THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22,1894. LOCAL & GENEBAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2754, 22 December 1894, Page 2

THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22,1894. LOCAL & GENEBAL.

I Christmas DAY.--On Tuesday next tbis paper will not be publish We wish our imQm J-e compliments of the seJ"* 011, „,. CblV&Ou OV England, Temuka.—_ services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. "-7ANIDB ov Potassium.—The Cabinet have o'ceiurf to offer a bonus for the manufacture of cyanide of potassium. Wjsslkyaw Guuncii, Temuka. The services for to-morrow wiU be found in our advertising columns. The Trains.—ln our advertising columns will be found the train arrangements for the Christmas holidays and the Ashburton Caledonian sports. Temuka F. kH. Society.—A meeting of the committee of this society was held last evening, but we are compelled to hold over our report until next issue. Government Expenditure.—The Government have authorised the expenditure of £275 for repairs at the Timaru Police Station and £3OO on Akaroa roads. Temuka Brass Band. The Temuka Brass Band announce that they will make their usual tour on the eves of Christmas and New Year, the proceeds going to their uniform fund. Why be persuaded to buy a cheap, trashy piano when you can purchase one of those beautiful Co! lard & Collards on such easy terms at Begg & Co.'s, next Theatre, Titnaru.

Primitive Methodist Church.—The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns. Temperance Mission.—Mr R. Crabbe, who cornea with an Australian reputation, lectures on " Temperance " in the Temuka "Volunteer Hall to-morrow evening, and at Orari on Monday evening. Cricket.—All player* are invited to take part in a practice match to be held on the ground of the Temuka Club on Christmas Day. Sides will be picked on the ground at 2.30 p.m. sharp. Ward left Wellington for the south by the' Doric on Thursday night, and the Premier left yesterday for Kuniara. Mr Cadman left yesterday afternoon for the ndrtb, and Mr McKenzie expects to get away for the south to-day. Land Settlement.—Upon the recommendation of the Land Purchase Board the Cabinet decided to make an offer for several blocks of land in the vicinity of Temuka, and Oamarn, which have been placed at their disposal. The Reciprocity Question. —The proposal of the Canadian Government that the products of the Dominion be admitted free into New Zealand in exchange for the admission of rabbitskins and leather from the colony will be held over until the revision of the tariff is considered by Parliament next session. Caledonian Sports. —On Wednesday next (Boxing Day) the annual sports gathering of the Temuka Caledonian Society take place, and, judging by the list of entries for the handicaps and the interest evinced in them, they will be quite as popular and successful as in former years. This year the entertainment following the sports will be given by a Christchurch company, and, judging from the reports we have heard, of. their abilities, it will be quite up to the usual standard of excellence. Tickets of the entertainment and programmes of the sports are selling well. Christmas Publications. —We have always looked upon our two weekly contemporaries as wonderful literary productions, considering the population of this colony. They are, in point of fact, equal, if not superior, to weekly papers published in any part of the globe, and are a credit to New Zealand. There is one of them which we despise politically, but from a journalistic .point of view we must regard it as a splendid production. We refer, of course, -tio the Weekly Press, which is splendidly got up, ably edited, and in every way worthy of the cathedral city. Its Christmas number is now before us, and contains, besides the usual quantity of general information, a splendid assortment of photographic views of New Zealand's most interesting scenery. Starting from the .Christchurch Railway Station, the journey to the West Cost over the Otira Gorge is graphically described and beautifully illustrated, and, besides this, several views of various parts of the world are given, as Well r as photos, of South Canterbury belles. The paper is a splendid sixpence Worth! The Canterbury Times maintains its traditional supremacy as one of the best, if'not the best, in the Australian colonies. It has put on a picturesque Christmas robe of great beauty and interest on. Its front cover is a splendid picture of Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, and the back cover is ornamented with a picture of the office of the Lyttelton Times, first number of the Lyttelton Times, published on January 11,1851, and on November 22, 1891, the Canterbury Times of the same date, and Star of the day previous. Inside this cover is a splendid paper, containing several illustrations of places of interest, besides a photo, of the members of the New Zealand Press Association, who met at a conference in Wellington on the 31st of last October. There is, besides, an extraordinary amount of excellent reading in it, and, taken all round, it is a publication of which New Zealand may justly feel proud. Now is the time to buy that piano you've promised so long. It will cost you about 9d a day at Begg & Co.'s, next Theatre, Timaru. SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS. Church of England—Services to-morrow. Primitive Methodist Church Services for to-morrow. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. H. W. Lovegrove—Wants to purchase or hire grass seed strippers. N.Z. Railways—Arrangements Ashburton Caledonian sports. E. Brown —Large assortment of fireworks for the Christmas season—oheap ; also jam jars, preserving pans, cutlery, lamps, etc., Jas. Harrison —Particulars of new stock of goods just opened out for the Christmas season;

P. Franks—Notice re eclipse manure. A. W. Ga&e —Tenders for hoeing turnips. J. A. McCaskUl Arrangement for Christmas trade.

J. W. Miles—Special display of Christmas presents, etc. •