LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5920, 11 October 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlic fortnightly stock market at Tcmuka will be held to.day. Tlie •business places at Geraldine will be closed to-morrow and open all day Thursday. A sitting of the Geraldine Magistrate’s Court will take place to-day, but there will bo very little business to transact. Legal proceedings are being taken by the Geraldine County Council for the recover}- of overdue water rates, for interest and maintenance.

The 'Union Steam Ship Company are building a splendid ferro-concrclo hotel in Suva, at a cost of £20,000. It will provide bedroom accommodation foi 50 guests. Provision will bo made £Ol a roof garden, and the "lounge-roam” 1 will be OS feet long and 30 feat wide. To-morrow being a holiday at Geraldine, memlj»rs of the Geraklinc Bowling Club will have their first game of the season, but live official opening will be held at a later date. The late frosts and nor'-westers have kept 'back the young grass,but the green is looking in good condition. A few days rain at this time of the year would make a wonderful improvement on the preen. Our readers are reminded of the Woodbury Athletic Club’s annual sports gathering, which takes place to-morrow. The first race starts at noon, and the club have provided u very interesting programme of athletic events which should be well worth seeing. Refreshments may be obtained on the ground, and those win desire a pleasant outing on Labour Day could not do better tl.an attend. The club ns usual will dose the day’s sport with their annual ball in the- schoolroom at night, when a large attendance is expected.

Then; were 25 domestic servants on board the Corinthic, which arrived in Wellington from London on Thursday. .Yearly all have come out to fill situations found for them in various parts of New Zealand before they left the Old Country. The steamer also brought 26 farmers and 2-1 farm labourers. The total number of passengers who came out under the assisted system was 197, of whom 57 were children.

The Winchester Tennin Club opened the, season on their grass courts in the Domain on Saturday in beautiful weather. There was a large attendance of members and of visitors from neighbouring districts. Both the tennis courts and the croquet lawn were kept fully engaged till evening set iiu A bountiful supply of afternoon lea and refreshments was provided by the ladies of the Club, who were untiring in their efforts to entertain their guests. The courts played fairly well, and with a few weeks' more care will be in good order for the season.

The Geraldine Football Chib’s annual social carnal,off in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday 'night, -and was attended with the usual success. About 50 couples took part in the dancing, and the committee did everything in their power to make the social enjoyable. Among visitor's present were Mr Clemens, secretary of the Tomuka Football Club, and Mr Henry, captain of the Temiuka junior team. A letter' was also received from Mr J. Tai’tproyi, secretary of the Athletic Club, regretting his inability to attend, and wishing the social every success. Mr J. Kennedy, assisted by Mr G. Batty,

acted as M-.C., and music; was supplied by .Ur J. S. Bye (piano), and Mr Bang-hen (cornet). Dancing was kept up I ill ‘2.30 a .in., and everything passed oIF pleasantly. The catering was in (ho hands of .Ur Woolhouae, who provided a tasty supper. 'Hie Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Society has decided to asl! farmers to co-operate in lighting tires at dusk during the next fortnight in orj tier to destroy the moth of the grass grub. Mr M. Murphy, speaking to a Lyttelton Times reporter, explained that the destructive insect- is not n

moth, but a beetle, whoso scientific name is Odontria Zcalandi'a. The larvae live' in the ground and carry on the work of destruction. Tu the third year the chrysalis stage is readied, and in the following spring the fully-fledged beetle flics about. In the adult form the, beetle lives largely on the leaves of plum trees and other fruit trees. Mr Murphy thinks

that the lighting of gorse fires will lie an effective means of destroying large numbers of the pests. It is somewhat early to light them yet, but he suggests that in ft few weeks (his slop should bo taken, numbers of (ires being lighted at dnsD where the | pest is prevalent. C

I Entries lor sheep, cattle and pigs .at the Timaru show close on Saturday .next; all other entries on Tuesday, i the 18th inst. ' A disastrous lire occurred at thci tunnel works at Otira on Thursday! night, resulting- in the destruction of. a block of buildings, including the change and drying rooms, Ex bathrooms, the lamp-room, and the boilerroom, A large quantity of the hick’s clothing was burnt. 'the cause of the lire is unknown. Farmers and all interested aro reminded that a meeting of old memof the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held in the Fire Brigade rooms Jetmika, this afternoon, after the .stock sale, at .'5 o’clock. It is proposed to hold an autumn show, and it is hoped that there will be a large -attendance.. Written tenders will bo received at the Land Office, Christchurch, up tb 4 p.m. on Thursday next for the lease for 7 years, of reserve 2999, borough of Geraldine, 1 acre (rental TB per annum), reserve 2118, White Rodk River, 5S acres (£7 ss), and reserve 901 Borough of Waimate, 2r 5p (TIJ 10s). 1 A final reminder is given of the Temuka Rille,s’ Cinderella dance which takes place in the Temuka Brillshed this evening, commencing at 8 o’clock sharp. Warm’s band will supply the music, and the floor will be in firstclass order, so dancers will have an opportunity of spending a few hours very pleasantly. Tbe proceeds go towards defraying the expenses of the corps’ Palmerston North tournament team. Messrs Unlgoty and Co. will sell a handy-sized dairy farm (GifF acres 1-i.p-, and 22 acres riverbed), on account of Mr V. A. Biggs, at the 'JV mnka saleyards to-day. Twenty-nine acres are in wheal, oats, clover, peas, mangolds, and turnips. There is a 5roomed bouse and necessary outbuildings on the farm, and altogether is a very comfortable little homestead. Thu sale takes place immediately after the slock sale. Mr Buxton, M.P., has received a letter from the Hon. R. McKenzie, Minister for Public Works, acknowledging receipt of /letter covering applications from Mi- A. W. Gaze, secretary to the Native and European Committee, Temuka, for a 'grant of £SOO in order to provide means of access to the Native fishing reserve at Milford Lagoon- In reply tbe Minister states that Mr Gaze’s representations together with Mr Buxton’s .recommendations in the matter have been noted, and will receive his careful consideration when compiling the Public Works estimates

