LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 7330, 7 June 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Geraldine dive stock sale will bo held on Wednesday -next. King's Birthday was observed as a whole holiday at Geraldine on Tuesday, when flags were flown from public and private buildings in honour of the occasion.

.Messrs W. I l ’. Evans and (Joy. held a successful sale of Japanese ware in their auction mart at Geraldine on Wednesday, when (hero was a good attendance of buyers. In the absence of the local officers of the Salvation Army, Envoy Tilbrook and Sergt.-Major Dougins 'will conduct meetings all day to-morrow in the Geraldine Army Barracks. In our report of last issue of the donors of trophies to the Territorials shooting,' wo inadvertently omitted the name of Mr E. Smith, who , kindly donated, a case of oraug.es ; also Mr E. E«le,y, for the use of his pictures’ furniture, (chairs, ole.). The committee in connection with the Temuku Brass Hand Bazaar do not. intend to 10l the grass grow under their feet. A second mooting, ,is already advertised, which will be hold in the (Messrs W. E. Evans and Coy., atjmlf pasC seven, on Tuesday evening. All ladies interested(aty asked to attend.

The weekly meeting of the Ger-al-dine Goodwill Baud or Hope was hold on dune 3rd. There wore 20 girls and OS boys present., and the Rev. A. 15. Todd' presided. The meeting was opened by singing the National Anthem. Headings and recitations wore

given by Geo. Sutherland, Roy Shcrratt, Adelaida Turner, Elsie -Dudley, Agnes Elliott, and Mary 'Webster. ,Ur Maxwell will .conduct morning service at King (Street Methodist Church, to-morrow morning, .and the Rev. .1. (Jtiy, 'who will oiiiciate at Ivangitata Island at 11a.m., and at Orton at 3 pan. will preach Jin the King Street church -at the evening service, which commences , /nt 6.30 pan. A meeting of Road District ratepayers will be held in the Geraldine Wednesday, Juno ilth inst.., to conPresbyterian Hall at 2.30 pan., on

sider the question of amalgamating 1 the Geraldine and Ml. Peel ro a d dis--1 tricts. Ratepayers r,f Mt. Peel and Tomuka districts are invited to attend. The quantity of ,J apaneae goods which have been ■ placed in the hands ,flf M,ci?sra;AV. F. .Evans andvCo.y,*'' foK sale , by, .public auction at 'Geraldine, is sufficiently large to warrant another three days’ sale. On Wednes--1 day last, many of the> lines were , disposed of at satisfactory prices, and in or,-lei' to suit the convenience of buyers, the sale will be routlnued on Monday and Tuesday at ,2 p.m., and on Wednesday at 1 p.m. On Thursday, Mr •). S. Rutherford (chairman of the Education Hoard) and .Messrs G. IV. Armitage and T. Sborratt (members of the Board) inspected the sites offering for the purposes of Tomuka’s future north-end school. ’Dio members were accompanied by Mr G. 1 .evens (representing tJm Tei ■u ka d.H. School Committee) and Mr W. F. Evans, the latter assisting the members’ inspection with a map and general information. 'The members were particularly impressed by one site of live acres, fronting three si reels, price £l5O per acre. ■Hl’ricrs for sheep in this district will go sky-high next, spring,’’ was the confident assurance of, a prominent Gisborne sheep farmer tinring ( a' chat with a Gisborne ‘’Times” reporter last week. There had been absolutely no growth during the long, spell of drought in the summer, he asserted, with the result that the grass had been absolutely oaten', to tlu> > last vestige. Particularly was this the case [ with regard to feed foiq cattle. He

know of some fanners who had hunt; on lo their cattle, ' with, the result that the lend had petered out. d'hey could not get rid of them, as cattle "'ere a (Jrtiy in the market, owing to the general shortage of feed, Thu result was that they had now to pay as much as Is a week for grazing, which would make their lines of cattle anything but 'a payin';, proposition, Questioned ns -In the reason •or !he large shipments of sheep whicli were being made from the Gisborne district to southern ports, lie replied (hat (In’s was owing (o , the -anie cause—slim ta'ge of feed. The country (list riels were now looking fresh and green, but the grass was not there in sullieient -.(luantity to pasin re all l lie Hocks. When the grass came on in the spring everyone 'would/ be wanting lo stock up again, j and ‘’mark inv words." he (repeated, “orir.s will go sky-high.” ‘‘Don't lake any brand vou’re ofi'ered.’’ then expect to get (he same satislaeiion that 'McKenzie’s “HONDA? 1. WK.V” CEYLON TEA affords. ft artier’» Rust-proof Corsets. Every teat’- \ our lira per s stocks ’’Warner's” »-(Advt.)

Wi? have to acknowledge, receipt oi a very interesting pubbeat ion entitled " I'(ducat ioji of the Horse"' by Air it. ■I. Alley, .of < la])es ''alley, the ,\e,s Zealand horse tamer. The hook has been published by Messrs AVhitcomhe ami .Tombs 1.1t1., and is a very creditable production. As to the value of such a handy guide to ,lhe horse tamer the, many pupils of Mr Aliev in this district can readily testiiv. Air Alley has uad twenty-live years' experience of horsd taming and has been leaching' ills methods for the past fifteen years with excellent results. He has made :a study oi '(Professor J.itclnvark’s Karev's Alagucr's, and Sample’s systems, and in putting their ideas into practical use for so many years .Mr Alley, has been able to produce a -hand-book which should find a ready sale among his pupils and others interested in (he, best methods .of handling had horses. Mr Alley mn kes use of no fewer than ] fifty photographs to illustrate , his system, and the reader is thereby,' taken from Hie yarding of the colt light through to (he handling, mounting, saddling, driving, etc. 'there are useful hints on the further education oi the I horse and remedies are given for faults.

Describing tho roeent storm which swept over New South Wales, Hie Sydney Daily Telegraph states ;— Flooding was not so frequent as might have been expected in the city. Circular quay probably suffered more than any other quarter, as it seemed to prove the-(natural intake of all the waters rushing down George and Pitt streets. Further down towards Dawes Point tho road near the N.D.L. wharf was a quagmire. By night the paved streets were thoroughly clean—indeed, a marked contrast to some of the my; ' lected ihoroughlarts. Every particle of rubbish was swept down until it col looted at sonic street corner, and was shovelled into a council carl. The dad passed without, an accident of any serious nature: A plate-glass window was blown in in George street, and damage to the extent of several pounds done. Hoardings seldom stood the lest, but where they crashed into the ■dreet little damage resulted. At was a newspaper boys’ harvest of fun in Castlercagh street to watch unsuspecting pedestrians creeping up a side street under the shelter of a big building, and when they reached a corner have their hats whisked oft and their umbrellas blownto shreds. A crowd of- onlookers stood under shelter ir. Aloore street, an'd frantically cheered each victim as ho rounded the Goa mcrcial Travellers’ corner. EVE It. Y CHAMPION, RANGE, guaran teed to please, Solo Agents,Morison Bros, Geraldine.