THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1894. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2610, 20 January 1894, Page 2

THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1894. LOCAL & GENERAL.

South Orari River Board. —Candidates for the vacant seats on this board must be nominated before noon to-day. Church of England, Temuka.—The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in out advertising columns. l Primitive Methodist Church—The services for to-morrow iu connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns. Stray Doss. The Wellington City Council have decided that after a week's notice all unregistered dogs found about the city are to be drowned. s Bad Language. Thos. Hamilton was sentenced to four months' imprisonment at Auckland for using indecent language to a nurse and some children in the Albert Park. The Late Bishop Harper.—At Christchurch the Harper Memorial Committee on Thursday decided that the completion of the cathedral would be the most fitting form the memorial could take. Suicide. —Frederick Low, a storekeeper for Mr C. C. Napier at Pukete, Auckland, committed suicide by shooting himself in the bush. His body had been considerably mangled by pigs before it was found. A Diseased Milch Cow.—At the Dunedin City Council meeting it was mentioned that Mr Gilruth, Government expert, had found in a dairy which supplied milk to the city, a cow with cancer on the teats. Pouirua Lunatic Asylum.—There will be 120 patients in the new Porirua Lunatic Asylum (Wellington) this week. There is accommodation available for 200. Drafts will be made from other asylums. When completed the building wiH take 500. Effects of Poor Pasture.—Mr Charlton has furnished an interim report on the mortality in sheep on the West Coast, N.I. It appears to be caused by excess of pasture of poor quality, especially Yorkshire fog and cooksf oot. The treatment is to remove the sheep to different paddocks, with a little medicine. A fuller report is promised. Temuka Mechanics' Institute.—Members are reminded that the annual meeting will be held on Monday evening. The business is very important, as it will include consideration of a proposal to request the Town Board to take over the management of the institute, and it is therefore hoped that every member will attend. Golp. A telegram from Blenheim states that the prospector on the old workings iu Dead-Horse Creek, Wakamarino, has opened up a reef which is stated to be better than anything that has been opened up in the colony for the past twelve or fifteen years. A 30-aore lease has been applied for and pegged out, and a battery, tailing site, and water rights have been sscured. Attempted Suicides. —A man named John James Kelly attempted suicide at Carlton, Gore Road, Auckland. He swallowed a small bottle of chlorodyne, saying he was tired of life. He was taken to the hospital, where he is progressing well.—A young man, nineteen years of age, named Hopkins, shot himself with a revolver at Christchurch oh Thursday evening. He expected to recover. Barefooted Children School At the Otago Education Board meeting Mr T. Mackenzie, M.H.R., asked if any regulation existed preventing children attending school barefooted, and. receiviug a reply in the negative, said that instances of children being sent home because they had no boots on had come under his notice. Several members thought it was a very good thing to see children going to school barefooted. The Floral Society's Show. —By a notice in another column it will be seen that winners of prizes at the reoent show of the Temuka Floral and Horticultural Society can obtain them by application to Mr E. C. Dann at his office, Main street, Temuka, during business hours from Monday until Wednesday. We are pleased to loam that the financial results of the show will be satisfactory. Fatal Accidents.—At Christchurch a boy named Caygill, seven years of age, was eating plums on Wednesday afternoon when a stone lodged in his throat. His mother was unable to remove it, and before the doctor arrived the boy was dead.—A boy named Hambrooke, two years of age, was burned to death on Tuesday at Takaka, Nelson. He was left alone in the house sleeping in a cot, and got hold of some matches and set the clothes on fire. Dairy PRODUdE. —Messrs Valentine and Sawefs have deferred their visit to the West Coast till Monday. They inspected the butter for the Rimutaka, and found some inferior packages. It is intended to ask for power to brand such consignments. Cool storage chambers are to be erected at ports. There are now 172 dairy factories in New Zealand. As a result of the examination of the butter sent down for shipment by the Rimutaka from Wellington, some prosecutions are likely to take place for failure to comply with the law as to branding. The Cheviot Estate.—The ballot for 42 sections of first and second class agricultural land on the Cheviot estate, on lease in perpetuity, took place at Christchurch on Wednesday. There was a large number of applicants for several sections, but in four cases no application was made. The area of land leased is 10,71)1 acres, and the annual revenue £2.)J2. The Cheviot mansion and 5000 acres of land were sold by Mr J. T. Matson, and were purchased by Mr H. D. Bell, on behalf of Mrs Charle3 Campbell, for the upset price of £25,030. District Court.—At the District Court, Timaru, on Thursday, before His Honor JaAge Waid, H r White applied under the Admini-.trafciou Acts for au order directing M. MoS. Gentleman to deliver a hoive $q the Official Assignee (administrator in the estate of {;he lafcc Andrew MoCormiek). Mr Kinncrnoy opyogul, an/1 raised two objection* to the proceedings, h'.vxt |,ho :in'i:"■, Lvit was twcv'-i b'jl'ore thu motion was filed, and that the am Uvit was not sulfioieut. On the first objection, taut tho mailer was not prop.-riy b the court. Mis Honor dit::ni-sed the a'-'plie-atioii, with K:' :N costs. I.'aiusu or Ti;.MUKA.— A meeting of fcue vestry oil this parish was hell in the Parish llall on Thursday evening. The incumbent (Rev. .Mr Gillani) said it had been suggested that he should withdraw his resignation of the incumbency and take six months' l»ave of absence. The bishop had gladly assented to this, and promised to place a suitable clergyman in charge of the parish. Tho vestry having ajrreed to the suvgestiou, the incumbent stated his intention of takin : his family to Auckland lor the winter. It was decided to hold a gift auction at Ka-ter, and to ask the ladies of the parish to work for a large bazaar to be held at the clo?e of the year to pay off tho debt on tho Parish Hall. '•

