LOCAL ADN GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2104, 27 September 1890, Page 2

LOCAL ADN GENERAL.

Wesleyan Church,— -Mr S. Buxton will conduct the morniqg and evening services at Temuka to-morrow, and Mr J. W. Miles an afternoon service at Waitohi.

Electoral. — In our advertising columns Mr A, E. G. Rhodes advertises himself as a candidate for the suffrages of the Gftraldine electors in the forthcoming general election.

Labor Savins Machinery, —Six coatcutting machines are .coming out by next steamer from England for use in the West Coast mines. Each machine will do the work of ten men. Anglers' Society. —The annual meeting of the Geraldine County Anglers’ Society will take place in the Crown Hotel, Temuka, on Monday evening, at half-past seven o’clock.

Important to Sheep Owners. —ln our advertising columns Mr W, A. P. Sutton, Sheep Inspector, Timaru, reminds those interested that all sheep rates mast be paid by tbe 30th September. Capture of a Whale, —A whale was killed in the Bluff harbor on Wednesday evening after an exciting chase, which was visible to onlookers from start to finish. It is a right or black whale, about 35ft long. Just So. —One-third. of the fools in this country (says ah American paper) think they can beat the lawyer in expounding ihe law, one-half think they can beat the doctor in healing the sick, two thirds of them think they can beat the minister in preaching the gospel, and all of them know that they can beat the editor in running a newspaper.

Fatal Accidents. —A settler at Birkenhead, Auckland, Joseph Berry, went out to shoot a cat, when the gun burst, blowing offi one of his hands. Berry was removed to Auckland Hospital, where he died on Wednesday.—A lad aged sixteen, son of Mr Jarvis, a farmer of Burnside, Auckland, was crushed between the wheel of a dray and a gate post. He managed to drive home, where he died before a doctor arrived.

Accidents. — A boy, fifteen years of age, named Matthews, resid-oot at Benmore, Southland, met with a shocking accident, which, it is feared, will result fatally. He was playing frog-jumping with a broom handle, when the end caught in a rout in his trousers and penelnated hie abdomen. —A young seaman named Jackson, of the schooner Waireka, saved the life of a child who fell from the Southland jetty on Thursday evening, and was carried by the current under the vessel’s bows.

The Election. —Mr 0. E. Sherratt, who has been appointed Returning Officer for the Geraldine district, lias received instructions from tha Colonial Secretary to supply each post office and local body in the district with a free copy of the roll. Mr Sherratt expects to fulfil the order to-: day or Monday, so that there will be little or no excuse for an elector not knowing whether his name is on the roll or not. There will be a supplementary roll printed before the writs are issued, so that those who find they oro not on the first roll will still have a chance of being enrolled if they make immediate application.

St. Saviour's Children’s Guild.— Through the kindness of Mr R. Pinckney, the superintendent of St. Saviour’s Sunday School, Temuka, and of Mr A. G. Wright, the children attending the Guild were treated to a magic lantern exhibition on Wednesday evening in the Volunteer Hall, There was a large attendance, and the young audience thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The views were of every ‘"Hon, and care having been taken best of lights all wore in securing uh, ' -‘*'BB, of course, distinct. The comic u.. ‘ afc ao-

elicited loud applause, but the rm.ceptable were a number of local views | photographed by Mr Pinckney and ar- ( ranged as lantern slides by himself and Mr Wright. Among these were the railway station, the several churches, various homes well known to the little ones, some views in the park, and some capital groups of the children themselves. At the close of the exhibition hearty cheers were given for the Rev. T. A. Hamilton, and Messrs Pinckney and Wright. A verse of “ God Save the Queen ” was then sung, and the children dispersed.

Coi«NiAL Bank.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Oolooial Bink of Hew Zealand, the Hod. G. McLean presiding, the report declaring the usual dividend of 7 per cent, was adopted without any discussion, and a vote of thanks to the staff and directors closed the proceedings. Barkin® Inquiry,— The Woodviile Land Board m*t last Thursday to inquire into the esse of alleged dummyiam into which the WasteLandaOoinmittee held ah inquiry during the session. Immediately the took i heir seats a Supreme Court 'writ of prohibition'was served oh them at the instance of Mr Joseph Lawry, and the chairman announced that in consequence they could not hold th» enquiry. Immoral Literature. —At a meeting of the Otago branch ,ot the Medical Association, a resolution was passed—- “ That, this branch views with alarm the spread of immoral and corrupt publications, and would urge on other branches the question of how the growth of indecent advertisements and literature can best be met, with a view of Uking concerted action.”

