The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1454, 14 January 1886, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Gapes’ Yaxley Concert.—Those of our readers who are to take part in this toncert, and also those who are thinking of attending it, are informed that it hat been postponed for a week. It will now take place in Friday, the 22nd instant. The Wbathe*.—On Tuesday evening last, at 6 o’clock, rain began to fall st eadilyi md continued to fall more or lees heavily till about 6 a.m. on Wednesday, when it cleared ••ff. The rain must do a great deal of good to pastures and crops. Parish Festival.—The annual pariah festival and Sunday School treat in connection with St. Mary’s Church, Geraldine, will take place on Wednesday next, January 20th, in the Park. The children are requested to assemble at 2 o’clock. .

LIZ*BDB, —The Hmemoa, which arrived at Lyttelton from the North on Monday, Undid two boxei containing two dozen Sustara lizard*, which were prooured on the Alderuian Islands, East Coast of New Zealand, Dr Ton Haast w to take charge of them, and endeavor to convey them to the Colonial Exkikitieb

Auction Sale. Messrs J. Mundell and Co. will sell a large quantity of gloss and crockery ware at their rooms en Saturday next, Geraldine Rules. — A parade will take place on Wednesday next at 7-30 p.m., when a fall attendance is requested. After the parade the question of new uniforms will bo discussed.

The Late Fire at Geraldine.— Mr W. R. Lawson begs to return his sincere thanks to his friends and neighbors who assisted himself and family on the occasion of tha late fire at Geraldine. A Home Ship. —The barque Helen Denny, of 728 tons, sailed from Port Chalmers for London yesterday. Her cargo consists of 3300 bales of wool and skins, 103 casks of tallow, and 60 tons of flour. Temuka Mechanics’ Institute. —The annual meeting of the subscribers of this Institute takes place in the Beading Room on Tuesday evening next. It will bo of interest to the subscribers and others interested in the well-being of the Institute to learn that an order for new books to the Talus of £25 has just been seat Home. The books have been carefully selected, and, on arrival, should be the means of increasing the list of subscribers.

Fire Brigade pob Geraldine. —ln another column a public meeting is convened for Saturday evening by Mr Pearpomt, Chairman of the Geraldine Town Board, ils object being two discuss the advisability of forming a Fire Brigade for the township. From what we have beard the feeling of the townspeople is unanimously in favor of the movement, and the meeting is therefore sure to be well attended. The meeting will take place in the Town Board office at 8 p.m, A Chance tor the Ladies. The Wanganui Herald says i —“ The Government LTo Insurance Association, desirous of extending its business in the matter of insuring the lives of women, who, by the way, are, as a rule, of longer average life than the sterner sex, has appointed Mrs Bullock as an agent, specially for the canvassing of her own sex, to whom Mrs Bullock will afford every information and assistance in getting their lives insured, so as to make provision either for their own families or tbemselTss after the lapse of a stated period." N Z Insurance Company. —Atthe New Zealand Company’s half-yearly meeting at Auckland the Directors’ repoit showed net premiums, after deducting reinsurances, to be £219,914. This sum, added to the balance from last year, interest, rents, and profits on investments, gives a t fcal of £269,298. The general expenditure, including full estimate of all losses to Nov. 30, was £247,063. After paying an interim dividend of 3s a share la-t July, there remained a balance of £2286, out of which the Directors recommend a dividend of Ss a share, carrying forward £786 to next year. The Law’s Delay. —An instance of the law’s delays, and how a bankrupt’s estate may be eaten up in costs, says the Wellington Post, is furnished by a ease now pending. An execution was, about a fortnight ago, put into the premises of a, storekeeper, for a judgment debt. An application was then made to have the debtor adjudicated a bankrupt, and the Official Assignee put in a bailiff, in addition to the Sheriff’s bailiff already in possession. Sines the than case his been twice before the Judge in Chambers, and etch time has been adjourned for a week, the two bailiffs in the meantime drawing 13a per diem each from the estate. Unless some decision is quickly come to, there will be very little left for the creditors.