Timaru Wool Sales.—We are obliged to hold over several auctioneers' reports of the Timaru wool sales. Wesleyan Church, Temuka. The services for to T morrow will be found in our advertising columns. Postponed.—The sale of sawmilling plant, timber, etc., advertised to take place at Peel Forest on Monday is postponed until further notice. The Jessie Headman. The Jessie Readman ia reported to be almost high and dry on the beach at the Chathams, and only slightly injured. Up to the 13th 2000 bales of wool had been landed without damage. Tenders are being called for floating the vessel and bringing the cargo to Wellington. The Weather.—South Canterbury Iras had certainly more than the average share of rainfall this season. Not only during the progress of sowing and the prepaiation of the land was there an unusual amount of wet. but latterly, as the crops are ripening, there have been one or two exceptionally heavy downpours. On Thursday afternoon, and until midday yesterday, rain again fell heavily, with the result thas all the rivers are more or less swollen. The Temuka commenced to rise on Thursday morning, and yesterday the Opihi was running literally from bank to bank,a smull stream even trickling through Norton's paddock, on the north side. The toe of the embankment leading to the riverbed from the Opihi bridge was washed away, and settlers are to be congratulated upon the completion of the bridge repairs previous to one of the heaviest freshes of the year. All the other rivers Jin the district were also in flood. The rainfall up country must have bean quite tropical. Locally there has been no wind, and the atmosphere has been very oppressive. The crops have, of course, suffered. Oats that were nearly have started a second growth, and a good deal of both oats and wheat fairly ripe is getting discolored, while a) I heavy crops are laid. No actual damage has been reported, but the ultimate loss must be severe, and farmers will again have to put up with .a bad season. The weather at the time of writing has improved, and there is a smart breeze from the south. Probably this will bring up more rain, and, if so, the consequences will be even more serious than already anticipated. Auction at Temuka.—We have been requested to draw attention to the great sales that are to be conducted in the Volunteer Hall by Messrs Glasson & Co. on Monday and Tuesday next. The auctioneers state that the various stocks to be submitted include nothing but the highest quality in each particular line, and every line will be sold to the highest bidder. Consignments have been made for each seaport town in New Zealand, and a well organised staff attend each centre to ensure successful results. Commencing at Invercargill, Dunedin has been visited, where sales were run for 12 weeks with great results. Messrs Glasson & Co. will have by to-day conducted four large auctions in Timaru with results specially satisfactory to buyers, if not vendors. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. N.Z. Land Co. —Temuka stock sale. Guinness & LeCren—Temuka stock sale. Churoh of England—Services to-morrow. C.F.C. Association —Entries Temukastock Mrs H. E. Smith—Oottage to let at Winchester. J. Ballantyne & Co. —Particulars re clearing sale. H. B. Webster & Co —Entries Temuka stock, sale. Primitive Methodist Church Services for to-morrow. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. Geraldine Rifles —Annual meeting on Thursday evening. H. B. Webster & Co.—Sell Mr Cook's farm, Waitodi, on Feb. 6. Temuka F. and H. Society—Pr'ses obtainable from Monday next. Smithson, Raymond & Smith Notice re Mr W. Wheelband's accounts. Ashton House School—Miss Wethey's pupils reassemble on January 29. Adams, Curties & Co., Christc'iurch — Everlasting truths re " Star " cycles. John Lawson Notice re black and brindle sheep dog left at Pakihi estate. Temuka Mechanics' Institute —Annual meeting Monday evening; important business. R. B. Denniston & Co., Duned?n Particulars re Lancashire Patent Belting, superior to any in the market. Mr A. D. Silk—Particulars re accommodation and advantages offered by the " Leviathan Hotel," jJunedin, to visitors and the general public.