LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2673, 16 June 1894, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

To Correspondents. Letters from correspondents are crowdedfout. Temuka Presbyterian Church. —The Rev. T. Hudson will conduct the services at thi3 Church ]to-morrow. Personal. —Our iocajl M.H.R.'s, Messrs Flatman and Masting leave on Tuesday next for Lyttelton, en route to Wellington. .CHURCH QV England.—The services for to*-morrpw in ppjonecjbiQa with this Church will be found jtf our advertising columns. -'v.ya» Qnmm, Tbmujja, The WEbi.. ~»orrow will be found in services for to-ii*

our advertising columns. . q Thk Tax Department.—Mr G. - Campbell, chief clerk iu the Tax Department, succeeds Mr McGowan as Deputy Commissioner.

Primitive Methodist Church —The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns. Geraldine Racing Club.—Gentlemen desirous of reforming the Geraldine Racing Club are invited to attend a meeting at the Crown Hotel on Tuesday, June 19th, at 7.80 p.m. Opening of Parliament.—Parliament will be opened by Commission on Thursday, the date originally fixed- If the Spsaker is elected iu ti.no the Governor's cpouch will be; delivered next day, but if not, on Tuesday. Temuka Skating Rink.—To popularise the skating rink at Temuka still more Mr Clouston has determined to let the rink on special night* to families and parties on veri' liberal terms. The attendance at the rink up to the present has been very good. Konr.icniiw.—The Wc*lcyan Churoh at Onohuogn was entered by burglars, and rilled, it is believed, of several pounds. The church was to have been opened on Sunday. —The ill ins boxes iu tho Church of the S icrod Heart, Pontonby, Auckland, were rill-id a few days ago.—A house of a farmer at Waitaki Fouth was broken ; nto the other day in the absence of tho prupri. tor, and :i gold watch and a sum of money .-l.olcn. 'i he police, from a description, arrested a man at Hampden. The watch had been sold in Omnoru,

A Copper Lode.—A telegram from New Plymouth says that whilst working at a quarry at Motoura, near the breakwater, a man struck a copper lode. Perpetual Leases.—The Minister of Lands, at the request of Mr Hogg, M.H.R., has agreed to bring in a Bill to enable village settlers to change perpetual leases into leases in perpetuity. The Jessie Readman.—The wreck of the Jessie Readman at the Chatham Islands was sold at auction for £lO to Captain Romeril, of the s.s. Kahu, and Captain Cooper, commission agent. The Loan Company. The general manager of the Loan aud Mercantile Company is in receipt of a telegram from London intimating that the applications already received from shareholders for shades in the new company represent a total of new capital avadable exceeding £600,000. The business of the new company will be resumed on Monday, June 18th. The Paremata Case.—ln the Validation Court, Gisborne, it was announced that all parties in the Paremata case had agreed to a settlement on the lines suggested by the judge, viz., that the mortgage to the bank, which expires within three years,shall stand good, and receivers shall be appointed under the direct control of the court to administer the estate for the natives and pay off the amount of the mortgage. The Hawker Nuisance.—At the last meeting of the Mackenzie County Council a letter was read from Mi J. Siegert and four other business firms in Fairlie, asking the council to reconsider their decision with regard to licencing hawkers and pedlars, as all the ready cash in the township had been taken away by their means.—Consideration was deferred, pending the receipt from the council's solicitor of an opinion as to the definition of a hawker.

Pakihi Literary Society.—The third meeting of the Pakihi Literary Society will be held on Wednesday evening next. The first part of the programme consists of an interesting story, discussion of newspaper topics, a modern sermon, songs, readings, etc. The debate, " Which is the happier, marriage or'celibacy?" occupies the second part of the programme. F. W. Ruddenklau, Esq., will occupy the chair. The secretary wishes it understood that should any night of meeting prove wet, the meeting stands adjourned for a fortnight.

Duty on Wheat.—lt is said that Dunedin merchants are importing wheat from Victoria, and farmers are now making inquiries as to whether there is any duty on it. There is a duty of nine pence per cental on imported wheat, which is about five pence per bushel. If the Victorians can pay that duty and sell wheat profitably in Dunedin, they will be able to beat New Zealanders. Considering that New Zealand can grow more than twice as much per acre as Victoria can it does not appear to us that we have much to fear from the competition.

