LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2030, 8 April 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Railway Excursion Tickets, —Cheap excursion tickets to Dunedin will be issued until the 12th instant Winchester Fair. Winchester Fair takes place to-day, and' attention is directed to the entries advertised by Messrs H. B. Webster and Co. and Mr A. E. Cox. .Grain. Delivery. —During ihc wrok ending' Saturday, the sth instant, 6111 bags of grain were delivered at the Temuka Railway Station. There are 2628 bags stacked in the shed at present, ' Hotel Changes. —We understand.-that the Temuka Hotel has changed hands, Mr Robert Fenton having disposed of it to a Mr Maguire, from Christchurch. Mr Maguire has been 16 years a hotelkeeper. . Sporting,— At the Autumn Meeting of the Australian Jockey Club at Sydney on Saturday, the Hurdle Race was won hy Bellringer; the Autumn Stakes by Carbine, 9st, by a nose (Melos, 9st, second); the Sires’ Produce Stakes by Titan, Mutual Selling Plate by Pet Girl, St. Leger by Dreadnought, and Doncaster Handicap by Sir William.

Horse Training. Our readers are again reminded that Professor Hickton will give an exhibition of his skill as a horse trainer at Temuka to-morrow evening at 8 o’clock. We have looked over a number < f the Press notices regarding the ProfessoiA doings in other parts of the colony, and did not notice a single instance of failure. To anyone interested in the breaking in and treatment of horses the exhibition should bo most interesting. Arrival op the Doric.— The R.M.S. Doric arrived in Wellington on Sunday morning after a passage of 40 days 6 hours 58 minutes. The passage from Hobart only occupied 3 days 21 hours 10 minutes. She left England with 133 passengers, 81 of whom were for New Zealand. Her cargo for New Zealand consists of 1351 tons—6oo tons for Wellington, 510 for Lyttelton and 241 for transhipment. Mr G. Beatham, M.H.R., was a passenger. First Fruits.— The appointment of a ranger by the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society has resulted in the intercepting of a parcel of trout which was being forwarded by rail from Temuka on Saturday last. The ranger of the society, who had his suspicions previously aroused, was on the watch, and very cleverly succeeded in obtaining possession of the fish. The affair will be duly sifted by the Resident Magistrate. Largest Potatoes. —Mr Tom Davis has left at our office three potatoes of immense size : one of them weighed 21b ISlboz,, and the whole three weighed b. They are lapslone kidney potatoes, and are splendidly grown. The other day we published an extract from a Christchurch paper to the effect that the editor had been shown three potatoes grown at Doyleslon which weighed 61b Boz, and one of which scaled 21b 7oz. The Temuka potatoes have therefore beaten the Doyleston ones, Mormonism in the Colony, —A Mormon Conference was held at Teoreore, near Masterton, on Friday, fifteen Mormon elders from all parts of the colony, And five Maoris from Gisborne, Napier, Manawatu and VVairarapa, being present. The conference was presided over by Angus Wright, President of New Zealand. In an interview with a reporter of the local paper Mr Wright stated that there were 3354 Mormons in the colony, over .500 converts (princ : pally natives) having been made during last year.

J uvenile Peacebkeakees.— Constable Egan, when on duty in the Main Street, Tetauka, on Sunday night, had occasion to check the noisy conduct of lads outside the Salvation Ar-my Barracks. Two of them, G. Collins, of Arowhenwa, and a Native boy named Walker, having soma little dispute of their own to settle adjourned to the back of Mr Money’s residence, and having stripped proceeded to “ it out ” in good Old British style. As their conduct iwas creating some little commotion they were arrested, a proceeding they both took with much unconcern. After two hours incarceration in the lock-up they were released, but will be brought up at next court day. The Exhibition.— Friday’s attendance at the Exhibition‘totalled 8180, including cash admissions. At a meeting ol the Exhibition Commissioners on Thursday, £ls was voted to purchase a souvenir for three young ladies who had given their services as violinists in the orchestra, and had attended regularly in all kinds of weather. The matter of the closing ceremony was considered, a suggestion being made that a musical programme be arranged, and a general report read, the Premier or some other member of the Government being invited to attend. For the art union, £650 worth of tickets have been sold. The matter of drawing was left to the fine arts committee.

