LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1955, 12 October 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gkbaldijtb Road Boabd,—The asoathly meeting of the Geraldine Road Bjard will be held en Menday next. Tenders fer several works oloie at 10 a.m. on that day. Sale oj FirairiiUßs.—On Monday next Messrs Gray and Montgomery hold a sale of household furniture and effects at the residence of Mr U. J. Rayner, who is leaving,the district.

WiSLEYAN Ohueoh, Temuka. —The Rev. R. S. Bunn will conduct the services in this Church to-morrow, and the subject of his addresses will be feuud in our advertising columns. .-•(■■ Dhath ojt a OfiNTEWAniAW.—Mrs Ineh, who arrived at New Plymouth by ;the William Bryant, pioneer vessel to that settlement, died on Tuesday at the age of 102 years. She leaves 55 grandchildren, and 52 great-grandchildren. •.'■•[.

Diocesan Synod. -The annual session of the Dioeesan Synod, Chriatchucob, .biased oni Thursday night, after transacting a considerable, amount of business. A committee were elected to earry out the details in eonnection with the reoeption of the new Biehep, ,;

.Mount Fidel Road Board Election.— An election for the return of a member in! the room of Mr A. Hawdon, resigned, will be Held en tbe 28th instant. Candidates must be nominated with the Returning Officer, Mr, R. It vine, before noon en the 19th October. \

PBBSBTTBBIaN.OMtJBpH, TIMUKAr-The Rev. Mr Betttie, Moderator of the General Assembly of the New Zealand Presbyterian Churoh, will conduct anniversary services in this ohurch to-morrow. The subjects of the rev. gentleman's addresses will be 'found else-! where.

Teaih Abbamqbvbnts to*,, Ashbfston Ra«ib.S.—On the 18th. and 17th insts. Saturday return tickets to Ashburten, available for return until the 18th, will be issued at all; stations between Christchurch and Timaru.; The train from Ashburton to Timaru on the 17th will run 1 hour and 50 miuutes later than usual.

K.M. Couet, Ibhuka. At the R.M.: Court, Temuka, on Thursday, befbre A.' M. ; Clark and J. Guild, Esqs.j J.P.'s, Thomas; McLaren was charged, on the information of H. W. Williams,, with having obtained a hedg# knife from him under false pretennes ,ia .Julyplant.. The, accused, pleaded .not; guilty. The evidence was to the effect that ,; McLaren obtained the knife from complainant alleging that it was for Mr Gaffaney. This Mr Gaffaney subsequently donied in thepresence of aceuaed. In the absence of Mr Gaffaney accused was given the benefit of the doubt, and discharged with' * cautieH. Thb Cabinet.—The re-allotment of portfolios is to take place at the beginning of next week, Cabinet meetings haye been held on the subject nearly every day this week, but nothing his been allowed to become public. Captain Kußsell, however, will be Colonial Secretary.—The Wellington correspondent of the Press wired on Thursday night that Mr Hislop had ooniented to rejoin the Ministry, and that ha had. Heard it rumored that Captain Russell will be Colonial; Seoretary and defence Minister, Mr Mitohelson Postmaster-General and Minuter, for' Satire Affairs, and. that Mr Hielop.will re-; »ume the J3duoation portfolio, { GuBAWHKJS LjTBUAEY Sooiext. —The usual fortnightly meeting ofj tul? society was held in the public library onj Wednesday eyenipg last. There was a fair) attendance. Dr R. Fish oocupied the chair.! The prpgramme for the evening consisted ofj readings,by a number of members, eaohi reading being criticised by those present. The; following readings were given :■— "The Dream' ojE Bsgene Aram," Mr BL B. Webster;. "Mark Antony's address over the body of C»sar,"Mr F. WiJ-son Smith; "KingslevV desoription of &, wreck," Dr R, Fish; "The JjgAoon'i masterpieoe," Bey, J- $• Archibald, MA : • ■ "An extraot from • Sesame and LiilieV,'" Mr B. Y. Fergussonj "Truth," Mr H. IS. Hiak»ci. BaoU reader was freely and frankly criticised by those present; It was arranged that Messrs F. Wilson Smith and H. N. Hiskens should eaoh read a short essay at the next meeting of the eooiety to be held on Wednesday week, the subjects to be Announced. Ihe meeting then terminated.

