LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1343, 21 May 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thb Hilton Post Owiob.—Mr T. Carter haß been Appointed Postmaster at Hilton.

The Outwabd 'Faisco Maii..—The outward iLail via San Francisco closes on Satur> day next.

Bank Holidays. The Bank of New Zeuland, Temuka, will be closed oa Monday and Tuesday next.

Yoluntebe Field Day.—On Monday next the Canterbury Yolunteers will have a field day at New Brighton, and it it expected there will be a large muster.

Thb Gbain Season. —TLe number of saris of grain received bv rail at Timaru up to the 16th inst. was and bv road 40,782, making a grand total of 165,229. Masonic.—The regular monthly meeting of St. George's Lodge, Temuka, on the 28th May is adjourned. Due notice will be given of emergency meeting to be held on 4th June.

Blue Ribbon Abmy Choik. Those ladies and gentlemen willing to assist the choir at Mr Booth's meeting in Temuka era requested to attend a practice in the Volunteer Hall to night. Atjotion Sales.—To-day Mr K. F. Gray, holds a sale of old bridge timber at the north approach to the Opihi bridge. To-morrow he will hold his monthly stock sale, and alio a sale of household furniture and effects. Particulars will be found in advertisements.

Pbbsbttbbian Cht/boh, Tbmuka.—During the past day or two a number of the trees surrounding the Temuka Presbyterian Church hare been cut down, and the lower blanches of those left standing taken off. This should make the church far lighter and dryer, and is nndoubtedly a great improvement. Stbat Cattle. —On Monday, at the Geraldine Resident Magistrate's Court, Thos. Bates was fined 25s for allowing five head of cattle to wander at large, fl. C. S. Baddeley, Esq., R.M., was on the Bench, and he intimated that in future the full penalty, 10s per head, would be inflicted.

The Consulting Enginebb op the Timabu Habbob Boabd. The Harbor Board at Napier on Tuesday declined to allow Mr Goodall to make fixed periodical visits to Timaru, but intimated that any aphcation for leave of absence to visit Timaru would be considered. Local Option Poll.—The ratepayers in the Mackenzie Licensing District are either not satisfied with the accommodation and refreshments provided by their resident bonifaces, or think that they are making " too good a thing " out of it. At the reeent Local Option poll, by almost two to one, they decided in faror of increasing the publican's licenses (10 to 6), and with regard to the accommodation licenses there was not one vote recorded against an increase. Something New.—The "Wellington Post says:—ln consequence of the complaints lodijed against a master of the Bulls sshool, for having inflicted unnecessarily severe punishment on one of the boys, the committee has drawn up a list of offences to which the head master has filled in a code of punishments. The lightest penulties are " standing out " or " standing on the form," and increase in severity up to " palmies " with " tawse," and finally to expulsion, Gebaldine Rifles.—The first regular drill of the corps was held in the drillshed— Mr W. S. Maslin's auction room—on Monday evening, when a squad were put through their facings by Lieutenant Ward. The room is not large enough to exercise the whole Compuny at once, so the men have been divided into squads, each having an evening to itself. The second squad is under a non-commisioned officer and the third and fourth under Captain Moore and Lieutenant Pearpoint respectively.

Tbain Aebangembnts.—ln our advertiscolumns will be found the train arrangements made by the Railway authorities for the Dunedin Birthday Race Meeting and the Grand National Steplechases, etc. Excursion tickets to Dunedin, available for return till June Ist, will issued at the Temuka Station on the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th insts., 23s 6d first-class, and 17s 6d second do, Saturday return tickets, available for return till the Ist June, will be issued on the 23rd and 25th from any station to any station. On the 26th Saturday return tickets will be issued to Christchurcb, and these will also be available for return till the Ist June. Admibal Tbtoh's Pboposals.—A letter has been published from Admiral Tryon to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, in which he urges that the Australian Colonies should come to a united determination to refuse all concessions or supplies that may be demanded by an enemy, and should agree that in every case whether a house, a village or a town suffers from an enemy because the demands are bravely refused, the loss incurred be made good out of the general revenue of these colonies. Mr Service stated he thoroughly agreed with the Admiral's views, and addeA that the whole matter seemed to demand federal action. THE Habd Times.—The hard times during the last few years have been severely felt in the Wanganui district, and the Yeoman, in giving an account of the annual meeting of the local Building Society, gives one or two illustrations of the great depreciation in the value of property this has cavsed. The following is an instance'.—A piece of land with a house on it in the country wai a few years ago bought for £3OO j additions were made to the house, and the owner had then to put it up at auction. Ho valued it at being worth £l5O at the least, and it sold for £lsl Another instance was that of % house which had cost £4OOO and sold for £ISOO. The property was at one tim» said to be worth £SOOO. The Late Temuka Road Boabd OtebSEEB, —From a report in a recent issue of the Press we gather that Mr P. Sinclair, the late Overseer to th» Temuka Road Board, has been appointed Overseer to the Springs Road Board. He attended a meeting of the Board recently, and made a speech, in the course of which he thanked the members for having given him the appointment, and also the late Overseer for the way he had " coached " him up in the work. He also expressed a hope that the members would assist him to carry out his duties. We are really glad he has secured the appointment, and Bincerely trust he will succeed in giving satisfaction.

