LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 4002, 24 January 1903, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

At! Tattersall’s horse market, ( Tim- ( drii, /td-day, ithkco Clydosda'lq mares i are to be sold on account of Mr B. Evans, the wellknown horse-breeder. At the invitation of Mr P. Coira the Temuka Brass Band will (wea- ] ther permitting.) give an open air concert on Tuesday evening, playing on the balcony of the Royal Hotel. During the past few days wet and misty Invercargill has been enjoying J the perfect summer weather that has i lately been experiencd in South Canterbury. The crops were badly m need of sunshine, and are now said to be benefiting immensely by the 1 happy change in the elements. The National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., (per Mr Alex. Bruce, auctioneer), will sell on Tuesday next, on account of the executors of thelate J. A. McCaskill, a waggonette, two trap horses, set harness, emptysacks, sundries, etc. The sale will be held immediately after the stock sale. Three cyclists riding out from Timaru. to U’emuka on Thursday afternoon to attend the, garden party at Green. Hayes, collided with one another in endeavouring to escape the metal on the road as. they turned the corner of High street, Temuka, and one, a lady, was so shaken by the fall .that resulted that she had to be conveyed to a friend's house, where, after a' time, she recovered sufficiently to- return home by the train. Arrangements have been made to have a special gift Sunday for the circuit fund to-morrow at the services at the Geraldine and Temuka Primitive Methodist Churches, The Rev. J. Sharp will preach at Geraldine morning and evening. Mr Clements, of Wellington, at Temuka in the afternoon and evening. Mr Clements, who is still hale and hearty, is an octogenarian, and is the oldest. Primitive Methodist local preacher in the colony. He began to preach in his teens, and has been thus engaged for, abqut 64 years. His' sermons, which are spoken highly of and always listened to with interest. During the heavy hailstorm that passed over the district last Saturday week Mrs John Philp, of Milford met with a rather serious accident. The unfortunate lady was out driving at the Arowhenua when the storm occurred, and the horse , in the trap took fright and began to jjlungc and kick. Mrd Philip was struck by the", horse’s hoof, and she received aj bad injury to her leg, which- has necessitated her keeping her bed :ejveijj since. Although Mrs Philp. is making steady progress to wards recovery it will be some weeks yet before she will be able to', get again. The Geraldine Mounted Rifles had a field day. at Temuka on Thursday last,' when there was an excellent muster of the members of the corps. Parading at 10 o'clock, under Lieutenant Hol-well,-the officer commanding the company, a march was made for a paddock adjoining the Temuka river, and’ here extensive mounted drill was done, through for the benefit of the non-coni , officers, whose examinations are. to be held next week. Bach of the noncoms; present took command of the corps in, turn, and al considerable amount of useful work was gone through in a manner that earned the approbation of Lieut. Holwell. At one o'clock a halt_.was_made,- when, a capital cold collation, provided by Mrs Coira, of the Royal Hotel, was partaken of. In the, afternoon ia couple of Hours were spent in outpost diity under Lieutenant Holwell, .'with the assistance of Sergiu-Major Crefepin and the non-coms. At 3.30 the parade was 1 dismissed in order to give the men air opportunity of visiting the Veteran’s Home Garden party at Green Hayes. A Maori hoy who hired a canoe to go for a scull on thq lake at Green Hayes on Thursday had included in his ihoney’s worth something he did not anticipate when he started for his row, viz., an impromptu bath. Evidently the little fellow was not familiar with the intricacies cf beat manship as, tradition has it, were his forefathers. When the .Lai 1 craft rolled, he' rolled—and so did his eyes ! , He assisted the boat’.s every movement by going over himself just a trifle, .further than it did. Coiise-* tfuently, he was not very far from the bank, before he found himself vlure he did not know exactly “where ’e were.” That is to say, the boat turned over with him, and tbejoung voyager went a trip he was not prepared to take. He floundered a bout a little, and gave pee m: iwo despairing glances at the crowd of unsympathetic onlookers, who were laughing gleefully a 'i his plight.