The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2214, 13 June 1891, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

PamiTXTB Methodist Church.—Particulars regarding to-morrow’s services at Geraldine and Temuka, are advertised in another another column. : .Personal.—The Bishop of Nelson had apother seizure last Wednesday similar to the last one, though less severe. ’ tie recovered consciousness after some hours. -Wesleyan Church, Temurs.—The Bev. J, Dellpw will conduct the* morning and evening services in the above ohnroh tomorrow, and will preach at Waitohl' in the I afternoon. ,- 1.0/Gf.T. under tISS 5 ! a(i&pJeess)l the ffo'cal fodge of Good Templars, pi ill be hqld in the Temuka volunteel* fiall nbxfr Thursday evening, .and ticketa ol admission for same are now oa sale. Proceedings will commence at 7* . . Temperance.—A report of Mr E, Tennyson Smith’s mobting at" Geraldine on Thursday evening will be found on our first- page. Mr Smith'lectures to-night on the “ Trial of a notorious thief and murderer,” and to-morrow evening’will give Tolmage-’s sermon ‘‘ The areh fiend-of the Nations," For Monday evening a special announcemeht-is made. The subject will be “ Is Prohibition right!” Mi Smith invitespublicans andtheir-f fiends.to afland and put (i posers ” to'bj.mj Chinaman in Ihodble. —Ah Woi or Wi, a Chinaman, was ‘'charged in Timarn yesterday With stealing-' 39 spoons'/ 1 19 forks, 84 kniyes,' BoT of cigftrs, blind cord, 4 napkin rings, 8,., glasses,. 2 .salt cellars, 5 brass books, 1 stirrup- icon, bit and curb, spring 1 pair blankets, 4 pillow cases, 1 sheet, l oose mozzlo, 3 brusnes, 13 -bottles essence, 8 handkernhiefs,-hammer," pockstr-knife; * handr bag, tin openei;, silver brooch*, silver , cross,i shirt collar,; sugar basin, 6 a : pho'-' 1 tdgrapb, 3 decupters, -1 butcher's knife, and a hand,B.aw,"«nd other articles, total .value £33 8s 4d, the property of Daniel McQuinness. The accused was,a rouseahout at Mr MoQuinness other charges yrero preferred against bjm, The case was 'yi,ofc finished by latest advice; i -'*v * * .

Temuka Presbyterian Church,—The J Rev. Mr Gilles will ewaduot the service at this Chnrch tn-moraijv. DlTO^qa.—ln thKlJivorceGourt Welwj|the fiSoded, tbe d«D.reeo>ere mice amfolute,' hffrre daft jpnddSfo platfS bn nra eatit&wies q|||allow,~: woe Cptjbe raow |H|t(he eighteen months' salary at the rate drown by Mr Blair up to the time of his dsatb. Co-operation.—The Working Men’s oo*ojserativA Society of fihristbhhrdhhelei.brstfidJtheir. first anniversary by a social gathering. The association was formed a year ago - 'With 54 -members,- and How numbers 300, each of whom has a little more than' £8 10i "f<T “his ' credit : Tb”tbe society. . , Sudden Death.- William Dexter, a carpenter, while attending the Congregational Ohnroli, last Wednesday made > a-speeohj. and was apparently in excellent ,]ifiaUX- Si ß s?if«iWa present. . Di? Not , KNoyr jb# , Lfw, ,'l,’he Bokitiket LicensingCommittee.adjourned on the ground tfial ine local ‘‘bdciy redhlßig the J rfev&n'iia aVlSibg’rVoUiMiiJSns’es did not supply copies of the Aet, were ignorant of tbe intricacies of thiLlaw relhtingito licensing* ntnif x.s tv/ «< I* , .THit, ZpofiMt .Edwin states that tfieije, js e ( .pf unsettled falling haromoter in’‘ , ’afl parts'* of’ the country, , between' midnight' '6n’ Wfe'dn^^B(^fe l y t, arid midnight on the 14th inst. It the Australian storm will visit us. Reduction ,ok.,Postage.