LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2194, 28 April 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mount Peel Eoad Boabd.-—Candidates for the yacant seats on the JMount Peel Koud matt be nominated before noan to-day. itACE Pkiteieqes.—To-morrow Meiara •J. Aiuudeii & (Jo. well the privileges in connection wuli the forrfccomiug tieral■imo Kacey. The Bane Holiday. Jeraldiue will be oLsed on Thursday, May 7tb, on the occasion of the Jieruldine itauing Uuib's Autumn .neetiug. Death From JPoibonin«.— Mrs Gordou ihu wife of a oblilor at VVnaugurei, died Uom tut. tffjcs of a dose tf Jttougu ou ittues. totio ieavws five youug cuiluien. fKorosKD (Jhoral Society.—A meeting ot tuoso luteioated iu ioimiug achoiai übiety iu 'i'owulsa takes puco in the Odiftuiiowb' Mali to-inoirow oveuiug at 8 p.ui. in a and G-iFr Auction at Winchestkh. — A gifo auction, coffee supper und uucial evening, in connection witti ot. John's (Jliurob, Winchester, takes place this evening in the bunday BchoolrOjm. The Coming Vogel. —Mc Harry B. Vogel, the eldest sou of (Sir Julius Vogel, was returned as a city councillor lor the i'horiidun nard of Wellington last Friday, defeating his two opponents by 3 to 1 each. TemDKA tiOAD UoaKO.—Messrs Jobo Fraboi, Win. butiil, JuUu i'uiboi, and (Ja.eb 'Voodley wered ou datura ay uotniuated uo candidates tor souts ou the Teuiuka iio .d Jij.ud, Tnere being uiree vacancies .i poll wii be. taken on the 4'.h May. übkaldink KOAl> JioAKD. Messrs K. iJropuy, vV". jUerienzy, £'. it. iflatuuu, .uii J. D. Jones ha.ve Deen nominateU at oaudiuubsg lor the tforaldiue iioua iioard in Ilia room ot the throe first named gentleman, rctite by notation. The pod lake* pwuo ou Wednesday, Jo.uy 6lb. iiMTBKTAINMEN'r AT i'SMOKA.'—We would our readtrs that professor Uuii and Madume iiariz, assisted toy iiir liazji, give ihbir giaud vaiioiy entertainment in tiie Teuiuka VoJuuieor H.iiJ to-night. Afier the eutenainmeLit, which', is said iu 03 first class, there will be a fiee diatubuuoia of piesems. Pbimititb Mkthodist Ohueoh, Gkhaldinhs. —A aeries or enteruinuieuts similar tj those givtn during the winter inonbns last year at this church will be commenced this evening with an entertainment uua coffee jupyer. A number or! choruses and solos have been prepared, aua one or two recitations Wnl be given. Tub charge for admission, to liiuiuau me oufEtiß supper, is only 6J, so that intra should be a very iarga attendance. The meeiiug eouimenees at 8 o'clock.

Football.—Tue following will play fur tlje LuiKiinvu Football (JluO (feoauka), dgainat the Star Club '(TiainruJ, Oil lhuisciay next iu ilie Victoria Park, Teniukii: —Jj'ullbuok, B. Cacapbeli ; turee-quartera. W. Femou, J. /dut'too, H. L<;e j halves, J\ Sheen, D. Morris ; forwards, T, rfpiilane (eaptiiu), ii. Webster, D. Grant, li. Wilson,, Vf. Lee, E. iVlorrie, (J. Bjwmitn, S. Bryaut, J. Cl»rk. Emergencies, A. Matsoa, J. Tuagney, D. Anderson, A. Prediiy, and T. Gtaidatone.

Thb Flax Industry.—Another fl»x mill is about to be start) d in Geraldine, Mr A. Sherratt having leased from Mr Grao. Tavlor for a term of years a portion of his paddock on the Main Koad. The site re a most con• venient one, and the necessary water is secured, Mr Taylor having obtained from the Town Board some month ago the use of the tail water from the race The requisite- m&ohinery and plant will be on the ground iunmtfdiately, »nd a start irude with the new mill 'it onoe. In our advertising columns Mr (dherratt announces that he is a cash buyer of green Hix in any quantity.

Legal.—" Messrs ABpnaal! and Salmond have received a telegram staling that the case Smitb v. Brown, which, was heard before the Appeal Courr. in Wellington yesterday, had been decided in favor of the defendant. This is tfeie case in which Mr Smith sued Mr Job Brown over 12 months ago, uud in which Mr Browu wou with costs. The case went ta> apoeal and now Mr Brown has won agaio with costs. Three of the Judges were io f<»vor of Mr Smith aod thcea in fivor of Mr Brown, bat the usual course is when Judges <ne equally divided, to uphold th* decision of the Judge who had afc first heard the cise.

