LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2366, 7 June 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Geraldine Stock Sale. The fortnightly sale of stock at Geraldine takes place to-morrow. Entries are advertised in another column. Drunkenness.—At Timaru yesterday a man named Alexander Foster was fined 10s and costs for drunkennes, and 20s for assaulting the policeman who arrested him. The Oldest.—The oldest European born in the colony is said to be Mr John Wheeler King, who was born at the Bay of Islands on September 20, 1810. He is now living at Lake Takapuua. RR. Court, Temuka.—At the above Court, yesterday, Mary Anne Wilson was sentenced to 21 hours’ imprisonment for having been drunk and disorderly on the previous Saturday evening at the railway station. Monster Cabbages.—Mr J. B. Wareiug has brought to town some monster cabbages grown on his farm at Milford. One of thorn, which was exhibited in Mr Dann's shop, weighed 211 b., and was splendidly grown. Mr Warcing asserts that he has larger ones still left in his paddock. The Geraldine Poisoning Case Constable Willoughby went to Dunedin [ by express train yesterday for the purpose of having the contents of the stomach of the boy Trumper analysed. W r e learn that other members of the same family are also unwell, but to what extent we are unable to say. The Grattan Higgs Company.—The Grattan Riggs Dramatic Company concluded a most successful season of four nights m Timaru, and yesterday morning left for Ashburton. They won golden opinions in Timaru, and when they open in Temuka on Friday evening should be greeted with a full house. Temuka Caledonian Ingleside.— On Thursday evening next the first “ingleside” of the year under the auspicesof the Temuka Calednian Society will take place in the Volunteer Hall, commencing - at 8 o’clock. The committee are doing their best to make the gathering as enjoyable and successful as those of former years. Fire.—On Saturday a five-roomed house at Papanui, owned and occupied by Fred. King, farmer, was totally destroyed by fire. Nothing was saved. The insurances on the house are £2OO and the furniture £101), both in the Northern Office. The fire originated through the burning of gum leaves and dry wood left unattended iu the fireplace. A Totalisator Case.—At Dunedin yesterday Mr Carcw gave judgment in the totalisator cases, Police v. Price and Barnett, dismissing the information against the former and convicting Barnett, and fining

him .C2O and costs, in default six weeks’ imprisonment. On Mr Sims’ application he lixed the security at £;?(!, and agreed to state a case for fie Supreme Court. Geraldine Fisk SixttEßS. —The Geraldine Fisk Singers arc advertised to appear at Woodbury on Friday evening next, when they will give one of their interesting concerts. The charges for admission arc low, and should help to secure them a good attendance. The concert; which commences at eight o’clock, was recently given at Geraldine and Temuka with great success. Too Much Land.— lt is noticed by a London financial journal, as one of the causes of the failures of so many Australian banks and loan companies that many of them hold such vast quantities of land that when a pinch comes they are unable to realise, and are compelled to step) payment. In New South Wales twelve banks and financial syndicates own about 1d,000,000 acres of laud, one institution alone owning 8,500,000 acres.

Melanesian Mission. The Rev. Francis Knowles conducted the services at St. Saviour's, Teinukq and at St. John’s, Winchester, on Sunday last. The collections were in aid of the Melanesiou Mission, and the sermons were appropriate to the occasion. In the afternoon an address was given to the children attending St. Saviour’s Sunday School, the text chosen being “ Grieve not the Holy Spirit.” GERALDINE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— The Rev. Win. Will, of Fast Taieri, Otago, conducted the anniversary services on Sunday at the Geraldine Presbyterian ’ Church, when, considering fhe cold weather ' the congregations were large at both services. The rev. gentleman chose for his morning text I. Peter, i., 10—“ Of which Salvation the Prophets have enquire 1 and searched diligently,” and preached a very lucid and practical sermon on Salvation present and Salvation future. The evening text was 11. Peter, i., 4 “ Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious' promises," and the sermon dealt with the precious promises of Christ which were the hope and joy of the Christian. Both sermons were listened to wijbh interest by'jjhe and during johe service anniversary hynuj.3 were sqngf<4s}iji came into our office a tew days ft y(ni»ff My was .j-VedvVJ to render her some assistance with regard to acquired ll SOCtiOU of land offered under perpetual lease in Waimatb. <s*l? was a domestic servant, and determined on securing one qf these sections with the view of settling on jfi, and, wimp qsked was she going to seppie oh it herself,'she replied naively, “ Perhaps I may get a partner 1” Xow that ia the sort of girl for a man to selecfc as a vyife. The partner she gets will make no mistake. Ofihep girjs f>pejjd all their money in clothes and Ij.ncries; she If as save 1 if, and kpw she can offer £ home to the mail who 'mofrics her. .Another young woman from this district has secured a section of 40 acres iu the Waimate settlemint. It is. we are toll, the best section in the lot. With such mothers New Zealand woqjd the whole world. SUCQODRIiH. ’ipE fyillLieflilJ.-.-Tbp. New Zealand Times g iys -Miss ljlaj.sdep, was for some years matron of the Wellington Hospital, has already been heard of several times as having passed through some sensafipiial experiencespn Russia and elsewhere, apd \ve tike 'iffipjefore not surprised to find the' following extract Ihqiq an English paper iff the last issue of the Sydney Mail Jlfarfjden, an English lady who is endeavoring to combat the° ravages of leprosy iu Siberia, has quderm,-1, 10 gyeap hardships during a journco into the Russian jp/ip'hw o qf Ya]iU.t s k. in search of a plant which was sujd to gpoiv in that region, and which was supposed to be a euro for leprosy. For two months she rode with a wooden saddle on a horse withput either washing or dressing. The plant she found, but only to discover that it does . not cure, though it alleviates the sufferings I of the lepers. '

