LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2246, 27 August 1891, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Geraldine Spring- Meeting, —We would draw the attention of sporting men to the advertisement in our columns respecting nominations due to-day. Fatal Accident. —A gum-digger named Janie# Hamilton, was drowned at Port Charles, Aqckbuid. He was walking along the beach apd js supposed ijQ have fallen off the rocks into the gea. Silver from Puhipuhi. t-.- Bullion brought down from Puhipuhi silver field has been melted and gave bar silver weighingTUpzs lldwts., for which the bank at Auckland paid Us an ounce. Death ov a Wesleyan Missionary On Tuesday morning fthe Alexander Reid, thp oldest living Missionary in the Wes 1 cyan Church in New Zealand, died at Three Kings College aged fi).

Carbine. —Carbine has receded to 100 to 5 for the Melbourne Cup, while Megaphone is firmer at 100 to 6. The veterinary snTgcon who has examined Carbine thinks that with great care he will be all right for the'Cn-p. 'ThS horse has been scratched for all his'Sydney sagageipents. The One-man-one-vote Question The Selwyn County Council acquiesced in resolutions from Patea and Waimate disapproving of the “ one-man-one-vote ” principle in county elections, and decided to use their influence to get clause 10 expunged from the C'o.qntigs Act Amendment Bill.

Honesty.— Our bookkeeper wtehea an instance of honesty which-has come under his notice placed on record. In rendering his account to Messrs H. H. Warner & Co. for advertising Warner’s Safe Cure he made a mistake, by charging the firm less than the amount due. The firm, however, did not take advantage of the mistake, but rectified it, and paid the full amount. We have great pleasure in giving this publicity, as it may tend to show that the firm is equally honest in compounding medicines.

Lecture Entertainment.— -0n Friday (to-morrow) night the Rev. W. C. Wood will deliver a lecture in the "Wesleyan Social Hall, Temuka, on Duncan Matheson the Scottish Evangelist. Mr Wood has delivered this lecture in Invercargill and elsewhere with great success, having always drawn large audiences. The lecturer will be assisted by local singers who will perform at intervals, Mr Wood being well known jn Temuka no doubt a large audience will ajteqd to hear bis interesting lecture. The chair will bet aken by Mr James Blyth at eight o’clock,

The Woodbury Telephone. —The line for telephone communication between Woodbury and Geraldine will probably be completed to-day or to-morrow. Tbmuica Town Board. —A special meeting - of the Temuka Town Board was held last evening to confirm the resolution striking a rate for the year 1891-92. A Concession. —The Railway Commissioners, yielding to pressure, in order to assist small farmers have reduced the minimum charge for carrying artificial manures from two tons to a ton and ahalf.

Quarantine Regulations. —ln the House of Representatives, Mr Rhodes intends to inqure whether the Minister of Agriculture has considered the recommendations of certain agricultural societies that the quarantine regulations should be amended so as to admit sheep 99 days after the date the sheep left the port of departure, and whether he intends to take any steps to give effect to such.

Temuka Rifles. —A Government inspection parade of the Temuka Rifles was held last night, when there was an attendance of 33 rank and file. Captain Cutten was in command, and Lieuts. Findlay and Whitehead were also upon parade. The inspecting officer was Lieut.-Colonel Bailey, who was accompanied by Staff-Sergt.-Major Jones. After : inspection the colonel addressed the company, pointing out the necessity for regular attendance upon parade, and showing the injustice an irregular attendant did to the company as a body. He reminded them of the penal clauses of the Volunteer Act, and said that those who failed to earn capitation would be better dismissed from the corps. Sergt.-Major Jones then exercised the company as a battalion, and several movements were gone through with creditable smartness. After parade a meeting of the corps was held, when Dr Sir William Blundeu was elected honorary surgeon of the company subject to his acceptance of the position.

Putting Science to the Test.—The old saw, ‘*A little knowledge is a dangerous taing,” was forcibly illustrated by a State School pupil in this city the other day (says the Wellington Post) and the moral conveyed is not without its application and importance to a certain sectipu of the community who, with the advent of a suddenly acquired political power, are experimenting with the corpus vile of the unfortunate taxpayer. The pupil referred to had just gathered, in the course of a science lesson, that if a body was subjected to equal pressure from above and below, it would not be affected thereby, the one force counteracting the other. That evening he tried it. His father was hammering something on a firm basis, and the boy deliberately put his finger in detween the descending hammer and the object aimed at. He has not been to school since, and has a rooted aversion to science as a d dusion and a snare. This story, incredible as it seems, is, we are assured, an absolute fact.

Caledonian Ball.—To-night the fancy, dress ball in connection with the Temuka Caledonian Society takes place in the Temuka Drill Shed. The hall has been beautifully decorated, and the otherwise bare walls have been draped in sueh a manner as to effectually exclude any draught. On Tuesday evening the committee held a series of experiments with the limelight, which is to be used in connection with the grand march. A Timaru photographer was present, anxious to bring the appliances/of his art into play, his idea being that a photograph of the whole scene can be procured. If so, it should form a pleasing memento of the occasion. It is requested that wherever possible visitors will signify to the stewards or mark upon their tickets their names and the characters they represent, for the convenience of the press representatives. A number of members of the Timaru Society have signified their intention of being present, as well as representatives from Ashburton and other kindred societies. The catering for the supper has been entrilsted to Mr D. McOaskill. The committee have worked very enthusiastically, and it is thought the gathering will be an unusually brilliant one.