The Oamartj Haeior. Board.— At th» monthly meeting of the Oamaru Harbor Board it was stated that the Kail way Commissioners were deliberately boycotting the port by not providing trucks for imported cargo. The Haaroto did not call there owing to no trucks being available. The Treasury telegraphed that they hud collected £377, the boai'd's railway earnings, and asking if they should pay the amount to the general post office towards overdue interest. The' chairman said he had written that the board would not sanction sticli a proceeding, but the money had still not arrived. It was resolved, to telegraph to the TreMury, and if the money did not arrive the- following day ■* special meeting be held to consider tha matter. A committee was appointed to draft a petition to Parliament re the attitude of the. itailway Commissioners to the board.

Pbesessiosah Ambesb —Mr Sann&ri, member for Seiwyn addresied bi» comtitutenta at Hororata on Friday. He rojrrotted that New Zealand had not joined the Federation Convention, and hoped the p resent Government would entertain the same ideas on the subj -ot of federation a« the late Govern, msnt. Hi? reviewed the oharaoteri*tic3 of the leading m embers on both sides of the .House. He wan opposed to Mr Seddon'a pr<vpo»ed land tay., if exemptions were taken off, and ' he quefitioned whether, as a tax to suit the farmer, a better was to be found than the proper ty tax He would like to see a tax whicVi might oome immediately on owner* of tracts of land. He §poke with feeling as to the Address-in-Reply, and felt that; if. the Hon. Mr Rolieston had allowed i u , to paes he could have moved another motion whioh would have been better Buppiwfced. He disproved of the Governmeat not allowing an opportunity for membars -of tho House to plaoe ioma Umit to the amaunc of renumerati >n Member J wore to reooive. He was inolined to the opinion that the Hutchison charges were correct, sinoe Sir H. Atkinson and Mr Mitohelson had not taken Che rmtfcar isto court, and he quoted from the Financial Statement of Bir H. AtkLuoa, to show that hii Government vr*s responsible for inoresßad indebtednM9 of tha oolony. He supported female franchise and submitted reasons for the aisumption .that half f. millon a yoar wap to be saved.

Gbkaldine Stock Satjß.—The fortnightly sile uf Block tit it'-ilfl'O' !d':«-> r>Sn-» 'omorrow. A nnrn'r" of . iifnt-s will b: f. und cDumeratod in our I'lvHitiijin-; column.'.

The Divine Sarah. flnvih Bornh *rll, under engageireir, ii H. vb!*>v, of New York, will arm-' m AtiMukl by tha Monowai from »«xt mntt.h for a colonial tour of M.r.'o mom in, to act hir best tragedy piec s.

Prohibition. Speaking recently in London the Duke <d" W«.->.f n! - .rtßtt-»r *;vd that on a part of iiia e3tve Im hud i>luu up 37 out of 45 publichouses m ih"> ('.istrict. lie intended to continue the work in other parts as the leases) expired.

Sudden Death. —An event occur r-'d a' ULnox Church Dunedio winch ciused a painful sensation, Just "h b rvica had commenced Mr William WiUon tdiouinaker was taken ill aud died *a h« was being t iken out. Heart disease i* supposed to be the cause of death.

Railway By-Lvws- At Invercargill George Burgess, whose horse wa-i cut adrift from the cart, in which h« was driving recently by a pißaing train, h.a been prosecuted for wilfully and knowingly attempted to cross the railway while ;» train was within a quarter of a mile. He was fined 13, aud costs. The Railway Returns.—Tim complete railway returns for thw financial year show a net profit of £421 500, or a shade over 3

per cent, on the coat of constructing opeued lines. Iu calculating the revenue the free carriage of mails, volunteers, etc., was takeu into account. The profit shows an increase of £19,500 over the Treasurer's

ostimate. Neglected Children.—Four children who have been ruuuiug without control ■\i the Mount Albert distric, Auekand, have been discovered by the truant officer. They are unable to md cin utter on'y unintelligible sounds. The children have been soot to the pub'ic school, and it is to be hoped that they wi 1 l>4 again able to use their voices.

