LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 3835, 24 December 1901, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Owing to the holiday there will be no sale at Gerildine tomorrow. The Geraldine County Council office will be closed from December 25th and re open on the 6th January. The Temuka Salvation Army Band and Singing Company will give a number of carols, etc., this evening. Captain Edwin forecasted the weather yesterday:—Northeast to north and west gale, after 16 hours from now ; glass fall ; tides good. A cricket match between a Goulbourn 22 and the English Eleven concluded on Saturday, the Englishmen winning with six wickets to spare. The Arowhenua Brass Band, in Khaki uniform, will play in the Temuka and surrounding district this evening, and are sure to be warmly welcomed. The Temuka Road Board office will be closed for the Christmas holidays from the 24th to 30th inclusive. Small birds' eggs will be bought on Tuesday 31st, instead of Saturday 28th. Arrangements re the train services for today and Christmas Day will be found in our advertising columns. All who intend travelling on the railway on either today or tomorrow should study the advertisements. During the past fortnight the Rangitata district has, enjoyed an unlimited amount of rain. The crops of wheat and oats are looking exceedingly well, and promise an abundant harvest. Root crops too are making very good progress, and some line fields of clover hay are noticeable. We regret to learn that Mr Ray, for many years chairman of the Pleasant Point School Committee, died at his residence on Friday after a long illness. Deceased was an old resident at Pleasant Point, and his death will be regretted by a wide circle of friends. At Rangitata Island the annual tea in connection with the Sunday school will be held in the schoolroom on Christmas Day at 4 o'clock, and in the evening the annual distribution of prizes will take place. The Revs. Messrs Sharp and Tinsley and Mr W. Smith will give addresses, and a large gathering is expected. Mr F. A. Butterfield will hold an extensive sale at Temuka today, in his temporary auction rooms, of general and fancy gocds suitable for presents. The sale will start at one o'clock, and as the Oriental Drapery Importing Company are leaving for Christchurch Mr Butterfield is instructed to clear averything out. A little daughter of Mr James Currie, Timaru, two years of age, was drowned in a tub containing about 10 inches of water, on Saturday afternoon. The little girl was sent out by her mother ta play in the yard, and half an hour afterwards Was found leaning over the side of the cask. Medical aid was procured, but all efforts to induce respiration failed. Testing candidates for enrolment in the Eighth Contingent was begun at Wellington yesterday morning. There were 516 applicants, of whom 55 were returned troopers and 20 members of mounted corps. The majority of the remainder of the men were from the back blocks districts. The supply of would-be recruits is so much in excess of the number required that all conditions of enrolment will be rigidly adhered to. After the first purging of the roll at Christchurch the number of applicants for the Eighth Contingent is about 515. Lawrence Edward Hindson, articled clerk to Mr W. C. MacGregor, Dunedin, shot himself in a closet on the premises where he is employed. Mr Hindson, sen., who visited this colony in March of last year had booked for a return visit to see his son, and on the day of his departure overbalanced himself in an upstairs room in London, falling to the bottom of the area, and breaking his neck. No doubt, the news of the father's death affected young Hindson. It is understood that he came into a considerable amount of money under his father's will. At the Dunedin Police Court, A. and J. MoFarlane, Irvine and Stevenson, and the Phoenix Company were charged with selling adulterated juin. It was not contended that anything but pure fruit had been put in the jam. In the case of McFarlano's, they had found that strawberry jam would not " set" or keep unless pulp or other fruit was mixed with it In the cases of the other defendents, other fruit had been mixed with raspberry to the extent of from 14 to 16 per cent. The Court decided that as the jam had been sold as if made from one fruit, whereas other fruit was introduced, it was an offence under the Act." It should have been labelled to show the fruits it was made of. Each of the firms was fined £8 with coats, or a total of £5 14s. __,

