LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2508, 27 May 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

: Primitive Methodist Church. —The services for to-morrow in connection with this church will be found in our advertising columns. ’ A Caution. —A fireman on the Elderslie, i named Merman, was sentenced to three months at Wellington, for drawing a knife on the second engineer. Sudden Death. —The Postal Department have received an announcement by cable that Mr 11. J. Creighton, mail agent at San Francisco, had died suddenly. Cycling-.— A bicycle race, from Papakura to Parnell, Auckland, about 20 miles, was 1 won by E. Reynolds, who travelled the distance in Ibr 24min 45s;c, beating the record for this course. . - . A Nuisance. — A man, with a previous conviction against him, was fined £5 -vml costs for disturbing the Salvation Army at Rangiora on Sunday night. He went to i the hall drunk, and practically stopped the service for half an hour. Inangahua Election. —It is reported that the contest for this seat will be keener than was expected. Later accounts, however, state that Sir Robert Stout’s intends i visit to the constituency has greatly discounted the chance of the other side. MAGISTERIAL.-At the R.T'.l.Court, Temuka, on Thursday, William Wid ams,ayoutb, was charged before M. Quinn E q J. P., with the larceny of certain articles at Winchester, and, on the application of the police, remanded untitl Wednesday next. Dunedin Races. —At the Birthday meeting at Dunedin, the Hurdle Race was won b Magpie, Maiden Plate b/ First King, Birthday Handicap by Melinite, May Trot by Achates, Selling Race by Lord Aston, and Tradesman’s Ffandirap by Au Revolt. Burglaries —On account of the large number of bur laries which have been committed at Wellington of late, the City Council havedecided to write to the Government. asking that four additional policemen should be told off for night duty in the city. Geraldine Brass Band. —Mr E. Robson has been appointed conductor of the Geraldine Brass Band, and it was he that had charge of the band on the Queen’s Birthday, and not Mr Thpma« gherratt, as reported. Mr Sherrat recently resigned the position of band master. The A.M.P. Society.— The agents of the Australian Mutual Provident Society -u Timaru, Wairaate, and Temuka, have received nptiivv that all business in South Canterbury will ba conducted from Oamaru aider June let; their appointments wiU therefore terminate at the end of this month. Fire. —A nine-roomed house at Lower Hutt was destroyed by fire. It was unoccupied, and was owned by Miss Webb, of England, for whom Captain Baldwin is agent. The building was insured for £7OO in the Sun office. The police are making enquiries. It is believed that the house must have been set on fire. 4 LoYaL Subject. — A stranger to the town who ijad been celebrating Her Majesty’s birthday by iOO c.opious libations, was charged at the R.M. Court, Temuka, yesterday before M. Quinn, E-q., J.P., with drunkenness. The offence was proved by Constable Egan, and the offender was fined os or the usual alternative. Horse Sale. A clearing sale of Mr Alex. Mitchell’s plant of horses, waggons, etc., was held at Temuka by Messrs H. B. Webster and Co. yesterday. There was a very large attendance, and the lot were sold at satisfactory figures. The horses were of a class suitable either for haulage or ploughing purposes. Carelessness Somewhere. —During the military sports of tho South Franklyn Mounted Rifles at Pukekohe, Auckland, on the Queen’s Birthday, two ball cartridges were found amongst the ammunition distributed for the Lloyd-Lmdsay match. The discovery was made just beloro the firing began. Several spectators were in the line of fire. Building Societies. —The Premier proposes to confer with the Colonial Treasurer upon the subject of exempting building societies from income tax. He considers that it is a tax upon thrift. It was considered when the land and income tax was under consileration, but for some unexplained cause the question had been lost sight of. The Cheviot Estate. —The Minister for Lands, it is stated, will introduce two bilis in connection with this matter next session. One will create a local body for Cheviot county. The other relates to the machinery for the admiuistrat’on of the estate —(1) To give general powers for the disposal of the feesimple ; (2) for leasing the pastoral land j (3) to facilitate settlement by leasing in perpetuity, * ■

