LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1870, 26 March 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Footballi. —Tli« annual meeting of the Temuka Football Olub takes placo in the Wallingford Hotel this evening, and all members are requeued to attend. Balb AX Gipes' YAiiLBT. Messrs J. Mnndell and Co. hold an important out salo of farm, farming stock and implement?, etc., on account of Mr Wm. Cameron, at Gapes' Valley, to-morrow. Floods AT BliBNHMK.—Sain on Friday caused the rivers (o rise, and a portion of the town of Blenheim was flooded. In some of the low-lying streets water wag knee-deep, and down by the Government offices it was almost impossible to cross the street except in a vehicle. Haltj at Sooth Omar.—A bill wll b? held in the South OrariscMO-d.-ootn on Friday evening nsxt, the proooods from which will be used to defray the debt incurred in making some improvements to the school. Mr J. 0. Binskin will act as M.C., and Mr Figoni will supply the music.

MOMENTS OP MERBIMEWT.—Mr and Mrs Foley, who gave such complete sitisficMon when they list appeared in Temuka, give two of ikeir pleasing entertainments in the Temuka. Volunteer Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings. Tha en'ertainmmts consbt of character songs and danc3s, lightning changes, ventriloquial jokes mid dialogues, etc, and any who wish for a first-rate evening's amusement should attend. It will be remembered that their entertainment when they played in Temuka before was one of the best ever witnessed in the place. We hope, therefore, they will have good houses. Mr and Mrs Foloy appear at Woodbury on Saturday evening. The Goyebnob.—His Exculkncy Sir William Jervois left Dunedin for the Bluff, to join the Melbourne steamer there, on Fridiy. A number of persons, inoluding many leading citizens, were at the station to see him off, The Dunedin Navali formed a guard of honor, and the Artillery Band played " Auld Lang Byne," as the train moved away. His Excellency repeatedly bowed his acknowledgment to the oheering. At Invercargill, though he only stayed a few minutes, His Excellency was presented with an address, and ho courteously replied. The Gr Battery fired a saluts. Austbalian Musicai Tastb. —Mr F. Cowan, who acled as musical conductor at the Melbourne .Exhibition, has returned to England, and in the course of an interview with a newspaper representative said that the Australians were naturally fond of music, but at the time of his arrival he found that their taste had be§ome degenerated. The exhibition ooncerts had, however, worked a marvellous revival in musical matters, and the result was most astounding. So rapid and so effectual had been this revival that ha confidently stated that the choir at the Melbourne Exhibition w« nearly equil to the choirs of Leeds and Birmingham. Tha Press criticisms had been able and impartial, and helped considerably to oreato the enthusiasm for high clasi music that now exists. Mr Cowen denied that he was composing an Australian symphony as had been stated. The Oamahu Sbootin& Casb. —At Oatuaru on Saturday Duncan Gilchrist was committed for trial for shooting John 'McDonald, with intent. From the eyidenis i it appears that McDonald went to the house of accussd's father and demanded the return of some photographs which he said accused had taken out of his pocket the previous night. Some words followed and McDonald says that 1 Gilchrist senior struck him, and in turn he struck Gilchrist and knocked him down. The son (accused) came out of the house and told his mother to bring the gun. The mother brought the gun and McDonald walked away, and when about 88 yards from accused the latter fired at him and missed. He fired again and one of the shot passed through McDonald's coat and shirt and grazed his ' skin. Aocused's father said that the gun was fired iato the healga to frighten McDonald. The Pebs3 and the Pdlpit.—Up in the North Island ttaors is a raging, filming preacher named Gordon Forlong. Ha was once tv lawyer and a freethinker, and now ho has given that up and taking to preaching and lecturing. The Patea Press recently reported one of his lsctures, and said he was guilty of blaaphemy—a thing by no means unasuhl in one of his stamp. Unordained, unauthorised preachers are invari:ib!y terrible in their enthusiasm, and go to great lengths. Mr Forloog wrote protesting against this to the pap»r, and said that it was impossiblo for a preacher of the Lord Jesus Christ to blaspheme, and that the place of the preacher is "in the dust before the Lord." The editor replied that it was a pity a great many preachers did not remain in their proper place, " the dust," and continues : " We have yet to learn that Mr Forlong is ' a preacher of the Lord Jesus Christ.' We should much more readily suppose that hia diploma was granted from the opposition establishment. It is a pity that Mr Forlong cannot hide the ' cloven hoof' eyen in reference to mittsr that is in print." Tbera is a aosdl das! more equally as bad as this, such as " nonssumccl rubbish," etc. Tliii is the roughest hie at any preacher that v/a h'U'e come across, hut we really beiieyo that Mr Forlong is a una who richly deserved it.

