LOCAL & GENERAL

Temuka Leader, Issue 3951, 25 September 1902, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The members of the Winchester Cricket Club had a \ practice on Saturday afternoon. The practice matting pitch was in fine order, and will be of great benefit to the players. We hear that Major Crawshaw has been appointed instructor to the drill classes for teachers, which are to be held in Timaru on Saturdays. It is probable that classes may also be held in Waimate and Geraldine as well. H.M.S. Ringajrooma, of the Australian Squadron, arrived at Timaru on Monday morning from Port Chalmers, and stays in port until Saturday next. The Ringarooma is commanded by Capt. F. St. George Rich, and belongs to the IhircV-class type of oruiser, having a displacement of 2575 tons, and is engined to 40H0b.p. Her armament consists of 30 gups, and the vessel is also fitted up with a powerful search light, which is to be brought into use one evening while in Timaru. His Worship the Mayor, on the arrival of the warship, formally welcomed Cupr. Rich and his ship to the port. The Geraldine Placing Club’s twodays Spring Meeting commences today at the Orari course, when, if the weather is favorable, there should be a record attendance, and the programme should he an interesting one. The committee have made excellent arrangements this year for an enjoyable meeting, and no doubt a good many people will come from town by the excursion trains. “ Buckjumper ” has forwarded w; ihe f Rowing tips for the first Jay’s races : —Hunter’s Hurdles—Swagger 1, Ivlair’&tay 2 ; Squatters’ Handicap—Clanburn 1, Magnificent 2 ; Geraldine Trot—Orphan 1, Brandon 3 , O.R.C. Handicap—Cameo 1, Ardnaff 2 ; Orari Trot —Little Bell 1, A 1 F. 2 ; Belfield Handicap—Lillian 1, Clanburn 2 ; Living Handicap—Rosemere 1, Cora Liiui 2. “Templar” in this week’s Referee says :—“The annual race meeting of the Geraldine Racing Club which comes on for decision on Thursday and Friday, is one of the most enjoyable gatherings held in Canterbury. The course is conveniently situated, and visitors from outside districts will find the train arrangements very convenient. In most of Thursday’s events high-class and good-sized fields promise to be seen out so there is every prospect of an interesting day’s sport.” The Canterbury Times also refers to the meeting thus ;—“The old-established Geraldine Racing Club will begin its spring meeting at Orari on Thursday, and it will be brought to a conclusion on the following! day. There is everyindicationthat at least a portion of its old-time prosperity is returning, and it is possible that in a few years’ time we may again have the pleasure of seeing prospective Cup winners carrying silk on the old course. The acceptances received for events to be decided on the first are fair, and interesting contests Should rhsfflt.” '

The fruitgrowers of the Teviot district are going to open a jam factory. As showing the voracity of the much detested rodent, a rat caught overnight m a trap at a Temuka resident 's house recently, was found in the moruiug to l ave hud every particle of flesh stripped from its bones by other rats. The Uov J. Blight, of Temuka, will conduct services at Orton nnd Rangitata on Sunduy next, at the former place in the afternoon, and at Raugituta in the evening The repairing of the defective concrete steps at the new Temuka Post Office wacompleted last week. The severe frosts experienced while the steps were bemg coustreted are said to he the cause of ttm friable state of the plaster. An official has arrived at Wnicoa, Gi.borne, from the Public'Tiust Office, We lipgton, to pay £ISOO hack rent duo on the Waiomi run The Natives hither o refused to fake thn money, hut have iio» consumed. About 400 participate in t.i e payments. The annual con -ort and dancu in aid of l lie prize fund of the Helfie'd School v.-il he held in the schoolroom to morrow evening. A first ra e programme has been ’lranged for the concert, and good music etc., for th-> dance, and the Committee hope to see a 'arge attendance. Messrs Turnbull and Co., of Christchurch are afraid that the barque reported to have been seen on fire off Hicks' bay on ifeptem ber 6th is the Timam, of which they a.re the owners She left Lyttelton on August 16th for Kaipara. The Timam was au iron barque of 417 tons, and carried a crew of eleven hands.

