LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1789, 13 September 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Brumovs Coins.— Spurious half-crowns and florins are in circulation at Auckland. Cricket.—On Monday the Australian!) were bea'en by Lord Londesbaroagh'e team by 155 rim?, Soireb at Temuka,—The annual soiree in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Temuka, takM place on Wedneuday evening next. St. Joseph's Content School Concert. —The annual concert by the children attending this school will take place this year on anniversary day. Concert and Dance at So.tjth RanoiTata. —A conoert and danoo, in aid of the incidental fund of the South Rangitata School, takes plao» on Thursday evening next. Zbaiandia Skating Rink, Tbmuka.-* A race for the championship of South Canterbury takes place in this rink to-nijht. The attendance at the rink still continues yery good, The Corcoran Testimonial .On Saturday next the teati-nooial to Mr Corcoran, the lara itatiournaster at Winchester, will be pub'icly presented at Mr Young's Wolaeley Hotel. Raoi Pbivileoes.—On Wednesday next Messrs J. Mundell and Co. will submit to the hammer the privileges at the forthcoming meeting: under the auspices of the Ger«ldine Racing Club. The privilegss consist of the booths, gates, borgfl yards, cards, etc., and as the races promise to bo very successful investor* in tuerjQ should do welf. On the War Path.—The mm with the material for a - navy b'ua serge suit haa made his appearance in Geraldin» r Most people, however, are by this time wide awake to the privations the poor fellow has not undergone in his seafaring life, Hnd decline to buy. Yet he appears to find the trade profitable, notwithstanding the hard knocks he occasionally gelsy

Death of a Well-xnown SpORrsMVN.--MrJ.C.Vallance, well known in racingcircles, died last Tuesday night at Kauminga Station, near Masterton, after a brief illness.

Weslbyan Church.— We understand that the contract for the erection of the iYesleyan Church, Temuka, has been let to Messrs Clinch and Lloyd for the sum of £59? lis 6d. Footiall.—A match will be played in the Temuka Park, to-day, at 4 p.m., between the Pioneer Club (Timaru) and the Temuka High School. The following will represent Temuka : Full-baok, F. Storey ; three-quarter-backs, MoLeod, Gray, and Fenton ; half-backs, Findlsy (captain), and W. Morton ; forwards, Russell, Henry, J. Morton, Greaves, Lee (2), Bolton, Scott, and Sheen ; emergencies, Morris (2). Fire.—At about nine o'clock last Tuesday night a six-roomed house in Halkett street, Ohrutchurch, was burned down. It was owned by Mrs Lumb. Three rooms were occupied by an old woman named Miller. The fire began in the unocoupied rooms. The house was insured for £IOO in the New Zealand office. Mrs Lumb's house next door was sightly dumaged. It is insured in the same office for £IOO. A cottage on the other side was badly damaged. It is insured in the New Zealand office for £SO.

