LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2332, 19 March 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Shearers and Laboeers Union.—A general meeting of the Geraldine branch of the Shearers and Laborers Union takes place this evening. St. Saviour's Church. —The harvest thanksgiving services arranged to take place in St. Saviour's Church to-morrow have been postponed until April 3rd, in consequence of the inclement weather. Wesleyan Chuech, Temuka. The Rev. Geo. Bond will conduct harvest thanksgiving services in this church tomorrow. The rev. gentleman was at one time in charge of the circuit, and doubtless his old friends will be glad to welcome him on this visit. Temuka Presbyterian Church. A harvest thanksgiving service will be held in this church to-morrow morning, the collection being devoted to the church funds. In the evening the Rev. Dr. Lamb, missionary to the New Hebrides, will preach, the collection being in aid of the mission. An Unexpected Pleasure. The Timaru Garrison Band, who were engaged to play at Geraldine on St. Patrick's Day, being advised that the sports there were postponed, stayed a few hours at Temuka, and very kindly played a number of selections in capital style—an unexpected treat, which the towns people appreciated. Excursion.—The one day excursion train to Christchurch on Thursday was fairly liberally patronised, especially considering the very unpleasant weather. Ac Temuka some thirty passengers booked and a large contingent was taken on at Ashburton. The weather at Christchurch was dull and showery, but the southerly rain which prevailed here did not reach the city. Band of Hope Meeting.—The bad weather prevailing during the week has been the cause of the postponement of quite a number of fixtures. The Temuka Presbyterian Band of Hope meeting arranged to take place on Thursday evening was postponed until a future date. The night was very wet, and very few besides those who were to take part in the programme attended. Pleasant Point. —Professor Bousmard ' gave a very clever entertainment at Pleasant Point on Thursday night, when he met with a full house. His programme included many very clever illusions, and some really first-class harp and piano music, whilst the ghost illusion created, roars of laughter, and Drought what proved to be a most enjoyable evening to a close, the audience going home in the best of humor and satisfied that they had received full value for their money.

A Daughter of the " Pakeha Maori."—An Auckland telegram says that Miss Maning, eldest daughter of the late Judge Maning, is dead. She was borne in the Hokianga district about 1843, and was educated at Hobart. For many years she lived in Auckland city, and it was there she died. The celebrated chief Hauraki, who fell in Heke's war, was her uncle, and the later years of Miss Maning's life have been devoted to writing reminiscenes of early New Zealand, compiled from her own experiences and the manuscripts of her father. Fire Brigades' Competition. The Fire Brigades' Competition at Christchurch commenced on on Wednesday evening, the weather being dull and showery. Results were: Steam Fire Engine, dry, 5 men: Rangiora, lmin. 17 l-sth sec.; Gisborne, lmin. 21sec. Manual Engine, dry, 1 man: Branchman J". Fraser (Christchurch City), 36 2-sths sec.; Foreman Hosking (Palmerston North), including 2sec. penaltyfor loose joints, 40sec. Ladder Race, dry hose, 1 man : Sub.-Supt. Barry (Spit), 11 4-sths sec.; Senior Foreman , Morris (Gisborne), 12 l-sth sec. On Tnurs- ' nesday the results were: Ladder Rescue, 2 men: Senior Foreman Morrison and Junior Branchman Mitchell (Gisborne), 20sec.; Foreman Campbell and Fireman Harrison (Marton), 21 sec. Manual Engine, dry, 2 men : Foreman Noakes and Branchman Compton (Ashburton), 38sec.; Foreman Strachan and Fireman Campbell (Timaru), including lsec. penalty, 39sec. 4-sths sec. Hose and Hydrant, 5 men: Naseby, 56 2-sths sec. ; South Dunedin, 60sec. Oamaru's Financial Position.—The

