LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2099, 16 September 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Town Board Elections.— Ratepayers are reminded that the election of mombera of the Arowhenua, Temuk», and Geraldine Town Boards take place to-morrow. Napes of candidates, places, and hours of polling, etc., will be found in our advertising Church: Institute.— -Bishop Julius has a movement on foot to estabissh a* in. stitute in connection with the Church. |t ia to have reading rooms, lecture rooms tea and coffee rooms, smoking room, ladies' room, and so on. Lectures and entertainments will be given in it. Ihe subscription will be 10s for members living within 15 miles of Christchurch, and os for members living beyond that distance.

Temuka Rifles.— A Government inspection parade of this corps takes place to-morrow evening at 7.30 and absent members will be fined.

Geraldine Stock Sale. —The fortnightly of stock at Geraldine takes place to-morrow. Numerous entries will be found set forth in onr advertising columns. The Weather. —A light but welcome drizzle fell during the greater part of Friday night and Saturday morning. On Saturday night a warm spring rain set In, which lasted through the greater part of the night. Good showers also fell at intervals on Sunday. The rain was very much needed, and its effects upon the gardens and paddocks are very marked, everything leaking very green and refreshed.

Cbibbage Tournament.— A cribbage tournament took place in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Temuka, on Friday evening. There were 2S competitors, and considerable interest was manifested in the game. The players were drawn by lot, and eventually Messrs Mogridge, Surrldge, Brewer, T. King, A. G. Wr|ght, and Bruce played off for first three places. The following won after a dose contest ; Messrs Surridge, A. Q. Wright, and Bruce.

Temuka Cemetery Board.— A meeting of the Temuka Cemetery Board was held on Friday at the Town Board office. Present —Messrs Quinn (chairman), Hayhurst, Blyth, Cutten, and Aspinall. The caretaker’s report was read and bis application for timber for an outhouse coosidered. Messrs Quinn and Aspinall ware deputed to arrange for same. The secretary reported that the balance to credit of the board was £7l 5s Id, Accounts to the amount of £7 were passed for payment and the meeting terminated.

The Price of Labour.—A little book on “ German Labour Rates of Wages ” supplies some details about wages and hours of labour that are peculiarly interesting. Here are some examples of the pay received. Machine smiths and fitters earn 3s per day of 11 hours’ work; joiners, locksmiths, and upholsterers earn 3s for 11 hours’ work ; painters carpenters, and glazieiSjSs 2£d for 11 hours’ work; builders and plasterers, 3s 6d for II hours' work ; Cartwrights and farriers 2s for hours’ work. Labourers or unskilled men work the same hours, and are paid Is 9£d, 2s, or 2s 61 for 11 hours’ work, according to circumstances. Two shillings per day may be taken as the average labourer’s pay. Nineteen shilling a week represent the average earning of workmen.

Shooting Case. — At Lyttelton last Sunday Captain Adams, of the British ship America, wounded one of the crew of the ship, an A. 6., named Carl Johnson, aged about 20 years, by a revolver shot. The cook of the vessel, who has been a nuisance on board for some time, left the vessel that forenoon and got drank. He returned to the vessel at dinner time, and

upon the captain asking him why the dinner was not ready, the cook (Stockall) used some insulting language towards him. A slight struggle followed, and the cook took hold of a large knife and threatened to use it on the captain. The men were parted, and after a time the captain returned from the cabin and told the cook that if he repeated the expressions previously used he would shoot him. The cook, who was under the influence of drink, at once further insulted the captain, who fired a shot. The bullet missed the offending cook, but struck in the right thigh Johnson, who was standing some nine yards in almost a direct line behind the cook. The bullet has not been found. Both the captain and the cook were arrested.

Temuka Park Board.—A meeting of the Temuka Pork Board was held at the

town board office, Temuka, on Friday

evening. Present Messrs Hayhurst, Quinn, and Aspinall. On the motion of Mr Quinn, seconded by Mr Aspinall, Mr Hayhurst was elected chairman in place of Mr E. F. Gray, resigned. The caretaker’s reports were read. Mr Haj burst reported that he had directed the caretaker to procure fresh locks for the pavilion doors, to put up the shutters, and keep the place locked. Hie action was

approved of. The caretaker reported that the pavilion windows had been maliciously broken, and the building in several

particulars wantonly destroyed, and that it was in a generally filthy condition. He had endeavored to catch the offenders, bub without success. The chairman sa'd that it appeared to him that the only way to prevent the building being so abused was to charge a fee for the use of It, and that the caretaker should keep the keys, and upon the required foe being paid should open the building and see it properly closed. The other members of the board fully concurred in the remarks of the chairman, and regretted that the clubs who used the pavilion had failed to put up the shutters and lock the doors after using it. It was ultimately decided that the caretaker have the windows and doors of Ihe pavilion repaired and wire netting placed over the windows and that he keep the key, ihe building to be opened to any person only with the sanction of the board. It was resolved to charge a fee of five shillings per day for the use of the building to all clubs or persons wishing to use it, and that upon payment of such fee the caretaker open the pavilion and at the close of the day shut up same. Mr Quinn, on behalt of the Temuka Caledonian Society, requested permission to lay down a lawn in front of the pavilion and enclose same with a picket fence. It was decided to comply with the request conditional on the society submitting design of the work for approval. The caretaker reported that a number of Ihe seats had been wantonly destroyed, the backs in some instances being broken. The secretary was instructed to communicate with the police on the subject with the view to bringing the offenders to task. The board regretted that the property was being so wantonly destroyed, but were of opinion that it was done by the larrikin class, and that stringent measures should be taken to put a stop to same. Applications were received from Messrs Lynch and Philips to lease the portion of the park in front of the cemetery, The applications were not entertained, as the board intend to continue the presen* pathway. The caretaker was instructed to have the gorse, etc., cleared, and the footpath formed at once. It was decided to have fine shingle pqt upon the roadway to the paddocks, and to have the notice boards repainted. Accounts amounting to Sjl 19i were passed for payment. The bank balance showed a credit of £49 16s 7d. The meeting then terminated, ,

