LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2413, 18 October 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Tejicka Stock Sam.—The fortnightly sale of stock, etc., takes place at Temuka to-day. TIMAW Show. -- Entries for cattle, sheep, and pigs, closed Gn Saturday. All othC? entries, with the exception of those for two special prizes advertised in another column) close to-day. Early Clip.—Some bales of wool from IVl> R. H. Bhodes' Claremount Estate, were received by Messrs Guinness & LeCren in Thnaru. on Saturday. AucKLANU.—Tho building trade has greatly improved; there is more work in hand and in preparation than at the same period for the last five years. The timber trade for the past week or so has been brisk. The Kauri Timber Company are running their mills overtime to meet local orders. EiiiiiTTANCK of Sentence—His Excellency the Governor has remitted the remainder of the sentence of two inonthn' ~,-arisen m cut imposed upon Mr E. A. rf*'.*-** i'or criminal libel, two thirds of whlckhas bee!? His Excellency has also remitted the fined* £SO imposed by the Court. Accident. —Mr Donald Ross, of Waihao, was out shooting on Friday evening, and after getting through a wire fence attempted to draw the gun after him. The trigger was at half cock, but the weapon exploded and the charge went through the palm of his hand shattering it badly. Dr Barclay hopes that the hand may be saved. Looking kou Powder. A settler named Peter Wotten, residing at Panaparama, Wellington, entered an outhouse on Thursday night in search of blasting powder, when a spark from the candle which he was carrying ignited the powder, and he was blown out of the building. He was burned about the head and chest, and was scat to Welliagton for agiioal treatmexu\ !

The Weather.—The weather still continues cold and showery, and yesterday the various rivers in the district were slightly flooded.

Social at Temuka.—A social under the auspices of the Temuka Lodge of Good Templars takes place in the Social Hall to-n-.orrow evening. A good programme has been arranged, and the admission charge is only (id. R.vngitata Sheep.—Mr Grant, of the Washdyke, on Friday last shunted from Rangitata Station 37 trucks containing over 2000 sheep for Addington. These sheep are till " freezers " for the Home market and maks the largest mob that has ever left the Rangitata district for freezing purposes. Temuka Rifles. —An important notice to members of this corps will be found in our advertising columns. To enable all members to qualify for capitation. Special paraies will be held every Wednesday night until the end of the year. The first specia parade takes place to-morrow evening, and it is hoped there will be a good attendance.

Geealdine Shearers Union. —An adjourned meeting of the Geraldine Branch of the Shearers and Labourers Union was held on Saturday evening. There was a fair attendance, and Mr R. Hammond occupied the chair. The new Constitution drawn up at the last conference in Oamaru was confirmed, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : —President, Mr R. Hammond; Vice-president, Mr J. P. Kalaugher; Treasurer, Mr Stonehouse. A committee with power to add to their number was elected as under ;—Messrs J. Bennett, R. Bennett, J. O'Niel, R. Richards, A. Aitken, M. Burridge, Hansen, and Fitzpatrick. A vote of thanks to the delegates for their attendance at conference was passed, and Mr Hammond thanked the Union for relecting him as President. This terminated the business. An Awkward Predicament.—A man named John Wallace, a farmer at Pleasant Valley, got himself into an awkward fix last week. He was " discing," and while riding on the cross bar he got hisfeet caught in the discs and was thrown forward into such a position that he could not extricate himself. He was, fortunately, able to free the horses, but he himself was a prisoner for fully three hours before he was released. The probability is that he might have had a night's lodgings in the open air if Mr Lysaght and another young man who were returning from work had not heard him and gone to his assistance. As it was he was so exhausted that he had to be helped to his home. The " Grand Old Man."—A Home paper says :—" Mr Gladstone has received a very high colonial compliment. Sir George Grey and thirty otaer members of the Nmv Zealand Legislature ha/e sent him the followinggecial salute —'Faint not from old age ; ba stca ifast to the end.'" The same paper says further on : —" This is singularly appropriate, for age seems to tell little on the wonderful tempsratnent and constitution of the venerable statesman, and he is showing the tenacity of purpose which is one of the chief attributes of true greatness."