—If the Bill tbe colony to a penny is Parliament, it will come into ilperatloo on the Ist July, if passed by that date, and from the I'f't'Ahgttit’lf not passed till later ob. ■ Ffom and«.aft4ri the i 27tt»iinßt'ant the.letter uarriera s uljf,oUi)BOHt<; the,ioo-Joily I are to tq,,a ! every week, either on Saturday afternoon or whatever day be recognised as a local i holiday. , - . . Embezzlement, Mr P. H. Bourke, brother of the late’ s’ddretary, wrote to the Gisborne Council = skating on enquiry at the. thorough office' 'he .j feund that the actual,dc,pci9ngy,wtAg £277 7s lid, .-against. vybjdh wearily helcf.by o,f £2^o,, He ( enolpa^d 4 a. phs^q^a £277 7a lid in payment of the deficiency, and in cancellation’ loF*ihß‘ bond. ‘‘l'b'e couneil agreed the cheque and cancbi'th'e'bond/’ The original bond had Been «two sureties xof £2soeaehpbut bne bondsmanhad-aince-diedh -. o DCjmmxisMv—The-Dunedin Laod Boacd: resol.visd, tP ask the Cpowp-SokUcitor, if »n -infinity, su^-apetyms |2 or 3 of't&e Land' f 1885 4 intos ca» of'pastoral (faiarred paymant, "whoss Ifcensae is 'aUSphcte’d m dummyfkffi, an'cT whbsP 'lidefiae' whs gTHfitSd in 1889 l 'and’ exchanged for »' smaligrazing run ita 1890,’ having with the oon«aiat.of th» boardibee» tr«nafpurpd. l; .to the r thq lessee, and whether the original lessee. under these circumstances be prosecuted under £o,f, a false declaration.' | Tragic Death.— James Chadwick, the murderer of Roderick Matheson, m«t | his d^otft' , ilj a’tfagih manner. After committing thre-*?d’eed-’ ha' diarta his'tva'ytto a high cliff covered-with - bush,-overlooking the scene of the murder, the, home eMdoo : aq.fj,.his hqufß.. , Appearances ~indicate ’ that he theii.got..some flix, lying,jn^en,d : in a noose round his neelc, and the’ other ’ end round the branch of a tree. He sat on the br'inbb while be smoked a farewell pip*, and thou.'threw*'hinrti : f'Off.' 5 The flax broke, but the tension' 1 tightened -the noose round ; his neek and Dbadwick was slowly strangled* The his body shows there niuat have been a prolonged struggle befdre 'dcath came. New Publication. —Wo have to acknowledge the reeeipt from the National Mortgage and Agency Company, of Timaruyoha very handy- and useful book qntitjpd./‘ A Ophjflijss, and .India.” Iji with the Australian colonies, and. has apparently been issued by'Che Shipping Companies, It contains pictures, as well "as a great deal of information I concerning aJI-tho Auatraliab eolomes, but New Zealand'isleft oubin the cold.i,. The chi^| t of course, la that embraced' with the scope of the routes of 1 the stbaifiyrs albWb’'lneutioned ) but there irfi)ogfdes/fin'tabulated ’forniV'the'ctistb'raa taHffa all * the -Alustrailian colonies; including Newt-Zealand. From this it can be seen at a glance. jThiqkjis.pvotectkipjgt. and freetrade. This is extremely useful, and on the whole The" b'6dk will be found very useful by commercial men. Total Abstinence Society. —A meetieg of persons interested in tbe promotion of temperance , was., hold. last Thursday evening in the Social’ Hall,'Temuka, and was 'Very"' largely atUndicf? 