AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 1524, 15 September 1876, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

. ■' '•■■"" 'Sydntbt, Sep'fcy'l4:,,.' " J; There 'is no 'trace -of ' the steatner (' Dandenong or the rest of the passengers | ' and cre'wV'althou'gh' numbers ; of' st'eanlers i ' liave^gone m search; It israupposedi she :! foundered- after the lato gale nvith. aboutr j forty people, i'= '■'■'*• 'f- - 'i - 'jj Alii hopes of the' safety of th&Dande-- ' ( nong -are almost abandoned, toi-day's ( search proving fruitless. ' She 1 is sinsured t for £1400. ■- - : - .-■:•■;'- :i^ ; .' •■• : . , ■There is'; no sign of the San Francisco ,] boat. .' Another gale ; is 'Coming* on;- ; ■• < ■ '''". ' - ' ' ' i— y i -AiEXXNDHOTiL Lodge, •: TEiiii^A.— TTlie i* deferred meeting of. the ; abo^e . Lodge will, be • held m the ,-echool ;elaß9-rop;in 1 .-Temuka, to-, « morrojv. evening, at 7-30.c- -■-■(>" ,[■ „: i . ; i TisiabuHospitai.— Tenders ot invited f^r t siippliej'l'o' i lie Titnaru. Hospital frqjn Sep- c tember-25, 1876,' to' March 25, 1817., '-,.•"; „V- ' f Boaed of Wobks. — An adjourno^ meeting : ' of, the Tjmaru and. Gladstone Boai-d of Works will be. held tb-dayi conimeilcihg at t tliti ijiuai'timbl : , ; ' :; '- : '■'■• ■_';: "■■.'- ■ 1 THb ; Sifow. r -^]re r e l learn that the njeeting of 1 th« Committee oF; the r; Ti.m.aru AgricultuTal' f and Pastoral Association tb-morr6w ; inoriliiig; I is convened principnlly for the purpose ofiebn'-i i sidering. the' desirability of again alteringitho aßteofthe;Sho\r. .:;:"'- . j; ■;;•. " ••!: ° .-!• : <

Jockey Cruß.r-rA meelina of the South Janterbury Jockey Club is called ; . for this vening.; ' :; > ' . ; .-, ■-„ •: , . Mail SBRViCES.^-An advertisement aplearsinour present issue inviting tenders, for he inland mail services. -•;. San Fkakcisco Mail.— The steamer with he San Francisco ' irinil was ' at Wellington ■esterday inorning, and as it should reacb jytteltoii this- morning, 'the portion of the nail fdr South Canterbury will probably ariFeutTimaru this'evening by train : Jewish Wedding.— The first wedding lolemhised under the Jewish religion m: South Canterbury took 'place atTomukaon Wedneslay last. . The 1 bridegroom was Jfr !H. Friedaader, and the: bride Miss Ziindor,; and, the ;eremony was. performed by the.ißabbi from Jhriatihurch. . : . : -.. ; .■;; Bobocgh Council — The polling for the jlcction ot three members of the Borough Council took place yesterday with the followng result:— \V. Bush, 190; T. E. Price, 160; J. H. Sutter, 150 ; J. Hill, 120 ; J. Jackson, (informal) . Messrs Bush, Price, and . 3 litter were therefore declared duly elected. Mechanics' Institute, Temuka. — The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of the Temuka Mechanics' Institute was held m the reading room on Tuesday, evening, the' I2t'\ September. Present— Mr Fildes (President,) m the chair, Messrs : Mendelson, Findlny,. Loiu'on, Smith, and Dr. Oorriniing (Vice-President). The minutes of the last, meeting were read and confirmed. The report of the Librarian was read and discussed. Tho suggestion relative to fresh newspapers will be entertained at next meeting.- Proposed by the President and seconded by Dr. Gumming — "That all the monthly numbers of the periodicals bo entered to the names. of the Bubsuribevstaking them out." Carried. Th? President informed the meeting that a library was , being started at Waitohi, and that a request had been ma le to .supply it with duplicate copies of some of. the works m this Institute. ' Mr MendeUpn proposed and Dr. Cumniing. seconded— '' That tho President arid Mr ' Smith be ' empowered to dispose of tho.obove'bboVs at the best terms ' for the Institute.' 1 '. Carried. :! A list of the books to be' disposed of was submitted titid' 'approved.' : After accounts to the amount of £12 8s 7d had been passed for payment, tne usual yote of- thanks to the Chairman terminated .the meeting. '!■■■'■ ':■■.. : r ! 