South Orabi School Committee.—The monthly meeting of this committee was held in the schoolroom on Saturday. October 15th. Present—Messrs Ellis (chairman), Bates, Edwards, Pearce, Bracefield, and Cross. The head master's report was read. It showed 115 names on the school roll, and that the average attendance for the five weeks ending at date was 77. Mr Cross, the visitor, reported having visited the school and finding everything in good order. The school and out-houses had been well attended to by the janitor. It was resolved to call for tenders for trimming fences at once, and the chairman and Mr Bates were authorised to accept same. Mr Edwards was appointed visitor for the ensuing month. It was reported that the concert and dance held on October 7th in aid of the prize fund was a successful one, the school being packed at the dance. On the motion of Mr Bates, seconded by Mr Cross, a hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Mrs Corbett for having kindly provided refreshments free for all who had assisted at the concert, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mesdames Loach and O'Neil for their assistance with the refreshment at the dance ; also to all who helped to make it a success. The chairman was authorised to pay concert accounts. Accounts amounting to £1 3s !)d were passed for payment, and the meeting terminated.

The Cure ov Drunkards.— The Melbourne correspondent ofthe Taieri Advocate writes :—All Melbourne is marvelling' over the miraculous cures af drunkennesss effected at the Tyson Sanitoriutn, where drunkards of the most hopeless kind are, in a few days, permanently cured of all desire for liquor and discharged, sound and vigorous in mind and body, if many of them far better men, physically and mentally, than they had been for half a life time. The cures have been demonstrated in the best possible manner by the redemption of sundry drunkards of the vilest sort, remitted to the sanatorium by the magistrates at the request of the Evening Standard. One of these was a howling, violent inebriate, suffering from delirium tremens, who had generally drank about 20 pints of beer to-day, and more when ,hecould get it. Another was so far gone as to have suicidal tendencies, and both were picked out by Mr Panton, R.M., as about the worst that came before him at the time. In two days the 20-pint man had lost all desire for liquor, and could not bear the smell of it; while the would-be suicide is quite rational, and both declare that they are going to work and earn money. The sanatorium is a large and handsome buildin? of 40 rooms in Marlton Crescent, St Kilda. formerly the St Kilda Grammar Shool. It is surrounded by pleasant gardens, is furnished with every oomforfc, including a library and a billiard-roora, and is as pleasant a home as men need wish for. Of course it is not meant for pauper prisoners, but paying patients, who are restored to the world, perfectly recovered, in 21 days. During that time the kindly, genial physician actually allows them to have drink if they want it, but after the first day they do not express the least desire for it. The cure itself is, of course, a secret, but it is evidently a powerful tonic, rather bitter, and producing a wonderful appetite. New Zealand v, English Mutton.— The Glasgow Weekly Mail of August 20th says : Butchers have been and now are buying lamb at (id and 7<J-d per lb and they have been charging for it lid to Js per lb, and show no sign of lowering their prices. Even these exorbitant profits do not content them, so they resort to the trick of selling foreign lamb as English. New Zealand lambs are imported and sold to the West-End of London butchers and others without caul or feet say at Hi per lb. They are sent out with the addition of a caul, and with a big foot attached to each joint, and the price charged is lid per lb. The same clover conjurors who must nsorls be paid Cor their legerdemain, buy New Zealand sheep at the low prices quoted, and sell them as Scotch, at the top price of the market. When asked "How came this mutton to be frozen ?" the reply is "We are obliged to keep ij) in a refrigerator during this hot weather," This is the way they coin money at the West-End. For at least iui'6e mollis American hind-quarters of bc" f were sold to the butchers at' -id and 4id per lb v/iih the flank off, and these were resold as best aberdml. All this assures us of the excellence of foreign meat, I* speaks well for the meat and bad for the butchers. This very day, I am told, the West-End butchers and other elsewhere are busy attaching the big feet to the foreign lamb and selling- American beef as best Aberdeen. They do it with a skewer, I believe. Now it is not every one can tell foreign beef from Scotch, but every investigator can tell the difference between a big foot attached by a skewer and one which grew naturally on the spot. In the face of these tricks it would be justifiable, for once, for customers to play the part of Paul Pry, a» 1 ascertain what is going 00,

