LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1751, 16 June 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thb San Fbawoisoo Sbbtiob. This oontract has been renewed for another 12 months despite the ' strenuous opposition of several souther* members.

Abowhbjtua Towrr Boaed.—ln our advertising columns will be found ,the balancesheet: of the Arowhenua Town Board for the year ending March 31st, 1888. COMOBBT at Woodbury.—A concert in aid of the funds of the Woodbury Cemetery Board will take place on Thursday next. A first-rate programme is being prepared. Wbslbtait Choboh, Tbhtjxa.—The Eov. R. 8. Bunn will conduot morning and evening servioes in'the above Church to-morrow. Tbe subjects of his addresses will be found in eur advertising columns. , CHtJBOH OT Euqlahd Stnod.—The meeting of the Diocesan Synod of the above church, whioh watsummoned for the 19th of June, has betn postponed till the 28th of August, in consequence of tbe death of Mrs Harper. '"'""' '"' - NbW Zealand PsirsiOHS.-f-A return of New Zealand pensions has been presented to the Bouse. The total amount is £29,727 per j annum, classified, as /follows i Civil service, £21,971; military, £2140; Civil list (Native), £2485 ; the remainder, in various small sums, being distributed among a number of miscel-laneously-classed recipients. ; A Libbbal Mayot.—Mr Moss Jonas, the . Mayorj .• of Timarii) has presented fifteen guineas to the Timaru State Schools incidental fund, and ten guineas td the Boms* Catholic i Schools. The other day he'gave £26'for 'the Jubilee /Fountain, He is distributing, the

cheque for, j6IQO, toted him by. the Borough Council in a tefjpraiseworthy manner. Mr 'John 1 Olhtier's Glairs. The Public Petitions Committee hate considered the petition of Mr John Ollivier Provmoisl Government Auditor, who; declined to gite up hit position. A decision has been arrived at, the result of which is (the correspondent of th,e GJuardit|u says) that i)6 report, will be made to the House, but that Government, will probably give him a pension of £2st) r a year. ' BouiiM»G.--The'' sculling yace Sahlan t. Triokett took place at Fitaroy Biter, Bdokhampton, on Wednesday, and was won by Hanlan by six lengths. A r good start w«s effected. Hanlan got away first, and maintained the lead for the firit mile, when Trickett spurted and obtaiaed first place. His *ffort soon collapsed, bo weteri Hanlan again took the lead without aßy effort,, and. the remainder of the race was a tame procession, Hanlan winning easily in 21min 6taec. Footbail.t- The football match between Lilly whiteVteam and King's School, Past and Present, was piayed at Parramatta, H,8.W., and was drawn. The score was a point each. —A match between the Temuka and Waihi clubs will take place on the ground of ths former to-day. Temuka will be represented by the following:-Full-back, J. Blytb ; tbree-quarter-baoks, Veltin, LeCren, and Hope; half-baoks, Gray and Anderson j forwards, Dyson, Carr, Clinob, Simpson, Latery, Angland, Williams, Smith, and Toby. Geraldihb School Committee.—Dive of the memberß of this Commiitee attended a meeting on Wednesday eveniog last, viz.. Messrs W. S. Maslin (Chairman), J. Riordan, C. E. Sherratt, J. W. Pye, and G. Taylor. A letter was read from the South Canterbury Board of Education covering a copy of Messrs Perry and Perry's opinion as to the legality of the late electioo. It was decided to confirm the minutes of the last meeting held. This was done, and the meeting terminated. "" ,

Ratb.—The Temuka Road Board intend to strike a rate of |d in the £ at next monthly meeting.' Th» rata book is now open ftr inspection.

BsBGUNft Skill Biedi.—A correspondent of the Southland Times says :—The email bird nuisanoe.ahonld toon become a thing of the past if farmers took combined aotion in the manner in which Sir B. King and his son adopt. Each prorides himself with a lighted lantern after darkness sets in, taking opposite directions, and geing along the Ise side of the gorse hedgrs. The birds are easily picked from their perches and bagged, making no attempt to escape. The catch arerages 100 birds in two hoars for each man or lad employed. Mr King thinks this aTorage could soon be greatly reduced if oombined aotion were taken.

