The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1150, 18 September 1883, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Deae Meat. —The retail price of mutton in Dunedin is now Sd per lb.

Temuka'School Committee— The usual monthly meeting of the above Committee takes place this evening.

Libbeal Subscription.— We learn that the Rev Father Devoy has collscted about £3OO in the Temuka and Geraldine parishes in aid of the Roman Catholic College, which Bishop Redwood purposes building in Wellington. Geraldine Races,— The Hon. Secretary of the Geraldine Race Club intimates that all entries and acceptances for the various events in connection with the forthcoming Geraldine Races, together with the fees appertaining to the same, must be sent to him not later than 9 p-m. on the 19th instant. A Struggle fob Life.— Captain Haultain, of the ketch Reliance, was knocked overboard while the ketch was -jibbing, last Friday evening, off Whangarei Heads, Auckland. He swam for half an hour, and then stripped off his clothes and made for the shore, three miles off, and, guided by a light, landed on the beach nearly dead, after swimming three hours in a heavy sea.

Protection Against the Thug.— lt has been said that the real protection in London against the Thug is the difficulty, of disposing of the body. The Maunings were forced to bury their victim under the hearthstone, and discovery was easy. Wainright, 12 months after the tragedy, was arrested in carrying the mummified body of his murdered paramour in a car, the wretched man having to remove the remains when he changed his place of residence.

The Salvation Army in Timaru.— On Friday last Major Barker and staff arrived in Timaru and wore met at the railway station by about 70 of the Timaru contingent. On leaving the station , the army marched through the town, and were seemingly the cause of a small boy being run over. Happily the trap (which went over the boy’s leg) was unloaded, and no bones were broken. In the afternoon Mrs Major Barker presented the soldiers of Timaru with the colors of the army. Securing a Wipe. —A male convict at the French penal colony of Cayenne recently obtained permission to marry a female convict j but as the man was a widower, the Governor declared that it was necessary to obtain a ■certificate of the death of his first wife* A communication was addressed to the authorities, but the mail returned without reply. The convict, insisting that the ceremany should be no longer delayed, the Governor said, ‘ But what is there to prove that your first wife is dead ?’ The reply of the convict was satisfactory on this point—- ‘ I’m here for having assassinated her !’— and the nuptial ceremony went on.

Practical Joke. —The first lEmmissary of the Salvation Army that visited Temuka was made the subject of a practical joke. He went into a hotel and asked the first man he met to direct him to where he could find the most suitable building to hold the Army’s parades, knee-drill, or whatever is is, in. The man, who happened to be a bit of a wag # directed him to apply to a certain clergyman in this town, and to the rev gentleman the' Salvation soldier went. The result was that he did not get the church for which he applied, and the practical joker (has very little chance of becoming an officer of the 5 Army until he gives substantial evidence of; having found salvation.

• Winchester Grain Storage and Dees-; SING Co.—A meeting of the ; Provisional Directors of the' above Company was held Winchester on .Thursday,. Mr : James Skinner in the chair. .It was .resolved that Messrs Holwcll and; Grant be added to the Directory. The sub-Gommittee , submitted their report and a draft prospectus, which. was approved excepting the appointment of a Bank, which was referred to a subcommittee to arrange, for. Letters .were read from the Railway Department with reference . to sites and sidings,! and if was decided to accept one on the western side if certain provisions were consented to by the Government. It was resolved that Mr W. A. Murray be appointed Secretary and Broker, and that he be authorised to have the necessary printing and advertising attended to. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. In another column will be found an advertisement announcing the names of the provisional directors. The list contains the names of the most enterprising men in the district, and will, we are sure, be a sufficient guarantee of the genuineness of the undertaking. We shall take an early opportunity of referring at greater length to this project.

Racing Peitilbges.— On Saturday last Messrs J Mundell and Co. sold the variou rights and privileges connected with the ensuing races at Geraldine. Although there was a good attendance at the sale the local hotelkeepers bad it pretty much their own way. The bidding for the gates (two days) began at £6O, and was finally knocked down e , to Mr D Denoon for £74. The grand stand, with two bars, one under the stand and th other in the saddling paddock, was passed over to Mr Bowden, of the Crown Hotel Geraldine, at £45 ; Mr Farrell, of the Bush Hotel, became the possessor of No. 1 general license booth, and Mr R Taylor, of the Geraldine Hotel, will be the proprietor of No. 2 general license booth. Ten pounds bought the refreshment stall, Mrs S Taylor, of Temuka , being the bidder. The right to sell the cards of the races, the club providing them, was knocked down to Mr A Owles. Ho also was the highest bidder for the horse yards, at £7 10s. The right to the games on tnc course was sold to Mr F Bell, of Ti inarm for £3 17s 6d. The biddings were animated throughout.

