LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2338, 2 April 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wesleyan Church, Temuka. — The services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. j Harvest Thanksgivings. Harvest thanksgiving services will be held in St. Saviour's Church, Temuka, and St. John's, Winchester, to-morrow. Penny Postage Proposals.—Ministers have decided for the present to defer the question of fixing the date for bringing the penny post into operation. Nothing will be done till June 1, at the earliest, when the Cabinet will reconsider the question. Salvation Army.—ln our advertising columns Mr T. S. Lambert, Architect, invites tenders for the erection of a fortress at Timaru for the Salvation Army. Plans and specifications can be seen at the residence of Captain Harlow, Temuka, and tenders close on the 7th April. 1.0.G.T Social.—On Tuesday evening next a social will be held in the New Schoolroom, Temuka. The proceedings will commence at half past seven o'clock. In the course of the evening Mr T. W. Glover will give an address, and a choice musical programme will be gone through, Income-tax Returns.—We would direct attention to an advertisement in another column respecting returns to be made under the Land and Income Tax Act. Returns are to be made on or before the 18th April, and forms of statement be obtained at any Postal Money Order Office. Primitive Methodist Church, Temuka. —A special harvest service will be held at this church on Sunday evening, when the Rev. W. Woollass will preach. The Rev. gentleman will also be given a welcome to Temuka on Monday evening in the form of Soiree, when addresses will be delivered by ministers and others. As Mr Woollass is thought well of in Temuka there should be a large attendance of his friends at the welcome meeting. Geraldine St. Patrick's Day Sports. —An advertisement appears elsewhere which states that the St. Patrick's Day sports, concert, and dance will be held on Thursday next. We hear that competitors and others from Oamaru and other places will be able to be present on that day, so there will most probable be a successful day's sports notwithstanding the fact that it will not be held on St. Patrick's Day this time. Football.—The opening match of the Temuka Junior Football Club was played last Thursday afternoon. A number of the first and second fifteens joined in. Sides were chosen by the Captain and ViceCaptain, the former's side winning by eleven points to eight. The game was well contested, and several players showed good form. At half time lunch was partaken of, which was kindly provided by Mr J. McCaskill. In the absence of the President, Mr J. McCaskill, one of the Vice-Presidents, kicked off. Mr E. S. Smith acted as referee and gave every satisfaction. On behalf of the club the Captain thanked the donor, who suitably replied. Notice op Removal.—We notice that Mr James Harrison has removed to his new shop, situated between Mr Dann's, chemist, and Mr J. W. Miles's shop. The new premises consist of a shop 25 feet by 20 feet, between which is a neat, tidy office, with a fire-place, and at the back is a storeroom, which is also 25 feet by 20 feet. The shop is very neatly fitted up, and the arrangements are such that it gives Mr Harrison an opportunity to display the chief articles of his large and varied stock to great advantage. The contract was carried out by Messrs Rutland and Edwards, and they diserve credit for the very finished manner in which they performed their work. We wish Mr Harrison success in his new shop. Piscatorial.—lt will be remembered that some weeks ago we stated that we should like very much to taste trout to ascertain what it was like. We also said that no doubt the reason we never got a fish was becanse the people knew that our chief articles of diet were turtle soup, venison, and champagne, and they naturally thought we never partook of such common fare as fish. We have now, however, had experience of what trout is, and we must say that we rather like it. The honest truth is we were getting tired of turtle soup, and looking round for a substitute for it when Mr James Duncan kindly favored us with a splendid trout, weighing Gibs, llozs 12dwts. andSgrs., and it was so delicious that we have resolved to give up turtle soup and adopt a fish diet. We have no words to express our thanks to Mr Duucan for his kindness in bringing this delicious article of food under our notice, but we hereby promise him that when he dies we shall give such an obituary as will suffice as a good introduction to him on the other side of Jordan. i

