LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1542, 7 August 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Da KCB at fcOTBBU»N.~A dance will take pla#s ia the SooUburn Saboolroom on Friday •venmf asxt, the sharges for admission bsing; gsotlsnisn, 3* ; frsihmrat* are to be provided. CoiTOBBT at Temuka. —ln another column will be found th« programme of the concert in aid of the incidental fund : of the Temuka School on Tuesday best. It it one af the most varied presented to the public for a long time. Meetimg of Ladibs. A Meeting of ladies interested in the forthcoming Volunteer basaar at Temuka takes place in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, this afternoon, at 3 o’clock, and it is to be hoped there will be a good attendance. Gebaldihk School. — On ing to no permanent appointment of a schoolmaster to take charge of the above school having yet been made, Mr O. E. Turnbull has been temporalily appointed to carry on the school. He reached Geraldine yesterday and entered upon his duties. Thuhsdat Half-Holiday at Timabu. —The principal merchants in Timaru and an influential drapery firm who objected to close their respeotive places of business on Thursday afternoons have now decided to close, and the success of the movement it to all appearance assured.

Bii* OF Tinware.— Messrs J. Mundell and Co. sell • large quantity of tinware at their Saleroom*, Geraldine, to-day,

jr Special Powers akjq Contracts Bilii, lb* Special Powers and Contracts Bill just introduced into the Hons* authorises th* Governor to rest the site of the Temuka kdrillsbed in Volunteer officers and' other' 'Jlocol resident* in trust; to direct the Colonial Treasurer to pnfy orer to the Arowhenua Town Board money due prior to separation from Temuka. Testimonial, —Mr Mclntosh, who was for some yea# Head Master of the Temuka School, was recently the recipient of a yery handsome marble clock and an illuminated address on the occasion of his leaving Wai-iti for New Brighton. The Chairman, in making the presentation, spoke very highly of Mr Mclntosh, and the scholars cheered him again and again. Absconded. —The Lyttelton Times, as well as a Timaru paper, has given publicity to a rumor which is to the (effect that F. W. Cook, Secretary to the South Canterbury Jockey Club, had levanted, and left no address. The Jockey Club has, it is said, the satisfaction of being secured by a fidelity bond, bnt there are many tradesmen whose current accounts with the great Cock are still left open. Cheap Railway Fares, —On Tuesday next “ Saturday return tickets” to Christchurch will bo issued at Timaru, Tinwald, and all the intermediate stations at which the express train stops, for the express train. The tickets will be available for return up to and including the 12th instant, and this will enable excursionists to visit the Hunt Club Steeplechases, which take place oh Wednesdoy the 11th. Lectors at Geraldine. — After the omission of one or two during the depth of winter, the monthly lectures by the Rev. Geo. Barclay will be resumed to-morrow evening, and for the future they will be delivered on the evening of every second Sunday in each month. The lecture will commence at half-past six o’clock -m the Good Templars’ Hall, the subject being " What Christianity has been doing for Society.” Geraldine Rules.—At a recent meeting of the Geraldine Rifles, the resignation of Color-Sergeant Hughes was received and accepted with regret. The vacancy thus caused has been filled by the promotion of Senior-Sergeant Stonehouse to be Color-Sergeant, Sergeant F. Bethune to be Senior-Sergeant, Corporal K. McKenzie to be Sergeant, Private Shaw to be Corporal, and Private C. Foster to be Lance-Corporal. Parliamentary.— After 2 a.m. on Friday morning the following votes were passed in the House of Representatives ;—Audit Office, £6875; Registrar General’s Department, £17,972 ; Agent General’s Department, £4325; Charitable Aid, £1120• Lunatic Asylums, £42,808; Printing and Stationery, £22,322 ; Stock Bank, £29,115 ; Miscellaneous, £21,663. Progress was (ben reported. Major Atkinson complained of the lateners of the sittings. The House rose at 2.10 a.m.

