LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1962, 29 October 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka. Dramatic Society. The Temuka Dramatic Society ha« decided to hold a social on an early date. Fish. —We were shown some raagnificoots pecimens of eels caught in the Ohapi river yesterday. Four of them weighed 501 b, and were of very largo size, R.M. Court.— Messrs Gaild and Clark, J.P.’s, attended theR.M. Court, Tetuuka, yesterday, but as all the oases were settled out of court there was nothing for them to do. Lawn Tennis, —The lawn tennis season opened in Temuka last Saturday. The opening was a very tame affair, only about a coup'e of dozen people, mostly all ladies, being present. Bank or New Zealand,— The following resolution was agreed to at the meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland on Friday “That, under al* the circumstances, the information given by the board of directors is considered sufficiently full,” Lecture at Temuka. Next Friday evening the Rev. W. Morley (Ex-President of (he Wesleyan Conference) will deliver a lecture in the Wesleyan, Church, Temuka, on bis trip to England and Ireland, and notes by the way. Mr Morley’s abilities as a lecturer are well known, and we are sure that) all who attend on Friday evening will enjoy a treat. It may be mentioned that the lecture has been delivered in Christchurch with great success. The Church or England.-— The Ruv. T. Jasper Hrayth, of Pleasant Point, preached in St. John’s Church, Winchester, last Sunday morning and in St, Saviour’s Temuka, the same evening. He preached very forcible and eloquent sermons at both places, and urged upon both congregations the desirability of sabscribiog to a fund for rebuilding the church which was blown down by the gile recently at Ambarlsy. A collection for that purpose was taken, and the amount -has since been forwarded to the Incumbent of the Amberley parish. ~ The Bishop of Christchurch.—We regret to learn that the Right Rev. Dr Grimes, Bishop of Chr>*tchurcb, is in ill-health. He has, we Understand, suffered for some time from broochUfs, dnd on last Saturday ho went to Fairlie Creek to lay the foundation stone of a new church there. On Sunday he performed the ceremony, aiad preached there again in the evening. He arrived in Timaru yesterday, and on last evening we learned that he had to take to his bed, and that a doctor was called in. He left his bed in Christchurch to come to Fairlie Creek, which to one suffering from bronchitis was a most dangerous thing to do. Geraldine School Committee.—A speoia l meeting of this committee was held on Friday eyening last for the purpose of considering the applieatione for the position of first year pupil teacher in the Geraldine school. There were present Messrs W. 3. Maslin (chairman), J, W. Pye, J. Riordon, and|H, W. Walton. Six applications had been received, and as two of the applicants (Misses M. Riordan and M. Dunlop) had received thejr education at the school, and as their fitness for the position was equal to that of the other applicants it was deoided that they should undergo on examination by the head master, and the one passing with the highest number of marks should receive tbe appointment. This being all the business the meeting terminated.

Raising Salaries. The Auckland Board of Education on Friday raised by £lO a year the salaries of teachers classified D 3 and E, and who have nin the employ of the board 5,6, or 8 years. New Sheep Act.— The Minister of Lands is drafting a Bill to consolidate the various Sheep Acts since 1878, and when completed it will be submitted to the various pastoral associations with a view of ascertaining their opinions. Major-General, Edwards at Dunedin. —The volunteers of the Otago District were inspected on Saturday by Majorgeneral Edwards. There was a large muster, probably 900, on parade. After inspection in town the volunteers were marched out to the racecourse, where they, were put through some manoeuvres. 1 Fire,— With regard to the fire in Ran-i gitirn. Valley, lo which reference was; made in onr last issue, we now find that! it was a store-house belonging to Mr! Naughton, andn ot his dwelling-house, was reported, that was burned. The storehouse and its contents were uninsured, and Mr Nanghton’a loss is estimated at| between £4O and £SO. An Infuriated Bull and a Brave Boy. —A serious accident happened on ! Friday near Ohaupo, Waikato, to Mrs? Hill, wife of Mr John Hill, a settlor. Whilst she whs in the stockyard a bull; rushed at her, and knocking her down; gered her, breaking'a rib. Her son, 'a; little boy, seized an iron bar and drove' away the bsast. The woman is recovering. Timaru Show. The twenty-fourth! annual show of sheep, cattle, horses, pigs,! dairy and agricultural . produce, implements, etc., etc., under the auspices of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association, takes place to-day and to-, morrow on the Show Grounds; Wai-iti Kgad. The entries are large, and if the wepther is fine the attendance to-morrow? will doubtless be as large as at any previous show !