y~EOLiCE Changes.—Constable Morton, 'who has had charge of the Temuka station for about ten and a-half years,has resigned, and is about to leave the district for the North Island, where he will settle down on a farm of land which he bought several years ago. Mr Morton has had longexperience as a policeman. He joined the Dublin Metropolitan Police in 1856—that is, #(> years ago—and four years subsequently he came to Victoria, where he spent 18 months as a digger at Back Creek. Daisy Hill, and other places. He next came to New Zealand, and went through all the excitement of the early diggings in Otago, and, after spending about 18 months in Gabriel's Gully, he joined the Otago Police under Commissioner Brannigan in 1863. After having served for about 12 months he resigned, and went back to Victoria, but returned in a couple of years again to New Zealand, and was immediately taken on again in the Otago Police Force in 18G6. It is, therefore, 20 years since Mr Morton joined the police of Otago, and until he removed to Temuka in 1881 he spent the whole of his time on the Otago goldfields. While Mr Morton has been in Temuka he proved himself a zealous and painstaking officer, and it is not too much to say that he always performed his many onerous duties without fear, favor, or affection. Mr Morton is retiring on compensation, to which he is justly entitled, after such a long period of faithful and efficient service. His many friends and well-wishers will be glad to hear that be goes to a good home just recently built for him, and that, therefore, he will be comfortably situated on his own land for the rest of h,is life. I

Buened TO Death.— A girl named O'Brien, aged 10 years, was terribly burned at Patea on Wednesday night through her clothes catching fire. She died on Thursday. Chuech of England, Geraldine. — Harvest Thanksgiving Services will be held in this Church to-morrow, the offerings being devoted to the extinction of the debt on the parsonage. Resigned.—Mr Blackett has resigned his position of consulting engineer in London as from October 31st. The Government do not intend to fill the vacancy. The salary is £BOO per year. Timaru Habbor.—The Timaru Herald says : " The shingle has not advanced appreciably at the shore end of the breakwater since the 15th January, the date when the shifting experiment ceased, and a mark was put on the mole. It had gone out a little last week, but has since receded slightly." Found Dead.—The dead body of a woman was found at the water's edge on Cheltenham beach, Devonport, Auckland, on Wednesday, having evidently been washed ashore by the sea. The body was identified as that of a single woman named Jane Drummond, aged (55. Deceased, who was a native of Belfast, has a relative in Auckland and another at the Thames. Wrestling.—At Dunedin on Wednesday night the wrestling match Powley v. Fisher (of the West Coast), for the light-weight championship of the colony, resulted in a draw after four hours' keen play. It was admitted to be the fairest and finest display seen in Dunedin many years. Fisher won in the Cornish and Powley in the Cumberland, and each got a fall in catch-as-catch-can. The final bout lasted two hours without a score. The Elginshire.—Messrs Scott Bros., of Christchurch, have obtained the contract of floating the Elginshire off the rocks at Normanby, and delivering her in Lyttelton Harbor, their payment to be one-third of the value of the vessel. In the event of not floating her Scott Bros, are to receive nothing, and they are at liberty to abandon the attempt at any time. They at first offered to do the work for £19,000, but the underwriters in London declined to agree to this. Work has been already commenced.

Fatal Accident.—A carpenter named Gregory Nicholls, employed in building a shed at Hellaby's slaughterhouse, at Cox's Creek, Auckland, was killed on Thursday by the fall of some timber through a derrick giving way. The timber 6truck him on the back of the head, and fractured his skull. The man was a widower, and leaves a family.—Mr Millman, of Hastings, a drover, was thrown from his horse and killed at Kaikourai, Hawkes Bay, on Saturday last. Loud Onslow's Parting Words.—The writer of "Anglo-colonial Notes " for the Lyttelton Times writes:—"The London Star gloats over the cabled reports of Lord Onslow's farewell speech at »Dunedin, remarking that association with the democracies of the colonies appears to have turned a Tory aristocrat into a Radical. Eulogies of the labor party certainly seem to come very queerly from an ex-member of the Salisbury Government. On reading the message Lord Knutsford is said to have groaned that 'Onslowhad out-Carringtoned Carrington.' " N.C. Education Board.—The report of the North Canterbury Board of Education for 1891 states that the expenditure on buildings during the year was £7612; on teachers' salaries £53,091, and grants to committees and incidentals £6989. The average attendance was 17,514. The cost per head for teachers' salaries was £3 0s 7£d, and the total cost of maintaining the schools £3 8s 7gd per head. Teachers in the board's employ number 553, school districts 151. and schools 170. The inspector's reports show a substantial rate of progress. Important Land Sale. —In our advertising columns will be found particulars of one of the most important land sales that has been held in the district for years, viz., the sale of the famed Biverslea and Arowhenua properties, on account of the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company, Limited, by Messrs Guinness and LeCren in conjunction with the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, on the 26th April. It is unnecessary to point out the excellence of the land the productive qualities of the estates are well known. All classes of buyers are provided for, the area into which the estates are divided ranging from about 20 to 500 acres. The terms are also exceptionally easy. Lithographed plans, and other particul trs are now obtainable.

