LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1873, 2 April 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sale of Wheat.— The Camara Mail states that a sale of 20,000 bushels of wheat, principally velvet, has just taken place at Oamaru the price being 4s 3d at siding. Meeting at Waitohi Flat.—A meeting of settlers and others interested in a watersupply for the Waitohi Fl»t, tukss place in the school to-morrow evening. Scratched, —Mr B. Edwards’ Plunger and Mr A. G. Cox’s Potatau have been scratched for the Three Milo Time Trot at the first day’s racing of the Geraldine Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting. Board Meetings. —The monthly meeting of the Temuka Hoad Board takes place to-day, that of the Geraldine Town Board this evening, and that of the Temuka Town Board to-morrow evening. Entertainment at Geraldine.—Mr and Mrs Foley give their second entertainment in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Geraldine, this evening, when the programme will bo entirely changed, and wo hope to see the hall well filled. Geraldine Monthly Bale. —The monthly sale of stock at Geraldine takes place tomorrow, and some splendid lines are to be submitted by Messrs J. Mundell and Co. and Messrs Webster and Macdonald. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Customs and Bbeb Duty.— The Customs revenue for March was £128,311. The total for the financial year just ended was £1,463,247, showing a deficit on the Treasury estimate of £51,753. The beer duty for the year was £51,048, giving a surplus of £4B. The amount for last month was £4876. The Chinese Empekok.— The Emperor i of China, a boy of aevr-ntean, has a serious hesitation in his speech and speaks with considerable difficulty. Ho is quiet indisposition, I but very obstinate when once he has formed an opinion. He has a very largo head and a thin-pointed face. Ho is, however, considered i decidedly clever. ; i Bible Shooting.— Tim following will i i represent the Geraldine Rifles in the match i against the Timaru Rifles at Timaru en * Thursday next :—Lieut. Ward, Lieut. I McKenzie, 001.-Sergt. Stonehouse, Sergt. ! Millard, Sergt. Fleming, Sergt. Brown, Corpl. McKenzie, Private Irvine, Private South, and Private C. J. Fleming. The Alleged Chinese “ Proclamation.”—Chinese merchants at Groymoulh know nothing of such a communication as the Evening Post states the Wellington Chinese have received from the Imperial authorities. - They say they receive copies of the Herald (Chinese paper) every mail, and if anything of that kind were contemplated or probable, that journal would have some reference to it. They discredit the story altogether. Important Stamp Puoseoution.— At the R.M. Court, Timaru, on Friday, the South Canterbury Refrigerating Company were prosecuted under the Stamp Duties Act, section 10, in effect for insuring a shipment of frozen meat in the Home office, and paying no stamp duty in the colony on the policy. The penalty is £2OO. The chief evidence was obtained from the secretary, under strong objection by counsel for the company. Judgwas reserved. i The Orakbi Native Meeting.— At the Orakoi Native on Friday a motion was carried recommending that the offices of Native Assessors be abolished. Mr S. Taiwhanga read a letter which he had received from Mr R. Treadwell, Seoretuay to Lord Onslow, stating that the new Governor, on hie voyage to the colony, would consider Taiwhanga’s proposals for the colonisation of Native lands. Mr JEtoworth, of Wellington, urged that Govern- , msnt and the House should deal with these proposals. A motion approving of Taiwhunga’s scheme was agreed to. A number of chiefs have left for their homes. An Ocular Demonstration. —At the close of the meeting at the Crown Hotel, Geraldine, on Saturday evening last, one gardener laid upon the table a box of “samples.” On being opened it proved to contain apples, or rather what was left of a number of apples after the blackbirds had done with them. The appearance of the fruit was a surprise to those not acquainted with the mischief done by these pests. Nearly the whole of the inside of the apples was eaten clean out, leaving only the outside skin and core. The birds had made a hole in the skin large enough to admit their heads, and had then eaten oat the inside. All the gardeners present had tales to toll of similar destruction to fruit. R.M. Court, Timau.— At the R.