desirable. A gram from Home was read to the effect i hst the first shipment, sent through a Christchuich firm, had realised 52a per ewt. It was decided to exhibit at the forthcoming exhibition at Melbourne. Arrangements for further shipments at an early date wore approved, ami after some routine business the meeting terminated.

Depression in Auckland. Somo particulars of u scene in the Auckland Valuation Court through Mr Firth claiming a reduction, but refusing to place a value on his property, were published in recent issue. From the New Zealand Herald it appears Mr Firth was not tha only one unable to value his properly. Mr T. Slater said he could only repeat what Mr Firth had said. Not long ago he was offered £4OOO for his property, and now he could only got £ISOO for it, Mr Barstow, who had seen the building, said; “Well! ! well! I have t«> trout all the people alike, but still I can’t cut values down to nothing, or there will be no rates.” Mr Slater; “I’ll lot the building for 12 months at £50.” Mr Baratov; “Good gracious! Well, of *ll the peer cases this one is the worst.” Another unfortunate said the landlords were now a sort of charitable aid society, as they were letting their properties almost rent f-ee, So far people in Queen street had only succeeded in paying their taxes by “ hquidating.” . WlircHBSTEa School.—A special meeting of the Winchester School Committee was hell in the Mechanics’ Institute on Frid»y evening. Present—Messrs Bishop, Philp, Corcoran, and Northam. On the motion of Mr Corcoran, seconded by Mr Northam, Mr Fbilp took the chair. Inwards correspondence w is read. Mr A. W. Ensor sent in his resignation as chairman and member and Mr 0, Smith eont in his resignation as member. Mr Bishop moved, Mr Northam seconded, and it was carried—“ That the resignations ba accepted, and that the Commi"tie express regret at their resignation before t heir term of office expired ; also that i he reason for their resignation be entered on the minutes.” Moved by Mr Bishop sa> oonded by Mr Corcoran, and carried —“ Thai Mr Northan be chairman during the term the Committee holds office,” Mr Northam then took the chair, and said he regretted having been elected to the chair, but, be added, he would carry out the duties to the Lost of his abilities. Mr Philp moved, Mr Bishop seconded, and it was carried—“ That the chairman obtain all books, papers, etc., belonging to the Committee from' the late chairman.” Moved by Mr Bishop, Seconded by Mr Philp, and carried— “ That Mr Northam sign cheques in place of the lutr chairman, and (ha|, ha send his signature to the Bank.” Moved by Mr Corcoran, se; conded by Mr Philp, and carried-?!* That the chairman be empowered to go to the necessary expense in providing for the opening of the school on the 19tb, and that a special meeting be called when necessary. ’ Tenders for cleaning the school were held over until next I meeting. The Committee then adjourned. .

Married the Wrong Man. —There is i Manchester tradition about an occaaiou when a clergyman was much harrassed by the exiraordinary number of working class couples that came to be married one morning. One ceremony had, as the 1 story goes, to serve for a great many brides and bridegrooms. At its close on* woman was found to be in great consternation, because, as she believed, she had been married to the wrong man. “Oh, 1 said the clergyman, “ I’te said the marriage service and married the whole lot of you. if anything has gone wrong you must sort yourselves out the best you can.” Trying the Dip, - - The following story is told by the jtforth Otago Times : —“A rather good advertisement was obtained the other day in the Oaraaru district for a sheep dipping compound, A gentleman well known in the district took a greyhound to a station dip for the purpose of “ putting him through.” As ho raised the dog in his arms to project it into the dip it suddenly put its forelegs around its master’s neck, The result was that both dog and man wont into the dip. Both disappeared, but the dog was the first to regain terra firma. Daring his absence from the surface the owner of the dog said he imbibed about half a dozen mouthfuls of the dip. The agent of the dip, on hearing this, asked for a testimonial as to the non-poisonoue nature of the dip, and this being granted, blandly asked the person who had fallen in if he would not extend the testimonial to include the efficiency of the dip as a destroyer of insects!

