LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1765, 19 July 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otago Central Railway.— Mr Pyke is urging the Government to make the Otago Central Railway Bill a Ministerial question. Delayed Train.—The express tram from the South on Monday afternoon ran down a cow, which had strayed on to the line between Makikibi and the Hook. The engine ran over the animal s fely, but a long composite carriage was derailed and delayed the train. The oow was pqt to pieces. Bad Colonists.—As showing what the colony suffers from introducing a hw type of immigrants, Dr Macgregor in his annu il report traces out in a tabular form an account of two families brought out under the immigration system, gives their asylum history. They p,o,e r ’ the* country no less a sum than £3Bllf. The Oraki Dancing Class.— This class was opened on Friday evening last with a ball, but, on account of the wet weather and djrty roadp, there was o .ly a very poor attendance. Fhooe present ipade up their minds to enjoy themselves, and apparently fully succeeded, as they kept tho dance up till 4 the next morning. Mr J. Ftgoni supplied tho music, which was a (treat in itself, and Mr A. Disset peifoynjed the dqties of M.p. to the satisfaction of a 1), proaent, Ij; announced that the class woijld be open m 8 p.m, op each Thursday evening. Mr Figoni stated that on Rcpoupt «f the poor attendance, he would give his epryieps fit-j the next lo g night, to bo hdl in at otii a month, and his ofLr was accepted wiih thanks.

Thu Kinks. -The attendance at the rink■it Temuka and Geraldine still keeps up, and he number of proficient skaters is rapidly increasing.

Sports Society.— A meeting to discuss the ad vis Ability of forming a Popular Sports Society in Temuka is advertised to tike place on Tuesday evening next at the Temuka Hotel The convener of the meeting, Mr John Lawson, has been at considerable pains to ensure the proposal receiving a good start, and it is anticipated that there will be a large attendance, A3r A. M. Clark will occupy the obair.

Rifle Shooting. —A return match, b■tween a tram Loin the Temuka li flea and another from the Geraldine Rifle?, takes place to-day »t Geraldine. The following have been picked by the Match Committee io represent Geraldine :—Lieut. Ward, Lieut. McKenzie, Col.-Bergt. Stonohouse, Sergt. Flemming, Corpl. McKenz ; e. Carpi. Stonehouse, and Bandsman T. Sherratt. The Governor's Absence. The following suggestive notice has been given by Mr Hutchison in the House of Representatives— “If there is any precedent for the Governor absenting himself from the colony while Parliament is in session, and whether, before the departure of the Governor, the Ministry tendered any advice as to the inconvenience of his absence in the event of a change of Government before his return.”

Invasion of Cats. - A Thargomindali (Qu -ensland) telegram states that a rernarkai le immigration is now taking p'ace in that district. Thousands upon thousands of cal? are advancing north, and infesting the bush. It is supposed that they are following the armies of rats which recently passed through the district. They are in very poor condition, and it is hoped that they will keep down the rabbits which are still pouring into the colony through tho gaps in the rabbitproof fence. A Change of Fortune.—M. Guignard, a working mechanic, living in St. Ouen, just outside Paris, has inherited, through his wife, who was made tho sole legatee of a wealthy old lady to whom she had once been a servant, 4,000,000 f, or £160,000, and sundries in the way real estate. Among the latter is a spacious hotel, wi'h a garden, close to the Bois de Boulogne, which the Guignartl family will now inhabit, after thei* 1 long sojourn in a dingy lodgement in the most unheal.hy of the Pai i ! suburbs, Temuka Rifles —A special Government p trade of the Temuka Rifles was held on Tuesday evening. Twenty-eight of all ranks were present, Lieut, Findhy being in command. The company were pul through the manual exorcise by Col.-Sergt. Hobbs' »nd Lieut. White, and were then inspected by Lieut. Findlay. After about h»lf-au-hour company drill Lieut. Findlay kept the men ut b tallion movements until about 9 30, when they were dismissed. A meeting was then held to arrange for the selection of teams to compete with the honorary members for the Challenge Cup. Wheat Stocks. —The following (says the Christchurch Telegraph) is a statement of the stock of wheat held in this part of tho colony at the present time :—North of Waitaki, 550,000 sacks; Qaraaru and neighborhood, 175,000 sacks ; total, 725,000 sicks of four bushels, or equal to 2,900,000 bushels. This would furnish cargoes for sixty lirge English ships. We think this is the largest stock of wheat that has been held in July of any year.. Unless the English market moves up, or freights come down, we shall have a grain shipping trade all this year at dull prices. 8o far holders are out of pocket as against men who sold early in the season. Adulterated Milk —Wo are informed that the result of analysis of the thirteen samples of milk recently seized by the Timaru po'ice goes to show that in the majority of instances the mi'k is considerably below the standard of Canterbury milk. Only one sample, however, is so poor as to coma within the operation of tho Adulteration Act, In this instance there was 30 per cent of skim milk, and the vendor is to be proceeded against at the Timaru Court soma day next week. Professor Briekerton reports that there is nothing of an infectious or deleterious nature in any of the samples tested. — Evening Mail, Accident.— Mr H, Hartley, a stockman resident in Temuka, mi t with a painful accident yesterday morning. He had been sleeping the previous evening in a small apartment above the office of Mr C. Story, livery stibla keeper, and early in the morning it appears that ha lefr, his bed and proceeded towards a ladder that gives access to the upper loft. Unfortunately he missed bis way in the dark, and fell from the loft to the ground, a distance of some nine feet. The noise of the fall and the poor fellow’s groans aroused Mr Story, senr., and another man, both of whom were sleeping in the stabl*, and they proceeded to his assistance. They found him lying in a pool of blood, and quite insensible. He shortly recovered consciousness, however, and having received aid from Dr Campbell, who was promptly summoned, he was removed to Mr Tombs’s Boarding House, where every attention was paid him. An Old Campaigner at Fault. —M r John Ollivier started off on his canvass of the Ashley District by th« early train from Christchurch on Monday morning. At Kaiapoi he had to await the train going on to Oxford, and while cooling his heels he naturally was getting impatient of the delay ; therefore, when the first train drew up m the platform, Mr Ollivier got into it without noticing at which end me engine was placed, Hp had settled down on his seat, and wrapped Ins knees in a cosy rug, ready to st«nd a wintry siege in Oxford, when the train began to move towar Is Ghristchuich, and the last seen of Mr Ollivier he was engaged in a desperate effort to get up a carriage window to beg the guard to stop, while (ho canvasser for an opposition&ieandidate. went into convulsions, which threatened a final dissolution from excessive joy. Mr Ollivier’s feelings may bo better imagined than described.—Press. Football.— Tho Maori footballers play a match in Timaru on the 24th July. At a rpeeting of the S O. Rugby Union, held on Saturday evening fist, the following teams were selected for tho trial match in view of the match against the Maori team on Tuesday next, the 24th inst.;— Probables—Back, McLean (Timaru) ; three-quarter-backs, Kalaugher (Waihi), Perry (Timaru), Fitzgerald (Waihi) ; half-backs, Macintosh (Vyaihi), Hart (W a >h') | forwards, Matheson (Timaru), Goodalj (Timaru), Smith (Temuka), Shallird (Waihi), Carr (Temuka), Hiskens (Waihi), Sludholme (Wuimate), T. Grey (Pirates), Telfair (Pirates), possibles—Buck, H. W. Moore ; three - quaij} r: backs, Wood, G. Velvin, Shappere ; half-back*, Lawrenson and Oxby ; forwards, Gooch, A. Stewart, Pearce, Kenny, Cairns, W. Lewis, Dyson, McNaught, Toby, Giffard, Wagst.ff, Fish, Ford, and Austin. The match takes phea to-day on the 5.0.A.A.0. eropnds, Tirparu, and a full muster of footballers is requested. The same teuips will play in tho Temuka Park on Saturday, and meipbers of off local clubs are speciajly requested fo be present.—The mulch between Temqki} and Fair}ie Creek is un? avoidably postponed unt i a future date, owing to (he fixture of the Rugby Union,