Illicit Distillery. A Wellington police party (including Mr McKellar, Collector of Customs) on Wednesday found an illicit still in Gollan's Valley, about two miles beyond Day's Bay, on the other side of the harbour. The spot is admirably adapted for the purpose, as it is located near a creek and is perfectly secure from observation. The distillation of spirits had been carried on on a large scale, the plant being of the most complete description, aud a large quantity of whisky was found on the premises. Near the creek was a hut which had been occupied, and there was also a neatly constructed dam. The distillery would be capable of turning out fifty gallons of whisky a day, and dray marks in the vicinity showed that a quantity had been carted away only a few hours previously. A cart was procured and most of the plant was brought into Wellington. No arrest was made. Carrying Out the Licensing Act.— The Dunedin Licensing Committee refused the following applications for renewals of publicans' licenses—Apollo, Walker street ; Royal, Walker street; Ship, Princes street; Anchor, Maolaggau street ; Britannia, Rattray street; Canongate, Brown street; Panama, Stuart street; Royal George and Old Brigade, George street ; Grange, Hanover street ; Pacific, King street ; Ayrshire, South Dunedin ; Star, South Dunedin; White Horse, George street; Bull and Mouth, Maclaggan street; London, South Dunedin ; Prince Alfred, King street; British, George street; Carmalt's, High street; Liverpool Arms, Filluel street; Newmarket, Princes street south. Four bottle licenses were also refused. —At the adjourned meeting of the Chalmers Licensing Committee, it was decided to refuse the applications of William Hume for the Commercial Hotel, and of Archibald Ainge for the Railway Hotel. As one was refused at the previous meeting, this makes a 25 per cent, reduction. Good Return.—Thirty years ago there met in London three men, whom we shall call Brown, Jones, and Robinson. Brown was a young married man; Jones and Robinson were single, and all of them had •paid for their passages to New Zealand. They had to wait for two or three weeks until . the vessel sailed, and, all being strangers in London, they " chummed" together, and met daily. Brown was surprised at not meeting his friends one day, and more so when they did not turn up on the day after, and on going to see them he found them in the greatest tribulation. They had been robbed of everything they possessed in some crush, their boxes were held in pawn by the boarding-house keeper, and they did not know what to do. The vessel was to sail in a few days, and they would lope their passage. They were, of course, strangers to Brown, but he had returned some time before from the Cape of Good Hope, and had cultivated the colonial ways of those days, when little was thought of a pound or two. He had, besides, some means, and he at once released the boxes of Jones and Robinson, and equipped them for the voyage. They embarked on board the ship, and landed in due course in Invercargill. Jones had a brother living some distance from thab port, but he had no means to go to him. Brown again came to his assistance, and provided him with the necessary amount. Twenty years afterwards Brown, now a comfortable South Canterbury farmer, was sitting at dinner in a hotel in Timaru, and when lifting up his eyes he noticed the gaze of a welldressed gentleman, who sat opposite, fixed upon him. They looked at each other, then turned away j then looked again, ftnil each seemed as if afraid of the other catching him looking. Aud still they looked, and still they turned away, till someone called * attlilP, and then the gentleman TV** Irnnw was* *»* th« BrOWn Who wanted to know was «,„ m „ came in a ship to Invercargill. Brown admitted that he was, and said, • You are Jones," and then if they did not embrace they warmly clasped hands. T«!> years afterwards was jjj Christchurch. In the meantime fortune had oWf> harshly with him, and the opulent farmer of ten years previously was now in poor circumstances. He had paid the last penny of his debts, he had handed his farm over to the mortgagee, ti..l was just negotiating about a new speculation. Though usually good-humored and cheerful, Brown was not in very good .spirits, till a hearty shake of the ii'iud aud " iiow are you, old man V ru. ailed him to himself. It was Jones he met. He was staying ut the hotel with his wife an i family, to whom be introduced his friend. Jones had grown rich—'ho enumerated his wealth by tens of thousands, and on learning the troubles, in which his frunl was involved he imme I iately offered to payoff the mortgage on his farm. Brown would not have it; hi; had just cutered on another speculation, which he preferred, but doubted whether lie could raise the necessary capital. .Ju;;es told him not to let that trouble him, and to draw on him for what he r.<juired. '• Aud supposing,"' said Brown, '' njpposing 1 lost it, what then .'"' " Drawn on mo for more," was the reply, and so "a kindness is never lost, even to a dog."' Of course, wo have not given the real names, but the story is absolutely true.