Prince William of Germany.—. The following unlovely pen-portrait of Prince William, the now probable successor to the crown of Germany is sketched by the Melbourne Argus : —“ Prince William is about as unhappy and unlovely a specimen of humanity as cun well bo conceived. One half of his body is more or less defective—one of his arms being withered. He has chronic inflammation of the base of the brain, and is tortured by recurrent abscesses in both ears, which render him intermittently deaf, and are rapidly impairing his hearing altogether. His opinions are retrograde, and his temper detestable. He gets on badly with his wife, and positively abhors his mother. His dislike of her has its root in resentment against inherited infirmities—a resentment which is perhaps directed against the wrong parent, or which ought in fairness to be divided between the two ; but the feeling, such as it is, has been studiously fostered by Bismarck, who loses no opportunity of assailing the hated influence of the little Englishwoman. The 1 military party ' looks to Prince William as its leader, and regards the Crown Princess with the most extreme aversion.” An Old Idea.—There is nothing new under the sun.” It has been pointed out that Pasteui’s idea of inoculating rabbits with a contagious disease and letting them loose among their fellows in order to destroy or thin the abundance of this prol flc race in Australia wis thought of 60 years ago. In Hone’s “Every Di.y Book,” vo’. iii., published in 1827, in an article quoted from Dr Aitkoo’s “ Athsoteum,” there is (with two other methods proposed for lessening the number of n(s) suggested the following ;—“ Inoculate some subjects with the simll-pox, or any other infectious disease, and turn them loose. Experiments should first bo made lost the disease should assume in them a form' as to be capable of being returned to us with interest. If it succeeded, man has means in his hand which would thin the hyeeuas, wolves, j ickals, and all gregarious beasts of prey.” The author adds u postscript“ N. B, — If any of uiir patriotic societies should think proper to award » gold medal, silver cup, or other remuneration to this method the projector lias left his address with the editor.” Ruiiaim Our Credit.— A London correspondent, under date January 25, writes • —“A telegram appeared m the Times from Wellington stating that the revenue of the colony for the lest.quarter showed a falling off of J 6131,000, the greater part of which was due to the property tax. The result of the publication of this telegram was a fall in Now Zealand stock of half per cent., which involves a lo*s to the holders of ulfoul £150,000. The folly of believir.g tbess disquieting financial fcilegrams from a distant colsmy without consultation in the first instance with tho official representative oyer here has been strongly shown in this instance. A little enquiry would have elicited the fact that the telegram was based upon a complete misapprehension of the situation. As is well known in N»w Zealand, the Properly Tax Act is an annual one, and, owing to political complications, the necessary legislative authority for renewing it had not been obtained during the financial year 1887-88 until near the close 'of last year. The prior act expired on March SI, 1887, and instead •f the first moiety of the tax payable tor the current year being collected in December, praotially the two moieties, or the whole tax, will be collectable early this year. The colony has quite snough to contend with at the present time without haying these contretemps thrust upon it.”

LkayxKO tab Colony.—From all parte of the colony comes intelligence of the , departure of numbers of young men for 1 the neighboring colonics, want of work here and good prospects where they are going being the cause.—The New Zealand Herald regret* ” te see so many men, the flower of our artisan, leaving for Australia, The Sydney steamers are weakly taking a number of thsm,”—Another northern exchange says;—“Tha Manapouri for Melbourne goes away full up, and not a few of her passengers are young New Zealanders ! Is it surprising when they notice that that colony is the only one going ahead ? It is a grand policy of ours to grow young men to ship to Prolectionist countries, is it not?” —Tho Oamaru Mail of Tuesday wiitoa : - “Another batch of Oamaruviann w.ll depart from here to-morrow for Victoria. All our young men are leaving us at such a rate that we shall find it necessary to pass an Act to compel them to stay, or what will become of our girls ] It is most unfair that, juat as this colony lias developed a magnificent Public Works policy and ineurred thereby a large liability, our young men, for whose benefit all this has been done, should leave the old men and women and children to bear the burden. It is fast coming to this: that we shall all have to take ship and go to Victoria too, and leave New Zealand for the squatter qad Sir H >rry 4-tkmson, whom Providence evidently intended should bo its solo occupants.”—At Inver cargiil (he exodus has been so great that the advisability of holding a public meeting to consider the matter is being discussed.

R.M. Court, Timaru.—At (he Reiideni Magistrate’s Court, Timaru, ye*t*rd iy, a man named William Gladstone w»' fi led 5s for drunkenness and sentenced to 11 days’ imprisonment for indecent exit -sure.

Ecclesiastical —The Right Rev. Dr Crimes left Gera'dino on Saturday morning by the first train. At Ashburton ho mot with a magnificent reception. Ha r. .a cheered on alighting from the ! tin, and in a carriage drawn by fur horses he was taken all over t' 1 3 town and to the church, the brass band playing musical selection* the while. An immense procession accompanied him, and at the churoh hewa* presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns.—His Grace The Moat Rev, Dr Redwood, Archbishop of Wellington, paid Temuka a visit last Saturday. For the week previous he had been attending the University Senate >n Dunedin, where ho was the guest of Bishop Moran. Meeting the Rev. Father Mahoney (of Nolso-.} and Judge Broad in Timaru last Saturday he brought th» m out to see th* Temuka church. The party returned to Timaru by the last train, where, on last Sunday, His Grace preached to a very large congregation. He went through hire yesterday by express train m route for Wellington. Fee of Doctors. The fee of doctors Is an item that very many persons are interested in just at present. We believe the schedule for visits is S.OOiols, which would tax a man confined to hi* bed for a year, and in need of a daily visit, over lOOOdols a year for mediosl attendance alone! And one single bottle of Dr Soule’s American Hop Bitters taken in time would lav* th* lOOOdoh and all the year’s sickness.—" Post." Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &0., ar* !- quickly cured by using Baxter’s “ Lung Pre*.;' server.” This old-established and favorite ' medicine is pi asant to the palats, and highly extolled by members of the medical, legal,’ and clerical professions. For testimonials! see advt, Sold by all patent' medicine vendors.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENT*. Woodbury Races— Notice re nominations and acceptances. In Bankruptcy—Re Williard Lawson, of Geraldine, butcher. M. Seannell—lnvites tenders for. painting the Arowhenua Hotel, Geraldine Sports Committee Publish handicaps for sports on St. Patrick’s Day. R. Darlow, Geraldine—Notice re lost horses; offers reward for recovery,of same. •T. Mundell and Co.— ire now receiving entries for ram and ewe fair at Geraldine oh 27th March.