LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2383, 16 July 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Geraldinb Road Board.—The monthly meeting of the Geraldine Road Board taken place on Monday. Church ok England.—The Rev. 11. T. Purchas conducts services at Temuka and "Winchester to-morrow. Wesleyan Ciiukcji, Temuka. The services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. Arrivals and Departures. The arrivals in the colony during June numbered !);!"), and the departures !).">7. R. M. Court, Geraldine.—ln our last issue in the report of the proceedings at the 11. M. Court at Geraldine on Tuesday, Mr IJ.1 J . Ryan's name was given by mistake as the plaintiff in two of the cases. The plaintiffs name was Mr P. Kyne. The 'Frisco Mail. —A Wellington telegram of yesterday says :—" It is expected that the Takapuna, with the southern portion of the San Francisco mail, will leave Manakau at midnight, in which case she should arrive here on Sunday morning." Geraldine Rifles. The Geraldine Rifles mustered a good parade on Thursday evening, when Colonel Bailey and SergeantMajor Jones were present. The men were put through the new infantry drill by Sergeant-Major Jones, and acquitted themselves well. Butter.—lt was at a store in a North Canterbury township, where a person stepped in and said she had some butter for sale. After looking at it, the young man in the shop said,: "Have you studied sanitary laws .''' That young man iti just now wearing his eye in a sling. „., .^

Horse Sale.—Messts Guinness k LeCren hold a sale of horses at Timaru to-day. .Primitive Methodist Church.— The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns. O.vmnjNttA Ironworks.—A trial at the Onehunga Ironworks of Mr E. M. Smith's process of smelting the ironsand of the W est Coast has been declared by experts to be a complete success. Football.—A football match, South Canterbury v North Otago, was played at Oamaru on Thursday, and was won by the latter by 10 points to nil. During the propress of the game a voung man named Charles Hall had his leg"broken, and C. H. Macintosh had the left side of his face cut open. The wound was so bad that it had to be stitched up. N. C. Education Board.—The North Canterbury Education Board, re the clause in the Electoral Bill permitting political candidates to use public schoolrooms decided that a candidate ought to pay the cost of cleaning and lighting, or the Government make an equivalent allowance. The cost ought not to fall on the Board. The buildings account of the North Canterbury Education Board showed that on June iiOth the total liabilities were in excess of the amount available to the extent of £7115. Law and Justice.—A well-known Wellington lawyer has given us a glimpse at the gap that divides law from morals. He said : —" I know that from a moral point of view the action of the defendant was unjustifiable and unneighborly; but he is within his rights, and these arc the basis of the defence." Such an admission only deepens the conviction that it is high time Resident Magistrates' Courts were made simply courts of " equity and good conscience."—Exchange. South Oraki School Committee.— The monthly meeting of the above committee was held in the schoolroom on Saturday evening. Present—Messrs Ellis (chairman), Edwards, Pearce, Bracefield, and Bates. The headmaster's report was read, showing on the roll 115 names, average for the month SI. A list of absentees was read, and it was unanimously resolved to summon all those who still fail to attend. The social held on July Bth was a success, financially; also the subscription lists sent round for the purpose of providing fueland other school requisites. Mr Pearce was appointed visitor for the ensuing month. After formal business, the meeting adjourned till the second Saturday in August. Just So ! —We believe that some people think newspapers can be jointed for nothing, and that printers need never be paid. For instance, we found recently that one of our subscribers had not paid us for the last four and a-half years, and we sent him a polite reminder of it. He took no notice of it; we sent another more urgent request for payment, but he treated the matter with silent contempt. We then stopped the paper, and threatened to sue for it, and when our collector called for the money he was told that it was very mean of us to stop the paper. Perhaps it was, but we think that to give four and ahalf years' credit is not so bad. We allowed another subscriber to run five years and had in the end to sue him. He then paid up, and toll us that after having patronised the paper so long it was a most ungrateful thing on our part to sue him, and he promised that in future he would do us all the harm he could. Wo gave him five years' credit, and now he is our greatest enemy because we did not continue to give him credit for ever. All we desire to add is that it costs over &1000 a year to carry on this paper, and that we cannot pay that unless people pay us. We cannot see the fun of buying paper in London, paying a staff to print, and then give it for nothing. We do not want subscribers who do not j>a.y, we can get on without them. There is enough decent people who pay regularly to make up a good subscription list for us. Special Oi'fer of "Star" Cycles.— No. 7 Star wi£h one-inoh solid tyres, £lO 10s ; No. 8 Star solid tyres,£ls 10s. Send for catalogue. Star Cycles on Hire Purchase from 5s per week. Adams, Curties, & Co., 70 Manchester Street, Christchurch. —Advt. SYXOPSIS OF AD/EHTISEMENTS Wanted Known---Ue Mogridge's sale. Church of England—Services for tomorrow. Primitive Methodist Church—Services to-morrow. W. S. Maslin—Wants tenders for grub - bing stubble. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. J. W. Miles-Four-roomed house and section for sale. Mrs Webster, Geraldine-r-Wants good general Bervant. Guinness & LeCren—Sell sheep, etc., at Geraldine sale, 11. B. Webster & Co.—Kntrjcg for Geraldine Stock Sale. J. Mundell & Co.—Entries Geraldine Live Stock Sale. G. If. Mogridge, Temuka—Great sale of drapery, etc., n,ow on. C. E. Sherratt-.LjV+i of licensed auctioneers at Geraldine. M. O'Halloran, Newlands —Invites tenders for cutting gorse, etc. J, Tangncy, Bootmaker —Great sale of boots and shoes now on; repairs at half price. J. W. Miles, Temuka—Astonishing bargains in hats and bonnets, wool goods, capes, etc. I). Owers & Co., Temuka—Have taken their Temuka premises for further term of I J 2 months on cash system ; give quotations. "T. & ,J- Thomson, Timaru—Have this week opened japge purchases in nearly every department, tow gh£; at extraordinarily low rates; particulars in. adr vertisement.