The Tumeka Leader SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1987, 28 December 1889, Page 2

The Tumeka Leader SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gebaldike Eiples. An inspection parade of members of this corps will tke place on Monday evening next at 7.30, and it being the last parade of the year all must attend. Wbsletan Chitboh, Temtjxa.—The Eev. R. 8. Bunn will conduct the morning and evening servioflß m the above church tomorrow. He will preach at Waitobi in the afternoon.

CHBIBTfIHUHOH RACES, &0., AND TIMABTT Spobts,—ln our advertising columns will be found the train arrangements for the Christchurch Eaces and Lytttlton Regstfci, and Timaru Caledonian Sports on Ist and 2nd January. The Maim.—The Zealandia, with the English mail* of November 30th, left San Franoisoo on December lQlb, and the Alameda with the Colonial mails of December 2nd, arrived there on December 21st, both time-table dates.

Wool Sals. -In our advertising columns the Canterbury Farmers' Association notify that their second wool sale of the season will be held on the 14th January. Shareholders are rtqutsted to forward their clips as early as possible, to admit of their boing lotted and valued. Public Meeting at Temoka.—A public meeting of ratepayers, convened by Mr H. Nicholson and twenty others, to discuss the the proposed Waitohi Water Raoe, and the action of theTemuka Eoad Board and Gereldine County Council, will be held in the Velunteer Hall this evening nt 7 o'clook. Impboved Machine. —Mr F. Colville con tinues to improve his winnowing machine, and has now brought it to what he oonsiders perfection. In the pla;)o of two ecceu tries as heretofore he has arranged so as to drive off the fan shaft, and the elevator has been placed at the Bide, making the machine very compacL. Fibe in Sydney.—A fire in Sydney on Christmas morning destroyed the Union S.S. Company's new store capable, of holding 30,000 tonß of cargo, advising the wharves. At one time »he steamer Waihora was m danger. Twelve hundred tons of Jew Zealand produoe were destroyed. The damage was estimutad at £30,000.

Hb«tx Defalcations.— The Otago Daily Times is responsible for the statement, on reliable authority, tint tho late G. H. Ashcroft's defalcations amount lo fully JBBOOO. Tha railway account suffers to the extent of oyer £IOOO ; St. .Paul's church fund about £I3OO, and the balance is made up of lru§t funds and dishonored cheques. — A raan named Whittington mrrowly e;caped death last Tuesday. He fell off his horse as he was riding by the Temuka Brewery, and his head was severely cut. Mr Vallender found him lying on the road, and removed him under the shade of a tree until the police camo and took charge of him. Dr Gladden came shortly afterwards and attended to him, after which he was r«lnored home. He was bo far recovered on Boxing-Day that he was able to be about again. Biwdeb TniAL.—The trial of the All-Steel Deering, h<-ld in Mr W. Fitzgerald's paddock last Tuesday, was a great success. Tnero was a fair attendance, and the work dono gave great satisfaction. The trial took place i« a very green and heavy urop of and a sij'footcut was opened out well. There was a vory clean stubble, and the tying was tight and well done, and there was not the slightest hitch from beginning to end. Severd of those present had » turn'at the driving, and all of them expressed themselves thoroughly satisfied.

Sudden Dbatf. —At Landsborough, near Timaru, on Monday hst, a nvirket gardener named M. Thomson was found dead in bedby his wife, who went to call him. At the inquest the medical evidence showed that tha cuuse w>ss acute congestion of the kidneys, suddenly brought on by chill, or possibly excess of certain drugs in the herbal pilta deceased had tiken the day before. A. verdict of natural causes was returned. Deceased leaves a wife and five children in very poor eircuHnstano •». Gbeat Fire at Tonga.—The steamer Richmond, from the Islands, re purls u great. at Minknutofy, Tonga, early on the morning of the lGt \ inst., when the Government bonded stono and armoury, Giles's store, 0. E". Walter's offices, and other buildings were burned to the ground, besides a large quantity of gunpowder and dynamite. Tho armoury contained throe heavy guns belonging to tho Tongan Permanent Artil'eiy, and the bonded stores contained a Jarge amount of kerosene and other goods b.donj,"inir to various itorelseepers of Mmkn tofn. Absolutely everything was lost in the fhmee. PI KE- _'J"he shop of Mr G. 11. Mogridgo rmrowly eecuped b iog burned on ChristiiHseve. A lamp in the window fell and broke and tho oil sat the place in flim-p. With cotnmend.-ible presence of mind Mr Mogrirlpfu throw on on it n suit of cloUn-8 which, whs hanging by, and succeeded in smothering the Amies befo-e they had time to spread. A second longer and it would have been bayond his control, but ae it wan some ten or twelve pounds will coyer tho damage done

The verdict of all who have usnd tjjf "Jumbo" brand Baking Powdor, is that it makeß light, nutritious, ani digestive bread oakes, pastry, oto. Ab tho ingrodienta are of the finest qualities, and no injurious elements being ueed in the preparation, bread, oto., made with this powdar will keep fresh and moist longer than with any othor powder. Ask for Anderson's " Jumbo " brand Baking Powder.—[A dvt. I].

SYNOPSIS OF ADYER'IISEHBNTS. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow.

G-araldino Rifles Monday evening. J. «rr»nl. Alas accepted James Waleh's lender for harvesting. Divine Service at Woodbury schoolroom to-tnorrow at 2.30 p.m. Holiday? in Temuka—The stores in Temuka vrill be cloced on Ist and 2nd January. J. Mundell & Co—Publish entries for stook sale on Tuesday next; entries to h9ur of 8 >le. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association—Notify second wool sale of the season on the 14th January. Web.t-r & Micdonald—Entries for stock sale it 'oreraldine on 31st December; are booking fuitner entries. N.Z. Kailways Train Arrangements for Chrutcburch Races, Lyttelton Regfctt», and Timaru Caledonian Sports.