LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1826, 8 December 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Meeting at South Orari.—-A meeting of ratepayers in the South Orari Eiver District takes place in the Orari Assembly Rooms on Monday evening.

Presbyterian Chtjeoh, Temuka. The Rev, J, Dickson will preach on “ Temperance” from I. Oor. viii. 13, to-morrow evening. All are invited to attend. Wesleyan Ohttbch, Temuka.—The Rev. R. S. Bunn will conduct the services at this Church to-morrow. The subjects of his addresses will be found in our advertising columns. He also conducts a service at Waitohi in the afternoon. Timabu High School.—At the last meeting of the i'iraaru High School Board of Governors it was decided to give the rector, the Rev. A. Halkett-Dawson, six months notice of the termination of his present engagement. Oantbeboey Faembes’ Co-Opbeatitb Association. —A special meeting of the shareholders of the association will take place this morning in the General Assembly Rooms, George street, Timaru. The business is to confirm the proceedings at the annual meeting of shareholders on the .lYth November.

Big Bibds.—Hr J. Harding, of Mount Vernon, Hawke’s Bay, has imported five of the celebrated Mommoth Bronze Turkeys from one of the Western States of America. The birds —three males and two females—are very rare and expensive 3 they stand about three feet high, and when full grown weigh nearly as heavy as sheep.—Exchange. Geraldine Rifles, —An inspection parade of this corps was held on Thursday evening last. Twenty-two men were on parade, and all the officers were present, also Staff-Major Jones. Major Moore was the inspecting officer. The Company having been proved and inspected at the shed, the men were taken out to the park, where they were put through some skirmishing drill.

Peesohal.—Mr D. V. M. Burn, M.A., at present master at the Hiton public school, has received the appointmmt of first assistant master at the Waitali High School. Mr Burn leaves to cotnmeme his new duties in January next. During his stay at Hilton, he has made a large oiicle of friends in the Geraldine district, and his departure will be a great loss to both the school and the district.

Cabbiagb of Obeesb. The Gazette notifies the following alteration in the charge for carrying cheese on the Bluff-Hurunui section of the New Zealand railways;—For cheese in 4 ton lots, consigned from factories sooth of Dunedin to the Bluff, Invercargill, Dunedin, or PoH Chalmers, the maximum rate will be 23s per Lon ; for cheese in 4 ton lots consigned from factories north of Oamaru to Oamaru, Timaru, Christchurch, or Lyttelton, the maximum rate will be 23s per ton. Hilton School Committee.—The usual monthly meeting of the Hilton School Committee was held on Friday, Nov. 30, Present— Mr R. Skinner, (Chairman), W. Beattie, J. Leary, and W. Hide. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence was read from the Board of Education, stating that £4 ss, incidentals for the fourth quarter, had been paid to the credit of the Committee; also that the Inspector would examine the school about the 7th. The Visiting Committee reported the working of the school to be satisfactory. It vas decided to close the school for Christmas holidays after Friday, 21et December, and open on January 2nd, 1889, The meeting ihen terminated.

Waipawa riiHiBiTXON. — The exhibition at Waipawa was opened in a brilliant manner on Wednesday. Four brass bands were present, and Friendly Societies and 1000 school children took part in the opening oeremony, The exhibition was opened by Mr T. Tanner, MH,R., and t here were on the dais with him Captain Russsell, Mr J. D. Ormond, Mr W. 0. Smith, M.H.R’s., and the mayors of Napier and Hastings, besides chairmen of local bodies. Three thousand persons paid for admission. The exhibition is most creditable, though all the exhibits are not yet in their places. There is a fine collection of oil and water colour pictures, and an immense number of curios, manufactures, and models, furniture, etc. At night the building and enclosure are brilliantly lighted with electric light, by White and Co., of Dunedin. The light is a grand success. GIEALDINB FIOEAL ANB HOBTIOOLTUBAL SooißTr.—A meeting of the committee o i this society was held in the secretary’s office on Wednesday evening last, Dr B. Fish (president) in the chair. Correspondence was read from the Gbbaldinb Ghabdian Office in reference to printing. Several ladies in the district wrote intimating their plea* sure and willingness to act as judges of needlework, fancy work, dairy produce, etc. The secretary was instructed to make arrangements for a refreshment booth, and alio to ascertain the coat of the services of the Volunteer Brass Band on the evening of the show. It was decided that all entries for the cottage garden prizes should be in the hands of the secretary by the 10th January next, and that all exhibits must bo in the Volua* s«er Hall by 10 a.m, on the day of the show. Glass stewards were appointed, aud the staging of che hall was left in the hands of a member of the committee to attend to. This being all the business, the meeting terminated.

R.M. Codbt.—At the R.M. Oourl, Ternuke, yesterday, before C. A. Wray, Eeq,, R.M., John Fleming wag brought up charged with having been drunk and disorderly on a train, and fined 20s or the usual alternative. Leotdre on Robert Emmet. On next Monday evening Mr J. D. Pope will deliver a l.'Otura in the Volunteer Hall, Temnka, on ‘‘ Robert Emmut, and bis sweetheart, Sarah Ourran.” Few instances occur in Irish history which give greater scope of the display of oratorial and dramatic talents than the theme which Mr Pope has selected, and from the criticisms of his lecture, which from time to time have appeared m other papers, we are led to the conclusion that be does full justice to the subject. Mr Pope is a young New Zealander —a native, we believe, of Lyttelton —and as an elocutionist, is said to be fit to stand beside the Rev. Charles Clark, and other distinguished lecturers, who have from time to time figured on the New Zealand platform. The Invercargill Evening News says ; "As Mr Pope delivers his lecture entirely without notes—and it is a long one, and one on whioh a great deal depends on verbal accuracy—he is enabled to throw his soul into the spirit of his deliverance, and strengthen and enforce what be has to say with all the valuable adjuncts of graceful elocution, of whioh he is a master, though in some respects he departs from the old established lines. But be evidently does so with reason, as his rendering is always intelligent and effective.” The Riyerton people became so enthusiastic ever his lecture that they presented him with a purse of sovereigns, and an address from which we select the following passage i —" Your brilliant abilities us a lecturer are now well recognised by the New Zealand public ; we notice with great pleasure that the Press of the colony ring with the praises of the ‘ Young New Zealand Orator,’ and we, who have had the good fortune of being present at your lecture here, have great pleasure in endorsing these o'jconiums. Nothing that has been said can adequately convey an idea of the intellectual treat to be enjoyed from listening to your lecture on ‘ Robert Emmet,’ and hearing your eloquent delivery of his famous speech from the dock.” We eould fill the paper with squally flattering references to Mr Pope, but the above quotations must suffice. We can only express a hope that ha will have good houses at Temuka on Monday night and at Geraldine on Tuesday night. Mr K. F. Gray has kindly consented to take the chair at the Temuka lecture. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &c., are quickly cured by using Baxter’s “ Lung Preserver.” This old-established and favorite medicine is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. For testimonials ace advt. Sold by all patent medicine vendors.