Timaru Woollen Mills.—The Timaru Woollen Mills will shortly be in operation again, running on the co-operative principle. The workers will have the good wishes of all for their success. Physiognomy.—Mr O. B. Hugo, the well-known phisiognomist, will give a lecture in the Temuka Parish Hall, this evening. Mr Hugo having visited Temuka before, it is almost unnecessary to state that he handles his subjects in a masterly manner and his lectures are full of information and interest. Off for a Ckuise.—Captain Bourke, of the Ringarooma has left for a cruise in the Gulf, having the Auckland and Ponsonby Navals, seventy strong - ' aboard. The men were provided with blankets. There will be shot, shell, and torpedo practice in order to give the local volunteers an opportunity of getting an insight into the work. An Old Pretender.—Amy Bock, with half-a-dozen aliases, who has served a number of sentences for victimising persons by means of false pretences, was arrested in Timaru on Saturday. She only arrived in that town on Friday from Dunedin. and began her little game on a lady resident. The accused passed herself off as a " lady tourist, travelling through the colony for the benefit of her health."

Tennyson Smith Indignant.—At Mr Tennyson Smith's farewell at Wellington he expressed surprise at the indifference with which teetotallers had received the news of the abandonment of the Woman's Franchise Bill, and said he expected indignation meetings would be held immediately from Auckland to the Bluff protesting against it. He denounced by name the so-called friends of temperance among the members who had assisted to throw the Bill out. Sporting. The second day of the Victorian Amateur Turf Clnb's Meeting took place at Melbourne on Saturday. The attendance was very large, and included the Governor, Lord Hopetoun, and party. Results : Maiden Plate :' Calculus 1, Captain Cook 2. Nursery Handicap : Wanganilla 1, Somniloquist 2. Caulfield Cup : Paris 1, Yarran 2, Clonard, 3. Steeplechase : Pilot 1, Kalydor 2. Selling Race: Submission 1, Radoo 2. Windsor Handicap: Ascot Vale 1, Berrigan 2. Satisfactorily Accounted For.—lt is believed that the nitro-glycerine cartridge, which was found among railway coal, got there accidentally, and had probably laid in the stack for months. Cartridges containing nitro-glycerine are not used in coal mining, but are emploj'ed in quartz reefing. The cartridge was forwarded to the Government analyst, who ascertained by experiments that only by percussion could it be fired, consequently had the cartridge been shovelled with the coal into a furnace no explosion would have followed.

The Railway Rolling Stock. The Railway Commissioners have issued the following 1 statement re the building of additional rolling stock which has been proceeding for some years, and now having entirely ceased, and no funds having been provided for carrying on more work of this description, has led to the discharge of a number of hands from railway workshops in different centres throughout the colony: —" The Commissioners regret that orders for new rolling stock for the Government railway extension to Mokihinui should not have been issued to them, as it would have 6aved them from discharging a number of men."

