The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2026, 29 March 1890, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

WuSLBTAN Chuhoh Temhka.— Harvest Ihanksgiying Services will be held in this church to-morrow, the R, S. Buna preaching morning and evening. Special anthems will be given by the choir. Alleged Falsk Pebteksks—James Henry Roberti, the eldeit brother of Jonathan Roberts, was arrested at Heatboote on hursday on a charge of obtaining the »um of I9s and two drinks from Mrs Eliza Savage, licensee of the White Horae Hotel, Christchurch, on the 22nd in»t. • AT . Abowhbnua.— On Thursday night the roof of a sod whare at Arowhenna, m which Mr Ragu Williams was sleeping, caught fare, or was purposely ignited. The roof, which was of thatoh, was completely no further damage was done Williams was temporarily frightened, but

Eet.rb»ohikg. —The Hawke’s Bay Edncsnon Board ha* decided to appoint monitors instead of pupil teachers in sohoola with an attendance of 45 to 65, paying them half the salary of a pupil teacher. The attendance is to reach 80 before an assistant mistress is granted, and 175 before an assistant master is granted. The salaries of both male ’and female teacher* have been increased, but the capitation allowance to head teachers on attendances over 400 is reduced from 4i to Is per head. The house allowance ia withdrawn fromsssistant masters. A Disaqshbabliß ExriSBiBNOB.— Mr Eli Mitchell, of Waitohi, accompanied by Mrs Mitchell and one of the family, was returning from Timaru on Wednesday last, by way of the Waitohi road crossing, when the horse he was driving fell in the deepest part of the Opihi ford. Mr Mitchell was thrown out and got a thorough drenching, and Mrs Mitchell was precipitated forward on to the horse, but was able, with assistance, to get back into the trap. The accident was caused through a badly fitting collar, which choked the horse. When it had recovered its wind it got up, and was able to continue the journey home.

Temttka Rifles —A special parade of the members of this corps will be held on Monday evening, and a full attendance is particularly requested, as important business will be dealt with. Sales at Gbealdinb, Attention is directed to Iho entries advertised by Messrs J. Mundell and Co., and Messrs H, B. Webster and Co., for the sale at Geraldine on Wednesday next. Mr W. S. Maslin holds a sale of freehold property at Geraldine on Monday, Crown Lands for Settlement. — Attention is directed to an advertisement notifying that some 5000 acres of Crown land in the Alford and Mount Somers district will bo open for sett'emont 00 the 3rd April. The price varies from 12s 61 to 30s per sere.

Geraldine Presbyterian Chbecm, The Rev. A. B. Todd will conduct the morning and evening services at this church to-morrow. On Monday evening a meeting of the congregation will be held, the business being to elect a minister and deal wi f h other matters of great importance to the church, it is to be hoped there will be a full attendance of members and adherents.

Good Yields. — A Christchurch paper says:—On oho farm of Messrs Field Bros., of Elaituna, 58,7561 b of cocksfoot seed waa get off 120 acres of ground, equal to about an average of 4901 b per acre.—Mr J. Osborne, of Doyleston, is now digging up a very big crop of ash leaf kidney potstoc. One tuber, picked out from among a number of large ones, weighed 21b 7cz, while three weighed 61b Boz.

Mb E®bson’s Prophesies. —ln connection with ths floods in Australia, it is of interest to call attention to the fact that Mr JTgesan, who predicted a heavy drought in Australia from 1890 to the middle of 1893, stated at the same time that this would be preceded by heavy rain. His prophecy, which was issued in October last, said that the summer they were entering would probably be exceptionally wet, that it would be followed by a dry winter, the drought commencing about six or nine months from the date of making the prediction.

