The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1781, 25 August 1888, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oru PoJCMTlotf.—the e*tim»t d popul ilion of the coleny on June 30th' was, 616,834; of 41,969 ara Maoris. "Wkslbyan Chokoh, 'l'Biirox4,—The B«t. R. S. Bunn will conduct the morning ~«nd evening services at thii Church, to-morrow.

Cbioeet.—ld tbe criokeb match between the Australians and • Gloucestershire Kleven the Australians were defeated Dy 9 wickets. Pbotkciiok of Natitb Qamb. The urnzette notifies that the bird K*ka comes within the provisions of the Animals Protection Act from August 17th. Abowdemua Town Dißiuicr.—A rate of one half-penny in tbe £ has been struck by the Arowhenua Town Board. The rate roll is now open for inspection. Peaxh of an Old Settler.—The death in announced at Palmerstou Noith of Mr Bryce, father of the Hop. Joha Bryce, at the ripe age of eighty-eight yeiira.

Bakgitata-Obabi Wateb Races-*The water will be turned off at the head works of these races this afternoon, end will not be turned on again till next Saturday, September Ist. .- •

. Wbestliko Match.—We are told that a is to.,oocne.. off -on, the 15th of September in the Yiotorm,P^rk,,Temuk,a t between Mr W. "Ang'laod, and.Mr Janies Walsh. The stakes are £lO a side, and muoh interest is taken in the match.

EebAXCM.—In tire Ist. of entries, for the tjeraldine Racing Clib's Spring Meatin,?, the name of Mr T. MarkbaP.'s, Full HiniJ appears among tLose entered for tbe All Aged County Plate. "This is an erroiy the horse' being entered for the Novel Flat Race.

A .Hahbjb Boabd is Thoctblb.—lt ie ujderstoo.l that the rejection of the Harbors Amendment Bill will lead to the Kew Plymouth Harbor Board being unable to met its engagements. Such repudiation would result in a reoeiver being immediately put jo. Ihb Unemployed.—Oo Tuesday list Mr Rhodes present;d ti the Minister for Pu'jlc Works, Mr tho petition of silt jfive unemployed in the Temuka and Aro : wlienui dietritti praying for w.irk. The Mini.-ter promised fiat enquiries shoull be made.

Flower Stealing.—The other day three young girls were observed to climb over a luck :d gate into a garden at Uhiiitchurcli, dig up some roots, and escape with thjir hooty, before the owner, who noticed their pgc-ipiide, could get to the spot. Hubbdriefi of fbwer plants ore also reported in' Timaru. A Nbvt Dbtinition.—Tbe Spectator supplies its readers with a brand new copy-book sort of deflation of the word " j ickey." A iockey,'' it says, " is, as a rule, an undersiz 'd but plucky lad, who rides immature ;horsei in useless raoes for gamblers to bet about." Thi.B sentence, sayi a contemporary, deserves to find a place in the next collection of literary gems. Anothbb Rcmob. —An exchange stysi Jonathan Roberts, whose escape produced such a profound sensation, get off on board of a vessel biuad for Paru whioh sailed from Lyttelton about six weeks ago. He hid. a brother working on one of the stations at Tenui who drew a,, big cheque—over £6O went off to the South Island, and secured a passage* as stated, for Jonathan.

Nabrow Ebcapb fbom Fibe.—A yery narrow essape from fire oocirred at the house of Mr Carver, Geraldme, on Thursday evening las* - -. A little boy of .Mr .Carver's, took lighted candle into the bedroom, arid: it ji supposed let in on-the dressing tabta tod near the curtains. At anj rate, in a few minutes the room was in a blaze. Fortunately Mr Carver was at homa and plenty of assistance at hand, the fire being got out after a great deal of difficulty. As it was the dressingtable, 1 joking glass, and-several other articles' 1 were destroyed, besides lbs window being badly cracked and the ceiling damaged.

Thb Rink.— There was a large attendance last Thursday evening at the Temuka rink, many from Timaru and G-.sraldine being prsscnt. For the hdies' half-mile race four started. Miss Jennie Hay started at scrutcb, Mrs Heap at 20 seconds, Miss Erwood at 25 seconds, and Miss Burton at 30 seconds. Miss Hay won easily, Miss Erwood making tho next best stand. Time,. 2min 30sec. A polo match was played between five of Geraldine and Ave of Temuka. The game was pliyed spiritedly on both tides, but neither team had their best men. The result wns Temuka, two goals; Geraldine, one goal. Particulars re fortlioming matches will be found in our advertisiog columns. , A Pbodigy.—A young lady who has hid a remarkable scholastic experisncn, is staying with ber friends at tbe Masonic Hotd, Napier. Her nime is Miss Jane Prosser. At ten years of a;»e site won a half eoholirship vilued at ,£2O; a' ihven she was third in a scholarship examination and won £4O. At twelve she was first in a similtr examimtion, rini won £80; at fourteen she won another fi's', valued at £BO, and at eighteen years of age' she was second in a University examination and received £45 a year for 3 years. These sums make in all £355, not at all a bad total. It, m iy do be mentioned that she had won £6 worth of books prior to her. tenth year in Various examinations. .

Rabsit Disease.—Ribbits ia the Waiau country beyond Otautau (nay 3 the Mataura Ensign) have lately bfen flying off by hundreds, being attacked by a disease, which the rabbittera ;iu the localjty ; .caH 6c ib, on account of the resemblance of the disease to that which.is fjU'id in a more marked form aino >gst infected Bheep. Some of the skins found their \v>y to Mr Alfred Douglas, Ribbii Inspector for the Western dittrict, an I as Mr Clifton, the pend to bo in Invercugill on Saturday, a council of war. was held, One of the minute insects from the skin was put under a powerful microscope, and with this assistance was developed into on ugly looking creature about the size of a beetle, and having the rough legs and knotty protuberances peculiar to the beetle tribe.