Death of Titokowabc. Titokowaru, the famous fightmg chief of the troublesome times of 1867 and onwards, died on Tuesday night at bis pah near Manaia. He was a consistent friend of his own race, and a brave, fa/seeing general. All the natives, of the coast are expected to attend the langi. Disasters to a Fishing Fleet.—A .telegram from Dunkirk says that four fishing schooners of Dunkirk and Gravdines are fully believed to have gone down with all hands in the great storm of May off the coast of Iceland. As each of these boats carried 18 men, and 30 more are positively known to have perished, the total loss of life in this great disaster is brought up to 102. A “Green" Cadet.— Cadets are not altogether an unmtxed blessing. A wellknown settler, in the cadet business, instructed one of bis embryo farmers to kill a wether for the house during his absence from homo. On his return he was fairly staggered to see his assistant putting the finishing touch in a most butcher-like manner on his best Lincoln ram, which happened to be running in th • same paddock as the killing sheep. Wo understand that his language on this particular occasion was painful and free. —Raogitikei Advocate.

A Bankrupt Sentenced to Imprisonment. —At the Supreme Court, Christ church, on Tuesday, His Hon -r Mr Justice W»rd sentenced Francis Innes to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor for a breach of the penal clauses of section 171 of the Bankruptcy Act. The Deputy Assignee deposed that there was no entry in the books of the bankrupt of the receipt of the sum of £194 3s 84 from W. J. White in February, nor of the sura paid by White for the book debts. There was no entry of any transaction with Mr White in the books at all, nor was there any entry of £IOO paid by Mr Lee, or a bill of sale over the furniture of the bankrupt. Witness had compared the cash book and Bank book. During the six months prior to bankrup'ey the cash book showed bankrupt to have received £lO2 12s 91. During that time ho had paid into the Bank £659 3s 2d. There was nothing in the books to account for this discrepancy. The day book showed the s ilea for the whole six months to have been £193 3s 61. The statement of bankrupt showed £656 owing to unsecured creditors, £2454 to secured creditors, loss a balance on account of securities of £I4BO, leaving a total balance due to the secured creditors of £974. W. Moir deposed tint in the latter end of 1884 he delivered certain barley—2Bls bushels—*o bankrupt to be malted. He returned ma'ted 1890 bushels, according to bankrupt's account, being 916 bushels short at 4s 6d per bushel, and bankrupt said a good deal had been destroyed by rats. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs F'sh, Geraldine —Wants good cook. Overseer, Four Peaks—Wants station cook. James Forgusson, Milford notice re dog. J. Mundell and Co.—Sell slock and sundries at Hilton on Tuesday next. Meeting at Temuka—On Tuesday night, re establishing a Popular Sports Society in Temuka. K. F. Gray, Temuka—Holds sale of horses, carle, harness, ironmongery, etc., on Wednesday next, on account of Mr James Winning, who is giving up business. J. Balluutyne and Co., Drapers, Ololhio-s, Milliners, and Dressmakers, Victoria House, Timaru—Notify that their gre.it consternation and once-a-year clearance sale starts in Timaru on July 20, and request the public to send for catalogues ; great bugains will be offered.