LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2563, 3 October 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Burglary.—A man named Percy Austin Quinlan has been arrested on a charge of entering a house at Oamaru and stealing jewellery valued at £4O. Ihe Christchurch Seats.—A telegram has been received from Sir Robert Stout that he has decided not to stand for Christchurch. —The Prohibitionists have decided to bring forward three candidates for the city seats. Special Settlement.—The executive of the Auckland Special Settlement League, which was the first to take up land in the Ohura Valley, have decided to take a block of 9000 acres of bush in the Waoku survey district, Hokianga. Farmers’ Co-OPERATIVE.-The Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-operative Association have declared a dividend of 8 per cent., with a bonus to the shareholders on purchases of 5 per cent. The number of shareholders has doubled during the year. Temuka Stock Sale.—The fortnightly sale of stock at Temuka takes place to-day. A number of entries will be found in our advertising columns. Messrs Webster & Co. sell at the same time and place a complete iron shed, 57ft x 35ft, with 9ft studs, taken to piecesready for transport. The Waitohi Flat Concert.—ln our report of the concert at Waithoi Flat it was stated that all the accompaniments were played by Miss Ross of Timaru. This was a mistake on the part of our correspondent, as the majority of the accompaniments were played by Mrs J, A. McCaskill, of Temuka, and Miss Bonn accompanied her sister. The Weekly Half Holiday.—Telegrams from Wellington and Dunedin state that the Legislative Council having thrown out the Shop and Shop Assistants Bill, many of the shopkeepers who now keep a weekly half holiday intend to abandon it, as some of their competitors have refused all along to join in the movement. Many favor a compulsory half holiday. Land Settlement Bill.—The Canterbury Progressive Liberal Association passed the following resolution, to be forwarded to the Speaker of the Legislative Council: — “ This meeting protests against the action of the Upper House in throwing out the Lands for Settlement Bill, and considers the time has come when all important questions should be submitted to the referendum.” Women’s Duties.—The Catholic Times saysSo women have the franchise. Well, there is a good deal of work for women in the political as in the social world, and if she does it well—and who is to say that she will not ?—this new power will not have been given to her in vain. Her first great business should be the regulation of the liquor traffic. If she succeeds in wiping out if s many evils —if she succeeds in saving from wreck and ruin the hundreds of young lives perishing every year through it—then blessed will be the day when the extended franchise became law.” On the other hand, the New Zealand Tablet is the selfconstituted champion of the liquor traffic, and thus doctors differ. Standard Manures, Attention is directed to the Standard Manure Company’s advertisement, which appears in another column. The headquarters of this company are at the Washdyke and are under the management of Mr C. Bourn. The manure has been well spoken of. and this year the company is in a better position to supply farmers than on any previous occasion. Owing to a death in the partnership the Belfast Provision and Produce Company had to be wound up, and the South Canterbury Company, of which Mr Bourn is Manager, tendered for the stock. The result was that they got it very cheap, and now they can afford to give the benefit of it to farmers by giving them a first-class article at less than market prices. Tb Whiti. —A Manaia telegram says : Te Whiti’s mana has been gradually getting less for several years past, and an effort to renew the old prestige was made on the 18th, when a monster meeting was held at Parihaka, at which dark sayings were again resorted to. A fresh movement has been started by the proclamation by the followers of Te Whiti as the King of Peace, but whether the title has been assumed is not lelear. Parihaka is at the time of these arge meetings very noisy through the use of intoxicating drink. Te Whiti’s adherents have been confirmed in the belief of his divine mission, and in token of submission to him wear a white feather in their hats. A competent judge says that there is more enthusiasm now in Te Whiti’s favor than there has been for years. Collision with an lobberq.—Captain Cowan, of the ship Wellington, bound from Picton to London, which put into Rio in July, having been in collision with an iceberg. reported that she struck an iceberg off the Falkland Islands at 4 o’clock one morning. Captain Cowan and his mate had both been injured previously in 50deg S., 150 deg W,, by a sea which was shipped, and which smashed the wheel, injuring the helmsman, who was in the hospital at Rio de Janeiro

when Captain Cowan wrote. The collision with the iceberg killed two men in their berths. The bowsprit and everything forward were completely carried away, with part of the stem to the second plate. The foreyard and foretopsail yards were right, bat everythig above that was gone. The bawsepipe was smashed and the windlass damaged, and the forestays and fastenings were gone altogether. It was a very serious

