LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2399, 15 September 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Timaru Races. —The Timaru Races take place to-day and to-morrow. The train arrangements will be found in another column. The Doric.—The s.s. Doric left Rio de Janeiro on Friday afternoon last for Plymouth, with her cargo of frozen meat in good condition. Boy Burglars.—Four boys, aged eight, broke into a Auckland foundry, stealing brass fittings 10 the extent of £ls, which they disposed of to Chinamen.

Death of an Old Settler. John Buchanan, aged 73, formerly member for Napier, an old Hawke's Bay settler, once Speaker of the Provincial Council, is dead.

Bankrupt Crown Prosecutor. —Mr Hudson Williamson, Crown Solicitor, Auckland, who is to be replaced by Mr Tole next criminal session, filed a petition of insolvency on Tuesday. Timaru Harbor Board. A special meeting of the Timaru Harbor Board takes place on Saturday next to deal with the tenders for the construction of the new tug-dredge, pass accounts, etc.

Fire Brigades' Demonstration.—The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigades have resolved to invite the Fire Brigades' Association to hold the next meeting of delegates at Ashburton on February 7th. Serious Charge.—A charge of procuring abortion has been laid by Dr. Davenport against Syms, the Woodville chemist. The case comes on for hearing next Tuesday. Syms was the prosecutor in the recent criminal libel case against Mr Haggen.

Sons and Daughters of Temperance. —A temperance meeting takes place in the Temuka Social Hall to-morrow evening, when Mr D. Cameron, of Dunedin, will explain the principles, objects, and benefits of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance Benefit Society. The address should be a very interesting one. Divorce. —In the Divorce Court, Wellington, J. B. Snasdell, laborer. Woodville, obtained a decree nisi againt his wife on the ground of adultery. Kate Phillips sued her husband J. H. Phillips, formerly a surveyor, for divorce on the ground of adultery and desertion. The case was adjourned for further proof of adultery.

Valedictory.—The Rev. W. McKee, for the past ten years the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Waimate, was entertained at a farewell social on Monday evening, when lie was presented with a purse of 71 sovereigns, and a beautifully illuminated address (the work of Mr G. W. Wade.) Among the speakers during the evening were the Rev?. Gillies (Timaru), Dickson (Temuka), Todd (Geraldine), Ross (Otaio), and Harris (Waimate). FiuisS.—The store of R. H. Griffiths, on the Rotorua Railway works, in the bush, Auckland, was burned down on Monday night. It was insured for £3OO in the Northern office.—The residence of Mrs Symonds, Ouchroiga, Auckland, unoccupied, was destroyed by fire on Monday morning. The insurance was £6OO on the house and furniture in the South British.—A photographic studio at Parnell, Auckland, owned by Mrs Ann O'Neill, and occupied by Mr Stewart, was burnt down on Monday. The camera and negatives were insured for £230 in tbe New Zealand office, aud the building for £SO in the North German office.

Geraldine Races, —The booths in connection with the Geraldine Races were put up for auction yesterday and knocked down as follows : Grand Stand Booth, Mrs Reseigh, £lB 2s 6d; Outside Refreshment Booth, Mr J. Patrick, £3; Horse Yards, Mr J. J. Ward, £3 ss; Outside Stand, Mrs Reseigh, £2" 15s. No. 1 and No. 2 booths were not sold. Ball.—A grand ball in connection with the Temuka Quadrille Assembly takes place to-night. Owing to the numerous applications for tickets the large Drill Shed haa been engaged, and for the occasion very tastefully decorted. The lady members have come forward most liberally in the matter of refreshments, and Mr Gunnion anticipates an uncommonly i

