LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1915, 11 July 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

St. John’s Church, Winchester.— An account of the alterations recently effected to this Church will appear in our next issue.

Poisoned Wheat.— Ratepayers in the Temuka Road District can obtain poisoned wheat at the Road Board House, Temukn, and at Mr J. Fraser’s, Waitohi. A charge of Is per 101 b bag is mad*. Social at Geraldine.—A grand installation social under the auspices of Victoria Lodge, Geraldine, takes place in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Geraldine, this evening, when a large attendance is expected.

R.M. Court, Geraldine. —At this court yesterday, before the Rev. G, Barclay and R. H. Pearpoint, Esq., J.P.’s, B. Bayley sued Thomas Chalmers for trespassing on his land in pursuit of game. Defendant pleaded guilty, and as Mr Bayley did rot press for a heavy penalty defendant was fined 10a and costs. The court then rose. Typhoid and Dairies.— Five cases of typhoid reported to the Sydenham Borough Council have baen traced by the inspector to the am of milk from a certain dairy. Tho latter is clean itself, but the cows drank water polluted by drainage from the cowshed and piggeries. Prompt remedial measures have been taken.

Retorted Leprosy in Wellington.— It is reported that a case of leprosy h»s declined itself in Wellington. The police ye making every effort, but cannot obtain information confirming the rumor. Tea and Entertainment at Tbmwka. —This evening a tea and entertainment in aid of the funds of St, Saviour’s Church, take place in the Oddfellows’ flail. Great preparations have been made for the tea, and as the charge for admission is only Is the 801 l should be crowded.

The Mails.— The mail steamer Zealandia, with the English mail of the 15th June, left San Francisco for Auckland on the 29ih ult., time-table date. The Alameda, with colonial mails of the 17th June, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on the 6th inst., time-table date.

Concert and Dance at South Oram. —A concert and dance in aid of the school funds takes place in the South Orari schoolroom this evening, and it is to be hoped the residents of the district will attend in force and make the affair a financial success. The committee have done their utmost to arrange a first-rate evening’s entertainment.

Football. —The following have bean selected to take part in the trial match at Timaru on Saturday ; —Probables (blues) Backs; W. Stewart, Macintosh, Perry, A, Shallard, Hart, Lawrenson ; forwards : G. 0. Matheson, F. Shallard, Studholme, 0. LeCren, Dyson, Brinkman, Stokes, Goodall. Chisholm; emergencies: W. Fitzgerald and Pears*. Possibles (colors) —Backs : Daveney, Yelvin, Jones, Shippers, Stubbs, and E. LeCren ; forwards : McLeod (3), Pearae, Fitzgerald, Gaffaney, Stewart (2), Lavery (2), Oxby, Gray, Carr, Black, Austin, Smith, Gooch, Harte, Lewis, Wagstaff, and Moule.—The Napier Rugby Union has decided to send a football team south. They leave on August 3rd, play at Dunedin on the Btb, Christchurch on the 10th, Timaru on the 12th, and Wellington on the 16th.

Canterbury Land Board.— A meeting of Ibe Canterbury Land Board was hold on Thursday last. Tenders were opened for the occupation of Reserves 2833 and 2834, Orari and Geraldine districts, and those of W. Scully and M. Guerin were accepted. The Board refused an application made by Charles Miller for 14| acres of land on the Rangitata Island, as it had already been decided to recommend that the land applied for, together with two reserves adjoining, should be opened under the Land Act, 1887, for cash on deferred payments or perpetual lease. The board ordered prompt measures to be taken in forty-eight cases of defaulters in payment of their instalments respecting various leases which had been reported upon by the Receiver of Land Revenue, Breach op Promise Case. —A breach of promise case, in which £SOO damages were claimed, was heard at the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on Monday. The plaintiff was Mrs Roberts, a widow, with a son 22 years of age. The defendant was Liddell, a farmer at Akaroa. The claim set forth that in 1881, and on subsequent occasions, the parties mutually agreed to marry, but in August last the defendant married Agnes Campbell. There were no letters read, as those which had passed had been burned by plaintiff’s sister, plaintiff herself being unable to write. The plaintiff had been servant at defendant’s, and after leaving it was alleged the defendant had induced her to go back, and while there the second time a child was born, of which defendant was the father. It was stated in tbs evidence that some time after she left the second time defendant assaulted plaintiff with a stockwhip on one occasion, and on another knocked her down. Liddell afterwards married his servant, the one who had replaced Mrs Roberts, having first been intimate with her. The jury returned a verdict for £IOO damages.