Plural Voting,—A man named Edward Pickett was on Friday charged at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Oataaru, with voting at two different polling booths on the occasion of the election of a member for Oamaru to the House of Representatives. Evidence was given to show that accused was the man who applied for the voting papers, and his number on the roll had been marked off at two booths. He was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Suprenie Court at Timaru. L\bor Union.— The Maritime Council at Dunedin now represents over 8000 men. The basis for the constitution is that 70 act as a board.of conciliation and arbitration, to endeavor by a distinct and steadfast policy to secure the best possible .advantages to all classes for labor represented, to discuss, consider, and put into force any scheme brought forward in the interests of trade unionism. To support or oppose any legislation affecting maritime labor. The delegates agreed on rules for the regulation of disputes or strikes. Train Arrangements for the Shows. —Attention is again directed to an advertisement detailing the train arrangements for the Timaru and Ashburton Agricultural Shows. It should be noted that to-morrow the express train from Timaru will not take passengers for Temuka and Orari. The afternoon train from Timaru to Orari will run 25.. hours late to-day and to-morrow. On Thursday Saturday return tickets will be issued to Ashburton, available for return till the 4th, and on the Ist a special train will leave Ashburton for Orari at 6.10 p.m., stopping where; required. Railway Employes Insurance.— Some railway employes at Invercargill having asked Mr J. W. Bain the interpretation of the Railway Employes Insurance Bill, he has replied through the Press that in his opinion the employes who have held meetings are under a misconception as to the scope of the measure—that the Government and the railway servants are to find the funds required to provide retiring allowances, etc. Mr Bain thinks the employes should not oppose the Bill, but rather do all they cun to pass if. The opposition, he states, should come from the taxpayers who will be called on to provide the insurance funds if required. Labor Organisations.— After a week’s sitting at Wellington the representatives of the wharf laborers from all parts of the colony have succeeded in forming a united body for the whole of New Zealand under the title of the Federated Wharf Labourers of New Zealand. Up to the present close on 2009 men have been enrolled. The bead office is in Dunedin, and branches have been formed in Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Wellington, Auckland, and Timaru. Another meeting is being held to. form a Maritime Council, consisting of repressntatives from the Seamen’s Union, the Denniston and Brunner Coal Miners’ Union, the Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin Wharf Laborers’ Union, and Westport and Qreymouth Labor Unions, represent, iug about 8000 men. The basis of constitution for amalgamation for defensive purposes has been drawn and approved, and rules drafted for the government of the council, which will regulate all disputes and strikes which may arise. Mi J. A. Miller is secretary pro tern. Should Widows Marry f— The great question, Is marriage a failure? is placed in a new aspect by a memorial which has just been issued in England, and which is as follows :—“ We, the undersigned, wish to appeal to the common-sens# and educated thought of the men and women of England against the growine aad pernicious practice of socond marriage on the part of widows. We are, with two exceptions, married women or spinsters, and are, therefore, able to give an unbiassed opinion concerning what widows ought to wish and to do. We desire the fullest possible development of the powers, energies, and education of women, and we believe that marriage—or, at any rata, the choice whether to marry or no—offers the likeliest field of sicb development. How unjust, then, when there are notoriously not enough husbands to go round, that any woman should be allowed to monopolise two, or even mote than two. Those of us who consider marriage the best state oppose the re-marriage of widows on the ground of its unfairness. Those of ns, on the contrary, who believe marriage to be in itself the less desirable state, are anxious that the law should step in and save from themselves any women whose first experience is not able to deter them from a second attempt. Tbs whole hundred of us, therefore, are in accord on the practical point. However much we differ in theory, none of us want to marry again or 'et anyone else.” This is all very well, but what will the widows say ? |

This Premier.—The Premier left Wellington for Nelson on Sunday night on a trip for the benefit of his health. He will stay about a fortnight. Woodburt Sports. petitors at the Woodbury Sports on the 9th November are reminded that entries close with the Secretary, Mr F. R. Flatman, jnn., on Thursday next. Another event hia been added to the programme, namely, a 200 yards’ race, open to local competitors only, the first prize n crust stand, kindly presented fey Messrs E. Reece and Sons, Christchurch, and , the , second 10s. Australia, in ,I,BBl.—Writing in the Fortnightly Review on ‘Australia in 1881,’ Lord Carnarvon says he was greatly impressed with the vitality exhibited by the Roman Catholic Church in the colonies, as shown in their numerous churches and schools. He says : ‘Believing, as I do, that to the vast proportion of men, in the future, as in the past, faith is a moral necessity, and that scepticism is the, : unfortunate privilege of wealth and limited intelligence, 1 can only admire the large. . and statesmanlike wisdom with which the Roman Catholic Church has from the first; sought to prepare on an adequate scale for the future needs of the new world.’ | Land Sale.— Mr J. H. Baker, Com-: missioner of Crown Lands, held a sale of land in theTerauka Courthouse yesterday.! There was only a smalt attendance. Thaj following sections were sold Sections, 409 to 420 were bought by Mr P, Coira at ; the upset price of £7 10*, with the exception of two sections one of which cost £3 10s and the other £B. Section, 493 was knocked down to Mr William Ackroyd for £7 10s; sections, 505 at £8 10s, and 507 at £7 10*, were knocked down to Mr O, Story, and section 603 to Mr A. Hope for £7 10s, Sections 10 and 11 at Orari were brought by Mr E. M.| Johnstone, and section 12 by Mr M.‘ Connelly, alt of which fetched only the upset price. This concluded the sale. I The Boteo* or Weather Predictions.— As an evidence that Mr Bgeson’s last weather prediction affected the colony by producing a; feeling of alarm and. inieeurity amongst paetoraliste and those about to take up land, it is stated by the Sydney Telegraph that on the, day the prediction was published a proposed! purchaser of a large station property was to| attend at one of the Banks and sign the necessary document*. He however, took, fright at the bad times that were prophesied,called off from the bargain, and has sinee, we! i are informed, decided to take himself and his; 1 money to South America. For hia peaes of mind it is to be hoped -that there ere no ■ weather prophets there of Mr Bgeioa’ai ; confident nature. \ Treatment oe Sorrel.- Fields which; are already red with sorrel should be: ploughed as soon as possible in order to; prevent seeding. In most cases excess of I sorrel indicates a deficiency in lime or[ potash required for growing good clover. | The application of these materials will! ; secure a clover patch whose growth will’ smother the sorrel while young. It is this! effect of these alkaline manures in causing f clover growth rathor than the direct effect! of the alkali in correcting “ sourness” of the soil which rids it of sorrsl. A dress-; iog of stable manure will sometimes have 1 the same effect as lime or potash.—Exchange.