affair, and but for the collision bulkhead holding out, with the help of sails drawn across the bows, the vessel must have fpqpdered. BlSHOI? JU{jp§ AIJD FRANCHISE, —The following pastoral letter frprp the Bishop of Christchurch, was read at St, St. Saviour’s Church, Temuka, and St. Mary’s, Geraldine, on Sunday—“ To the women of the Church of England in the Dipcese of Christchurch Grace and peace be with you; 4 rppst important change in yoqr relation tp the State has been brought about by the passing of the Act for extending the franchise to the women of this colony, which seems to call for a few words of counsel from your Bishop. What is your duty under these new conditions 1 It may be that some of you. averse from inter- ; ference in public matters, or for other : reason?, \fiJl refrain from claiming and : gxejrcispg jthp ppvreps which have been conferred upon yojf, 'a#d I heay • thaf com- : paratively few women havens yep enrolled, i Now it is quite clear that unless the great < majority of sensible intelligent Christian ! women of the colony qualify themselves to i vote, the privilege of the female franchise i will bp ejejeoipd pply by a small and fapaticpi section pf the pf will < geryp pnly fp ppt $ few more vpcqs at the 1 dispell oi tbe'mih H' either ciise the 1 ■ 3 "VAtttef iflflpepcp pf wpipep wijl be t true anu x ,. _ ‘ yatspie|etie§§ gf { lost to the State. * aloiut, £ humanity is found not in tue nor in women alone, but in the two com- p bined. Women are specially endowed. I Fheir influence is moral and religious. In a bhe intuitive sense of righteousness, and in n obedience to duty, they are superior to men. t Hitherto this side of our nature has been a most imperfectly represented. Now is the e ;irae for womanhood to express itself. It g s quite vain to ask whether women desire t ihe franchise. You have it. and you must \ ise it. The power is conferred upon you I >y God, not by man. In the interests of noraiity and pure religion, I urge upon you - 0 claim and exercise your right of voting, n oberly, fearlessly, and as ip the sight of > M," *

The Txmahu Seat.— Mr E. G. Kerr has decided to contest the Titnaru seat at the forthcoming election. Mr J. S. Keith is also mentioned as a probable candidate. Board Meetings. —The monthly meetof the Temuka Road Board will be held today, that of the Geraldine Town Board this evening, and that of the Temuka Town Board to-morrow evening. Enrolment Forms. —Mr E. Robson, Secretary of the Geraldine Liberal Association, has received 1000 enrolment forms from the Government, and we hear that nearly one half of the people of Geraldine —those at the south end of the town—have been enrolled and the Association are now working at the other end of the town. Stud Horse. —On last Friday Mr Buckingham brought his entire horse Lord Lyon to Temuka, and we had a good look at him. Lord Lyon is not in the pink of condition, but that could not have been expected, as until very recently he was ploughing and carting and doing all-round farm work, a thing which is to be placed to his credit. Lord Lyon is new to the district, and is a bright bay with plenty of bone, and good action. He possesses all the appearances of a good Clydesdale entire, and is an acquisition to the district.

Bishop Mohair—The Otago Daily Times says:—Bishop Moran,we are pleased to learn, is now out of danger, and is rapidly progressing towards complete recovery. A few days back he received a communication from the Hon. J. A. Tole, on behalf of tho Auckland branch of the Irish National Federation League, sympathising with him in his illness and expressing pleause at his recovery. By direction of the bishop Father Lynch has telegraphed the following message to the Hon. Mr Tole:—“ Bishop Moran now, I may say, out of danger, and rapidly improving in health. Deeply grateful for the warm message of sympathy and kind good wishes.” Business Change. —Mr R. Morrison, Geraldine, advertises elsewhere that he has retired from business, and takes the opportunity of thanking his friends and customers for their support. Mr Morrison, who is one of Geraldine’s old identities, has run the Beehive General Store for the long period of 26 years, and of course has seen trade in this district at its very best and very worst times. From the first of this month his sons have taken over the business and stock-in-trade, and will trade now on their own account under the name of Morrison Bros. The Morrison Bros, are well known as energetic and businesslike young men, and are no doubt capable of carrying on the business successfully.