Thb Couhtt. o» Oabkabtok. The steamer Staifa has left for Three Kings, to search for any traces of iho County of Carnarvon or tbe orew, somo of whom it it thought ]*UBt | possible may be found there. Aa the ship Was probably lost at tho end of June, there is not muoh likelihood of any survivors being found. The steamer is expected baok in five days. ' An Impudent Thib*. At iwanui, an east coast (N. 1.) township, the other day, a Native was riding past the police station. In a hollow a few yards frbm the station was the policeman's cow. The Maori went up to the cow, knifed and skinned it, rode off with' tho skin, and left tbe caroase. He sold tho skin at a shop class by for a few shillings. He was arrested and has bean committed for trial.

Temuka Pam: Board. The usual monthly meeting of the Park Boar 1 was held last evening.. Present—Messrs Gray (chairman), Quino, and Aspinall. Tho minules of the previous meeting were read and- confirmed. The caretaker's report recommended that the aloe should be cut down, as it smells very offensively. The' tress blown down by the gale had been cut up, and the result was over .21) cords of firowood, he also asked, for the range in htß house to be repaired. The bank balance to credit was £l7 13s 9d. It was resolved to repair the range, to cut the aloe, and to sell the firewood. Accounts to the: amount of £l4 la 8d was pissed for payment. A complaint was received that the swans had got into the Arpwhenua creek, and were trespassing on adjoining properties. It was decided to remove them to a more suitable plaee. The I mpeting then terminated. : Tsuvxk Duet Comjabi.—The ordinary monthly meeting of the directors of the above company was held yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs J. Brown, R. A. Barker, J. Sedtt, J. 8. Hayes, T. Parko, aud 0. I : Mathews, ; : Mr J. Brewn was unanimously! re-elected ohairman. The.pnoe to .bo given l for milk was disoussed, and it Was decided, that the same amount should be given asi during the previous eeason. Th'e desirability! or otherwise of mortgaging the property of I the company, so as to avoid the necessity for j the directors guaranteeing the , overdraft,for; I milk purchases, was carefully considered, and in view of large sums which' will shortly come to hand from cheese sales it was resolved to maintain the present arrangement.! Accsunt sales were received, showing that the cheese had realised satisfactory prises, and that the quality had been generally approved. The secretary gave particulars of cheese which had been forwarded, and also of arrangements which had been made to send a quantity te Australia. Accounts amounting to £ll6s 5d were passed for payment,,and the meeting terminated. Thb Gallib Widi Cash.—ln the Gallie will 1 base ; at Dunadin Mr Justice Williams delivered judgment at great length, refusing probate of the will which Mrs Gallie produced. His Honor remarked that of all the cases which ever came before him this was by far the mest diffioult. The question of administration will be}argued hereafter.J The <Dunedjn correspondent of the Lyttelton Times writes:—ln delivering judgment Hiß Honor said he was satisfied that in spite of! Mrs Gallie's evidence of the great mental change in Gallic, her evidence was utterly unreliable, and the family evidence shown to be untrue. The will expressed Mrs Gallie's intentions, not her imbecile husband's. The mass of Mr Fraser's witnesses, independent men, it was impossible to doubt. His decision was arrived at without regard to Lydia Ludford's evidence, for a woman who would tcharge her own mother with adultery, whether t«-uly or falsely, to get money, would stick at little ; but it it was fair to add that most of her evidence was corroborated. With Walker in tbe house, Gallie would not have left money to his wife if of sound mind. Probate was refused, and the question of administration will be argued next week'; but is sure to be granted to Winmill and Lydia Lud ford. His Honer said it was the most. diffloult case that had ever been before him. Nearly all the Duhedin lawyers were in Court to hear the decision, but few of the general public. The decision is very popular here. Shookh« Acoidemt. A shocking aeoident occurred at Green Hills, on the ■ Bluff line, on . Wednesday. There is a stone quarry at the place, anal in .oonnection therewith a small smithy. During the day tools were being sharpened, and in tempering a drum of'water was used;. This water got too hot for the purpose, and was taken outside. The men proceeded with their work, and a drill having been dressed James McKeazie plunged it into a similar drum -standing near. A violent explosion ensued, 1 and MoKenzie staggered outside where he fell dead. The left Bide of his body was oat clean away. Another man, William Ramsay, had a terrible flesh wound inflicted oh the thigh. A splinter khooked off the shin' bone of the other leg, and ho is now in the hospital. John MoKenzie escaped with slight injury. The smithy was not much damaged, but there is a hole in the floor a foot, deep where the drum stood. The explosion had a peculiar' cause. The drum was of the kind used fori softening dynamite,, arid constructed on the same plan as a glue pot, hot water being poured into the. jacket. It is surmised that; occasionally water got among the dynamite) and was poured baok into the pocket. The' plunging: of < a hot iron into the drum was therefore, disastrous: No dynamite had been used about the works for some time. James MoKenzie was a married man, with one child, and Ramsay was a resident of North. Invercargill. , {i-.!.",/;■ '<: : 0';" . ■ Caledosian Ball. -The ball held last Thuaßdny, evening .under the auspices of j the Caledonian Society in the Volunteer Drillshed, Temnka, was a great success.: I The hall was splendidly decorated with ; evergreeas, flowers, and flags, and the other arrangements were perfect. The catering was entrusted to Mr Barr, and it [ is needless,to say that iu his hands it was, all that coald be desired, . The music, of i Messrs Levens (piano) and Goodwillie; (accordian) gave every satisfaction. Mr A. j Bisset acted as M.C. in bis usual style, j The attendance, too,; was large beyond ■ anticipation, between 70 and 10 couples! ■beins; present. Amongst, these were people from Ashburton and Timaru, while there was a large contingent, from Geral-! dine. There was' a large display of tartan, worn in the shape.of sashes, ties, rosettes; 1 eto,'; : aWd : a f e'w ; • were arrayed in highly gorgeous costumes. Tbe number of ladies end gentleman were pretty evenly balanced, and wallflowers were very, rare.. Mr Campbell,, the Society's! piper, was present, and discoursed some Highland music occasionally, which sounded well in the immense .ball. After supper Mr A. M. Clark ascended tbe platform, and announoed that the presentation of the flag by Mr Quinn; would not take place that evening, as the committee desired that it should be presented publicly at the annual gathering of the Society next Boxirjg Day, when he hoped they would all be present. A long and varied programme of dances was gone through, the lively and picaresque Scotch dances predominating, and the proceed- J jugs came to a dose between. 4 and 5 a.m. I •