1.0.'0.F. — Al/BXANDIJOVNA LODGE, . IB: MtJKA. — The Grand Officers; of .the 'above Order from Dunedin,- having expressed a desire to visit ., their Brethren m the; Temuka district, as; many, of the members (is could be got together under, a very short notice assembled, m the. class-room of the school on Wednesday evening^ '.After the opening an initiation was . proceeded with, m which' the Grand Officers, Jjr'd?. Bruithwaite, M.W.Gr.M., N.Z., Alesander.M.WiG.'r:, Boyd, M.W.G.S., and Dobbie, P:G:SI.," l acting: as M.W.G.M., took pivimine'nt parts. 'The usual honorswero paid : to : lbe Grand Officers/who addressed the members,: affording useful information for the directions of the- Lodge. i ■'• i. ; . ; ' Lectors. — The usual monthly' lecture in' connection with; the. Young -iMeri's Mutual ■Improvement Association was ; delivered . at the Presbyterimi Church last'eve'iing,.by- the Rev. George Barclay, his subjeet.beiug "The Present West minster Biblical; : Revisionists ; their aims, the. materials thoy. hare 'to work uppn; • and the probable results." The locture, ..which, was illustrated by : copies of a number -of r ancient manuscripts,, 'was highly instructive and inter -stiiif?, and at its conclusion, Mr Biirclay announced thut on a future occasion he would deliver a further address on tho subject. The audience/ who were greatly edified by tho lecture, passed a .unanimous vote of ' thanks to Mr Barclay/ Several capital selections of music were ably Tendered by the ohoir during the eveuing. ■■-• ■ ; Temtjka Deasutio Cltjb. — A meriting: of the members of the above Club was held at the: Crown Hotel, Temuka, on Wednesday evening last. ■; Present— Dr .Rayner, president (m tho .chair), Messrs Fildee, J; Paterson, Lenion, Arenas,. Pierpointj Smith, Mason, and .Buchanan.. f Some . correspondence • was read, ;alßO.ii telegram from the president; of the jTimaru Mechanics' Institute, m answer to a jlelter f?om : the Club, relative to the price, of the scenery kindly lent by them for the recent A reply was .ordered to be fori warded m due courae'; nlso, to return, their ;rriost cordinl thanks for the loan'of the .same. ■The Secretary was instructed to write; to : MV jMurphy of Pleasant Point, : thanking hi mi for jthn ÜBe of the stage properties he lent.' Some jli.ttle discussion .took place relative, to : the : next I performance, but any action • deferred funt'ii Friday, (tiiis'eyt-ning), pntiii when the j meeting adjourned. 'A: " ;., I ' ! Dissoi^ing Views.— An entertainment was given m the 'Mechanics' .Institute^ la«t evening with' a double object m view— affording the children of the parish a treat, ; and augmenting the funds 1 of St. 1 Mary's 'Sunday School. 'The: entertainment cortisisted of a serieß :of : capital' dissolving views just received : from England, ;and it was atj tended byja' large number of children and ! their parejita ;h'iid their 1 friends. The,view,B ! I were ;o.f I oil dp.s.crip.lions, ppme being remarki able; for , their beauty,. and others for their I comicality, the explanatory .remarks on. the | exhibition: being deliyered partly' by the Yen., j and partly .by Mr Bawson,' thq 1 8u'peribtpii'de.nt of the ' Sunday-aeh'ool. In I the intervals between the explanation's of the yiewßjappropriate mUsic, was playeid. oil. the piano by sptae ladies, r The : ybungstera were highly 'deliglited with the ■ente.rtaihme'nti'and' at^its conclusion they 'exhibited their'graititude to those- wiio provided it m: a most demonstrative" 'matine*:'--' : - •'-' ■' ■ '-' '■■ ■'"'■■■ A. lißakked CHUfR3E: iii -A Paris. corre»pondentiof a'coniemp'orary says:—" Wehavejußfe had a lecture delivered m; tTe Lecture Hall of the- Boulevard des. Capu'pineß," by Ly-Chas-Pep,, a. Ohinese': savant. " r . The speaker wore his native : cpßtume, 7 , the, subject of. his lecture beiiig ; the C9ndition: of. women m Oliiaa, ithe hwrem .of the ..emp.eror,.. containing it. seems. idjCjOO : Vromeij, and- "the. description of ..a. Chinese' houseljold,' of ' the- middlo classes. His .d escriptions, given, in very good Freiich, were listened I ' to with marks of the, liyeliost. interest, and .th 6' ■tiernii'notion'of the'lecture was'follbwettby prblonged; r 'ap'|)laise "• r The t l»i<ittirsr : pi»; ; 'Tuß' " Compact"" bi" 1866.