Lakgi Clearing She. —Messrs Jas. A. Grade and Co. notify in our advertising columns that, in conjunction with Messrs J. Mundell and Co., they have received instructions from Mr D. Denoon to sell by public auction at Geraldine, on Tuesday, January 19th, the whole of his livery stable plant, consisting of horses, buggies, harness, etc., and also the goodwill of the lease of the stables. Full particulars io future advertisement. —Mr W. S. Maslin also notifies that he has received instructions from Mr George Ward, who has sold his farm, to sell on Thursday, 21st January, at his homestead a large number of firat-c'ass dairy cows, one bull, yearlings and calves, draught and thoroughbred mares, implements and sundries. Sale at 1 o’clock. S.C. Caledonian Society.— At a meeting of the Directors of the South Canterbury Caledonian Society on Monday evening (Mr Sinclair in the chair) it was stated that the receipts from all sources, including a deposit of £136, amounted to £697 10s 3d, and the expenditure to a few pounds under that sum. The overdraft of the Society has been paid of. With regard to the ground, the Secretary reported that the Society’s tender for the lease of the ground bad been approved by 'thoTimaru Recreation Domain Board, and that body would forward the lease to the Government for signature. The Society undertakes to spend £6OO on improvements before Ist January, 1888, and to pay an annual lental of £5, the lease being for 21 years. Matters in regard to tpmoing the ground, etc., were then discussed. Sopje difficult points in reference to the winners of several special prizes at the recent sports were ordered to be referred to the Referee, Mr R. Fergusson was requested to submit to the Directors at the next meeting designs for medals for the members of the winning team in the bayonet competition, cud the meeting terminated. An Impudent Bequest.— At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, on Monday (bays the Press), a maq pleaded guilty to having failed to provide for his wife and family. Ho admitted, in fact, that he had gone off with another woman, and was ordered to pay a con tribution for the maintenance of bit wife and children, and to find security b a substantial amount for bis compliance with the order, being allowed twenty-four hours to provide the security. On Tuesday he came up, and, greatly to the astonishment of the Court, proposed as his lurety the woman for whom he had deserted his wife. His Worship said it was as a cool piece of ansurance as he had ever heard of. It would not b° successful unless Mrs chose to advance defendant £SO, which he might pay into Court, but she would not be allowed to mix in it in any other way. Defendant, who sppmed really surprised at the scruples of the Court, said he did not know whether she could put the money down. He knew (hat he himself could hot, sod, as for getting another surety, he dared say he could, but he bad not thought seriously about it. His Worship —“ Well you had better think seriously about it, for there is three months'’ imprisonment at stake.” Finally, bo was made to pay at once the first instalment of his children’s maintenance money, and was allowed a little more time to bring up another and a more desirable BUfety*

The Kaxapoi Glass Faotoet.—Operations are expected to be commenced at the Kaispoi Glass Company's Works shortly.

Thb Wool Season. —There were received by rail at Tiraaru up to the 9th inst,, 12,689 bales of wool, and by road 4162, making a grand total of 16,851 bales, as against 14,739 at a corresponding date last year. Gbraldine Town Board. —A special meeting of this Board was held on Tuesday evening. Present—-Messrs R. H. Pearpoint R. Taylor, J. Huffey, and J. Mundell. The object of the meeting was to consider the Board’s rate roll, compiled by the valuer, Mr C. E, Sherratt. After it had been gone through, and one or two slight alterations made, the roll was passed, and the meetfe ing then adjourned. Ditd*Bb.— ln the Divorce Court, Christchurch, on Tuesday, in the case Smith v. Smith and another, the decree nisi was made absolute. In re M. Mosley v. Mosley, the wife petitioned, and after hearing the witnesses to prove adultery and cruelty on the respondent’s part, Judge Johnston grouted a decree nisi. Similar decrees were granted in Moss v. Mos», in which the husband petitioned, and Dutton v. Dutton, in which the wife proved two years' desertion by her husband, coupled with adultery.