Shooting Srason.—Mr 8. 0. Farr, Sscrefcary of too Noth Canterbury Aeclirmtisation Suciety, hm received information Mint the G-ovorniinnfc li&ra decided not to opvn the shotting season till April 18th Mrs year.— Pres*.

Caledonian SoorRTY.—A moeting of the directors of the Temuka Caledonian .Society was held last ni<>ht in the Wallingford Hotel. Preient—Mnssrs A. M. Clark (president), Naughton, McLeod, Henry, Mogridge, and Lawson. The minutes of the previous meeting wero read and confirmed. As the weat.ier was very bad, and there were ao few present, it was decided to postpone the meeting to a futuro occasion. Dunkbin JEUoes.—At the Dunedm Autumn Meeting on Saturday the Hurdle Racß Wis won by Torrent, the Annivarsaiy Handicap by St. James, the Selling Rice by Patrick, the Throe Mile Trok by AnneauX D'Or, the Cliffs Handicap by Apres Moi, the Novel Handicap by Warlock, and tho Two , MLilo Trot by Silver Ball. Large dividends I were paid on both trots—on the Throe Mile £34 lis, and on the Two Mile £163 4s. Only two investors were "on " the winner in the last event.

I.O.O.F.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Victoria Lodge, No. 19, was held on Friday evening last. Bro. R. Hammond, KG., occupied the chair. The minut«3 of. the previous meeting were read and confirmed. One candidate was proposed for membership. In accordance with notice of motion given at tho last meeting it was decided to a'ter the night of meeting from Friday to Wednesday, the first mseting to be held on Wednesday, April 3rd, at 7.30 p.m. Routine business having been transacted the lodge was closed in due form by the N.B. The Weathkb. —Heavy rain commenced falling in the district on Friday evening and continued throughout tho greater part of the On Saturday it again commenced about noon, and a hoayy downpour took place till well into tho small hours on Sunday warning. Yesterday and liafc night continued very wintry, and rain fell intermittently. The rain will do the grass land and turnip crops, both of which were yery much parchsd, an incalculable amount of good. It will also allow ploughing for wheat sowing to be gone on with. Mr W. Postlethwuifce, of Riukapuka, took advantage of the dry weither to sow with turnips several large paddocks from which he has out acropofoata this season. The rain which 1 has falhn 9hould briuu the seed on splendidly, and (jivo him a good supply of turnips for winter feed. As an iosbneo of smart ; work, it may be mentioned thit Mr FostleI thwaite had several plough teams at, work in | one part of the paddock, while the stosks I were being carted off the other, The weather bow seems generally broken, and a baavy fall of snow has taken ptace quite low down. : What is wanted now is a spell of warm weuther to bring the winter feod on. The Giunt.—A d-putation ! from the Auckland Boirl of Etaction waited m tlis Hon. W. Fisher morning and as'frfd wlivi thfl b-iUuoe of the vo*-e for school buiidinsrs will bo distributed. The Minuter said Government Ivsd not distributed tho whole of the £30,000 voted list year for that parpose, because he (Mr Fisher) thought that the present system of dividing on the population basm was unsatisfactory. Many districts insufficiency r-upplied with school buildings would remain so under tho nrfrsont'systein. The Einjauon Department were considering a better method of distribution when their deliberations were interrupted by the illness of Mr Habens. Meantime money was being granted where most preesingly required. On the M. nister'd return to Wellington he promised, if possible, to send the Auckland share of money. The Board of Education considered £SOOO wis required to enab'e them to undertake the necessary work. A Dastardly Assault.—At the R.M. Court, Auokhnd, on Friday, Taylor, alias Cowley, eharged with attsmpfcad assault at Riverhead, was committed for trial. Briefly the facts of the casa are thesa :On Thursday, 7th inst., a young lady in the suburbs, respectably connected, saw an advertioemeut in the papers by one of the registry officekeepers : " Wanted Lady help, 12s, as companion in country." She weat to (he registry office, as did three other young ladies, where they iraet the advertiser —a man who had represented to the registry office-keeper that he was anting on belulf of a lady resident at Lucas' Creek —and who Rave hia name as Cowley. He selected the young ,1-idy in question for the situation as, he stated, she resembled the daughter of this lady, to whom he was engaged and was aboa'i to be married. He arranged to tike the girl to tb.9 place, and they left Auckland together. He said a buggy was to meet them at Riverhead, but when they arrived there, of course, there was no vehicle, and he suggestel they shoald walkjto tfo<u> destination. Thay walked on until near 10 o'clock at night, when they arrived at a deserted hut, where he attemp cd to assault her, but she resisted successfully. He made no further attack on hor, and she stayed in the hut that night. Next day she, of course, refussd to go any further, and ho eiw bar back to a settler's bouse at Riverhead, where

