LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1946, 21 September 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. The Weather.-—The weather on Thursday afternoon was very cold, nnd towards 5 o'clock there was a slight tall of snow and, sleet. AHfIiERS Society.—The annual meeting of the, Geraldine County Anglers Society will be held oa Taesday afternoon dext at the WallingfoH Hotel. Bank Homdat.-—Friday next will be observed as a holiday at the Temuka and Geraldine offices of the Bank of New Zaaland and Bank ofN»w South Wales. ' Thmttka Road Boabd Ejection.— Candidates for the. vacanc seat on the Temuks, Road Board must be Dominated with the Befcurning Officer, Mr W. Wills, before noon to-day. Tekuka Sxatik<* Rikk.—The Zealandia Skating Rink will be open to-day for the last time this season. A special attraction will be a two mile race for the championship of Temuka. ..;Special < Service.at Woodbtjrt.—The Rev. G. Barclay will deliver a lecture* at Woodbury to-morrow afternoon on the " Rise and Early History of the Church." The service will commence at 3 o'clock.

Wesietak ,'Ohuroh, ITexotea. —The Rev. J. T. Burrows will conduct the momio'g und evening services at this Church to-morrow. The rev. gentleman will also conduct a service at Waitohi in the afternoon. : ,

i SouillNa.—Hoarn has accepted Stephenson's ohallenge for £IOO a side and the championship of New Zealand. Ho has named Wellington, as the place and February as the date. This has been cabled to Warboy, of Sydney, Stephenson's agent. Hoese Pabadb.—The Tinaaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association announce that the annual show of entire hones will take plaee in the old Timaru show ground on Thursday, October 5. Entries must be made with the secretary, Mr F. W. Stubbs, before noon on the 3rd, the entrance fee being ss, Tfe Timaetj Show.—ln our advertising oolumas the Tiwuru Agricultural and Pastoral 1 Association remind farmers that exhibits of not .less tban 141 b potted butter, to compete for the Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association's and the Timaru A. aid P. Association's prizes, must be loft with the , secretary, Mr F,, W. Stubbs, not later than the 28tla September. Land on Pbepstdal Liasb.— In another column Mr J. H. Baker, Commissioner of 'Crown Lands, Christchurch, invites tenders for ' the lease of Rssemf 2033, containing 81a lr, situated on the north bank ot the Orari ' river. The upset annual rent is £lo' 3a 2d, and tinders close on" the 28th ' Octebar, at 5 p.m. Further particulars will be found in the advertisement.

• . Gbbaidinb. Baobb.-—ln our advertising columns will be found the train arrangements for the Geraldine Races, which taks place oa the 26th and 27th Siptember. Oa the 25th, 26th, and 27th September ". Saturday Return Tickets," available for return till the 30th, will be issued to Orari at all stations between Waimato and Ohristohurch. A guaranteed special train will run from Timaru ta Orari on the,26lh.

Kujcoss.be the Govesnmcbht.—Says the Wellington correspondent of the Press:— "Nothing appears to be settled yet with respect to filling up the vacant portfolios ia the Ministry. Capt. Russell is still looked upon as most likely to be selaoted, and I hare heard on good authority that he will be tha chosen one. On the other hand it is said that Sir H. Atkinson's present intention is to take Mr Hiilop in again if he is re-eleeted."

Railwat Returns.—The railway returns for the four weekly period ending August 17th are :—Receipts, Nsrth Island, £23,062'; Middle Island, £48,675. Expenditure—North Island, £16,686; Middle Island, £33,659. Total receipts, £71,738; total expenditure, £50,346. On the Hurunut-Bluff section the receipts were £42,882, and' expenditure £29,967.

Winchester Tomato SAUCE.TrWe are pleased to learn that Mrs Young's exhibit of Tomato Sauce at the Melbourne Exhibition fully held its own, and justified the high opinion formed of it locally. By the last mail Mrs Young recoived notice from the Executive Commissioners of the Melbourne Exhibition I bat she would receive a first class certificate of merit and a bronze medal for her exhibits.

Tekotu Roaj» Board.—An adjourned special .Tieeting of the Tsmuka Road Board was held yesterday morning,' Messrs Fraiser, Bissett, and Aspinall being present, Mr Aspinall was voted te the chair. The meetiug was called for the purpose of dealing with the business of electing a chairman, and after some discussion it was decided to defer . the appointment, of a permanontone until next ordinary meeting. Mr Aspinall was elected chairman pro tem.

