LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2418, 29 October 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Labor Day.— Yesterday being Labor Day there was only one delivery of mail matter by the letter carriers. Fires.— Two houses in North-East Valley Dunedin, one occupied by Mr Sydney Prosser, the other by Mr Williams, the tramway manager, were burned down. Thu Tne insurances total £BOO.

Sale ok Furniture. —The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association hold a sale of furniture in the Temuka Volunteer Hall, next Tuesday on account of Mr A. W. Mann, who is about to leave the district.

Physiognomy. —Mr Hugo will lecture at the Waitohi School on Monday, and at Orari School on Tuesday. At both places the lecture will be illustrated by paintings and sketches, and by faces drawn on the blackboard. Woodbury Sports. —We would remind those interested that entries for the annual Woodbury Sports on oth November close with the Secretary, Mr H. McLeod, on Monday evening. The prize list, with cost of entrance for the various events, will be found in our advertising columns. Accident.' —A youth named Brosuahan met with a painful accident last Wednesday. He had climbed a tree for the purpose of unfastening a swing rope, and, after he had done so, dropped to the ground from a height of about eight feet. His left leg struck a small stake, which entered the flesh for a considerable distance. The sufferer was taken to Dr Cayley for treatment.

Wesleyan Church, Temuka. — The services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. The services will be special, being in connection with the Home Mission. The Rev. J. N. Buttle, of Sydenham, will preach in the morning, and the Rev. J. S. Smalley, of Waimate, in the evening. The sermon in the evening will be a special one to young men and women, the subject being “ Columbus.” Literature. —ln another column will be found particulars of the annual visit to the district of the agent of the New Zealand Tract and Book Society, with a large stock of evangelical literature, comprising bibles, prayer books, special assortment of Sunday School library books, gift books, &c., also Christmas and other cards. This year Mr J. R. Macdonald is in charge of the depot, and doubtless among his customers will be many old friends, who will be glad to renewing their acquantance with him.

Postal Returns. —Thereturn of revenue collected at the General Post Office and in the several postal districts of New Zealand for the quarter ended iiUth September last shows the amount to be £17,5-lb. The cash received for telegrams during the same period was £2l,Hoi, while Government messages of the value of £50!)7 were also sent. These returns are slightly below those for the corresponding quarter of last year. During the quarter euded 30th September, £155,007 was deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank in the colony, while £120,184 was withdrawn, the excess of deposits over withdrawals being £2!),122.

An Old Game. —We have been informed that an individual is travelling the district selling parcels or boxes of soap, alleging that some of the packets contain valuable articles, such as watches, etc. For the packet 2s (id is charged. We don’t know that some of the packets do not contain what they are said to do, but we have not heard of any valuables being got in this way, while we have heard of one or two persons who have found, to their cost, that the packets they have bought contained nothing but a piece or two of soap, worth a few pence. People would do well to be wary.

Salvation Army. —The Temuka corps of the Salvation Army has just concluded their annual week of prayer and self-denial, resulting in a good success, over having been raised. Amongst the friends who contributed were Mr A. E. G-. Rhodes, M.H.R., and Mr S. Buxton, also friends and sympathisers from Temuka and the surrounding - district. Pleasant Point, used by the Salvation Army as an outpost, raised over £7. This year’s seif-denial effort broke the record of all previous years, Captain Meroier wishes to thank the public for their sympathy, also the soldiers and friends for the way they have worked and helped. Primitive Methodist Church.— The special mission services conducted by Mrs Wright, of Wellington, will be brought to a close on Monday night, when a farewell coffee supper will be held in the church at 7.30. The services held this week have been very successful, the church being well filled every night, and it is believed that a great deal of good has been done. Mrs Wright has made many friends during her stay in Temuka, and no doubt they will be glad of an opportunity of saying good bye to her. Mrs Wright conducts services to-morrow morning at Geraldine, and afternoon and evening at Temuka, when she will be assisted by the Rev. W. Woollass.

Lecture. —On next Thursday evening the people of Temuka will be alforded a real treat. Captain Jackson Barry, who is at present staying with Mr John Gunnard, will deliver his famous lecture on colonial life, the proceeds going to assist the unde for building additions to the Catholic schools, Those who desire to hear tales of adventure, and hair breath escapes by flood and field will hud their tasres gratified by the narratives of Captain Barry's reminiscences. How he got amongst the Maoris in lc>'!7, and was conlemnel to death but escapul by- marryiug a Maori ia'iy will term a part of toe lecture. Captain Barry is one of the founders of three colonies, and the author of three books which have had a largo sals. As an indication of too revpjet la which he is held we may 1 rcuyark that he has a free pass enabling him'to t-iayc) free of charge wherever he likes in all'Cic colonies so long! Gis he lives. Tuis is in of his/ \ife-long services.

