LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2043, 8 May 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Panobama at Gbbaldine.—To-morrow night Profeesor DeLoree exhibits his 'Universal Panorama' in the Oddfellows' Hall, Geraldine. The entertainment has been shown in other districts with great success, and as the price of admission is low there ought to be a large attendance. Footbaed.—The following are the names of the players chosen to represent Waihi against Timaru on Saturday, May 10th, on the Winchester ground :—W. Moore, Lewis, A. Shallard, W. Stewart, Flaxley, McLeod, Brinkman, Wakely, A. Hart, T. Hart, Stewart's (2), H. F. Harte, F. Shallard, and Bell; emergencies, Morrison and Blisaett. Play will commence at 3 o'clock. Sale at Temuka. - To-morrow Messrs Maclean and Stewart (in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) sell the stock and implements on the Springfield estate, on account of the trustees of the late Mr A. Grant. The sale is well worth the attention of farmers and dealers. The sale is without the slightest reserye and will start at 11 o'clock. The order of sale will be found in ar.other column. The Springfield and other valuable property will be sold by the tame auctioneers in Timaru on Saturday. Amusements at Temuka.— The three days'effort in aid of the Temuka W sleyan Church Circuit FunJ, commences to-day, at 3 o'clock with a Forest Bazaar, a grand Concert (of which the programme appears in another column) taking place at 8. Great efforts have been m»de to make the baz*ar as attractive as possible, and the programme of the concert speaks for itself. ]fc is to be hoped that both will be well attended. Tomorrow a 'Cake and Apron Fair' will be held, which should be well wo;t'i visiting, and on Saturday the whole will conclude with a Gift Auotion.

New Zealand Litebatube.—Mr Thoa. Bracken's forthcoming volume, " Musinga in Maoriland," prom sea to be a pronounced success, in a literary and artiatio senae. The work will be illustrated by n number of the beet artists in the colony, and the pictures are to be produced in Nuremberg, in Germany, a town noted for its sepia lithographers. The book will contain all the best of tbo author's poems, serious and humorous, and in addition to this there will be an historical sketch of New Zealand, by Sir Robert Stout, while the preface will be wr tten by Sir George Grey. The work will be on'y issued to subscribers, and the price is verv reasonable, considering the high class nature of the volume.

An Enviable Position. Country railway stations are having a particularly heavy time of it at present. In one instance tbe stationmaster, who, in addition to ordinary duties is also postmaster and telegraphist, besides attending to a money order department, is kept busily employed with grain loading from seven in the morning u»ti\ six in the evening, withouis scarcely an intermission. Grain is coming in so quickly, and there is such a scarcity of tvuf.ks, that the station is literally rushed, and the unfortunate official has to share out his means of accommodation as best, he can. Such grain as cannot be loaded is stacked in the station shed and frequently in the yards, and as the stationmaster is allowed no assistance in case he has to load trucks himself his time is evidently well occupied. After a Utile of this wholesome exercise the books haye to be*posted up, an occupation that takes him up to from 10 to 11 o'clock at night. There is then no reason why he should not seek repose. As he does the work usually divided among three men it is presumed by many people that he gets the pay of three, but as a matter of fact his omolvment n little better than that paid to a very second-rate tradesman, and if he were to resign to morrow there would be a hundred applicants for the position. Truly his is an enviable lot.

Good Templaby at Q-eeatoine.—An open meeting of the Welcome B.t-eut Lodge, 1.0.G.T., Geraldine, was held in the Good Templar Hall, on Momkv evenin" Let. There was an excellent attendance, including a number of brothers and sisters . from the Winchester Lodge. Bro. W. E. Barker, District Deputy, occupied the chair. He expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing so m.ny present. He always took a deep interest in the temperance cause, and he urged upon the members of the Geraldine lodge to go on with their open lodges during the winter months as a weans of attracting people to join the lodge. He advised them, however, not to let harmony take precedence of the temperance question Thev roust keep the latter and the principles of the lodgo well before the public. It was a great mistake when a lodge, as some of them had Hone, degenerated into a mere musical box. They should have just sufficient harmony to make things pleasant, but, at the samo time should push temperance by every means in their power. The chairman, having opened the meeting, called on Brother Herdman for a solo and the song 'Oh, when shall drinkin* be no more ?' waß given . songj Maggie song, Mr Login; « The star spangled banner'; song Bro. Narthau,, ' There's a light in the window burns brightly for thee '; son., Sister JNortham, 'You're queen of my heart tonight song, Bro. Woodbead, 'Beautiful star ; reading, Bro. Patrick, ' A slave to the c ranCe Boe,et y '» song, Misi Andrews, Kiddie and I' ; recitation, Mr Aitken, « The retort j recitation, Mr Logan, 'Adam's fall ; song, Maggie Dunlop, " Mother's with the angels now', song, Bro. Herdman; reading, Mr G. E. Sherratt, on the question of unfermented wine at the Lord's table; soi:g, Miss Andrews, ' Anchored.' Bro. W. Fly delivered a short address giving some reminiscences of his early, and what he had noted personally of the evil effects of drink, and the happy consequences of living a sober, temperate life, Miss Andrews accompanied the singers on the harmonium. During the eyening an abundant supply of buns and coffee were handed round and fully appreciated. At the conclusion Bro. Baxter, W. 0. T. of the Geraldino lodge, proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman for his attendance, to those who had assisted, and to the visiting brothers and sisters for being preseat. The singing of the National Anthem terminated a yery pleasant gathering