- The poor little fellow looked for a moment as though he thought all was , lost, hut 1 he soon regained l. ; s feet, and finding that the lake was not so deep as it appeared, the water not , reaching his shoulders, l.e set to and i waded out, none the wose for his i immersion save that his feeling® were t mixed and hia clothes wet. Willing, s hands assisted him to the bank and kind friends took him in charge, and i be was soon all Might again, and run- < ning about as happy as a lark. I A mild sensation was caused yes- i terday morning by a discovery of a i man hainging from the branches of a £ tree in Victoria Park. The discovery 1 was made by some boys who alarmingly told some adults, who advised [ word to be sent at once to the police j Constable Gillespie on receiving the i information sent his son at full speed b to the place armed with a knife to c cut him down, whilst he himself went s thither as fast as he could. When t roung Gillespie reached the scene he § liscovered the supposed suicide was - i well got nip effigy, to which the I bllowing literary effort was pinned : « ‘ To whom it my consarn Lord Ran- I brly got a wire from Seddon, a e .veek ago that Paul Crulgar was on t lis way to New Zealand to Murder I Seddon as he was expected to pass h remuka on Thursday Night, Lord ® ilanfurly was in Temuka yesterday tl ;o see Platman and Hall Jones to I 1 ;ive them orders .to he on the look n mt for him Platman and Hall-Jones w aught him going past the Star Ho- n ;el and after a desperate struggle? got a iis hands tied behind his back. Paul iff.cred jihem £SO tp let him go. But “ here orders was to hang him up to P' he first tree they came to Oruger >eged piecisly for his life But Se-Hon 9! ,llys would no trust him so after w hey made Paul tell them the way* c e had intended to do for Seddon, a hey made short work of him.” We w ave given this with all its ortho- d raphical apd'syntactical defects, but t< fhat it means, and who is its s-u- J hor remains a: mystery. If it had h een the first of April ve should g ave called it a good joke , but being o! PFpetratgd ip gold blood, ,and wiln- ti ut any apparent motive, we do not n now what .to call it., n

The election of members for the South Orari River Board will be held on the 17th prox. The present members who retire through effluxion of ' time arc eligible for re-election. Nomination .forum can be obtaSfced from the returni'u 0 officer, Mr E. B. .. i Goopee, lemuka, and all nominations v must be delivered at Mr Opie’s store. Winchester, not later than noon 6n • Wednesday, 4th prox. -Anglers and others will learn with pleasure that the Temuka Road. Board is calling for tenders for scoopthe water at O’Mara’s crosJfcg might be lessened, while the proposed work will greatly benefit the crossing referred to it will alsoiiconsiderably in^ r u V ! fishing in the region, which has hitherto been impaired by the depth of water. Lenders for the work close with the Board's pverseer rm P’S? 1 on Monday, the 2nd prox. Thci Rev. J. M.! Adcock,., M.A., vicar of St. Peter’s Church and Mrs Adcock, who hape been 'absent from Temuka on a few weeks’ holiday, returned to town on Thursday evening. As showing the increasing, popularity of the Geraldine Floral and Horticulatural Society’s Show, we may mention that the credit balance of the Society this year is the largest it has ever had. The Secretary of the Geraldine . . Floral and Horticultural Society has counted up the points in connection with the recent show and ••‘thespecial prizes for most points are awarded an follows For largest prizetakerin Amateur Class in Fruit; prize presented by Mr G. Batty six fruit - trees, won by Mr T. Goy Remuka). For