Annual Rack Ball. Although* th o Geraldine Races will be held so far awa y from the township itself the inhabitants wi [1 be enabled to bare some sport to themselve s on the first rape night, when the annual rac ie ball will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hal 1. Dancing will commence at 9 p.m. The Land Leaguers.—Messrs Redmor id and Walsh, now in Auckland, have received a telegram from the West Coast and oth »r parts of the colony, welcoming them in the :: ■ ir mission and informing them that arrang ’ aments are being made for their reception. Ram Avis.—A hedgehog has bet m jn found in the Pleasant Point district an d the Timaru Herald in writing about it heads the ‘ local’ a ram am. It is tl *; | ie first time wo have heard of a hedgohe ~ ig being a‘rare bird.’ Evidently there,is 1 a ‘rare bird’ in the Herald office. Teaohees’ Meeting.—On Friday nig ! ;hfc last a quarterly teachers’ tea meeting v fag held in the vestry of the Primitive Method jst Church, Geraldine. There were also sever jal friends present. After the tables w , ere cleared a very pleasant hour or so was pass ed, and a largo amount of business connec *■' ted with the school was transacted; Miss A; | 1 mdrews ably presided at the, harmonium, t \ md several songs and recitations were given, ... , J Mbs Langtry. —The Home correspond v ent of the Wellington Post’says “ Mrs Langti ; y’ B tour through Australia and New Zealanc : I j 8 finally settled upon, and the ‘Jersey L, fiy’ will leave ’Frisco for Auckland, New Zeah 1 md, under the management of Charles Mend ' um, early in January next. The terms are said to be something fabulous, and whether . , any of your impresarios will be able to 1 iare what Mendum (for his own sake) must as ik is I think doubtful.” District Couet.—At the District C o urb yesterday, before His Honor Judge W r ard, John Worthington, John Simpson, M. Cc ; filin, G. Cross, and James Langskail obta ; ined orders of discharge from the Bankru iptcy Court. An order for the complete e r "j ’ ; xecution of a deed of arrangement was grant" ed to Francis An application was ma. de to have certain proofs of debt allowed h i the estate of W. A. Murray but it wa'; j not granted; Claiming Relationship. * M ungo ’ writing from Auckland to the Waikato Times gives the following story which seems , to bo new : —The other day I heard a rather good story in connection with the Blue I ~; T libbon badge, which I may as well state at ' ; once was not told by a soldier in the ‘r 1 ' army.’ Some time ago one of our well-known i , ~ sitizens wentdpwn South for a trip. While , doing the lions of Christchurch, he put on I hit best suit of clothes, and i wore his New' t' ' Zealand war inedal ribbon on his breai ; *; jt. He was walking along one of the streets - l 0 f the city of the Plains when a seedy-. ; , -looking individual held out a rather dirty , lf looking hand and accosted him with, ‘ How a • : re y OU) brother?’ ‘I am very well, than £ y OU ,’ replied the Aucklander, ‘ but I do nc think I have the pleasure of knowing you; .» «jfo,* said his new friend, ‘ and Ido not ki ; ao w y OII , but I know the badge, and I am; ; glad to welcome' a soldier of the Blue ' ' Ribbon Army.’ ‘Oh, that’s it,’ said on • P fellow citizen. ‘ How are you, brother p Come and have a drink.’ The seed, y-looking individual withdrew his dirty hand,., ;; an d went away; muttering something about ■! >v‘i trolves in sheep’s clothing: , H/. Winchester School.— The an * nual distribution of prizes to the children attending the aboye school took place bn ' ' Thursday. The Chairman (Mr-Murray) -sail j that in future the prizes would bo given ou fc about; the first of thei> year, and bi* . J them to : work hard for the remaining few months, in i oitdertb ; secure a shaireof the hoi 1 , i: '|j iors which I wiirthen be offered; He hoped ( 1 ' ;hey wo'tddi gain for .their school as favorable a report at' next examination as they did last year. The \ following is the prize list Stan dard IY.t- ' Ist Andrew Moore; 2nd Willie 3 loore, 3rd Lucy Bishop, 4th Rose Gimson a in( j Maggie Austin. Standard 111. —Ist An (/ jelia Philp, 2nd. Arthur Taylor (deceased),.. 3 r fl Annie; Steele, 4th Emma Philp and Johi . j Cameron, j StandardTl.--lßt Annie Gimsor’ 1 • , f 2nd Ged. Blissett, 3rd Sarah Cain, 4th Ari ' thur Taylor and Christina Elee ; Standard 1.-; ■ —lst George! Austin, 2nd; Martha Philp* 3 , r( J Samuel Shallard. Below Standard I.- jj _i ß fc James Moore, 2nd Lizzie Cain, 3rd Rich ar( j Webster. Infants—lst Ridhard Philp, 3rd Louisa Moss, 4th Jol m Philp, sth ! Walter Tayldy, ; 6th Nora' Steel ( ', e> 7th Willie 1 Gimson, Sewing—Standard IY. —Rose Gimson ; Standard lll,—Emma Phi Qp ; Standard lll—Charlotte Gillum; Standai rd I.—Harriet; Cappin. Extra prizes—Best-b r chared girl atj sewing, presented by Miss You j,. ; ID g (Mistress); —Lilly Shallard; good attend; - lance —boys— Andrew Moore ; girls—Annie • Steele. • Oub Representatives.—T : , , ho Southland Times is very severe on the re ' solution come ! toby the House to pay the,...., travelling ex-; penses of members’ wivqs.'',, it sa y ß ._ ‘ These men, receiving such a... , sum (£210) as payment of their expenses for.. , less than three ■ months, and having had the ! £r own passage paid to and from

