LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1182, 24 May 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Football.—A scratch match will be played in the Park to-day at 3 p.m. All players are requested to attend. VoiitTNTEEE Ball. —The annual ball under the auspices of the Temuka Rifle Volunteer?, takes place on Monday night. Dancing will commence at 9 o'clock.

Seed Wheat.—The National Mortgage and Agency Company, Tims.ru, announce that they have large supplies of seed wheat of several descriptions for sale. A Good Estate. At a meeting at Auckland of the creditors of Hitchens, of ' Blood Restorer' fame, the statement of the Chairman showed £3OOO surplus over liabilities.

Thb Loss OF the Syeia at Fiji.—Later advices regarding the wreck of the Syria at Fiji state that all but three of the Lascar crew are missing ; also seventy coolies. The vessel broko in two on the morning of the 13th.

Pbesbtteeian Soibee.—The annual soiree in connection with the Presbyterian Church, at Geraldine, will take place on Monday evening next. Tea will be on the tables in the Oddfellows' Hall at 5 p.m., and the concert will be under the able management of Mr Edmonds, of Temuka. A list of the ladies and gentlemen taking part in tbs concert will be found in the advertisement, and we can anticipate a treat.

Thk G-oykknmbnt Insubancb Case. — Writs at the suit of George Thome, junr., against the Commissioner of the Government Insurance, were served on Thursday morning. The exact amount claimed is £4OOO for breach of contract, and £409 for corumissLa alleged to be due. Mr Shaw, who is acting for the plaintiff, has retained the services of Sir Frederick Whitaker, of Auckland, and Mr Jame» Smith, of Dunedin.

Aoain Absent Minded. —Says the Wellington correspondent of the Press: —'I understand that the Eeturning Officer at the recent Thorndon election has decided not to proceed against the Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, M.L.C., for his alleged breaeh of the Corrupt Practices Act. It will be remembered that at a previous Thorndon election, some two years ago, Mr Pharazyn was convicted of voting twice, and fined for the offence. The conviction carried with it disqualification for three years. A clause cf the Act, moreover, renders a person so disqualified liable to a penalty of £IOO should he vote at any election during that period. Mr Pharazyn, who is advanced in y«ars, seems to have forgotten all about this little fact, and duly registered his vote held on Tuesday week. Subsequently he appears to have discovered his mistake, and, it is said, applied to have the voting paper given back, a request which could not of course, b« acceded to. The affair seems to have been an act of pure inadvertence.'

Debating Society.—A meeting was held last Thursday evening in the reading room of the Temuka Mechanics' Inatituto for the purpose of forming a Debiting Society. Dr Hayes occupied the chair. Mr J. Ashwell, the convener of the meeting, explained the object. Tbe Chairman explained that as the meetings would be held in the Institute it would be necessary for membors to become members of the Institute also. The charge for the Institute would be 5s 6d per quarter, or £1 per year. Mr Ashwell said most of those who would join were already members of the Institute. The Kev. T. A. Hamilton moved —"That it is desirable to form a Debating Society to be called the ' Temuka , Debating Society.' " Mr Ashwell seconded the motion. Mr Twomey suggested to alter the name to the Temuka Literary and Debating Society. That would embrace all. This was agreed to, and the motion was carried. Mr P. Wareing moved—" That the Kev. T. A. Hamilton be president of the Society." Mr Twomey suggested that they should agree as to the constitution of the Society. It was necessary that a resolution should be passed specifying the number of officers by which the Society was to be

governed. Mr Wareiog said that was what he had proposed. The Chairman said Mr Twomey wus right, and invited him to move a resolution to that effect. Mr Twomey then moved—" That the Society shall be under the management of a president, vicepresident, a Secretary and Treasurer (combined) and a committee of five, three to form a quorum." Mr Hargreavea seconded the motion. Mr Gurr suggested that the number of vice presidents should be two mislead of one. This was agreed to and the motion was carried. The officers were then elected as follows : —President, Rev. T. A. Hamilton; Vice-Presidents, the Eev. D. Gordon and Dr Hayes; Secretary and

Treasurer, Mr Gurr; Committee, Messrs O'Halloran, John Wood, Gray, Hargreaves, and Ashwell. It was arranged that the inaugural meeting show'd be held on Tuesday, June 3, and that the Committee should, in the meantime, draw up rules for the guidance of the association. It was also agreed that the meetings should be held on Thursday evenings, once every fortnight. The fee of admission was fixed at 2s 6d for the season. It was paid by most of those present and the meeting separated.