“ Woman in the 20th Century,” —This is the title of a lecture to be given by Mrs W. D. Meredith Burn in the Temuka Parish Hall, next Thursday evening, and in the Oddfellows’ Hall on the following evening. The subject of the woman of the future is fraught with great interest, the recent bestowal of the franchise on the sex in New Zealand, bringing it before everyone with additional force. Mrs Bum has delivered the lecture in other places with great success, holding the attention of her audiences from start to finish. Added to this she must have a large number of personal friends in the district, where she resided until a few years ago, and we have no doubt she will have large audiences. Distkict Court. A sitting of the District Court will commence at Timaru to-day, before His Honor Judge Ward. The following are the cases set down for hearing:—Civil Cases —J. Young v. E. Allen, claim £4B ; to be called and further adjourned. Colonial Bank of New Zealand v. John Eiohmond, Mr Postlethwaite for plaintiffs, claim £l9O 11s lid, balance of account, Thomas McGrandel v. Joseph Jones, claim £IOO damages for assault and attempt to give into custody on a false charge of be'ug drunk in a railway carriage on the sth March last; Messrs Perry Perry and Kionerney for plaintiff, and Mr J. W. Whita for defendant. In Bankruptcy—An order of discharge for Elizabeth Melton will be applied for. Probate— Probate will be applied for of the wills of the late Eobert Gardener and W. H. Revell.

Amateur Cycling Club.—A general meeting of the recently-formed Cycling Club was heLl at Geraldine on Friday evening last, when there was a fair attendance of members. It was decided that the club affiliate with the New Zealand |Cyclistß Alliance. A letter was read from Mr Rhodes, M.H.R., wishing the club every success, and enclosing a handsome donation. He also suggested a name for the club, which, however, did not seem to suit the majority of its members, and it was finally decided to give the club the title “ Central Amateur Cycling Club,” and that the subscription fee be ss, ladies to be admitted for half price; the colors of the club to be black and white cap, with black stockings. Rules were formed, and it was decided to have them printed, and given to each member. Mr W. Turner generously off red the use of his room for the club’s meetings, which was accepted with thanks from its members. The meeting then terminated.

Timahu A. and P. association. A meeting of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Saturday. Present—Messrs J. King (President), W. Hay, Talbot. Wyllie, Davie, Lyell, McLaren, Irvine, Murray, Austin, Quinn, Goldie, Orbell, Campbell, and Stevenson. Some gaps in the judges list were filled up by fresh nominations, some of the gentlemen who had been selected being unable to act. An intending exhibitor had asked whether he could enter his sheep under the name of hia estate instead of his own name. It was pointed out that as the estate was not registered as a subscriber double entry fees would have to be paid ; and added that if the desire was to distinguish the fiock, that could be done by adding the name of the estate to the owner’s. An application for a fruiterer’s stand having been made it was agreed to add one to the list of “ privileges.” The secretary reported that since last meeting he had received several more private prizes. In one case a prize of £5 for yearling stock by a certain entire was objected to, as special entry was not stipulated for, the objection being that the donor would get an advertisement at the Association’s expense. The donor to be informed that he must stipulate for a special entry. The President reported that the produce shed had been blown down, ppd was now ip. the course of re erection. Two new members were elected,. Messrs J. A. Macdonald, of Totara, and F. W. Donkin, of Woodbury. Success of a Temuka Boy.— The many friends of Mr Peter Thompson, well-known in Temuka, will be glad to learn that he occupies one of the most responsible positions in the Hon. J. G. Ward’s Ocean Beach Freezing Works, which employs about 90 bauds, and is the largest concern of its kind in the colony. The following appears in the Southland Times:—The result of the suggestion thrown out at the recent social held at Ocean Beach Freezing Works has been the formation of a committee for the purpose of raising funds to get a j-ibfafy ffp emp|qye<i t The resist of their canyas bps beep vepy satisfactory, and already a sum of upwards of isifi hag been raised. This bps been subsidised by the proprietor pf the works (the Eton. J. G. Ward) to the extent of 4 fqr so that the epmuiittee start with » very fair sum on mud- Apppt 15° volumes have already beep ordered, together with a number of jhe leading p[a% apd weekly- newspapers of shg cpjopy. A farge pnd very neat book, fe? wonerly keeping the hooka is being • «v»,in t«0 social hall by Mr Panion >uc * • w ™ka. At a meeting held foreman of the .. , few nights ago it was decided that the □embers contribute Is per month to mam - ain the library and provide further 000k 8 j ,nd to this arrangement the whole of pg imployes have agreed. The following jeutlemen have been elected as officers of he movement:—President—Hon. J. G. Yard; Vice-Presidents—Messrs J. Fisher, ) Mitchell, P. Thomson, W.' Panton, R. A. biderson; Treasurer-H. Ellis; Secretary -J. Moore; Librarian—J. McKeig; Comnittee—The Vice-Presidents and Messrs J, IcKeig, Lindsay, Flaus, Moore, _ Rooney. 3UiB ppd Gihson j D. HitobeU, ohaumw,