The Rev. Father Aubry.—The many friends of the Rev. Father Aubry will learn with regret tbat since his departure from Teinuka the rev. gentleman has been suffering from an unpleasant indisposition. Some years ago Father Aubry caught a severe cold, which seriously affected the larynx, and ever since the weakness has remained and is aggravated by any strain on the voice. After leaving Temuka Father Aubry caught a cold, which resulted in the loss of his voice. He recovered for a short time, but again became ailli. tu-1 wifc.i his old complaint. A short time ago he was transferred to Wellington t.'niporar.d/, where he is connected with St. PatvL'k's College. Father Aubry is under the treatment of a skilled physician, and his sp:;edy recovery is earnestly hoped for. Our Defences.—Commander ?ik°, of the Tauranga, told a Wellington Times interviewer that the defences of Wellington are fairly perfect, and kept in rirst-uiass order. The torpedo arrangements are very good, and the scheme generally should be effective to repel any single cruiser. There was one point he had indicated to the Minister of Defence, which would doubtless be strengthened. Commander Pike considers the navel volunteers of the colony an efficient force able, so far as he has seen, to prevent a hostile force landing. The auxilliary squadron exceeds slightly in speed and armament the kind of vessel bargained for. The Tauranga can hold her own against a second-class cruiser, and on a pinch can steam nineteen knots, and could beat the Orlando in moderate weatacr. It is intended always to keep two boats in New Zealand waters, but nob the same steamers.

Death of an Antiquarian.—There harf just died on Upper Deesidc, Robert Dinnie —poet, author, and antiquarian, and father of the famous athlete Donald Dinnie. After he was sixty years of age he published several volumes, including •' Songs and Poems " —a collection of his earlier and best pieces—and one or two local parish histories, a " Deeside Guide,' : ete.; but his reputation rested on his antiquarian research, mflwlneh he was an acknowledged authority in the North, and at one time he owned a considerable collection, the best of which he has parted with during the past score of years. His dietary was ever of the plainest, and consisted mainly of water brose (oatmeal), with ale and milk. An interesting link between the past and present existed in old Dinnie, for when a boy he met Peter Grant, locally known as ' Old Dubrach," who fought on the side of Prince Charlie at Culloden, and was presented to George IV. when he visited Edinburgh in 1822 a 3 his last-surviving enemy in Scotland. " Dubrach " was then. 108 years of age, and lived till two years ater at Braeruar,