pleasant gathering. R.M. Court, Temuka.—There was very little in the above Court to do last Tuesday morning, and only occupied a few minutes. John Pearce, against whom ic was sought to obtain a prohibition order, did not appear, and as there was no appearance of the complainant, the case was struck out. The three youths charged with burglary were remanded for a week, and as there was nothing more to do the Court rose. The R.M. presided. Temuka Mechanics' Institute.—The monthly meeting of the Temuka Mechanics Institute committee was held on Tuesday evening. Present —Messrs J. W, Salmond (president),Henry,McLeod, Egan, Edwards, McS. Gentlemun, and W. Storey (secretary). The librarian's report was read, and the sum of £2 4s 6d, receipts for the month, were handed in. The librarian's salary and commission, amounting to £i 16s 3d, were passed for payment, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair. Accident. —We regret to learn that Mr W. Deßenzy met with rather a nasty accident last Tuesday morning. He was cutting turnips, when his hand slipped into the machine in some accidental way, with the result that the tops of two fingers were cut clean off. Most of the nails and parts of the bones were cut off, but Mr Deßenzy succeeded in preventing the loss of much blood by means of bandages, and made the best of his way to Temuka, where Dr. Cayley attended his injuries. He will be disabled for a couple of weeks. Town Board Elections. —Considerable interest appears to be taken in the biennial general election of members of the Geraldine, Arowhenua, and Temuka Town Districts, judging by the number of candidates nominated on Tuesday last. For Geraldine Messrs N. Dunlop, J. Farrell, R. Y. Fergusson, R. Hammond, W. S. Maslin, R. H. Pearpoint, A. Sherratt, J. M. Sutherland, R. Taylor, G. Ward, A. White, and J. Williams were nominated; for Temuka Messrs W. G. Aspinall, J. Blyth, E. H. Brewer, S. Clinch, P. Coira, J. Cooper, J. Davis, H. Lee, G. J. Mason, J. W. Miles, and W. Storey were nominated ; and for Arowhenua Messrs J. Ashwell, E. Brown, E. Carr, W. H. Fletcher, A. Frew, P. McCaskill, and A. Russell. A poll in each case for the election of five members each for the Arowhenua and Temuka Town Boards, and seven members for the Geraldine Board, takes place on September 21st. Football.—The match Wellington v. Canterbury was played on Monday afternoon in the presence of about 4000 people. The weather was fine, but the ground was ankle deep in mud. Lady Glasgow was present and was cheered by the teams. The state of the ground precluded any chance of an interesting game, but it was more onesided than was expected after Canterbury's victories in the north. The local men played a winning game all through, and scored a goal an 1 a try—7 points—in the first spell. This was increased by another goal, making 12 points against three scored by the visitors from a penalty kick.—The follow ing will play for Waihi on Saturday, 17th, in a practice match with Temuka: — Moore (2), Shallard (2), Stewart (2), Hart (2), Opie (2), Fish, Austin, South, Henderson, and Leversedge. Emergencies, Opie (2), Ford, and Bell. The following are selected to play Waihi 1 st in practice match in the Temuka Park on Saturday next: — Full-back, Storey; Three-quarters, Russell, McLeod. Bronahah; Halfs. Findlay, Arinitage; Forwards, Henry, Rodgers, Anderson, Low, Robinson, Gillespie, Lavery, Diamond, McGallum. Emergencies, backs, Morton ; Forwards, Barrett, Erwood, Harding. Players are requested to be on the ground at 3.30 shary. Any of the above that cannot plry are requested to communicate with the Secretary at once. The Buglaries.—Nothing was easier than to get a smile from a Temuka policeman last Tuesday. In fact, they appeared so delighted, and so well satisfied with the world and themselves, that one might have been tempted to think they had drawn the winning horse in the Melbourne Cup, or " Struck Oil " somewhere or somehow. But the cause of their delight was nearer home, in fact, in their own lock-up. For some time past they had been very much annoyed by the fact that so much pilfering was going on in the place, and that they could not catch the thieves, and now when they had caug-ht them they felt delighted, and all their sense of humour came out. This might have been realised to the fullest extent by visiting the police station. There they had laid out a most wonderful collection of most miscellaneous articles ; everything, as one might say, from a needle to anchor, and these were divided into three parts, just as they were obtained from the culprits. Over one's shares was placed an official piece of paper. With the letters "On Her Majesty's Service" printed there, and the name of the prisoner to whom it belonged. One was " Captain Gibson's shop," the next was " Albert Cone's shop," and the other "John Hay's shop." There were pound notes, silver, silver and copper coins, sleeve rings made of the lava of Mount Etna, blacksmith's tools, a very large quantity of cigarettes, watches, weather guages, the water-guage of an engine, and an endless variety of other things too numerous to particularise. What the lads intended to make of them no one knows, but it is supposed they were preparing to leave for the North Island shortly. It was fortunate for themselves as well as the public that they were caught in time, as in all probability if they had once got away from home they would have continued theircareer of crime. It is to be hoped that as they are so young their proclivities will be nipped in the bud now, and the result will be to make respectable citizens of them.

Wills Surprise Party.—This company appeared in Geraldine last Tuesday evening, to a fair house. The company taking it all round is a very strong one, and when we consider that nearly every item on the programme was encored we scarcely need say that the entertainment was highly appreciated. The programme commenced with the usual "chair business," Miss Priscilla Verne being the interlocutrix ; Mr Geo. A. Jones, Bones; and Mr Dave Gardner, Tambo. Then followed an overture by the comyany, " Corneville,,' and Miss Nina Nimmo who possess a charmcontralto voice, sang "Love's Old Sweet Song." The next item was a comic song " I was in It," by Mr George A. Jones, and then Miss Ettie Williams delighted the audience with " I've got it on my little Slate." Mr Harry Townley, in fine form and style, sang " Southern Home," and then the prima donna of the entertainment, Miss Priscilla Verne, gave one of her serio-comic impersonations, " Don't you believe what the young men tell you." Miss L. Octavia, another able member of the company, with a sweet soprano voice, sang the ballad " Love's Golden Dream." Mr Dave Gardner, one of the end men, sang" We'll all be Angels," Mr J. It. Wadley came next with the ballad " Mary of Argyle," and a finale " The Great Arabian Box Mystery," concluded the first part of the programme. The second part was equally interesting, and Mons. Provo gave an extremely clever performance as a ;'uggler. This was the great feature of the whole entertainment, and the company wound up with an extremely laughable farce entitled "As like as two peas." The company will play here on their return triu from the south.

