LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1784, 1 September 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Prorogation of Parliament.— Parliament is prorogued by Proclamation till December 6th. raorßßTr Tax Assessor.—Mr 0. S. Totfbn has been appointod a property tax isseflsor for the Mount Peel Road District. Skin Sales.—Messrs J. Mundell and 00. and Messrs Webster and Macdonald hold sales of skins at Geraldine on Monday next. Tbmpbean'OE.—Wo loam that Mr J. W. Q-lover will shortly visit Temnka, and deliver a lecture in connection with, the New Zealand Alliance.

Alleged Forcier*. —Henry Dixon Adams alias Behtley was committed for (rial at Timaru yesterday on a charge of forging and uttering. Wesleyan Ohueoh, Tbmuka.—The Rev. R. S. Bunn will oonduck the services at, fchiß Ohurch to-morrow. The subjects of his iddresses will be found in our advertising columns.

Peofobbd Board of Conservators.— 'V meeting of those interested in forming a Board of Conservators for the north bank of the Orari river takes place in the Oruri Sohoolroom this evening, at 8 o'clook. Football. A match between the second fifteens of the Timaru and Waihi Clubs waa played at Winchester on Thursday, and resulted in the defeat of the the latter by four points (a goal and a try) to nil.

Wanted at Ohkistohueoh.—A man named William Peirson, was arrested at Ttm'iru yesterday morning, and remanded to Ghris'church, on a charge of stealing n ba f h or tub from 0. M. Anderson, at Sydenham, on August If th.

A Caution.—At the R.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, a man named Breeo wa« fined 20a fo>* giving tobacco to one of a prison gang working in the street. Breen had lately been in gaol, and thought he was doing a kindness to a late asaoeiate.

The Wheat Market,—The following private telegram was received in Christchurch on Thursday, dated London, August 29ih :—" The market is generally better, but there is no alteration ia New Zealand sorts. We have not been able to sell your tuscan wheat at 39a."

Inland Mail Sbbviob. —In our advertising oolonana tenders are invited for the conveyance of the inland imils in the Timaru postal district for a period 0 f two years, from the Ist January, 1889, to the 31st D member, IS9O. Tenders oloue with the Chief Postraster, Timaru, on the 29th September Result of the Miners' Strike.—A private cible receive'! in Dunndin yesterday sm cnal advanced in Melbourne to £5 per ton on Thursday. It is nimored thit the negotiations for the sale of the Westport coil business to a Victorian syndicate are off, the price, £5 per share, being too h'-uK

The Bank of New Zealand.—A sp'oial raaetingof t.heshareh -ldorsof the Bunk of New Z'&lind u oillad for October 3rd to receive the report of the Shareholders' Commi'tee, and to consider the ipoflmraendation of the comnr'ttee to the directo-a—" Tint nrw sharps of the nominal valu* of £1,000,000 be created, und such amount isiutd as may be deemed expedient."

Temdxa Oaiedonian Society. i public meoting will take place in tha Temnka Hotel on Wednesday evening next, at half-past seven o'clock, when offiwrs will be elee'ed, rules adopted, etc. A deputation frcm the Oddfellows' Society will attend the meeting. The Society now numbers nearly ninety members. A Bad BEaiNMNO.—W. Moore was charged at the Auckland Police Court on Thursday with Rtea'ing a mara at Dome Valley, and ramaaded. Accused was married at Wakaworrh on the previous day, and on arriving by steamer at Auck land with his bride on their wedding tour, was apprehended and lodged in the eel's.