There will be no publication of this paper on Thursday. Part of Maodonald's store at Tokomaru, Gisborne, was destroyed by fire. James Warnock, dairyman, Green Island, was fined 40s and costs at the Police Court for selling milk without a license. '['he captain of the Discovery signalled the captain of the that Charles Bonnar, A. 8., was accidentally killed by falling off the crow'B nest. The Temuka Brass Band will give an open air concert in Victoria Park, on the afternoon of Christmas Day, commencing at 2.30 p.m. A choice programme will be given. At Dunedin in the case of Nimmo and Blair v. the Collector of Customs, Judge Williams gave judgment for plaintiffs for the refund of .£55 12s paid as duty on a manure mixing machine. < In our advertising columns will be found the names of the officers appointed to form the Recruiting Boards at the various stations in South Canterbury, The board will select and have medically examined the recruits from the various districts for the Eighth Contingent. George Norman Cox, a clerk in the post office, at Hastings, was charged »t the Magistrate's Court on Monday morning with stealing .£l3O, the property of the Government He was remanded for a. week, bail in .£4OO being allowed. Mr McLachlan, member for Ashburton, adddressed a meeting of . farmers on Saturday, to tell what the Government had done for tbem. He attempted to justify his attitude in Parliament towards the union, which he said, was evidenlty opposed to the Government. The speech was otherwise merely a repetition of his speech in the House on the Financial Statement. The Temuka Rifles intend firing a return match at Ashburton on New Year's Day against the Ashburton Rifles. The team will leave Temuka -by the special train that leaves Temuka at 5 minutes to 5 on the 31st December, arriving at Ashburton at 7 o'clock. The following is the team :—Lieutenant Feilden, Sergeants Radburnd and Edwards, Corporals Heatley and McAuliffe, Privates Sim, Collins, C Chapman, Bateman and South. Any of the above who are unable to get away are requested to communicate with the secretary of the Rifles at once. Practices will be held every evening. The playing of the Canterbury Pipe Band, who will maka tbeir first parade (in uniform) at the Caledonian sports at Temuka on Boxing Day, has been already recognised as very good indeed for a young band, and in their new uniforms the members > should present a capital appearance. , The uniforms, which have been made by Messrs Ballantyn© & Co. in their best style, are o£ Mackenzie Tartan, a lively one which shows up well. The belts are the work of Mr J. Roualdson, and Messrs G.& T Young are responsible for the brooches and buckles. The several accessories necessary to a complete Highlander's turn out—caps, spor- ' rans, hose, etc., which'could not be procured in the colony were brought out recently by Mr C. S. Fraser, the secretary of the S.C. Caledonian Society, who recently returned from the Old Country. The band should now ba one of the best equipped in the colony, and itsinaugurators will doubtless be pleasedthat their efforts have been crowned with success so far. We learn that there is yet some debt upon the uniforms, but without doubt this will be easily wiped out by the generous contributions of those who have remembrances of the " Auld Countree " yet in their minds, and of others who appreciate the spirit which animates Scotsmen to retain and further, as far as possible, the traditions and customs of their ancestors. The inspiriting call of the pipes . has animated many a charge when British forces have been engaged, while there is no livelier dance music than that of the pipes. On Boxing Day the latter will predominate, but the march and the slogan it should be remembered have a national interest, .while the pibroch should appeal more to those who are of purely Scottish descent. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. A. E. Werry, Hilton—Lost bright bay mare. *. E. W. Body, Kakahu Road—Sheep feed to let. x George Murray, Sawdon, Burke's PassWants'a couk. Temuka Road Board—Office closed for Christmas holidays. E. W. Kissel, Merchant Tailor, Temuka —Notice re suits. Lieutenant-Colonel Bailey D.O. re RecruitiDg Boards. Bank of New Zealand, Temuka—Reward for lost belt with silver buckle. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operation Association —No ssle at Geraldine tomorrow. ' Temuka Brass Band—Open air concert in Victoria Park on Christmas Day afternoon. Hallenstein Bros., Timaru— Latest styles in hats, shirts, ties, collars, etc., for the festive season. Geraldine County Council —Office will be closed from December 25th and re open open on January.6th. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operate Association —Sell househeld furniture and effects on account of ilr T. Kingston, at Geraldine on January Bth.