LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1795, 27 September 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Geraldine Racks.— The Spring Meeting of the Geraldine Racing Club commence! to-day. Judging from the large number of acceptances for the various handicaps some first-rate sport may be anticipated. Animals Protection Act. Constables Hilliard, Graham, Stanley, Willoughby, and Pasooe are gazetted rangers under the Animals Protection Act for the district of Geraldine. Thb Saltation Army. Commandant Booth, of the Salvation Army, arrived in Auckland on Monday, and wa* welcomed ot a monster reception meeting at the barracks the same evening. Geraldine County Anglers’ Society. —The annual meeting of this Soceiy takes place in the Wallingford Hotel, Tetnuka, this evening. A full attendance of members is n quested. Land Sale. —An important sale of Crown land, situate at Arowhenua, Geraldine, South Rangitata, Orsri, and other places, takes place in the Temuka Courthouse at 11 a.ra. to-morrow. Archdeacon Stock’s Successor.—TinArchdeacons iip of Wellington, rendered vacant by the retirement of Archdeacon Stock, has been conferred os the Rav, Thomas Faucourt, Incumbent of Johnaonville. Woodbury Domain Board. Messrs A. Macdonald, F. R. Flatman, T. Morrison, J. Wooding, and Thatcher are gazetted members ot' the Woodbury Domain Board, and are directed to hold their first meeting on Monday, October let. Delayed Train. —On Tuesdoy night the train due in Timaru from Christchurch at 8.10 p.m. did not arrive till 9.15, the engine being derailed at the Washdyke whiL shun‘ing some sheep trucks. An engine had to be despatched from Timaru to taka the place of the derailed one.

Temuii Skating Bins.—A grand hat and cap skating and dance festival takas place at the Zealandia Skating fiiok, Tetnuka, to-night. Ihogrand procession of bat and cap skaters will take place at 9 o’clock. Prizes will be given for the most original hat and cap. Sir John Haul —Sir J. Hall addressed the electors at Laeston on Tuesday night, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. His speech was a history of last session, in which he eulogised the action of the Government. He leaves for England by the Kaikoura, Inspector of Asylums.—Dr McGregor, inspector of Asylums, leaves Dunedin for Melbourne to-day, having been commissioned by the New Zealand Government to inquire into the working of the Hospital and Charitable Aid system and Lunatic Asylums of Australia. He will be absent about a month. Ihb United States and England.—A special cable message to the Melbourne Telegraph states that the retaliatory debate in Congress upon the subject of the Canadian fisheries was remarkabh on account of the virulent attack made upon Bcglind, One senator said he oared no more for the British Navy than for a washtub armed with crackers, and another characterised England as a clammy devilfish among the nations.

Accident to a Volunteer.— A startling accident happened to a volunteer named Plunkett on Saturday last. He is a membe.of the Richmond B flag, Christchurch, and was firing with a squad at the Bromley range. He fired at the hundred-yards range, bis ball struck the target, rebounded, and hit him on the forehead, inflicting a flash wound, which bled pret'y freely. It is said that the target is leaning backwards, which caused the bullet to coma back at an angle sufficient to strike the forehead of the rifleman. Educational Conference. —The Educational Conference, now sitting at Auckland, has passed the following resolutions: (1) That the teaching cf trades and manufacturing processes in primary schools would be a great loss of time, and for other reasons thoroughly impracticable, (2) That it is desirable to extend the teaching of (hose scientific principles which underlie the processes of agriculture, metallurgy, and mechanical arts. (3) That scientific education would bo of littja benefit to those who have not pissed the fourth standard. Tbmuka Town Board,-»A special meeting of the above newly-elected Board was held last evening, at which Messrs Gray, Ooira, Clinch, Mason, and Blyth were present. The Clerk took the chair, and read the result of the election. On the motion of Mr Mason, seconded by Mr Clinch, Mr Gray was re-elsoted Chairman. Mr Gray thanked them for the honor they had conferred on him, and said b.e regretted Mr Blylh would not take the chair. He £&£r Gray) bad held office since the Board commenced, and he thought that there ought to be a change. Op t|is motion of Mr Blyth, seconded by Mr Mason, it was decided to hold the regular monthly meeting on the first Wednesday in every* month, a$ usual. The meeting then) adjourned, |

Scratched. —Mr H. Hammond’s Sultan has bten scratched for all engagements at the Geraldine Spring Meeting, which commences to-day. Ball at Temuka.— A ball lakes place in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, to-morrow evening. Dancing will commence at nine o’clock. . Horse Parade. —The annual show of entire horses under the auspices of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association takes place at Timaru on the Old Show Grounds on the 6th October, Horses must be entered with the Secretary of the Association, Mr F. W. Stubbs, on or before the 4 h October, at noon. The entrance fee for each horse is ss.

Draught Entire for Giraldine.— Messrs J, Mundell and 00. have just purchased from Mrs Nimmo, of the Tuleri, the purebred Clydesdale entire colt Pride of Taieri. This colt is considered by competent judges to be the best three-year-old colt that has yet been bred on the Taieri. Messrs Mundell and Co. intend using him for stud purposos in this district.