Thb Codlib Moth Bill.—Members of both Houses, to the number of about twelve, attended a meeting on Thursday morning for considering the objections to the Godlin: Moth Bill . It was resolved to recommend that the clause providing for the application of the provisions of the Bill to stone fruit should be ttruok out, as those relating to inspection of orchards and the levy of a rate. The provision of a penalty for the sale of infected fruit was retained, This and the penalty for the removal of infeoted fruit from a district, and the power of the Governor to prohibit the importation of fruit, are practically the only operative clauses remaining. Whale Oil —Mr R. Taylor, who, with Messrs Bissett, sen. and iuu'., found » whale upon the beach on Sunday last, has been putting the find to practical use. Mr Taylor has tried down his share of the blubber (ont-third), and h'isj obtained therefrom about 30 gallons Of -oil of excellent quality. Thefish will (thus turn put about 90 gallons of oil, which at, say, 5a per gallon makes the fiod a valuable one. Mr Taylor has also had the body of the fish drawn up from the bes|oh into a p'uddock, and when the skeleton becomes bleached he intends to have, the same conveyed to Geraldine where', it will be exhibited; • J , A bTRAMR Decision. At the R.M. Court, Timanu, yesterday, the licensee of tbe Old Bank Hotel was charged with keeping his house open for jcht sale of iquors on Sunday, the 3rd inst. It was proved that some residents went in at an open door soma distance f.om the bar and get liquor. Tin case was dismissed on the ground that the bouse was not kept open for tint special purpose but for the convenience of boarders, and residents simply took advantage of this and were served. Several cages "were 'quoted by counsel for defendant in support of loot ground. Personal. -Mr E. Mabin, of the Bank of New South Wales, who fo* 1 the past two years hus been stationed ait Geraldine, has been transferred by Bank authorities to Napier, and leaves by the early train this mornine to enter upon his new duties. During the time Mr:Mabin has been in Geraldme he has made himself many frisuds, and taken a prominent part in various athletic games;; His friends, while feeling pleaatd at his promotion, deeply regret his departure from the district. He will be succeeded at Geraldine by Mr F. Fish, who has been removed from Timiru. Thb Wbeok of the Hawba.—A telegram from New Plymouth savs :t-" The Hawea remains in the same position. Captain Bendall arrived from Wellington by the Wamka on Thursday. The general opinion is that the vessel can easily be floated again. The harbour matter and resident engineer scout the idea of rooks being at the spot where the Hawea is said to have struck. Captain Holfords says he has repeatedly sounded where, the vessel is said to have struck a rook, and he could not find a boulder or rock of any kind. He is not sure she did: not strike her anchor. The Hawea was drawing 12 feet and tha ok art shows 16 to 17 fett of water at the spot she struck. The Hawea in coming into the wharf has frequently made a similar detour without mishap. A Pabis Tbagidt.—A report of an awful tragedy comes from Paris, in which (he actors were a father, mother and son. i The mother was in the lsststage of consumption, but the sob's devotion to her seems, on the neighbours' testimony, to have been ■ something almost approaohiug to,worship. The ; other evening his father permitted himself to; be overcome by. his friends, and, to take much more intoxioating drink on the excuse of " drowning bis sorrow " than he ought to have done, and he returned dead, drunk. The son greeted him with the angry words," You are unworthy to be a husband or a father, and I would like to throw you out of doors.'' The father pushed forward to go to his wife's bedside, and the' son picked up a knife from the table, saying, " Let mother die in peace, or 1 sbali commit seme crime." Then, seized by a sudden mad determination, he added," As I could never love you again after this, I will die with my mother." He went to her, imprinted a long kiss on her lips, and then plunged the knife into hit own heart. The shock so affeotad the dying womon that she expired almost simultaneously j with her son, Nbw Zbal'ahd Tbadb with HoBABT.pThe difficulties whioh beset the establishment of New Zealand trade with Tasmania may be imagined after a perusal of an: advertisement which appears in the Launoeston Examiner of June Ist. The advertisement reads thus;. " The publio are cautioned against buying or eating New Zealand butter, as disease has been prevalent amongst cows for some time in that colony." The farmers here have been .cultivat ng a little trade with Launcestoo, and that, adrer.tseinent has evidently been published to cripple the trade. As it very well known, New Zealand ■ above ill other Countries'! is free from any [disease among animals. Mr |Murpby, Secretary of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, to whom the paper; was sent, has written to the proprietor of it pointing out to him the untruthfulness of the advertisement. We understand that step? are being taken to obtain a certificate showing that this country ii without'disease. ' That certificate will also be forwarded to the Examiner, after whieh proceedings will be taken by the parties conoernedi—Press. An Unpleasabt, Exferience. Two young ladies, daughters of Mr G. Me odith, Kakaha, met »ith a very unpleasant experience on, Wednesday! evening last. They atarted late in the afternoon to go iO ftaiucliff, and in order to shurteri the journey, took what they thought would piove a short out across the country. In this instance, however, they proved the truth of the old adage that "the longest way ; round is often the shortest way there," as after riding some time tbejr found that darkness was coming on (iud that they were totally at fault as to their whereabouts. The prospect of wandering all night on the bills was, to say the least, not a pleasant one, and they began to got somewhat alarmed at their unpleasant posit on. Fortunately for them they came across a shepherd shortly after id ark, while they were urging their horses acresu <i rocky and very dangerous country. Witk tbe shepherd's assistance Ihey were enabled to reach their destination in Hafety. ; . 1

