LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2379, 7 July 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Labor Bureau. —The Wellington Labor Bureau found employment' for 7(i men during the week. Temuka Town Board. The regular monthly meeting of the above, which was to have been held last night, was adjourned until Friday evening next. Street Lighting. The Christchurch City Council, have decided to call for tenders for lighting the city by gas or electricity for three, five, or seven years. Arrivals and Departures. The excess of arrivals over departures for Jnne was about 50 or (!0, but the figures will probably be slightly reduced when checked by pursers’ returns. Geraldine Road Board. —Tne monthly meeting of the Geraldine Road Board has been postponed until the 18th instant. Contractors are reminded that tenders for works will now close on the 18th. Sunday Trading. The Wellington police made a raid on some hotels last Sunday night, with the result that charges of Sunday trading will be laid against five licensees. It is said that in one case the occupants were found playing cards. Temperance Matters. —Public meetings at Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, Masterton, and Brurmerton, have condemned the Compeilsation Bill, which provides for compensation being paid to owners of hotels when their hotels are closed. ! I.o.o.F.—The installation social of the Victoria Lodge of 1.0.0. F., Geraldine, takes place to-night, and as every provision has been made for a successful affair there should be a large attendance. Refreshments will be provided at the social and effeient musicians have been engaged. Sale of Music. —We have been requested to draw attention to a great sale of a consignment of music from Loudou, which takes place at Mr E. C. Dann’s, Temuka, during the next 14 days. There are 3092 pieces of vocal and instrumental music to select from, and the price is from 4s to os per dozen pieces. Lovers of music should call and make 'an early selection. Entertainment and Dance at Pleasant Point. —On Thursday next, July 14th, an entertainmeut will be held in the Assembly Rooms, in aid of the Pleasant Point Library. The committee are arrang-ingafirst-rateprogramme, which, combined with the object for which the entertainment is to be hel 1 and the low admission charges, ought to be enough to ensure a crowded hall. Lovers of dancing will have an opportunity of enjoying themselves, as a dance will follow the concert. New Businesses. —Mr E. Robson has commenced business as watchmaker and jeweller in Geraldine and is prepare.! to do work in a first-class manner. His advertisement appears elsewhere.—Mr 8. W. Powlesland has commenced busim ss in Temuka, as a cabinet maker and upholsterer. Mr Powlesland is from the noted firm of Maple & Co., London, and is prepared to execute all kinds of work connected with the trade. Advertisements giving further

particulars will be found in another column. The Elginshire. The tender of a syndicate of twenty Port Chalmers engineers and shipwrights has been accepted for floating and placing in Lyttelton graving dock the Elginshire. The syndicate get of) per cent of the value of the vessel delivered in Lyttelton dock. In the event of failure they get nothing. They intend first of all to try and pump the vessel out with the aid of very powerful centrifugal pumps, plenty of which are to be obtained in Dunedin. If that method fails another will he adopted. The plant required is expected to be on board the vessel within a fortnight. Complimentary Ball. The citizens’ ball at Wellington to the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, which was postponed from last week, owing to the sudden death of Sir Harry Atkinson, took place in the Garrison Hall on Monday night. The building was beautifully decorated, anl there was a very large attendance. Among those present were the Premier and Mrs Ballance, other members of the Government, Captain Bourke and several officers of H.M.S. Ringarooma, members of both branches of the legislature, and most of the leading citizens. The affair passed off with great eclat.

Fiue A'L’ Ashiujktox. —A fire broke out at Ashburton just before eight o’clock on Tuesday night iu the New Zealand Clothing Factory’* v/gj'ehouse, .in the principal business block in town. r fhe fire rapidly spread to McGregor’s, tobacconist, and Brooke’s, chemist. The brigade promptly turned out, but the fire extended to Saleh’s, jeweller, and Nicholas, bootmaker. The Clothing Factory, Brooke’s, and Salek’s premises were gutted, and McGregor’s was greatly damaged. The Factory and Brooke’s stock is a total loss. McGregor's, Salek’s, and Nicholas’, stocks were greatly damaged by removal and water. The stock of Clark, tobacconist, and Hardley, tinsmith, was damaged by removal. John Orr’s ironmonger’s stock was extensively damaged by smoke and water. Fortunately it was a calm night. The fire was discovered immediately on its outbreak, and the brigp.de wepe promptly present, otherwise the whole block npust h,a v T gpne. Th.e damage to stock is quite The buildings were old, and of comparatively little value. The insurances are unknown, The Education Act. —At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, on Tuesday morning, six boys were charged with breaking into various shops and the Nopngj gehpol, and stealing therefrom various articles. y/ag (sentenced to a week’s imprisonment and twelve sppoke§ pf the birch, throe others to six strokes of the birch, and the rest were discharged on account of their tender age. Mr Wilson, master of the Normal school, complained bitterly ip. court of the apathy of school committees in ind pitting the compulsory

