LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1824, 4 December 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Telumph to* Temuea.—At the Dunedin Agricultural and Pastoral Show Mrs Frew, of Tomuka, won two first prizes for salt butter.

Board Meetings. —The monthly meeting of the Temuka Read Board takes pDce to-day, that of the Geraldine Town Board this evening, and that of the femuka Town Board to-morrow evfjkig. Bad Bovs.—-At the £,.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, three little boys wore charged with damaging railway trucks on a Sunday afternoon. They ran three trucks down an incline into a ballast pit, breaking the buffers by the collision, They were severely cautioned, Geraldine Monthly Sale. The tuouthly sale of stock at Geraldine takes p'ace to-raivwrow, and largo entries are advertised by Messrs J. Mundell and Co. and Messrs Webster and Macdonald. Both firms book entries up to hour of sale. Bbbb Duty. —During the month of November £4105 5s 4d was collected as beer duty throughout, tbe colony. The amount was about £IOO less than tbe estimate. The amount received during the eight months of the financial year 1 was £31,105 ILs 6d, or £2894 8s 6d below the estimate. Customs Bbtbndb.— The Customs revenue collected at the Port of Timaru during the month of November amounted to £2617 0s lid. Fur the whole colony the amount was £178,000 4a 3d. Tbe estimate for the month was £126,250, so that the amount collected exceeds it by about £50,000. The increase is principally due to heavy clearances in consequence of the new regulations as to case spirits. Tbe amount received during the eight months of the financial year is in round numbers £986,948, or £23,052 less than the estimate.

: The Chinese.—A cable menage from London, dated December let, states that Baron de Worms, Political Under-Secretary of the Colonial Office, notified that the Chinese Exclusion Acts passed by the Hew South Wales and New Zealand Parliaments would be allowed to come into operation, as they apparently did not run counter to existing treaties between England and China, Ho added that parleying on the question of Chinese introduction into Australia still continued between Sir John Walsham, the British Minister at Pekin, and the Chinese Q-orernment. The Result op a Pkacxxcal Joke.— At the R, M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, '.wo young men employed on the Levels station were charged with illtreatiog n horaa, They had, for a “lark” with the owner, dabbed and branded one of the shearers horses, a white one, liberally with coal tar. A hot day followed before it was seen by the owner, and the skin was blistered wherever the tar had been applied till the hair came off, and the poor beast was in great pain. One was lined 60s. The evidence was insufficient against the other, and he was discharged.

Lord Lonsdale and the North Pole.— The Earl of Lonsdale, who left on a bear shooting expedition to the Arctic regions in February last, was met at Hudson’s Bay by bear trappers who reported that he was in the company ef two Esquimaux, near the Arctic circle, in September last. Lord Lonsdale, who had waited throughout the whole of the expedition, was then pushing forward toward the North Pole. The Esquimaux regarded the Earl as a marvel of endurance. The trappers reported that Lord Lonsdsls had met with an accident, the small bone of one of his arms being fractured. Some alarm is felt for bis safety, as no tidings' bare been received since the trappers* report. Fishing Competition.—The fishing competition on last Friday resulted as follows Class I—Artificial fly only. Ist, heaviest basket; prize of the value of 21s; 2nd, largest number of fish ; 3rd, best average; special prize presented by Messrs Velvin and Taylor—lst, Mr A Toung, 44 trout weighing 351 b; 2nd, Mr VV. B. Binley, 15 fish weighing 91b ; 3rd, Mr N, 0. Nicholas, 12 fish weighing 14jflb. Class 2—Any legal bait. Heaviest basket: prize, 21s; 2nd, heaviest fish ; prize, 15s—1st, Mr W. G. Aspinall, 7 fish weighing 141 b j 2nd, Mr K. F. Gray, 1 fish weighing 7ib. As any competitor could only get one prize the second prize in Glass 1 fell to Mr, W. B. Binley. Aquatics.— The Intercolonial Amateur Champion Four-oared Outrigger Race was rowed on the Parramatta River, N.S.W., on Saturday afternoon. The competing crews were Ticteria, New South Wales, Tasmania, and New Zealand, The New Zealand (Canterbury) crew drew outiids position, in which they had the wind and tide in their favor. New South Wales got away with the lead, but shortlj afterwards Victoria assumed first place, with New Zealand second, New South Wales third, and Tasmania fourth. This position was maintained till the finish, though the distances separating the boats varied occasionally, New Zealand being at one time within a length of the leader, Victoria won by two lengths, and New Zealand was sis lengths ahead of New South Wales. Time 13min. The Electric Light at Timabu.—Mr Foord, Electrical Engineer, presented a lengthy report to the Timaru Borough Council on Friday evening. In it ha showed that the present water supply was much smaller than the Council had stated in their specifications, and the surplus water was not fufficientto drive a motor for electric lighting. To get over the difficulty, he suggested the building of a, reservoir of a capacity of 120,000 gallons, in the market reserve, and the carrying out ef Mr Bruce’s suggestion (o supply the flour mills with water that had been first used by the motor driving the machinery for the electric light. He also suggested a number of improvements in the water race by which the supply of water would be largely augmented. He expressed himself quite willing to adhere io his offer to light the town at the rate of £2 17s fid per lamp per annum if the Council supplied the water. In reply to questions hsaid there was no depreciation in electrical plant, and it would bo seven months before (he installation would be completed if the Council accepted his offer. After a long discussion the matter was referred to a committee of the whole Counoil to report to an .> dinary meeting of the Council this evening. Mr Foord was voted £lolos for his report. {

Dunedin Exhibition. —The Government h.ve adopted the exhibition scheme pro-■.-■imnded by Mr Twopeny, subject to the eo- sent of Parliament and the understanding ili.it every effort will be made to raise the mmrantea to £15,000. By Saturday’s mail th y have written to the Agent-General t> questing him to ask that the British loan '■oliection of pictures be forwarded to the Dunedin Exhibition.