N.Z. Hosses in India.—A correspondent writes to the Shipping Guide:— " Horsea bred in New Zealand are reared in such a temperate climate that they are well fitted for acclimatisation in India. Those reared in colder climates than New Zealand, and transported to Indian tropical heat, would not long survive, while horses reared in warmer climates have the drawback of earlier maturity and earlier decay. If the lot whicn arrived at Calcutta by the steamer Tekapo is favorably disposed of, which will no doubt be the result, it will probably be the opening up of a regular trade with New Zealand, and a most desirable extension of the happy hunting ground whence the supplies for India are drawn." Who is to Patl —At the Timaru R.M. Court last Tuesday, Jabez Lukey sued Captain Jackson, of the O Battery, for £1 Is. Two non-commißsioned officers got horses at Lukey's stable 3 on the Prince of Wales's birthday in 1886 for Voluuteering purposes. They did not pay for them, and the plaintiff now sued tho captain. It appeared that the case has for the last two years been referred from the men to the Company, from the Company to the Committee, from the Committee to the superior officers, from the officers to the moo, but Lukey never got a whit nearer hie money, nor does he seem to be in any better position at present, as he was nonsuited, and the Magistrate declined to tell him who to summon. For decency's sake the company ought to pay it. An Interesting Court Case. —In Timaru Inst Tuesday two ladies appeared before the Resident Magistrate's Court, one being defendant and- the other oomplainant, in an assault case. The evidence disclosed that sv young sinjjla woman named Kite O'Donoghua bad charge of a child belonging to Mrs Hums for the paßt oouple of years. On the morning of the 31st ult., Kate expressed her intention- to take the child for a walk, but Mrs Harris objected, and while'Kate waß tittivating herßelf Mrs Harris cleared out with her offspring. Kate followed her, and the troubla then commenced. Mrs Harris, who has to use crutohes, got one of them broken by falling. down and also got her ear-ring broken, and she alleged it was Kate O'Donoghue threw her down and oaused the damage, and for this she summoned Kate for assault. A Mrs Macdonald, who was looking on, however, proved that Kate did not throw her down, and that she got very much excited and fell. Too case was dismissed, and both parties had to pay their own costs. Mtjddlb. —lt is amusing to read tho Timaru Herald sometimes. Really the way tha English language is hashed about in that paper yery often could lead one only to the oonckuion that the literary department is placed night about under the control of Mrs Malaprop and Mrs Partington, with Mrs Sairey Gamp and her teapot thrown in, to increase the muddle. In yesterday's issue, Kale O'Donogbus appears as having been charged with assault, and in the summary of tho evidence given, she is once called the defendant, and half-a-dozen times the complainant. It is evident tho learnod scribe of the Herald does not know!; the moaning of the terms "oomplainant" and "defendant," but, by Jove, does not the Herald make up for it. In tha report of a concert given the scribe says a song was wound up with a "oreoendo diminuendo, of much beauty." Ob, Jerusalem! Isn't that big, It in always so with the ignorant. When they get a bold of a bie word they like to " illustrate " their trash with it. , Crown Lanis Settlement.—From a return which has been compiled it appears thtt the sale of Crown lands for three months, ending the 30th August, compares vety favorably with the leturn showing the land sold during the three corresponding months of last year. There have been 5432 acres sold for cash, while this year 17,061 awes were disposed of, 5248 acres being sold in August alone. In 1887 nin»ty?twQ selectors took up 11,§44 acres on deferred payment, while this year 9367 seres were taken up by seventy-two selectors, eighteen selectors taking up 2626 acres during the month of August, For land sold under the perpetual lease system, the figures are, in 1887—Number of se'eetor*, III; land disposed of, 29,294 acres; in 1838, the number of selectors was 194 ; land disposed of, 44,633 acres, of which 16,915 acres were taken np last month, l'he total number of acres disposed of in 1887 was therefore 37,371, while this year th.* figures reach 72,187 acres, 24,799 acres bm'ng disposed of during August, generally considered the slackest m.onth in tbeyoar. TEACHING A LisSON.—During * recant cruise of tho United States man-of-war Michigan, a sailor, who is a Chicago man, attempted to throw an exhausted quid of lobacoo orer the rail into the water. His aim was bad, and the quid fell on the deck. An officer observed it. He would not allow the sailor to touch [t hut ordered the entire crew to rig up the gun tackle. The gun tackle is a hawser three and a-half inohea thick, and weighs 25901 b. Being seldom, if ever, used, it w>»s stowed away in tha hold «nd covered up. To get it on deck and rig it up is a long, hard task. But the gun tackle w«s rigged up, and the commanding officer attached to it a silk thread. He made a loop in ihe thread, lassoed tha quid of tobacco, made it fast, all hands made a long pull and a strong pull, and the quid of tobacco was hoisted overboard. • Then the gun tackle was taken down and stowed away in the hold, It required 11 hours of hard work to get the quid overboard, and it is the opinion of the commanding officer thut no more quids of tobacco will be thrown on tho deck of the Michigan for soma time to come.

The Floods.—At the monthly meeting of the Geraldine Raad Board, held on Monday last, the Overseer said it would take over three months to gee the various roads and river crossings into decent order again after (he recent fluods. The Board was also besieged wilh letters and by ratepayers, who came in person giving an accouat of the damage they had Buffered by the floods, most of which damage was debited to the Board. Alleged Shocking Nb9leci? of a Child. A wom-m named Elizabeth Charlotte Allan, alias Phemister alias Wong See One, has been committed for trial at Riverton, Southland, for the manslaughter of her infant child. The woman lives with the Chinese at Rount Hill, and the evidence showed that she went about helplessly intoxicated with the child, which she neglected to feed or clothe properly. Medical testimony whs to the effect that the child died from starvation.