Hilton Dancihg Class.—The Hilton dancing clues will be opened in the schoolroom to morrow evening.

Government Life Assurance.—Policyholders in the GovernmsntLife Assurance Association are reminded that the snnual meeting takes place in Wellington on Wednesday next. Sale of Trees. —ln our advertising columns will be found particular* of the sale of fruit and forest trees,, etc, to be sold by Messrs J. Mundell and Co., at Messrs Coombs and Chapman's Nursery, Gerddine, on the 26th inst. A Caution.—A man named James Patterson was fined 40a and costs at the Police Court, Aahburton, on Tuesday, for haying obtained a drink during prohibited hours at a certain hotel by falsely representing himself to be a traveller. The offence for which Patterson was fined is a very common one. Mb Wakefield's Novel.—The publication of Mr Wakefield's novel, " The Hermit of Island Bay," has excited much interest and amusement in Wellington. There was a great demand for the paper, and Monday's issue, containing the opening chapter of the novel, is not to be obtained for lore or money.—Press.

Ammunition Contract.—Colonel Whitmore has just ooccluded a contract on behalf of the Government with Captain Whitney, of Auckland, for the manufacture of half a million rounds of snider ball ammunition. The price is bufcn slight advance on the imported article, and Captain Whitney has men in his employ acquainted with the manufacture of cartridges. It ii understood that the powder is to be obtained from Dunedin. Colonel Whitmere expects to be in Auckland until after the Queen's Birthday. Temuka Rifles. —There was a very good muster of the above Company at the quarterly Government parade held last Tuesday evening iu the Volunteer Hall. All the commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers were present, together with about 34 of the rank and file, making the attendance altogether 41, beside the band. Major Newall, the District Adjutant, was in attendance and put the corps through their drill for nearly three hours, at the close of which he complimented them on their efficiency ; especially the reoruits, who behaved excellently. He also told the corps that there would be a great field day in Christchurch on the Queen's Birthday, and that Buch as liked to go would get free passes. The N.Z. Exhibition.—The allotment of space in the main building of the New Zealand Exhibition is almost completed. The delay has arisen through the total applications exceeding the amount first provided for. It is not intended to allocate space according to provincial division, but to group together as far as possible analogous exhibits. The selection of juries has been fixed on a basis which it is hoped will give confidence to exhibitors. It is proposed that juries should be selected by a Committee, and that that Committee should be composed one half of persons selected by exhibitors and one half selected by the local Committee. The exhibition will only be open on two evenings in the week, when concerts are to be givsn.

The Ckew or the Nightingale.—The Arawata, which arrived at Auckland from Fiji yesterday morning, brings news of the safety of the missing crew of the brigantine Nightingale. On the 9th instant the barque Remingo, bound from Newcastle to San Francisco with a cargo of coal, put in t" Levuka, having on board Captain Short and the missing men, who had been picked up in an open boat at sea. According to the statement of the mate, the vessel became waterlogged on April 19, and the crew, eleven in number, took to the boat on April 20. After going about two miles five of the crew considered the boat overloaded and returned to the ship. The boat experienced fair weather till April 26, when the sails of the Remingo were descried, and that vessel picked up the castaways. On the following day there was a terrific gale, which would probably have swamped the boat.

Tbadk with the South SEiS.—Sir Julius Vogel has received the following letter from the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce : "Dunedin, 15th May, 1885.—1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst., intimating that the Government bare established a regular steam communication between New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, and Tahiti, with the express purpose of fostering and extending the trade of New Zealand with those islands. In answer, lam requested to say that the Committee highly appreciate the efforts of the Government to extend the trade of the colonies, and that they will be prepared in every way they can to encourage operations in the new field thus opened up for the commerce of New Zealand, The establishment of a direct line of steamers to these Islands should lead to the extension of the trade of this colony, and though Dunedin is not so favorably situated as the more northern ports, the Committee feel assured that the enterprise usually ascribed to her merchants will not be slow to take advantage of the opening thus presented to them. Any«Suggeßtion you may offer for the attainment of the object sought will receive most careful attention from the Chamber. (Signed) E. B. Cargill, Chairman." Beware of packages of injurious stuff porting to make genuine Hop Bitters; also preparations and fluids said to contain all the properties of American Hop Bitters. They spring up on account of the great popularity of the genuine, which is only put up in large square-panel amber-colored bottles, with the names "Dr 8oule," and "Hop Bitters" blown in the glass, and if the best family medicine ever made.— Bead Advt.