LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2039, 29 April 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Grain Trappio. From the Tamuka station for the week week ending April 26 3834 sacks of grain were forwarded, MetbOr. —A brilliant meteor was seen in a southerly direction from Geraldine on Saturday evening lust. After tailing for some distance it appeared to burst into fragments. Charge op Stabbing.—The Lyttelton Times slates that on last Sunday a tailor named John Nixon had a quarrel with his wife, and a man named Naylor interfered. N xou stabbed Naylor in the arm with a pocketknife, and was arrested. Tbmuka Road Board.— Mr C. Bisect was the only candidate nominated for the Temukft Road Board on Saturday. Toere being two vacancies, and only one candidate nominated, a fresh nomination to fi 1 an extraordinary vacancy will have to take place. Sale op Farm Stock —Attention is directed to the clearing sale of farm stock and implements which Messrs Qrucie Maclean and Co. hold at Mr David Johnston’s Longlands Farm to-day, commencing at 11.30 a.m. Among the lines to be offered are a number of milch cows in full profit. Our New Bishop. —According to the Boomerang, Archdeacon Ju'ius, late of Ballarat but now of Christchurch, New Zealand, is a good speaker, a smart pugilist, a clever athlete and an enthusiasftc amateur photographer. He is also a believer in the stage and used to work the limelight effects for the Ballarat Dramalic Club.

Love’s Young Dream.— ln Tiraaru, on last Friday, Frank O’Rerke was fined 20s for having assaulted one Frank Hal'. OUorktt went into the Commercial Hotel met Hall there, and asked him vvhat lie had been saying about bun to a certain young woman. Hall denied bavin./ said anything, but this O’Rorks refused to behave, and knocked him down. Sir Robert Stout— The Waimale limes sums up Sir Robert Stout as follows ;-Bal be is a peculiar mixture. He is not of a deep but of a rather complex mould. He is at once a bit of a philoaopber and yet a bitter partisan-a democrat yet a lover of the baubles of an ettete aristocracy—a Freethinker, with a mixture of the Puritan— and almost certain ohu7„ha.a.‘"°“ g To ' r “” d “

WEATING Commission.—A youth aged 19, a punter, stated he induced to come from England by an im-m-gratiao agent. Ho was now working 17 hours a day on a farm for 5s per week A lawyer appeared on behalf of the banka and mercantile clerks, who, he said, wore underpaid and overworked. He asked the poipmissionere to' pj|t a elapse in their

report recorpipending inquiries to be made into their condition. The inqu : r V has now c’oaed, y The Electoral Districts. —We undersland that a numerotisly-signed protest from the residents ic that portion of the Geraldine Couaty which has been put into the Ashhnrtjju electoral district has been forwarded to (ho commissioners. Tfe district protesting is (fiat piece of Jd n d between ftmghata and Qrari, between the railway and tfae.ppß, apd the grounds of the protest are that there is no community of interests between the district and Ashburton.

Fiteksive Country.—ft i 8 calculated tiiiti, wj h good management, the Western prairies of loxas am capable of sustaining 3,000,080 horned cattle, 1,000,000 horses, and 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 sheep. The Biter Bit. A. Kentucky man went down into Tennessee, bought eighty acres of land, scattered a ton of iron where it would do the most good, and sold the land to a Boston m m for about five times what it cos*. Boston m m nosed around some more, sink a couple of shafts, and is now taking out more iron in one duy than would f qnal the price ho paid the Kentucky man for the land. The Brought.— A. West Co st paper 9i>-s the trout iu the streams there have nearly all died owing to thodrough*. We believe a large number of them have died in our own livers, too. The little rain , we have had so far did not fill the rivers, and they are still very low. Mr Edwin Body last week the lives of some perch. He noticed them struggling in the muddy bot ora of a drying-up dam on Mr Wright’s farm. He went at once and removed seven of them to deep water where they went their way rejoicing. These fish were liberated about a year ago. and were doing well, hut the dry season has told heavily on them.