•'; Abcwhentm Obmetiey Boabd. —The monthly meeting of the above board was held last evening. Present—Messrs dray (chairman), QuinD, and ispinall. The minutes of the preyious meeting were read and confirmed. The caretaker's report was read. He recommended that no dogs should ba allowed inside the cemetery. People were in the habit of taking dogs there, and they did a lot of harm. It was resolved to ereot a notice on a board in the cemetery intimating that under no circumstances 'will dogs be allowed within the gates. Owners of, dogs found in the oemetery will be prosecuted The secretary reported that the bank balanos to credit was £BO, and cheques for £7 14»a were passed forpayment. '

The verdict of all who have used the '* Jumbo " brand Baking Powder, is that it, makes light, nutritious, ani digestive bread I cakes, pastry, etc As the ingredients are of, the finest qualities, and no injurious elements being ueed in the preparation, bread, etc,; made with this powder will keep fresh and, moist longer than with any other powder.' Ask for Anderson's " Jnmbo " brand Baking Powder.—[Abyt.l]. SYNOPSIS OJ ADYBRTISEMBHT3. ; Wesleyaa Churoh, Temuka—Services for te-morrow. N.Z. Railways Train arrangements for' Ashburton Raees. A. M. dark, Tomuka—lnvites tender! for| clearing swamp at Riversloa. ! J. Mundell k Co.—Publish entries forGreraldine stook sale on Wednesday next. i R. Irvine, Returning Officer—Notice re eleotion of member of Mount Peel Road Board. Presbyterian Church, Temuka—Rev. Mr Beattie will conduct anniversary services tomorrow. Webster & Macdonald—Advertise entries for Geraldiae fortnightly stock sale on' Wednesday. Gray and Montgomery —»Sell household! furniture and effects at residence of Mr C. J.j Rayner, Temuka, on Mondiy next. 0. J. Rayner—Requests that all accounts owing to him may be paid at once; has! authorised Mr Dann to receive the same.

S.C. ißook and Stationery Co., opposite Bank of PT.Z., Temuka Advertise cheap! books, stationery, fancy goods, neuiie, etc.: (less than eost pi-ice) for fourteen days. | EC. Dann, Chemist and Druggist, Temuka; Dispensary (late 0. J. Rayner)—Business; announcement ; physicians' prescriptions accurately dispensed—pure drugs and ohemioals;< large supply of patent medicines, druggists' sundries, notepaper, envelopes, novels, and' new publications, at Christchurch prices; advertises specialities. i