The Temuka Leader THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2106, 2 October 1890, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

WaitOHl. —A tea and concert will be held in the Waitohi School this evening. The tea will commence at half-past six.

Timarb Hoebb Parade. Entries for the parade at Pimaru oa Saturday next must be made with the secretary, Mr F, W. Stubbs, before noon to-day.

v Shbarbks’ and Laborers’ Union.— A meeting of the Temuka branch of this union will take place in the Social Kail to-tnorrow evening at 8 o’clock. A committee meeting will take place at 7.30.

Social at South Rangitata. A social takes place in the South Rangitata sekeolroom to-morrow evening. Mr Anderson having bean appointed master of the Loburn School, North Canterbury, the social is intondec: a farewell. Concert and Dance.—A eo£P dance takes place in the Winchester PuduP Hall this evening. Refreshments! and good music and floor will be provided for the dance, and a first-rate programme for the concert. The proceeds will be devoted to the funds of the public hall.

New Potatoes. —Mr John Murphy, of Pleasant Point, has successfully grown new potatoes that are now fit for the table. Our reporter was regaled with a dish ef them last week, and now considers that the Chinese may take a back seat as far as early vegetables go. Angling.—Mr E. C. Nicholas, the veteran angler, secured a nice basket of thirteen fish, scaling 78 b, at the Rangitata last week. Mr T. MoQnire, who accompanied him, and who has hid considerable experience in the Selwyn waters, considers the South Canterbury streams hard te beat.

Peculiar Boycott. The Oamaru people allege that the Railway Commissioners are boycotting them. They aay that the Commissioners lowered the carriage of goods by rail from Dunedin to Oamaru to such an extent that no goeds new come by sea, and consequently they have no revenue to pay interest on their harbor debt. Thera will be a terrible smash up in Oamaru before long if the large estates in the vicinity are not broken up.

Cons TO Grief,—-Mr Henry Redwood, the ‘father of New Zealand racing,’ has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are about £llOO.. Ratal Accident. — A telegram from Hawera states that, a young man named Birket was killed while felling bush near Kaponga on Monday, The Chbistchhroh Infanticide Case. —The body of the child found in Mr Patten’s yard on September IBth has been exhumed and taken to the hospital for further examination.

Beer Duty Frauds. —In the E..M. Court, Auckland, by consent, in the case Customs against W. F. Crawford, a fine of £l6, duty £3 18a, and costa £1 Ba, were entered up, and eight other informations withdrawn.

Wire Desertion. —At the Oamaru R.M. Court,Andrew Ingram, charged with wife desertion in January last, was remanded to' the Supreme Court, Tima r u, next week. The accused was extradited from New Seiiih Wales. Just Censure.: —The body of William Godfrey, the free laborer recently, drowned in Auckland harbor from the coal hulk, has been' recovered. At the inquest the ■jury censured a man who stood by at the time of the accident for not having'thrown * rope to Godfrey. The Mails. The Alameda with English mails of the 6th instant left San Francisco for Auckland oh the 20th instant, contract date. The Mariposa with colonial mails of (he Bch instant, arrived at San Francisco’from Auckland on the 27th instant, contract time, *

“A, Youthful Robber. A telegraph messenger boy at Retime,. Wellington, named Burton, was arrested on a charge of stealing £63 from the post office safe on Monday morning. Ho took the money in the absence of the postmaster, and tried to ride off on a horse, bat was detected, .The Premier.—The Premier has lately found much -relief from ioaomaoia, which was the cause of considerable distress, by taking sulphoaelj -abd'states he is in much better health in consequence. The doctors have, however, forbidden him to even travel through his electorate, as he proposed.; Combining, A conference of . those interested in the brewibg, cordial manufacturing, and publicans' business is now being held in Wellington. Dslegstes are present from Invercargill, Dunedin, Oamaru,. Christchurch and Wanganui. On Tuesday a discussion took place as to the advisability v .of r forming a Licensed Victuallers’ Association for the colony, but no decision was arrived at.