Fire. Ad enquiry into the cause of the fire on the ship Net'le was opened on Saturday morning at Lyttelton before Mr Beetham and a jury. After viewing the vessel the enquiry was adjourned |to Saturday next. Examination showed that the fire apparently began deep down in the cargo of flax. The fire wae put out on Friday by placing the vessel in the dock and filling her with water. _ Unionism. — W aimate ia taking kindly to unionism. Almost all the storekeepers and merchants, and a great many farmers have joined the Shearers and Laborers Union, and the utmost good feeling exists between all classes there. Last week a public meeting was held there when £2o was subscribed in the hall to assist the strikers. This-was supplemented by £25 from the funds of the Shearers .and Laborers Union,, and £SO in all was forwarded to Dunedin. Geraldine Town Board.— The followfng persons were nominated for seats on this board:—N. Dunlop, nominated by Messrs J. Williams and W. S, Masliu ; R. Hammond, by Messrs JV W. Pye and A. Baker; W. S. Maslin, by Messrs A. Sherratt and J. M. Sutherland ; J. Mundell, by Messrs N. Dunlop and J. Williams; A. Sherratt, by Messrs; J. Williams and W. S. Maslin ; Geo. Tayl r, by Messrs M. Connolly and A. Fisher ; A. White, by Messrs W. S. Maslin and J.’ Mundell; Jas. Williams, by Messrs J.* W. Pyo and J. Broughton ; and G. Ward,* by Messrs A, Fisher and A. Baker, The poll lakes place at the town board office to-morrow. Martels of Electricity,—-One of the marvels of electricity, one of the most striking of the Edison exhibits at the Paris exposition enables the operator to sign a chock 100 miles distant. The writing, te.be. trans- . mitted is impressed on soft paper with an ordinary stylus. This is mounted on a cylinder, which, ua it revolves, “makes and breaks” the electric current by means of the varying indentations on the paper. At the receiving end; of the wire a simular ' cylinder, moving in accurate synehronism with the other, receives the current on a chemically-prepared . paper, on which it transcribes the signatures in black letters on a white ground. The Unions.— The Auckland Herald says:—“To crush unionism! Why, if unionism could have been crushed it

would have been crushed years ago—when it was illegal—when it was disfigured and dishonored by the crimes committed by desperate men in its name. As for the man who thinks that unionism will be crushed in New Zealand by'the present conflict, if such a man exist, which we very much doubt, he must be a lunatic." The Ashburton correspondent of the Lyttelton Times “ A revulsion of feeling is setting in here among the farmers, who are now condemning the Union Company for affiliating with the Australian Shipping Companies, whose object is stated to be to keep upifreights and keep down wages." , Football.— The following is the team selected to represent Temuka second in their match with Waihi second at Winchester next Saturday. An express will leave Temuka at 2.30 p.m., any of those who cannot play are requested to let the secretary know as early as possible D. McOaskill, & Geldstone, W. Russell, W. Storey, W. Tiko, H. Rodgers, J. McLean, J. Chase, J. Olliver, J. Henry, R. Logan, R, Marshall, S. Kroon, R. Robinson, and R, Lavery ; emergencies, M. Carr, and J. Fileman. —The final trial match between the Probables and Possibles foe the team to compete against North Canterbury in the match to bo played in Titnaru on Thursday took place at Temuka on Saturday. The members of the Timaru, Waihi, and Temuka Clubs selected to take part in the match all rolled up, and the game for the first spell was fairly fast. In the second spall, however, play was rather desultory, there being nothing to stimulate players. In the evening tbe selection committee chose the following representative team, ft will be noticed that there are two selections each from Temuka and Waihi;—Full-back, G. Velvin (Temuka); three-quarters, Macintosh, A. 0. Perry, W. Perry; halves, Moore, Thomas; forwards, G. 0. Matheson, A. C. Matheson, Maclean, F. Perry, A. Stewart (Waihi), D, Stewart (Waihi), White, Hassall, Gillespie (Temuka), Emergencies —Bach, G. Rhodes ; forwards, Brinkman, Gooch.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. P. Swaney, Kakahu Downs—Notice re stray cattle dog, Temuka Rifles—Government inspection parade to-morrow evening. Tbos. Barr, Baker, etc., Temuka— Invites tenders for painting. J. Mundell&Oo.—Publish list of entries for stock sale at Geraldine to-monow. E. R. Guinness and A. E. Oox—Publish list of entries for to-morrow’s stock sale at Geraldine. C. E. Sherratt—Notice of poll to-morrow for election of commissioners for the Geraldine Town Board. H. B. Webster and Co, —Publish entries for stock s*le at Geraldine to-morrow ; have made arrangements to sell at the Temuka yards in future, and are now booking orders for first sale on Sept, 23rd.