A Repartee.— ln theTemukaCoarthouae y-sterduy, Mr F. Saunders, Mr Hayhurst’s gardener, made a very happy reply f o one of Mr Hay’s question. Mr B ay i«ked Mr Saunders how the horses got ’mo Mr Harrison’s garden, and he replied that he did not know, as the gate would iot remain open unless it was held so. Lio supposed the horses were cunning -nmgb to force it open. Mr Hay asked h in how he thought a horse would think ■f doing a thing like that. “Oh I I don’t know. You must ask the horse about hit,” was the very happy reply. Mr Huy did not press the question further.

Honor to whom Honor is Doe.—ld our last issue we published a paragraph from the Evening Star, Dunedin, gushing over the fact that Mr McCallum had spoken very highly of a Chinaman’s Cheese Factory at Eltham, in Taranaki A North Island paper “ look the shine ” out of John by pointing out that it was his European wife to whom the success of t.ho Factory was due, but we find now Mmt neither the Chinaman nor his wife have much to do with it. The Factory is managed aud worked by two sous of Mr I. Morris, of Temuka, on« of whom served two years as apprentice to tha printing trade in the office of this paper. Mr Morris’s eldest sou has the sole charge of the Factory, and it is to him its success is due. The Dunedin Star will doubtks* be sorry to hear that “ John ” is not the hero it painted him. Fire at Belfast Freezing Works, North Canterbury. —Shortly after 12,30. on Saturday morning a fire broke out in No. 5 store of the Belfast freezing works. The building being of wood and a light wind blowing from the north-west, the line of wooden stores on the eastern side soon caught fire, and the flames proved too much for any efforts to subdue them. There w ere about 7000 carcases of mutton in the store which first took fire. It was found impossible to remove these in conVequenca of the rapid spread of the flames. Tha Christchurch Fire Brigade, with the Extinguisher,' arrived shortly after half-past two. By this time the whole line of stores to the east were a mass of flames, and it soon spread to the loading shed, which is in close proximity to the machinery. At 3,30 u.m. the Railway Brigade and a detachment of police arrived by special train from Christchurch. At this time the fire had worked in a northward direction along the roof of the loading shed towards the engine house. Extra men hid to be telegraphed for to Christchurch at 4.30, the fire still raging fiercely. The fire was totally extinguished and ail danger averted by 9 o’clock. 4500 damaged carcases were sold for bniliug down. The 700 sheep killed on Friday were removed on board the ship Marlborough for freezing. The building was insured for £15,830, and the machinery for £7270. The 7000 carcasses, were insured for £BOOO. The various insurance companies estimate their losses at a total of £13,550. A telegram to band yesterday states that the work of reinstating the factory began on Monday. The factory will be able to deal with 500 sheep per day, and to store 1500 in ten days. No light has yet been thrown on the cause of the fire.

Joseph Manihon, an elderly man, formerly a reticent of Canterbury has been misting from his residence at Petone, Wellington, since Wednesday night. He suffered slightly from paralysis, and was last seen going towards the wharf. It is feared that he has fallen into the sea. At Christchurch two juvenile garrotters, aged 12 and 19, wore sent to Burnham yesterday. They stuck up another boy, decoyed him into a paddock, knocked him down and robbed him of £l, which they partly spent in a "spree.” At Dunedin yesterday La Rose was sold for £2OO to H, Craig of Lawrence}; Matamata to an Invercargill man for £80; Oivis to H. Oourlay for £6O. Baxter’s Lung Preserver has gained great popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy m the treatment of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis and othei chest and throat complaints. Read advt. and try it. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. "Geraldine Road Board—lnvite tenders for works., Webster and Macdonald, Geraldine—Sell farm near Orari to-morrow, Mrs Siegert, Temuka Advertises six roomed house to let, near High School. F. Newman, Poundkeeper, Peel Forest— Important notice re five impounded horses. Wm. Upton Slack, Woodside, Geraldine— Invites tenders for’skim ploughing 100 acres. J. D. Bellewell, Surgeon Dentist—Notifies that he extracts teeth daily for Is each ; gives quotations for full sets, eto. Temuka Dairy Factory Company—lnvite tenders for manufacture of cheese boxes and . oartage of cheese, B. A. Barker, Chairman South Orari River Board—lnvites ratepayers in the South Orari River District to attend a meeting in the Assembly Boom, on Monday evening next. K. F. Gray—Sell household furniture and effects, (including, piano and harmonium) etc,, on account of Mr Julius Siegert, Temuka, on Wednesday, December 12th ; sells household furniture and effeots at the Temuka Hotel, on account of Mr West Chamberlain, on a date to be named.