Board Meetings— The monthly meeting of the Temuka Road Board takes place to-day, that of the Geraldine Town Board this evening, and that of the Arowhenua Town Board to-morrow evening. Clearing Sale at Belfield. —Messrs J. Mundell & Co. hold a large clearing sale of live and dead farm stock, racing stock, wheat, &c., on account of Mr P. Burke, at Belficld, Orari, to-day. The sale starts at 12 o'clock, luncheon being provided.

Church Destroyed by Fire.— The new English Church at Owak;, Otago, was destroyed by fire on Friday morning. Incendiarism is suspected, as no one is known to have been in the building since Sunday. The building was insured for £75, and the fittings for £25. In Search of His “Missis.” —At Timaru yesterday a man who was charged with being drunk while in charge of a horse and with furious driving in Timaru on Saturday, explained that he had had a nip or two and was in search of his “ Missis. - ’ He was fined 40s and costs. The Christchurch Museum. The Christchurch Museum difficulty has been settled and the writ issued by Mr Forbes, late curator, against the chairman of the Board of Governors, was settled by payment of cheque for £4OO for compensation and salary due, with costs. A Protest. —At a meeting of the Featherston, Wellington, branch of the New Zealand Temperance Alliance a stronglyworded protest was passed expressing indignation at the planting of licensing districts in the King Country, gazetted on April i 4th. and calling on the Legislature to revoke it.

Supreme Court. —At Wellington, after atrial occupying two day;, W. H. Kempton and H. Kempton, two young men charged with sheep stealing at Carterton, were found guilty and remanded until Tuesday for sentence. The remainder of the cases on the calendar were postponed until Tuesday.

Cable Repairing. —The Government cable steamer Terranora arrived at Wellington on Friday afternoon from Waitara, and the work of. fitting her up with the necessary machinery and appliances for lifting and repairing the cable will be begun immediately, under the personal supervision of Dr Lemon.

Tug-oimvar Disputes. —The tugs-of-war both, at the Wellington skating rink and opera house have ended unsatisfactorily, and in each instance legal proceedings have been instituted against the promoters by the teams which differ from the decision of the committee as to the final result of the competitions. The Marriage Law.— The Primate has communicated with the Government with reference to the resolution passed at the last Anglican Synod, asking the Government to seek the consent of Parliament to a number of amendments to the marriage law. The Hon. Mr Reeves has replied, stating that the Government were not disposed to move in the direction desired. Protective Works. —Tenders for the Tengawai protective works were opened at the Levels Road Board Office on Saturday, as follows :—James Davis, :ClOl !)s ; Robert Calvert, ;C124 Its 6d; W. Fletcher. ; Walter Rae, 4488 Is (accepted). These works are for the protection of the Pleasant Point township from overflow of the river. The total cost will be about .'4160, the tenders being for labor only, the board supplying the material. Somewhat Incongruous.— On Thursday afternoon the remains of Carl Hansen, who was killed in the Gully Bush, were interred in the Point cemetery, the service being conducted by the Rev. T. A. Hamilton, who arrived just in time. As the corpse was carried out of one door of the hotel, a team of footballers were engaged at another in cheering their opponents, and the effect upon the bystanders who witnessed the two scenes was painful.