Kaitangata Coal.— -It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. There is evidently at present a good deal of demand for Kaitangata coal, and it is, we believe, being used by the railways at present. A very large train of trucks of coal passed through to Christchurch yesterday, and more is to follow. The coal, we are given to understand, emits sparks, and consequently the Railway Commissioners are obliged to put on spark-catchers to prevent damage ail along the line. Some little damage has already been done, and possibly the Commissioners will find the new coal dear if proceedings are taken against them. Diphtheria. An American poodent of the Manchester Examiner states that there is a very simple and yet most effective remedy for diphtheria,

which has been used for many years past with great success by the negroes in the swamps of Louisiania, It is nolhing but the juice af a pineapple, which the patient should bo forced to swallow. This fluid is of so pungent and corrosive a nature that it cuts out the diphtheria mucous, and causes it to to disappear. Not only picaninnies, but also large numbers of white children have been cured by the use of this simple yet effective remedy. The Railway Advertising. —The Wellington Post states that the assertion that the Railway Commissioners had instructed that no railway advertisements should be given to the Napier Evening News in future in consequence of adverse criticisms is absolutely untrue. The Commissioners (says our contemporary) have neither issued nor authorised the ie-ue of anysnch boycotting order, ner has anyone any authority to make the alleged communication in their names to the Napier Evening News. The Commissioners state however, that a dispute has arisen with that paper in regard to a certain alleged overcharge, made under peculiar circumstances, for an advertisement. Accident. —On last Wednesday Mr

Mitchell, of Waitohi, put his horse and trap in the back yard of the Timaru Hotel, and left a lad in charge of it whilst he went to open the gale. Something caused the horse to move on, and the wheel of the vehicle came in contact with an outhouse and threw it down with a great crash. This

frightened the horse across the section, and it jumped the gateway into Barnard street, dragging the cart after it. The harness broke and the horse got clear, leaving the

vehicle with a broken shaft on the street. The lad in the' trap fell out but escaped unhurt. The horse also escaped injury, but the harness and cart were considerably damaged. The Elections. —Some doubt appears

to have arisen as to~whelher the writs for the new elections ought not to be issued immediately on the dissolution of Parliament. The law, however, provides that the rolls must remain open for fifteen days after they are made up for the purpose of enabling objections to be made, and, following the precedent of the last election, this will be done. —A late telegram says : “ The Government have not yet fixed the polling day. The several Registrars have asked for an extension of time in which to purge the rolls, and the Government are considering the advisability of doing so. If .the request is granted the elections cannot take place until the end of, November, but, oh the other hand, if the Government decline to accede to the request the polling probably will lake place early in November.”

Interesting to Farmers. —Professor Lowrie, of Rosewortby Agricultuial Co'lege, South Australia, in a lecture, contended that sheep afforded farmers many advoniages, amongst which was ms'ins of clearing the land. Sheep nipped off and prevented weeds from seeding. In light land nothing would keep it clean better than sheep. On the question of sheep enriching the land, the professor took his stand on the side of the affirmative. He did not lose sight of the fact that every pound of bone took away so muck phosphoric acid, that each fleece of wool carried way 40 per cefit of potash, and that every pound of mutton took the most valuable constituent, nitrogen, in large percentage. There was 'such a thing as temporary exhaustion, but not the thinnest of soils had been exhausted beyond recovery. While sheep were grazing the atmospheric agencies were at work, and were liberating a greater supply of plant food than was carried away in the carcases and wool of the sheep.

The Ashburton Seat.— lt is alleged that letters have been received in Ashburion intimating that Mr J. ivess will be a candidate for thai seat. Since Mr Ivess leftTimam he has had a chequered career. After being for soma time in Christchurch he wont to Australia, and started a paper at a place called Albury, on the boundary between New Soutli Wales and Victoria. Here he appears to have done well, and sold out f as usual. Some six months ago ho started an evening paper in the great coal centre—Newcastle. The first week he was boycotted. Newcastle is, of course, a great union centre, and Mr Ivess began to work his paper with boy labor. The Tfisult whs that pressure was brought *■'» bear on local bodies and others to boy- ~ r »ot giving him advertisements.

coft him <j 3 .. ' r —g ave j Dj an( j Afier a week Mr iv- “nnears boycott was removed, but he nevo. . A . to have recovered the effect of it, for about a mouth ago he had to shut up the paper and clear out. Newcastle is a very large town, having a morning paper os large us the Lyttelton Times, and it is most extraordinary that it has no evening paper. No doubt Mr Ivess ruined his chances by , starting on wrong lines. We should not like to see him elected for Ashburton. >