Wesleyan Church, Tbmuka. The services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. Waitohi Flat Library. The annual meeting in connection with the Waitohi Flat Public Library takes placs in the local schoolroom at half-past seven o’clock on Monday next. Local Option. The Sydenham Prohibition League has decided to take the necessary steps in the Supreme Court to give effect to the local option clauses in the Licensing Act in the four new districts of Sydenham. The members present subscribed freely towards the expenses. Sale at Fairlib. —We would direct attention to the sale of horses, coaches, buggies, stable, goodwill of mail contract, etc., by the C.F.O. Association, (Mr J. Mundell, auctioneer), on account of Messrs Shaw & McKay, at the head stables at Fairlie, on Monday, June 5. The sale will start at 10 o’clock. The Hon. Mr Reeves. —The Hon. W. P. Reeves addressed a public meeting at Lawrence on Thursday evening. He denied that the Government were setting town against country, and complained of the Railway Commissioners not making any concession to the labour bureau, while he got concessions from the Union Company and the Manawatu Railway Company. Mr Reeves was also entertained at a banquet. Education, A deputation from the Otago Education Board waited on the Minister of Education at Dunedin on Wednesday, and asked that the “ working average ” instead of the “ strict average ” be resorted to in calculating the capitation paid to Boards, and that this should be taken into account in payment of capitation for the current quarter. The Minister said that he thought that the request of the Board required consideration, and that he would confer with the Colonial Treasurer as to what could be done. Divorce. —At Dunedin Mr Justice Ward delivered Justice in Airfield v. Ahfield and Helwig. He held that there was not a shadow of a case against the co-respondent and condemned as base the action of petitioner’s brother Max in intercepting an alleged letter, and discredited his evidence. As the case rested entirely on the wife’s conlessions, which she emphatically denied, and as there was no vestige of ocular evidence of personal familiarity, the Court certainly could not act on the unsupported statements of the petitioner. The petition was dismissed with costs. The Hokitika-Grey Railway. The Hokitika-Grey Railway was opened on Wednesday with great ceremony by the Premier. The first train from Hokitika took one thousand excursionists. There was a luncheon at Greymouth, trains from Reefton and the Grey Valley, and a train from Greymouth to Hokitika which carried 2200 persons. At the Grey luncheon Mr Maxwell, one of the Railway Commissioners, said that he was astonished at the magnificent support accorded the opening day. The formal opening took place at Hokitika at 3 o’clock. The streets were crowded. The back trains were crowded with excursionists. The Ballance Memorial.— At a meeting of the Ballance Memorial Committee, Wellington, a suggestion that a biography of the Lite Premier be written and supplied to every subscriber was considered. The general opinion was that the preparation of such a work would be too expensive, and it was decided on the motion of the Hon. Mr Rriggs, to go no further at present than to have one published if there should be a surplus after the memorial has been provided for. A subscription list is to be forwarded to the Agent-General in London, and the State schools are to be asked to raise a penny subscription among the scholars. Entertainment at Winchester. A very successful entertainment in aid of the general expenses fund of the Winchester Church was given in the Snnday schoolroom on Thursday evening last. There was a large attendance. A representation of Mrs Jarley’s Waxworks was given by Temuka friends, Mr‘A- G. Cox acting as show-woman. Songs and glees were given by members of the Winchester Glee Club. An appropriate stage was erected by Mr Larcombe. Mr Bates kindly provided stage scenery, and manipulated the limelight. The Rev. Mr Butterfield conducted the singing. All the items were thoroughly appreciated, and on the motion of the incumbent a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the performers. The funds of the Winchester Church should receive substantial help by this effort. Football. —The following will represent the Temuka public school in their match with the Ashburton public school in the Victoria Park, Temuka, to-day:—A. Storey. G. E. Baxter, J. McLeod, W, Palmer, W. Grant, D. McCaskiil, P. Grant, B. Metson, C. Brown, D. Leach, D. Gibson, J. Grant, J. Livingstone, T. Edwards, R. Palmer; emergencies Cooper, Roddick, and Hope.— A match took place on Thursday afternoon between teams representing the Convent school first and pqblio school second, which ended in a win for the former by five points (a goal) to nil. Early in the first spell J. Lavery scored a try for the Convent school which he converted. The ball was forced down behind the dea i-ball line, but as no arrangement was made beforehand the referee gave it as a try. Mr Low carried the referee’s whistle, while Messrs Lavery and Anderson acted as umpires.

0 amaru.' — The Oamaru Mail believes that if any action has been taken, as was state 1 ia Saturday’s cablegrams, by the bondholders in the way of appointing a receiver, it refers to the £IOO,OOO loan debsntureholders of the Oamaru Harbour Board. Upon that loan, which stands in the position qf a second mortgage, no interest has been paid since November, 1.891 —lB months ago. Another half-year’s interest became payable on the Ist of this month, and the money not being forthcoming it is the most likely thing to imagine that the bondholders have come to the con-cl-ision'thatit is afyout time to bring matters to a head, and that they have determined to put into operation the power given to them to put in a receiver. 'Any application of the kind would have to be made to the Supreme Court of Hew Zealand, however, and what has been done is only of a preliminary nature.