Fatal Accident. A fatal accident' occurred at Methven'on Wednesday. A young man named Thomas Powell, aged twenty, left the township at noon, in oompany with a man nnned Middle too, to collect firewood at Drayton. Powell h"d a gun with him, whieh he stuck in the fence. When they ceased working, he took the gun by the muzzle, And in pulling it out of the fence it exploded, shooting him through the neck, causing instantaneous death.' At the inquest a verdkt .pf.accidental death was returned. Amendments is the Tariit.—A comparison of the tariff as originally brought down with that appetdei to the Customs Bill shows that siveral concessions have bsen made. In the original! tariff the duty on hollands and calicoes was 20 per; cent. All under the value ot 5d are now free. Cotton sheetings, corduroys, moleskins, and chiese cloths have also been added to the list of exemptions from the, tariff.

Accident.—On, Wednesday evening Mr Q. Foster, son of the Rev. G. Foster, of Timaru, met with a serious accident, He had been to Winchester with a load of grain from his farm atKakahu, and while returning home in the evening dropped the rein!. He got down to pick; them up, and while doing so he fell, and: one of the wheels passed over his side, crushing it badly and rendering him insensible. The horses bolted home. Mr Foster was found sometime, after by a servant of Captain Wright's, to whose place he was taken. Dr. Fish wa? sent fdr and did all that was possible to alleviate Mr Foster's sufferings, but it will be some time before he 1 is fully