Timarcj Millin'® Company. The annual meeting of the Tinaaru Milling Company was held on Saturday last, there being a large, attendance, Mr Balfour, Chairman of Directors, presided. The report and balance-sheet showed that the Company had lost £I3OB 7s 2d during the year ; the bad debts had amounted to £1575 18s 10c. The principal losses were in Auckland and Brisbance, at the latter place £IOOO. The mortgage to Mendelson’s trustees, £14,0 0, fell due last year, and the directors had arranged that the term be extended to 1896, with annual redaction of £3OO. The engine and mill had been thoroughly overhauled, and everything was now in good working order. Some discussion followed, Mr r" [ Edgar moving a motion “That the Timarii Milling Company be wound up volun-

tardy, which was seconded proforma by Mr o. Cain. The directors opposed the motion, stating that there was every prospect of iho coming year being a profitable one to the company, and if it were carried the shareholders would gat nothing. There was no danger of bad debts 10 the amount made last year being made again, as the company had gained experience. Ultimately Mr R. Edgar withdrew his motion, and the report and balance-sheet were adopted. The chairman said he had visited Australia, and pat the business of the company there on a sound footing. Mr Bruce severely criticised Iho balance-sheet, taking exception to the large cost of fuel, general expenses, and discounts, which he contrasted with the expenses incurred when ho was manager in 1884. It was stated that the directors had appointed Mr E. \V Eiby manager, vice Mr John B. Rutland resigned. Messrs Jas. King, A. Martin, Jlap * kowker, and S. P. Smithson were elected directors. Auditors were appointed, and the meeting terminated.

Drainage op Wellington—P appears that during the past three years some £IO,OOO have been spent by the Wellington City Council on patchwork drainage, which is no part of any completed system. The overdraft of the council now stands 'at £15,803. Maori Mission. —The Rev. Mr Blake, o' Tinwa'd. visited the Maori pah a’ Temuka last Sunday and preached to the natives in their own language. Services were held in their own church in the morning and afternoon, the latter beisg specialty for the young. In the evening the service was held in the rwnangaLouse, The services were successful in the morning and afternoon, and the singing very creditable. The Rev. Mr Blake is an oi l Maori missioner, and came by special request amongst them.

Accident,— On Sunday afternoon a lady who was driving with two children down the hill near the railway viadncta (o the north of Timaru, mat with Fin accident. She was driving the horse with a very slack rein, and just before reaching the bottom of the hill the horse fell, and the lady was] thrown heavi'y on to the road, falling on her face. She got up very quickly and lifted the children out .of the trap. The horse appeared a'anncd and laid quietly until unharnessed, by seme passers-by, who gave their assistance. The Indy appeared much scratched and shaken, the horse was somewhU cut, and both shafts of the trap were broken. Branb’NG of N.Z. Produce. —As some doubts existed with reference to the branding of grain sacks for the Home market, so as to comply with the Merchandise Marks Act, the National Mortgage and Agency Company communicated with its London office and received the following reply ;—“ The omirsion on sacks of grain of the words ‘ New Zeaknn Produce ’ is of no consequence, provided there is no mark on the sacks which might be taken to indicate Eng'ish origin. For instance, if the word ‘Banbury were branded upon them, it would be necessary to have ‘N.Z. Produce’ marked, distinctly also, otherwise they would not bo admitted,”

Road versus Rail. — The Tapanu Courier says’: ; *; Thotmnds of sheep are now coming down to the south from the dried up northern districts, but nearly ap come by road instead of rail, owing to the absurdly high rates charged by the railway commissioners for live stock. One buyer alone has this season I ravelled over 10,000,. a’l of which would have been trucked if the railway freight was not prohibitive. Up to the present timofully 30,000 sheep have passedthrough the district from North Otago and Canterbury, and we can safely say that the buyers would have gladly railed the sheep through if the railway tariff could compete with the road in chargee. The bulk of the fat sheep from this part of the world are now driven to Dunedin, and another thousand fat left on Monday en route for the Taieri.”