Mi- Nosworthy has moved to ask the Prime Minister whether the Government will introduce legislation to prohibit banks from preventing their employees getting married before their salary reaches £2OO per annum. Bank clerks, Mr Nosworthy says, are prohibited -from marrying unless their salary reaches £2OO per annum, under [min of dismissal, which regulation has been, and is strictly enforced. Less than 25 per cent, have the necessary salary, and therefore must remain single. The present Government has been trying- to hatch schemes in encourage an increase in the birthrate yet it allows the banks to interfere with the liberty of the subject in) such a criminal Way- i When Mr V. G. Day, 5.M.,, took his seat at the Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, on Friday morning, .Mr C. M. Purnell said that, before tine business -of the- Court was begun, he wished, on behialf of himself and the Ashburton bar, to say that they had no sympathy whatever with the strictures which had been passed in certain am rtors upon some remarks which Mr Day hud recently made in respect of a noliccnso district. They all felt the fullest confidence in his Worship’s integrity and impartiality, and whatever opinion his Worship might have expressed, they felt that',such a*. opinion was his honest belief, and had only been expressed from a sense of public duty. In -reply, Mr Day thanked the bar for its unexpected tribute. As he had already stated, he did not ma'ko the statement he did in Timarn as an expression- of general opinion, but was simply addressing . the woman before him. Ho had always tried to do his duty without fear of consequences to himself.

William Watkins, a Wellington hill poster, who was convicted last week of assaulting his wife and cutting her head with a carving knife, was on Thursday charged with big-a-my in marrying this woman, he having a wife living in England ; and was charged also with making a false declaration, that ho was a bachelor, to the i-ogistrar of the marriage. One witness only was examined, and the case was then adjourned, the witness being a fireman of a steamer leaving 'Wellington for Brisbane. This man, named Reid, gave evidence that Wai-

l-ins married his sister, then a widow, at Silvertown, a suburb of London in July 1907 ; that the pair went to Cardiff, where the wife left Watkins a few months after the marriage and returned to her relatives! He saw his sister in July last, and she was then nuite well, and to the best of his belief she was still alive. Asked if he had any nuestions to put to witness, the accused said, "T thought she was dead.” The was then remanded till next Thursday.

Mr d. Brown, agricultural instructor under the S.(! Education Board, has been conducting experiments in the Temuka District High School. On last Friday and again yesterday ho carried out a number of interesting experiments for the third and fourth standard, (lithe subject bteiug potato planting 1 and the use of manures. There, were eight (dots of 1-lflth of an acre each, and these have been manured as follows Plot 1, at the rate of .‘lewv of superphosphate to the acre ; plot 2, 2ewt of superphosphate, and lewt of bonodust to the acre - plot 3,2 cwt of superphosphate and lewt of sulphate of potash ; plot -I, no manure at all ; plot 5. I'JcuT.’superphosphate and lewt blood manure (10 per cent nitrogen).

and .Jcwt of sulphate of potash ; plot f). l.lcwt superphosphate, Aowt sulphate of ammonia (20 per cent, nitrogen), and 4owt sulphate of potash i, nlot 7, basic slag containing phosphoric a chi equal to that contained in hlcwt superphosphate, lewt blood manure. and jewt of sulphate of potash; plot S’, stable manure c pud to 20 lions to (lie acre, fine unmannivd drill has been left between each plot. One hull of the area under experiment lias tern limed at the rale of I ton to

the acre. The soil is light, ami the lime has been tried because il is anticipated that the effect will be to render the other manures more active and available, and that this will be shown in increased productiveness. Tin's is better instruction for the boys limn (ho classics, because it will train them to make their living on the land.