O-BBAT Harvest Festival,—The Salvationists of Geraldine intend to hold a three days special meetings, commencing to-night and continuing over to-morrow night, in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Geraldine. On Monday night the great harvest festival will be held in the Tolunteer Hall. The meeting will be led by Major and Mrs Hammond, and Captains Noble, Newbold, Martin and others will be present. Great preparations have been made for a large gathering, and the decoration of the hall will in itself bo a striking feature. A real good time is confidently looked forward 10. Murders in Hansom Cabs. —Another hansom cab murder, or what looks very like one, has occurred (writes a London correspondent). Apropos, a paper remarks :—“ The ingenious young gentleman who discovered (in theory) the advantages of a hansom cab as a comfortable site for quiet murder can scarcely feel satisfied with his work. One practical plagiarist has been hanged for a hansom cab murder in Manchester, and the Birmingham police are busy investigating another.”

The Shooting Season. —Mr W. G. Aspinall, secretary of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society has received the following telegram from the Colonial Secretary ;—“ In consequence of representations made to tbe Colonial Secretary of the injury which it is alleged will be done to crops in the South Island by filing tbe date for the opening of the shooting season at last May, he has reluctantly consented to advise the Governor to alter the regulation so as to allow native game to be shot within tbe provincial districts of Nelson, Canterbury, Otago, and Westland, from the Ist April to 30th June, 1890.” It will be seen from the above that sportsmen can at once prepare for slaughter.

The Pbimaot. At a meeting of the Stinding Committee of the diocese of Christchurch it was agreed to sign a memorial to be presented to the Bishop of Wellington, appealing to him to resign his claim to the prim-toy so that the bishops might be able (o arrange for a meeting of the general synod, and that all obstacles in the way of the consecration of Archdeacon Julius to the See of Christchurch may be removed. The following resolution was also passed -‘‘The Standing Committee desire to assure Archdeacon Julius of their hearty sympathy with him, and are taking every step in their power to bring about the removal of the difficulties attending his consecration.” On Thursday Bishop Harper received a telegram from the Bishop of Wellington from which the following is an extract;—Will you request the Bishop of Nelson, as senior Bishop, to convene a special meeting of the Synod at an early data at Wellington (April 17th is suggested) ; inform him that when he has consented to convene the Synod 1 will immediately send my resignation to him, 4m telegraphing to all ether Bishops for a separate requisition to save time.” On receipt of the above the Bishop of Christchurch telegraphed to the Bishop of Nelson in accordance therewith.

Salvation Armt, Temuka.—The Army commenced their second day’s demonstration on Thursday night, at about 7.30, by the usual march and open-air meeting, Major Hammond (cornet) and Captains Newbold and Martin (concertinas) adding additional interest to the proceedings. The inside meeting commenced with a song from the War Cry. Prayer followed, after which Captain Martin rendered a solo, which took well. Captain Newbold read the 103rd Psalm, and Mrs Hammond then gave a solo, accompanied on the guitar by the Major. In teaching the audience the chorus some amusement was created. Captain Noble and Miss M. Maberley (of Wairaate) followed with a duet, after which the Major gave a | selection. Miss E, Hewitson sang a solo very nicely, and Captain Martin gave another song and a short address. Major Hammond then presented the corps with its new colors, and in doing so said he hoped every soldier would fight manfully under the flag, Ha also gave an explanation of the three colors of the Army —Yellow, emblematical of the Holy Ghost ; Red, emblematical of the blood • and Yellow, emblematical of Purity’ Captain Noble and Cadet Taylor received them on behalf of the corps, and expressed their pleasure to be fighting under the flag and their determination to contmne to do ho. After a few words by the Major aod prayer the meeting closed. ,s „ known in Army circles as a too 90 Su PP er " followed, of which fully 100 persons partook and appsared well satisueJ. Though announced as a “ coffee supper that article was a scarce commodify. However, ice place was well filled by steaming hot tea. The sspper over jvinjor Hammond “Dutch Auctioned the remainder of the goods, which were of a moat miscellaneous description including babies’ pinafores, women’s hats and bonnets, photographs, tin buckets, grapes, apples, pumpkins, onions, potatoes wheat, oats, cow, and other articles too numerous to particularise. This wounddemonstration, 08 har '"’ Bl I

The Exhibition. —The total Exhibition attendance on Vvednesday night, when Santley and the choir produced “Elijah,” was 3617. The concert hall was packed. Charitable Aid. —The estimated expenditure on charitable aid in the North Canterbury-Ashburton district is £12,485. The surplus on last year’s operations is £2215.

