The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1885 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1450, 5 January 1886, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1885 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Prayers for Rain.-—The Rev. Father Fawvei offered up prayers for rain in the Koimn Cu holic Church last Sunday. Geraldink Town Board.—The ordinary monthly wwting of this Board will be held in the. T.iwn Board office at half-past seren this evening. 1.0.0. P.—A mealing of the members of fie late Loyal Woodbury Lodge of OH fellow*, M.U., will be held in the Si'boclioom on Saturday next. »i 8 p.m. Winchester Faih.—Mr K. F. Gray will sell fut-an t store carle and sheep at Winchester Fair on next., and the right to gntse on the farm, Waitohi, known at the 1000 Here block. Return of Old Colonists —Among the passenger li>-t "f the Kutkoura, whicl) ■rrived last Saturday in Dunedio, »e notice the names of Mr and Mrs A. L. Barker. Geraldink Road Board. -- Tanders are invited by this Board for quarrying a?d breaking 1000 yards of metal on the Gapes' Valley Road, and for earthwork and shingle on Hilton Do*nn. Specifications are to be seen at the Board's office, where tenders are to be left on or before Tuegday next, 12th inst.

The Museum.—Mr Geo. Gould has just placed £IOO at the disposal of Ur Von Haant tur the purpose of purchasing ii picture for the museum at Christehurch.

©ebaldinh Monthly Sale.—The monthly stock sale at Geraldine takes place tomorrow. Messrs J. Mundell and Co., and K. F. Gray advertise that they will sell cattle, sheep, pig«, etc. Good Appointment.--The Dunedin Star says that it has the best authority for staling that Mr Henry Driver has been appointed Manager of the Dunedin branch of the Governmert Insurance Association, at a salary of £IOOO.

The Agbnt-Genbbal. AmongM; the latest items or; news in the London letter of the Auckland Star it a statement to the effect that, though loth to embarrass the Governtne<it in any way, Sir F. D. Be 1 would be glad to be relieved of his post before this year's exhibition, which will, of necessity, entail a great dial of extra entertaining and of being entertained, Tbmuka Road Board.— The monthly meeting <>f the Temuka, Road Board takes place t-vday. litindiag tenderers for contract No 52 (forming road to George Town), and for the supply of cement and stores for ""« year, ore reminded that tender* nut the in before 10 a.m. Intoudini» app icams for the lease of t ! >e 2-awe leheiVH «t Waitohi should note that their applications must be in by the same hour.

The Indian and Colonial Exhibition. —Or Hector, the Commissioner for Nejv Zealand, leaves for London on the 12d) int-tant per the Kuapehu. The appeal for exhibits has been well lesponded t?, Otago, especially, coming well to the fore. Among the exhibits is a collection of Kiuri gum, valued at £SOO. The collection is said to be the best in the colony, and has taken its owner, an Auckland merchant, years to accumulate.

Registration of Dogs.—The Cterk to the Geraldine County Council, Mr F. W. Stubbs, notifies that the registration fee for do«s within tin Couoty of Qeraldine for 1886 lias been fued at 10s each dop, and thai thefollowing have been appointed HcjrUtrars: —Messrs F. W. Stubbs (Timuru) and I. L. Morris (Pleasant Point) for the Levels district, Mr Gvx Dya >n for the Temuka district, Mr William Coltmnn for the Garaldine district, and Mr F. Newman (Peel Forest) for Mount Peel.

