LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2326, 5 March 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Primitive Methodist Church.—The Rev. W. C. Wood preaches his farewell sermons at Geraldine to-morrow. Football Clubs. —The annual meeting of the Temuka and Waihi Football Clubs take place this evening—the former in the Wallingford Hotel and the latter in the Winchester Public Hall. The Darktown Club hold their annual meeting on Tuesday evening in Mr McCaskill's shop. Geraldine Live Stock Sale. There was a large attendance at the Geraldine live stock sale on Wednesday last. Feed being plentiful this year, sheep should be in good demand. Raukapuka Licensing Committee.— A meeting of this committee was held at noon on Wednesday, but the only business transacted was the passing of the minutes of the previous meeting. Geraldine Football Clubs. The members of the Geraldine Clubs meet on Wednesday evening next for the purpose of considering the advisability of making an early start with their play this season. Bible in Schools.—At a meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery a committee was appointed to prepare a form of petition to Parliament on the subject of Bible reading in schools, and to bring the matter prominently before the congregations. Settled.—The damages, £oo and costs, in the libel action gained by Mr Evison, editor of the Catholic Times, against the

secretary and chairman of the Typographical Society, have been paid, and the motion for a new trial has been abandoned. Bishop Grimes.— We hear that Bishop Grimes is expected to arrive in Geraldine some time next week, and will formally open St. Mary's Koman Catholic Church, which will then be completed as regards alterations, on Sunday, 13th inst. University Senate.—At the Senate on Thursday morning the recommendation of the examiner that the Bowen Essay Prize for 1891 be awarded to Mr John Askew Scott, of Otago University, was adopted. The next meeting of Convocation is fixed for Jan. 4th, 1893, at Dunedin.

Visit of Inspection.—The Hon. R. J. Seddon left in the Hinemoa on Wednesday for Milford Sound to inspect the works carried on there by prisoners. He is accompanied by Messrs Shrimski, Sandford, Hall-Jones, J. W. Kelly, W. Dawson, and T. W. Earnshaw ; members of the House, and several others. Supreme Court.—At Napier on Wednesday, shortly before midnight the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Sullivan, who fatally stabbed Robertson on December lGth. The judge inflicted a sentence of four years penal servitude. The lightness of the sentence was probably due to the fact that prisoner is sixty-two years of age. Fatal Accident.—On Tuesday afternoon, George Hamlin, employed in the construction of a tramway between the new freezing works and the slaughter yards at Mataura, had his knee crushed between the buflers of the ballast trucks. The injury was not of a very grave nature, but the man was suffering from heart disease and died from the shock on Wednesday morning. He leaves a wife and seven children. A Wellington Levanter.— At a meeting of A. W. Brown's creditors at Wellington the total debts represented amounted to £172!). Mr Travers said that no warrant had been taken out as directed at the last meeting, as there would be great difficulty in proving that Brown had absconded with mere than £2O of his creditors' property. It is not probable that anything further will be done in the matter. Mrs Brown was granted £25 worth. of furniture in addition to that allowed bylaw, and private property valued at £7l. The estate is to be formally wound up. The Fire Brigades' Demonstration.— Thirty-seven teams have entered for the fire brigades demonstration at Christchurch on March 16th and 17th. It is expected that 50 brigades will be represented. The gather jng will-be the largest of the kind ever held to she colony. A t a meeting of the committee it was fenorted that £320 in cash and £233 ih troghieg had been promised,* £205 had been allotted to the art union. Cash amounting to £2lO and trophies of the value of £IOS have . been allotted as prizes in the fire brigades competition. Swjmming Tournament. The Ashburton Amateur Swimming Club's second annual meeting on Wednesday was immensely successful. The weather was perfect. Nearly two thousand pepple were present. The quarter mile amateur championship pf New Zealand was won by j k T Bailey," ef Auckland, beating three opponents. ?lme-7mitt BOmq. Bailey also won the fifty yards race. The visitors, of whom there were agre£ tnuml: ' er > including Auckland and Otago swimmers, were entertained at a dinner and a concert at which most of the leading residents were present. Th e m ayof, Mr Hugo Friedlander, was in the chair. Outside Notice of New Zealand Railways.—A late number of the American Engineering News, received by the San Francisco mail, gives a Jong and laudatory account of the New Zealand railways and of the engines and carriages built at Addington, with copious illustrations. The illustrations represent ;—(l) The class i. entirely built at Addington. (2) The'class »N designed by Mr R, J. Scott,"fit 13 ( j present of the Chmtchurch \j^^ P " e ? l ?~ \ fessional staff), and built at the Balcrv?*.» Works, Philadelphia, United States of America. (;-!) The new " Corridor " firstclass carriage constructed at Addington. Various new departures in the New Zealand : rolling stock are commented on with much : interest and general .approval by American engineers. '<