Thb Samoan Troubles.— The Samoan Chief* have communicated with the Premier, and they proceeded to Wellington by the Hawea yesterday, where the Govevrnor meets them. The Premier, in a telegram which has been received at Auckland, states a full account of Samoan affair* has been cabled to the Home Government, When Bishop Neville was in Samoa be was so impressed with the urgency of doing something in connection with the acts of the Germans there that he wrote giving Lord Salisbury a full account of affairs, and recommending that a Joint Commission of the Powers should take up the matter. He has received a reply that the question is now engaging the serious attention of the Cabinet.

ACOIDBHT. —In Timaru last Tuesday a man named Lawrenson and hi* wife were badly hurt by a horse bolting. Lawrenson had driven into town in a spring dray and gave the horse a feed in Sefton street (near the old Show grounds) removing the blinkers, but not taking the animal out of the vehicle. On going to put the blinkers on again the horse bolted and Lawrenson was thrown down and the dray passed oyer bis right side and shoulder, fracturing his collar bone 1 and nearly all his ribs, and injuring his right leg. Mrs Lawrenson, who was in the trap, attempted to get ont and was thrown to the ground, her face being very severely cut. Medical assistance was procured and the sufferers attended to. Lawrenson was ordered to the Hospital. The horse was secured at Gabites’ corner, where the trap capsized.

Narrow Eicapb. — A. lad of about nine years of age named Copestake, son of Mr Coppstake, of Temuka, had, on last Monday, a narrow escape from drowning. The lad, in company with another of about the same age, was on the bank of the Temuka River, near the footbridge in front of the Presbyterian Manse, when somehow he fell in. The boy who accompanied him ran away to the Manse and told Tom Ollivsr, a youth who is employed aspronn by the Rev. Mr Mackintosh. Olliver rushed to the spot with all speed, and found the little fellow nearly drowned. In the rirer near where be fell in there is a sort of wooden jetty, and somehow he managed to get a hold of some of its timber and cling to it. When Olliver reached him he was sinking fast, and he had such a death-like hold of the piece of timber that it was with great difficulty he was forced to release it. When taken out ho was pearly suffocated, and only for OlliTer having the presence of mind to turn him face downwards, and let the water run out of his mouth, it is probable that he would not have recovered. He was taken to the Manse and put into bed until he was snflloiently well to be taken home. This ought to be a caution to parents not to let their children go to play near the rirer. Mm Dr. Potts.— The report which has gained wide currency that Mrs Dr. Pottn, the medical lecturer, is a man ia emphatically contradicted in a letter addressed to the Sydney Morning Herald by Rebecca H. Longshore, M,D. She'says;—“l can assure you that Dr. Anna Potts is not a man in woman’s apparel, but a true, good woman, who is making the world better for her being in it. She is also a mother, whose children dearly love and highly esteem her in return for the maternal care and affection she has always bestowed ou them. As to her leaving the hotel sometimes to male attire, this statement 1 know is without the least foundation, unless it be in tho imagination of those who, it seems, would be willing to do her any injury. Any one meeting Mrs Dr Potts would know from her physique and manner she was a woman. She mads many friends while in the colonies, and, 1 suppose, like most pioneers, possibly some enemies. The former resent with indignation the unjust accusation that has been unfurled to the breeze and wafted all oyer the colonies, I boarded in her family when I was a medical student, afterwards married her brother, and have been more or less intimately associated with her for over twepty years,”