Wellington- Woollen Company.—The annual report of the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company shows the balance on profit and loss account to be £8436. After making ample provision for depreciation upon the company's plant and properties, carrying £IOOO to the reserve fund, and the payment of an interim dividend to 31st March at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, the sum of £6902 is available for distribution. The directors recommend the payment of a further half-yearly dividend (the ninth) at the usuai rate of 8 per cent, per annum, which will absorb the sum of £1533, and carrying forward the balance of £5369 to next year's account. The D.I.C.—At the annual meeting' of the Drapery Importing Company, Mr Hallenstein, the chairman, stated that the net profit was £0733, as against £7300 last year, for which addition the company was mainly indebted to the new branch at Wellington, where the turnover had been larger than during the first year at either Christchurch or Dunedin. A dividend of 7? per csnt., and a bonus of 4 per cent, on sbarehol lers' purchases, was declared. £2500 was added to the building sinking fund, and the whole of the preliminary expenses, amounting to £1617, were written off, the directors preferring this to paying a higher dividend and bonus. General satisfaction was expressed at the manner in which the directors and mangers had conducted the increasing business of the company, The Jubilee Singehs. Residents of Temuka will have a musical treat on the evening of Friday next, as this oelebrated band of colored artists intend appearing, as willboobservedln our advertis* ing columns, in the Volunteer Hall on that date. Many residents of this district travelled as far as Timaru to hear them last time they were in New Zealand, some four years a.~o, and were amply repaid for the trouble, all agreeing t'aat their part singing was a revelation. Since then the company has been back to the United Statea and recruited, and the result is, according to the press of Dunedin and the sister colonies, a more wonderful combination, strong in solo singers, and with the addition of a very charming lady elocutionist. They have played to crowded audiences in England and Scotland, and have spent nineteen months in Africa, plaving in every civilised town. Foremost among the recent additions to the company is Miss Mattie Allan, the only lady tenor in the world, who has created quite a furore in the sister colonies, and Miss" Julie Wounlie the electionist, who has the rare faculty of moving you to smiles or tears at will. Mr Orpheus McAdoo, the director, has a phenomenally low voice, and is said to be able to sing two notes lower than any man living. As the concert will no doubt be very largely patronised, we would advi&e intending patrons to secure tickets in advance at Mr E. C. Dann'e, Temuka. Pleavy Flood at Grey mouth.— The town of Greymouth had a narrow escape of another Jubilee flood on Saturday last but fortunately no damage was sustained, though some is reported from up country. It rained from 3 o'clock on Thursday till 12 o,clock on Saturday night. > Early in the day the river was rising steadily, while the news down the valley said that there was heavy rain, and that all the streams were in high flood. The people in the lower part of the town were alarmed, made their belongings safe, and moved out, a con si lerable number taking refuge in the state schools. By the 6 o'clock the water was almost level with the wharf. The concrete coping erected after the jubilee flood prevented the river breaking in on the upp.T part of the town, while the new backing to th i lower part of the wh r'. recently compl ted protected Mawhera quay from damnge. Early in the evening tte water was all rouud the Post and Telegraph Office : from Albeit street to Arney street was all a foot under water, while .18 inches of water was running through the Argus office, The County Council gang and corporation men opened a channel through the front of the lagoon to the sea, the water runnniug out like a river, and this gave the town some relief. The river remained almost stationery till about midnight when the water began to subside slowly; the wind changed to the south-west, and the rain gradually ceased., The Midland Railway works, near Lake Bruimeir, sustained damage; al«o the approach to Red Jack's bridge. Patrick Rogers was smothered by in rushing water, to the manhole of a tunnel at Duffer's Creek; the other men escaped by the tunnel. Numbers of cows, horses, and sheep were swept out to sea from the Upper Valley, Coal Creek Flat emd the racecourse wejQ under water^

R.M. Court.—At the R.M. Court, Temuka, yesterday, before Mr J. M. Twomey, J.P., a first offender was fined ss, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. Upright Conduct.—An incident which shows the high character of an aboriginal Native was related (says the Post.) by the Rev. A. 0. Williams during the sitting of the synod. Some time ago a dog was placed in the custody of Hemi te Mitaa, a -Maori lu,y-reader in the Wairarapa, by a friend, who afterwards went on a visit to another district. Soon after the dog's owner left home the animal worried a number of sheep belonging to a European neighbour of the Maori layxeader. The latter was informed of the occurrence, and at once admitted that, as the dog was in his charge, he was responsible for the loss which the settler had sustained, He gave instructions that the dog should be shot, and after some difficulty he scraped -£SO together and paid the owner for the sheep which had been killed. " Caught On."—The Humber " Star" Safety manufactured by Adams, Curties & Co., at 70, Manchester Street, has "come to stay." Cycles on easy payments. Send for list.—[Advt.j SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS C, A. Crowe—Lost sheep dog. Temuka Rifles—Notice re special parades. John Love Notice re poison laid for dogs. Guinness k LeCren—Entries for Temuka stock sale. Mrs Angus Macdonald—Wants house and table maid. Jubilee Singers —Particulars of entertainment at Temuka. Priest & Holdpto, Timaru-Noliice re JUcCormick reaper and binder. Timaru A. is. P. Association —Notice re special prizes for progeny of Ben Lomond. W. Bowman, Temuka—Has disposed of his business as bootmaker, &c, to Mr Geo. Hancox, who announces that he will hold a month's clearing sale to make room for fresh goods. J. Ballantynefc Co., Timaru—lmportant notice re bespoke tailoring, which after to-morrow .will be .under the charge of Mr Hearfield, a cutter of large experience; moderate charges.