The Temuka Leader. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1815, 13 November 1888, Page 2

The Temuka Leader. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Saib at Winohestee.—Messrs Webster and Macdonald sell sheep, cattle, ajd pigs at Winchester Fair to-day. The Govebnob. His Excellency the Governor is now on a visit to the Hon. J. B. A. Aoland's station, Mount Peel. He returns to Ohristchurch on Friday. Primitive Methodist Ohitkoh, Temuka. —A very successful tea meeting was held at the above Church last nigbt. A report will appear in our next issue. It was not over until 11 o'clock. The children attending the Sunday School will be given a pionic at Winchester to-day. The Escaped Maobi.—A telegram from Christchurch stales that Constables Dillon and Bleasel saw Murray on the hills near Raupaki on Sunday evening. He was too distant to be overtaken, and escaped to the bush.

Temuka EIFtBS,—A. Government inspection parade of this corps will be held this evening and on every succeeding Tuesday evening until the end of the year. As it is absolutely necessary that .there should be full musters, evory absentee will be fined. Leotube. This evening, in the Temuka Oddfellows' Hall the Rev, T. A. Hamilton will lecture, or,rather narrate, on experiences, personal or otherwise,' of a cruise in the Mediterranian Sea. In the oourse of the evenin'g a few choice musical selections will be given. The proceeds are to be devoted to the funds of St. Saviour's Sunday School, an object which should induce a good attendance.

Roman Catholic, Chtjboh, Pleasant Point.—The tender of. Mr James Delaney has been accepted for the ereotion of a church at Pleasant Point. The tenders received were :—J. McJames (informal), £570 ; W. Hall Jones, £559 17s ;6d ; Thomas Henderson, £540; John Deliney, £510; James Delaney, J 3515. Work will be commenced at once, and the building ii to be finished in about two moutha.

Fibe at Milfobd.—On Saturday last a stable belonging to Mr Thomas Creedy, of Milford, and its contents (grain, a quantity of new sacks, harness, etc.), were completely consumed by fire. It appears that the children were pliying about the paddock, and set fire to some straw, whioh caught the stable. Mr Creedy was away from home at the time, and before assistance could arrive the stable was in full fhme. Mr Creedy suffers a considerable loss through the mishap.

Bbuojs's Oatmeal Milt.-—This mill was submitted to auction in Timaru on Saturday last. Since it was damaged by the g&le it has been considerably strengthened, and cannot suffer in like manner again. The bidding hy between Mr James Bruce and Mr A. L. Halkett Dawson, and the whole coHcern was bought by the litter for £2OOO. Mr Dawson bought it for the mortgagees, himself and Mr E. X. Rhodes, who had a cliim of £3500 on it. lb is .understood the mill will soon be again at work.

Exoubsios- Tbaih to Temuka.—Some time ago the Caledonian Sooiety wrote to the Traffic Manager of Railways at Christchurch asking him to run an excursion train to Temuka on Boxing-Day next. On the 6th instant the following letter was forwarded to the same quarter:—" Dear Sir,—On BoxingDay next a baziar, for which elrborate preparations are beingmade, will be held under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church in Temuka. The great event of the year—the Caledonian Society's annual athletic Bports—will be held on the same day, and aho the monument erected to commemorate the Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen will be unveiled by A. Ju. Gr. Rhodes, Esq., M.H.B. It has occurred to the Managing Committee of the Bazaar that the concentration of so "many attractive events in oue spot may possibly offer sufficient inducements t; the citizens of Christohuroa and intervening districts to visit Temuka; and, in .view thereof, I, on behalf of the Committee, write to you to.ask you. to kindly consider the practicability of running.a special excursion train between Christchurch and Temuka on that day. In addition to the inducements ! thus offered, I beg you will allow me to urge further that though you have run excur»ion trains on several oocasions to other centres, Temuka never| has.had such a privilege, and consequently it is an unknown land to many Christchurch citizens. It is a town of over 1200 inhabitants; it is situated in the most populous district in New iJiaaland, and the probabilities are altogether in favor of the supposition that large numbers would avail themselves of a oheap excursion train to pay it a visit. Hoping that you will kindly take my application into favorable consideration, I am, dear sir, yours truly, J. M. l'-yyoMßy. Tho Traffic Manager JN.Z. Railways, Christchurch." Yesterday the following reply was received :~-' ; J. M, Twomey, Esq., Temuka. Sir,—l have the honor to infprm you, in reply to your letter of the 6th mst., that it haa been decided to have an excursion train from here |to Temuka and Timaru on ihe 26th December. —I have the honor ta be, sir, your obedient servant, A. GABSIIN, Traffic Manager." We understand that Mr Mogridge, Secretary to thd Caledonian Society, has received a similar reply—so we are to have an excursion trail} to Temuka, '