Canada and Pbotbction.—As a proof of what Protection did for Canada, the following is given by a New South Wales paper:—" In Canada, in 1870 —the year when Protection was first introduced the revenue of the central government was only £2,600,000. Nine years of Protection bare brought it up to £6,700,000, or more than 2J times what it was in the enlightened days of Freetrade ; and yet the Canadians only pay 21s per head in customs duties as against the 42s | taken f'om the cornstalk in support of the policy that was built to ' abolish tariff burdens and set commerce free.' In the last eleven years of Eiettmde, Canada paid £1,100,000 per an.um for imported wheat; in the first six years of Piotceiion she paid £34,000 per annum only; and the farming industry, which had fallen into hopeless decay under Iho pn-ssu'e of a Vist importiug trade, j s now the chief source of her wealth and prosperity,''

Thb Cost op Raising Loans.—Two papers were hid on the table of I he House of Representatives on Tuesday showing the comparative cost of raising the list-two loans. The chsrees nnd expenses of raising the loan of £1,325,000 of 1886 are as follow :—l).isoount, £37,659 6s; oemrniisijn, £9815 7s 7i; s'Mtjp duty, £8093 15s; offien expanses, £35 Bs' 9d s adveitiiing, £385 17s 61-* t0t.,1, £55,99t lit lOd. "Bir P. Juljah, retaining .fee,' v £BQO;.T(aperyfoing printing of debentures/ £lB. 16*; telegrams to Colonial IVeaiurer, £l2O 13s 6J ; bond fornu, Ac, £l2 10s 6d; stamp duty on North Island Trunk Railway debenture?, £2500; grand WW, £69,447 14* lOd. The charges on £2,0Q0;090.,10an (1888) were t-D.scount at £2.4* S''; Ihs loan baring been sold at £97 15s 7d, 16**;S00; loss of interest by dating loan Ist May, and taking payment of purchase money by instalments, £24,000; coramision toß.nkof Bneltnd at J per'cent, £10,000; brokerage at i per ctnt, ,£SOOO •;'■ itamp duty, £12,500; advertising, offict expenses, telegrams, and contmgenoiet, £4381. Total, £100,281.

'"Paper-Maiing.—The following letter appeared in a recent issue of the New Zealand Mall:—Sir,— In a reconi issue of your paper you published a paragraph to the tfffjrjt that a syndicate was looking out for a suitable place in nhioh to establish a paper mill. Will you allow me testate that few places offir such facilities for such an industry as Temuka does. It is ;the, best.agricultural district in New ZeaUnd, and more straw than could be ; ajDed i in- paper-m ■ king ■ could be had for nothing, In most places the farmers bum it in order to get rid of it. There is here also a European flii factory manufacturing twine and rope, and the '.refo's^;;of v ßuch an : industry would be: . mignificant for making paper. In 1879 efforts were put forth by certain Duneiin .gerjtjemen,to eatab.iih a paver-mill such as Ai the Sydpey. .syndiacte proposes, and they seljct<id Temuka above all ether places. By publishing this you will oblige me. It may be of use to the sren'Jeman who has the selecting of the site of the proposed industry in hand.— I am,' etc., J. M. Twomet. Temuka, Julj2o; ;

The WuirH Pasha.—The news of the arrival of a white' man at B.ihr-al-QjZJ 1.• is, co'j firmed, uni the Khilif i h-is sent a force to Fashooda to resist his advance, "As "no other European is kuown to be in th's part of Africa, there ia good reason (says the Pall Mill G.izjtte), for hoping .that Stanljy .liar succeeded iti making !*ood liis advance to a pom wlku-j he tone tea the Mahdi's dominions. The I M.»hdi is afraid that a direct .attack upon him is contemplated, and ha lutura'ly prepares what resistance he has in hipdwer. But Stanley knows very well what he is about, and he will not break his head against a stone wall. Ilia obj set fia.nqt Khartoum, as the Mahdi foolishly, 'imagines. He will stay far to the south •of'that city", and gather about him a force sufficient to mike a strong State, with a policy that will be fatal to what,has hitherto sufficed to keep a'ive an infamous • rralfic, *o the profit' of Khartoum merchants and the pain of long caravans of. captured slaves. 'lt is satisfactory to feel it.likely, that Stanley is alive and well, T but we shall be a little anxious to know whether ht ia out of reach of any attack the Mahdi can make upon him with anything like effect. We should like to see him add to the glory of lib march the strength of a stable position and the novelty of a new government. Baxter's Lung Prbsbrvbb has ga : ned great popularity in this district as a speedy arid effectual remedy in the treatment of OotfaHS, Golds, Bronchitis and othet ohesb and throat complaints. Head advt. and try it. Oottohs, Colds, Bronchitis, &0., are auickly cured by using Baxter's " Lung PreseiVsr/'l'tfh.is old-established and favorite medicine is phasant to the palate, and highly extolled by members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. For testimonials,' see advt. Sold by all patert medicine vendors.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENT. Loin Art Exhibition—Open at Temuka to-d*y. H. E. Muigrave, Woodbury—Has 20 aersi turnips to let to be fed off with sheep. Zialandie Skating Rink—Notice re races and matches at Tetnuka and Geraldine. Arowhenua Town Board—Notify thst they hare struck a rate of a halfpenny in the £. ; Geraldine County Council Important notice re Bangitats and Or&ri water .eap*sv;« .',....- - T. sad J. Thomson, Drtpers and Silk Jlerosr?, Timaru—Notify that they ate now opening up 28 oases general drapery and spring noTelt.ieo, ex 8.U.9. Buapahu and Tainui; inriti inipection.