The Hon. P. Buckley.—ln connection with a statement published by the Dunedin Evening Star that the Hon. Mr Buckley fcfintended to resign and contest an Irish V constituency, Mr Buckley states that at present he has no intention of doing so. It is true that he has received from Home a request that he should stand for one of the Irish constituencies, but he has not accepted the invitation or decided upon any course of action in regard to it. ___ Encouraging. —By the San Francisco mail a letter was received from the chief i accountant of a large financial institution London, who enquires of a friend in Christchurch what amount of capital a young man would require to set him up in a fair way to become a sheep farmer. The writer adds —" From what I have seen and heard of the various Colonies New Zealand appears to me to offer the best opportunity for giving my son a fair start towards independence and for the investment of what capital I can spare him. With a little prior experience, I think he would make a good colonist. If we decide to send him several friends of mine, with sons of the same age, would Ike to make up a party of young colonists." The recipient of the letter promptly referred the writer to the AgentGeneral, and sent a letber of introduction to that gentleman.—Lyttelton Times. Missing Friends. —The following missing friends are inquired for in Lloyd's weekly of February 21:—Alfred Logan sailed for New Zealand in S.S.Allahabad 1873 Last wrote from Dunedin, June 1877. Emma Arnal of Swancambe, Greenhithe, sailed for New Zealand IS years ago. Her husband was a platelayer on the railway. Last address Wairarapa. —John Wyneward went to New Zealand in 1851. station, and in June 1858, when he last wrote Home, was working at Ham farm, hear Racecourse Hill station, for Messrs Russell and Creke. Joseph Hurley of Kinsrow, Horsely Downs; last letter dated May 6, 1866, from Toohumbi (?), New Zealand—Nathan Perrott last wrote from Auckland, December 11, 1880.—Thomas Birch Price was last heard of at Waitara. — Thomas Samuel and Charles Roff, with their mother and sister, sailed for New Zealand in 1880. Murder by a Rejected Lover.—A shocking murder is reported from Condobolin, in New South Wales. A young man named George Ryan, in company with a young woman named Alice Anderson, was a- returning home from the races. When two *' miles from the town the couple were suddenly confronted by a former suitor of Anderson's named William Stone. The latter was carrying a gun, which he levelled at the woman. She galloped out of range, whilst Ryan dismounted, caught the the gun by the barrel, and struggled with Stone for the possession of the weapon. Stone pulled the trigger, and shot Ryan in the abdomen. The wounded man fell and rolled on his side, when Stone fired the remaining shot into his shoulder, and stood over him whilst he loaded the gun again. The wounded man begged Stone not to shoot again, and the latter rode away after the woman. Ryan died before help came. Stone afterwards committed suicide. The Railway Revenue. The official

returns of revenue and expenditure on the Government railways, show that the gross receipts up to the end of February, ■i.e., 11 months of the financial year, had not quite caught up to last year's results, the total being £5)5)8,701 as against £1,000,482, or a 4 difference of £5)781 on the wrong side. shortcoming is due almost exclusively deficiencies in three important branches of traffic —viz., grain and live stock, which show a falling off of 15 per cent., and merchandise, in which the decrease is nearly 5 per cent. On the other hand there /are increases in the passenger and mineral -traffic to the extent of 5 and 6 per cent respectively. The falling off is virtually confined to the Hurunui-BlufE line, which shows the very large falling off of £43,000 ; in receipts compared with the previous year. The other lines exhibit an aggregate improvement of £34,000. The total expenditure is slightly less than that of the corresponding period last year the difference is only £567. The net profit for the 11 months was £358,000, as against £367,000 for the relative period of 1890-91. Some items have to come in at the end of the year which will probably pull up the net returns somewhat. Temuka Presbyterian Church Band OV Hope.—On Tuesday evening the Band of Hope connected with the Temuka Presbyterian Church held its usual meeting in the church at 7.30,' and it was a great success, the edifice being crowded. Extra seats had to be placed down the aisle. The programme commenced with the singing of a hymn from Moody & Sankey's collection, after which the Rev. Mr Watters addressed the children. Eflie Watt then recited "The kind of little girl" in nice style. Another recitation, "The two glasses," was then given by Fanny Ardell. A glee, " Bright water," by Band of Hope singers, gained much applause. Next on the programme was a dialogue by thirteen little girls, all about the same size, who stood in a row and recited; each bore a large letter, and these when read formed the appropriate words " Sign the Pledge." Willie Duncan then recited "The blind

boy," in remarkably good style. Ada Copestake followed with a nice recitation, '"-Who's to blame?" After this Miss M. Goodey sang " Merry Dick," gaining welldeserved applause. A dialogue, entitled "Why do you smoke?" by G. Bowman, D. Morris. F. Hooper, and Eva Goodey followed. Next came a recitation, ''Little Harry's speech," by Alex. Monahan, given in clear, expressive tones, as was also Ruth Goodey's recitation, "A song of the rye." A very pretty duet by Misses Longson and Goodey followed, and next a comic recitation by Mary Bryant, " Tom. the piper." " Drunk again," was given by Jenny Fenton in good style. A dialogue, " What the Bible says," by Rhoda Goodey and Ellen Streeter, was given in a very natural style, and afforded good Scriptural proof for temperance principles. F. Ardell, dressed in character, sang " Poor little Bessie," very .sweetly. "The tale of a coat," by Eva