LAND SALB AT TEMUX4.— On the 28th September ths Commissioner of Grown Lands will hold an important sab of Grown lands in the Temuka Courthouse. Sections in tha Town Disbriots of Arowhenua and G-eraldiue, town sections at South RaDgifcata, reserve 389 between Orari and Winchester, and a number of forfeited deferred payment B»ctions situited in various localities will be sold. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Zbalandia Skating Rink. —There was a very good attendance at the Temuka rink on Thursday evening last, most of those present being skaters. At 9.15 the floor was cleared for the Ladies' ani Gentlemen's .Fait Race, for which four couples entered. The race was hotly contested, but as some of Ihose who took part in it objected to their names being published, we cinnct give further details. To-night, at th*> same rink, there will be an Egg and Spoon Raco and Bicycle and Skates Challenge Race. Preparations for the forthcoming carnival are in active progress. Fancy costumes may be obtained f rem the management. £atal Accident.—A fatal accident occurred at Riccartoo on Wednesday to a boy named Jas, Gibson, aged between nine aid ten years, son of Mr W. Gibson, a farmer of Wast Melton. The dweuged and an alder brother were returning from tha Addingfcon Si ! ey*rds with three live pigs in a tip cart, covered in with rope netting. When opposite the Racecourse tha pigs b:came restless, and heiyed up the netting, throwing the deceased to the ground, a&d the wheel of the dray passed over his head and shoulder. Deceased, who wns pickod up in an unconscious state, died on the way down to the Christchurch hospital.

Thk South Rabbit Fence. —This fence has had a pretty severe test recently from the violent weather which has occurred in the Mackenzie Country. Since then, Mr Foßler, Chief Inspector for Oauterbury ha? visited the locality, He went to South Canterbury about a week ago, and found that the weather ia the higher part of the Mackenzie Country had been severe indeed. It would be hard to exaggerate the accounts of it, ami Mr Foster is inclined to the belief that ruoholders will suffsr in the loss of sheep as much as 30 per cent. Speakiog directly of the fence, he expressed his pleasure at what he saw ss to its stability and strength. It is composed of iron standards of very sttoDg material, having seven wires, No. 6, running between them. To these wires the netting, No. 14 guage l|in mesh, is tied, andjit also goes sin below the gronod. Tiie whole fence stands sft lin above ground, and has a barbed wire running right along at a distance of sin above ihe netting. The cost of the fecce has been comparatively moderate, the erection hating averaged abont £125 per mile. From all we oan gather no Otago rabbits have crossed the main line of fending, and it is confidently expected that the fence, if preperly and continually looked after, will ] have the desired effect,—Presa, J

&HBEP,—It is estimated that on May Ist last tbero was 15,040,825 sheep in the colony, as against 15,155,626 in tha previous year—a decrease of 114,801. Cuess.—Mr Geo. Bolton, of Temuka, was elected an honorary member of the Tiinaru Chess Club on. Wednesday evening in recognition of his past services to the Club. Thh Paekoba Bridge.—At the last meeting of the Waimate County Council, ifc was resolved that the Council see no reaion for interfering with the aotion of the Geraldine County Council re the Pareora Bridge.

Social ©athbbing.—Another of the monthly social gatherings held in connection with the Geraldine Rifles takes place on Thursday evening- next, and, like its predecessors, will no doubt prove most enjoyable.

The Comin& Wool Skason. —In our advertising columns Messrs J. Mundell and Co. notify that they will muka liberal cash advances at low rates of interest on the ensuing clip of wool, on lots placed in their hands for sale. They make bo charge for offering wool in Geraldins. The same firm notify that they are agents for P. and D, Duncan's and Booth and Macdonald's iwplomonls and machinery, the Masaey reapers and binders, etc., etc. The Loan Akt Exhibition.—The hon. secretary of the recent Loan Art Exhibition in connection with thb Wesleyen Church, Temuka, desires us to mention that in the expenses in conection with the exhibition of £32 17s lid, as published by us, there is included an item of £2l 4i paid for goods for sale, the expenses really being £ll 133 lid.

Red Clovek Seed.—At a recent meeting of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, it was stated that a furmer had made £6O from red clover off two acres of land. Dr Frankish said that hi* knew of a Ohristchurch firm which had paid for a half-ton of red clover seed at the rate of a penny D6r lb more than was paid by merchants in England (exclusive of expenses) for Eng'ish seed. The humb'e bee has evidently done good work.