At Macraes, near Middlomarch, Samuel Stevens, while working in the drive of a quartz reef, was struck on the head by an overhanging reck. It took four men four hours to shift ihe rock His injuries are severe, but his skull is not fractured, aud ho is likely to recover. To-morrow evening a social will be held in the Milford tM/lmolrooin m aid of the prize fund Good music and a competent M.C. have ’neon arranged for, and the re-fr>-shments will be quite up to the uuia! Milford standard, and cannot fail to please A large attend*' Ce is expected. Speakinv at the annual meeting of too, Temuka Bicycle Club on Tuesday evening Mr J. Anderson paid a tribe e to the effi cient manner in which Mr W Mason had carried out the duties of check s-tewa'd at Orari on the occasion of the recent road race, and suggested that a letter of thanks bo sent to Mr Mason. The suggestion was adopted. At the Magistrate’s ('ourt, Timaru on Tuesday, before Mr C. A. Wrai, S.M., George Edward Bright waschatged wkh breaking aud entering the dwelling-hons** of Mr W. J. Cofcterill nu September 13th, aud stealing goods amounting to the value ot 41 12s. At the request of the poliw accused was remanded till Monday next. A prohibited man pleaded not guilty to a- charge of drunkenness, but after evidence was given by onstables Dalton and Crawford, who arrested him, he was fined 10s or -IS hours’ imprisonment. At the meeting of the Canterbury Land Board last week, it was resolved to authorise the Commissioner to report to the head office as to the terms upon which the Board would recommend a settlement of the fluim by Iho Loan and Mercantile Agency Company in respect of the destruction ”f Lake Tekapo plantation. Upon the ap plication of the Mackenzie County Council it was agreed to recommend that all the plantation reserves in the Mackenzie County be vested in tbo County Council. Mr T. Gunnion, speaking at the Temuka Bicycle Club’s annual meeting, on Thursday, alluded to the necessity or a strict adherence to the principle that money should accompany all entries in racing events. “ Sport,” continued the speaker, “ has .-"T into a bad way in Temuka in this resp cM No one should be handicapped if they h. d not paid the entrance fee. Prequ-mtlr those who had entered for a race and weie not satisfied with the handicap did not pay the fee duo,” It was pointed out that the Club had power in such oases to put defaulters on the defaulters’ list, and tlv y would not then be allowed to take pa't ; n any race run under the auspices of n club affiliated to the League of Wheelmen until they had paid the amount owing. During the meeting of the South Ora-n River Board, at Temuka, on Tuesday, Hr Guild asked : “ What are th° people doing who ate forming the new river board ?” Mr Cooper said Just at present they were doing nothing. Some hitch had arisen with regard to the map to be prepared before starting canvassing for signatures. The engineer to whom the work was entrusted thought it besfrto advise the Commission to get the map drawn up at the Laud Office, Christchurch, as some legal obstacle might arise and prevent a work prepared by a private individual being accepted by the Government. The Laud Office were at present engaged on the work, and nothing could be done by the Commission till the map was received. The 32nd number of The Liberator has reached us. The paper is an Auckland publication devoted to the “emancipation of Labour, and the realisation of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternityand is a four page sheet advocating the principle of single tax. The following clipping, which serves to explain the objects, is taken from the issue under consideration: name of this paper is The Liberator ! It comes to its readers in a humble garb, begging them humbly to read it. So many lies, so many cruel murders, robberies, and oppressions have been committed in the name of liberty, that it is no wonder the people are suspicious even ot the name. Yet, if we can only prove that we know what liberty is, then our battle may he considered as won, because it is an impossible thing to believe that any seeker after truth does not love liberty even if he hates like poison all the caricatures of it he ever saw. The definition of liberty, as single taxers urd’rstaud the principle, is that everyone of us has a perfect right to do with his own ahilitiewhatever he chooses, bounded only by the equal right of other people to do the same.” The Winchester school was examined on Monday by the board’s Inspectors, Messrs J. G. Gow, M.A., and A. Bell, M.A. At the conclusion of the examination the school was closed for the rest of the week. Mr G. R. M. Jones returned to Timaru on Saturday from his trip to Australia, and resumed bis duties with the Canterbury Farmers’ Cooperative Association yesterday. 'He was met at the train <>n his arrival by a number of the stock dealers of the district, and requested to meet them as a class in the shareholders’ room of the C.F.C.A. buildings. Here Mr W. S. Alaslin, on behalf of the dealers, presented Mr and Mrs Jones with two cosy upholstered easy chairs as a wedding present. Mr Jones suitably acknowledged the gift. The annual horse parade under the auspices of the Timaru A. and P. Association takes place in Timaru on Saturday .next. Entries close with the secretary, Mr G. P. Wood, to-day. All horses are to be on the ground by 11 o’clock, and the official parade will start at 11.30. Probate was recently granted* of the will of the late Mr John McLean, of Redcastle, dated June, 1895. The executors are Messrs St. John McLean Buckley and George McLean, and the estate is valued at under £213,000, The chief bequests are £1069 to Mrs Gee, £4069 to Miss Fanny Buckley, and £5605 to Mrs Rolleston, and to Mr St. John McLean Buckley the Redcastle estate, land and farm, the Waitaki Plains estate, and the Crichton Park estate, Waipahi, subject to the legacy to the three sisters. The balance of the estate is left to he equally divided between Messrs St. John McLean Buckley and George Alexander MoLi&n Buoklab