-Oiiodey," was given in good style, and a glee, " Bally round the standard," by fourteen Band of Hope girls, had a very pleasing effect. Among the last items was an amusing dialogue, entitled "Snipe's advertisements," by George Bowman, D. Morris, T. Hooper, M. Copestake, Eva Goodey, and Nellie Radford. After this the Rev. Mr Watters thanked the Good Templars who had attended in regalia for their kindness in encouraging the Band of Hope with their jn-esence, aud asked some of 'them to speak. The Chief Templar, liro. Beaumont, in the course of a few remarks, said it was the best Band of Hope meeting that he had ever attended in the colony, and urged the little ones on by reciting "Go on." Bro. Barr spoke of the praise due to the trainers of the performers —who had spoken so distinctly and acped so perfectly, ihe young children were .surprisingly good, and the hearty way they Jained in every chorus showed fche pain,? that had been taken to make the meeting a success. While the choir sang "The temperance lifeboat," a collection was '■ taken up, which realised -XI ss. The ineet- ... ing terminated with the singing of the doxology. Seventeen persons remained | ; o .pirn the pledge,

Shocking Wife Murder.—A terrible affair has just come to light in Paris. In 1880 a man named Bondar complained to the police that his wife had dissappeared mysteriously. He declared that she had "been unfaithful, and had even attempted to poison him. The authorities enquiring into the affair at last instiuteda thorough search of the premises in which Bondar resides, and discovered the body of the wife hanging in the chimney. Bondar has confesse-L his crime. The body had hung up in the chimney to smoke for nearly three years. A Present for Mr Rhodes.—We were shown, the other day, a handsome silver salver, with floral engravings, bought by some of Mr Rhodes' Geraldine friends and constituents as a wedding gift. The salver bears the following inscription : "Presented to A. E. G. Rhodes, Esq., M.H.R., by a few of his friends and constituents in the Geraldine electorate, on the occasion of his marriage and in recognition of his services as their member in the Parliament of New Zealand. March 10, 1892." The presentation will be made when Mr Rhodes returns from Melbourne. Sale of' Runs.—A very successful sale of the leases of seventeen runs, for the absolute term of ten years, was held at the Court House, Invercargill, on Friday, by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. There was a large attendance, and spirited bidding in several instances, but the present lessees all secured renewals. The keenest competition was for Dunrobin, for which Mr Christopher Basstian was run by Mr Scoullar, of Dunedin, from the upset price of £63 to £159. Colonel Chalmers, of Mount Linton, had to advance considerably to secure his three areas. The increases obtained for the eight runs competed for, ranged from 30 to 150 per cent, above the upset. The other nine all sold at the upset. Value of the Bluegum.—Baron Von Mueller has introduced into Victoria the use of the green eucalyptus branches in sick rooms. He recommends the placing of them under bedsteads as applicable to all infectious and contagious diseases. Their use in this manner, is alleged tohave i been so successful with phthisical patients, bothantiseptically and as a sedative, or even J hypnotic in some cases. The experience of another physician, after a trial of twelve months, is stated to have been that in scarlet fever the bedding is thus thoroughly disinfected, the volatile vapour from the leaves penetrates the mattress, as well as every other article, so that no disinfectant is required for the room, as the vapour destroys every germ. Women as "Drummers."—Women in the United States appear to be on the high road towards supplanting men as "drummers," or commercial travellers. A number of the largest New York and Chicago houses engaged in the coffee, the shoe, the dry goods, the canned goods, and the silk trades have replaced all their male commercial travellers by bright and i attractive female drummers. The mar- I vellous increase of business that has been brought about by this change is leading other houses to adopt the same innovation, and for once the irrepressible Yankee travelling salesman seems disconcerted and dismayed, for he realises that his chances are poor when brought into competition with a pretty lady "drummer," whose personal fascinations seem to endow her wares with an attraction that those in his possession can never hope to attain. She has so many more means of ingratiating herself and her samples in the eyes of the merchant and dealer, that she is able to book 20 times as many orders as her sorely discomfited male competitor. An Irish Miser's Hoard of £40,000, —On Sunday morning, December 27th, lying on a pile of turf in his own kitchen. James Murphy, of Tullyvallen, near Newtown, Hamilton, County Armagh, was found dead. Deceased owned a large amount of landed property, and in the house alone after his death deposits receipts for £7OOO were discovered. The capitalised value of his property is, however, placed at £40,000. a sum which was sworn to at a lawsuit in which the deceased was some time ago engaged. At the inquest the jury found that death was due to pneumonia. To add to the peculiarity of the circumstances, Murphy's sister Anne died in the same room on the morning following her brother's death, and, though an inquest in her case was considered unnecessary, the inquiry as to the cause of her brother's death had to be held in the room in which both bodies lay. James died intestate, and his property, it is said, will be inherited by two married sisters. The affair has j created a tremendous sensation in the district.