Sale at Temuka. —Attention is directed to the sale at Temuka on Monday next by Mr K. F. Gray of some very valuable freehold property. The lots include sections in the townships of Temuka and Arowhenua.

New Electoral Districts.—A Wellington paper points out that neither the Chatham Islands nor the Kormadeos, both part of the colony, are included in the new electoral districts, and questions the right of the commissioners to exclude any part of New Zealand from representation. A Useful Grass.— The New Zealand grass spicifex hirsutis his been found by Mr Harrow, of Auckland, te be one of the best of sand-binding grasses, after experimenting with a large number. It grows with vigor, sending out runners many yards in length, which root at every joint. It seeds freely and grows in all parts of the colory, Jonathan Roberts. —The Wellington Herald says that Jonathan Roberts is not in New South Wales, but is a conductor on a railway in La Plata, in the Argentine Republic, and that two Wellington men are employed on the northern line near Buenos Ayres. A Christchurch paper significantly says that he bought a paper from a Gloucesrer-street office not loorr ago.

Mixed Drink,— An important case was heard at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Dunedin, on Wednesday, when Edward Hitchcock claimed £SO damages from James Samson and Janet Low, trading as Lane & Co., he having been unable to attend to his business for a considerable time from the results of drinking a bottle °f ginger ale which contained injurious matter, lead and sulphuric acid. After hearing a large amount and expert evidence, Mr Oarew adjourned his decision. Education in North Cantbrburt.— At the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, the chairman, Mr A. Saunders, read a report showing that during the last financial year the board’s administrative expenditure was £1393 lls Id. 20.709 children were on tho rolls ; the average attendance was 17,131, and the cost of administration was 2s 2id per head on the children educated. In 1878 10,076 children were educated, and the administrative expenditure was 3a 3|i per head. Observance op the Sabbath. —ln referring to the annual report of the Lord’s D;iy Observance Society, a Homo contemporary states that the battle does not go ill for the Sabbath. It refers to the abolition of the Sabbath by France in 1793, and to the International Congress called by the French Government last September, to try to win back for Prance “the lost Sabbath,” at which 48 resolutions in favor of Sunday rest were passed. An Influenza Story. Some good stories, says an exchange, are being told just now about the influenza epidenre, but the following caps any that have hitherto been told. It happened in GerOne of the railway employer of a much frequented line, whose duty it was to stand at a level crossing, flag in hand, when the train passed, thought he had influenza, and applied to the authorities for a visit of the company’s medical adviser. The latter, however, was extremely busy, and couli not see his way to travel to the out-of-the-way village where the flagman’ lived. He was, however, a man of resources, and ordered the man to stand at his post when a certain train came by in which the doctor was travelling, and to put his tongue out as far as he possibly could, in order that the medico might see what was the matter. The fltgman, nothing daunted, obeyed the order, with the result that the company received no end of letters in which complaints were made about the extreme rudeness of one of the company’s employes.

An Editor’s Duties. We apologise for mistakes made in all former issues, says the Sauk Rapido Sentinel, and say they wore ioexcusab'e, as all an editor has to do is to hunt news, and clean the rollers, and sot type, and sweep the floor, and pen short items, and fold the papers, and write wrappers, and make the paste, and mail the paper, and talk to visitors, and distribute type, and carry water, and saw wood, read proofs, and correct mistakes, and hunt the shears, and write editorials, and dodge the bills, and dun the delinquents, and take abuse from the whole force, and tell our subscribers that we need money. We say that we’ve no busines to make mistakes while attending to these little matters, and getting our living on gopher-tail soup flavored “with imagination, and wearing old shoes, and no collar, and a patch on our pants, obliged to turn a smiling countenance to a man who tells us our paper isn’t worth dollar anyhow, and that he could make a better one with his eyes shut. The verdict of all who have used the Jumbo brand Baking Powder is that it makes light, nutritious, ani digestive bread cakes, pastry, etc, As the ingredients arc of the finest qualities, and no injurious element 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 Bakinc powder.—fADyi. 1.1 *