LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1780, 23 August 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ball at Sootsbubn.- A ball tabes place at Sootsburn to-morrow evening in aid of the school funds. lißLiEr Works at Waimate. The Q-overnnii-nt have granted £ls for relief works at Waimate. The work stipulated for is the draining of the school ground, and the men are to be put on piece-work. The granting of such an amount for relief work is simply ridiculous. Geraldine Rages. On our fourth page will be found the nominations for the forthcoming Spring Meeting of the Geraldine Racing Club. They are very numerous, and foreshadow a micoes.-ful meeting. Bouby He Apologised.—The following are the terms in which Mr Larnach aco-pted Mr H-ibbs’ap dogy ;—" Whether on public or other grounds your r.-Lreucj to my sho.-t absence was unfiiermly, until miy, and i-on-u-ipptthle, but us a Heeling shadow of d-hcacy has pa:§.d oyer you, I accept you; apology.”

ZealAndia Rink.— The special attraction for the rink at Temuka to-night is the Ladies' Skating Race, of half-a-mile, for a handsome brooch, and to-morrow night at Geraldine there will be a grand tilting match for a season ticket. Preparations are being made for the grand carnival.

Archbishop Rebwood, Archbishop Redwood, who was a passenger by the Mariposa when she rescued the shipwrecked officers and crew of the barque Henry James, from Palmyra Island, 1300 miles north of Samoa, on 29th May, was elected chairman of the relief committee formed by those on board the steamer, His Lordship took a deep interest in the case of the uofortuna'es, who were in a frightful state when succoured. The Kakahc Disinter.— On August 3rd Mr Rhodes asked the Minister of Mines whether ho will, at an early date, send a geological expert to report on the minerals in the Kakahu district. There were pipeclay, marble, iron, manganese, and other minerals in this district, which he was certain would be capable of carrying a large population. Mr Richardson said he would see that a geological expert was sent down to report oo the district as.soon as such officer was available.

Market I'iokbm.—Mr IR.O. 0. Graham, the defendant in the ra Iway “ market, ticket ” case recemly decided in the Ashburton Magistrate’s Court, has forwarded a pntty numsrouslyssigned petition'to Wellington, with a view of having his own particular case further inquired into as well as the general question’of the privileges granted by the issuing of Railway “market tickets.” The petition has been addressed to Messrs W. C. Walker, 8. Buxton, and W. J. Steward, with a. request that tbpse gentlemen will biing the rn ltter under the notice of Parliament.

Archibald Forbes. A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette says ; There are painful rumors ufloit aboui Mr Archibald Forbes, who is in America with his wife, an American lady. The last time 1 saw him was iu the coffee rontn of the London arid NorthWestern Hotel, at Liverpool, where hi was lunching before going on board the White Star boat. Mr Forbes, who in his prime was a fine, tall fellow, with a mili taty bearing, was bent like an old man, Ids hair an I mousUche nearly white, and could not even walk across the room without the aid of a stout walking st'ek He is suffering from an effect ion of the kidneys, contracted in his cunpaigning days. Loan Art Exhibition at Temdia.— The Loan Art Exhibition in aid of the fund for budding a new eburob for the Wesleyan body in. Temuka will be opened in the Volunteer Hall this afternoon, at three o’clock. We hope to see a large attendance. The Exhibition Will be a splendid one, the public having liberally responded to the call of the promoters, and thoie who m’si see.ng it will miss a chance which in all probibihty will not occur again iu the district. The hall is literally crowded with pictures, rare books, weapons of ancient manufacture, Maori and Fiji curios, statuary, etc., etc., in fait, residents in all parts of South Canterbury have kindly lent (heir treasures for the occasion. To-night the Timaru Wesleyan choir wll give a number of musical selections, the Temuka choir doing so to-morrow evening. It should be mentioned that there will be a refreshment stall m the hall, for which the mostlavish preparation! have been made, where creature comforts can be obtained for a very moderate cost. The exhibition will bo open this afternoon, and Friday and Saturday. Stranger than Fiction.—A romantic episode is reported from Dublin, which boars opt the ; old adage that truth is 'atcangsr j th&n fiction. Bight years ago a young engineer married the daughter of a wealthy farmer, who also carried on a provision trade in Dublin. After . the ceremony the newly-wedded couple and the wedding guests want to Glendalough, where they spent a very jolly day. . At the last moment a misunderstanding occurred between the bride andbridegroom, and the latter walked off in a huff to Dublin, from whence he took the steamer to Liverpool. For eight years nothing was heard of the missing husband, and, believing him to be dead, his wife made arrangements to marry again, and the wedding guests were once more bidden to the feast, Justin the nick of time the long-absent bridegroom turned up from New Zealand, where be seems to hive prospered. The bride of a day, it is said, felt her old affection for him revive, and, matters being comfortably arranged, her unintentiond bigamy was thus prevented. Ministerial Doings. iu pursuance, we suppose, of the policy of “retrenchment* which the present Government pride themselves on, forty men wcking on the railways have in-day been “ sacked ” —twelve of them are gangers, all of them, we believe, married, and most of them have large families. The colony ie paying with a vengeance f>r its action-in turning out the Stout-Yogel Government Inst election, and the price is not all paid yet. The Native Lind Bill, which is now about through, opens out f the. grandest opportunity for land grabbing.and swindling the Natives that his jet been seen in this colony. Under the name of introducing foreign capital, we will,see the colony overrun wii|i landsharks 'and, Bakeha-Maoris, acting for large moneyed institutions, buying up the laud of the colony for speculative purposes, ,‘imd puling i« stop ito legitimate colonisation*;for rainy: a long year.— Wanganui Herald, .*>