Education.— The Lyttelton Times of yesterday deal* severely with Sir Harry Atkinson's treatment of schools. Last year the amount granted by Parliament for school buildings was £30,000, and of this Sir Harry kept in £6009 the coffers of the Government, He did not pay it, though Parliament authorised him to do so, aad it went to swell his fictitious surplus. The result is that all the boards! are screaming that their schools are falling , into decay, and there are no funds to ! repair them. In Sydenham there are 150 children who cannot go to school because ; there is no room for them, and in New : Brighton the children faint for want of air in the building which does duty for a school. This is retrenchment 1 Fatal Accidents— On Friday last a lad named Frederick Evans, son of Mr B. Evans, farmer, of Upper Pareora, while riding home from school, commenced to race with a companion. His saddle girth broke and he fell to the ground, alighting on his head, which was badly cut, and he was rendered totally unconscious. He was at once removed to the Timaru Hospital, but he never recovered consciousness, and died on Saturday morning. —At Windermere (a flag station between Winslow and Hinds) on Saturday the express train ran over a boy named Bell, 9 years, of age. Bell was quite dead when picked up. He was lying between the rails and the cowcatcher strnck him on the head, and fractured his skull. The boy was subject to epileptic fits. Ie Whiti in Debt.— Te Whiti was the defendant in a civil case, before the New Plymouth B.M. Court the other day, and bad judgment recorded against him. He is said to be pretty deep in the books of New Plymouth toadesmeu, and to have a rooted objection to discharging his liabilities. In the case referred to the following decision was given .‘—The Court Was satisfied (J) that defendant did not attend, though conduct money was tendered, but refused, and there was no cause alleged for not attending ; (2) that defendant has had since judgment sufficient means and ability to pay the sum recovered. The Court, therefore orders that unless defendant pays into Court on or before 29th November, f be j udguaent debt £l9O 2s lid, and extra costs £5 12s—in all £195 14s lid—ho shall be committed to the New Plymouth prison tor the period of three months. Tee Eiffel Towee in a Storm.— The Eiffel Tower has felt not only the effects of the recent thunderstorm,' but also of the tremendous hurricanes which blew over Paris recently. The wind was in full force on the second and third platforms, and whistled and shrieked through the metal interstices at a furious rate. The elevators were shaken by the howling blasts, and on the third platform a slight j oscillation was experienced during the height of the gale. Notwithstanding the wind, many people continued their ascents 1 undauntedly, and several, bold Britons notably, enjoyed the emotions caused by 1 a tempest at such an altitude from terra 1 firma. Towards evening, however, the j visitors became fewer, and the elevators j discontinued working at a comparatively j early hour. The watchman on the top of . the tower stuck to his post throughout the storm, which was more violent beneath 1 than above him. During one of the gales 8 a statue in the Norwegian section was s blown down and smashed into a thousand i fragments. The broken work of art was ‘ the “ Whistling Boy," by Hertsberg, of a Christiana. Another statue, by Shelbrok, was also falling when it was saved by ® some persons who were standing near it. *

Wholesale Prosecutions. —ln forma tions have been laid against 13 Wellington publicans for alleged breaches of the Beer Daty Act by neglecting to cancel stamps. The verdict of all who have used the “Jumbo” brand Baking Powder, is that it makes light, nutritious, aui digestive bread, cakes, pastry, etc. 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 Powder.— [Adtovl 1.- .