Zbalandia. Skating Rink.—Lovers of skating had an opportunity on Tuesday evening of witnessing at the Zealandia Rink, Temnka, the marvellous performances of Miss Mabel Sylvester, the champion trick and fancy lady skater. Owing to numerous engagements, the proprietor only received brief intimation of her visit, and was thus debarred from giving it the publicity it deserved. In spite, however, of this, and of the fact that the night was exceptionally cold, there was a capital attendance, and the extra seating accommodation provided for visitors proved none too much. The floor was in good order and the hall was well lighted. Miss Sylvester made her appearance at about 9 o’clock. She was attired in a fancy cosItumaof white satin and silver, and her 'graceful movements as she made the first circle of the floor revealed at ©nee that she was an artiste of the highest merit in her own special line. To the music supplied by Messrs' Levons and Colville she r waltzed, polkaed, and gallopped, displaying a marvellous power of balance and control, combined with the utmost grace. Placing a handkerchief upon the floor, she balanced hereelf upon the front roller, and picked it up with hardly an effort. Standing upon the back rollers, she again recovered the handkerchief, the whole being done with ease and accuracy. The rink was circled twice on one foot f the motive power being apparently the gentle swaying of the body. Then the circuit was made upon the front rollers, after wards upon the back ones, and again backwards. The intricate steps of a reel were also gone through with precision. After a brief pause the rink assistants placed upon the floor 36 lighted candles in rows of three, separated from each other by about three feet. Among these Miss Sylvester skated with the greatest ease, first going down between every second space, and then taking each space singly with a sort of figure eight movement. This was repeated upon one foot. The difficult feat of picking up the handkerchief was repeated, the handkerchief being dropped close to one of the lighted candles, a propinquity that certainly enhanced the difficulty of the performance. Other intricate evolutions were gone through with grace and accuracy, and the performer was rewarded at intervals with 'hearty applause. The performance as a whole, although only lasting about half-an-hour, was a perfect revelation of what can be done upon roller skates, and in this particular instance was utterly free from contortion or undue effort. Every movement was characterised by a freedom and abandon that showed what a perfect mistress Miss Sylvester is of her art, and her exhibition could scarcely be improved upon. The proprietor is to be congratulated upon giving the public an opportunity of witnessing a really capital performance.

(Columbia Rink. — A polo match —Temuka v. Geraldine—will be played at the Columbia Rink, Geraldine, to-raorrow evening. This rick ie to be closed after to-morrow evening. Eoad Board Election. Candidates for the vacant seat on the Geraldine Road Board, caused by the resignation of Mr Lewis Grant, must be nominated with Mr Shiers, Returning Officer, before noon on the 20th July. It a poll is uecessarry it will take place on the 30th. Trial op Ploughs. —Messrs ft. Dunlop and (Jo., the Geraldine agents for Howard’s Colonist Digging Ploughs, notify elsewhere that a public trial of these ploughs will be held at Mr A. Mckenzie’s farm, Geraldine Road, on Wednesday next. The work done by these ploughs has hitherto proved highly satisfactory to competent judges, and the farmers in the Geraldine district should not miss this opportunity of seeing them at work for themselves. The English agent will be on the ground to giyo all necessary information. Cardinal Newman. —Abstemiousness, regularity, exercise—Father Newman has always been a great walker—accounts for the large measure of health and the exceptional working power which he has enjoyed during nearly all his long life. He was nearly eighty when he went to Rome, ten years ago, to be invested with his new dignity of Cardinal. And nearly eighty years have passed since he used to play, on Saturday afternoons, in Bloomsbury Square with a boy whoso head was profare with long, black, glossy ringlets, who was a rare Jewish type of beauty, and full of life and activity ” —who was, in fact, none other than Benjamin Disraeli, destined to become Prime Minister of England.—Echo. Wheat for England. —The annual import of wheat into Great Britain, according to the Bullionist, is represented by the following figures -From the United States, 1,946,000 tons; from India, 580,000 tons ; from Russia, 395,000 tons ; from Canada and Germany, 152,000 tons ; from the Australian colonies,. 134,000 tons ; frem other countries, 493,0§0 tons ; total, 3,700,000 tons. India now takes the second position as the supplier of wheat, her shipments increasing year by year, while those of the United States have been diminishing. Indian wheat, though occupying the front rank as te quantity, enters the United Kingdom very dirty. It hsa a specific standard of dirt, amounting to 4 per cent, of the bulk, while in American wheat the standard is only 2 per cent.