2he annual examination of pupils of the Temuka District High School was commenced yesterday morning by the S.C. Hoard of Education Inspectors, Messrs Gow, M.A. and Bell M.A. A district order is published in the advertisement columns containing the intimation that the new book on Infantry training, 1902, is to be used by ail infantry corps of the South Canterbury district infutm., to-morrow evening the postponed consolation match of the Temuka Morns Tube Club will be fired off at the Drill Shed. Shooting will commence at 7.15., and the prize is a trophy presented by Lieut. Brown. In another column will be lound an advertisement detailing particulars of a large and well assorted stock of anglers requisites now being opened up by Mr D. Taylor, of Temuka, for the coming fishing season, which commences on Wednesday next The good arrived in the colony by the Athenic and are the products of wellknown firms. Anglers are invited to inspect the stock, some of which has been specially selected fori the require ments of the South Canterbury district. Further particulars will be found in the advertisement referred to .

An unusual noise was heard in one of the Temuka hotels yesterday morning and on investigation it was found tha.t some workmen employed effecting repairs to the building had played a practical joke on one ol the boarders by fastening up the door of the bathroom while he was having his morning’s ablution. It seems that the workmen did not want the room entered during their absence and the night previous, finding that the key of the door had disappeared, they went to the troifble of nailing the door on the inside. Not to be deterred, however, the boarder in question procured a ladder in the morning and by its aid got through I the window, pulled away Ifce fastenI ings and then returned to Mother | Earth again, removing the ladder | from the window when he had done j s o. He felt very satisfied with himI self. He was now able to enter the ' bathroom by the door. He did so, had a fine plunge, and, assuming a ; bland smile prepared to leave the ! room. In the meantime the workmen had returned to their labours, and in ;order to teach the daring one that they were not to be defied with impunity, had nailed the door on the outside, while their victim, in blissful ignorance, was splashing away on the , inside. When the bather saw his fix i the smile departed. He said somej thing, and commenced to " raise Cain.” He succeeded in doing that, but nothing further. He pulled and tugged at the door till the other boarders in the house felt that surely an earthquake equal to that experienced in Adelaide last week, had visited Temuka. At last the noise, heard above the din created (spcially for the occasion) by the workers attracted mine host, who rendered assistance. The sight of water turns that boarder sick now ! The best medicine known is SANDER & SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, the relief is instantaneous. In serious j cases, and accidents of all kinds, be ■ they wounds, burns, scalding, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling—no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation, of the lungs, swelling, etc., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. SANDER & SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT is in use at hospitals and medical cKuics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reject all others.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS

Mou-gomery’s Entertainers—Entattainment at Temuka on Tuesday “ Margarita,” Raugitata Station.—Wants lady help. D. McLeod, Raukapuka Trespassers prosecuted ; poi-oa laid for dog s. M. A. L’oomey, Kakahu — St’ad notices re Oiydesdaie stallions Lord Ashton and Kin<r Edward. K. Fyse Phillips, Crown Hotel, Temuka —First class accommodation (for tourists and others ; firsLclass sample rooms ; good stabling. Maling and Sballcrass--Imporfcant clearing sale of live and dead farm stock and plant, furniture, etc., at Te Moana, on September 3Uth ; are receiving additional entries; full particulars of sale of bridge timber at old Opihi Bridge, Main Road, Aruwhenua, on 3rd October. James Rennie —S’cud notice re Clydesdale stallion New Hope. Funeral Notice—Re infant son of Mr and Mrs Henry Oldfield, to-mor-row. Colonel Bailey. Commanding S.C. Sub-district—District Order re new books on infantry training, 1902. Jas. Rennie, Winchester—Stud notice of the pure-bred Clydesdale stallion New Hope. Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association—Sale of horses at Tatlersall’s yards, Timaru, on Saturday