LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1550, 31 August 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To Coeeesbondents. Letters from “ Bill’s Mate” and “ Visitor” are unavoidably held over. How to Get Good CEOFS.*“An interesting article on this subject will be found on our fourth page. Timaeu Haebob Boaed. Mr Thos. Tescbemaker, of Otaio, has been elected to fill the vacancy in the Timaru Harbor Board caused by the resignation of Mr E. Elworthy. Clearing Sale.—On Friday next Mr K. F. Gray will hold a clearing sale of household furniture and other effects on the premises of Mr W. Hay hurst, Wilkin Street, Arowhenua, Ybstbt Mbktin*. —The vestry meeting of St. Mary’s Church, Geraldine, which was to hove been held on Friday evening last, was postponed to Thursday evening next at the Town Board office. Sales at Gbialdine. —Messrs J. Mundell and Co. hold a sole of a large quantity of butchers’ akin at Geraldine' to-day, and to-morrow they sell sheep, cattle, etc., at the Geraldine yards, Tbmuia Town Boaed. —The monthly meeting of the Temuka Town Board takes place to morrow evening. The only work out for tender this month is the erection of a porch to the office. Abowhbnua Town Boaed Olbbishif.— Intending applicants for the position of Clerk and Overseer to the Arowhenua Town Board are reminded that their applications most be sent in to the Chairman, Mr E. Lee, before noon to-day. Rate. —It is notified in our advertising columns that it is the intention of the Mount Feel Road Board at its next meeting to strike a rate of ons farthing in the £ for the period ending the 31st March next. The rats will be payable on the Ist January, 1887. Gbbaldinb Floeal and HoETICULTUBAL Society.—A meeting of the Committee of this Society will be held next Wednesday evening, Sept. Ist, in the office of the Secretary, Mr A. Fisher. The business will be to make arrangements for the next annual show, etc. Tempi:* Cadets. The Temuka High School Cadets assembled at ths school grounds on Saturday morning, and after being put through their facings by Lieut. Gross were marched a considerable distance. The lads go through thsir drill with considerable spirit, and premise to be most efficient in a ehort time. Obiokbt.—The cricket match between ths Australians and a Sussex Eleyen resulted in a draw. In their first innings the Australians scored 200, but the Sussex team put together 352, or 152 more than their opponents, before all were out. The Australians then went in and played till time was called, having put together 322 with seven wickets down. Railway Returns. —The following are Ihe railway returns for the four weeks ending July 24th:—Receipts—North Island, £22,679 lls 5d ; Middle Island, £45,821 lls Id; total, £68,501 2s 6d. Expenditure—North Island, £20,989 18s 9(i; Middle, Island, £37,194 3s; total, £58,184 Is 9d. The total receipts for the same period last year were £70,408 13s 2d, and the expenditure £54,478 5s 9cl. Painful Accident. The Asbburtow Guardian records a painful accident which happened at the Hinds on Saturday last. It seems that Mr Woolley, a farmer, was chaffcuttinp, when his son, a child five years of age, who was standing near him, got one of his hands caught in the cogs of the machinery. Three of the fingers of his left hand were taken off, and the fourth was sj badly mangled that its amptuation was necessitated. ‘

New Courthouse, Geraldine.— vu n. . Burrell, tbe Inspector of Government build" iius, took over this building from the contractor, Mr W. Young, yesterday. There is every probability of the muoh-needtd additions to the building being carried out, but. the order to go on with the work has not yet been given. The old Courthouse and Oon' •(.able Willoughby’s residence are to be renovated and given a thorough coat of paint. Creditors’ Meeting,— At. a meeting of creditors in the estate of Messrs Hall and Measoo, on Saturday last, Mr W. M. Sims was appointed to go through the books of the firm with Mr Meason for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible, the position of affairs, and to report to another meeting next Saturday. .Pending the report the masting depreoated individual action against the firm on the part of creditors. . Something New.—The Napier Harbor Boar-f have resolved to obtain a “ Fleuss" diving dress. Mr Goodall says tin's new diving apparatus has been gaining much favor lately 7, and not requiring pumps is ch-aper to purchase and very much more economical to work than- the old diving outfit, add should the use of it be successful it will greatly cheapen the cost of (he harbor wotks. Geraldine Rifles.— The team for the bayonet squad that is to represent this corps has how been finally selected and are practicing bard to qualify themselves for the competition. Unfortunately only twelve men could be got for the team, instead of sixteen as originally intended. If the men turn up regularly _ to practice they should, judging from their performance on Saturday night, be «ble lo uphold the credit of the Geraldine Rifles as a smart corps. T.O.O.F.—The usual meeting of the Victoria Lodge, No. 19, Geraldine, was held on Friday, 27th inst. The Lodge was opened in due form by Bro. A. Spence. N.G., there being a good attendance of offioers and members, The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and some correspondence was dealt with. One candidate, being in attendance, was duly initiated a member of the Lodge, and after some other items of business had been dealt with, the Lodge was closed in due form by the N.G. Heavv Seas. —During the last few days heavy seas have been running on the coast, and in places where the beach wa* at all low have made continual breaches over it, lowlying land contiguous to it beiug flooded in consequence. This wrs the ease alittle to the north of the Milford lagoon, and yesterday it was found necessary to cut a channe through the beach to let the water off. Settlers at WaimaUitai and Saltwater Creek, near Timaru, had to adopt a similar course. The sight presented on Sunday by the breaking of the mountains of water on the, shore was truly magnificent. ■ Acknowledgement.— The Premier, Sir Robert Stout, received by the San Francisco mail the following letter from the Hon. W. B, Gladstone, in reply to bis covering the address of 50 members of the General Assembly expressing sympathy with his Home Rule proposals“ 10 Downing street, Whitehall, London, Judo 16, 1886. Sir, — I I am desired by Mr Gladstone to express his best thanks for the gratifying message which ho had the honor to receive by telegraph from 50 members of the General Assembly of New Zealand. I am, etc., G. W. Spknceb Ltttblton.”