Sporting.— Sir Hugo started for the

Derby at 40 to 1. He won, after a desperate struggle with La Fleche, by three-quarters of a length ; one length between second and third. Time, 2min. 44sec. At Epsom on Friday the race for the Oaks resulted as follows La Fleche 1, The Sinew 2, Lady Hermit 0. —At Tattersall’s Grand National Steeplechase Meeting at Sydney on Saturday the Grand National Steeplechase resulted as follows: —Grand Wing 1, Bonnor 2, Singleton 8. Time, 7miu. 45jsec. Intercolonial Rifle Match. — Major

Somerville has received information that an intercolonial rifle match will be fired at Sydney about October iLird. Every colony will be represented, and Major Somerville is especially anxious that New Zealand should go there. There will be ten men in each team, ranges 000, COO, and 700 yards,

fifteen shots at each. The Major thinks the Government might be induced to assist with ammunition and part payment of fares and each district should select its best men and send them to .Sydney, the team to be chosen from the best scorers at the above ranges.

Timaru Tug-of-War.— The tug-of-war was concluded at Timaru on Saturday evening, the Maoris taking first prize, 1 reland No. 2 (Timaru) second, and the Navals third. Among the audience were a great many Maori women, some of whom had piccauniuuies tied on to their backs in a shawl in jn'oper Native fashion. On the win for the Maoris being announced the excitement of the dusky ladies was very great, and one of them in her evolutions about the stage precipitated the eh ill (which was tied in a shawl on her back) on to the stage. No harm appeared to have been dqne. however, and the little one was sqon again in its accustomed place, an 1 the njujiher at her antics. The Maoris took a prize pf aqd the Irish one of .'-.1. A OAU'fioiTs Bridegroom.—A bridegroom, at the eqd of the marriigc ceremony, presented the clergyman with a folded paper, which was afterwards discovered to contain, in place of the expected fee. the the, following“ A wife is a crown to her husband. If she turns out to be a good one in ten years, I’ll give you twenty dollars/’ Tbp minister pocketed the paper, thinking that the woman would “ turn out to be a good oiie," and that the man woul,. never remember the promise. But time brought a surprise. Before seven yearhad’ passed fh's clergyman received tin twcujDy dollars in gold,' aqd a note saying: “ She is gqod clear through. There is m need pf waiting any longer. 1 0U o ,lt have paid ypq on tpp spijp.” CUO/WOKI THE ATL4VJUU. Particulars have been published of the sailing from New York of Captain James Monahan in « small sailing boat with the intention ol opening (bp 4'j-laxitic Ocean. The boat is Jtift long and'sjft wide, and isj sq rigged as to make the inauagemeut.au easy task. The small Cfibin 18 OQYWe‘I with canvas, which is intended to protect the provisions from the sea. There is room enough to carp-y food sufficient for 100 days, but the Captain ’expects pq the journey in (JO'clays. The woqd ipsed in the construction ifi |diq boat i? coday. Qa board the little vessel, covered over with cti-uvas, aye iirdb of smoked hams, 821 b corned beef, two boxes hard tack, four tanks of water (each holding aOgal.), iJOlb of ground coffee, 501l> pr granulated sugar, au4 M cans of condensed milk, a hen was also on ppard, and '(lie daring skipper is accompanied by a big Maltese cat. Captain Monahap is a courageous sailor, and has | mud® numerous bets that he will ac-1 comppah the voyage in safety. 9

- ■ a -'1 1 .I" --f The Rangitikei Seat.— Mr R. Bruce has consented to stand for the Rangitikei seat, and it is expected that the contest wiU rest between Mr J. Stevens and him.

Death Duties. —Stamp duty has been paid on the following estates of deceased persons finally certified: Sir Frederick Whitaker, Auckland, £2170 Ids ; Frederick Rich, Wellington, £I7BO 10s 4d; James Horrell, Christchurch ; £2177 8s 6d ; Robert Wilkinson Martin dale, Christchurch, £6705 17s lOd; James Cameron, Dunedin, £2846 Iffsld. —Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette.

Temuka Musical Society. —A meeting of the Temuka Musical Society was held in the Parish Room, Temuka, last evening. There was a * a i r attendance. Mr Opie, (Winchester), was voted to the chair. The meeting was called to elect a conductor, and Mr Rutland was unanimously appointed to fill that position. Miss Wethey was appointed pianiste. It was decided to hold the first practice next Monday evening, place of meeting to be advertised. A vote of thanks to the chair closed the general meeting, after which the committee sat to make final arrangements. Destruction of Property. Some of the youths of Arowhenua have been displaying their destructive propensities at the expense of the Arowhenua Town Board. The board a few weeks ago put up a couple of rough-and-ready guard rails to protect a cutting giving access to a footbridge over the Arowhenua Creek in Gamack Street. The guards have apparently been an eyesore to some of the boys, and repeated assaults on them have ended in their overthrow and breakage. If the board do not take care the timber will disappear.