Paihting.—Mr W. Woodfield, of Burnham, arrived at Geraldm* on Tuesday list, md haa spent the week in taking sketches of the various picturesque spots in the Geraldine and Kakahu districts. Some of the beet news about the district; hare been laid under contribution to his brush, and Mr Woodfield trill leave Gteraldine with a ohoico collection. 4.mong those obtained in Qeraldme may be mentioned the Eoman Catholic Church, ltth the bush, in the background, totara bark thatched whare belonging to Mr Hewlings, a view of Four Peaks from the top of the hill bahind G-eraldina, bush studies, etc. Salvation Army, Temuka.—Captain Buick, Lieut. Patton, and Cadet Munro being about to remove to other stations, farewell meetings will be held at the barracks to-morrow. On Tuesday evening next the final farewell meeting will be held, followed by a coffee supper, and as the officers nimsd have made many friends duriug their stay in th« district there will doubtess be a large attendance. We understand that the station will for the ensuing term be under the charge of C'ptuin Lizzie Gunnion ani n lieu'enuu'. He Stood on His Dignity.—ln the Supreme Court, Christchurch, on Wedneadny, in a case on app«<il, the learned 11-gistfar, i'i answer to His Honor, Baid hat the cost" to be allowed would be one guinea. Mr Holmes indignantly refused to 'ake such a fee, stating that he declined to be placed on the same footing as a fifth:a'e attorney, and thit His Honor might crivo tin money to the poor box. Ultimately the irate counsel was soothed by the Registrar amending his advice by adding another guinea, making two gumeas in all. —Press. The Melbourne Land Boom.—A gentleman writing from Melbourne, in referring to the land mania, says that syndicates are buying up land ten or twelve miles from the city. The property is subdivided into sections with about2oft frontage, and sold on deferred payments, £5 and £1 a month. The syndicates get as much as £3 per foot. The writer also pertinently remarks that those who cm afford to pay the railway fares from such a distance could afford to buy nearer town something better than the sections alluded to, wblcb ho designates "hen runs." Ex-King Malietoa.—A nurabsr of Maori chiefs new in Wellington are prepur ng an address to the German Government, pray, ing that M<dietoa, the ex-King of S imoa, may be treated with kindness and consideration. The address will be couched in the usual grandiloquont phraseology which the Maoris are so fond of using in doocments of this nature. There is a strong affection existing between the Maoris and the Simoans on account of their common origio, and the similarity of thoir language. Malietoa is also to be preeented with an address expressive of ijmpathy. A Babi Smoker.—The following story is told by a writer in the Auckland Herald. It seems incredible, but the truth of it is vouched for :■—a woman in this city was visiting a neighbor, who wus nurßiug an infant eighteen months oldit was unireaned, at all events. -Well, the infant began to cry for something, and, to the horror of the visitor, the mother deliberately lit a cigarette and inserted it between the child's lips. ' She cries for it, and I let her have it to pacify her,'said the mother. Further enquiry showed, that a ten-year-old son had frequently been sent by his mother to take the child for an airing. On many of these occasions it seemed that the youth smoked cigarettes, and had actually taught his little infant sister to take a whiff. The boy admitted this himself to his mother.

R.M. Court, Temuka.—At the above Court laat Thursday, before J. T. M. Hayhurat, Esq., J.P., James Staunton was charged—first with having been drunk and disorderly, second with having assaulted and resisted the police in the execution of their duty, arid third with having used insulting and abusive language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. The evidence of Constable Morton was to the effect that on the previous evening the accused and his wife were drunk jand disorderly on the public street. The woman was helplessly drunk, aud Staunton was creating a great disturbance and making use of very bad language. When the constable attempted to arrest him the accused violently resisted and assaulted him, and he had to get the assistance of onlookers to take him to the look-up. The accused boro a bad character. His Worship sentenced the accused to three months' imprisonment with hiird labor, .[anet Staunton, wife of the last prisoner, wna charged with having been drunk arid disorderly in the public streets on the previous evening. The accused pleaded guilty, and was lined 20s, 1 or in default 48 hours' imprisonment, The Court then rose,