'Oh' ’the molion of Mr'Dhnn, Dr'H'ay’eSl tbt>k*'thS* chair, and explained that the"ofejest *lvaß to get-together* into*« society those : who recently bad takeji pledge. Mr Dann explained that he had gone round and found that 32 or ’33“Wbre""willing to join, so ho called the meeting. Ha believed the general opinion, was that it should be a sort of ,% club. v . The chairman said that it -would, be pntirely uneectarian and from any religions sect.' ' tfe'meapt no, disrespect t6' religion,'but 'it would ~be' most likelyMtt btnbrSce 'a!lP If' UP '■fel’lgibn was introduced. Thu l -Rev." Mr Bellow said he quite agreed n witb that. He hoped he wpu|d,d t is the day ho becams a bigot. He .was' a ( IBbroqgh Methodist, but recognised good wherever T/e met wi!fi it, afid S , oald ; ''fav6r tbtf , 'B'o6idty !I beilh|l madd' completely nnsecUrian. He ’moved :• “ That a club be formed of persona who have recently signed,the, 4)lfidgo, ,Io be called ‘Tha Temu^ n Tot.sl Club,” Mr Barr seconded the motion, i Mr Brown moyecT that the word temperance be ‘ "eliblstitated for total i abetioeuce, and spoke at soma length on 1 I lie subject, arguing that ’tempe'ranbe was 1 I less aggressive than total abstinence, 'and l more likely ■ to enljet wider sympathy.- I Mr Levens seconded Mr Brown’s, amend- | ment, and, after some discussion; 'it was 1 put to the meeting arid lost, the,Original 1 motion.being.carried by.a,large majority. 1 The.meeting then proceeded, to eleet a- I provisional committee of seven to arrange ' preliminaries, .with -the reaujt that the t following were elected, viz. —D r -H a yes, i Revs, Hamilton and Dellow,. and Messrs i Dunn, Pinckney, Bukton, and Whitehead, c Several suggestions were made with t regard to getting suitable premises J for 1 robms, a tad, after discussion, r the j matter was left to the cCmMitteo.' “ The | h meeting closed with a vote -of tbadke fo'l p the ohairmau, , < /' t • t c

[ Omission. — We were not BuppUadp-witii ' the names of Mesdamea Meredith, and they were therel<|w|bmit.tqd HromHie fief of thfeo who tabjea <ffly o lfeltorian iSh'ree ?:at M I t S MTT m, MBTHO I will preach, ; 0 motßHtig »f the Primitive MetEodist Church, and in the evening the famous temperance advocate and orator, Mr E. Tennyson Smith wijl conduct services,. , SHipriNer Accident.—The a.e, Pukaki, bound-from Auckland to Westport, in bnjlast, broke her propeller shaft, and drifted till she came to au anchorage at Russell. She was towed into .s_ofsty_by the Clansman. Her signal! oT distress were unheeded, because the signalman's services wore dispensed with. Immigration and Emmioration.—The fantj oJbigrltifo /&torJ« for Miy show that the arrivals-were 864 and the departures 2194, leaving, .a. balance against the colony o£ r 1230. The arrivals wcWSJKHMHi from New Soq’th Walps, 361; .from Victoria, 248 ; from Tasmania, 57 ; from other places, 54. The depar ures ware—• To the United Kingdom, 281 ; to Queensland, 4 ; to Nsm South Wales 13547. Victoria, 372 ; to Tasmania, j otlibr places, 81. zm ><'<) r . ‘t:>i The Jeweller!'oAs6.-iAfti' ’ the : case W. J. Meek aued'-Alroe Atwood’ for- th 6 iThe defeadant- gave evidence that w.heq* she. r.eoqiyecl dhe jewellery plaintiff., made . eondUiqqa about returning it, " When she broke off the engagement her first impulse was to return the jewellery, hut after raceivitig an insulting latter from 'Meek aha decided not, to do.ao. - . In sunamingTip'Mr Justice Richmondrt said - that If a; naan hand* over j -j wellpry the presumption is' that thk.artieieg ace. presents. If the engagement is broken off the man, haa no legal claim’to’the jewellery.,, ,The jury ,retiirp(|d a ve.rdict for the plaintiff, and the question of costs was reserved for argument. \ v i . Geraldine Institute. The annual meeting of the Geraldine Institute was held on Thursday afternoon, when there was a fair attendance of members, and the R*v, J. Preston occupied the chair. The’fiblldwmg efficors were appoiatid :4-Patr6b, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes, M.IJ r R. Rev, J. Preston ; vice-president, Dr Pish ; secretary, Mr Hi'®.