Mbs Baeyebtz’s Mission.— Announce- • ments have appeared in the Christchurch papers stating that Mrs Baeyertz is about to open an evangelistic mission in that city, and. a; few particulars about her career wil 1 no doubt be of interest. She belongs to one of the bpst Jewish families in Victoria. Soen after her arrival in the colony she was married, her husband being a member of the. Church t of England, and Manager of a Bank at Colao," Victoria. Her husband died suddenly, eighteen or nineteen years ago, leaving Mrs Baeyertz with two children. Mrs Baeyertz shortly afterwards became converted from Judaigrn to Christianity, for though she attended her husband’s place of worship she had in heart retained the Jewish faith. Shjs began evangelistic work in Melbourne some thirteen years ago, under the auspices of the Young Women’s Christian Association.— Press., ; • .. Elements op Women’s Happiness. —ln a reading class a few days since the question arose as to what were the ten elements necessary to happiness in a woman's life. The answers were carious. Here are two selected from the number, showing from what difftreut points of view two women can regard a given subject ]. No nerves. 2. A good digestion, 3. Alonoy ga’ore. 4. Self satisfaction. 5. Independent widowhood. 6. A capability for enjoyment. 7. The faculty of forgetting. 8. The knack of always saying the right thing in the right place, instead of thinking of it afterwards. 9. To expect little from ono’a friends. 10. To die at forty.” “1. A clear conscience. 2. Perfect health.’ 3. - Congenial work. 4. Some measure of -■ success. 5. A few tried friends. 6, To ba considered attractive. 7. To retain for ever a few illusions. 8. To be able to relieve some of the misery one meets. 9. To be philosophical. 10, And keep from falling desperately in love.” Ordering the Arrest op the Literary Vag 'Bonds. —A distinguished literary man of Oakland, stood up in a po : ice court in answer to the usual charge of vagrancy. “I object, your honor,” fce said, with digni'y, “to this prosecution of gentlemen who follow the profession of letters, and ”“ I understand,” interrupted the judge, “ that you were found sleeping under a doorstep ; that you have no visible means of support, and that you have been under the influence of liquor.” “ What of it 1 ” cried the prisoner. ■* Though lam «a poor as Bichard Savage, when he made his bod in the ashes of a glass factory j as drunken as Dick Steele, who was full ? nine-tenths of his time ;as immoral as Byron, as dirty as Sam Johnson, ns ’ “There, there!” cried his Honor, impatiently : “ I’ve no doubt your associates are a disreputable lot, and I shall deal with you in such a manner as to cause them to give Oakland a wide birth. Sixty days wilh hard labour, Mr Clerk, furnish the coDslab e with the narn-'s of tha vagabonds •’ mentioned by the prisoner.” Perfect Holiness. —An 'Aucklmd paper, referring t 0 the Birch-Varlev scans, states that perfect holiness “ fi r .,t came into prominence in Auckland through some unsavory scams at Port A bert, which necessitated the inieivention of Special Constable Inger. U was then i introduced into Norfo’k Island by some of its devotees, where the hilttruess, strifes, and divisions which followe I were a scandal to the Christian Church.” And, referring to the recent Holiness Convention, which culminated in the fii*co if the Tabernacle, the writer goes on to my j “Men got up at that convention (lie other and named varying periods during which they were without sin, hnfc some of them would not have felt flatlered if they had heard the running comments in the pews. One mu? got up and stated how long he hid b -on without sin. An auditor quietly said ‘All right, old * mao J but you had me for 17 per cent, in that business transaction, all the sun-.’ A sharebroker, who apparently had had his experiences, add ‘I lilfa « man very well, but give me cash transactions.’ ”

Winchester Public Hall.-A m-etiew of the Pub ic Ha l Cornmitiee was held last Saturday in Mr J. Northarn’a private residence, Winchester (kindly l en t by that gentleman for the purpose). Present— Messrs J. Nonham (ctiiirnmn), W Stewart, senr , O. W. Gimson, W. Hsrri* son, W. Philp, and VV. Siewa-t, junr. the chairman said the first thing to consider was forms. Mr Stewart, senr., moved that the fo-ms be Bit. long i the number to be twemy-four -twelve ordinary ones, and twelve seats. The secretary was instructed to write to subscribers who had promised but as yet hid not paid. Mr Stewart asked those present to instruct Mr J. Hay, their solicitor, on what he had to do. It was resolved ; 1 That the secrefniy write giving necessary instructions.” Resolved; “ That the bni ding, m addition to the present coat of paint, shall receive two more “That Ja.L S at . e % “dmitfing conveyances b«j. Itftt, wide, and the small gate 4ft. wide, both to be 3ft. 6io. high.' 1 The opening ntght was fixed for Thursday, 39th May, when a tea, gift auction, and a dance will be held. Altogether the hall is receiving great support. The want of such a building has long been felt in Winchester. It is to bp hoped that the public will d 9 a it? their power help the committee in ppshmg ahead with "the worji. sopie pjinor the mseting terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman.

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SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS

D. Cloustcn, Undertaker—Funeral notice. Wallingford Hotel—House and stable to let. A. Archibald—Has 10 acres of turnips for ■ale. Aspinall and Co. and William Matthews— Trespass notice. J. 'Muhdel! and Co.—Hava 60 acres turnips, close to Temuka, to let, Thos. Claphane, Gapes’s Valley—Has 200 acres grass land to let. J- A. Young, Winchester—lnvites tenders for carting oats and potatoes. Social Gathering—Will be held at Qapes’s Valley on Friday evening next. Mount Peel Road Board—Annual meeting of ratepayers on Monday next, at noon. Temuka Floral and Horticultural Society Annuel meeting of members on Monday next. Geraldine Road Board—Notice re persons nominated and date of pell for election of members. W. Wills, Returning Officer—Notice re ■lection of Mr C. Bisset as member of the Temuka Road Board. Temuka Road Board—Annual meeting of ratepayers on Tuesday next, at' noon’; invite tenders for shingling road and cleaning drain