Important. By an Ordor-in-Oouncil Rule 299 in the Code of Civil Procedure under the Supreme Court Act is reyoked, and the new rule introduced is as follows ; —“ Every judgment debt shall carry interest at the rate of £6 psr cent, per annum from the time of judgment being given until the same shall be satisfied, and such interest may be levied under any writ of execution upon such judgment. Women’s Franchise. The Christchurch papers, publish the following petition, which is being circulated by the Franchise Department of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, for the signature of all women ; over twpnty-one years of age:—“To the Honorable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Council in Parliament assembled. (Also a similar one to the House of Representatives). The petition of the undersigned women, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, resident in the colony of New Zedand, humbly showeth. That your petitioners are ef opinion that the franchise should be extended t® women for the following reasons ;—That it has become an accepted axiom that Governments derive their just, powers from the consent of the .governed. That a democratic Government like that of New i Zealand already admits the great principle that every adult person, who is neither a criminal nor a lunatic, has an inherent right to a voice in the construction of laws which all must obey. That the physical weakness of women disposes them to exercise habitual; caution, and to feel a deep interest in the constant preservation of peace, law, and order, and especially in the supremacy of right over might. That those who are mothers are particularly interested in legislation bearing upon the education and moral welfare ef tbe young. That many women are possessed of landed and other property on which taxation is imposed, and, as has been justly said, ‘Taxation without representation is tyranny.’ Your petitioners therefore pray your honorable House to adopt such measures as will secure the extension of thft franchise te women. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, etc.” Electoral. The new electoral roll can now be seen at the Temuka Post office and we presume at eyory Post Office in the, district. It is the business of the registrar of electors to supply each Post Office with a copy, so thac it may be conveniently «x»mmed by all electors. There are 1924 names on the Geraldine roll, and more to go on it. The electoral F.oll for Timaru has been placed in various pares of the district besides the post offices, and can now be sean, It contains 2086 names and possibly some 300 or *OO more names will be put on the, supplementary rolj. ho far Messrs Buxton and Rhodes are; the only /candidates in the Geraldine held, but there are rumors, that great efforts will be made to bring out a second Liberal candidate. Liberals must be on the alert ifr. ‘•Ms matter. Wa want a fair, honest, ■, but no triangular duels, stand-up -- rising another Liberal with one Liberal * u and behind his back. This mu-“* if another Liberal offers himself n.. i must let him know that„hp As regards Timaru, candidates are beginning to collide against, each other at every corner. Mr Twomey was first in the field, next came Mr A. P. Smithson, of Smithson and Raymond, barristers, &c.—a . wealthy, amiable young gentleman. Then there is Mr Hall-Jonea, and Mr P. E. Thoreau has also announced himself. Mr Kerr also is expected to be in the field before long. Mr Kerr has now been taken in hand by that political dry-nurse, Mr Joshua Page, who has for soma days been going the rounds with a requisition trying to get farmers to sign it. Mr Page will run him hard and will not be over scrupulous as regards the tactics he employs. We are told that he is industriously engaged in running down in a very unfair manner a certain candidate whose chances appear to be good. Then there is a rumor that Mr Twopenny, late editor of the Otago Daily Times, will offer himself, but we do not believe a word of this. At present the look out in Timaru is interesting.

The Onehunea Seaf.—We learn from private sources that Mr Lowry, the member for Franklin, lias declined to contest Ooebunga against Sir Maurice O’Rourke.

Scalded to Death. —A 8-year-old child of Mrs Andrews, boarding house keeper, Lyttelton,'fell into a tureen of hot soup on Monday last and died from the effects of the scalding on Thursday morning. Cricket.—The opening cricket match of the season in Temuka takes place this afternoon, and we hope t« see a large attendance and a well-contested game. Tha names of the players selected to take part in it appeared in our last issue, with the exception of that of Mr McLean, which was inadvertent!} omitted from the single players. John Bwrns.—Mr John Burns is going back to the workshop. Mr Burns’ constituents (writes the London correspondent of the Argus) are failing to pay up. They promised to give him £3 a weak while he represented Battersea on the county council. But the funds are dent, and as Mr Burns cannot afford to take money fro n other. sources, he drops his politioal and other work and goes back to his engineering. It is not a creditable thing to tha working men of Battersea. The Elections. Parliament will be further prorogued to October 4th, and in the interval a Gazette will be iasaed dissolving it, and calling the new parliament together on December 18th, The date of the elections seems to recode farther every day. It is now stated that there is a probability of thorn being put off till the beginning of December. The members who have been consulted all want different ,dates, and ministers themselves are not entirely agreed on the point. The necessity for a thorough revision of the rolls is given as an obstacle to an early : election. ;