Temuka Rifles. —A Government inspection parade, of. tha Temuka Rifle Volunteers takes place to-morrow eveaing, Sept. Ist, at 7.15 p.m,, and as the number of parades to qualify for capitation has been increased it is necessary that “every number should attend .’4 —There were twenty-five present at the usual weekly parade of the corps last night. The following were selected as the squad to compete in the bayonet competition at Timaru next Thursday;— Lance-Sergeants Mason and Whitehead, and Privates Harrison, Beri, Langskail, Greaves, J. Clinch, Sutherland, Carr, Bond, Egan, Russell, and Yelvin, Effects of Snowballing, Several nasty accidents are reported from Timaru, the result of snowballing, a deal of which was indulged in after the very unusual fall of snow on Friday last. Mr Robert Kennedy, bailiff of the Resident Magistrates Court, while endeavoring to get away from some snowbsllers, slipped and fell heavily, dislocating bis right shoulder. It will be some time before he is all right again. A man while pursuing tbe even tenor of bis way, up one of the bye streets had one of bis eyes seriously injured by a ball, and the window of a buss was broken. After this, snowballing will be looked upon by many as quite as dangerous a game as football. » A Wobk of Necessity. —At the last meeting of the Geraldine Road Board a contract was let to Mr J. Huflfey to fall and remove the gum trees standing on Mr Hewling’s section, opposite the Board’s office, and during the last few days Mr Huffey and bis man have been carrying out the work, the trees being cut off at a distance of 10 feet from the ground. These trees were planted by Mr Hewling’s between twenty and thirty years ago, and most of them have attained to noble proportions, some measuring from 2ft 6in to 3ft in diameter at the butt. They have grown with tbe township, and with the comfortable totara bark, raupo-thatched wbare which they surrounded, and which was built when they were planted, formed one of the most striking features in the appearance of Geraldine. It is a matter for regret that necessity has compelled their removal. , The Robbebt fbok the Tikaeußail way Station.— Most of our readers will recollect the robbery from the Timaru railway station of the proceeds of the railway excursion from Timaru to the Waihoa —some £64. It was said that the money was enclosed in a canvas bag, which was looked, ready to take to tbe Bank, but during the absence of tbs clerk for about five minutes, it was removed, and from that time till Friday not the slightest trace of the money or the bag could bo discovered, through the police were all the while on the qui vive. On Friday last, however, one of the clerks while turning over some waste paper in the parcels office came across the bag that had contained the money. It had not been unlocked, but a slit had been made in one of its sides, end the money got out that way, The Bank slip was found inside. Whether tbe finding of the bag will lead to the detection of the perpetrator of tbe theft is problemtical, but k is thought that it had only recently been put where it was found, as tbe place has been 'repeatedly searched since the robbery. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Mount Peel Road Board—Notice re rale. 0. G. Tripp, Orari Gorge—Has ploughing to let. J. Lawson, Poundkeeper, Temuka—Notice re red and white heifer. I£. F. Gray, Tempkarr-Sells household furniture and effects on Friday next. Temuka Rifles Government inspection parade to-morrow evening. Misses Bowles and Holcroft —Have commenced business in Temuka as milliners, and dross and habit makers, next to Mr J, Brown’s, storekeeper, and hope to receive a share of public patronage, in return for moderate charges and strict attention to basinets.