Entertainment.—By an advertisement in another column it will be seen that the pupils and teachers of the Temuka District -High School will give an entertainment in the Voluntaer Hall, Temuka on Friday, the 29th inst. The entertainment will consist of solos, part songs, dialogues, recitations, violin solos, and piano duets, etc. Great preparations are being made, and no doubt the entertainment will be a success. Geraldine Fire Brigade.—At the last meeting (of the Geraldine Fire Brigade it was resolved—" That the secretary write to the St. John's Ambulance Society asking information re the forming of a branch of that society at Geraldine." The idea is a good one, and we hope to see the brigade carry it out. A body of men that can render '* first aid " in case of accident is a great desideratum for the country.

Geraldine Farmers' Club. The general monthly meeting of this club takes place on Monday evening next, when the president, Mr M. C. Orbell, will give an account of the proceedings at the recent Agricultural Conference held at Wellington, at which he attended as a delegate. A meeting of committee will be held at 7 p.m., before the general meeting, and members are requested to be punctual in attendance, as business is of some importance. Scalded to Death.—An inquest was held at Lyttelton touching the death of William Piggott, a fireman, who died from scalds received while cleaning a boiler on the R.M.S. Rimutaka. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by the accidental turning of a stopcock which appeared to be quite unguarded. A rider was added that step* should be taken to secure the stop-valve of a boiler when being cleaned. Bazaar and Gift Auction. The Wesleyan Bazaar and Gift Auction will be held this afternoon and evening in the Drill Shed, opening at 3 o'clock. A vigorous effort has been made to provide a good evening's entertainment, as well as affording an opportunity to the public of purchasing all kinds of fancy articles, . a large quantity of produce, consisting of flour, wheat, oats, potatoes, carrots, &c, also ducks, geese, and fowls, ready for the table. The refreshment Stall will be in competent hands.

W.M.I, and B.S.—At the above weekly meeting there was a very good attendance, 39 out of a4l roll number. The President occupied the chair. A number of fresh members were nominated, the roll called, and a criticism of reports and reporters brought the meeting to the business of the evening, " Note-paper essays," whioh were contributed by Mrs Bates, " Women's rights"; Mr S. Wright, "God in the universe" ; Mr Johnston, " Boards of Education and School Committees, helpful or otherwise to present system of education." The contributors in each case were warmly

thanked, and arrangements made for next Monday evening. The County Question.—At the last meeting of the Mackenzie County Council a letter was read from Mr C. G. Tripp, Orari Gorge, asking whether in the event of a proposal to form the Mont Peel and Geraldine road districts into a county falling through, there would be any means b" which his country could be included withi the Mackenzie County. He also wished t know if the council would be prepared t take over other lands besides his own.—l was resolved on the motion of Mr Richard son, seconded by Mr Hope, that Mr Tripp letter be acknowledged, and that fch

council would suggest that the ratepayer! interested approach the council on th< matter by way of petition. The Collard & Collard pianos hold thei: supreme position as the leading piano of thi world by a twofold title—(l) Through theii unrivalled merits ; (2) by the verdict o; public opinion, this maker having by fa) the largest sale of any piano in the world —Begg & Co., Theatre Buildings, Tiuaaru —[Advt.] SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. N.Z. Land Co.—Geraldine stock sale. Geraldine Road Board—Gorse notice. Guinness & LeCren—Geraldine stook sale Church of England—Services to-morrow H. B. Webster & Co.—Entries Geraldine stock sale. Macdonald & Macdonald—Dissolution oi partnership. Temuka Presbyterian Church—Services for to-morrow. '■■ D. Taylor—Has house and land to let oi for eale. Primitive Methodist Churoh Services for to-morrow. Pakihi Literary Society—Programme for next meeting. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. Temuka Road Board—Notice of intention to strike rate. Temuka Caledonian Society—Social next Thursday evening. Geraldine Racing Club Meeting on Tuesday, June 19th. Bankruptcy Notice—Re Thomas Hall, of Gapes's Valley, farmer. South Orari River Board—lnvites tenders for making a bank at Orari. Entertainment —By pupils attending Temuka Public School, on 29th June. Bazaar and Gift Auction—ln Temuka Drill Shed this afternoon and evening. Temuka Skating Rink—Liberal terms for special evenings for families and parties. Geraldine Farmers' Club —General and committee meetings on Monday, June 18th inst. Pearson's Fancy Warehouse—Notice re sixpenny packets of stationery, also re [ other stationery. J. A. McCaskill Draws attention to stock of fruit, stationery, fancy goods, confectionery, etc. E. C. Dann Notice re cough balsam, chilblain liniment,pure drugs and chemicals, flower and vegetable seeds, etc.