Prison. Life in Russia. — A despatch to the New York Tribune gives the following as the latest and-autfaentic details of the death of a Russian political prisoner : —“Madame Sihida did not commit suicide, as the eacliesc reports stated. She died from the efiect of the cruel flogging to which she was subjected. The flogging took place on Wednesday, November 6. It was continued until, under the brutal b'ows, the unhappy victim lost consciousness and lay as one dead. The poor woman never revived from the terrible shock, but continued to grow weaker and weaker until Friday, when death came to her relief. The news of her shocking official murder produced widespread dismay and anguish amongst her fellow-prisoners, and three of them unable longer to bear (heir wretched f*te[ committed suicide by taking poison. Hon they obtained the poison is not known, but probably they had long bad it in their possession, and were keeping it as a last resort.” •

Happy Sentiments. —Among the presentations to the Rev. Mr Isitt on his leaving Invercargill to take charge of the Wesleyan circuit at Nelson was an address and gold pencil case from the .Roman Catholics, in recognition of his attitude on the Irish question, which was that of one who had risen superior to prejudice, and without fear of consequences had openly avowed his convictions on a subject of the j deepest interest to the Irish. The spokesman added that the Catholics of Invercargill wished Mr Isitt farewell as heartily and cordially as any member of his own congregation, and he could personally express his high appreciation of his exposition and practice of Christian doctrine. Mr Isitt said if the address had been presented simply as from a number of the Irish community he would not have thought fit to make any reference to difference of creed, but the address came distinctly from the Irish Roman Catholic community, and he was sure his congregation would share with him the ° deep gratitude with which he as a Wesleyan

minister received it. When anything created an impression in the minds of Roman Catholics that Protestants were anxious to see justice done, it was a distinct gain to the cause of religion. The churches had been long and "unhappily divided,but he hoped they wovll recignise that however much they might differ'they were all children of God, and would treat each other as brethren, and seek to understand each other more perfectly. At the half-yearly meeting of the Canterbury (Christchurch) Tramway Company the report showed a loss of £849 on the half year ending Dec. 31st. There has been no loss since.

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SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS

T. Markham, Goraldine-Invites tenders for feeding off turnips. J. Ash well, Temuka— Invites tenders for 5 years lease of 55 ocres land. Concert and Danee at Pleasant Valiev—On April 11th in aid of school fund. A. E. Cox—Advertises entries of sheen cattle for Winchester Pair to-day. P d W. Hopkinson, Temnka—Has 20 acres land near Gteraldine to let or for sale J. Beri, Undertaker, Temuka —Funeral notice re late Mrs Elkis, Winchester ; funera lakes place to-day. Temuka Quanrille Assembly—Dance in i-v 1„ Oddfellows’ H.ll, lomuke, evening during the winter months. y

FOOTBALL

EAST CHRISTCHURCH F. vVAIHI. The third annual match between the above teams was played on the North Park, Christchurch, on Saturday, shortly after 2.30 p.m. The play for some time was mostly confined to the forwards, who made the game a 0 fast as could be wished. For the besfe part of the first spell the Waihi held their own, but after that they fell away, and only kept down the score by forcing down. Storey, Moore, and Harley put in some fine defensive work, but Thompson got oyer, no goal resulting. Soon after the start of the second spell A. Ebert obtained a try from which A. Hobbs kicked a goal. The same player soon after got another try, but failed to convert’ though the kick was au easy one The Waihi fought hard to stave off defeat, but Hair and Thompson both scored tries for the East Christchurch and A. Hobbs placed another goal, the result being that the home team: won by 9 points (2 goals and 3 tries) to nothing. For the lowers, Shallard, McLeod, and Brinkman played well, while for the winners A. Hobbs, i hompson, G-air, and Ebert were most noticeable,—Press.