Bad Weather at Wellington.— telegram from 'Wellington yesterday, says'; —The weather is still rough and blustery, but the rain is apparently finished. The Wairarapa, from Napier, has not put in an appearance though she left on Saturday afternoon. No damage is reported, though the gale blew very hard at times. One effect of the repeated cold southerly gales has been to largely destroy vegetation in the city, especially trees, which present a “ blizzard ” appearance in every direction, The Chinese gardeners report that the whole of their winter vegetables above I ground are destroyed, and nothing is left but root crops.

A Large Family.— A curious family party arrived at Barcelona the other day. There were over 200 members of it made up in the following proportions:—One father, 16 daughters,23 sons, 3d graudaughters, 47 grandsons, 3 great grandsons and an assortment of the sons-in-law and daughters-in-law of the various generations to match. It will be noticed as curious that there was notone mother of this numerous progeny forthcoming. The old gentleman, who had been away from his native land for fifty years, stated that he had been in America, and had been married three times. He did not say whether his American domicile had been in the state of Utah.

Licensing Cases.— At the meeting of Christchurch South Ward Licensing Committee, in accordance with the decision come to last year, the license of the British Hotel was confined to ten o'clock instead of eleven, on account of the licensee having been fined for Sunday-trading.—The Roslyu (Dunedin) Licensing Committee unanimously resolved to close the Roslyn and Kaikoura Hotel, the principal house in the district. They are considering other applications and a similar result is expected. The Ravensbourne Licensing Committee granted a liceusc which the late committee, elected on the prohibition ticket, shut upjk It is the oulv public house in the Snakes in Ireland —Unless an escape from a menagerie was responsible for the circumstances (says an exchange), the following paragraph from the Belfast Evening Telegraph proves that thp belief that there are no such thingjfc' as snakes in Ireland is a popular delusion :—“A snake, 7yft long and nearly 7in in circumference, was killed on Wednesday afternoon by a number of people attracted to the spot at Jforah’s Glen, near the Cave Hill. It was subsequently removed to a contractor’s yard on the Antrim road, where the reptile was inspected by crowds of people.” For the information of our contemporary we may say that snakes escaped from a menagerie in Ireland three or four years ago, and doubtless the reptile referred to is one of them.

Poverty in Sydney.—A deputation of the unemployed in Sydney to the City Council asked for work or bread. One of them said :—“ There wasa great deal of distress, and people were starving-. At the

Cleveland-street school the children of the well-to-do brought their lunches to school, and the children of the unemployed were seen to greedily pi<-k up the crumbs which dropped. The other day the schoolmaster, becoming aware of the d'-tress existing, asked the children who to each bring- a loaf. This was done day, and a large muni) r of loaves were taken over in a cart for the use of the unemplayed in the Exhib'thi i Hull ling.” Others wanted to know what men were to do who could get no work, ail were, prevented by law from hoggin ;• for a bit of bread. Mr Barton sa i 1 that the law ought to be administered leui'.-nll.- i i times of distress. A member of Parliament siil that he was giving away in charity ever? penny he was earning, and the Acting-Premier added that ‘ every decent cit’zen is doing his best at this time.’ Altogether it was Jk terrible picture.

Timaru Licensing M letter to the Herall the R.;v Mr Gillies ohalleng’es the five memb ns of the Timaru Licensing Committee to meet hi n on a public platform, where lie will uu lertake to prove to them that they have not been, administrating the Licensing Act properly. This challenge has been accepted by the chairman of the Licensing Com mittee under certain conditions. The chairman opens his letter with a poetic qmtition, which, by-the-bye is inaccurate. T iat is a had beginning. The conditions arc:—lst, Meeting in the Theatre Koval; 2n 1, Mayor to preside ; Brd, Five days’ notice to be given ; 4th, Mr Gillies tq formulate charges; dth, Mr Kerr to reply : (Ith. liesolnpidn as (o (hq decision of the public to be put, and that tq be final. Mr Kerr will not seek the assistance of the other members of committee, but so tpat Mr (rijlies may not be overweighted, fie wilj allow him (he assistance of the Revs- Williams, Cecil rvqd Brown and the hero of Sydenham, A doughty Champion Ml' Kerr must bo to issue it general challenge to all the parsons, and lie is going to allow all of them to speak so long as he is permitted to have the last word. Still, we are inclined to think that Mr assistance, ’ It ! is probable phe meeting wis come off, and if it does (herd never was such u house in the Theatre Royal as will* then be seen. The prohibitionists are apparently very much, dissatisfied with the Herald. The Herald has refused to insert spine letters, and now a meeting ofprolnbvfcioriispg is to be held this evening to discqss the whole question. The moderates, us they like to style themselves, are just playing beautifully into the hands of tluf prbhibitiqnis|)Si nothing can please thp prohibitionists' better than opposition and abuse, for that gives them the c%nce of replying, and as they have the most fqrcibl«| end of the argument they must always gain, by any contest pf this kind,