Jonathan Roberts in Bombay.—Jolm Roberts, jun., who recently left the Australian colonies for India, seems to have dropped in for some desperately exciting billiards at Bombay, saystne Argus. Therepresentative put forward to meet him there was a Mr Cassum, who accepted 2400 points from the champion in a game of 3000 for a stake of 1000 rupees. Cassum's merit as a billiard player apparently lay in his being slow but sure. He could not undertake to compile his requisite (500 points in less than three days' play, but there was no doubt in the minds of his friends that he would manage to get the 3000 by that time, provided always that Roberts did not get there first, which, however, promised to be the case. The Bombay billiardist had accomplished only 450 points of his journey when the dashing Roberts raced passed him to the winning post. Nevertheless, the plodding Cassum is held to have done by no means badly, inasmuch as he made breaks —carefully recorded—of 10, 11, and 12, and , The Times of India, dazzled at this per-

i'ormance, describes the game as without doubt the best seen in Bombay during the champion's visit." "Better," says the poet (or the poet's printer) " half a year of Europe than a circus in Bombay," but, judging from this, billiards in Bombay must be a great deal worse than a circus. Electricity and Wak.—Mi-T. A.Edison thinks that electricity will play such a part in war when the time comes as shall make gunpowder and dynamite go and sit in humble obscvrrity wijm the obsolete flint arrowhead and call him brother, ife says ; —" Every electrician, when the time comes, will have his plant for making the life of his enemy electrically uncomfortable. Here is one item of defence I have in mind. It is as simple as AB C. I have never spoken or written about it before. "With 25 men in a fort I can make that fort

absolutely impregnable, so far as assault is fort to do it. This is not guesswork, but a concerned, I should only need 25 men in the matter of absolute scientific certainty. In fact, 25 men would be a very liberal garrison. Foreign soldiers undertaking to whip America could walk around such a fort as mine, but they never could go through it. It would not be necessary j>b deal out absojupe deaph ijn].ess the operator felt |ij<e it. He could mpdjfy the current gentle so as simply J,o stuij. everybody. * M ' outfiidf* his fort, pick • -en walk pvnenUa an<i V'< - U P tlle stunned ggauiua ai _ otners worth kee . for a ransom or exchange, make pr i ßoners algo ot others it convenient, ov, if not convenient turn on the full Vce ft f the current and . Play t#o Me on them once more, and send {hem to i/he happy hunting grounds for

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. ~ 10 SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. E. Gibbard—Alteration in advertisement; new goods arriving weekly. Gracie, Maclean & Co.—Entries for Temuka sale on Tuesday next. I.O.G.T.—Social at Temuka on Tuesday evening next. F. Storey. Terminus Hotel, next Railway Station, Christchurch—Business notice. Geraldine St. Patrick's Day Sports Association—Sports, concert, and dance on Thursday. St. Saviour's Church, Temuka, and St. John's, Winchester Harvest thanksgiving services to-morrow. Primitive Methodist Church Services to-morrow, Geraldine and Temuka; also welcome tea on Monday. T. S. Lambert, Architect, Dunedin—lnvites tenders for erection of Salvation Army fortress at Timaru. Charles M. Crombie, Commissioner of Taxes—lmportant notice re making of returns under the Land and Income Tax Act. J. Mundell & Co.—Temuka live stock sale and ram sale ; also sale of carriages, etc., at Mr W. Carston's, Winchester.—Sells household furniture and effects on account of Mr John Morton, (who is leaving the district) on Tuesday next. Guinness & LeCren (in conjunction with the N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Company)—Particulars of sale of Riverelea and Arowhenua Estates at Timaru on 26th April; publish entries for stock sale at Eemuka on Tuesday next.