Arrival of the Katkoitba. ~ The R.M.S. Kaikouia, Cuptain Crutohley, arrived til. Port Chalmers at 3.10 p.m. on Saturday, after a passage o' 39 days 6 hours mean stearaii'K time f ron? Plymouth. All the p sseng-rs (238) are in the best of he»lib. :«he b»ings a fud cargo. r Jhe principal part is 9i.00 packages for Wellington, 4532 for Dunedin, 600 for Lyttelton, the rest for different costal pnrti". fche stranded on the bank between the two lower black buoys in the lower harbor when coming in at ebb tide at 2.45 p.m. but sustained no damage. The ground if cofb mud and >and. She came off at, 9.30 pm. Among the passengers are the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, General Sir Patrick and Lady Macdougall, Count Rosen, Mr and Mm A. L. Barker, and Messrs Quatterman and East. A Lepeosy Case. —The Chinese leper who occupies a small house at Otaitai Buuh, near Rivei ton, is still an object of solicitude to the Wallace County Council. The Clerk informed the members recently that Mr Don, a Chinese missionary, who bad been in the habit of attending to the patient, had left the district. It was understood that the disease in its active foim no longer existed, although the old waste had not been made good, and the sufferer's own countrymen would not go near him. He (the Clerk) had therefore continued the work of visiting the patient, and had taken food to him several times a week. The doctor had tt>ted that this could be done without the slightest danger, but it would be necessary for the Council to consider what steps should be taken for the further care of the man. It was decided to leavs the matter in the hands of the Chairman—he to make the best arrangements possible. Lyttbt.ton Ekgatta. The Lyttelton Regatta passed off very successfully, though the wind in the morning was rather light,. The water was excellent for rowing races. There was a large number of pereors pre-ent, over 6000 travel ing by train from Christchurch. The fiur-oared race was won by the K.aiapoi crew—the other two boats, both of the Union Rowing Club, being swamped. The Senior Donle Sculls was won by the Union Rowing Club's boat, the Kai+poi b;>at, which came in first, being disqualified for taking the wrong courfe. Five vessels started in the Champion Trading Race, which was won by the Merolntter, of Lyttelton j the Recatnia, ketch, was second. The Yacht tf nee was one of the finest, seen in Lyttelton. E'ghts boats entered, the Isca, of Wellington, winning easily. There was 9 keen contest for second place, which was gained by the Little Wonder, of Lyttelton, the Zephyr, of Akaroa, being third. The Lica'a time was four hours three minutes.

St. Patrick's Collkge, WbX/LlNiSton. The Rev. Dr Waters, Rector of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, arrived in Tiraaru on Saturday last for the purpose of examining the bovs attendiDg the Catholic School at Timaru who are competing for the scholarships avaihble at this College. He fl as met on the railway platform by the Revs. Fathers Foley and O'Hallahan, and Messrs Kett, O'Driscoll, Harney, and Duval. The party proreerled to the presbytery, where Mr J. D, Kelt read a moat complimentary address of welcome, which had been handsomely illuminated by Mr M. De H. Duval. Replying to the address, Dr Watters naid he felt that they regarded less the individual than the cause he represented, a reason sufficient to justify him in hoping that they would not expect in response to their sympathetic and beautiful address the studied periods of a stereotyped reply.. The 100 flittering terms in which the address was couched he accepted with the qualification that they were less due to the desserts if the present than to the farreaching results they not unreasonably anticipated in the future. Whatever success iittended his fei'blo efforts in the Old Land, he was bound to say were traceable to the able, willing and energetic colleagues who were ascociuted with him in the great work of edticution. Might they not hope, as in the address was forshadowed, thak to their labors in this young and vigorous colony might yel beowinsr brilliant successes in every sp iere to wh'ch the youth who shall have pis-ed through their hands align' bee .lied ? When he 1 joked around him in the first moment < f his arrival, and saw in church and convent and schools what overwhelming proofs they had given of their determination that the education of their children should walk hand, in hand with religion, he was fairly justified in the forecast that these children would not be unworthy of their sires, and that for those who come after a great future was in store. To h;s brother priests who had lent to this welcome the grace of their presence, his thanks were heartily accorded; to the gentlemen who had the exceeding kindness thus to meet him he desired to express his deep sense of indebtedness.