Larceny.—At the R.M. Ccrart, Timaru, on Thursday last, John Breen was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a leather bag containing 37s in money from the office of a Timaru butcher.

Db Hayes' Geraldine Operation.— The daughter of Mr W. Stonehouse, Geraldine, on whom Dr Hayes performed a dangerous operation a short time ago, is now out of danger, and is able to walk out and take fresh air. Mr Stonehouse in another column thanks those ladies who attended to his daughter during her illness. V.R.C. Autumn Meeting. —At the Victoria Club's Meeting on Thursday the attendance was again small. The Second Hurdle Race was won by Satyr; The Nursery Handicap by Autonomy; The Autumn Handicap by Forty Winks; Champion Stakes, £BOOO, ?> miles, by Strathmore, by two lengths, in (imin. 53sec, the Special Juvenile Stakes by The Captain, and Free Handicap by Florrie.

Shingle Shifting.—On last Geraldine sale day several farmers put their heads together and considered it time they met and discussed the proposed expenditure in shifting shingle. The outcome of this is that an advertisement appears elsewhere convening a meeting for next Friday evening at the Volunteer Hall, Geraldine, where possibly some strong language will be used in condemnation of the proposed shingle-shifting expenditure.

Temuka Licensing Committee. —The quarterly sitting of the Temuka Licensing committee was held at the courthouse, Temuka yesterday. Present—Messrs A. M. Clark, M.QuinnandS. Clinch. In the absence of Mr Talbot, Mr A. M. Clark was voted to the chair. After the customary routine business had been attended to. The police report on the publichouses in the district, which was of a satisfactory character, was read. The temporary transfer of the license of the Temnka Hotel from Henry Bowles to Richard Purchase was confirmed. Sundry accounts were passed for payment, and the meeting terminated. Temuka School Committee. —A special meeting of the Temuka School Committee was held on Thursday evening. Present — Messrs W. Storey (in the chair), Brown, McCaskill, Cooper, and Russell. The chairman reported that Mr S. Forsyth, who had been recommended by the committee for the position of second master, had accepted the mastership of the Waitohi School, and they had now to consider which of the two other applicants should be chosen for the position still vacant. After consideration it was resolved to recommend the board to appoint Mr B. Lowe, and that he be asked to commence duties at once.

Phrenology and Palmistry. Mrs McCallum, the great Phrenologist and Palmist, is coming to Temuka, and can be consulted at Tombs's boarding house during, the greater part of next week. She will arrive in Temuka next Tuesday afternoon and will remain all the week. In Timaru and elsewhere Mrs McCallum has a great reputation, not only as a phrenologist but also a palmist. We do not of course acknowledge that she can foretell events, but there are several in Timaru who implicitly believe in. her, and will accept as gospel truth what she tells them. One thing is p certain: she must be very clever to be able to inspire people with confidence in her. Her phrenological readings are undoubtedly good, and she can, too, make very good shots at palmistry.