Thu Accident at the Manse Uiudc K—.AVe feapu that all the articles lost by the MUses Hay iu faeij; recent accident in the Tcmpka ,I'jver have boon found, with the exception of a ladies’ gol-.l watch un.l a llu-sian leather ladies' handbag-, containing a necklace and some money. A reward of ;'i3o is offered for the contents of the bag, and an additional Sim wUI be paid to the finder of the watch. It was thopy-hp a t first that the bag- had floated some distamjg down the river, as a strong- current was running at tiro time of the accident, and iiu experiment made with a similar bag showed that it did not sink. A subsequent discovery, however, made on Thursday gave a different result. A handbag dropped into foe stream at 'the d/sappeared below the surface after floating about iOO yards, fl-p.d as, with the exception of a rug, none of the things were found beyond the first rapids below the fsa#pe, it is believed that the bag will be found p r Q gp-eat distance below the crossing. When tbp river is clear and the light favourable the bottom of the river can be seen iu the deepest pari?., and a thorough search of the deep water can bo made either on horseback or from a punt, and the shallower water presents no dillicul ty. If the current ; has carried the bag down the river .there will be mope ground to search over, and the task of course, more difficult, Jmt the Maoris have taken the matter jn hand and in the course of a day or two we cxpeo.t to | hear of success rewarding- their eflorts. The necklace, we understand, was a urescat, and Miss Hay is particularly desirous 031 that account that it should be found.

Forgery'.— At Palmerston North, a young- man named Thompson alius Tattlin has been committed for trial on charges of stealing a registered letter and forging Post office orders.

Cycling-, —W. J. S. Hayward, of Christchurch, has lowered the New Zealand one and two-mile bicycle records. The track was in good condition. The one mile was covered in 2min 42 4/oth sec., and the two miles in smin 22 2/sth sec. Fine. —By a big fire at Terrace End, Palmerston North, on Wednesday night, Parker Bros.' grocery store and the old Dramatic Hall were burned down. The Princess Family Hotel had a narrow escape.

Dangerous Wards. —The North Canterbury Hospital Board decided to ask the Governor to appoint a Royal Commission to enquire into the state of the wards which the medical staff have condemned as unfit for patients, owing to their unsanitary condition. Masonic.— -At the quarterly communication of the New Zealand Grand Masonic Lodge at Christchurch, Bro. Henry Thomson, first Grand Master, was presented with a cheque lor one hundred guineas and a massive gold jewel, subscribed for by the members of the craft. Banking Records. The Wellington Times publishes statistics compiled from the banking - records of the colony, which show that the deposits bearing interest have increased during the last decade by five and a-half millions. During the last year alone the increase was nearly a million. Foukd Drowned, —On Wednesday afternoon the body of Charles Thomas Barnard, an elderly man who was suffering from cancer in tne face, was found in the river Avon, Christchurch. He left his home at >St. Albans at an early hour on Sunday morning. At the inquest the verdict was “ Found drowned.”

Good Competition. —At the sale of Crown lands, at Dunedin, three pastoral runs were disposed of at a good advance on the upset prices. The bidding was very keen for small grazing runs, two realising double the upset, one in Marewhenua three times, and another in the same district nine times the upset. Temperance. —The Diocesan Synod at Christchurch passed, by -10 votes to 20, the following motion : —“That in the opinion of this Synod, a carefully guarded system of local option is urgently required in order, by means of the voice of the people, to reduce the number of public houses- in any locality to a minimum of such houses actually needed.” Narrow Escape. A resident of Otautau, Southland, named Goughian, was handling a revolver, not knowing that it was loaded, when it went off, the ball entering the forepart of the head. The operation of trepanning was performed, and the bullet was removed in a flattened state from impact with the bone. The man is doing well, and there is every prospect of his recovery.

The Unemployed. —About a hundred of the unemployed waited upon the mayor of Dunedin and local members of Parliament on Wednesday morning, stating that the majority were in destitute circumstances, some having - been more than six months out of work. The mayor promised to consult the departmental officers with a view to seeiug- how many hands would be absorbed on the Gatlins River Railway, and on roadmaking. One member of the deputation said that a feeling of disgust was being aroused among the unemployed in regard to the co-operative system. Floated Opp.— The barque Weathorsfield, which had been floated off Otaki beacu, was towed into Wellington harbor on Wednesday afternoon by the steamers Hinemoa and Mana. The Weathersfleld was wrecked on the Otaki beach on Sunday morning, Bth April, 1888. She was then under tne command of Captain Sherris, and was seventeen days out from Brisbane, on her way to Lyttelton, in ballast. The officers and crew landed safely. The position of the wreck was about seven miles north of the Otaki river, and near the mouth of the Ohau xieer. She struck at about 4 o’clock in the morning, and when dayiigl.it broke, was found to be lying on an even keel broadside on to the beach in shallow water, with her head pointing to the south-east. After an attempt to float the vessel she was sold for £SGO to a Wellington syndicate. It is believed that the hull is uninjured.