Temuka Presbyterian Church.—At a meeting of the Committee of this _ Church, held on Monday evening, it was decided that in place of their usual soiree the annual gathering shall this year take the form of a conversazione in October next. Fatal Accident. A boating fatality occurred off Sumner on Sunday. Four men —Earnest Pearson, aged 40, sailmaker, born in Sweden and resident in Matson street, Sydenham; Joseph Carwood, aged 18. sailmaker, resident at Gasworks road ; Thomas Nuttall. aged 20, a wheelwright working for Langdown & Co., son of Thomas Nuttall, laborer, of Gasworks road; John Cockle, aged 23, tinsmith, also living in Gasworks road—sailed from New Brighton in the morning in a new boat belonging to one of them, the Waratah, for Sumner. They were seen to pass Lyttelton all right, and an invalid named Buchanan saw the boat upset off Sumner, and the men struggling in the water. A boat and tug went at once to the soene of the accident described by Buchanan, but neither men nor boat could be seen. Parts of the boat were, however, found on Tuesday, but up to that time the bodies had not been recovered. The boat was 16ft, inlength,sft 2in. in beam, and 3ft. 6in. in depth, and is decked fore and aft. She carried 4cwt of lead ballast. The Waitaki Cricket Associations. — Correspondence is now passing between the hon. secretaries of North Otago and South Canterbury Cricket Clubs, as to the desirability of forming the above association. It is proposed that clubs from Ashburton, Temuka, Timaru, Waimate, Oamaru and Palmerston South shall join the jUnion; also that the Union shall play each season a match against Canterbury at Timaru, and against Otago at Oamaru. Also to select teams to play against other districts, and to promote inter-club matches within, the union as much as possible. Officers are to be elected during the present month, also a council to consist of one member from each club in the union,each club to pay £1 Is for every 25 members, and allowed a delegate to the association for each 25 members or fraction thereof. If these proposals aro carried out it will greatly advance the game in both SouthJCanterbury and North Otago, a stimulus of the sort being badly wanted. All cricketers in this district are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Temuka C.C. at the Temuka Dispensary to-morrow night, when the above matters will be discussed.

The Circus. —Hayes's circus appeared in Temukalast Tuesday evening- to a fair house. We regret that owing to the fact that no programmes were obtainable we are not able to give such a report of the performance as we should like. The performers were strangers to us, and we had no opportunity of knowing their names. The riding was not equal to the average, but Mr Organ's trained horses and trick ponies were certainly the best we have seen. Both horses and ponies appeared to understand exactly every word that was spoken to them, and did as they were told as intelligently as a human being would do it. A Japanese performed on the wire rope excellently, but his great feat was the ladder act. In this he lies on the ground and balances a stout,strong ladder, about 12 feet long, on the soles of his feet, while a youth about 16 years of age climbs to the top of it. A lady, with what might bo called iron jaws, lifted great weights with her teeth. She lifted herself up to the trapeze, carried a man (who could not have been less than ten stone weight) around in her mouth, literally speaking, and showed other signs of possessing great strength. The company boasts of one clown, and he certainly was good, and on the whole the circus was worth seeing. The company appeared again last night to a rather small audience, and leaves this morning for Timaru.

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SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS

Nalder Bros.—Want tenders for ploughing.

In Bankruptcy—Re Francis Drake, of Teniuka. farmer. Geraldine Town Board—Nominations for general biennial election. Temuka Town Board—Names of candidates nominated for election. Arowhenua Town Board—Notice re candidates nominated for election.

Woodbury Athletic Sports—Public meeting of persons interested on Saturday. Walter E. Knott, representing Jameson, Anderson & Co.—Notice to tea drinkers. G-eraldine County Council—Advertise purport of proposed traction engine by-law. J. Ballantyne & Co.—Make a special display of novelties for spring and summer season to-morrow.

J. W. Hunter—Shop and dwelling house to let; also, great sale of stock, as he is leaving district. Guinness& LeCren—Hold unreserved sale of Australian and Foreign rugs in the Temuka Volunteer Hall next Tuesday. T. & J. Thomson, Timaru—Notify arrival of goods for summer season.