Mail says.-—The following cable message dated London, Feb. 12, appears in the Melbourne and Sydney papers, but was not, for some unexplained reason.transmitted to New Zealand: —" The Financial News urges the holders of Oamaru Municipal bonds to demand payment in full, and says that if the demand is not met it will be a lasting disgrace to the colony of New Zealand." Why the Australian representative of the Press Association omitted to send to this colony an item of such importance to it is really inexplicable, and an explanation of the neglect should certainly be demanded from him by the Manager. That the Financial News should have urged the holders of Oamaru Munieipal bonds to demand payment in full is not surprising ; in fact the only surprising thing about the whole matter is that the bondholders have taken the affair so quietly. However, when the Council makes default on another set of its debentures, as it has determined to do, we shall probably hear of some unpleasant action being taken. Geraldine St. Patrick's Day Sports. The inclement weather on Thursday put a damper on any phought of holding the St. Patrick's Day Sports on that day, and the committee decided early in the day to postpone it till next Thursday March 24th. Ifc is a very great misfortune to the Association iq have their sports upset this year as they fully expected to have the largest attendance ever seen in Geraldine ; not only this, but they had made costly arrangements for a " big day," and it will no dgub£ mean a loss to them in many respects. A member of people who thought the sports would have been held under any circumstance thronged into the town in the forenoon and gave it quite an animated appearance, notwithstanding the miserable state of the weather. Capt. Pearpoint threw the doors of the Volunteer Hall open to the public, and young men and boys took possession, and amused themselves with wrestling and other games. It is sincerely hoped that the society will have fine weather on Thursday next, and that as many people as possible will endeavour to attend the sports,

GERALDINE PRIMITIVE METHODIST Church. The Rev. J. Cocker, of Abliburton, will conduct the services in this church to-morrow, the collections being in aid of the Sunday School. On Tuesdayevening a tea meeting will be held. I Fatal Accident— James Naysmith, a | well known Eeefton resident, met his death by drowning on Wednesday morning. He had been suffering from influenza for some clays, and was under medical treatment. Anti-Chinese League. —At a large meeting of tradesmen at Masterton, an anti-Chinese Association was formed. It is to open fruit markets and urge on the Government the necessity of increasing the poll tax. Charitable Aid.—At the meeting of tbe_ Dunedin Benevolent Trustees the chairman said that the requisition last year was £BSOO. Somethig like £I2OO, with a windfall of £375, was spent beyond that. It was decided to make a requisition this year for £9OOO. Geraldine Fair.—The wet weather on Wednesday did not prevent farmers from attending the Geraldine Live Stock Sale. The was a large attendance, and the pens were all full of stock, and in many instances stock was shepherded on the roadsides for want of empty pens. The Elginshire. Lloyd's agent is now calling for tenders for fully dismantling the Elginshire, and for floating the vessel without dismantling her and bringing her into Lyttelton dry dock. Tenders close on Thursday next. Mr Mill, the stevedore, has purchased the remainder of the frozen mutton on board , the steamer for £IOO, undertaking to get it all out. Canterbury A. & P. Association.— The annual report of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association has been published. It states that the receipts for the year were £3027, and the payments £2098, leaving an overdraft of £3858, or £;JI less than last year. There are 485 annual, and 139 life members. The committee have decided to sell the old show grounds at Sydenham, and extinguish the overdraft. Shingle Shifting.—Mr J. Mundell has requested us to state that what he intended his hearers to understand at the Shingle Shifting meeting was :"I cannot understand the action of the majority of the members on the Harbour Board, who, as far as I can see, have no axe to grind, of pressing on for the purchase of new plant for shifting shingle, against the express wishes of mo3t of the sound ratepayers in the Timaru Harbour Board District." Wheat Market. —The northern correspondent of the Lyttelton Times states that quite one-third of the grain crop in the northern district has suffered damage. One of the largest buyers informed him that he has been compelled to refuse to purchase fully one-third of the grain offered to him until it had been stored for at least two months, it being at the present time entirely unfit for use or export. After storing he expected that two-thirds of it would turn out only second-class quality. Siiarland & Co's Case.—ln the action of the Commissioner of Customs v. Sharland & Co., 'chemists and druggists, for breach of the Customs laws by alleged payment of insufficient duty on pills, and misrepresentations as to the value of certain other pills imported, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff on the first cause of action for the amount claimed, £1960, or treble the value of the goods, and on the second cause of action, a claim for £9BO, the verdict was for the defendants.