inexplicable meanness to accep it, if they did not demand, the payment also , . of the passages of their wives! The tiling is almost incredible, and shows a sordidness : j ,! md demoralisation that ought to make ev srybody blush. What plea on earth there car ,be for such a charge on the country is •■ / what puzzles’ everybody to make out, and it' J is inconceivabl | how the Government cou -• Jd have made itself a party to admitting i .. it. It is sheer robbery of the Treasury witl iout excuse or defence. What are the peop rr le to think of a transaction of this kind? ' The country is groaning under taxation, and t here is straitness and hardship in the great ma .jority of homes And it is when this pressure i 8 felfc, that we see money voted away for wl iich the country is not getting a farthing of rt , (turn, and debts, made public debts with whit 1 jh the public Jaas. j not the remotest concern. A /Te suppose the i next thing we shall bear of will ho that the 1 cab hires and milliners’bills of the members’ \ ] wives in Wellington hare b een sent to the 1 ; t Treasury tQ he discharged. > • .

Fatal Accident, —A collier named William Ramsay, of Abbotsford, Otago, was killed at one o’clock on Sunday morning. He was going home when he was overtaken by some horsemen. He mounted a horse, saying he would have a ride, when just as he got into the saddle it gave a sudden swerve and fell on its side, and Ramsay had his skull fractured. He lingered four hours. He was a married man with a family. Arrival op the s.s. Doric.— This steamer from London arrived at the Auckland Heads on Sunday flying the yellow flag. She subsequently anchored off the quarantine hulk. Captain Metcalfe reports that 1 she was forty-nine days out from Plymouth, and called at St. Vincent and the Gape of Good Hope. She has 42 saloon, 74 second, and 464 steerage, of which the Government immigrants hum-'; bered 276 souls. Nearly all the Government immigrants are for Auckland. ; Drs Johnson and Husband report:— ‘ Health good. During the voyage three children died, namely, Philip Johnston Byland, three months, from convulsions Catherine Dyer, two months, , nervous debility ; Winifred Goodwin, ten years*, consumption. Measles broke' out among the ■ 1 Government J immigrants in the steerage nine days after leaving -Plymouth. There have been 25 cases, of which seven are now existing ; no deaths. The disease was confined solely to steerage.’

Temdka Mechanics’ Institute. —The ordinary monthly meeting of the Committee was held in the reading room on Friday evening last. Present—Messrs J S Hayes (President), O’Halloran, Wood, Lawson, Ash well and Aspinall. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The librarian’s: report, enclosing 14s subscription for, the month, was read and considered, and to meet the requirements of visitors Making a short stay in the town it was decided to enable subscribers to join for, one month for the sum of two shillings. It having been suggested that perhaps travellers and others making use of the library' would contribute a trifle if there was any convenience for doing so, Mr Lawson offered to provide a box for the purpose, and Chis offer was accepted with thanks; ' Accounts amounting to £7 3s 6d were passed for payment. The list of papers and periodicals was carefully revised, ;and the .Committee were reluctantly discontinue many papers they would gladly have retained, *in consequence of the small amount of support given to the Institute by the residents in the district. The meeting then terminated.

i Tenders i for ploughing 300 acres lea land > for Mr John Eelland close to morrow. c 5 The Mount Peel Road Board invites ten- > ders for improving Cross Road, Peel Forest. , ‘ Mr K F Gray, auctioneer, Tomuka, notifies that the sale at the Arowhenua Hotel was } withdrawn. ‘ 1 Mr'R H Postlethwaite invites tenders for f carting wheat from Raukapuka estate to the ji Ofarirailwhy station. r Horse cards—Owners of stud horses are . informed that horse cards second to none 1 in quality l and 'price -can be obtained at the 1 Temuka Leader and Geraldine Guardian ; printing offices.. Inspection invited. . , , ‘ Thiel: Heads, ‘ heavy stomachs, ‘ bilious | . conditions—Wells’, May Apple Pills—antibilious, carthartic. 5d and ls. Moses, . Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents. | 1 Messrs R Wikin and Co, auctioneers,; ; Timavu, will sell skins, hides, etc, at their \ ■ Robins tb morrow. Oh Saturday , next they ji 'will sell the house and freehold how 1 in thb| | ;bccupation of M>s ! Louisa!Gameron, Timaru. \ l ; ' • ‘£lOfi Rbwardi—They cure all diseases! ■ { 'of the f stomach, bowels, * blood,' liver, ■ nerves -tod’ kidneys, 'and £loo* will’ bej i i paid for ! a'case they will' not cure'or help, j * or for anything impure or injurious found' | in them—Hop Bitters. Test it, —Read. j