Timaru High School.—At a meeting of the Timaru High School Board of Governors, on Thursday, a letter was read from Mr A. M. Clark, accepting the offer of land made by him in the terms of the Board's resolution of the 3rd December last. The South Canterbury Board of Education wrote, asking if the Board could see their way to allow free education to those scholars who had creditably passed at the Board of Education's late scholarship examination, but to whom the Board, not having the necessary funds, could not see their way to give scholarships. The request was favourably received by members, and after Messrs Goldsmith and Howell had spoken in support of it, it was ruled that notice of motion must be given. Mr Howell accordingly tabled the following : —"That this Board are prepared to grant free education for two years to not more than three boys or girls who have competed for scholarships but have failed to obtain same owing to the lack of funds at the disposal of the South Canterbury Board of Education, such to be granted .at the express recommendation of the Board of Education."

Wesleyan Conference.—The New Zeaand Wesleyan Methodist Annual Conlference was formally opened at "Wellington no Thursday night. In his address the retiring president, the Rev A. H. Dewsbury, referred to the fact that this was the first occasion in the history of the church in which ministerial and. lay representatives had met together to take part in the election of their executive officers, and it was an important era in the history of their church. Death had broken in on their ranks during the past year, and among the brethren whom they had lost, he mentioned Mr Alexander Eeid, to whose memory he paid a warm tribute of respect and affection. Other parts of the world had also suffered loss, and he made special reference to the deaths of Dr Magee, the Rev. Mr Spurgeon, and Cardinal Manning. With regard to educational matters he trusted that the Conference would set its face against any attempt to interfere with the present system of education, for there could be no question that a return to denominationalism. would be fraught j with nothing but disaster. The Rev. George Bond, of Kaiapoi, was elected president of the Conference for the ensuing and the Rev. H. Bull, of Blenheim, general secretary. The first draft of stations places f;he Rev. J. Dellow at Temuka, the Rev. J. Williams at Timaru, the Rev. Mr Smalley at Waimate, and the Revs. Lawry and Gray at Ashburton. St. Mary's Choir Picnic, Geraldine. —On Thursdayafternoon last the Geraldine English Church choir assembled at Mr Orbell's, at Raukapuka, for the purpose of I holding their annual* picnic. Mr Orbell, junr., and his brothers had arranged the grounds in good picnic order, arid for the ftmusemenij of the young folk an Aunt Sally and'routtdei; games and swihg's were provided. There was also a plentiful supply of fruii: tea, and cake on the grounds, and the children regaled themselves to their hearts' content. An inspection was made of Mr Orbell's motor, by which the eieckic ciirrent is carried into his house, aud the young members of the choir were called to receive some handsome presents in the shape of work baskets, writing desks, secretary bags, clocks, {game-boards, and inkstands. Thi? Rev. Mr Preston, in a few remarks to'the children, impressed upon them their duty as members of the choir, and urged the necessity of puntuality. In a few appropriate words, Mr Moore (the choirmaster) prai3ed the children for attending regularly, and hoped they would be fo *' irregularly m the nov ' ,? *" r>vVipll made the distribution future. turn Oipe *. g of prizes, and thre* u ~ V.,, MrMo ore afterwards given for Mrs Orßtu-, M 1 moOTe ' and the Rev. Mr Preston. The company then dispersed, thoroughly satisfied with their outing.

Unpaid Rates.—The Arowhenua Town Board announce that all unpaid rates will be sued for after 12th March.