-r-Thb r gross'jinjustice of; ! making : the money arising'fro'm the. lease and sale of the public landed estate -of the- colony local re-: venue was: nerer, better exemplified (says 'an Aucklund' paper) than it is atltbe^reserif inty-i ment m the oase:;,df 'Canterbury; ■ While' ther men and women Jforth ; are taxed- on : nearly: eyery, ;drtiqlo of ; food and plpthing they) opnsume, m border, to make up the annual inte.reßfc.on.borrowed --, millions j. spent; chiefly m. tjio^puth, on ih^: ordinary administration of lilie there is, ' at. the.' present inomen,!:, ' ; iu' the. Canterbury Prdyiii-' qial Chest i sumpf £300,000^ Over arid abpyK jvliat that'pfovinco' has ; 'managed' tp'spend, »rid ! for which' it seems to have no i use i — money,' accruing from the.sale and :ease of lands iri''tho r Cariwrbury province. r ' -' -And jlliu, while the inhabitanW;6f other provinces, which have little or Wlctidifarid, must beg and pray, and jften-in Train, fopatridge or a road to erfable ihem to proceed about 'their ordinary' occupa;ioha with: comfort .oc profit- to' themselves. 'EAVOB ABIE: SIGNS ; IN THB WAIKATO. — '. FroiP everywhere ; we ; (Wqikato Timet) •, hear rfinoi;eased ; BC(tivity.in ipreparation made,for jgrioujt,uralieiitej!prise ; bjr .they natives, pnopf, ;he best and surest signs of a settltng.dpwnjw,. \^uiet an4,pesce(ul nipd^.of, life.'. The pne (ipopiip'n,; irirjeed,,!*! -tl?at of the King ai)d'tho np.re.'faiiatio 'of 'the ; T*pmo priests or tohun[aSi who &eein at L 'tne' t ' presen^time ; tp be', trie irolies'&f the iTaori hive, making relision I ; 'an! 'ieusefoir 'eating tlie Tiread. f jof. ' natives. indre' ridustrious^- itiid 'energe'ti(3 i 'than r them3elf es.-' L very : larg6 ! brea3th :: 6F-'wb'cat -Trill' be sbwn)y the 1 Ngati' Tj? - Kowhera notives>at ■"■ Turu' Puirai'whose chief' Jias'. just ordered-i'^ii-iorieipoTv« windmill and "dressing; macKine> rom; Mr Biphdrdsoni: of .Cambridge.; , ;Mr; lichardson?B;windniilfe,i, which, may be :Bfen n various parts of the djstriet^uso&.either fQF: i^terrjiftiag: iorddriving .power-7-th&t> at, ;Mr Jmnpiip^B , brewery a^^anultoiv^Eaß^.jspnfi l

of them — are very simple and eaeily managed and correspondingly cheap, and these advantages have not escaped our astute Maori neighbor*. ■ ' ■ • : Mysteeious Appeabance. — An; Atua seen. — It is seldom (saysthe Waikato Times) that we have accounts , now-a-days, and especially m the.- colonies, of' supernatural appearances: The latest sensation of the kind is supplied to us by a correspondent from Cam--bridge, who obtained the particulars from the native himself who had aeeu the apparition. The appearance has caused considerable commotion amongst the Maoris themselves. The narrative is as follows :— "Last week one of the Ngatihua was going along the bank- of the Wuitoa about dusk, when he sa-v^ someone coming _towards him. Thinking it was one of the Ngatitraru, who have. feud with his tribe, he tried td get away from him, but the faster he *an, the man, as he thought, at that time, appeared. taVggfc'rclbSer' t f ~hjm::~: H c • turned roun,d,and sawsomething'tliat frightened him a givat deal more than any Ngntimaru could have done. ' What I?e then saw is described as something like a man, only his teeth were longer than . a man's fing.-ra usually are. and m his mo'utli he'had a light; whiuh (he Maori thought proceeded from a candle fastened m the lowerij.iw. Directly he saw what • was following him, he Eaid 'It is an Atua, 1 and took, to .his heels :and Tsnfor his life. He reached the Jiouse of :ar settler and fell down exhausted,: and could scarcely speak. A.ftera while he managed totell what had followed him, and a Maori who happened to bo m the house went, 'outside, arid he saw the Atua standing on.a rise a little, way from the house. He- went in.ag.iin anti'asked the pakebas who were m the house to come out and bring a gun. On o took a rifle 1 and the other . a long pole . The man with the gun fired, but the shot took no effect. The man with : the pole then went m to stir hiui with the pole; but everylime he made a blow the -spirit jumped round to his : side. After he had tried five or six times to" strike, his arm seemed to get ■ powerless, ami the > spirit with a wave of his . hand, : knocked the pole about twenty. yards away frdm the^ man. that was using it. , : The Atua then. roftslowly upiin the air, hovering over the unfortunate man, ,and he was pressed down by the spirit into the loose earth. .He at laet managed to crawl on his. hands and feet to the house, where all the others had locked themselves m.. Th>y opened the door for him, nnd it is reported ho is still lying there very, ill." The natives suppose. 