recovered. ■■ : - ■,• . : *■'<»• ,'■ •■■: - Th* Esoafbd Convict.—A.n,impression is abroad that the. escaped;;convict, Jon'than Roberts, is at j preient in tho Ashburtoh district; and as is usual in sacli a case the rumors of meeting with him are many and various. List nightVAahburton Guardian states that, several detectives and the police fojrce arrived in Ashburton on Thursday and on Friday, their doubtless being to scour the; country for the 1 escaped Jonathan.—The' Akaroa correspondent of th* Press sends the following :—" It is reported about Akaroa (hit the how notorious J. Roberts was seep in Akaroa on Monday night, and that be had a long conversation with a particular friend, and the fact that the Harbor Master's boat disappeared the same nigbt, and has not been! seen since, I make people here believe that'he was well stocked provisions,'and pulled boldly out to sea-, with the chance of being picked up by a passing vessel. As it has been blowing nor'-west for.the last day or two he would have mad* good progress, and got well clear of the land. He is an expert hand in a boat, and owned one when living here."—The reward for the information leading to the discovery of the escaped convict Roberts has been increased to £SO. Volunteers' Shooting. Match.— A meeting of the oficers of the Temuka Biflas and the honorary members of the same corps, w.»s held last Thursday night; in the Waiiingfb'rd'Hotel., Captain Hayburst occupied the chair, and there were present Lieu'enauts Fiudlay and White, and Messrs Aspiiiail, Gutten, Hayes, Nicholas",' Fiint, Gray, and Allan. The Chairman explained that the meeting was held to consider the desirability of having a Challenge Cup to fire for. The proposal was received with much enthusiasm, and after a gooi deal of discussion the following resolutions' were carried :—That a Challenge Cup be subscribed for, to be competes" for by the members of the Temuka Rifles and the honorary members of the corps, value not to exceed £lO, one-third of the co«t to be made op, by the honorary members and two-thirds by the corps; that the Cup | be fired for quarterly, the volunteers to be divided into four squads, each squad to fire against the honorary members once a year in rotation, the distances to be 200, 300, and 400 yards, 5 shots at each range, f Wimbledon target;"and:, scoring, any ; position, the higbeßt 'aggregate of the total firiog to be the winner, the minimum number of competitors to be six. On the : mo'iibn of 1 tit- Nicholas, AfrjFiint was appointed Secretary to the honorary members. It was arranged that tiring should take place in July, October,! January, and May of each year. Captain Hayhurat ,and Mr Acpiuall were empowered to purchase a trophy. The meeting then 1 adjourned. ■ Captain Fairchild, of the Stella, has a beautiful specimen nf pure sulphur from White lelacd, arid a stalactite, sft , 6in in length, from Kawbn. He says there are many more of these stalactites at that place of enormous proportions. Woman's Wiidom. "Bhe insists that it is more importanet that her family shall be kept in fall health, than that she should have all the fathionable dresses and styles of the times.) She therefore sees to it that each member of her family is supplied with enough of Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters at the first appearance of any symptoms of ill health, to prevent a fit of aiokness with its attendant expense, oare end anxiety.., All. women should i exercise their i< wiidom in this way."—New Haven Palladine. Baxtbb's Luno PbbsbbVjbb has ga'ned great popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy in the treatment, ot Coughs, Colds, Bbokohitis, and othei chest and throat oomplaints. Bead advt. I and try it. . BYNOPSIB OF ADVERTISBMB&rS. Arowhenua Town Board—Publish annual balance-iheet. Wesleyan Churoh, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. T. Corbett, Geraldine—Has 150 acres lea land to let. Concert at Woodbury—On Thursday evening ■..'.■ "*' ' '- v " "-' " ' : ' W. Wheelband, Oxford Nursery, Temuka —Wants ten good spademen. W. S. Maslin, Geraldine—Will sell household furniture and effects at Geraldine on Thursday next. Temuka Road Board—Will strike a rate of id in the £at next meeting j rate book now open for inspection. Drummond and Qlasson, Commerce House, Timaru—Notify that thoy are new showing a new range of patterns in Brussels carpets, linoleums, floor oloths, etc; special quotations for men's shirts, boys' suits, etc.; tailoring at lowest rates quoted anywhere. Grabitesand Plante, The Corner,Timaru— Notice.' re their great liquidation sale; all classes of goods to be sold for a sons, as the whole stock has to be realised; specify the bargains thrown out and marked for sale to-day and following days, I ■ ■ i .\ ■■ •'

,J. W t . t Vje, Victoria Hoiise, Qtraldine— Notifies that be ir new offering some of the moat startling bargains trer heard of in clothing,: general drapery, facoy goods, boots, shoes, slippers, etc.; has bought some special job lines, which will be sold in some instances at less than ordinary wholesale cost.