R.M. Court, Temuka.—At the above court last Tuesday a first offender „was i brought before Mr Twomey, J.P., and dismissed with a caution. Narrow Escape.—We learn that the house of Mr James Crawford, Temuka, had a narrow escape of being burned down a couple of nights ago. Mrs Crawford was reading in bed when the clothes caught fire. Two men who happened to be passing at the time, came to her assistance. Only for that, it is very probable the house would have been burned down. Salvation Army. On Wednesday evening the Salvation Army at Timaru went through the ceremony of taking possession of a section they have acquired by hoisting their flag, on which is the Army's Motto " Blood and Fire," on it. There were present Colonel Bailey, Majors Vince and Robinson, officers of local and visiting corps, and a number of soldiers, besides a large number of persons not connected with the Army. The Colonel made a speech, dealing with the past work and future prospects of the Army in Timaru. The foundation of the new fortress in Timaru will be laid in a few days. Curb for Cancer.—The following aoi the particulars of a novel cure for cancer, published by a contemporary. It may be i pointed out, however, that before accepting the statement it would be necessary to have a qualified assurance that the case was really one of cancer: —" Mr Smart a farmer, residing near Port Wakefield, had been for more than four years a sufferer from a large cancer on the right shoulder blade, when his wife's attention was directed to a letter from an officer in California, who stated that three of his own family connections and two friends of his had been cured of severe cancers by the application of the yolk of an egg beaten up with as much salt as would form a paste or ointment, and dressed twice a day. Mrs Smart resolved at once to try it, and in three days she saw an improvement, the cancer gradually diminished in size, the discharge ceased, and in three months there was scarcely a vestige of the cancer left." Piscatorial. —We have received the following : —" Messrs W. Cooper and J. McLean, fishing in the Temuka river on Wednesday evening landed between them 29 fish scaling 32-flb. Of this number W. Cooper got 17, weighing 20$-lb, on the natural bait, the remaining 12, weighing 12£H5, being taken by McLean on a small soleskin minnow. All were in excellent condition." It is most extraordinary that fishermen are very anxious to have their " takes " recorded in the newspapers, but they never think of giving the newspaper man a fish. People imagine that newspaper men live chiefly on venison, turtle soup, champagne, and so on. Of course this is true, generally speaking, but at the same time we are not proud in this office. Sometimes our turtle soup runs out, and we should not object to a little bit of trout. We have been told that trout is very nice, but of course we have no personal knowledge of that, as we never see any. Possibly we may not be able to touch them, but we should like to try what trout is like. Pleasant Point.—A meeting of Pleasant Point residents and settlers in the vicinity was held in the Assembly Rooms on Tuesday evening, being convened by the Rev. T. Jasper Smyth, to consider the present state of the river Tengawai, and to take such steps as they thought necessary to prevent its causing serious damage. The Rev. T. J. Smyth having explained his reasons for calling the meeting, Mr Marchant, the engineer to the Geraldine County Council, explained that he had made a very careful examination of the river, and as a professional man, he most seriously warned them that unless the river was diverted from its present course and protective works put up, the river would run into the blind creek at the next big flood, and not only the town but a very large area of land would be in danger. In fact, it did not require an engineer to see it, any one of them could see it and he strongly advised them to lose no time in seeing to it. He then described the kind of works he would recommend, and in answer to the question how much it would cost, said about £8 a chain. After some further discussion, Mr Acton proposed and Colonel Eichbaum seconded — " That the sum of say £SO be now raised by voluntary subcriptions and placed in the hands of the County Council to be expended by their engineer entirely on the river bank at the point where the river threatens the Point creek." This was carried unanimously with enthusiasm, and the sum of £2l was immdetiately sub- , scribed towards it. Messrs Acton, Butler, Cook, Greig, McKibbin, Halstead, and Morris, were appointed a committee to collect further subscriptions, and to see the resolution carried into effect. Mr Acton porposed, Mr Howell seconded, and it was carried—" That a river district be constituted, to be bounded on the north by the Tengawai, on the south by the foot of the Downs, on the west by the Cave wool shed, and on the east by the Mill Road." Mr Howell was requested to bring the matter before the County Council. It was also suggested that the Railway Commissioners should be asked to contribute, as the railway line would be in danger if the river changed its course. A preliminary meeting of the committee was afterwards held, and Mr Butler was chosen as chairman and convener of further meetings of committee. The ladiea' man is so called because he usually isn't good for anything else. The coinage of a sovereign costs the mint |d.

At the New Zealand Cycle Works there is a special plant for Nickel and Copper Plating of cycles. All bright parts receive a deposit of copper before being nickel plated.—Adams, Curties & Co., bO, Manchester street, Christchurch. Cycles from £5. —lO