LOCAL AND GENERAL

Temuka Leader, Issue 7671, 15 January 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thirty-three inches of rain were i"c----0 isl ci'ocl, <it Winchester last year. The 3:2nd annual show oi the (ieraldinc Horticultural Society lakes place in the Drill .Hall on Thursday. Good entries have been received. k> date, and with good weather the success of the J9IS show is assured. The rain of the past week has been hard on Jloueiis and fruit, ln.it a hue show of vegetables may be anticipated. The ladies of the Homo and Hatpin) I.eap-iie have kindly agreed to provide refreshments, and the. Orchestral Hand will play n programme of iiiislnnnental music at the evening session. Kiilries close at the oll'iee of the secretary on Wednesday evenilijX at U (/clock. i A Taumaraiuii lelceTniH slates that Arthur Jones, a rdleious objector, who escaped from prison at Hotoaira, and was nvapt ured on Thursday at Uaurimu, made a second (.scape, on Kridac- evenim;. \\lie.ii the. L>anler was driving die prisoner jn the, prison trap from Waimarina stationhe had to n-el out to open ■Johns saw his oppoiUmily lo escape, i-raHbed. I he- reins, and drove for three n,lies, and escaped [o I lie bush. lie was soon ree-ip! ured, a nd on b'Mti.ir 1 roiie-ht before (lie ('oiu'i f was sentenced In a f-irlher lenn of twelve months' impfisoiinicut.

Tin; lorUjigh'd.y Live Stock Market at Ceialdiue will bo held to-iuot'mw. 'l'hc Teiiiuka Pod Cross Sowing I Guild will resume work at the. J'uris-h I .Mall (liis aiTorit„on. 11 i.s hoped thai dure will ho a huge attendance. (In one or Iwn occasions grope-r I a"o boon caught al the mouth o-f (he Milford I-iij.vo«>ii this season. The other day a largo one was captured l.y Mr ■). Kldor. Next Wednesday, at (hf Our P.oys' I'■(.pivl, .-'hop, Iho Kakaliu and Hilton (iuilds will hold a special day in aid of Iho I .inly Liverpool funds. It- ic 'rc.picstod 1 ha! contributions he scut along as I'.'trly as possible. As (he, result of a motor cycle accident oh Saturday afternoon Adolph Sehulden'bvrn-, a married man, residing at Northland, AVeUington, had his skull f!•?;•• Inred. He succumbed at '.he hospital at an early hour on Sunday morning. 'l'ho relief express trains which ran between Chrislchureli and Invorcargill Iduring tlie holiday season ceased running on Saturday, and the ordinary war-period time table was resumed yesterday. Only two express trains are now running, one from the north and one from the south. A bo-ul, forty friends gathered in Airs .1. Iv. Scott's residence, Winchester, one evenin.' last week, to accord her son, I'rivaU; W. I!. Scot I a welloiuo home from the war. The evenin L r was passed very pleasantly, aivd the ymifl,' .soldier had a very :w»mi welcome. luKvattl Loekyer, .10 years of age, a seaman on a Union Steam, Ship Company's steamer, Jell over an. embankment at Carey Hay, Ota-go, on Saturday. He was taken, to the Port Chalmers Collate- Hospital, where he died on Sunday. A well-known indent agent of Wellington, who traded. under the name of Lennard and Co., and who is. a German I)v birth, Was' interned at Somes Island on Friday. A wine awl spirit traveller named Zola has also been interned. Carl doosten, of Christehiirch, lias also been, interned. At. the Sunday afternoon meeting of the Temuku branch of the- V .M.C.A., an appropriate address -was given by Mr A. C Buist. An innovation was thai, tea was provided by two ladies who are not members of ;he Ladies,' Committee thai has. undertaken this important work, and it was an innovation that v was much appreciated by the Committee. ft has. been suggested that there, were other ladies who would willingly assist in this way, if they had the opportunity, and we have been asked to sfaie that if this is the case, ihese ladies can communicate their desire lo Mrs Ba'Lcs, president of the ladies' Committee, Mr \\. ]l. T. Brown, secretary, or Mr, Muir, chairman of the Sunday Committee. Help lo the branch, in any form, will he gladly welcomed. A telegram iiom Wellington, states I hat one of the Trenthaim escapes (not one of the Lark-ins'), has -been recaptured. K appears it is not true, as stated at the time, that the sentry was knocked on the head and gagirert. .liis understood that one . of iho prisoners asked the sentry to go outside. To this the sentry consented, and the mian opened the door suddenly, and Iho edge of the door caught the sentry a heavy blow on (ho forehead, knocking him down and rendering him senseless. The opportunity thus alion-ied mas too /good to he missed, and the men decamped. The sergeant, of the guard wifL be eourt-martialled, for not carrying out (lie camp standing orders by keeking die door of the hut locked. Giving- evidence at the Arbitration Court, in Chrisichureh recently in the eiii/inoeuiig disoulo, Mr G. T. Booth stated that materials, vepil'senlecl about one-third of the sale price of implements. The cost of iron, sh-el burs, and shoots had increased 100 to !5() pez cent., and bolts n nd n'lts 150 per cent. Tin had gone up 50 pur cent., and coal 'lO per cent. Other materials had risen correspondingly. The increases on, implements were a s follows : Ploughs, 50 per cent., disc, harrows 'W i-o per cent., grass strippers 50 per- cent, rollers 70 per cent., windindls- -KIO per ceil 1., brass pumps s<l poi coal. The heaviest advances had occurred quite );ecently. In regard (o reduction of outpift of implements, live ell'erl of the war began to be fell in HMS, and vaies had reduced as follows : !n .January, 1015 : Ploughs-, 55 ner tent. ; disc harrows, -i per eenl. : rollers. S 5 per cent.; windmills, 1,5 per cent. The Chinese Minister in bondon has made (l notable: staienrnt, "When win- broke mil," iie said, "China oxpeeled dial, as it was lo- be (ought between Christian nations, it would be ,-, light between gonlloinen. Put Ci-nnuiiv lijirl consigned to tie-waste, paper basket all the laws of humanily by killing women and children, i.v die ruthless sinking of unarmed shil's, and by the murder of unarmed iieu.irals. Many lives- of his own, people had been lost in this way. China prod-sled, but no noliee was taken of lu-r prolesls, and she onteretl the war lo li'i'hl fo-' civilisation against barhariiv, for imoral right ngain-t mad-rial force, and die defence of Iho small nations against aggression. She, will conl rihiite everything in her po\ior--inoii, raw mad-rials, and the 'pti'iuv -hips in her porls—U> (lie Allied cause." Adti'il.isi)' ninl 'inak'c a success of your business.