The Responsibilities or Fbeeholdebs. ! There is a considerable area of land immediately surrounding the town of Invercargill that, although in private bands, has remained until now in a state of nature. A member of the Tow* Council, Mr W. Y. H. Hall, moved a resolution the other evening to the effect that Parliament be applied to by the municipality for power to acquire at a fair pr*ce all such blocks of land as abut on or adjoin the town boundary, and are at present allowed by owners to remain unproductive, or which owners refuse to sell or let ; except at excessive or prohibitive prices ; and a'so for power to compel such owners to sell or lease such lands at fair prices or renti, and on fair conditions ; such to be fixed in every case by arbitrators or Govern menb assessors in the ordinary way. Football.—The New Zealand representative football team played a match against a Wellington fifieen on Thursday afternoonThe weather which had been extremely boisterous until one o'clock cleared up, but the Newtown Park was in a very sloppy condition. Two spells of 25 minutes each were played, and for the first the representative team had the wind in their favor. To individualise the play of either team would be a matter of great difficulty, as shortly after commenomg play it was difficult to identify the players. The representative team won the game by two goals to love. TeD minutes after the first spell Ryan had a pot at goal, which resulted successfully. From this until nearly half-time the game was even, but here Allan made a desperate effort ' to cross his opponent's line, but, being unsuccessful, he passed to Taiaroa, who in turn passed to Dumbell. The latter had a pot at goal, but the leather fell short and the local half-back mulling it, Roberts, who had followed up, secured the ball and touched behind the goal line. The kick was entrusted to Ryan, who placed another goal to the credit of his side. The second spell was a hard fought one, but no further score was made. For the representative team Taiaroa, Ryan, Allan, and Roberts, were most prominent, while for the local fifteen Campbell, Cooper, and King did the hardest work. The team left for Sydney at 6 o'clock, and were escored to the wharf by the members of the various Clubs, who expressed a hope that the New Zealand representatives would be successful in the sister colony.

Timabu Woollen Factoby Company.— At the half-yearly meeting, of the shareholders of the above Company, on Thursday evening last, the report and balance sheet showed that 3364 shares had been taken up. The amount paid on these amounted to £920 7s, and £424 10s remained due. The expenses to date amounted to £B9 19a 2d, £745 had been placed in the bank as a fixed deposit for 6 months, and the cash in hand amounted to £SB 5s 4d. The Secretary said that a good many more shares had been taken up lately, no less than 190 being applied for within the last fortnight. These were not included in the report. It was resolved —' That this meeting is in favor of further efforts being made to extend the share list, but do not authorise the Directors to take any steps towards erection of buildings or ordering any plant until £6OOO of shares at least be subscribed ; that three month' from now the Director* shall call a general meeting and report progress; in the meantime a thorough canvass of the town and district, to be made ; and that the Directors in the meantime be authorised to complete the purchase of land.' The piece of land (half-an acre) referred to it situated near the gas works, and is offered to the Company for £4BO, £l5O to be taken out in shares. The eleotion of Directors resulted as follows : Messrs T. Amos, J. Hill, H. B. Courtis, E. Cornish, J. O'Bryan, W. Priest, W. J. Tennent, and J. Crawford.

How to Get Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will want to know How to Get Well. Which is answered in three words —Take Hop Bitters. Bead Advt.

Mr F. Dierck has 10,000 stone piles on sale at Geraldine. Messrs Sando and Sanderson, Timaru, have a farm at the Waitohi, under crop, for sale. Mr T. Hampson of Temuka, announces that he is prepared to asphalt back yards or footpaths.

In another column will be found Messrs Coy and Drummond's advertisement, from which it will be seen that they are holding a monster cheap sale. Messrs Coy and Drummond are giving up business altogether, owing to their lease of the premises expiring at the end of July. In consequence of this they are selling out at a great sacrifice, and their sale is undoubtedly genuine. It is needless to say their stock is a first-class one, there can be no question about that, and as it is to be sold, cheap bargains must necessarily be obtained there. The sale will continue for two months.