Football, —The following are the names of the Geraldine team chosen to plav against, a combined team from Winchester and Orari to-day s—H. W, Moore, B. Maben, E. Millard, A. Erskine, J. Ealaugher, C. Poster, L. Millard, F. Bethune (Capt.), G. Bethune, H. N. Hiskens, H. Fly, W. Fly, J.' Brown, H. Bennett, and W. Flemming. Emergencies; Lewis. H. Smith, H. Chiverson, R, McKay, and T. Turner. The names of the Winchester team have net transpired. The Geraldine men are requested to be on the ground at 2.30 p.tn. sharp. Tub Election rob the Arowhenua Town Board. —A doubt'being entertained by many whether ratepayers who are aot house-' holders in the Arowhenua Town District are eligible for election as commissioners on the first Town Board, on Saturday last Mr Edgeler wrote to th* ' Hon. W. Bolleston on the subject, and yesterday morning he received the following reply, which ho kindly placed at our disposal ; —" Mr Edgeler, Temuka, — Premier ill; cannot see him, but am advised that at the first election, when no rate-roll exists, only householders can be commissioners.—W. Bolleston.” Public Trial op Harrows.- The alien, tion of farmer; and those interested in agriculture is directed to an announcement in another column to the effect that a public trial of the “Acme Harrows" will take place on Mr 0. P. McCallum’s Farm, near Temuka, on Monday next, commencing at 1 o’clock. Great things are claimed for these barrows, it being held by the patentee that they are far superior to the disc harrows, combining a clod crusher, leveller, and harrows in one implement. The barrows are at present on view at the yard of the Temuka agent, Mr K. P. Grey, under whoso direction the trial on Monday next will be held.

Spobxikg,—'At a meeting of the Committee of the Timaru Racing Club on Wednesday last a donation of £25 from a number of the licensed Tictuallere in Timaru was received, it being stipulated that the amount should form the stake of a race, to bo known as the Publicans’ Handicap. The following programme was fixed on for the Spring meeting in October First day : Hurdle Bace of 30 sots., 2 miles ; Novel Race of 20 sots., 1 mile; Squatters’ Stakes, 45 sots., If miles | Qualified Hunters’ Hurdle Face, 20 sots,, 2 miles; Hack Race, 10 sots., 6 furlongs ; Flying Handicap, 25 sots., 6 furlongs, Second Day : October Hurdle Race, 25 sots., If miles; Selling Race, 15 sots , 6 furlongs; Timaru Racing Club’s Handicap, 50 sots., If milrs ; Ladies’ Bracelet, a hendi-. cap, valns 20 guineas, for qualified hunters, If miles on the fiat, to bs nominated by ladies; Publicans’ Handicap, 26 guineas, 0 furlong*; Pony or Galloway Handicap, 10 sots., 6 furloigs ; Consolation Handicap, 15 sots,, once reund.

Aiifr the Yotb on the Home lule Bill.— The scene after the rote on the Home Rule Bill (says “ Atlsa ” in the World) quite throw* into the shade anything that has occurred in the House in the memory of livieg mail. Mr Ashmead-Bartlett was sacrilegiously called a “ tin-pot militiaman ” | inch words as liar, thief, and scoundrel were freely bandied, and fists (some not too cleanly) were shaken in the face of Mr Chamberlain. Mr Seager-Hunt was the subject of actual assault and battery, and Lord Hartingtan’s waistcoat was torn in the melee. At one time a free fight seemed inevitable. The cheers and countar-cheers were taken up by the spectators; a mob of all sorts and conditions of men took possession of the outer lobby, where Lord Hartmgton (somewhat ruffled by bis experiences imide) received an ovation ; and amongst the distinguished visitors sat tranquilly the autocrat of the breakfast table,’' who talked pleasantly to the diplomatists till M. da Stael claimed his place. Lovely Climbs.— There ate lovely clime* and places in which the evening zephyrs are loaded with malaria and the poison of fever and epidemics. To dwell there in health is impossible, without a supply of Hop Bitters at hand These American Go’s Bitters impart an equalizing strength to the system, and. prevent the accumulation of deadly spores of contagion. Be sure and see AdVt,