LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1867, 19 March 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

6ARAAR. —The Good Templars of Geraldine intend holding a bazaar in August or September next. Football. The Darktown footballers meet this evening in the shoo adjoining Mr Storey’s to discuss the advisability of forming ; a club. B.M. Court, Temur a.—At the above court yesterday, before James Guild, Esq., J.P., a first offender was charged with drunkenness. He was severely eautioned and lectured and discharged. PffXsrofltNOJtr.— Mr O. S, Hugo lectures on this interesting subject, at Orari to-night, and at Milford to-morrow evening. He will be in attendance at Tomuka on Thursday tc supply charts. Ram and Ewe Faiu,—A ram and ewe fair takes place at Geraldine to-morrow. Lines to be submitted by Messrs J. Mundell and Co. and Messrs Webster and Macdonald will be found in our advertising columns. Samoan News.—The schooner Mails returned to Auckland from Samoa on Saturday. Affairs at the island are quiescent. During the Mails’s stay in Apia harbor, officers from H.M.B. Calliope and an officer from the Gorman war vessels remained constantly on the schooner, the German being there presumably to see that no contraband of war was landed.

A Candid Opinion.— A widower married a second time, and his choice was a wealthy lady about fifty years of age. When the bride and bridegroom returned homo from the wadding the husband, introducing tho wife to his children, said ; " My dear children, kiss this lady's band. She is the new mother I promissd to bring you.” After taking a square look at the new mother, little Charley saide “Pa, you hayo been fooled. She ain’t new at all! ’’ Alleged Burgiart.—At Ashburton on Saturday Nail Burnstein was committed for trial on a charge of breaking into and stealing from the house of D % D. Campbell, at Somerton, the sum of 12s 3d. Prisoner appears to have entered the bouse through the window, and was seen coming from the direction of the house. When arrested a purea and coins, representing the amount stolen, were found on him, Campbell identified tho purse, and the sayeral coins were of the same vtlue as those missed out of Campbell’s house. The Wheat Yield.— Mr Oogklan, Government statist of New South Wales, has furnished an advance sheet of the tables attached to his report, upon which the deficit in wheat is calculated. They show that the colony has never produced more than 5,868,844 bushels, while this year’s yield is only estimated at 1,573,000. The moan consumption of 10 years is 6,7 bushels per head, showing that 7,424,000 bushels mil be wanted in 1889. To the difference betweaa the two amounts must be added 562,000 for seed, which gives an estimated deficiency of 6,413,000 bushels.

Aknithesabt Sbbtioe.— The Rav. G, Clement, the newly appointed pastor to the Primitive Methodist Church, Garaldine, conducted the anniversary services of the Sunday School in that Church on Sunday last, and also preached his first sermon in his new charge. There was a good congregation both morning and evening. In tbe morning the rav. gentleman took for his text the words, “ Lo, I am with you always j even unto the end of the world,” Matt, xxviii., 20. The rav. gentleman preached an excellent sermon, whieh was listened to with rapt attention. He addressed the Sunday School in tbe afternoon, and distributed tbe prizes gained by tbe cbi!dren]during tbe year. Mr Clement tdao preached in the evening, when the church was again crowded. The prizes are awarded on the basis of the marks gained by the children during the year, the marks being given for attandance, behaviour, and lessons. A full list of the prizotakors will appear iu onr next issue.

The Abduction or an Hbibbbs.—Referring to the case of Dr Sellon, who, according to a rec«nt cable message, has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for abduction of an American young lady of seventeen, the Nice correspondent of the Standard says : “I have ascertained the exact facta of an elopement of an English doctor with a young lady. For soyeral weeks the parties stayed at a pension on the promenade at Nice, the gentleman registered ss Dr Ssllon, of London, the lady as Ida Wilcox, of Baimbridgii, New York. She was accompanied by her mother and father, Mr Charles Wilcox, who, lam told, is an official of New York State. Early last week they left for Monione, and again stayed at the same hotel. Dr Ssllon is a married man of forty years, and was accompanied by a young son. On Friday they left the hotel suddenly, taking the boy with them, and booked to Tenrimiglia. Miss Wilcox had a cheque for £3OO with her, made payable, to either mother or daughter, and she cashed it there. Then they proceeded to Genoa, Turin, Dijon, and Paris. Miss Wilcox left a note behind for her mother, stating her intention to ran away ond asking for forgiveness. Mrs Wiloox placed the matter in the bands of the American consul, with the result that the couple were stopped in Paris. They are being brought back tp Nice,”

