The Tumeka Leader SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1727, 21 April 1888, Page 2

The Tumeka Leader SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

SKIM Saib.—Messrs J. Mundell and Co. hold a large sale of skins at Geraldine on Monday next. Law Costs.—'At Wednesday’s meeting of tha Tiraam Harbour Board, it was stated that the costs the Board had so far ineurrsd in the Lyttelton case amounted to £2900. Thb s.s. Timahu.—A Timatu paper states that the Timaru Shipping Oompaay have sold their steamer the “ Timaru ” to the North Hlawarra Coalmining Oempany of New South Wales.

Bazaab and Gift Auction at Tbmuka, —The annual bazaar and gift auction in connection with St. Saviour’s Church will be held in the drillshed, Temuka, on Tuesday next. Oonokbt AT Woodbubt.— On Friday evening next the opening of the Now Presbyterian Church at Woodbury will be celebrated by a concert in the schoolroom. A dance will follow the concert. Election of School Committees.— The annual meeting of householders in the various school districts throughout South Canterbury takes place on Monday evening next, commencing at 7 o’clock. Customs Duties.— The Customs dut 10s for the quarter ended 31st March amounted to £302,486; corresponding quarter 18.87, £327,715. The amount of Customs revenue for the financial year ended 31st March amounted to £1,225,356. Habvest ThanKSGUVIN® SebylOßS.—Tomorrow the Rev. R. 9. Bunn, of the Wesleyan Church, will conduct special thanksgiving services in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, All are invited to attend, Therp will be three services held, and at the evening one the

solo u Consider the Lilies ” will be sung. Gold.— The following ere the returns of gold entered for duly for the quarter priding March {—Auckland 10,9530 z, value £43,449 ; Nelson 3,6700 z, value £1,365 j West Coast 26,6520 z, value £106,565; Otago 14,736 >z, value £57,667 ; total 52,7080 z., Tolu* £209,038, Corresponding quarter last Jear, G4,6160z, value £257,259, ,

Bbokbn Hxlli. A young gentlsroan who recently went from Canterbury to Broken Hill has returned to Sydney, leaving tin El Dorado with its silver mines on the ground of it being a perfect plague spot. Ho states men are dying off very quickly. They are buried often without coffins about three feel below the surface. There seem to be no sanitary regulations whatever, as slush, slops, and garbage are thrown about indiscriminately. The place is consequently a hotbed of fever.—Press.

Ssddek Death.- -A very sudden death is reported from Eangitata Island. On Thursday Mrs McGiure, the wife of Mr McClure, schoolmaster, was up till 9 o’clock in good health. About that lime she took ill, and shortly after midnight was confined of a child and died immediately afterwards. Her death is no' attributed to anything wrong in connection with her confinement. An inquest will, we are told, bs held this morning.

LkCTTJEK at WIHOHKSXBE. —On Wednesday evening nest the Rev. G. Barclay will deliver a lecture in the Winchester Schoolroom, the subject being “ Are there mors worlds than one P” The lecture, which will be illustrated by diagrams, will commence nt 7 o’clock. The proceeds will be devoted t> the fund being raised for the purpose of obtaining a harmonium for use in Sunday School and religious services, to replace the one destroyed when the school was burned down. The lecture ought to be largely attended.

St. Saviour’s Church, Temdia.—A vestry meeting was held on Tuesday evening. Present—Rev. T. i. Hamilton fin the chair), Messrs Pinckney, Wills, Rayuer and Masou. Messrs Raynor, Inwood, Lee and Lmgridge were elected parochial nomiantora, and Mr Rout was elected auditor. The churchwardens were empowered to obtain the services of an organ blower. It was decided to hold the vestry meetings once a quarter on the Tuesday before the full moon in the mouths of June, September, December and March. The discussion re income from outlying districts was postponed.

The Premier and the Working Men,— A deputation of about 200 working men waited on the Premier at Dunedin on Thursday morning, and expressed a hope that Government would provide work for them. They said the condition of affairs there was very bad, many families being on the brink of starvation. They were willing to work in (own or country. The Premier said he would look into the maiter and sea what could be done, but the principle laid down by Government was that all local charities should be thrown on the local bodies unless the case was so desperate that local bodies could not cope with it. If that were the case in Dunedin, Government would undoubtedly have to do something.

