LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2179, 24 March 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Coal.—The coal export from Westport for the week was 4060 tons.

Masonic—The Grand Lodge of Nevada has ouly recognised the Grand Lodge of New Zealand as of full Masonic authority within this country. Land Board.—At the last meeting of the Canterbury Land Board on Thursday sections 102 and 103, reserve 350, Kangitata, were granted to Jas. .Ritchie on perpetual lease. Alleged Dummyismc —The hearing of the charges of alleged dummy ism against Coleman Phillips, of Dry River Station, Wairarapa, commenced on Friday, and was adjourned until Tuesday.

WeLLINGTON-MaNAWATTJ RAILWAY. directors report that the WellingronManawatu Railway Company made a profit of over £7OOO during the past year, and recommend a dividend of 3£d per cent.

Temhka Stock Sale.—The fortnightly stock Bale at Temuka takes place to-day. Messrs H. B. Webster and Co., and Messrs Cox and Guinness advertise entries of sheep, cattle, pigs, etc., and receive further entries until hour of sale.

The Mails.—The Alameda, with the English mails of 21sfc February, left San Francisco for Auckland on the 17th inst., two days late. The Mariposa, with the colonial mails of 28th February, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on the 19th inst., contract date. Labor Lecislatioh.—The Minister of Education has drafted a bill to facilitate conciliation and proyide for arbitration. Vvben revised and approved by the Cabinet it will be submitted to both the Trades and Employers Uniooe. This course will be followed with all Industrial Bills prepared by the Government. St. Saviour's Church, Temfka.— Special services are being held morning and evening at St. Saviour's Church this week, and on Wednesday evening the Rev. T. Jasper Smyth will preach. On Easter Sunday harvest thanksgiving services will be held at St. Saviour's Church and at St. John's, Winchester. Train Arrangements for the flowdajts.—ln our advertising columns will be found particulars in re the special fares arranged for trips to Chnstcburch and Dunedin during theEaßterHolidays. Speoial trains run from Christchurch to Dunedin and Dunedin to Christchurch on the night of the 26th, stopping at Temuka to pick up passengers. Geraldine Shearers and Laborers Union. —By an advertisemenc appearing elsewhere the members of the Geraldine branch of this union are notified that the half yearly general meeting of m-mbers takes place at the Oddfellows' Hal), Geraldiue, on the 4th April. The meeting should have been held on Friday next, but as that is Good Kriday it has been postponed until the date mentioned.

Thk Unemployed.—lt ia evident from the representations made to the Minister of Lands in Dunedin that there is a very large number of men out of employment in that city. There are 300 names put down on a list, and this does not represent all who are in want of employment. Mr Earnshaw said he knew for a fac*, that there was a great deal of poverty amongst them. It is a most extraordinary thing that such large numbers are out of employment in the middle of the harvest season.

j The Minister of Lands at Oamaru. I —Several deputations waited on the Hon. iJ. McKenzie on Saturday. One had reference to the dismissal of Inspector Thompson, and asked that the Ministry would reconsider the matter. The Minister said that he would cause the views of the deputation to be conveyed to the Minisier for Defence. A deputation also waited on Me McKenzie, asking that the Government should introduce a Bill having for its object the increase of the number of members of county councils, so that wheo found advisable, the council could take up the work of road boards, and thus do away with a double rating body.. The proposal had the Minister's sympathy, and he said he would consider the advisability of giving it effect. A "MaN Spider."—"The Man-Spider " is the name given to a hideous caricature of humanity hired by the keeper of a Parisian establishment to sit in his window and attract a curious crowd to his taproom. The creature's body resembles that of a fat spider, his legs and arms are unnaturally short, his pendulous cheeks conceal his short neck, his eyes are Bin all and reddish, his snout like that of a pig, and his mouth and chin scantily furnished with bristly hairs. Grotesquely ugly as he is, the " man-spider" has a wife and family, and his eldest daughter, who is 18 years old, Is an agreeable and welleducated girl, to whom her father is enabled, by the public exhibition of his Oaliban-like face and figure, to give a handsome dot.

WEsr,EY«.N Chijkch, Temuka. —At the above church on Sunday last harvest thanksgivingaerviceswere celebrated. The church was very prettily decorated, and there was a splendid display of all the fruits and vegetables in season, the whole testifying to the productiveness of the district. The sermons both in the morning and evening were preached by the Rev. JR. S. Bunn, and were appropriate and eloquent. Mr Harrison presided at the harmonium, and the choir, in add tion to customary hymns, sang " I Will Arise," and " How Holy is this Place " in the morning, and " Day by Day the Manna Fell" and " Abide With Me " in the evening. A service was hold in the afternoon at tho Maori Pah, Mr Bunn officiating. There was a large and interested congregation, <