- Webster ; committee, Messrs Moore,. H., .W.’.M0.0re,,. Wi|spn ; Smith, J, Aitkep, api tbe/Kovi -T'pdd, with power to. ad.d to", the hr .number; i:' : f - Gbraldjnb Rirles. —The Geraldfile' Riftesi-fauel^ed 1 fol Y dri!Dbff' ThtfriSaJ J evening thft.Yolunteef Hall/when thete were /presstiL twanty-nine tuembefa df ( -tfao' company under Captain R. * H. Pear|i4iat-i : ' The - ebmpany *1 were ’ pul tHyopglf.amjrng.pdlftfohi drill; and a. good; hours yoinpany: 'fr jtpjllipn drill/, befpre , LißUt,-;CqL’g. Bailey and Gpcdon and. Staff JMsjPr. J/oiies, ;„Long Service Stars wore .theq, presented,, to Uol.-Serg, Stonehpuse,- Se'rg’s.-Eleming, Hro »n, and Sionehouae, and Privates Harding and ; Andraws, and Bandsmen Sherratt, Logan, land Krause. The company muster for I Church Parade to-morrow and will march to tha Primitive Methodist Church where services will be conducted by the- Rev. W. 0, Wood. N , {Slrious Charge.—The fV body of Emily Kate Spicer, in disclosed tbe factrthat tha keoeaXad Aads been a servant, dad that:.ai opevfitttm h«q bee* performed , on hfet|by y a weman, named Peyman. Dr BiUHS, wiy* attoudad said she first him.as a married-woman;, miofisd * ■ mitparriage, but itjtoeaid she was. not married','and Mfe Fey man had performed -a aurgipai on her. The result of a Vwj'tietn eijamitumTn showed by paitouis, brought o|x kjlftbaWomb being punctured by an iaStrui®»Qt. Henry ! GharleirMeehan,-who k|jpt with said not know ciMdition, but ; his intimacy with her |fa»:&lcalated to lead to such a result. Tp,f ifffiqeat lasted:, all yesterday." •/'; M 1 Dairy Arso'ciation,—The Md«*'l|il(iof| dairy met : ij(b j|wThuraciay, and :Xeportea|:' IjnMl l shipped! 626 .tons chaeijs in butter with intend te have thair/i; orfn/ brjnb' in London, and try Carried at the same Jrrice ai jjgrain;, tfhd to get tbe Government anafese milk free of cost. It was shovel ibaji the «x-: penseson shipments of the Association, inelading|iyarytMna !!fqm' the factory, door" until «mountedr to per eludes cartage, dutwfcfreight, dqck charges, ex'ounge, discount to buyefj commiMpn etc. amount drawn "as again, shipment was lb oxfibangw as meutiohed covers tbe #pole. TjLkifig; off ebrink-vge, or get weighDiu leaves 4'B3d net at the factory door.* The Amateur Work.—We hardly know whether the amateur photographer who was at work in the Temuka park on Thursday afternoon last feels “ small ” or not. Knowing that some of tbe members of the local chfirwanted pbotwof thßifdboddffßtiffel', which, was Coionfala '(flmaru), he wended his'way over ploilghod- r fibW<;'&o.’, ToV’tbff of, action. He soon got to -'work.’am! in »' few seconds tbe Colonial# :werer'.safely popped into hie- deaf hep satchel. The local team werq. th,ea. galled upen tv undergo the ©peralion’.' ‘All got jnto position in a trice, excepting one boy, wild could uot at ony price be pr*vailed*ii{3bn to join-thejOtberi** -Twhiroason* might be given for-bisjl refusal-to do so* 'One was that he mighfe-bave thought- the amateur i might not bejSble to dodiim justice. If that were the roaeon'Lhe'photographer has I himself to blame, aH-’fae be, wbeu calling I them together, that bo-, hoped it would < turn out all right, but that amateur i photographs did not always do so. This t may have influenced - thb youngster, but s flot u Tbo othenTreaaon*might be* 1 j that be did not, cyipideq bimsqlf af .good- a looking as the rest. Be that aa ifc may it d was rather rougtf btithe'l'esti’ of DiV beam r that there ahoujdbe only-foijrt.eqn play .erain lbe r photp, the. could a not’ oe upon ’ . *t a could not be helped.