Serious Accident.—A man whose ] name has not transpired met with a very nerioua ncoident on the farm of Mr J. P. Page, ilangitata Inland, yesterday. The man hud only been working an the farm a few weeks, and yesterday he was holding a young horse by a halter, he standing outside the stockyard and the horse inside. The horse became very violent and made a plunga to jump over the stockyard railii, with the result that the upper one broke, and it hit the man fair in the teeth. He was knocked down and rendered insensible, and Mr Page recognising the seriousness of the case brought him into Temuka to Dr Hayes. His injuries appeared to be very serious, and at 11 o'clock last night he was atili unconscious.

Buttbb-MAKING. —We have reoeived a ciroular intimating that the following rules ought to be observed by those making butter for export s —l. That all butter of the same make should be of uniform quality, and that each package of the same mark should be as nearly as possible of the same weight and made of the same kind of wood, to ensure regularity of tares, as some woods absorb more than others. 2. That however good quality of butter may be if it is mottled in color buyers will ©nly take it at considerably less money than that of Bame quality which is regular in color; and oolor should be yellow (primrose) —not red. 3. That patent boxes should only be used when quality is exceptionally fine, as cost is higher than that of firkins. 4. That firkins should b& bound with galvanised iron hoops, ts the ordinary iron hoops become rusty, and look uneighily. 5. That there should be no cloth all round butter (whan packed in kegs), but a'muslin cloth on the top and bottom of eaoh firkin, Bprinkled with salt. 6. That butter of fine quality should not be salted more than 3 per cent., but anything of doubtful keeping properties should be salted 4 and 5 per cent. Fatatj Shooting Amiidbnt,—Farther particulars of the accident at Fairfax, on Saturday afternoon last, show that the deceaseß, Cornelius Ooughlaa, was a rabbiter in the employment of the Government, and wai out shooting with hi* brother William, in the buih behind the Fairfax Hotel. .Cornelius aat down on a tuiiook to rest, and William, oarrying his loaded gun, approaohed the spot with the intention of following his example. When within a few yardi of Cornelius, however, William stumbled and the gnu want off, and Cornelius turned his head quickly in the direotion of his brother when he heard the noise oaused by his fall, and received the full oharge in his faoa and forehead and was instantly killed. Although William eaoaped without physical injury, the contents of the gun merely damaging a portion of his olothing, he reoeived a wvore mental shock, and his reason has been temporarily impaired. The intelligence was at once telegraphed to two other brother* residing in Dunedin, who went south by special train, arriving in Inveroargill late on Saturday night, leaving immediately for Fairfax on horsebaok.

