The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1435, 1 December 1885, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Town Board. —The monthly meeting of the Board will be held tomorrow evening. Geraldine Town Board. —The usual monthly meeting of this Board takes place this evening at half past seven. Geraldine Monthly Sale. —Mr K. F. Gray announces that he will sell sheep cattle and pigs at this sale to-morrow, Winchester Pair. —Messrs J. Mundell and Co., will sell sheep, cattle and pigs at Winchester Pair on Friday nest. Temuka Road Board. —The monthly meeting of the Temuka Road Board takes place to-day. Contractors are reminded that tenders for shingling part of \Vhite’s road, close at 10 a.in. Entertainment. —The entertainment in aid of the priza fund of St. Saviour's Sunday School on Friday next takes place in the Oddfellows’ flail—not the Volunteer Hall as stated in our last issue. The first part of the programme consists of vocal and instrumental music by the scholars and their teachers, and the second of a very laughable farce. Licensed Victuallers’ Association.At a meet ing of licensed victuallers’ —convened by Mr E. W. Morrison, a delegate from Auckland—in Timaruon Thursday last,it was resolved to form an Association for the District of South Canterbury, on behalf of which delegates would be sent, to the Grand Federal Council of Licensed Victuallers that is proposed to be formed. The Hudson’s Gargo. — All Saturday and yesterday a number of conveyances were kept busy carting from Milford to Temuka the cargo so unceremoniously discharged from the barque Hudson when recently stranded, and is of a most miscellaneous character and varies much in condition. It -is being stored in Mr K. F. Gray’s Wool and Grain Stores. Cricket. —A match will probably be played with Timaru next Saturday, and the Temuka eleven will be picked from the following members ; Messrs Brown, Gurr, Bryars, Fish, Heap, Hay hurst, Pinckney, Betlmne, Ogilvie, Wood, Haines, Cleave, Murray, Rout, Findlay, Davey and Rev. Mr Hamilton, who are requested to practice as much as possible before Saturday. i Auctions at Geraldine. — To-morrow Messrs J. Mundell and Co,, submit to j auction at their Geraldine saleyards the whole of the live and dead farm stock of Mr Wm. Young, consisting of sheep, horses, pigs, d.f. plough, etc., etc. Messrs Mundell and Go. also hold their monthly stock sale on the same date. Particulars will be found in advertisements. The Emu Minstrels.— This clever little company opened to a good house in the Oddfellows’ Hull, Geraldine, on Saturday evening. The impersonations of negro characters, sustained by Messrs Walter Gregory and Frank Berrot, were very good and their jokes caused much amusement. The latter also tang 'some very good songs. Miss Bina Everett, who is possessed of a rather pleasant voice, also sang well. The best part of the entertainment, however, was the dancing of Mr Walter Gregory. He danced an Irish jig and a sailor’s hornpipe splendidly, and had to respond to enthusiastic recalls at the conclusipn of each performance. The entertainment was concluded by a negro farce which created much amusement. Accident. —A nasty accident happened to Mr Denis Connolly on Sunday evening. He was riding home from Geraldine to the Orari, and when pulling up his horse at Dobhie’s Creek it shied, and Mr Connolly checking it sharply with the reins it fell with him. His foot being held hv the stirrup iron, Mr Connolly was dragged through the creek and » few yards on the other side, sustaining a severe shaking in addition to some nasty cuts about the head and face. He was taken to Geraldine and attended by Dr Fish, and yesterday, though confined to his bed, was progressing as favorably as could be expected. lieturn for Hospitality. —At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Timaru yesterday, a young man named William Henry Derrick was charged with the larceny of certain jewellery, money, and wearing apparel, the property of Alexander Wyllie,' Robert B. Gidley, and Denis Heatings. H« pleaded guilty, and Im-pector Broham briefly stated the facts. ! In the first instance accused had obtained I shelter from the prosecutor and had then ; stolen the articles. In the other two cases \he had also sought and obtained shelter, and in return had stolen from the men employed about the place. The Bench sentenced the accused to one month’s imprisonment on each charge, the sentences . to be cumulative. I Assault at a Circus. — The Otago Daily Times of Saturday says : —Charles Stocdley and William Kennedy were charged on Friday, before J. P. Jones, Esq., with having assaulted M. J. Godby at Timaru on 21st November, Mr Solomon, who appeared for accused, said that this was a very hard case. The. (teemed belonged to a circus, now in Dunedin, and they would incur a serious loss through having to return to Timaru. He supposed they would have to go to Timaru, but lie would ask the Court to grant a remand for the longi st time allowed —for eight days. He was instructed that the case was a very trivial one, arising out of a quarrel in the circus tent. —The police offered no objections, and accused were remanded for a week, to appear at Timaru, bail being fixed at £lO each on their own recognisances, and one surety for the same amount. The Barque Hudson. —The Press states that the Hudson arrived at Lyttelton on Saturday evening, after a passage of 114 days from London Dock. The vessel looks in very good order, and there was nothing to indicate that she had been on shore. She is commanded by Captain Thomas, who is well known >n Canterbury, The following is a brief report of the voyage:—Left the East India Dock on the 14th August, and had favorable winds down the Channel, which was cleared on the 22nd August. On the24th and 25th, while in the chops of the Channel, experienced a very severe gale and heavy sea, but no d ama S e was done. In lat. 36:leg. N. and long. I7deg. west the N.E, trades were met with. Crossed the Equator on the 23rd September. Picked up the S.B. trades shortly after crossing the Equator, and got the usual westerly winds on 9th October, and ran the easting down in lat. 46deg. south. The Snares were sighted on the 22nd November. The only vessel spoken on the voyage was the clipper ship Brenhilde, from London to Adelaide, 58 days; she was then in lat. 43deg. S., long. 29deg east. Nothing special occurred until the vessel stranded, the cause ofjwhich will bs known after the inquiry.