Nbw Names. The Timaru Borough Council recently became impressed with the idea that the Main Head iwnning through the town should be oalled a street and receive a name, and other etreet6 new names. A Bpeeial meeting was held to deal with tho Bubjsct, and after a long disoussion it was decided to name the Main Eoad from the South Belt to tho Commercial Hotel King Street; from thence to George lb treat (Gabites' Cora ur) Market Street; and from theaca to Wai-iti Eoad (North Belt) Bond Street. The names of BBveral othar streets were altered, some apparently fgr |hp sole purpose of having a change,

Mbdical. Under this heading the ' Press says :—The township of Temuka is about to receive (he services of Dr. William Blunden in addition to those of Dr. J. S. Hayes, who has been the only resident doctor for somo time past. Dr. Blunden ia the eldest son of Sir John Blunden, of Kilkenny. He holds the decrees of bachelor of Medicine, Trinity College, Dubliu, and Buchelor of Arts. He is also a licentiate of i.!io 8.0.5., Ireland, and licentiate in midwifery, King and Queen's College of Physicians, Ireland. In his year he was senior moderator and gold medallist in mathematics and mathematical physics, aad senior moderator and gold medallist in ethics, metaphysics, and logic." Different Tastes.—Wallace says that some of the Pacifio Islanders will never eafc hetfs eggs, considering them unfit for food, but they sell them to sailors. The Esquimaux will not, eat vegetables, considering it a perverted taste that will indulge in such stuff. The New Guinea natives refuse to eat bread and biscuits, and abhor sugar. On the contrary, such tribes enjoy ants, grasshoppero, monkeys and snakes. Those Malayans that collect edible birds' nests never can be induced to eat of them. African tribes that keep most cattle never taste milk; Salt Is where all the world finds kinship, for no nation or tribe but craves it and needs it. On the whole we shall Have to go back to the Latin saw for an explanation of such diversities : "There is no accounting for tastes."—Globs Democrat.

SuinvAS ob Olimpbtt ?. Pfofeisor Miller, the wrestler, who knows Sullivan, the prize-fighter, and his family well, denies that the person now oonducting a mission in Chrisoburoh ii a member of the Sullivan family. In, Melbourne the New Zealand evangelist's pretensions of ,< brotherhood to Sullivan is laughed at' in athletic ciroles. He is now conducting a mission in Christchurch,, The Ministers' Association,; net beis'g able to get a satiifaotory explanation tion from him, have.withdrawn their support. At a rsoent meeting of the Christohareh Presbytery one of the members moved that those ministers who bad permitted Mr Sullivan to preach in their pulpit should give proof of his.bona fides, but ultimately consented, to withdraw it. He made tome very strong remarks in reference to the missioner, and it was agreed that the matter should be dealt with at the next meeting of the Presbytery.

Attempt at Sensatioitahsjc. A beo k entitled " Murder will Oat, or the Mystery of Kaiwarra," has been published by Mr J". Eyison, of the Catho'.io Timet, embodying the, story of the Kaiwarra murder. It is embellished with illustrations of Hawkins, Ohemis, and the members of the police and bar who have figured at various times in the course of the proceedings before and after the Supreme Court trial. At the end, the following statement appears i " After the trial, a portion of the sleeve of Hawkins's eoat which was stuck together with congealed blood was opened and examined with a mierosoope. In the part opened, stuck to the coat by the congealed blood, were found three hairs, which had evidently belonged to a heavy ill-kept sandy moustache." The writer connects this with statements made to Colonel Hume to the effect that a man under the influence of liquor, foaming with rage, in possession of a gun, and acquainted with the locality, had a quarrel with Hawkins shortly before the murder. No other clue, however, is given to tliia man other than that he had a heavy sandy moustache, nor does Mr Evison say by whom, or exactly when, the miorescopio examination was conducted. J'Jew Zbaiand Mutton.—A Home paper of July 15 says:—Messrs Nelson Brothers, of London, must hare a great deal of confidence in the future of the frozen mutton trade, as they offer to take irom New Zealand shippers, for three years, any number of caresses of first-class meat at 2Jd per lb, free an board, and to pay 48 per cer.t. in excess when the meat sells jt more than 4s-d per lb, and 80 per oaut. more when the price exoeeds sd. For teoond-claas mutton they offer id a pound less, and for third class meat a penny less. Considering that in recent years, before the rise in the price of mutton, colonial shippers got but a little over Id a pound net on an average, the terms seem advantageous, especially as Messrs Nelson have to take the risk of competition with other importers. The idea of a syndicate to " oorner " New Zealand mutton Seems to have been given up as impracticable, There has been a considerable rise in the price of New Zealand mutton sinee the beginning of the year. In January the quotations ef the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company ranged from 3|d to 4d per pound, whereas during the present month they have been from 5d to 6£d, and 6fd was touched in June. An Extraoedinarh Case. A rain named James Watson was apprehended the other day at Invercirgill for the tbeft of women's stockings from a clothea-line. He was fouiid to be carrying a quantity of female underclothing in a damp state. Being brought up at the Police Court his counsel submitted that Watson had at one time suffered a sunstroke and was not

always responsible for his actions. Tlae magistrate seat him to gaol for two months ' for the theft of the stockings, the other T articles not having been claimed. On being stripped at the gaol it was found that Watson had under his own garments two embroidered chemises, two bodices, and two pairs of women's drawers (calico and fiinael), and a woman's singlet. A constable who was despatched to search the hut which the man had occupied at One Tree Point for two months, found a further quautity of women's underclothing there, it appears as if it were a case of monomania.