FlßE.—A.(serious fire occurred at South-' brook by whioli the large flour and oatmeal mills of W. Meir were burned to the ground. Che RaDfiora steam fire engine wa§ taken out ] with the brigade but it was useless to stay the fire. The mill -was full of and flour and &?. The insurance on Moir's mill, .iuu'hbrook, are as follows : —Oo the building £SOO in the Union, half reinsured' and £3OO in the New Zealand: on thw plant and machinery, £6OO in the New Zealand; on the grain and produce £2OOO in the New Zealand. The loss of the New Zsahnd • offi :e is reduced to about £IOOO by reinsurance. Damage to Railwax—Ua Saturday m'>inio(,» about 40 feet of the railway line b.tween Waimtugiroi nod ls r gkawau w«8 washed away. The passengers by the ttternoon trno from Wescpoitto Ngkawu were conveyed from the break to their destination iu tro'lies. To-day the district manager with a special lr<s,m c intaining u gmg of workmeu lef t to repair th* damage and to re-open the line to trsffio. Whilst engaged in superintending operations the district manager (Mr Petorkin) slipped from a plank on whiob he was standing broke hie left arm at ihe wrist.. He was brought to town and work w s continued. The navies are still engaged at it. Net Zealand Sheep.—The Loaa and Mercantile Agency hav» rtceiyed « report from B ofeld smd LiseodeuJ, of the Osntral Me.it Mil feet, London, r»u prizi sheep exhibited at the last show, and Hiibiequently frezm and cent home by tht MaUtua. They say: "As priz> sheep for agricultural nhow9 ;we consider j them a 8 near pnrfeeiinu w possible, aud certainly the best bred mutton we have ever seen from the colonies." For ordinary consumption purposes they were fat, but such mutton, if from 601 b to 68b per carcase, would realise prices equal to the bear, Canterbury. The sheep were Sussex downs and a cross between Hampshire dowu3 and Leicester, grown by Mr S, Gerforth and Mr C. J. Lysagb.:. Dramatic and Musical Entertainment. —1q another column will be found the programme of the dramatic and rausicil entertainment to be given in the Volunteer Hal, Temuk , ou Thursday aveniDg next in aid of the organ fund of St Joseph's Cnurch. It will bs seen at a giance that the programme is one of such a nature as can not fail to Butisfy lovers of tragi-cotmdy as well aa th'most siitheticudmuers of sublime inußic. The principal i'em is ihe comedy (in three acts) "He would be a lord," which will occupy over ub hour and a-half. It is a play of the highest order of merit ou the French stage, aud the faot that it is one of the ablest productions of MolWo is a sufficient guarantee that it wdl be we 1 appreciated. It will be seen, too, that some of those who suataiu the virions characters have already acquit ted themselves with distinction on the stage, while thostwho will m <ke their debut in that capacity, judging from the rehearsal last evening, will doubtless distinguish themselves <vith credit. The scene of the pay is the i house of Mr ia Paris. He is as wealthy as he is vain, and Ids only aspiration is to second to the highest rank of nobility and bid fareweil to du ! l, melancholy merchandise. He is extreme y deficieot in all branches of educatiou, and in order to equip himself wth the neo.ssary talent to enable him to move in high society he engages a mu*ic m dancing master, fencing master, and a professor of philosophy, and undergoes m i course of (raining. Count Doranije, who

professes to be a friend of hie at tbe oouit of the K'Dg, gulls him to the tune of a some hundreds of pound?. The lord has a daughter whom he wishes to .narry into high society, but unfortunately she vows ta marry no one aivo a Oiptaio Dubir, and he wishes Uertobennrchion-Bs. A plot is here conceived by Mr Jourd liu'.-; friends to marry Dubir to ber io the person of the son of tbe Grand Turk, who seeks an audience with Mr Jourdain an I asks for, and receives, bis daughter in muriflge, He then coufers a high Turkish tille uoon Mr Jourdaia. The notary is then called in, who draws up the document of marriag". Mr Jourdain slices hh signature to tbe document before the son of the Grand Turk does bo, and when the notary reads Captain ha in sat. frantic. He ia next visiter by a police officer, who comes with a warrant from t ho King of France to arrest Mr Jourdain for wearing tbe apparel of a first Poor of

Frsnce ; he imagines he sees the Kind's troops, their fingers are on the they fire, he swoons, and drops. This in n very tragic portion of tile Tiie sequel is also interesting. In connection with the musical portion of programme itmight,be mentioned that somethinggood m»y be expected. Those who ftit bo attend will miss a real treat.

.New Zealand Trade.—A «Velliogton ; c!-*vi\ spotidi?uL givris particulars as regards ;hu imports and exports of the past year. Tlit» imporra amounted to £6,294,143, aa ag'iinat £6,'ij6B 630 for tha yeaf previous. Tim <'Xi)ot* were £9 709.140, aa against £ ,765 788, or an increase of nearly £34,0U0. This is fairly satisfactory, but wo should like to see the exports swell up IUOIU. Te Whim.—The pen is mightier th,»n severe, but evidently the tongue of Mr Rb3B, ftl.fl.R., is mightier than either. '■ U« ln.i by the force of eloquence subdued I thft nntamaable Te Whiti. Ml* Rees is J clviu .ii iu of the Native Land Commission which is inquiring into Native land traDS* actions, and has talked Te Whiti into tha bullet that his grievances will be redressed. Aftar the palaver Te Whiti was BO well pleased that he invited the commissioners 10 tea.