largest prizetaker in vegetables in Amateur Class, prize bag of garden. manure presented by Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser and Go., valued" at 10s 6d, won by Mrs Webb (Temuka). L Tenders are being invited for building a sheep dip at the Farmers’ Yards, Geraldine. Mr F. R. Flatman, M.H.R., has received word from the Hon. W. HallJones, Minister of Public Works, that he is making enquiries and, if neces- i- ; sary, he will have the Government buildings at Geraldine connected with the high pressure water system. The Geraldine District Tennis Club play a match at Timaru to-day with the Timaru Club. The following t team has been picked to represent - Geraldine Misses J. Orbell, E. Or- - bell, Barklie, E. Barklie, and Messrs - H. Crowe, Walter Moore, W. K. Mac-, t donald,. E, G. Temple, J. Temple, - 3 and A. J. Mackay. On Saturday, a January 31st inst., the Waitohi Club > will visit Geraldine and try conclu--3 sions with the local district Club d .when play will start promptly ax 2 , P-m. ’’l ? At the Wesleyan Church on Sunday - 3 evening Mr Boothroyd, n I Timaru, will,. preach, and Miss Ward, a visitor s from Dunedin, will contribute a solo. : At a meeting of Christchurch ■ anglers Field on Thursday to consider 1 apetition to be sent to Parliament to '| >' allow fishermen to net trcub in Lake f Ellesmere and sell the fl sn, the I speakers strongly opposed the pro- i • posal, and decided to circulate a ■ counter-petition protesting against. • any concession to lake fishermen in I’ that direction. If netting in the lake i is prohibited anglers will endeavour i. to compensate the, fishermen, and, 3 .start a fund for that purpose. J ■ Prizetakers at the late Floral, 3 Horticultural, and Industrial Show J in Geraldine, are notified by advertis--3 ment that they may receive their ? prizemoney by 'calling at Mr Thomas’ ti office, Geraldine. As prizetakers in i_-past,-years_havß-. not-called for their ■/ money until long after the advertised 3 date the Secretary particularly rei quests that this year thy will call as t soon as possible. 1 The "Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times writes:—Mr Watson, 3 leader of the Labour Party in the Common- i ’ wealth Parliament, arrived from the south on Wednesday morning, and, in the course 1 of the day, was introduced to the Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, and other Ministers in town. Mr Watson expresses his surprise : i at the marvellous- strides made by New Zealand in late years, and was impressed - with the prosperous state of affairs in all the towns he had visited. On Wednesday evening Mr E. H. Stevenson gives a return farewell entertainment in the Volunteer Hall, Geraldine. The programme to be submitted is entirely new and up to date, including, among other features, a reproduction of Mrs Henry Wood’s pathetic drama, “East Lynne,” of which Mr Stevenson has secured the sole New Zealand rights. The film is a very sharp , and clear one, pourtraying very vividly the various scenes, which hold the audience spellbound from start to finish. As this will be tbe only opportunity that . will be presented of seeing the film, which has recently been one of London’s sations, there should be a large attendance at the entertainment. The installation of Bro. Mackenzie W.M.,,and officers of the Geraldine Masonic Lodge 27 took place on Wednesday - night when there was an unusually large at tendance, 50 or more brethren being present from all parts. The Eight Wor. Bro. P.C Biuns, Grand Hup. foe Canterbury, acted as installing master and was assisted by brethren from Winchester, Temuka, and Timaru. The banquet was a huge sucoessy and a most enjoyable time was spent by all who attended, visitors from Christchurch and other places being loud in their.praises of. the exce. h catering of Mrs A. G. McLean of j the Geraldine hotel, .lodging t«y the goodfellowship which prevailed at the function on Wednesday night one would say that the Geraldine Lodge has a prosperous future before it. The St. Mary’s Church Sunday School Treat and Parish Gathering, which took place in the small