LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2389, 30 July 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horse Sale.—Messrs Guinness&LeCreu hold a sale of horses at Timaru to-day. S.C. Hunt Club. —A meet will take place at the Orari Hotel at half-past eleven o’clock on Monday. Sudden Death.—A man named Alfred Rawling Markham, book agent, died suddenly at his house at Christchurch on Wednesday. Island News.—The Upolo arrived at Auckland yesterday from Samoa and Tonga. She reports everything quiet among the natives. Land Settlement.—An Auckland telegram says the demand for land continues. From the 4th July, 32,101. acres were selected on perpetual lease. Sale at Winchester.—Messrs J. Mundell & Co. hold a sale of horses, cattle, implements, grain, etc., on the farm of Mr Thos. Twigg, at Winchester, on Tuesday. Newspaper Postage. Arrangements have been made by which penny postage on newspapers to the United Kingdom and Australia will be continued irrespective of weight. Poultry Shows. —The Christchurch Poultry Show was held in Tuam Street Hall on Thursday. There 002 entries, against 722 last year. The general quality was very good. Primitive Methodist Church.— The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns. Mrs J. L. Wright, a lady Evangelist from Wellington will conduct services at Geraldine. Politics and Schoolrooms.—The Dunedin and suburban schools conference having objected to the use of school-houses for political meetings, the Premier has agreed to add a clause to the Electoral Bill to meet the objection. Wesleyan Crurgh.—Special announcements for Evangelistic services in the Temuka Wesleyan Church will be found in another column. Mrs Smalley (of Waimate) and Miss Perryman (of Tai Tapu) will be the chief speakers at the meetings. Sankey’s Hymns will be used. Salvation Army, Temuka.—Captain Emily Forlong, from Christchurch, will conduct a series of special meetings in the Temuka barracks on Sunday, in connection with the Children’s Anniversary. The cbildron will occupy the platform and sing special songs, and a tea will be held on Monday. Proposed Exhibition.—ln connection with the proposed exhibition for Auckland, a telegram has been sent to Mr Thomas Thomson, M.H.R.: —“ Exhibition mooted here for 1805. Please ask if in the event of a guarantee company being formed, similar to that of the late Dunedin exhibition, will the Government grant a subsidy ? ” Forgery.—H. D. Burns was brought up at Blenheim on Wednesday on two further charges of forgery and was committed for trial. He has been already committed on six informations, and it is likely that others will be preferred against him. George Marks was also committed for trial on two charges of being an accomplice of Burns. Athletic. —A meeting of the Canterbury (Christchurch) Amateur Athletic Club decided to hold an inter-club crosscountry championship and open steeplechase handicap, on September 24th, on the recreation racecourse. If permission is granted, the championship will) be run on lines similar to those in force for like events in England. Temperance Demonstration. The Geraldine Prohibition League hold a Grand Temperance Demonstration on Friday evening next, when a tea and public meeting will be held. The presence of the Rev. L. M. Isitt, of Christchurch, and Mrs J, L. Wright, of Wellington, at the