The monthly meeting of the G-cral-ilino fioad Board will bo held to-daiyj To-morrow being Labour Lay will l.c a statutory holiday through-mt the ] [domain. In Temuka the shops will bn | closed all day and open all Thursday. At the sitting of the Canterbury Land Board on Thursday the application by -Miss M. E. Priest for permission to dispose of timber cleared from the homestead site on lot 24, LTipp .Settlement, was granted. Owing to the accident to Mr Cunningham, the chairman of the Hilton School Committee, the euchre party arranged to he held in the Hilton schoolroom on .Friday evening has been indefinitely postponed. A social will be held in tire Parish Hail this evening to welcome the Bov, A. JJ. Horn-;, the newly elected vicar of St. Peter’s Church, Temuka. Opportunity will also be taken of saying farewell to the Eev. H. Williams, who has been in charge of the pariah since the Kev. ,1. M. Adcock resigned. The report and balanc" sheet of the South British tnsuruii-e Company for the year.' ended August 31 shows a prolit of TljTyGGd. After adding TJO,.KJI) to reinsurance fund, the sum of Jt3o--10 is added to . the reserve fund, and (lie directors recommend that die dividend for the second half of the year should be Is i)d per share, which, with an interim dividend of Is Gd per share in April, will make the total distribution lor the year 3s 3d per share. The gross assets of the company amount to .C-i , .)3,5(K). 'We were glad to learn yesterday that Mr -James Cunningham, who was so seriohsly injured at Hilton on Triday had recovered consciousness, and was progressing as favourably us could be expected. How the accident happened has not yet been explained, Inn it is supposed that the backhand of the harness broke, and let the shafts fall to the ground, and that the horse became unmanageable. The trap was practically broken to bits and the horse was badly hurt when it was stopped near Mr Sharp's. Mr Cunningham sustained some rather severe injuries to his head and thigh, and lost a considerable quantity of blood, but strong hopes are now entertained of his recovery. Miss Elsie Logan, the daughter of Mr Tom Logan, of Belholdi met with a serious accident on Sunday. She was riding a two-year-old trotter without saddle or bridle and was thrown, and by some means got her feet entangled in the horse cover. The result was that she was dragged some distance, and one of the nurse's feet struck her on the head, indicting a wound about four inches long, The poor girl was also battly trampled on, and bruised before she could be extricated from her perilous position. Medical aid was obtained, and the doctor did all he could to alleviate her suffezings. Yesterday evening wo learn cd that Miss Logan had recovered consciousness and was progressing favourably. The Kev. A. H. Norris, M.A., the newly-inducted vicar of the Anglican Parish of Temuka, preached at both

services at St. Peter’s Church, Temuka, on Sunday last, the congregations being large. In the morning he loot for his text 11, Cor., iv., 5 ’ Tor we preach not ourselves, but J Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourse.vcs your servants for Jesus’ sakjc,” Thu vicar said in a minister’s first sermon in this or any oilier parish, ho was tempted to bo a little personal, and it might be that the congregation might expect their new minister to say something about his hopes and expectations and his feelings on coming among them as their minister. Put applying the words of his text, the words of St. Paul, it was not a minister’s duty to do so—it was a minister'b duty (as servant of Christ and preacher of His gospel) to preach the Lord Jesus Christ and leave the personal clement out of his addresses. .Mr Norris then delivered an earnest address on the character of Our Lord Jen us Christ In the evening he delivered another earnest address. The Prime Minister was asKbd by Mr M’Laren, M.P., recently whether the Government has any intention to bring down this session legislative proposals dealing with the problem of unemployment as affecting bodies of workmen, either in the way of—(1) ‘An insurance scheme to provide

against unemployment occurring in connection with those employed in shilled trades; (2) the setting aside of reserves of lank! on (which the 'labour of men out of employment may be utilised to the advantage of the State and also the workmen and their dependents ; (3) any scheme for the regulation of employment in seasonal or other trades, so as to secure greater regularity of employment throughout the year and the prevention of stagnation during the winter months {j and (4) any other plan deemed necessary. In reply, the Prime Minister says ; —“The important question of

unemployment generally has not "been lest sight of by the Government, and I may add that inquiries have been made in regard to insurance against unemployment, and to this end I have recently received report's, through the High Commissioner, in London, on the various schemes of insurance instituted or proposed in different parts of Europe. This information is being gone into, with a view to steps being taken in New Zealand as early as possible. H is impossible, however, to do anything

this session.” Wo wish lo intimate to o«r many eus-tomers that to-morrow being a statutory holiday, on account of Labour, wo will be closed, but on Thursday wo will remain open ail day. A. Gabitos, Tommka.—Advt,

synopsis of new ahvfuttfrMF.NTS.

Tomuka EilTos—Cinderella dance toil i edit. Mrs Cameron —Wants lady boarders ; every convenience. ; Euchre _ Party at Hilton—Postponed until further notice. M. A. Tbomey— Stud notice re purebred Clydesdale horse Commander. Philip Waiving Lost 11 shorn ILL. , rams. d. Ballantyne & Co., Timani—New. beautiful, and styliph belts. A. Gabites, Temuka—-Household roods ; description and quotations for a few lines. T. Sherratt & Sons, (L'raldiuft-t.Viue-riean ball-bearing la" u mowers St. Peter’s Church. Temuha—Social lo welcome the Rev. A. IT. Norris, in Parish Hall to-night.