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, William Francis was charged with the larceny on 25th March of a pocket book containing a £2O note and some documents, the property of Alexander McLeod, of Peel Forest, Accused, for whom Mr Huy appeared, pleaded not guilty. On the application of the police a remand was granted to Friday next, bail being allowed in two sureties of £25 each. W. A. P. Smith was charged on remand with stealing a ham, knives and forks, sugar, and £2 10s in cash from the Melville Hotel on or about March 27, and was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supremo Court in Timaru, The proprietor of the hotel identified some of the forks and the ham. Rascally Outrage. Between Friday night and Saturday morning a boat belonging ( to Mr A. W. Gaze, which was moored in a creek lending to the Milford Lagoon, was wilfully stove in by someevil-dispoaod person. I’ho oars and sails wore else flung into the ( creek, where they were found floating by o neighboring settler. There is no clue to the j perpetrator of this wanton mischief, but &us- 1 melon points to certain persona who arc bo- , icvad to be netting on the Lagoon. From \ he fact that the ranger occasionally uses the 1 mat, and that on Friday night largo numbers if herrings ami also trout are known to have . )oon caught,! ho suspicion seems not unnatural. ( ' tlic damage lias been done by accident, .Ithoujh it is hardly possible, it is to be hoped hat the persons who have done it will make - clean breast of it, and clear possibly innocent 1 isopio of suspicion. /

Baud of Hope, Qeealdinb.— A meeting of tha Geraldine Band of Hope was held Od Thursday evening last. There was a good attendance. During the evening a number of readings and recitations ware given. Amongst other routine business transacted, it was decided to hold an open lodge meeting on Thursday next, commencing at 7.30 p.m. The Qibbohsh Mubdbe. — On Friday afternoon Hain Te Biri, condemned to death for the murder of tha Book family, confessed to Mohi Tuere, a Native clergyman, that he committed the deed. He stated he had no accomplice. At the interview with bis father he did not deny his guilt, but said i “I ana sad in heart; from earth I came, to earth i return.” The prisoner has been removed to Napier. Haetest Thanksgiving, HyFvest thanksgiving services were held in the;Presbyterian Church, Temuka, last Sunday. There was an unusually large congregation, and the Rev, Mr Dickson preached from an appropriate text a very able sermon, dwelling principally on the gratitude due to God for the bountiful harvest they had enjoyed this year. The choir, under the leadership of Mr Rutland, with Miss Blyth presiding at the ! harmonium, rendered several appropriate hymns in first-class style. r Timabu Hospital.— The following are the returns for the past month In hospital at date of last return, 22 males, 6 females —total, 28; admitted during month, 11 males, 8 females—total, 19 ; grand total, 47. Discharged daring month, 8 males, 7 females ; relieved, 5 mslcs ; deaths, 2 males (Stephen Wheeler, Thomas Sellars), 1 female (Mary Cronin). Remaining under treatment at end of. March, 18 males, 6 females—total 24. Outpatients treated during month, 26 males, 22 females —total, 48. Bepoeted Wholesale Netting op Tboot. —A report reached Ashburton on Sunday morning last that an enormous quantity of trout had been taken from a creek in the Ashburton Forks district. Seventy or eighty very large trout were .found dead near the binks of the crbdL where they had apparently floated after taey had been killed. Netting on a large scale had evidently been carried on, and it is supposed that the persons netting had either been unable to carry them away or had been surprised. It is to be hoped that the enquiries now being made will lead to tha detection of persons indulging in such unsportsmanlike practices. A New Zealand Magazine.— At a meeting at Dunedin on Thursday evening, it was decided to establish a monthly literary magazine, entitled Zealandia. Nearly twice the amount of money wanted was subscribed in the room. Novel features in the venture are that, while arrangements are being made to circulate the magazine throughout the Australasian colonies, the writers are to be exclusively residents of New Zealand. The matter published in Zealandia will be wholly original, and deal only with matters of interest to New Zealanders. Mr J. White, solicitor, was elsotod chairman, and William Freeman editor. The first number will appear in July. Amongst the contributors arc Mersrs Reeves, Owen, Graham, Bracken, Waddell, Benbow, andG. Thomson. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Banka at Geraldine—Declare April 12th to be a special bank holiday, J, Mundell and 00. Publish further entries for monthly sale to-morrow. Webster and Macdonald—Publish additional entries for stock sale to-morrow. Auction Sale of old Bridge Timber—At Upper Rangitata Bridge on Friday,l2th April, Andrew Grant, Willowbank, Temuka—Has accepted Jaa. Walsh’s tender for ploughing Geraldine Road Board—lnvite tendered* fords, culvert, ands bingls ; tenders oldie oil Monday. Mr and Mrs Foley—Give their second entertainment in Geraldine to-night; entire change of programme. W. P, Turton—Notifies that persons found trespassing on his properly at Waihi will be prosecuted ; poison laid for dogs, eto. Jas. Findlay, Engineer and General Blacksmith, Temuka—Announces that he has the season’s stock of guns and ammunition to hand, and invites inspection; loads cartridges with the best materials, and undertake* repairs to guns j re-browning a speciality.