The Napier Divorce.— ln the Joshua divorce case at Napier on Wednesday the cross-examination of the witness Tuft was continued. She contradicted herself on some minor points, but adhered to her main statements. Evidence was called to prove that on several Sundays when Joshua was accused of visiting Tuft at Farndon he took his meals at the Criterion in Napier. Annie Tuft’s father and brother were called to corroborate her evidence in part. On Thursday in the divorce case the evidence of Mrs Wright, wife of the manager of the Spa, related to the piecing of the tornletters by Mrs Joshua, and to the conversation between the two women as to the causes leading to the separation of Joshua and his wife. Tnis alleged conversation corrobrated much of Annie Tuft’s evidence. The case against Mrs Joshua closed ou Wednesday, some of the witnesses coming out badly under cross-examination. The case for the defence was opened, Mr Gully stating that he would prove by independent witnesses that the evidence given against her was a mass of deliberate perjury, Presbyterian Synod.— At the Presbyterian Synod at Dunedin ou Wednesday the report of the committee on the state of religion was received, the chief subjects dealt with being gambling, impurity, aud

family religion. It stated that it was evident that society was pervaded by a spirit of gambling, an indescribable amount of which was carried on in connection with the hotels in town and country. The tatalisator encouraged the gambling spirit, anti tfhis under - the of fictitious respectability. Ko effort shouV lhe spared to repeal the Act making the totalizator an instrument of jjublio revenue. Impurity exists! to a wide extent, although those within, the Church were to a great extent free from this vice and gambling. Family religion was stated to be ou the decline. Tu the deliverance adopted it was resolved /m issue a pastoral dealing with gambling, I imparity, and family religion. On Thursday the question of the Confession of Faith was brought up. The committee submitted the Declaratory Act of the Free Church of .Scotland, and ijhe Rev. Mr Ferguson moved that it be referre 1 to the Presbyteries and .Kirk Sessions, with a view to its adoption. This was agreed to. an amendment referring the Act to a special committee being lost. The report ou temperance was brought up. It referred with satisfaction to the spread of the principle. It also stated that, with only fpijr returns to come, the committee were able to «uy that they possessed an entirely total abstaining ministry, mid the hope was expressed that the day was not far di.-taut when the elders and deacons would also bo so. Dr Watt demurred to the report, and said that so ,I'ar as he was concerned, he bad found it necessary for his working power to take wine or something ejUe.’ l;u' was explained that Dr Watt’s report, bad come pq hand after tlje committee had prepared their report. A deliverance was adopted, rejoicing at the striking progress which temperance is maWicg, strongly urging the Church as a whole to renaei every assistance to overcome the gigantic and unspeakable evils which flow from the drink traffic, and to move the legislature to take some steps for the practical suppression of the evils of the diityk traffic, and finally that the time bas arrived when, the Church must take up a united,' clear, an 1 unotmuroni isiug position in regard to this tremendous social question. A railroad 109 miles long is soon to b built across the Caucasus Mountains—o “the inhospitable Caucasus ” of the fincients.

Perils op the Sea.—An awful experience at sea is reported by the barque Hcsper, from Kobe to San Francisco. When 75 miles off the Japan coast a rumbling was heard, and immediately the vessel was thrown on its beam ends. Immense waves came tumbling towards her, and rushed on deck. The water was boiling hot and the men were driven into the rigging for refuge, where they remained for five hours. During this time great blasts of sulphurous gas escaped from the boiling ocean, and almost suffocated the crew. The scalding water melted the pitch in the deck seams, and the roll of the vessel was so great that the main top cross tree was pitched over the side. The men momentarily expected the masts to go overboard. The phenomena disappeared at the end of eight hours, but most of the crew were ill for several days.—Sydney Morning Herald. Machinery.—The appliances at the New Zealand Cycle Works are unequalled. Come and see where “ Stars ” are made ; they are the best. Adams, Curties and Co., 70, Manchester street, Christchurch. —[Advt.] The best medicine known is Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, inll uenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis inflammation of lungs, swelling, &c., diarrhcea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs In use at hospital and medical clinics all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medal and diploma it International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article, and reject all other®

SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS N.Z L. & M.A.Co.—Notice of stock sale at Temuka. Guinness Sc LeCren—Notice re Temuka stock sale. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. Geraldine Fire Brigade—Grand social on Thursday next. Primitive Methodist Churoh —Services to-morrow. Mr O. E. Hugo—Notice re lectures at Waitohi and Orari. J. Brown, Temuka—Has few sacks good seed barley for sale. Priest Sc Iloldgate, Timaru—Notice re McCormick reaper and binder. Captain William Jackson Barry—Lecture at Temuka on Thursday evening. J. Hay, Solicitor, Timaru— U2O reward for return of Russian leather lady’s handbag and contents. F. Franks, Eclipse Bone Mills, Temuka Has pure bone dust and superphosphate of lime, equal to imported, and at cheaper rates for sale.

Win. Frew, Hatter and Clothier, Temuka —Will open his place of business at Temuka during summer months on Saturday evenings only. Reid & Gray—Special notice re Mercer Non-canvas Binder; binding twines at lowest prices; notice re digging ploughs, harrows, windmills, etc.,- catalogues on application. C F,C. Association—Entries for Temuka stock sale ; sell household furniture on account Mr A. W. Mann, immediately after stock sale ; also hold important unreserved sale of drapery and clothing, on account of Mr J. W. Pye, at his old premises on Thursday next; also horses, spring trap. etc.