he decamped. The girl told her story, and was sent, and the police were s.ion on the trail, but Cowley managed to escape arrest for several days. A somewhat similar case occurred in Wellington a year or two ajo, and these cases should warn young women to take extra pracautions when taking situations in out-of-the-way phcos. Meeting en? Creditors. —A. meeting nf the creditors of Edward Pilbrow was held yesterday afternoon, in tho Temulca courthouse. Mr Beswick, the Deputy Official Assignee, was in the chair, and there were present eight or nine creditors. Mr Aspinuil appeared for the creditor. E. Pilbrow, sworn, stated : The cause of my bankruptcy is having acted for many years on Mr Hayhurat's behalf as steward until in August or September, 1887, I had a month's notice dispensing with my aery ices. I was advised I had good grounds for an aotion against Mr Hayhurst, and in accordance with that advico I took action against him for the recovery of certain moneys. I was refused any amicable settlement and was driven to ih I lost, the aolion and wis mulcted in costs. Mr Hay advised me that I had grounds for an action, iuid

subsequently Mr Stridor advised ma in the earne way. Since I left Mr Hayhurst I was twelve months out of employment, and got to be assessor under the Property Tax. Recently I got an appointment as olerk to the Town Board. A writ was issued against ma for the costs in the action against Mr Hayhurat. I paid away every penny I drew from Welling-

ton. To Mr Hayhurst, senr.: I got £IOO from the property tax, but have not finished yet. I have givgn orders on tha property tax for some of this amount. The Property Tax Department will not pay until the work i 3 finished. There is not o penny to come to me. —Mr Lee said Mr Pilbrow had made favorites of some in giving these orders. —A discussion took place as to whethor these ordars were wrongly paid, and whether the amounts could be recovered for the benefit of the estate. —To Mr Hayhurst : I gave the order to Mr Stringer when i owed other people money, lie would not lake up I he casfl uwtd lie got it. I have not paid Mr Aspinall, nor giyen hiin any security. ILi has paid £5 on my bohalf,—?Mr Douglas said ho

thrashed United for Mr Pilbrow, and he promised to pay cash —Mr Pilbrow said ha was tryin» to get a machine ta clean the seed when lie got the w>it. Aftor a good deal of talk to no purpose it Wi9 decided that Mr Brown aot in conjunction with the Assignee to realbo on the estate. The meeting thtm terminated.

Baxter's Ltjno Peeseuver has gained great popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy in the 'treatment ot Couans, Golds, BuoNcnms, and othet chest and tbroit complaints. Read advt.

I SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,

Ball—At South Oran Sohool on Friday, evening. "y"' Temuka Roid Board—lnvites tender? for formation at RangitaU.

Mrs J. W. Miles, The Stoae Store, Temuka —Wants apprentices to the dressmaking. Andrew Grant, Temuka —Invites tenders for ploughing, harrowing, and sowiDg. Moments of Merriment—Entertainments by Mr and Mrs Foley at Temuka on Thursday and Friday evenings. J. T. M. Bay hurst—Notifies that persons found trespassing on land adjoining the Te« muka Flour Mill will be prosecuted ; dogs destroyed.