An Ancient Crucifix.— A remarkable metal crucifix has been discovered beneath the chancel floor of a church in the Holderness district It ia of bronze, and the figure ia hollowed out at the back. It is six inches long, and the stretch of the arms is five »nd * half inches. The feet are not folded over each other. The full drapery round tbe waist is fastened with a girdle, and comes down nearly to tbe feat. The crucifix cannot be later in dale than the twelfth centnry, and is possibly not a little earlier than even this. Metal crucifixes of such a date are exceptional; the British Museum contains nothing within two centuries of it. It reins probable, says the Athenaeum, that it is of English make, with certain Irish characteristics in the mind of the artificer. It has evidently been attached to wood, possibly to a processional cross. Primitive Methodist Church, Geraldine.—The second of a series of entertainments in aid of the funds of this church was given in the church on Tuesday evening last, and, like the preceding one, was an unqualified success. The building was crowded. Mr A. Sherratt occupied the chair. The entertainment was opened with devotional music. On this occasion the programme consisted of a service of song entitled “Little Dot,” which was given by the members of the choir assisted by a number of friends. The following instrumentalists took part : Organist, Rev. G. Clement ; Ist cornet, Mr W. Stonehousa; 2nd cornet, Mr F. Andrews ; tenor-horn, Mr H. Baughen ; bass, Mr W. Fleming; violin, Mr T. Sherratt. The connective readings were given by Mrs E, Logan. The solos, duets, trios, quartetts, and quintetts were taken by the following ladies and gentlemen:— Mesdames W. S. Maslin and H. N. Hiskens ; Misses Dunlop, Hesketh, Andrews, and Hawke ; and Messrs Aitken, Baker, Logan, and Colbert. Mr T. Sherratt acted as conductor. The service had been assidueusly practiced by both the singers and instrumentalists, was rendered without a hitch from beginning to end, and was highly appreciated by the large audience present. The singing of the Doxology and the pronouncing of the Benediction concluded the entertainment, after which an abundant supply of tea and coffee, with cake, etc., was handed round and the audience dispersed.

Holloway's Pills.— The stomach and its troubles cause more discomfort and bring more unhappiness than is commonly supposed . The thousand ills that settle there , may be prevented or dislodged by tbe judicious use of these purifying Pills, which act as a sure, gentle anti-acid aperient, without annoying the nerves of the mast susceptible or irritating the most delicate organisation. Holloway's Fills will bestow comfort and confer relief on every headachy, dyspeptic, and sickly sufferer, whose tortures make him a burden to himself and a bugbear to his friends. These Fills have long been the popular remedy for a weak stomach, for a disordered liver, or a paralysed digestion, which yield without difficulty to their regulating, purifying, and tonic qualities. The verdict of all who have used the “Jumbo” brand Baking Powder, is that it makes light, nutritious, and digestive bread oakes, pastry, eto. As the ingredients are of the finest qualities, and no injurious elements being used in the preparation, bread, eto., made with this powder will keep fresh and moist longer than with any other powder. Ask for Anderson’s “ Jumbo ” brand Baking Powder.— [Advt, I], SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Temuka Boad Board—Notice ro poisoned wheat. J. Mundell and Co.—Sell sheep, cattle, and pigs on 17th. David Shaw—lnvites tenders for taking crop of oats off 65 acres.

W. Gapes, Braokwood, Gapes’ Valley— Has 60 acres to let for oronping. E, M. Goodwin, Upper Sangitata Bridge— Invites tenders for ploughing 300 acres. Geraldine Boad Board—Election of member on 20th July; poll if necessary on 30th. N. Dunlop and Co., Geraldine—Advertise public trial of Howard’s Colonist. Digging Plough on Wednesday next. J. Bailantyne and Co., Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, etc., Timaru—Advertise some extraordinary purchases of men’s underclothing give quotations. .