Presbtterian Church, Temuka. Yestorday afternoon a meeting of ladies of the congregation of this Church, presided over by the Rev. J. Dickson, was held in the church, There was a large attendance. The Rev. Mr Dickson explaiuod that the meeting was called to take into consideration the advisability of holding a bs»aar for the purpose Manij anguishing the debt on the of oxproperty. After the matter had been well discussed, a committee of ladies was appointed to carry out the object named, and a secretary and treasurer were also selected. It was decided that the Commit tee should meet at an early dat« to nuke further arrangements, and the meeting then terminates.

MubdKK o? A SISTBB. —At Taunton, England, Ernest William Vernon Hitchens, aged twenty-one, was recently tded for the murder of hie sister, Constance Mary Vernoß Hitchens. There iras no dispute as to the facts of the case, the only question being whether the prisoner was legally responsible for his acts. The facts of the case are already before the public. The prisoner had bad bad health, and had all his life suffered from epileptic fits. Before shooting his sister he had written on a piece of paper as follows ; —“ I leare everything that belongs to nee to my dear mother. I have been treated so badly by that beast, my sister Constance, that I mu:* put an end to her life by shooting, and knowing I shall have to die tor it, I also shoot myself. Good-bye to oil ; hoping you will all have a happy time of it, Good-bye dear father and mother.'’ The jury found the prisoner guilty, but they also found that at the time he was insane, so as not to be responsible, according to law, for his actions. His Lordship ordered the prisoner to be confined as a criminal lunatic.

Ash»o*ton .Races. The Autumn Meeting of the Ashburton Club took plaoo on Thursday and Friday last. Oa Thursday the Handicap Hurdles, of 40 so vs., was won by Mr C. O’Connor’s Raven, with Air W. 0, Rutherford's Azim second ; the Ashburton Autumn Stakes, of 65 aovs., by Mr RusseldsEnu-g.'j-P.ragh, with Mr J. Young's Sir Julius second ; the District Weller Handicap, of 20 aovs., by Mr 11. Coulter’s Maada; and the Flying Handicap, of 25 sevs., by Messrs Hobbs’s College Boy, with Mr S. Alexander’s Temuka second. On Friday, the Country Handicap Hurdles, of 25 eovs., was woa by Mr H. G. Pitt’s Squib, with Mr J. Wornot’s vVrangler second ; the Graud Stand Handicap, of 45 sots., by Mr W. Russell’s Erin-go-Bragh, with Mr C, Connor’s Raven second ; the Handicap Time Trot (in saddle), of 20 bovb., by Mr M. Friedlander’s Shepherd, with Mr A. McLeod’s Bismarck second; and the Harvest Handicap, by Mr L. Markey’s Authentic, with Mr J. 0. N. Qrigg’s Mountain Deer second.

Football.—A match was played at Geraldine on Thursday last between a team from the Pirates’ Club, Timaru, and a local fifteen. The visitors, who ware driven out by Vfr Gardner in a four-in-hand drag, were captained by Oxby, and the home team by E. Mabin. The latter having won the toss selected (he eastern goal. Two spells of 30 minutes each were played. The game was confined entirely to the forwards, the back having very little or nothing to do. No science was shown by either side, scrimmaging being the order of the day. The Geraldine men had the better of the gnme all through, as indeed they ought to have done seeing they wers by'far the heavier team, The visitors, although acting for tha most part op Uie defensive, made a determined resistance, apd succeeded in holding their own very well in spite of the superior weight of their opponents. No scoring took place on either side, the visitors being forced down three limes and the home team twice. 4- t t,is con ' elusion of the match the usual cheers w»-ye Jfiven. The visitors were then conducted tp {;ha bazaar in the Volunteer Hall, where they were entertained by the Geraldine men, After spending the evening at the bazaar they left for honjo about 11 p.m., having thoroughly enjoyed tnemaelves,—A scratch match will bo p ayed at Temuka to-day.