The Importation op Stock. Regulations under which various kinds of stock may be imported from Great Britain, and horses from America, will be gazetted this week. Stringent precautions are to be taken in the wav of quarantine. Everything from Great Britain, with the exception of horses, mutt ha shipped at London, and can only be received at the ports of Wellington and Lyttelton, where Soames Island end Quail Island have been selected as the respective quarantine stations. The periods of quarantine will be as follows ;—Horses (none) ; came,ls, 120 days ] cattle, sheep, goats, and deer, 90 days, and dogs six months. A breach of any of the provisions contained in the regulations will render the offender liable to a penalty not exceeding A3OO. Sporting. —The Australian Jockey Club’s Spring meeting was continued on Tuesday, the attendance being large. Results Shorts Handle>p, 6 furlongs; Tilburn 1, Delisk 2; time Imin 16sec. Grandstand Plate, 1 mile | Sloth 1, Butterfly 2 ; time, Imin 45}sec. Spring Mai3an Stakes, 1J miles i Wycombe 1, Blueness 2; time, 2oain 43faeo. Great Metropolitan Stakes, of 1000 sore, 2 miles; Mr J. Cooke’s Lamond 1, Mr W. Gannon’s Arsenal 2, Hon. I. White’s \beroorn 3 j the race was wan by eight lengths; time, 3min 37Jseo, A.J.C. Oaks, 1J- miles: Mr J. Marshall’s Pearl Shell 1, Hon J. White’s Volley 2; won by a neck ; time, 2min 51sec. Squatters’ Handicap, Ifc miles: Lyndhurst 1, Theorist 2 j time, 2min 12iseo.

Caledonian Society. -A meeting of the directors of the Temuka Caledonian Society was held last evening at the Temnka Hotel. Present—Messrs A. M. Clark (President, in the chair), J, S, Hayes, M. Quinn, K. F. Gray, A. G'ant, W. Bayne, M. Soannell, D. Henry, J. Blyth, J. Lawson, W. McLeod, M. McKay, J. M. Naughton, A. K. Allan, and E. Waddell, The question of arranaing with the Oddfel'ows for the privilege of using the Park on Boxingday W'S discussed. It was arranged that the sum of £lO be given to the Oddfellows annually for four years, such sum to cover the use of all material now owned by them. It was understood that the Oddfellows’ Society would not hold any counter sports or picnio on that day, but would assist the Caledonian Society to the utmost. The sub-committee appointed for tho purpose presented a draft programme, which was considered moat carefully, and, with some alterations, adopted. The added money amounted to about £IOO. The appointment of a handicapper was left to the sub - committee. The secretary was requested to make enquiries re a band. The concert committee made thair report. Letters wore read from several persons intimaiiog their willingness either to sing or dance at tho forthcoming entertainment. The President agreed to arrange for a piper. It w is decided to hold the concert on Friday, Oct. 19th. Twelve new members were elected. The meeting then terminated, Fa»al Acoidbnj in a Flour Mill,— A young man at Wakanui named Kennedy, employed at the Wakanui flour mil l , was killed on Tuesday while engaged at his work. He was placing a driving band in position, whan he was caught in it, and dragged into the machinery. One of bis arms was torn out from the shoulder, and his head literally smashed. Ur Trevor, of Ashburton, was sent for, but tho poor fellow’s case was utterly hopeless, and he succumbed to his injuries soon after tho doctor arrived, having been unconscious from the time of the accident. The deconsad was the e'dest son of Mr Hugh Kennedy, of Wakanui, and was much respected. The Ashburton Guardian gives the following particulars of the sod affair; —A terrible accident, with a fatal result, occurred at Wakanui yesterday, tho victim being a youth named Samuel Kennedy, 19 years of age, the eldest son of Mr Hugh Kennedy, of Elgin, and who was employed at Mr E, Thomas's Wakanui Flour mills. The deceased was, it appears, going to sharpen a grubber on a grindstone, the latter being driven by a belt attached to the shaft of the mill wheel from which the power to drivo the machinery in the building is derived. It was in putting the belt on the shaft (hat the accident happened. Young Kennedy apparently got his arm entangled is the belt and was immediately drawn round the shaft. This latter revolves in a space between heavy beams 3ft 6in apart, and as (ha unfortunate youth was whirled round his head was dashed against the beams with each revolution of the shaft. Mr Cockburn, the miller, on entering the building had his attention arrested by a peculiar noise, which he found to be caused by poor Kennedy’s boots and head striking against tho beams. Mr Cockburn at once rushed and stopped the mill wheel and came to the assistance of the youth. A terrible sight awaited him. The arm which had been entangled in (he belt was torn away from the body, and remained in the noose of the leather, which apparently had caught the limb, and so caused the lad’s doom. Poor Kennedy was twisted round the shaft, his head frightfully battered, and his clothes rent and torn. The heavy beams were splashed with blood, and a large pool on the floor testified to the terrible battering to which the unfortunate youth had been subjected. Mr Cockburn out the lad ’ down and carried the mangled body to Mr Thomas’s house, sending away, for Dr Trevor. The la* ter was speedily on the spot, but young Kennedy died about two minutes after his arrival. He never regained consciousness after the accident, the only sigh of life ha gave being two or three disjointed sentences uttered when he was taken off the shaft by Mr Cockburn. 1

Geraldine Rifles’ Social. The last grand social under the auspices of the Geraldine Rifles, takes place in the Volunteer Hall, Geraldine,this evening. A most enjoyable evening will doubtless be spent by thoso attending. LITERATURE. —A good opportunity of laying in a stock of books, Christmas and wall cards, is now afforded the public of Temuka and surrounding districts, the Hew Zealand Bible, Trno’, rnd Book Society having opened a temporary depot in Temuka. Mr J. Mathers, the agent, invites inspection. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &0., are quickly cured by using Barter’s “ Lung Preserver.” This old-established and favorite medicine is pi asant to the palate, and highly extolled by members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. For testimonials, see udvt. Sold by all patent medicine vendors.