MrsTßßiotfS Shooting Apfaib. A mysterious shooting affair occurred at the residence of Mr Michael MoAteer, on the Ploasant Point road, about one and a-half miles from the Arowhenua Hotel, on Sunday night about 10 o'clook. From what wo learned yesterday it seems lb. it for soma ume pa*t Mr MoAteer and his family have been much annoyed by some man prowling abuut the house at night and rapping at the windows. The place in surrounded by trees, and consequently there is plenty of cover for the fellow. All effort* to oatch him have proved fruitless, and the matter has been placed in the hands of the police. Occasionally a pistol was fired to scare the intruder. On Sunday night about the hour named someone knocked at the window. Mr M. McAteer had gone to bed, but his wife and his brother, Mr T. McAteer, were in the kitchen. The latter picked up the pistol and ran outside, firing it off. He had hardly done so when some parson unseen by him fired a weapon off, and the bullet from it passed threugh the weatherboard wall of the house into the kitohen (the room is unlined), and lodged in the arm of Mrs McAteer. The bullet' went into the arm just below the elbow, and ran down as far as the wrist, where it lodged. As quickly as possible Mrs MoAteer was brought to Temuka, and was attended to by De Hayes. The dootor found that the bullet was too deeply embedded in the tissues of the wrist, to be taken out without danger, and had to allow it to remain there for the present. Though the wound is a very dangerous one, we understand that the sufferer.is progressing as favorably as possible. The affair is a most mysterious one, but it is to be hoped that the polict may be able to bring the miscreant who fired the shot to justice. B&NQTJET TO THE GrOYBBHOB.—His Exoellenoy the Governor, Sir William Jervois, was entertained at a banquet by tho oitizens of Christohurch on Saturday evening. About 150 persons were present, the chair being occupied by the Mayor, Mr 0. Louisson. Among those present were :—Sir H. Atkinson, Hon. T. Fergus, Hon. E. 0. J. Stevens, Hon. W. Rollsston, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes, Hon. W. Reeves, and Hon. E. Parker. In response to the toast of his health. His Excellency the Governor said that he was sure his successor, Lord Ooslow, would fill the position with oredit to himself —entering into all their pursuits with all the ardor of youth—and that they would, as he did, thoroughly agree with the selection. If they were able to administer their land laws wisely and population flowed in, he had no fear of the future of this country, for great it would be. He believed that at the present there was as distinct a prinoiple of Imperial Federation existing as was possible under the pressut system of the British constitution fo carry out. Never were countries in such a favorable coalition as the antipodean Australasian colonies —never since the world began. They had an enormous territory handed over to them for occupation, millions of acres for pasturage, and untold mineral wealth—and, with all this, unlimited freedom of dealing with their own affdirß and developing their resources. Surely such a state of thingssuch a connection with the the Mother Country— was worth maintaining! _ They were attached to the greatest Empire the world had ever seen—they were attached to a country the most wealthy on the face of the globe : a country in which the principal seat of commerce is situate, and where there is more money than in any other. They formed part of the greatest naval power in the world, which protected their soil and commeroe against aggression. It had only lately been arranged that this colony should pay £26,000 per annum towards the oosfc of that naval power whioh protected tbat soil and commeroe against oppression. He belieyed it a good bargain for the colony, as there would be two British ensigns flying in New Zialand harbors. As it was the question of defence which brought him out to Australia he looked upon it with a great deal of pleasure, both for public and private reasons. Publicly, bsoiuse he believed it had enabled him in some humble way to be instrumental in nursing the great good feeling towards the Mother Country which existed. Privately, beof.nee he believed he had been enabled to bo of some benefit to South Australia, and to this country—one which he would rather be Governor of than any part of Her Majesty's dominion*. It had been said that they ought,

lo hare an oleoted Governer. There might be something said in favor of this, that he would occupy a position resembling the President of the United States, and would possess powers which the present Governor had not. On the other band it meant entire separation from the Mother Country, and the question he put to them was, Is it worth while to incur that separation for the sake of having an elective Governor ? He said most certainly not. What the future destiny of this great country would be would take ft man with far mora propbetio skill than ho possessed to determine. At the present time work was still going on to out the isthmus between North and South America, and he believed that whether it was executed by M. de Lessepg or any other man they were sure to have it, and when that event took pluoe the colonies —and New Zealand particularly—would be placed more immediately in communication with the Eastern States of America, where a great commerce was oarried on. When that great work was completed Sew Zealand would stand in a most favorable position as regarded contiguity to the ureat market of America. Whatever might be the future of this great country, he should always regard the six years be had spent in it with sincere gratification and pleasure. He had spent six happy years in their grand climate, which bad restored his health. He had been enabled to visit scenery which had delighted his eye—and laßt, but by no means least, he had always reoeived the most cordial generosity and hospitality both in church and wherever he had gone in New Zealand. During the course of hie address His Btoellency was frequently cheered, and the greatest enthusiasm was evinced throughout the meeting. The best medicine known is Sandeu and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in ooughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scald in gs, bruises, Bprains, it is the safest remedy —no swelling—no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, &0., diarrhoea, dysentry diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article, and rejeot all other* Coughs, JCoiiDS, Bronchitis, &0., are quickly cured by using Baxter's " Lung Preserver." This old-established and iavorite medicine is pleasant 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 ADVERTISEMENTS. Athletio Sports at Winchester—On Anniversary Day. Waihi Football Club—Advertise grand conceit on Friday, November 23rd. P. H. Moßhane, Geraldine Flat —Invites tenders for alterations and additions to buildings. Temuka Rifles Government inspection parade every Tuesday evening until end of year. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association—Annual mtaetin? on Saturday next in Tiiniru.

Lecture—ln Oddfellows' Hall, Temuka, by Rev. T. A. Hamilton, in aid of St. Saviour's Sunday School, this evening. J, Cooper, Painter and Paporhanger, Temuka —Notifies that his new spring stock of paperhangings is now to hand ; large variety, low prices. Faints, etc., on hand ; estimates given.