Wheat jrom San Francisco. —The Press hears that a Christchurch grain merchant has telegraphed accepting an. offer for a cargo of wheat from San Francisco for shipment to Sydney at 35s 6d for 5001 b. This is about 4? 4d per bushel, bags included, at the wharf in Sydney. Presentation.—At Redcliff on Tuesday last, Mr G. B. Barclay, who has held the position of master of the school there for some time, and is now leaving on account of having obtained another appointment, wee presented with a very handsome and massive oak decanter (tend, beautifully set in silver, and containing throe very chaste out-glats decanters. Oa the front of the stand is a specially preparsd tilyer plate neatly iiiy' sonbed. The presentation was made by Mr; Geo. Oliver, chairman of the Redcliff School Committee, who spoke very highly ef Mr Barclay’s abilities. The Mail Tenders.—The following are the successful tenderers and amounts of annual tenders for the conveyance of inland mails to end of 1890 in the postal district of Timaru Burke’s Pass and Grampians Station, G. W. Creamer, £27 10a ; Fairlie Creek and Lake Pnkaki, B. H. Rhodes, £7O; Geraldine and Gspea’ Valley, J. Mundell, £26; O'rari and Woodbury, J, Mundell, £4O; Peel Forest and Rangitata, G. F. Newman, £SO; Pleasant Point sod Raincliffs, J. Leitcb, £4B ; Rangitata and Bulmsr, Q. Winter, £35; St Andrews and Blueoliffs, G. Emery, £4O; Temcka and Hilton, C. Leary, £34 14a 6d ; Tomuka and Waitolii Flat, M. Moore, £l7 15s; Timaru, Pareora and Kingsdown, S. Hanson, £45; Waitnki and Redcliff, J. Smart, £2B; Waitohi railway station and Kerrytown, H. Brosnaban, £l6; Hunter and Makikihi, A. Jackson, £IS. The Connemara Scandal,— Writing of the Connemara esclandrc the London correspondent of the Otago Daily Times say* that N the affair has been considerably exaggerated. It turns out that Lord Connemara invited his niece, Lady Era Quin, wife of his aide-de-camp, who is the heir of the Earl of Dunrayea, to help Lady Connemara, who is suffering from illhealtb, with her many duties, lady Connemara seems to hare got madly jealous at the great popularity of her niece, and bickerings ensued till Lady Eva and her husband finally left for England. Lady Connemara had in the meantime left Madras, | but the intervention of some friends, notably Lord and Lady Jersey, secured her return to her husband. This is a satisfactory ending to a very foolish incident. Lady Eva Quin, by the way, is reputed to bo the best sportswoman in India, if not anywhere. Like the Comtesse do Paris, she bandies her rifle like a man ; and recently, during an expedition in Northern India, bagged five tigers. She is a daughter of the sixth Earl of Mayo, who was assassinated when Governor-General of India, and is about 30 years of age. Farewell to the Governor. - The luncheon to His Excellency lhe Governor at Wellington on Saturday afternoon woe attended by about three hundred people, many of whom were ladies. The mayor presided, having Sir William and Lady Jervois on either hand. Miss Jervois was also present. The Premier, Mr Fergus, Mr Hislop, Sir William Fifzlisrbert, and saversl other members of Parliament, the Chief Justice, and ( nearly all the principal citizens, were amongst l the company. Captain Hand, of H.M.B. Royalist, was amongst the gusts. Returning ! thanks after the toast of his health had been drank, His Excellency first of all made a formal reply to the official address, dwelling | on the loyalty and sympathy which he had mat with from everyone, expressing regret at/ 1 leaving, and stating that ho should carry 1 away pleasant memories of New Zealand. He could not, however, bo content with a 1 merely formal reply on such an occasion. He wished to say that he had jever met with 1 such hospitality anywhere as in this colony. He was glad to see that the Maoris were ' represented at that gathering, and he night say that one of kis chief regrets was that his i position had precluded him from meeting ' them as a race m solemn conclave. He was ; not going to take advantage of the fact Chat he was a departing Governor to lecture the * colonists, ou any faults which might have , come under his observation, because there were none, unless it was their borrowing > proclivities. Nor did he suppose they were willing to listen to anything he had to say on the subject. Remarking jocosely on the i jealousy of the various sections of the colony, which led them to suppose that anything favorable to one must necessarily be a refleci tion on the others, ha begged his listeners to understand that anything he might say in , praise of Wellington was not necessarily at the expense of the rest of New Zealand. 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