TH& Fbbbtbadk Banquet.— The disciplu of Cobden in the House, says the Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, have ' ioted with more discretion than was displayed by their Protectionist friends. When they realised that some of their party were un- ' filling to " stump up " for a dinner to eelerate their principles they gave up the idea of organising a festive gathering. Thi3 may be regarded as a new phase of political economy. —lb is just like th»m. Nothing more liberal could be expected from men who would go from pole to pole to save a sixpenoe on a pair of boots sooner than let their own workmen make them. Freetraders are nice, aelfisb, careful people. Alliosd Illicit. DiSTiiiATioif.—A man named O'Connell, a settler near Albury, was arrested on Thursday, charged with being i'r possession of utensils used in distilling, and of spirits on which duty had not been paid. The police watched the house all the previous night, and at daylight the driver who had conveyed them there was sent to rouse the aocused and ask for a feed for his horses. O'Connell accused the driver of bringing the police there, and then ran ont of the house and was teen lo throw some things into the creek whioh was running near. The constables, who were on r the watob, cams up and prevented him from throwing away any more. O'Connell's premises were searched under a warrant which had been brought for that purpose, and in the creek the police found a demijohn containing about 4 galleni of manufactured spirits, and some bags containing malt. ' In a shed they found a quantity of spirits in process of distillation, and a thermometer euoh as is used by distillers. In the house were found a hydrometer for tasting the strength of spirits, together with other articles whioh, convinced the police that the manufacturing of spirits had been carried on. O'Connell was then arrested. The accused was charged with the offence at the R.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, and remanded till Thursday next. Results or the Suasion.—The Wellington newspapers are unanimous in declaring that the session whioh is -just closing has been a barren one. They not only abuse membere but Ministers alio. The New Zealand Tiaei says : " Long-windedness and legislative larrikinism have been the salient characteristics of the Parliamentary session now happily drawing near its close. Seldom, if ever before, have idle verbosity and tedious prolixity been rampant to so grievous an extent. la the Lower House no question has been toe trivial to be the subject of long and dreary orations. The flood of talk has seemed well nigh inexhaustible, and its usefulness has been in inverse ratio to its volume." The Post remarks that " when the effect of the legislation of this session comes to be fully understood by the country there will be such an outburst of indignation as will astonish and frighten those who are responsible for what has been done." It predicts that a demand will arise for ousting Sir H. Atkinson and his colleagues from office. The Press joins in the hostile cry as follows:—" It appears to be agreed on all sides that the New Zealand Parliament never fell so low in tone or presented such a contemptible spectacle of disorganisation, disorder, and incapacity, as during the session which is now dying a malodorous death, like a tallow candle burning out in its sooket for want of snuffing." And yet there is a very large number of young New Zjalanders in the House. We ought not to complain. The electors sent them there, and they aro ju»t like the electors, incompetent to perform the functions of a free people. Baxter's Lung Pkbsbbtbb has gained great popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy in the treatment of Coughs, Colds, Bbonghitis and other chest and throat complaints. Head advt. and try it.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Balvation Army, Temuka—Notioe re farewell meetings. J. Lawson, Foundkeeper, Temska—Notice re impounded heifer. Tendora for Inland Mail Services—Close on 23th September. G-eraldine Rifles—Grand social gathering on Thursdvy evening. Xaalandia Skating Rink—Notice re racei and fancy dress carnival. Wealeyan Church, Temuka—Rev. E. S. Bunn will conduct ssrvioee to-morrow.

Temuka Caledonian Saoiety—Public meeting in Temuka Hotel on Wednesday evening J. EL Baker, Commissioner .of Crows Lands, Ohristchuroh sale of land at Temuka on 28th September.. K. F. Gray, Temuka—Will sell drapery, grooery, ironmongery, glass and ebinaware etc., on acoount of Mr Jas. Winning (who is relinquishing business) on Friday next. <3t. H. Mogridge, IX L Drapery Mart, Temuka —Notifies that he is now showing his first parcel of spring goods, consisting of prints, sateens, drillettes, muslins, etc.; all new and fashionable.

Webster and Maodonald, Auctioneers, Greraldine—Advertise entries of sheep, est tie, and pigs for monthly sale at Geraldine on Wednesday next; invite lenders for ploughing 100 aores lea land. J. Hundell and Co., Auctioneers, Geraldine —Advertise entries of sheep, cattle, and pigs for monthly stock sale on Wednesday ; are prepared to make liberal cash advances en the ensuing clip of wool; are agents for a> number of companies. ~ .