3iix auction anb Bazaar. -*• The gift auction and bazaar in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church will' be held in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, to-day, when a large rariety of goods will be offered for sale. The hall will be opened far visitors at one o’clock, a small charge being made for admittance. The live stock will be offered in tbe afternoon, and other goods in the evening. It is hoped that friends will attend in numbers, so that it may be made a success. A sum of about £BO is owing on the church, which has recently been painted, and the trustees hope to reduce this considerably. Mr Epps, the secretary, will be in| attendance to receive, goods after nine o’clock. It is probable the brass band will be in attendaece. Among the stalls will be a refreshment one, which will be well provided with good things. Cardinal Manning.—Tho Loudon Echo expressed surprise that Jews should have joined in tho celebration of Cardinal Manning's silver jubilee. In reply the Jewish World says.:—“Surely the Echo is som*whst blind to the articles even of its own faith, let alone the grand humanitarian principles underlying Judaism, if it finds so strange an amomaly in Jews professing love and admiration for snch a man as Cardinal Manning ! What matters it the creed one is born to, be it Jewish, Christian, or, pagan, w,hen.one’s soul is illumined with the heavenly virtues of brotherlj lev®, divine charily, and noble-minded justice 1 All these rare but precious qualities have influenced the career -of ttie illustrious churchman, and the Jews, like other races, have had cause to bless the brotherly help of Cardinal Manning."

Bishop Grimes. —New Zealand Catholics ; will be glad to read the following extract from the Liverpool Oatho'ic Times ; ’ “ St. Asne’s, Underwood street, E.—On 1 Sunday last, ’the festival* of St. Anne, patroness of the Church, special services were held morning and evening. The church was tastefully decorated and the 1 altar was covered with a profusion of beautiful flowers. The Right Rev. Dr. Grimes, Bishop of Christchurch, New 1 Zealand, was tho celebrant of the High Mass; Father Hill, S.M., Deacon ; Father Dunn, S.M., Sub-deacon ; Assistant Priest at the Throne, Wy Rev. Father Watters, S.M., Dublin. The Very Rev. Father Police and Rev. Fathers Charrier, Klorao, Kearney, M'Gatnphill, S.M., composed tbe choir, and Mr Purcell was Master of Oersmonies. The Right Rev. Dr Patterson, Bishop of Emmaus, preached speaking from the words, ‘When Jesus drew noar to Jerusalem, seeing the city, he swept over it,’ etc., taken; from the Gospel of the day. More Sbhoolbot Humour.—Chambers Journal vouches for the &«tt4 fAa of the following extracts from a paper on ‘‘The Irish," written by a Lambeth Lad “ Tbe Irish are so galled because they live on the island of Ireland, It ia a beautiful country which ie chiefly noted for three principal classes of things, which is namely, its great greaness, its big bogoess, and its little shamrocks. It says in our lessons as green is the favourite colour with all the Irish great and small classes. Shamrock is nothing but a little bit of green clover. But the Irish love it. They cant raanyfactore things in Ireland some as we can, from a trackion iogina to a sowing machine needle. But still the Irish manyfacture tho following classes of thiugs veryjexcepdipgly, namely. Linin, bacon, shop eggs, and whiskey, The Irish are pearly as fond of bacon as they are of potatoes ; and as for that there whisky, the Irish love it, Tho hearts of the, Irish, the book says, are all very warm. If you are walking out in the country «nd you met a poor man, you could easy tell whether he was an Irishman ; for it hs was an Irishman he would perhaps be in a pAshion and have a pig with biro.” Fatal Accident.—We regret to learn that a young man named Daniel Moors, eldest sop pf Mr Michael Moore, of Waitoln, was 'Hstantaneously killed yesterday morning ' “ s '*r himself were engaged in His bro-.. herpe, aqd in Qrcjer breaking in a young stockto do bo turned four horses yard. The deceased was putting -- rail, so as to prevent them leaving tho yard, when the horses rushed him, and he was iaog to the ground, from which he never rose, and a few minutes afterwards ha died. How he came by his death is. not clear. There was no mark of violence on the body, with the exception of the head, on the back of which there was a wound. The sister of the deceased saw one of the horses fall, and it is conjectured that it fell on him or trampled on his head. Dr Hayes was sent for, but long before be arrived the deceased was beyond earthly aid. An inquest will be ho d to-day. Great sympathy ia felt for the parents. The deceased was a model young man, one of tbe steadiest and most industrious in the whole district, and his untimely death is a great blow to the parents. The funeral will take place tomorrow, leaving Mr Moore’s residence at | 1 o’clock A