Mixed Letters.—TheManawatu Standard tells d tale, regarding a teacher in the employ of the Education Board whioh must be accepted with the proverbial grain of salt. It says that this teacher was in the habit of corresponding with another who bad been in the service of the Board, and the letters afforded a safety-valve for his feelings. All went well until one day when the teaoher indited two letters—one to his friend and the other to the Secretary of the Board. Owing to recent troubles, the one whioh Damon wrote to Pythias was particularly severe on the maladministration of affairs. The letters got mixed, and the first intimation of this was a note fr«>m his friend stating that he had received a letter evidently intended for the Secretary, and fervently hoping that his letter bad not fallen into the hands of the enemy. The horror of the teacher on receiving this any be imagined. To s ve trouble to the officials he immediately resigned.

Sebious Accident. —A serious accident occurred on Saturday last in Timaru just before the conclusion of the Caledonian tfports. The event bairn* contested was the throwing of the 16ft hammer by boys, and the spectators, who up to that time hid been kept well bick, crowded over the ropes, notwithstanding the warnings of the police and the office bearers of the Society regarding the dangerous nature of the gsime. All went well for some time, but at last one of the competitors (named Murphy) let go the hammer at the wrong limi and it went flying amo g a crowd of spectators. la its descent it struck one of the onlookers, Mr John Lewis (a verv old and respected resident of Timaru), full on the right temple and inflicted a divadful wound. The unfortunate man was conversing with a friend at the time, and to all appearances he was struck quite unawares. He was rendered insensible, but recovered on his way to the Hospital, where he was at once taken. There he was attended to by Dr Drew, the resident surgeon, who, in the presence of Drs Hayes, Macintyre, Lovegrove, and Hoag made an examination of his skull. It was found the right temple had bepu orushfd in, that there was a depressed fracture of the frontal bone and also a transverse one leading across the frontal bone. He was trephined, and the whole of the damaged hone raised, (he resident surgeon performing the operation. Mr Lewis was conscious during the whole of Sunday, and late that evening we were informed that despite the tevere nature of the injuries, hopes were entertained at the Hospital of his ultimate recovery. It is needless to say th"t the accident oast quite a gloom over Timaru, where Mr Lewis is well known and universally respected. A similar accident, fortunately not of so serious a nature, happened during the holding of the sports at Wakanui on N- w Year's Day. While one of the competitors was in the a«ft of throwing the hammer it slipped from his hands and struck Mr J. Cochrane on the foot, knocking the heel of his boot clean off, and causing soma slight injury to the foot. At Methven on the same day a woman had a narrow escape from an accident, also while the hammer throwing con'est was going on.—lt is to be hoped that these accidents may have the effect of causing greater precautions being taken when such dangerous games as throwing the hammer, quoits, and tossing the caber are being played. If the ropes, with the police and office bearers, are found insufficient to keep spectators at t> safe distance, a fence should be ereoted around a piece of ground sufficiently large for the purpose, and from this the publio should be rigorously excluded. Such accidents as those above recorded are not by no means rare, —at the last sports in Terauka, there was a very narrow escape—and it behoves those having the control of Bports to take more stringent precautions against them than heretofore. Don't Dib in thb Hot/sb,—" Rough on fists " clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaobes, bed bugs, flies, ants, inieots, moles, jackrabbitp, gophers. Kempthorno, Prosser and Oa., Ohrijtchuroh 1 SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Scoteburn School —Concert a»d Ball on Jan. 16. Geraldine Koad Board—Tenders for road works. F. "W. Stsbbs—Notice re registration of dogs in the Q-eraldine County. J. Mundell and Co.—Sell sheep, cattle and pigs at Geraldine Saleyards to-morrow. J. H. Dean—Convokes meeting of late members of Loyal Woodbury L0dge,1.0.0.F., M.U., for Saturday next at 8 p.m: K. F. Gray—Sells fat and store sheep and cattle aad pigs at Geraldine Saleyards tomorrow ; fat and store cattle and sheep, and right, to grazi on 1000 acres at Waitohi, at Winchester Fair on Thursday.