Poverty in Ohr:stghjtrob.— •The Rev. Mr WiißArisj. preaching in the -Wesleyan Church 5 lit ; ! .Ghriatchurtih recently, said theie vverrev'bases of tred in that city almost as deplorable as any in the 'crowded 'df'cities'of older land?. There were; homos from which the furniture had gone bit by bit to purchase bread ; homes where was to be heard the bitter cry of children crying for that food which they f needed but could cot get ; homes'Where they bad cot fuel to keep them warm—nothing to cover them but mere rags, it was indeed sad to see scores of strong men standing about the streets, able and willing to work, but with no work lo do. A touching thing about that was that each man probably represented a fami'y. But some of the saddest cases of want were cises about which almost nothing was heard or seen. There were people who not long since were prosperous in business, whose hom-s were then as comfortable as any of those of i is hearers, but who were now almost destitute. They might strive desperat ly to maintain appearances, yet in their homes wag the grim spectra Want, From such a ho oe not long aj;o a young girl had b:en borne . lo an early grave. The vt-rdiot of the doctor was that she ttad died from «fi rvation. Her sh re of *l.o daily dole of food was so small Lh.it, when disease oanu she had no strength to resist i'. ,

The Escape op Gaspahini,—The Sydney Evening News of the 17th says with reference to the escape of Gasparini“The steamer Wakatipu, jus's arrived from Wellington, had on board Qasparini, an escaped convict from New Caledonia, in charge of Detective Walker. At daybreak this morning the prisoner was missing, and search has been made throughout the ship without success. The Water Police in Sydney and the French Consul are now making further search. It is believed that the prisoner either jumped overboard this morning (he was seen on deck at 2 a.m. to-day) or ia concealed by some of the crew. There is groat excitement on the wharf,”

Caledonian Society.— A meeting of the Committee of the newly-fonned Caledonian Society was held last night, at which about 18 members were present, Mr D. Henry being in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confi mod. A deputation from the Oddfellows r* amalgamating the two Societies was received. The deputation consisted of Messis Blyth, Whitehead and Archer, and the question of ama'gamating the Oddfellows’ and Caledonian sports was discussed, but nothing definite was done further Umn to appoint Messrs Henry, Allan, and Quinn as a deputation to wait on the Oddfellows. It was decided to adopt the South Canterbury Caledonian Society’s rules. The Secretaiy that the Society had 84 members a’roady. On ihe motion of Mr Q linn, it was decided to hold a general meeting that night fortnight to adopt rules, elect officers, meet deputation of Oddfellows, and appoint a diy for holding sports. A vote of thunks to the chair terminated the meeting.

Arowhenua Town Board.—A special meeting of the Arowhenua Town Board was held last evening. Present—Messrs Lee (Chairman), Bdgeler, Story, Austin, and Proudlock. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and conlirrned. Correspondence was opened, hut coosideatioa of the same was deferred. Mr George Washington waited upon the Board and requested that the lease of his reserves might be nude to agree as to date with other leases.—His n quest was granted, the clerk being instructed to arrange for a fresh agreement. The work of the past year was briefly reviewed, and the overseer was instructed to make necessary arrangements for works in progress. The tender of Mr P. O’Mara for shingling was accepted, at per yard, On’y one o'her tender was received. The rate struck at the previous meeting was confirmed. Accounts to the amount of £8 were passed for payment, dome more detai a were considered, and the meeting terminated.

Fbeetradk. Asmodens in the New Zealand Tunes says:—Anything to make men and women grow. It is all very fine to quote Freetrade England, but England is no longer England for the English, but England for ■ anybody, and the foreign competition is starving and strangling the native born. Why in London there is a window cleaning company—a German affair, with its headquarters at Berlin and it dors a big business, all Germans in its employ, mind. And 1 couldn’t really say how many windows are cleaned by the smart and civil (that much must be conceded) employees of the company. And nearly all the leading rea'aurants in London are run by foreigners now, and the very viunda they dispense come from abroad, Fancy bread being sent over from the Continent I And it is a fact, and a hard one too ! And still England tings Froetrade, and sees her children starving by the thousand, and ivoat lift a little finger to help them to keep away the rush of Bohemians, and Russians, and Austrians, and Germans, and Italians, who have laid the foundation of ihe sweating system and other horrors in the Old Country. Mr Larnach gives his honorarium this session to the Magdalen Asylum fund, Baxter’s Lung Preserver has gained great popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy in the treatment ot Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis and othei chest and throat complaints. Read advt. and try it.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Married Couple—Want situation. Geraldine Road Board —Notice re intention to strike a rate. Henry Hearn, Rangitata—Notice re red steer strayed on to his farm. K. P. Gray—Sells horses at Temuka, on Tuesday, August 28th; is now booking entries. J. Lawson Poundkeeper, Temuka—Notice re impounded white and red strawberry heifer. J. Mundell and Co,, Geraldine—Are receiving entries for stock sale ; hare piddoek to let. Wm. Upton Slack, Woodville, Geraldine —lmportant notice to owner of rough black deg, seen worrying sheep. Maesry Reaper and Binder—ln our advertising columns will be found sit forth a few of the reasons why the makers allege this machine to be the premier machine of the woild, an) challenge competition; farmers are invited to see the machine on its trial. Mr K. F. Gray is the agent for Temuka, Messrs J, Mundell and Co., for Geraldine, and Messrs Gracie, Maclean and Adam for Timaru, and they will supply full particulars.