On the Condition oi? Labor. — The Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII. “On the condition of labor ” is now issued in a pamphlet covering forty pages. The first ten pages having been filled in with general arguments against Socialism. His Holiness proceeds to say: “We approach the subject with confidence and in the exercise of the rights which belong to us—for no practical solution of this question will ever be found without the assistance of religion and of the ohurch.” The keynote of the Encyclical will be found in the appended paragraph : “Rights must be religiously respected wherever they are found; and it is the duty of the public authority to prevent and punish injury, and to protect each one in possession of his'own. Still, when there is a question of protecting' the rights of individuals, the poor and helpless have a claim to special consideration. The richer population have many ways of protecting theipsolveg, and stand less in need of help from the State; those who are badly off have no resource of their own to fall back upon, and must chiefly rely upon the assistance of the State. And it is for this reason that the wage earners, who are undoubtedly among the weak and necessitous, should be specially cared and protected fiy t/he Commonwealth.” Fqotball,—4 match between the High (School spcond and the Catholic secpjid came off in the park yesterday, the 36th, and result# in a' win for the High School by two goals inul a try to nil. Both teams were of about equal weightMcCaskill kicked off for .the High School, and the ball was taken into the Catholic territory, where it remained for a while, (iodtf work by the Spillane Bros, and Connolly b*qph| the ball to the centre. The bail was again fqjrcgd bacl;, where Pranks, Fenton, and Freddy did good work, Freddy, who played a fine game, got the ball and gained a try. No goai resulted. From fhe kick out the game was pretty even. A upod rush by Fenton, McCaskill, and SietsQn brought the ball into Catholic territory,- and Fenton, whp played a good game, secured a try. From a difficult angle he placed a The hall was kicked off, and a lot of give-and-teke play took place till time was called. The ball was once more kicked off, find the High School forwards soon brought it near their opponents’ line, but the good collaring, of Bryan, Demnth, and J. N. Spillane stopped them from scoring’. ■ Freddy once more got the ball and secured a try behind the posts, which Fenton converted. The Catholic forwards by good play kept the ball near the High School line, hut Storey saved his side by his kicking. ffi.ay remained near the centre till the call of time. For the winners Freddy, Fenton, Storey, Powell, McCaskill, Met son, and Gibson played wel], and for the losers Spillane Bros., Demnth Connolly, and Brosnahan distinguished themselves. Messrs R. Robinson and H. Bryan acted as ■umpires, and Mr H. La very as referee, and they gave every satisfaction.

r *^ le barque Sayre, Captain Roberts, left Lyttelton for Boston on Tuesday with a cargo of 3174 bales of flax.

Narrow Escape.— William Woolley, of Mount Eden, Auckland, had a narrow escape from being shot on Saturday afternoon. While walking in Milton Avenue, he was struck by a spent rifle bullet on the shoulder. Two rifle corps were firing at the range, and it is supposed that a bullet struck a boulder, and ricochetted. Fatal Accident on a Steamer. A man named Peter McDonald, who was working on board the Eotokino, fell down the hold on Tuesday afternoon at Port Chalmers. On removal to Dunedin he was found to be suffering from a compound fracture of the skull and a bad fracture of the left arm. He died at 6 o’clock. He leaves a wife and four children. Moa Bones. —Dr de Lautour, of Camara, has secured 12 sacks of moa bones which were found in a swamp on Mr Meek’s property. The North Otago Times states that the bones are those of different kinds of moas, the birds in life evidently ranging in size from a very small specimen up to about 12ft in height. Aloug with the moa bones were the bones of other extinct birds, probably those of the extinct eaglehawk and goose. Dr de Lautour has communicated with Professor Forbes, of the Christchurch Museum, and further particulars are expected to be available shortly.

Misplaced Benevolence. —Some sensation was caused recently at Dunedin by the statement in court of a Mrs Robinson that she had been driven to steal articles because she and her family were starving. The matter was taken up by the benevolently inclined, and though it was shown that there was little ground for her statement, furniture, bedding, food, etc., were supplied. It now appears that though there was plenty of food in the house, the woman has disposed of all the articles given her, and the house is bare. The oldest girl, aged thirteen years, is being taken care of by a lady, and an attempt is to be made to have the boy sent to some institution. Medicine and Poetry. —At a public dinner in Edinburgh recently a very amusing story was told of James Payne, the novelist. Mr Payne, as is well-known, is the editor of the Comhill Magazine, and next door to his office a medical journal has, or had till recently, its sanctum. One day Mr Payne’s door was cautiously opened, and a pale-faced, long-haired gentlemen entered. “ I have brought a little thing about sarcoma and carcinoma,” said the visitor. “ Very sorry, sir,” said Mr Payne, politely, “ but we have all the poetry we want.” -t This is not poetry,” exclaimed the visitor ; “it is an essay on two varieties of tumour.” “ Oh, I beg your pardon,” said Payne. “ I thought they were a pair of Italian lovers.” The long-haired man was a well-known professor who had entered the wrong office.