MBB Maxbeigi's Eepbibtb.—A telegram to the New York papers, dated Liverpool, August 23rd, soys:—The messenger who carried the order remitting the death penally in Mrs Maybriok's case arrived at the gaol at 1.30 this momiog. Governor Anderson and Chaplain Morns entered Mrs Maybnok'a cell together. This is Chaplain Morris' description of the visit:—" We went into the prison at 2.15 o'clock. The women's department, in which Mrs Maybrick's cell is situated, is riear the gates on the left. We were received there by the head warden, a woman, who accompanied us to the pell, She koockad at the door. The light" in the cell was brilliantly turaed up and the door opened by one of the female watchers. We pussed in. The cell was lighted by a single gas j»t, burning brightly. Mrs May brick was undressed and in bed, She lay.on her back, her hair loosely coiled about her head. She made no sign as we entered. She merely turned her eyes and looked at us. She was very weak, and had a listless air natural to her condition. The Governor went close to her bodside and said, ' Mrs Maybrick, I have juet received a message from the Home Secretary which states that he has advised the Queen to commute your sentence to imprisonment for life.' Mrs Maybrick, said nothing 5 h»r face showed no sign. She merely lifted hor left hand and stretched it out to take that of tho Governor, That was all that Was skid, and wo came away immediately."

Tbmuka Cemetery Board.—A meeting of the «bove board was held last evening. Present—Messrs Brown (in the chair), Quion, Aspinall, and Maaon. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The caretaker's report was read. It recommended that trees on the west side should be topped at a height of 16ft. It was decided to carry out the caretaker's suggestion. The secretary stated that after having paid all liabilities there was a bank balance of £66 17s 7d. The meetiog then terminated. Training job a New Yoke Editor.— A philanthropic old gentleman waa passiog along a street in New York, and whan in front of a. fine residence his. attention was attracted by the remarks of >( a small boy, about seven years old, who ' was playing with another boy.. '5 That's a low, mean, sneaking, .cowardly, dirty lie," the small boy was saying, "and you're a blankety, dashety, villainous liar 1 You're a chaat, a pickpocket, 'a tramp, a defaulter, an assassin, a Vile, cpnteraptib'e, base, depraved, dashed, blanked, crawling, poisonous reptile j" The kind old gentleman turned about dumbfounded, dropped his umbrella, aad stared at the youngster in mute astonishment. Just then a ladycatne to the door, and he said, "Madam, is this your boy J" " Yes, sir." Well, I consider it my duty to inform you that he was jasfc now using the most shocking and horrible language I ever heardjn my life { Why, he talked worse than on anarchist 1" "Is that'sol" replied the lady sweetly, " I'm yglad it shocked you—ib shows that Willie is improving." "Madam!"; thundered the old gentleman, as he glared over his speotaoles, "can.it be possible that you are aware that your Bon indulges In such language 2" " Oh, certainly—we've been training him for some time," " Are you a heathen 1 ?" gasped *he old gentleman, as his jaw dropped. " Oh, no," replied the lady, as she beamed complacently oil the ' astonished party. " No, we're no heathens —we're just bringing our son up to be a New York editor. Rip out aaother editorial for the gentleman."

The verdiofc of all who have nied the ',' Jumbo .V brand Baking Powder, is that it makea light, nutritious, ani digestive bread cakes, pastry, eto, As the ingredients are of the finest qualities, and no injurious elements being used in the preparation, bread, etc, made with this powder will keep fresh and moist longer than with any other powder. Ask for Anderson's " Jumbo " brand Baking Powdor.—[Adyt.ll. ; "' SYNOPSIS Off ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Turner—Has lost driving whip. Horse Parade—At Timaru on botober 5; Wesleyaa Churob, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. . \~ •■ . : ..'': i T. Pawson, Kakahu—Calls for tenders for cutting gorse. Greraldine Road Beard—Notice of inteitibn to strike rate. N.Z. Railways ■— Train arrangements for Greraldine races. Woodbury—Lsoture by Rev. Ct. Barolay to-morrow afternoon. Greraldine County Anglers Society—Annual meeting on Tuesday next. Spocial Bud's Holiday—At Temuka and Greraldine on Friday next. Timaru A. and P. Association—lmportant notice to farmers re potted butter. ; Aspinall and Co., Temuka—lnvite tenders for the erection of engine shed at the mill j also, cart shad. J. H. Baker, Commissioner Crown LandsInvite tenders for lease of Reserve 2033, eon' taining 81a lr, situated on the south bank of Orari river.

J. Ballantyne and Co., Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, Dressmakers, and Bespok* Tailors, Timaru—New showing important shipments ex Bimutaks, including new mantles, costumes, corsets, underclothing, millinery, dresses, prints, ginghams, laces, ribbons, etc, etc

T. and J. Taomsoa, Drapars and Silk Mercers, Timara—Are. showing special valus in ladies' belts, new ribbons, cashmere hosiery, Oambria and .Nainsook embroidery,cashmeres, curtainß, jackets, mantles, sunshades, etc; draw special attention to millinery and dressmaking departments— most taking things int straw and millinery hats and bonnet flowers, feathers, etc., etc.