clauses of the 13 lucatlou Act into force, I and said such crimes were the result of irregularity in attendance at school. The magistrate endorsed this opinion, and said as a matter, pf fact’ n*P?e children npw came before the con**!? 4 WIW adpits, and phe sooner the compulsory clauses were put in force by all Committees the better for the chillren. —Committees ftl'O apparently afraid to do their duty in regard to the matter of compulsory attendance, and the consequence is that children do not get the advantages iu the way of education that they should get, and teachers are blamed for poor results in the way of passes, etc. Eimkutiox Report. —The TJ location Report presented to the House shows the average attendance to be 2420 larger than the previous year. There was some temporary irregularity of attendance, due to the influenza. The standard passes were 5!),5 11, or 50.101 per cent, of the total on the rolls, the highest per cent, yet attained. In the six years the percentage of failures has been reduced from 28 to 17, During the year (31 new schools were opened and it closed. The increase in the number of schools is greater proportionally than the number of pupils. The average of teacher’s salaries is less by 7s lid than that of the preceding year. The money received for buildings exceeds by £25,000 the expenditure. On that account the savings for the year are Auckland £BDG2, Wellington £2OOll, Wanganui £li;>7, Hawke’s Bay £BSO, Otago £712, Southland £58(3, Taranaki £2OO, Nelson £lO. Last session’s vote for buildings was distributed as follows: Auckland £51;!5, Otago £I7OO, North Can* ter bury £1075, South Canterbury £I2OO, Wellington £I2OO, ami the balaucc in small sums among other districts. The number of children committed to industrial schools iu the year was 181, andMO were discharged tho total on the roll being 1 MO2,

Civil Service Bill. —The Council of the Public Service Association has passed the following 1 resolution :— *‘ The Council having carefully considered the Civil Service Bill as it now stands, approves the same, and hopes it will be passed into law in the present session."’ Liheral Association. —At the inaugural meeting of the Liberal Association, at Wellington, the Hon. Mr Reeves, Messrs Sandford, Pinkerton, McLean, Saunders, Hogg, and Joyce, M.H.R.’s, gave addresses. Resolutions were passed, emphasising the principles and objects of the Association, and endorsing the land, financial, and labour policy of the Government. The Hon. Mr Reeves.said lie did not wish the Government to force a dissolution wantonly, but they would not be content to cling to office, sitting hopelessly on the Treasury benches, and if they found their power for good curtailed the Government would fearlessly appeal to the people.

St. Joseph’s Church Clock. —Doubtless the residents of the Temuka and Arowhenua districts have been at a loss to know the reason why the Roman Catholic Church clock has for the last month not been striking. Yesterday we made enquiries of the Rev. Father Fauvel, and were taken up to the clock to examine the cavlse for ourselves. The rev. gentleman explained that the spring on the winding apparatus of the striking weight failed to do its work, and set the weight of 4cwt. at liberty, which came down on the tower floor with terrific force. During its descent the spring is believed to have acted in a hampering manner to the weight, and the jarring had the effect of breaking the cast-iron frame in four places. There are two strong arms projecting from the frame into the wall, and these were snapped, and also some large bolts - When the weight reached the floor, the other one was out-balanced and dragged the whole machinery about a foot out of its place. With great ingenuity Father Fauvel has managed to get it back into its place, and has fixed the clock so as to keep correct time. There is no way in which the frame could be repaired to hold the striking weight, and it will be

necessary to send it to Christchurch to have it recast, which will entail a very considerable expense. The rev. gentlemen said that this year he has had very heavy expenses, amongst which was the purchase of a new buggy, through the accident recorded in our columns some months ago, and that he did not see his way clear to have the work done, unless the public assisted by voluntary subscriptions. We think it would be nothing but right if this suggestion were adopted. For eleven years the clock has been a public boon, during which it has cost the public nothing. If it were public property someone would have to be paid to look after it, but Father Fauvel has borne all this trouble and .expense himself. The rev. gentleman also said that the dials needed repainting, as they were getting very black. This means also an expense of several pounds, owing to the difficulty experienced in doing the work. We are confident that it needs only to be ])ut before the public, and a liberal response will result. The Queen, says Woman, is an omnivorous reader of fiction. A new novel beguiled the tedium of the long journey to Hycres. Talking of Her Majesty’s literary predilictions, a story is told in connection with “Mr Lewis Carroll,” known to fame as the author of ‘ Alice in Wonderland. ’ The Queen, charmed with this weird production, gave instructions that all his works were to be procured for her. Great was her disgust to receive a parcel, largely made up of mathematical text-books, Lewis Carroll being none other than the Rev. Charles Dodgson, lecturer on that subject to Christ Church, Oxford.

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