The Failure of the Van Diemen’s Land Bank.—The Otago Daily Times says—A gentlemen residing at Dundas, five miles from Zeehan, writes as follows to his brother in Dunedin of the excitement caused by the failure of The Van Diemens Land Bank • —“ You should have seen the look on the faces of the people as the news spread." I went into Zeehan and stayed there all night. In the streets were auctioneers standing on beer barrels and cases selling the Van Diemen’s Land Bank notes at from 15s to 18s. In the hotels were to be found men wildly offering their notes for whatever they could get. When remonstrated with by a friend, one man said—‘What is the good of the note. I cant get beer with it, but I can with 12s 6d’. This Bank business has knocked everything on the head, and it is impossible to find a merchant who is noa involved in the failure. The excitement is now over.”

An Evasion. —At the Napier Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday the case against the Hon. J. D. Ormond for a breach of the Rabbit Act was called on. The complaint was that Mr Ormond had neglected to eradicate rabbits' from his run at Wallingford. . The Clerk of the Court said that the summons had been sent to Wellington for service, but Mr Ormond would not accept it, pleading “privilege” during the time the Legislative Council was in session. The Resident Magistrate perused the Act* under which members were privileged in this respect and said that it seemed to him that a misdemeanour was an indictable offence —one on which a person could be committed for trial. The present charge appeared to be neither felony nor misdemeanour, but he thought the constable should have handed the summons to Mr Ormond and have done with it. It was eventually decided to adjourn the matter for a fortnight; the summons to be reissued.

1.0.G.T. —The open lodge meeting of the Welcome Retreat Good Templar Lodge was fairly well attended on Monday evening last. Mr W. S. Maslin occupied the chair, and the meeting was opened with the opening ode of the lodge, after which the following programme was fulfilled: —Mr L. Newport, reading, ‘ How to restore speech to the Dumb ’; Miss Maggie Morrison, song, 1 Killamey is a pretty (place ’; Rev. W. C, Wood, reading, 1 The digest of a Lecture ’; Mr Bowkett, song, ‘ The Soldier’s Farewell’; Mr Thomas, recitation ; Mr Baxter, song, • Gang wi’ Me ’; Mr McCaskey, Scotch reading. This concluded the first part of the programme, and coffee and buns were then handed round, The second part consisted of the following : —Mr G. Tayler, reading of Talmage’s sermon on ‘ High License ’; Miss Annie Bowkett, recitation, ‘ Little John and Baby Joe ’; Mr Parker, song, 1 Remember Me ’; Mr C. E. Sherratt, reading, ‘ The [Effective Cure ’; Miss Andrews, song, ‘ Eileen ARanah'; Miss Ellen Bowkett, a recitation; Mr Thomas, a recitation. At the conclusion of the programme the chairman urged all temperance Workers present to keep banded together 1 and allow no side issues to keep them from the one great object of temperance work,

Mes Leavitt at Home.— The Boston Globe gives a lengthy account of an interview which their representative had with Mrs Mary Clement Leavitt, who has just returned to he?.' home in Boston, from England, after a unique mission around the world in eight years, the round-the-world representative of the W.C.T.U, She left Boston in 1886 at a week’s notice, having been identified with the order since 1881. During her mission she held 1 (SQO meetings in Hawaiian' Islands, Australasia, China, Japan, ‘ India, Egypt, Northern and Southern Europe, talking in 47 different languages, to do, which she employed 231 interpreters, and forme 1134 unions, and 20 branches of the White Cross Society. “Witha speakifig knowledge qf French and German I have yet found English the most generally useful language,” says Mrs Leavitt, “ and with my native tongue at my command have had no difficulty at any time in getting on, with of course the aid of gn interpreter- Save in- Southern Europe, indeed, whe?e French is useful, the English-speaking traveller neefis no other means of communication,” One of the results of her travels has been the _ introduction into foreign schools of scientific temperance instruction, as introduced by recent school laws into the curriculum of the public schools of a, large number of the States of the Union,.j

St. Saviour’s Sunday School. —The laying of the foundation stone of the new Sunday School in connection with St. Saviours’s Church takes place at Temuka to-day. Mr H. R. Webb, of Christchurch, the Synodsman of the Parish, is to perform the ceremony, and arrangements have been made for the children attending the Sunday School to be released from their ordinary school attendonce at an earlier hour, so as to be present at hair-past three. As usual on such occasions a collection will be made, to which it is hoped a liberal response will be made. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Social and Dance—At Hilton on Friday evening. John Murray, Orari Station—Wants farm hand and boy. Geraldine Racing Club Nominations closing to-day.

Temuka Road Board —Invites tenders for various works.

N. Dunlop and Co.—Monster clearing sale commencing on Saturday next. T. & J. Thomson, Drapers and Silk Mercers, Timaru Particulars re new Spring goods just opened, etc.