* ’* We*’only trust that tl tbe photographs tfiß hot J took- : t 1 00 much o like tbe work A.n)a(ehr, and that the h youngster who refused to be included will b be sorry that he was not. We hope, the d photographer; will jis a cquplp J I jopios,” ’ .7” .-. 7 : .7 ; i U

Neslbotbd Child—A lid of 10 years lamed Eaton, wus brougb before (he Timiru Soart yesterday as a neglected child by the police, with a request for an order for him to bo placed in the cnstody of <-'lse.| than his father, who gives way and? Ices not properly look after bearing the evidence the lad w-s taken; away: by his father who was under the c of j drink, on the understanding that if Tiecesury’ afresh information should bo laid and the boy committed to tne Industrial School if not looked after. r B®, SAT/jraintfs Shnjjat School -Guild;---The first of the winter gatberisgs of thf St. Saviour’s Sunday School Guild waa'helc in the Oddfellows’— Hall_on Tuesday, Uil iosf,,'and'waß YeFy’weirattendod. The Bev T. Jki Hamil_t®Q _P-? e slded,. j|nd. the.m.i>£lin( was opened by singing a hymn and repeat,ini the Lord’s Prayer, The chairman slatet that prizes would be given for the best set o answers to the questions set for the fifth ant ststhgßtat|dm'da imthejcurrant jkumbec of th N!Z."Cnifrcli News. 'A/remaining standard wSrfaTkffd to write an essay on the “ Parabl of--the Sower,” The teachers were alsi Matthew. , entertainment (ol lowed. Bescitatioas were capitally rendered by ,L, Gaze, M. Wills, A. Mcßratnej A. Ardell, J. Smallridge, J. Fenton. A Oldfield, B. Oldfield, Annie Ardell, A. Gibsor Grace Greaves, JEL Boscoe, and F. Mohrtoni Readings were pontt^ut^ c^p;!Vty;'Pmck»ei 0. Opie, and J.jjayaj.., A fii-ven b J. Fenton and F,’Ardell.’ capital cfjaradi “Our Spring r6r)f 'f ffectivel produced on the “ botWls'^by l -GVwresve 1. B. Hamilton, F. dSryin, (Lj.ißidfort L. Henry, and T. Faniya, papayas Tfeartil applauded. Ik is proposed to hold tb meetings fortnightly during the wintt months. ■;V;:r ■' rr ! -><• iif' ::r. ;. ■■■-:/ ; v.v •shfiNOFSISt Off AOYBBTISK4IBNTS. iu.v* i :.t *: trnrunr ;>i'.r.n ; , L ...JF 7 , E^ha W —tp.jat. .....Wesleyan Church, lemuka—Services ft to-morrow. .Jamea ’Pa teraon, Winchester—Notice i B!9 f h fefc Smith-—elrtioul.r. . meetings at Geraldine. Temuka Presbyterian Church—Noth re to-morrow’s services. J. Lawson, Poandkeeper —Notice i impounded bay hack gelding. A, £. Cox and E. R. Guinness—Se etc., at Te < n3Jika | oal]^ießdajr. Primitive Methodist Church, Qaraldic and Temuka—Sunday Services. J. Mundell and of live stoc at ? . Nath in prices of blanket .'!£*, and en&ics Iff&tteelTsal* on Tue "Wm^tfennoyrtreral^ine—Re ward c ff* r e fa? lost §nsi>hite>;ougK hftirepUlms ... Gerajdjne, sfeVj between Posts’ 'Hotel and Geraldine. ■r- i.; >. ■■ - ,rs », on sv t -Re-union of -Total- Abstainers-—.I Temuka Volunteer" Hail next Phursda evening’-. ■ = -- - - .. j ’’ -Temtfka-Dairy-Company•-‘-Ibvitadende for purchase-of - 16-aerik)fr and - s<room« cottffge’ adjoining Tomyku -Dairy Factor W. PoafelethwifttevK. H. Poetleth-wait" E. Brown, and Executors of late R. 1 Barker—Notice re disslution of partue ship as ffixmillers, etc.