Waixohi.— A tea and concert will be ] held ia the public echoo 1 , Waitohi, on 'J Thursday evening nex . The Human Breath. —The Medical Press reports ;— lt At a recent meeting of the Academie des Sciences, Professor Browu-Sequard referred to some experiments he had conducted with a view to. determine what (if any) were the toxic effects of the human breath. In condensing the watery vapor coining from the human lungs he obtained a poisonous liquid capable of producing immediate death. This poison is an alkaloid (organic), and not a microbe, or series of microbes, as might have been imagined. He injected this liquid under the skin of a rabbit, and the effect was speedily mortal. The animal died without convulsions ; the heart and large vessels were engorged with reddish blood, contrary to what is observed after ordinary death, when the quantity ©f blood is moderate and of a dark color. In conclusion this eminent physiologist said that it was fully proved that respired air contained a volatile toxic principle far more dangerous than the carbonic acid, which was also one of its constituents, and that the human breath, as well as that of animals, contained a highly poisonous agent.” Erratum. —We regret to learn that our paragraph with regard to the sudden death of MYs Greedy was inaccurate. The circumstances were as follow : Her husband left her in the morning, when he went to work to the Seadown, and she was then in her usual health. At ab ut 3 o’clock Mrs Greedy was at homo with -her six children, the oldest of whom is ten. She sent some of them on a message, and when they went away she was sitting on the door step. She sent the second lad, who is about 8 yeais of age, for some firewood, a distance of about a couple of chains. She was all right when this child left her, but when be returned he found her lying on her face and hands in front of the door. The child on being unable to arouse her ran up the road to call a neighbor, and met Mr Arthur Colville, whom he informed of what had occurred. Mr Colville rushed to the house and found Mrs Qreedy as described already. He immediately called Mrs Wareiog, who despatched a messenger for >bolh the priest and doctor to Temnka. Immediately after Mr Colville came Mis Moulton, who had been called by the child, arrived, and a messenger was despatched to the Seadown to where Mr Greedy was working, and he arrived shortly afterwards. Both Father Fauvel and Hr Hayes arrived, in about three-quarters of an hour after the occurrence, but their services were unavailing. Evidently Mrs Craedy died without a struggle, for she never moved after she fefl down.

Nervous Horses.—Finely bred, iute'ligent hortes are often very nervous, says The Horseman. They are quick to notice, quick to take alarm, quick to do what seems to them in moments of sudden terror necessary to escape from possible harm, from something they do not understand. That is what makes them shy, bolt and run away. We cannot tell what awful suggestions strange things offer to their minds. For aught we can tell, a sheet of white paper in the road may seem to the nervous horse a yawning chasm ; the open front of a baby carriage, the jaws of a dragon ready to dev u? him, and a man on a bicycle some terrifying sort of flying devil without wings. But we find that the momeint he becomes familiar with those things or any other that affright him, knows what they are, he grows indiffepsnt to them. Therefore when your horse shies at anything make him acquainted with it, let him small it, touch it with his sensitive upper lip, and look closely at it. Remember, too, that you must familiarise both sides of him with the dreaded object, [f be only examines it with the near nostrsl and eye he will be Very likely to scare at it when it appears on th off side. So then rattle your paper, beat your brass drum, flutter your umbrella, run your baby carriage and your bicycle, fire your pistol clatter your tinware on both sides of him and all around him until! he comes to regard the material objects as only trivial things liable to get hurt if they are in his way. H« may nob learn all that in one lesson, but continue the lesson and you will cure all hie nervousness.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS

Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow.

Waitohi —Tea and concert on Thursday evening. A. E. Q. Rhodes—Notice to (he electors of Geraldine. F. W. Rodham—Offers 20s reward for return of lest petition.

H. B. Webster & Co. —Advertise entries for Geraldine stock sale.

T. G. Rowley, Surgeon Dentist—Visits Geraldine on Wednesday. W. A. Sutton, Sheep Inspector—lmportant notice to owners of sheep, M. Perceval and R. Bowie—Will give reward to any returning lost dark bay cob. Cowan’s Clothing and Outfitting House, Timaru—Special consignment of long fishing boots just to band ; early call solicited.

Guinness & Cox—Publiah list of entries for Geraldine live stock sale on Wednesday next; A. E. Cox has sheep and lambs for private sale. J, Mundell & Co, —Publish list of entries for live stock sale on Wednesday next; soil timber, roofing iron, etc., on the same day. Arthur Gabites, The Corner, Tiimru— Advertises first parcel of colonial tweeds for the present season, and also English tweeds, fancy worsteds, etc., just to hand ; prices fer suits m&de to order very low ; straw huts and boots in great variety. J. W. Pye, Vicloria House, Geraldine— Invites inspection of his spring and summer drapery, also of bis new prints, muslins, gloves, laces, ribbons, etc. ; has hats in all the latest shapes and styles; has a large quantity of men’s clothing, boots, shoes, etc,

Eeid and Cray, Agricultural Implement Makers, Dunedin—Draw attention to their improved grain, grass, and turnip sovvers, improved grain and other drills, zig-zag harrows, Cambridge rollers, d,f, ploughs, chaffcutters and baggers, raaoilla binding I twine, etc.