meeting is an evidence that there will be a large attendance, and some strong ■ speeches made. ( Beer Duty Stamps. —At the Christchurch Resident Magistrate’s Court on 1 Wednesday 15 publicans of the city and suburbs were each lined 5s and costs for not defacing beer duty stamps, as provided by the Act. by driving a tap through them. Mr Martin, Crown Solicitor, said there was 1 no suggestion of collusion between the publicans and brewers in the matter. Fire. — A boarding-house at Waimate conducted by Mrs G-. Taylor, was burned at o’clock on Wednesday morning. The occupants escaped in a half-dressed condition, and gome even lost their boots. The house was insured for £l5O in the South British Office, and the furniture was also insured. The Catholic Church and a cottage on the other side of the street had a narrow escape. A Divorce Case. —AtDunedin yesterday, in the divorce case, Thompson v. Wylie, an application was made for an order, for immediate payment of £ISOO damages against co-respondent, on the ground that Wylie on Thursday cashed a cheque for £ISOO and had realised other securities, and a steamer was leaving for Melbourne on Friday. The order was made for payment before - o’clock, in default of a writ of sale. Insurance Companies’ Deposits.—At a meeting at Dunedin of managers, representatives, and agents, of insraunce companies to consider the proposal in the Financial Statement to require from English and Foreign companies a deposit of £IO,OOO in cash, it was resolved “ That the proposal of the Colonial Treasurer is impolitic, unwise, and injurious, and should bo strenuously opposed.” Ten reasons in support of the resolution were drawn up and will be forwarded to the committee in Wellington. Wesleyan Band op Hope.—A meeting of the Wesleyan congregation was held last Thursday night in the Social Hall to organise a Band of Hope in connection with the Sunday School. There was a good attendance of young people and officers, and a committee were appointed, and the first meeting arranged fo:: September Ist. The officers of the society are : President, Rev. J. Dellow ; Vice-President, Mr J. Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr Powlesland ; also a committee of nine. We wish the Band every success. Arbor Day at Geraldine. —ln our advertising columns the chairman of the Geraldine Town Board, Mr A. White, announces the asrangements made to keep up Arbor Day in Geraldine. Trees will be planted in the school ground, addresses will be made, aqd a short entertainment will be given by the children. Persons desirous of assisting the celebration in any way are requested to communicate with Mr White. It is pleasing to see the matter being taken up so heartily, and the celebration promises to be very successful if the weather is favorable. The Waimate Licensing Case. — An application on behalf of the Prohibitionists was made before Mr Justice Denniston at Christchurch on Thursday for a writ of coriian'Vl quashing the decision of the Waimate Licensing Committee renewing the license of Jeremiah O'Leary for the Empire Hotel. The ground of the application is that the licensee omitted to post a notice, of his application for renewal on his door, as required by section 5(5 of the Licensing Act, 18Rl.nu/l section l-l of the Licensing Act Amendment Act. INB2. Mr Caygill appeared for the applicants and Mr George Harper for the committee. His Hqnour reserved judgment. His Dividend.— The proprietor of the Crown Hotel, Temuka. has now on view an order upon Messrs Wolfe k Bon, the manufacturer’s of the celebrated Schnapps, bearing their name for one pound, which he found wrapped round a bottle in a case recently opened. In the course of his business experience the said proprietor has opened many hundred of cases of this celebrated cordial, but has only now received bis reward. He was Inclined at lipst to look upon the order as a curio, but second thoughts prevailed, and it will be sent forward for collection. Private individuals hoping tp obtain the same dividend would do well to consult upon the cost before embarking upon the speculation

Black Star Ministrels.—The above troupe gave one of their popular entertainments at the Public Hall, Winchester, on Thursday evening, when they were greeted with a fair, but enthusiastic audience. The programme was. with slight variations, the same as was recently accorded such a favourable reception at Temuka, and the items mentioned specially in our last report again attracted applause. The company will on Tuesday next repeat the performance in the 'Volunteer Hall, Temuka, when the proceeds will be devoted to repairs to the clock of the Roman Catholic Church. Tickets for this entertainment are selling readily, and universal sjunpathy is expressed with the object, which is essentially a public one.

The Phenomenal Success of the Monster Cash Sale now being held by G. H. Mogridge is unparallelled in the history of cheap sales, but it shows how quickly the public are to discriminate between the real and the sham. The steady flow of customers to be seen proceeding from the shop, and the numerous large parcels being sent away, bears strong testimony to the value of the bargains to be had there, and also to the superior quality of the goods, which are undoubtedly far above the ordinary value obtained at so-called cheap sales.—[Advt.] Special Offer of “ Star ” Cycles.— No. 7 Star with one-inch solid tyres £l6 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.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS Arbor Day, Geraldine Preliminary notice. Paramo and the Medicos —What the Press says, etc. D. Taylor, Temuka —Reduced price list of groceries. Primitive Methodist Church —Services to-morrow. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. Geraldine Prohibition League Temperance demonstration on Friday next. Salvation Army, Temuka— Children’s anniversary services, etc., Sunday and Monday. T. & J. Thomson, Timaru —Particulars of new goods, just opened up, ex Duke of Westminster, from London. J. K. Warburton, Public Trustee—lmportant notice re accounts owing to, and by, estate of the late N. Money. C. Bates & Co., Painters, etc. —Large assortment of paper hangings, prints, pictures, mouldings, etc., on hand; pictures framed at lowest rates. J, Mundell & Co. Entries Geraldine live stock sale; preliminary notice of important extensive sale at Taylor & Flatman’s, Woodbury; also sale of household furniture, etc., on Friday next at Geraldine.