LOCAL AND GENERAL

Temuka Leader, Issue 7672, 17 January 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ratepayers ill the Tenmka Borough are reminded (hat Id per. cent, will lie charged on, all rates not paid on or before Tuesday next, 22nd January. Tenders will close il l. Ihe Mount Peel Road Board oilier,. Heraldin' p 'oiinty Council oliice) at midday .on Sal unlay next for the formation and shingling <>( a road from Ben McLeod Homestead to Mesopotamia Station. - At the meeting of the Geraldine [.Road Board on Tuesday it was resolved I hat if Messrs Dixoll and Campbell 'deepen the drain on their pi opeii ieS', (lie Bound would cut a ','iiaiinel across Middlomisa road to connect, with the race. On Tuesday afternoon a waterspout occurred between oLurchna and Cambrians. The mail coach was capsized and washed down the Cambrian ■creek. One horse was drowned, and the coach was smashed. The mails were lost, but the driver was mill iidfc.

There! arc a large number of ovoidue rut os unpaid in the (jerald'mc Hoad Hoard district this yean, and it was decided at Tuesday. s nice ting oi the Hoard to sue Cor all unpaid rales al'icr dauuary 23rd. It is probable (hat. the Hoad Board and tho County Council will combine in, ibis 1 matter. At the .MnjjislJain’s Hour!, Wellington. Arthur Waldcmar Scluiot, photographer, a bankrupt, pleaded not ' guilty to alleged breaches of. the. 'Bankruptcy Act, namely, failing to up property amounting to 1 .I'd 500, concealing 11ml property and j tailing to keep proper books--1 eased was committed, to the fcjupreino

Court, for (rial. A lady spectator present ,at the landing- of the , hist returned soldiers, 'hoping to hear Homo particulars of '■ the death of her son, of which she ' had been advised, received a shock i when her son appeared before her. j “illy boy, my boy,” she exclaimed, j“I hey told iino you were dead ! r ’ .The I mistake evidently occurred from the ( j fact that two boys bore the same ! initial and surname*. According to a* witness in the ILawera .Magistrates Court, shearers can earn good money these days. The ! award rate is '2/s (Id per 100, which j works out, at between AS and 1 £9 a j week, providing a man is* working I fall (ini':'. A year ago tbe- “Hcece-oh in a hearing si led was glad to receive | .Cl ns per week and found. This year in the IVairarapa this class of work lias commanded Is (id ait hour, {which works out at ,C 4 Ids a week, I with several meals a day given in. i

I The results of tlio N'ew Kealand University and oilier uxn>niiniilion» have just, been jmblishwl. Among- iho j South Canterbury successes we note i hat L. W. McCa&kill, of Winchester, ! wilh -Levs mark;,, lias passed iha i I Iniversily BehohvrsW-p Bsmninaluon {with cretlil-. In the Matriculation 'examinations, A. it. -Acheson, T«» jmuka, passed the Matriculation and : iSobeitor’.s Ceneral Knowledge examT 'nation. d . \V. ('aider and Agnes M- | I.verach, Temuka jJ.I.LS., got ;i partial pass, ami L. W. McCuskill comlileled a partial pass. Campers at the Milford U<goon tire having a real good time, so rc- | ports from that “seaside township” stale. Last Saturday night a novel entertainment was got up by somu ladies, with Mrs 1C A. Raymond at the head, and proved to be very enjoyable. Jl took place in Mr Hammond's hutment, and among those I who took part were Alosdamcs' .Ray|niond, 'lt. Lee, 111 tier, J, Cf Andrews, ' .Messrs K. Lee and Raymond. Mrs ll’ay- ! mend as “Rrit tania,” and Airs R. Lee as “Harry Lauder,” acted their parts as j,f (o the manner born, .' ami ■ what -with songs and -dances, the I e'-eniug o ? SaliU rday last will long bo j remembered by those who took pari and witnessed the, entertainment. | There was a very good audience pre- • soul, all, of course, being temporary residents at (lie' beach.

Mis W. L. S’later, lion. s.nTelary of the Lhieen Alexandra’s Field] Force ! Fund, lias unio n to Mrs llurdon, f’arkhursL, Woodbury, thaiikiny her, lon heluilf of the Cominittre, lor her (diorls on behalf of I lie fund. Ml is j most aeueroiis," she iu rites, "of you at (ler.il-dine and (he people of Mount i Peel, Peel Forest. Kukahii, Four .Peaks, Pleasant Valley, Orari. Win,Chester. Arundel, and Woodbury to have riven (ho assist unco and siip- ' plies which enabled you to send such eenerous die pie. as Clo (o Ihr ;ui,id. ft lias Come at most opportune time —( lirislmas beinu' so near Chat it is still more appreciated, as lil will enable us (o send more edits for Christmas (o (ho solders overseas, many of whom have beer. • out i.'i the front for many vears. We shall b' id ad if vou will eive le, each jia the siiliseribrrs the enclosed ueknou ledeinenf from Her .Majesty . tyiuem Alexandra.'’ | V cable iiiessao-p, fio-.n 1 (he lUyih Commissioner reports that Yarmouth was bombarded bum the sea on 1 uesday nidi!. Th- bom'bardiiMmt conimeneed ~( ,0,55, and lasted tor tin minutes, Tueiitv shells fell in the (nun. three persons Indue- killed, ten inmred, and serious' damaye. brine done. In KOL.A-XJl’ you ycl ;i slitniilanl for Ihc tired, a refreshment for the, hot, a. (|uenchel for the (hirst v. A 1 ahlcspilont'ill in aerated walei iiiaLe.-i a Cooliny, nnn-alcoholiu drink llo'tcl.s and stoics. —3

A welcome home social will lie j given, to Private J. M. JUekue in the , A row hen ua .Maori Hall on Mp»day evening next al H o’clock. 'I Me social is given l>y Uie ladies of Uu* Nga li Iluirapa. Oomniittee, and good mimic and ivlreshments will lie provided. Tin* ddiid annual shins ot tlic Geraldine I lorlieullural Sochi y takes piano in. 1.1 1« Drill Hall to-day. : Good enlries have linen received, and all that is now ro.|iwie:l is a largto atI einlanee. dhe root at. rains have been hard on (lowers and fruit, but a lino show mnv coniidnilly be anlicipatetl. The ladies, of tlic Home and Itmpire Longue have kindly agreed to provide refreshments, and the Orchestral Hand will play a programme of inslrirniental music at the, evening session. We ho|;c to see a leg l - n le telida lli'i;. SYNOPSIS 01' 1 NHW a n v 15 it’riSKM rcN'i’S.

\V. I.islcl— l , 'llni;l:i,l notice. I' 1 , i VV. Nic holl—Nol ion id strayed fir).’.:. Arow henna Hall.—Welcome llonio Social, Monday cveniriL! next). Priest anil Hohh'al e—New ylca.il resolutions. S.(’. Picture Co., Ltd.—‘M’ulilic Opinion," at hhe Dominion Theatre, !e----rnnka, 10-inVI)l. Cnvn. Smith —Teviot fndt for dessert a n d jam .mailing ; also ioc creams, etc. •A 'Gallies, Twiinka.—CloWwig lor harvesters and all working mm. Tenuika Hofotluli Council.—Notice IV special mceli.na to fix statutory half holiday for siiol-w.