Tee Stratford Fires.— The fires 4 Stratford have now been subdued, and all danger is supposed to be oyer, The total loss by the settlers is estimated at about £12,000. Sub|oriptions for the relief of the settlers ha ve been raised in different parts of the colony, and on Tuesday the Mayor of New Plymouth telegraphed that lie thought the amount subscribed was jpifficient, but should further aid be required the Relief (Jomraittee would gladly «vail themselves of the kind offers of assistance. In Auckland the subscriptions came in very freely, and a collection was made at a crowded concert given by Miss Christian ; in New Plymouth about £7OO was raised ; in Wanganui, £IOQ was subscribed in a very short time, and a firt-t instalment of £IOO was sent from Wellington on Tuesday, A meeting was held at Ohristoburgh on Tuesday for the purpose of taking measures for tfip rpljef of sufferers by the fires, but as a telegram had been received from the Mayor of New Plymouth stating that he thought sufficient had already been subscribed, nothing was done, His Worship the Mayor said that if more assistance was yet required he waa sure Qlu istghurch -»ould be prepared to lend a helping hand. The Rev. Mr Hill, of Dunedin, has asked the ladies of his congregation to provide clothing for the burnt-out families.—A telegram to hap 4 laßt P'ght Btateß ,ljat steady rain fell on Tuesday at Stratford and during the succeeding night. The fires are therefore practically out, and all danger over, Subscriptions are still coming i°- Amongst the large amounts are Bank of New Zealand, £SO ; Officers of Property Tax Department, Wellington, £ls ; Northern Steam Navigation Com: pany, £ls ss.

Ashbubton Old Mbs’b Home.—-At a meeting of the Committee of Management of tins Institution a letter was read from Mr Marsh, stating that a legacy of £SO had been left to the Home by Sarah 8011, and a cheque for the amount would be forwarded in April, when the estate would ke realised. One hundred pounds are to be spent in improving the building, and tenders are to be invit ed for a cooking range of sufficient size for 100 persons.

Half-holiday Movement.— A meeting of those interested in getting a weekly half-holiday in Temuka was held last night in the Wallingfoid Hotel. There was a moderate attendance of employees, and, on the motion of Mr Gaze, Mr Harrison took the chair. The Chairman explained the object of the meeting. They ought to go into (he matter with enthusiasm and do everything they could to obtain their object. Mr Gaze suggested the appointment of a Committee to wait upon the employers so as to got their consent. He proposed that Messrs Harrison, Coltman, and the mover be a Committee for such purpose. Mr Dennihey seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. After some other matters were discussed, the meeting closed with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman.

" Rough on Rata,”— Clears out rat*,, mice, roaches, flies, ante, bed-bug*, beetle*, insects, skunk*, jack-rabbits, gopher*, Druggist*, Kempthorne, Prosser Sr. Agents, Christchurch. 2

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

J. Tangney, Temuka —Notice re accounts. John Paterson, Springfield—lnvites tenders for stocking 200 acres. W. Cameron—Postponement of Gapes's Valley School Concert. W. Budd—lnvites tenders for etookiag wheat and oats at Winchester.

Captain W. M. Moore —Parade of Geraldine Bifles on Wednesday next. Reward—Offered for the return of fishing rod, in case, lost on Tuesday night.

Temuka Mechanics’ Institute- Annual meeting, of subscribers on Tuesday next, W. B. D. Lawson, Geraldine—Returns thanks to friends for assistance at the late fire.

H. Hodgson—Requests all accounts awing by him to be rendered at onae for settlement.

E. H. Pearpoint, Chairman Geraldine Town Board—Public meeting re Fire Brigade on Saturday evening. J. Mundell and Co., Geraldine—‘Sell large quantity of glass and crockery ware on Saturday next, without reserve.

James A. Grade and Co. and J. Mundell and Co.—Hold clearing site of Mr D. Denoon’e livery stable plant, horses, Ipo., on January 19th. W. S. Maslin, Geraldine—Clearing sale of farming plant, horses, cows, etc., etc., s.t the homestead of Mr Geo.jWard, Geraldine, or Thursday next. M. J. Lynch, Barrister and Solicitor— Announce* that he will attend the B.M. Court, Temuka, (every Wednesday, ami may be consulted at (he Wallingford Hot el on such days from 9 n.m.