Moemonxsm.— -It is nob generally known that a colony pf Mormons has for some years been established in the north-west of Canada, but the interesting report just presented to tne Canadian Parliament affords irrefragable evidence of the fact. The settlers number 93 families ; they possess 1300 acres of land in cultivation, part of which they have irrigated, and a few odd hundreds of thousands under grass. They have a cheese factory, a sawmill, and coal mines. Those \yho know with what liberal showers of mud certain American papers are wont to bespatter the Latter Day Saints wiT perhaps be surprised to hear that the new colonists are reported as enterprising, thrifty, industrious, and orderly.” Those who know that they showed just these (jualifiies at Silt Lake City will not. Xu fact, there is Jittle to be brought against the Mormons, except the galling prophetocracy of their government and their marriage laws. The Canadian Government guarded against the latter by heavy penalties upon polygamy. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Primitive Methodist Church—Services for to-morrow. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. C F.C. Association —Entries for Temuka Stock Sale. N.Z L. & M.A. Co.—Notice re Temuka Stock Sale. J. BP th, Temuka—Tenders for schoolroom at T o vcliff. Guinness & LeCren—Entries for Temuka Stock Sale. Geraldine R fles Fox on Tuesday next. Waitohi Flat Public Library Annual meeting on Monday evening. G. F. Newman, Peel Forest Pound— Notice re impounded dark bay horse,

TEMUKA VOLUNTEERS. On the evening of the Queen’s Birthday the “ social,” which now takes the place of the annual ball, was held in the Volunteer Hall, Temnka, which was very neatly decorated for the occasion by Mr T. Gunnion. In spite of wet weather ihere was a capital attendance, about 58 couples taking part in the dancing. The officer commanding the company, Captain Cutten, was present, with Mrs Outten and Miss Mendelson, and Sir William Blunden, the honorary surgeon of the corps, also attended with Lady Blunden. The absence of Major Young, whQ was detained through business, was regretted, but the presence of Captain Jackson and Gunner Jackson, of the C. Battery Artillery, Timaru, was welcomed. The programme for the evening consisted principally of dancing, but several capital songs were given at intervals by members of the company and visitors. Mr A. Bisset officiated as M.C., and excellent music was supplied by Mr Oliver (violin), and Sergeant Levens (piano). The catering, which was entrusted to Mr J. McOaskill, was all that could be desired. At the close of the first part of the programme the men were mustered and addressed by Captain Outten, who expressed his pleasure at there having been such a good parade, and such interest taken in the shooting. He was also pleased to see that the challenge cup had been won by one of their youngest members. He was unfortunately unable to be present at their last gathering, and the original challenge cup had been given away. They had, therefore, procured a new one, upon which this year’s winner would be privileged to have his name engraved; the vacant space on the shield would be reserved for the eventual winner. Mrs Outten then presented the prizes to the various winners, the top scorers being accorded around of applause as they went forward. The prize list has already been published, but the members of the company desire to mention that the Gladstone bag won by Private Sheen was given by Mr J. W. Miles, the case of sauce by Mrs Young, the table mats by Mr Powlesland, the coals by Mr Blyth, scent by the Hardware Company, the opera glasses by Mr Sira, a pipe by Mr J. Smith, an oil painting by Mr Bates, a pair of vases won by Mr Phillips by Messrs McYicker & Co., a sack of oats by Messrs Macauley Bros., table lamps by Mr Beri and Briscoe & Co., a buggy whip by Mr Brown, 1001 b flour by Mr McOaskill, a table lamp by Mr Harrison, a set of jugs by Mr D. Taylor, a pair of pictures by Lieutenant White, a tin of biscuits by Miss Donoghue, a lamp by Mr Brown, a pair of wall fans and a set of table mats by Mr Roulstou; the prize won by Private Curtis was the gift of Mr Larson, and the dictionary of Mr Dann. The handsome liquer stand won by Sergeant Levens was given by the officers. After the presentation of prizes hearty cheers were given for Captain and Mrs Cutten, and the former returned thanks. The supper interval followed, after which dancing was resumed and kept up until about 2 a.m. on Thursday. The affair was most successful in every way, and has doubtless served to promote a spirit of comradeship amongst the men that should prove of value to the corps. Attention is drawn to an error in our report of Thursday, where the rank of Mr Levens, the winner of two special prizes was put down as Corporal instead of Sergeant. The Te nuka Rifles will parade for inspection by Colonel Fox, Commandant of New Zealand Forces, on Wednesday evening next, at half-past seven o’clock. All absentees will be fined (unless a medical certificate is forthcoming), officers £5, volunteers £l.