Employment op Women, —Dr S'enhouse, in a letter to the OUgo Dsily Tiroes, says the cure for the labor trouble is to withdraw women from competition with man in the labor marks I '. He is glad to notice that Mr Gladstone takes the same view of the matter. Let the man support the women in idleness arid wages will increase 50 per cent. There can be ho doubt but that there is a great deal in it, so far as it is practicable, but who will support wom'n who hare neither father, brother, nor husband f Labor.—lt would appear that all the opposition to the labor organisations is directed from Napier, the home of the Twelve Apostles. It was from there Messrs Nelson Bros, sent tbeir famous telegram urging on employers to crush the Unions, and now we find that it is from the same source the opposition to the conference has arisen. According to the Oamaru Mail, at a meeting of the Farmers’ Union in Oamaru a telegram frem Hawke’s Bay was read urging on the union not to countenance the conference called by the Government in Wellington, and the club agreed. At the same meeting a labor agent named White promised to provide any amount of free labor for the harvest season.

The Pope. —The Pops has just completed, it is said, an Encyclical letter, in which he deals with the great social problems of the day ; and its publication, it is confidently asserted, will produce a profound sensation throughout the length and breadth of Christendom. While ecgaged in its preparation hi* Holiness placed himself in communicition with several eminent economists, ostensibly to consult thorn on other snbjocte, but really in order to obtain from them their unpremeditated opinions. The document was written in Italian in.the firßt|insUnce and then scrupulously revised, after which it was translated into Latin. It is understood to have beau ready for some weeks past, but its appearance was postponed so that the Pontiff might put himself in possession of what was said and dene at the Labor conference in Berlin. WooBBUEY Atnlevic Club. — A meeting of .members and of those interested in the Woodbury Athletic Club was held at Woodbury on Saturday evening last. There was a large attendance, and a great deal of interest was taken in the proceedings. Mr W. Radford was voted to the chair. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £6 10a lOd, which was considered very satisfactory. The 9tb of November falling on a Sunday this year, it was decided to bold the annual sports gathering on Monday, November 10th. A programme for the meeting was drawn up. One or two.additions were made to to last year’a programme, and the prizemoney all round was raised. The programme will the oat in a few days. The success of the club would how seam assured. For the past two years the club has had to contend with the difficulties attending the starting of a new club, end have had to improve the course, etc., which has been a considerable drain upon the funds. The officials have, however, steadily persevered, and are able to commence this year under much more favorable circumstances, and with the credit balance mentioned above.

SYNOPSIS OF ADTBRTISJBMENTS.

Mrs W. Caratou, Winchester—Wants a strong girl.

Funeral Notice—Jße the late, Mrs H. Collier, of Orari Bridge. Executors of the late Angus Macdonald —lnvite tenders for bush clearing. J. Bari, Undertaker—Funeral notice re the late Mr Daniel Moore, of Waitobi. J, Mundell and Co.—Are now receiving entries for the Temuka live stock sale. 1 A. Baker, Bootmaker, Geraldine— Quotes cash; prices for making and repairing boots. T. and J. Thomson, Drapers and Silk Mercers, Timaru—Advertise arrival of second shipment of spring goods yesterday, including, among other specialities, sash and neck ribbons, hosiery, aprons, silk and lace mantles, etc., etc.