Debating Society. —We understand (hat the arrangements for establishing a deb.itine society in Temukn are being pushed ahead nergetioally. Pemisaion has been obtained from the Committee of the Mechanic*’ Institute to hold meetings of the society in the reading-room of the institute, the only condition being that members of the society must be members of the institute also. It is intended to hold the first meeting on Thursday the 3rd of May, when the President will deliver an opening address, and Mr Cross will read a paper. The Habybst in the South. —Harvest io now about over in the Tapsnui district (says the Courier), as excepting a few patches of grain the whole has been stacked, and in many cases threshed. The all-round verdict is that the harvsst is 20 per cent, below an average crop, and quality hardly tip to the standard. Wheat throughout, medium crop; quality of grain soft and indifferent. Barley, none worth speaking of. Turnips, half » crop. Taken all over, the pest season must be classed as a very pjor one for grain growers, as, in addition to ao'ual losses by wet, the extra amount for labor in restocking, etc., has been very heavy. Owing to the continued wet, the grass has alio gone off very early, and left paddocks very bare, consequently winter feed will be scarce.

A Maobi Madiolbum. During the Native Minister’s visit to Whatiwhatihoi o-i Thursday (says the Auckland correspondent of the Otago Daily Times) permission was asked and given to see tha remains of Pofcatu (Te Where), which had been brought from the limestone cave, where they had been deposited, and placed in the upper portion of the carved bouse, where the body of his grandson, Tatuawhaio, lies. The head and the face were in perfect preservation, even after so many years, ths features being readily recognisable by those who knew him when alive. The mats and other clothing in which th# body was wrapped were also in the same state of preservation as when placed in this care. It is said that there arc in the cave bodies of Maoris placed there fifty or sixty years a go, the features of whoso faces have the same appearance as when living.

Alexandeovna Lodge, 1.0.0. F., Tbmuea. —The fortnightly meeting of the above Lodge was held on Monday evening last in the Oddfellows’ Hall. The Lodge w«s opened by Bro. Archer, N.G., all other officers and about fifteen members being present. The minutes of the previous meeting wore read and confirmed. It was rtsolyed that the initiation fees be altered to the following scale < —From the age of 18 to 25, 10s ; from 26 to 30,12 s6d ; from 31 to 40, 15s ; from 41 to 45, 20* j honorary members at all ages, 10* 6u It was resolved that candidates for admission who had paid their nomination fee be informed that they must present themselves for initiation next Lodge night or the proposition fee will be forfeited. The receipts amounted to JBS 16s. A letter was read from the Grand Lodge asking on what dates the meetings would be held from April Ist, 1888, till April Ist, 1889. The meeting then terminated. Grateful Women. None receive so much benefit, and none are so profoundly grateful and show such an interest in recommending Dr, Soule’s American Hop Bitters as women. It is the only remedy peculiarly adapted to the many ills the sex is almost universally subject to, Quills and fever, indigestion or deranged liver, constant or periodical sick headaches weakness in the back or kidneys, pain in the shoulders and different parts of the body, a feeling of lassitude and despondency, are all readily removed by these bitters.—Oourant. Baxter’s Lung Pbbsbbteb has gained great popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy in the. treatment of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, and othci cheat and throat complaints. Bead advt. and try it.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. A. Baker, Bootmaker, Geraldine—Business notice. Lecture at Winchester—Oa Wednesday evening next. Bazaar and Gift Auction—At Temuka on Thursday next. Concert and Dance at Woodbury—On Friday evening next. J. Mundell and Co., Auctieneeri, Geraldine —Are receiving entries for montly stoek ssle on 2nd May. Sobert Irvine, Returning Officer—Notie ro election of two members of the Mount Peel Road Board.

W. G. Rutland, Undertaker —Notice re funeral of the late Mrs MoOlure, of Rsngitat* Island, on Sunday afternoon. Davies and Murphy, Draper* and Clothiers, Timaru—Have just opened out splendid lot of fur boas, children's plush toque hats, ladies’ corsets, etc, J. Ballantyne and Co., Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners and Outfitters, Timaru—Notify the arrival ef great and important shipments of autumn and winter goods, and call special attention to the genuine quality of every material offered in their dress department; adveitise remarkable and unusual offers.

T. and J. Thomson, Drapers and Silk Mercers, Timaru—Notify the arrival of 49 oases seasonable goods, ex Tainui, Coptic, etc. A carefully-selected range of choicest and most reliable fabrics for all departments procurable in the best markets of the world, and purchased on the most favorable terms; give a few quotations.