An Omission. —By Bome means the name of Mrs A. McLean was omitted from the list of ladies who prepared the supper in connection with the presentation te the Rev. Geo. Barclay on Thursday evening last. PlCNio. On Friday next the Good Templars of Tomuka have arranged to hold a monster picoio in the Temuka Park. There will be no charge for admission, and refreshments will be supplied for the sura of one shilling. Salvation Abmy.—-Oa Sunday last Colonel and Mrs Bailey, the officers appointed by General Booth to succeed Colonel and Mrs Taylor in cemtnand of the Army's operations in New Zealand, were formally welcomed to their new command at Chritttc'iurcn. A message of welcome and loyalty to the Army was sent by tbe friends and soldiers of the Temoka Corps through Captain Duggao. Colooel Bailey has bsen in active service in Eug'and, Canadfl, and Pouih Africn. A Stranded Whalb. Tbe biggest take of the season may now be seen at Milford lagoon, where Mr Wyatt, tbe tutelar deity of that romantic spot, is articulating a whale which was driven ashore by the recent south-east gale. The whale ie not of extraordinary dimensions, but, like another of historical fame, will probably yield a fair profit. Messrs Wyatt, and Colville intend " trying out " as soon as possible, and hope to produce a decent sample of oil. Unfortunately tbe whale is not of that species which yields whalebone, a commodity which is now fetching some £2OOO a ton.

High-Life Scandal. extraordinary story cornea from Vienna. There eome time ago a merchant caught a young mm in his bouse in the act of commuting » robbery. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. The wife of the merchant waited on the Emperor, and told him that the prisoner whs a certain prince, that he was in the house aa her lover, and that so as to screen her be pretended to be robbing the place when ihe husband came home unexpectedly. He put up with tho five years' imprisonment sooner than botroy ihe merchant's wife. The prisoner was at once released from g»ol. He bad, however, to pay 50,000 roubles, and two clerks who were taking this sum to the gaol were murdered in a first class carriage and robbed. Geraldine Rifles.—The members of this corps went into camp on Friday evening last in preparation for the Easter encampment at Oamaru. There is a good proportion of tho corps nnder canvas, the men Bleeping at Lha camp and going to their usual occupations during the day. Captain Pearpoiut is in command, Lieuts. K. McKeozie and B. R. Macdonald beibg also present. On Sunday a church parade was held, when twenty-five members paraded. Captain Pear-point was in corn* maud, «nd Lieuis. K. McKenzie and B. R. Macdonald, with Major Moore, were also present. The men fell in at the camp and marched to St. Mary's Church, where service was conducted by Ur Fiafa, who preached a sermon suitable for the occasion, taking as the subject of his discourse the story of the healing of the Centurion's servant as eon tained in the 7.ih chapter of Luke. The camp breaks up this evening, and on Thursday night, or rather early on Friday morning, the men will proceed to Orari and embark on board the special train for Oam tru. The Edwards Afpointmbnt. flie Wellington correspondent of Uie Lyttel« ton Times telegraphb :—" The Edwards matter remains where it was when the approaching cessation In the commissionship was announca. This want of progess is not due to any lack of talking or want of thought, for a great many people are talking and thinking of nothing else. The great question in most men's minds is whether Ministers will pay Judge Edwards' salary out of ' unauthorised'; but aa Ministers make no sign no one can answer the question. There will be another question presently uader the same head, and it will have to be answered. I hear a rumour of a habeas corpw application on behalf of a prisoner sentenced by Judge Edwards. That will raise the question of the legality of his appointment."

Savin© Green Fodder.—Under this heading "Freehold," in the Australasian writes :—The locusts got ioto my oats, 80 I cut tbem down and put them into the soil. i The farmer who told me this had something else of importance to tall. He had already put ia many loads of thistles, wild mustard, and other spriog weeds. This spring growth could not have been made into hay, and in a dry condition it would have been extensively eaten in the field by the locusts. Tue firmer got atiead of the locusts, and he turned useless and threatening waeds to good account, l'tie locusts have eaten all the floe grass in the district, leaving all the tall dry stems, and a dry autumo would bring about a hard time for stock. Id such an event wbat would the ensilage be worth 1 There are two ways of finding out the value of fodder for stock in dry seasons. One way is to have a supply of it wheo it iB wanted aod the other way ia to be without it. The farmer I hive mentioned w'll know bow to value the ensilage when a season of scarcity comes, and his oe'glibours will be equally convinced of its worth. If the season proves a good one the ensilage can lie uatU it is wanted, for it will keep good for many years. Our Volunteers.—The Temuka Rifles are now making preparations for visiting the Easter encampment at Oamaru. It is expected that some two-thirds of the corps will be able to go, and, if this is the case, not only will the enjoyment of the men be enhanced, but the company as a body will benefit by the experience gained in battalion muDoaiwrea by those taking part in the review. The officers commanding have orders to parade their men in time to join the special train, which leaves Temuka about half-pust two o'clock on Friday morning. The district orders issued by Lieut.-Colonel Biiley set forth the camp equipment required, which is not heavy, and volanteers who hsve had no previous experience will be able to pick up " wrinkles " as to packing, etc., from Lieutß. Find'ay and Whitehead, or from Oolor-Serg . Coira. .Report speaks well of the site selected for the encampment, and it is a genera! opiuion that it is being held under unusually favorable auspices. Major Young, whose large experience well qualifies him for the post, is in cbarga of the Commissariat Departmen , aod Oapiain Bryats, of the Temiika Cadets, has been appointed a utaff officer, and will act as aide-dt-camp io Lieut.-Golonel B*iley Trie attention of members of the corps ia specially directed to an advertisement in another column in reference tu the encampment, «ic.