Howard’s Digging- Plough.—Trials of this plough are announced to be held tomorrow at Winchester, on Thursday at Orari Bridge, and on Monday at Waitohi. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Ouk Education System.—An Order in Council published on Wednesday night, notifies new regulations regarding the class of book for public schools, under the Education Act, 1877, and under the same Act, the following regulations respecting teachers' certificates are brought into force : —A candidate, who has served four years a* pupil teacher, or been a student in a teachers’ training college for one year, may be examined without regard to age, but with this exception, that any candidate for exam in t.on must give evidence of having reached the age of 18 years, and with the same exception, every candidate relying on an equivalent examination must give j evidence of having reached the age of 18 years, before the time of such examination. A Big Drainage Scheme.—The Wellington City Council announce their intention to apply to Parliament for the necessary legislation to enable a sanitation scheme to be carried out. The Council will ask authority to raise a special loan, to be expended as follows: —On the drainage system, ill so,ooo; in repayment to the general account of moneys advanced for permanent drainage works in anticipation of special loan, £12,000 ; for public baths, recreation grounds, and rubbish depots, £18,000; making a total of £17">,000. The special rates are to be pledged as security for the interest and sinking fund on the loan, and the loan is to be carried or rejected upon a majority of votes given at a poll. The Council will also seek power to raise an additional sum of £25,000 after the completion of the drainage system for the purpose of improving or extending the same.

The Governor.— The following is the address made by the Mayor on the arrival of Lord Glasgow at Wellington:—“ To His Excellency, the Earl of Glasgow, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New' Zealand. May it please Your Excellency : We, the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Wellington, on behalf of the Citizens we represent, offer your Excellency a cordial welcome on your arrival in the capital of New ' Zealand. Your Excellency may find that the customs and laws of this young colony differ from those of the Mother Country, but you will not fail to discover that the sentiment of loyalty to the Crown is as generally felt in New Zealand as any part of the wide dominions of our Queen, and that Her Majesty’s representative is viewed in all parts of the colony with the respect due to his office and the commission which has been delegated to him; and in this city, which will be your home during your term of office, we may venture to add to your special welcome as Governor our assurance that every effort will be made by the citizens to render pleasant the stay of yourself, Lady Glasgow, and family and staff among us. Your Excellency may at all times rely upon the loyal support of the citizens in the performance of the important political and social duties which have been trusted to you by our Sovereign.”—The official reception of the Governor w'as postponed, owing to the unsettled state of the waather.

in proportion to its size England has eight times as many miles of railway as the United States.

Physicians of standing in Europe now employ hypnotism for the _ cure of drunkenness and the opium habit.

Special Offer of “Star” Cycles.— No. 7 Star with one-inch solid tyres, £IG 10s ; No. 8 Star solid tyres', £lslos. Send for catalogue. Star Cycles on Hire Purchase from 5s per week. Adams, Curties, & Co., 70 Manchester Street, Christchurch.— Advt.

SYNOPSIS OF AO vHESTISEMENTS. Howard’s Digging Plough—Notice re public trials. Terauka Football Club—Meeting McCasldll’s Rooms to-night. E, Gibbard, Geraldine—Alteration in advertisement : special lines —new goods. E. Vallender —Important notice re accounts due to estate of Yalleuder Sc Watt. Geraldine Fisk Jubilee Singers Give entertainment in Woodbury on January 10th.

Temuka Caledonian Society First “ ingleside ” for members and families on Thursday evening. Geraldine Road Board—-Invite tenders for works at Gapes's Valley, Cooper’s Greek, Hilton, Waihi Downs, and Rangxtata Flat.

George Taylor, Geraldine —To let by tender: four-roomed house and orchard ; also l(i acres of land for cropping or grazing. W. C. Roulstou, Mendelson’s Buildings, Temuka —Is now giving discount of iis in the :C in addition to sale prices ; invites inspection. N. Dunlop Sc Co., Manchester House, Geraldine Are now selling for cash at prices never before heard qf in the colony ; give quotations. D. Oweps & Co. Apologise to their customers for non-delivery of bread on Friday and Saturday ; full stock always on hand, and sold over counter at 5d per 41b loaf.