Gkhaldine Licensing Bench.—A special meoting of this bench was held in the courthouse, Geraldine, on Tuesday hat for the purpose of considering the report of the police us to the repairs, etc., needed at the various hotels in the town. There were present Messrs A. White (chairman), J. Riordan, and D. Olouston. The members present had also inspected the buildings themselves. After considering the report it was decided to send a copy of the report to each licensee interested, and to urge upon them the necessity of having the repairs mentioned carried out before the annual meeting of the committee in June, otherwise the committee would refuse to grant a renewal of the license. This being all the business the meeting terminated. As Others See Us.—New Zealand has found a new champion in the person of the Rev. G. F. Buchanan, a lending Presbyterian clergyman of Queensland. Mr Buchanan visited the colony during the Exhibition season, and a few weeks ago ho delivered an eloquent lecture in the Brisbane Opsra House descriptive of what he saw in Maoriland. Sir George Tilly, the Chief Justice, occupied ttie chair, and there was a very large audience present. The rev. lecturer spoke in glowing terms of our scenery, and in describing the Sutherland Falls he quoted at length Mr Thoi. Bracken's poem, "The Waterfall." Lectures like that delivered by Mr Buchanan cannot fail to be instrumental in bringing a number of fresh tourists to our Rhoren.

Temuka Literary Society. The members of the above society opened their winter session on Tuesday hist with a social gathering in the Oddfollows' Hall. As usual, the committee woiked energetically to make the affair a success, and the result was most gratifying, ell present evidently finding the evening most enjoyable. In the absence of the president Mr Job Brown was requested to preside, and for convenience the programme for the evening was divided into two paits, the first consisting of musical selections, readings, etc., and the second to draughts, chess, and social converse. Miss Quinn opened the musical portion with a wellexecuted overture upon the piano, and was followed by Miss Connolly, who sang 'Ye Banks and Braes,' with a violin obligato by Miss Lucy Quinn. An amusing reading by Mr Mogridge was followed by a song, 'JeB-ie's Dreum,' nicely snng by Miss McLeod. She was succeeded by Mr Btake, of the Timaru Debatiog (J'ub, who gave a brief address, which was received with attention. Miss A. Lee then successfully rendered ' Fiddle and I,' after which Mr Sim gave one of his usual well-selected readings. Mr McOaskill, who was in capital voice, sang 'The old flag,' and Mr Cuthbert, of T'tiiaru, brought the musical selections to a close by singing ' Steering home.' All the accompaniments were admirably ployed by Mis 3 Quinn, who certainly deserves the committee's best thanks. A capital tea, catered for by Mrs Marshall, and dispensed by Mrs Montgomery, who made an excellent hostess, received due attention, and the balance of the evening was devoted to games of various kinds and informal chat, etc., the gathering assuming the characteristics of an "At Home." Eleven o'clock was the signal for dispersing. The pleasant inauguration of the session should be a voucher for another successful season.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS

A. W. Post, Geraldino—Notice re application for publican's license.

J. Love, Gapeß'a Valley—Has 30 acres turnips to let for feeding off. Gracie, Maclean & Co.—Order of sale at Springfield to-morrow.

Weeleyan Church Temuka—Bazaar tbia afternoon ; concert this evening. A. Rae, RangitaU- Has 15£ acres turnips and 40 acres tussocks to let for feeding off.

E. Waddell, remoleton Farm, Temuka —lnvites tenders for carting grain to Timirn.

K. F. Gray, Auctioneer, Temuka— Particulars of sale of household furniture and effects on Tuesday next. ■ Reid and Gray—Draw attention to their Digging Ploughs, made convertible into ordinary d.f. ploughs; invite correspondence.