Mtjbder Will Oct.—Tbe perpetrator ol a borribio murder been etrangelj brought to light in Switzerland. Th< body of a young g'rl named Anna Hachinger, fearfully mutilated, was found in a wood near Berne. A young medical student io the university there, on taking off his coat, dragged the sleeve of bin shirt with it and whs observed to have a singular wound on bis arm as if he had been bitten. When questioned.on the subject he exhibited some confusion, went home, and blew his braißa out. On examiniog the corpse, a piece or human flash was found io ita mouth, and this it was presently aecertaiued fitted in exactly to the wound on the arm of the suioide. A J.P. Wanted.—Since Mr K. F. Gray left Temuka people have frequently been much inconvenienced owing to not being able to get a Justice of the Peace to sign document. Messrs Quinn and Clark ire not very often to be met with in town, and there are n.o other Justices of the Peace convenient. On last Saturday a man complained to us that he came from beyond Winchester to swear an information, but no Justice of the Peace was available, so he will have to come again another day. The other day a man from another district told us he had to come to town three times before he was abU to get his documents signed by aJ. P. This is a great inconvenience to people. Hitherto only men of a certain shade of politics would be placed on the Commission of the Peace, but now it is probable the present Minister of Justice is not so one-sided aB some of bis predecessors. The Railway Commissionees —Speaking as one of the deputation who waited on tha Hon. the Minister of Lands last Tuesday in Dunedin, Mr Fish, according to the Otago Daily Times, said he intended to take another opportunity of bringing under the attention of the Government an article in the Temtjka Leadeb, from which it appeared that the Railway Commissioners had set themselves systematically to reduce the rate of wages—that they had dismissed 900 men during the last 12 months and had employed a large number of boys under 15, showing a studied desire to replace adult labor by boy labor. If it was so that this was being done then it behoved the Government and Parliament—the Government particularly—to put their foot donn and say, " This shall not be done," for it meant that a reduction of wages all round would be brought about. Be would tak<a an opportunity at another time of bringing the matter particularly under the notice of the Premier. A Millionaire Abroad. —Soys a contemporary : —" Another honour is coferred on Dunedin —this timß la the shape of a good-looking millionaire. Since he ha* arrived be ha* hardly been living a secluded life. On the eontrary, one of his fi's' ac's was to purchase a handsome drag and four horses, the harness of which is really magnificent— no other word, 1 th'ok will express it. And his whip—l am sure it coat a few pounds. His time is spent in driving along the prinoipal streets in order to give the natives an idea how to bold the "ribbons." Nor does b 6 do so without stirring up feeling and emotion. How tho uioo—hia les« fortunate brethren—eovy him ; and the women, oh, how they smile on him ! To heighten the effect, too, he dresses in the latest style, light loud Buitn, a straw hat with a bUck band, and to crown all a pair of t»n shoes. Donbtles if there «re any Thackerays about, they will readily perceive whether or not there ia any comparison with his snob character. —The peison referred to is a member of the great fiaancinl house »f Baring Brothers.

BYNOPSI3 OF ADVERTISEMENTS

St. Saviour's Church—Services for Eloly Week, etc. Rev. K. S. Bunn, Temuka—flas dogcnrt for sale.

N.Z Railways—Fares for Eaater holidays, Christchurch races, etc. Good Hope Lodge, Temuka Hold monster picnic in Temuka Jfark on Good Friday. A.B. and L. Union, Geraldine Branch-Half-yearly meeting of members on 24th April. A. E. Cox and E. R. Guinness—Publish entries of sheep, cattle, pigs, etc., for Temuki atook sale to-day. Temuka R.fbs parades to raono'v evening and at 1 a.m. on Friday morning prior to proceeding to Oamanr.

j. Mundell and Co.—Hold clearing sale of live and dead farming plant, household furniture, etc., on account Mr S. Mclroy, at Hilton, on 3tat Mareh. James Turner, Aerated Water nnd Cordial Manufacturer, Gerildioe Has imported a large Diimb-r of bottles bearing bis name and trade mark, and will proaecute any person usiDg tbem , cordials, etc., a» very lowest prices. Dr Neil, Botanical Dispensary, Timaru Announces that after this month his cart, which has travelled the district with his herbal remedies, will bs taken off the road ; enumerates ugents from whom remedies cm in future be obtained. W. 0. Koulston, Draper and Clothier, Mendelson'* Bui'dings, Temuka Announces the arrival of a Urge consignment of seasonable and faehionab'e goods, comprising serges, dress tweeds, plushec, ladies' hats, and corsets, new urobrsllas, men'ij and boys' clothing, etc., also boots and shoes.