A I)(iu«lin telegram .states that Edmund .1. Corcoran, Thnaru Boys' ltiK.li Sfhoyi gaincdi iiiteeuth place fm the Hs.l; ot Umveisiiy Scholarships with 'Wtfl maika. Ceorgo Morton, while riding a hi .•yell' downhill ut Uiverlon on Sunday, lost, conlrol of I lie machin*-, mid ran over ,in eiubnn.lonicnt, sustaining a severe injurs Lo lib head, lie died two hours, lid it. The lir.-.t |,io.-,..e1i110u ,nt IMue/lin nj/.-iinsl. mi hotelkcepcr under Che nix o'clock closing regulations, for Bulli'iitf |i,,iior ul'ter hour.,, was heard yesWoay morning, when u licensee and assistant were each lined .010 and costs. following 01, ihe remit conference, of Military be.oi'co Board*, Si> das. Allen staled at Wellington. that ill jLngland the clergy arc exempt by. I the Act from the operation of the Service Act, awl come up •or service a s chaplains. Here they arc not exempted ; but the Boards have agreed to follow the evident policy of'Parliament, which was to ok■■•nipt them from the provisions, of the Aci, in line with the British practice regarding roligious orders, including Marist Brothers. The Boards arc also following the British practice in regard to appeals which ai*> heard, and unless, (here is some good reason (u tlvo contrary, they arc adjourned <ine die. Should tfcfc pr.ictieo. in. Britain be altered the matter will bo considered. At Middlcmarch ■ on Saturday', in an interview, (he Uig-ht Lion'. W. 'F. Massey isaicl that nothing bad yet been done .regarding the appointment of Mr Herd man to the Supreme Court bench, but it . waa probable Ihe Attorney-General, would retire from politics next moji,tifc. H' this should eventuate ""Mr Guthnc would he appointed to.the Ministry, obtaining probablv the portfolio .0$ Lands. The uueslion , of the Dominion's , representation at? the. Imperial Conference has been considered by the Cabinet, Vnich has decided that representatives shall be sent, but- no de mite information hac been received »s to the date of the and. the inatter of .Ministerial rdprcscntauon is still,- an open Question. It may he necessary for Mr Masse« and Sir .Joseph Ward to attend, this possibility having IbceJi raised ljy th| 3 prominence, given "to colonial questions in recent statements as to the Allies war alms and peace termsAt the monthly meeting of the Education Board at Christchurch on, -Friday, the buildings committee's report gave details of repairs authorised to various schools on; the West Coast and in South Canterbury. The report stated that Temuka school was one of the best conducted schools \isilod, and reflected credit on the stall" awl the headmaster. The garden was the best, visited. Mount Somars school committee wrote that in' the absence ot an assurance that, the proposed new room would .be, commenced at once, members tendered their resignation—lt. was agreed to inform the committee that the Board had the extension under; consideration. Among the resignations accepted was that of Miss J. T. .O'Connor, assistant mistress., Tkuaru South School. A list was submitted showing approximately the''number of teachers available lor other 'Work in. s the event of temporary withdrawals 'from the service owing to the war, and it was agreed to inform theMilitary Service Board that for this year the Board could see no difficulty in Idling temporary positions that might bocome vacant owing to teachers being called upon to join the expeditionary forces. A letter was receivr-i from the Wes.tlaml branch of Ihe Teachers' Institute, which. forwarded resolutions,, (1) urging that the Board when making, appointments should adopt the recommendations of the inspectors ; (2) urging ihe publication ot extracts, etc., from inspectors' reports ; and (/A) protesting, against the manner in "which Canterbury teachers had been treated in ilie matter of sick pay.—After a debate tiie letter was received. SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd.—Entries Gei'akline Live Stack 'Market.. GeniilcU'iic; llort?eult\iral Soeiie'lyvAnnua; Show Thursday ; entries close 10-morrow night. Ojiir ;Boys ! Depot,, Gieraliljine—Special day , Wednesday. S.C" Picture | Coy. Ltd.—'"The Moth and • the Flame, at 'lVrnuka, this evening. .1. Ballantyne Xixwl Co.—Children-**, millinery.