park, Geraldine, on Thursday afternoon, was well attended, and as the weather was all that could be vdesired, a thoroughly enjoyable time was spent by young and old. The refreshment tables were laden with good things—the gifts of lady members of the congregation —and were presided over by Mesdames Pinch and MacKenzip and Misses Orbell • and Stubbs. The Working Guild of the Parish took advantage of the gathering to erect a stall to dispose of the remainder of the articles left from the fete, mid Mrs Pickles and Miss Dawson (Woodbury) who had charge, did fairly good business. Mr E.. H. Orbell, superintendent of the school, the Eev. Mr Staples Hamilton, and Mr J.S. Pye helped in a large measure to make the afternoon a pleasant fhe for the children, who had a gay time, what with cocoanut shies, novelty rnc.s, bobbing for apples, spoon and potatoe race, sack races, etc. Mrs Sercombe very kindly supplied lollies for the scrambles, which the young ' i people very miich appreciated. A recital of Oratorio music will be givan in St. Mary’s Church, Geraldine, on Monday next at 8 p.m. by Mrs Burns, cf . Christchurch, when a collection will be made in aid of the choir fund. Mrs Burns, who has been spending a holiday in the district, has rendered very kind assistance to the choir and is now about to render •still further assistance in a wqy which will be highly appreciated by them, besides giving enjoyment to many who ar« fomj of music. Mrs Burns has a good reputation as a singer, and her rendering of saored music is a treat which should not be missed,

At the District Court, Timaru, yesterday, on the application of Mr Moore, probate of the will of the late William Berry, of Geraldine, was Allan Tweedie, grocer, bankrupt, was granted an order, of discharge. ... The South Canterbury Dairy Factory put up a record last Wednesday by turniog out one ton and eleven pounds of buibter. Mr William Thomas, of Waitaki North, has been appointed headmaster of Morven school. The following will play for Winchester against Temuka in Temuka park on the 24th (to-qfay) at 2.3i> p.m. H. Opie, Willoughby (2) B. R. Macdonald, McLean, H. Wright, C. Austin, Paterson, Dr Hislop, W. J. Moore, Kalaugher, and Deßenzy. The following will ulay for Temuka v. Wincfieser at TemiiJka this afternoon T. Brown, E. Brown, Feilden McKinnon, Dr Hayes, Minifie, Holwell, Reeves, Hart, Coira, and .another. SYNOPSIS .OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Temuka Methodist Church—Sunday services J. Airay, Orton—lnvites tenders for stocking and forkingNational Mortgage and Agi.uicy.Co. —Sale of waggonette, etc., at Temuka after next stoick sale on account of the exeou/fcors of the latd d.'A. McCaskill. J. Farrell—Lost fishing rod. W. Shiers—Tenders wanted for building sheep dip at Geraldine Yards Geraldine Floral, Horticultural and Industrial Association—Prize money now payable. Primitive Methodist Church—Sunday services. Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association—Entries Geraldine Farmyards. D. Great clearance sale ; all atticles at sale prices. Kent Cycle Works, Timaru—Large stock second-hand bicycles. J. W. White, solicitor, TimaruWanted a gardener. Temuka Leader Office—Lost a Maori k'it, containing purse, etc. St. Mary’s Church, Geraldine—Oratario music recital. Maling and Shallcrass!—Geraldine Farmers’ yards entries ; clearing sale at old Arowhenua homestead, and entries received for Geraldine skin sale. ... Temuka Patriotic Fund—Meeting of committee on Tuesday evening E. H. tV-oner, (!v*Ts*.«r j 'JeuiiiL Nominations for memaers of South Orari River Board; election 17th prox. .E. B. Hooper, overseer Temuka Road Board—Tenders invited far Contract No. 8 ; scooping channel in the Opihi riverbed. T. and J. Thomson, Timaru—Quotations for some of the lines at Great Removal Sale. J. Brown, Beehive Store, Temuka— Requisites for preserving season, harvest, etc ; all sizes tents. W. C. Roulston, Temuka—Great reductions in all departments ■ for one month ; dress goods, millinery,-house furnishings, etc. C.P.C. Association—Entries Temuka sale ; important sale of farm property.