Entertainment at Temuka. —We ■would again remind our readers of Prof. Bousmard's entertainment in the Volunteer Hall next Tuesday evening:. The professor is master of the conjuring art, and introduces some very distinct novelties in this portion of the performance. The programme also includes harp and piano music of a high order, a performing cat and canary, and a marvellous ghost illusion, the success of which is highly spoken of where it has been exhibited. Those who miss the performance will lose a treat—musical, magical, and mysterious. Salvation Army, Temuka. The Temuka corps of the Salvation Army celebrate the ingathering of the harvest by a great harvest thanksgiving festival, commencing this evening, and concluding on Monday evening with a tea in the Volunteer Hall. On Monday afternoon, at 4.30, there will be a sale of gifts. The services to-night and to-morrow will be held in the barracks, and, as some distinguished officers of the Army are to be present, large meetings are expected. A Shooting Case. —A Wellington cabman named James O'Flaherty quarrelled with his wife early on Wednesday morning and fired at her twice with a rifle. He missed her, but one of the bullets struck a house a quarter of a mile away and lodged in a bed where a young woman was asleep. After crashing through the wall and shattering the footboard of the bed the flattened bullet was found in the bedclothes, the inmate of the bed having a narrow escape. O'Flaherty, who is a corporal in the Wellington Guards, says that he only intended to frighten his wife, and thought that he was using a blank cartridge. Acclimatisation. A meeting of delegates of the South Island acclimatisation societies took place at Oamaru on Wednesday night. It was carried that the societies do not amalgamate; that the fishing season in the South Island open on the Ist October in each year, and close on the loth April; that the Government be asked to gazette uniform regulations for all societies ; that they be requested to draft regulations for netting in the various lakes, to be submitted to the various societies interested; that they be asked to place a sum on the estimates this year lor the introduction of salmon ova, and that the vote be continued each year till sure 'of success or failure.

Football. —The opening match of the season in Temuka takes place in the park this afternoon at half-past three, at which time the ball will be kicked off by Mr J. T. M. Hayhurst, President of the Temuka Football Club. It is expected that there will be a large number of spectators present to witness the opening l game, which it is anticipated will be a very interesting one. There is every reason for believing that this season the club will hold a superior position to that held year, and if the members will only avail themselves of the opportunities afforded them for practice undoubtedly they will close tihe season under favorable circumstances. The best medicine known is Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, &c, diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs, In use at hospital and medical clinics all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medal and di])loma it International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article, and reject all others i

Wellington.—An appalling number of ] cases of typhoid are reported to be under treatment at Wellington. Over forty are in the hospital alone. Our Hire Purchase System offers Special Inducements to buy Cycless Payments from 5s per week. ADAMS Curties & Co., 70, Manchester Street, Christchurch. Bicycles from £5. —1 SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Geraldine Rifles—Next parade on March 31st. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. J. Blyth, Temuka —Invites tenders for erecting- cottage. J. Mundell & Co.—Entries for Temuka Live Stock Sale. St. Patrick's Day Association—Postponement of Sports. Professor Bousmard —Entertainment at Temuka on Tuesday. Guinness & LeCren Entries for Temuka Stock Sale. A. AY. Wright, Moanavale—Found sum of money in Temuka. J. Harrison, Storekeeper, Temuka Notice of removal nest week. N.Z. L. &A. Co.—Advertise entries for stock sale at Temuka on Tuesday. J. W. Miles, The' Stone Store—ls now opening up novelties for autumn season. St. Saviour's Church, Temuka —Postponement of harvest thanksgiving services, Temuka Presbyterian Church Harvest thanksgiving service to-morrow morning ; Dr. Lamb, New Hebrides missionary, will preach ia the evening. R. Morrison, Beehive Stores, Geraldine — Will add dressmaking to his business on April Ist, the department being under the charge of Miss Winney, of Christchurch; fit and style guaranteed ; trial solicited.