Fire at Woodbury.—A fire occurre I at Woodbury on Sunday morning by which a one-roomed House, the property of Mr Athol Fargussoo, was burnt to the ground. Mr Fergu&son having lit the fire, went for a bucket of water to a neighbor's, and while there hia attention was directed to hia cottage being on fire. Pi rty ot assistance was at hand but all efforts to save anything were unavailing. Mr tfergnsson loseß the whole of his clothes, bedding, furniture, &c, basides a sum of £8 in money which he had in the house. The accident is attributed to some woo r l from the newly-lightod fire falling on thu floor. The loss is about £BO. Another Machine vou Murder.—A dynamite boat has juat been launched for the United Slates uavy. It curries four pneumatic guns for the hariing of dynamite projectiles, each with a range of at lease a mile. The training of the guos is accomplished by the steering of the vessel, and the loading is all done by steirn. The guns ar<» of 15-inch calibre, and the shells, which will be fired with great accuracy twice a minute, will contain 600 pounds of gelatine, equivalent to 325 pounds of dynamite, or 946 pounds of gun-cotton. It is clainvd that this gun, when properly handled, will bes thu most destructive engine of war yet invented, for the heaviast armoured vesaols in the world will go to pieces from the eiplosion of a shell much smaller than thosa thrown by the guns of the Yorktown. A Charitaile Aid Case. • At tho Auckland Police Court, yesterday, th« Charitable Aid Board's officer applied for a warninl empowering h'm to sell by auction the freehold property at Ponsonby, belonging to an ngwd couple, George and Elizabeth Day, who have been for years receiving clurilublo relief. The evirienco showed that the D-iys have lately paid a visit to England, and on returning Hgait.applifid for relief, which was gr<*ntoi. IThry had raised m iney for the trip by 'selling some property, but the Board w.ih unaware of tha fact tint they had property. MrsD.y appeared in Court ond resisted, the application. Or Giles, H.M., asked if she would mike any offer, and she repliel she would not part with the property. Decision was re36'vel tili Saturday. i Stranse Occurrence. Tuesday morning at Garaldine was particularly clear and bright, but about noon a sharp squall cime up from the south, aceomI panied with heavy run. A heavy bank of clouds, which passed over the town, also had a moot peculiar appearance, look--1 ing as if dragged out in ragged streamers from a stationary mass. A. slight shock of earthquake was also felt short y before ooon. On many people going to their water-barrels tho following morning they were surpiised to find the water covered with a thin lsy«rof fine yellow powder, a similar substance adhering to the sides of the barrel. The powder was more noticeable where ice had been formed during the night. Upon examination the deposit turned out to Ire sulphur, which, though very fine, was sufficient to show n a considerable quantity on the water.

Tbkuka Caledonian Societt. A meeting of the directors of the above was held in the lerouka Hotel last evening. Present—Messrs A. M. Clark (President), Mogridge, Henry, Bayne, Waddell, Ackroyd, Allan, J. Murray, J. McLeod, Scannell, Lawson, Gray, Hayes, Bisset, Quinn, and W. McLeod. A letter w*h read from the Canterbury Caledonian Society, pointing out that the Temuka Society had decided to hold their aporto on the same day that the Canterbury Society hold theirs, and hoping they would select some other day. O.i the motion of Br Hayes, it was resolved —"That a sub?o&mmitt6e be formed, consisting of Messrs Allan, Henry, and the mover, to confer with the Oddfellows' Soc : ety with the view of arranging for holding the sports on Boxing-Dry." Tho Secretary was instructed to procure the annual members tickets and Rules of the Society. A sub-Committee, consisting of Messrs Henry, Blyth, Allan, Gray, B>yne, and Lawson, was appointed to draw up a programme, the Commit 9j to be limited to £IOO for prizes, and to report to a Directors' meeting to b« h*?ld some time duriug the present month. The meeting then terminated.

B&stbr's Lt/NG Preseryer has gained c»reat popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy in the ireatmonfc ot Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis and othoi chest and throat oomplaints. Head advt. and try it.

BYNOP9IB OF ADVEETISHMESfS. F, Manninsr, Arowhenua—Advertisrs 10s reward for lost mare.

Concert und Danoe at South Rangitata— On Thursday next at 7.30 p.m. John, Airay, Orton, Rangitata—lnvites tenders for cuttin* and grubbing gorse. J. Mundell hnd Co.—Will sell the Geral : dine raoo privileges on Wednesday next. St. Joseph's Convent School Concert—ln Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on Anniversary Day. J. B. Aekroyd, Waitohi Plat—lnvites tenders for about 50 chains sod and wire fence.

Webster and Macdonald, Auctioneers Invite tenders for painting auction rooms and store.

Annual Soiree ia oonneotion with Presbyterian Churoh, Temuka—On Thursday evorjing next. William Wheelhand, Oxford Nurssry, Temuka—Advsrtise the well known Oxford nursery to let for a term of two or five years. Fraßois Franks, Eclipse Brswery, Temuka Notifies that his summer brewing being now on he has plenty of yeast for sales 5 also, pure malt, vinegar. Wm. Wills, Returning Officer«.Sotico re persons nominated for seats on the Temuka and Arowhenua Town Boards; pells iiks place on Wednesday next.

Wm. DeKenzy, Chairman Corcoran Tegtimoninl Committee -Notifies that testimonial will be publioly presented at Mr Young's Wolseley Hotel, Winchester, on Saturday evening.

Drummond and Glasson—Notify that until furthor notice they intend holding a aula of summer drapery in Huffey's Buildings, G-eraldine ; will take orders for millinery and suits to measure, and will show a complete set of eamplaa from each department.