Geraldlnb Rifles.—Wo remind the members of the corps that the district prize filing takes place on the range to-day. The men must full in, in uniform, at. Mr Pea>--point’s store ah 1 p.m. sharp, the firing commencing at 2 p.m. In the evening a quarterly inspection parade will be held in the drill shed, at half past .-even. The “ fall in ” will be sounded at seven o’clock sharp. All members of the corps must attend this parade unless leave of absence is obtained, or a medical certificate of illness is shown. Hospital Board.— A general meeting of the South Canterbury Hospitals and Charitable Aid Board was held on Friday. Present—Mr John Jackson (Chairman), and Messrs Culee, Baiker, Clark and lalbot. Mr Lough (decretary) and Dr Drew and Mr Jowaey (of the medical staff) were iq attendance. ’ The minutes of last meeting wore confirmed. Correspondence wus read as follows From Dr R. B. Hogg, staling that ho understood Ids appointment ns Medical Officer to the Charitable Aid Department under the Government would terminate at Hie end of November. He desired to know what arrangement the new Board intended to make for such patients who were unable to pay for medical ultendanco at their homes. The Chairman said Dr Hogg bad got £6O per annum for attending these cases. It was decided to inform Dr Hogg that the Beard saw no reason to continue the arrangement with bun. From He Premier’s Office Wellington, stating the Board could have the use of idle old immigration depot and the old hospital and site, in North street. The Chairman, Mr Culee, and the Secretary were appointed a Committee to deal with those buildings. From the Clerk to the) Wainnito County Council, forwarding a resolution passed by the Council in which it. was set forth that the Council had taken the necessary steps to have the institution made a separate one. The Council, therefore, declined to contribute to the funds as requested. It was resolved —“ That the Chairman be authorised to obtain a legal opinion upon the the present relation between the Board and the Waimate County Council with power to act as circumstances may suggest.” Tenders for medicines were then considered from Messrs Watkins, Gunn, and Eichbaum. It was decided to let the Doctor and Steward go through each tender and compare each item. Other tenders were accepted as follow: —J. Anderson and Co., for groceries; W. Napier, for funerals ; Tomlinson and Gilchrist, for meat; Hooper, for bread ; Cornish, for wines and spirits ; A. White, for coal; Beckingham, for chimney sweeping; Jjrummond and Glasson, for drapery. It was resolved that four members should form a quorum at meetings of the Board. SO. Refrigerating Company. The annual meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held in Timaru on Saturday last. About thirty shareholders were present, Mr E. Elworthy (Chairman of Directors) presiding. The balance-sheet showed that the total paid-up capital to October 31st was £8052; that there had been spent £llO in land improvements, £8476 on the works, and that the machinery and cost of fitting up had been £4454. The' profit and loss account showed a balance to credit of £lOll 15s 4d. The report stated that since the last, annual meeting the whole of the buildings and plant necessary for carrying on freezing operations had been completed. In addition to buildings and machinery, railway sidings (two), reservoir, sheep yards, cottages for employees, stable, office, etc., had been erected and completed, A comprehensive drainage system had also been successfully carried out. Formal possession would be taken in a few days. The water supply was an excellent one. The cost of inaugurating the Company might seem large, but the Directors were of opinion the money had been judiciously expended. The appliances and arrangements were such as to save labor to a great extent, and from the proximity of the works to port, a saving of railway expenses alone of 4s 6d per ton is effected, as compared with other companies., The ship Canterbury had been engaged for the Company’s first cargo, the freight being 1| per lb, and 10 per cent, primage, and up to date there had been 4000 carcases frozen and stored. Satisfactory arrangements had been made for six months’ removal of offal, etc., from the premises. The New Zealand and Colonial Company, in London, had been appointed agents for the Company. There having been only five nominations for the vacancies on the Directory, Messrs Elworthy, Teschemaker, Barker, Clarke, and LeCren were, by the Articles of Association, elected as Directors for the year.. The report also recommended that the number of Directors should be reduced to seven, four to form a quorum. In moving the adoption of the report, the Chairman alluded strongly to the fact that only half of the number of sheep guaranteed by the Directors for the ship Canterbury had been received. He hoped that the balance required would be sent in at once. The freezing plant was working splendidly, but if the works were not kept going dividends would be proportionately less. The report was adopted with the exception of that part referring to the number of Directors. Messrs W. M. Sims and F, W. Cook were appointed auditors. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting on the last Saturday in November, and the meeting terminated. Good fob Babihs. —“ We are pleased to tnj that our baby «■»* permanently cured of a serious protracted irregularity of the brwcls by the use of American Co.’s Hop Bitters by its mother, whicn at, the same lima restored her to perfect health and strength.”—■ he Parents, Sea Advfc. Holloway’s Pills. Liver Complaints.—The digestion cannot bo long or seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the countenance. These Pills prevent both unpleasant consequences; they improve the appetite, and with the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assimilation in the stomach. Holloway’s Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or disea«ed conditions of the many organs engaged in extracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as the liver, stomach, and bowels, ovei all of which they exercise the most salutary control. By resorting at an early stage of this malady to these purifying and laxative Pills, the dvspeplio is speedily restored to health and strength, and his sallowcess gradually vanishes. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISE MINIS. Dr Speer—Business notice, K. T. Gray—Under distress warrant, sells a marble clock at his rooms, Temuka, to-day, at 5 o’clock, unless the claim is previously settled. J. Vlundell and Co.—Sell stock, furniture, and effects, of the Winchester Hotel, on the premises on Friday next ; sheep, horses, and cattle at Winchester Fair, on Friday ; are prepared to make cash advances on wool placed in the hands either for sale locally, or for shipment.