'that tho spirit: has come to diroctthem with reference to their land and the King! Therefore nearly all the. natives about 1 Cambridge have gone up to Piraunui to receive the message 'whatever it may be. The name of the settler near whose house this' occurred, and who fii'ed at the Atua, is mentioned by our correspondent. : , ; ; • BnSTOF DB ■ FeATHEBSTON.— The : New Zealand Times has had the pleasure of reviewing the clay model of the proposed bust of. the late Dr Feat hewton. . Messrs Luisji del TeacoVo and Tomiimti Snni, who lately arrived m Wellington,, ;in the Fritz Router, are the; artists engaged on ihework, and. a Visit to their studio will well repay the trouble of the journey, „ The, model is. executed m. common clay taken from behind the Immigration.. Bavrncks and is a most faithful, picture of the deceased, m fact, a gentleman' who, during tho past year, had the pleasure of personally interviewing Dr Feiitherstou on several occasions, characterised it ns " lifelike." The bust is mounter! on a pedestal,|andslanfis about three feet four inches m height. At the foot of the pedestal there are four figures representing medicine, history, agriculture, and politics, each figure being surrounded by appropriate symbols. ' The' sculptors propose to execute their work m Carrara marble— a moat superior obtained near Parma, iri Italy— and hope to have -it completed m about s|ixj months.. They expect a consignment of marble at the cud of the present month, and as soon as it arrives will -commence work. Hud.it npt been for their preseut commission lit was the ". intention of both gentlemen.' engaged on the work to have returned, to ; Italy, and we can only hope that., having mado a I beginning, snfßcient inducenient will be. offered 'W keep them' iu the colony. , Tho •work, crcn. jin'its, present, state, -sh'dw.a that it is'th'e-pro-" jdiiei'ioh 6f ■ genuine artists ; ■ and although high jart is rather at r a disoount m a new country, •stillthe time. '-has: 'arrived 1 with us wb ; en ionpouraiiemehtshouldbe'given' to those :art3 (which, such as-painting and:aoulpture, elevate 'ufadr'efind theitastes'of ithe people. A' number jof i geotlenjenj[ : Ministe.rs, and friends- of, the, i deceased' hafPi yiaited; the .studio/ and all'lmv.6; j expressed satisfaction. with" the; work. • :: Ratheb .Wabmfob ScotchjieN. i — The ; Liverpool Mercury, isi (responsible for the.following:—;" Long ages ago, m, times so, remote" that history docs not fix the epoch j a dreadful wur.was waged : between the King ; of Cprn* WB.U and: ,the. . King ;of Scotland. Scottish valor prevailed, and the Bang of Cornvfall was clefeafed. The Scottish monarchj elated, by success, sent for his. prime minister, Lord Alexander. ; .'. Wee),. Sandy,', said lie .' is : there ne'er a'king w'e'ean conquer the'noo'?' ' An' it pleif se. your majesty", I ken but o' ac king ' I hat your majesty canria vanquish.' 'An' whaur: ia he", 'Sand?' -Lord Alexander, -reverently looking, up, said, 'rThe.Eing. ,of Hei'venl'- . 'The King, of , whaur, Sandy ?'■ r Tho 1 . i King'. of Heeven,' ' The King of Heeven F' ; The Scottish King did not.under- ; stand, but 'wfia unwilling to exhibit aDyignor:' anco. 'Just 1 gang yer, ways, Sin dy, ' and telL the King o' Heeven to gie up ihis dominions ; oi? I'll f cb.itie ; '_mysel' and din£f' ; hiin bot-'o" . them ; and /mind, Sandy, ye So : iiot come I oack'till us until ye hae done oor'b'iddeii.'---i Lord Alexander retired much perplexed, but met a priest, and ' reassured, returnedj and presentediiimself. ' Weel, Sandy,'^said the King, ' hae .y'oieeen the King o' Heeven j and whats»ys,he torour bidden?" . 'An' itpleass jour Majesty,. I hae , no seen the^Kipg him- : ?el', but I hae seen ane o' his.accredijied ministew.' 'Wheel, and what says ho ?' •He says ypjr Majesty may. c'en , hae his ; kingdom for tjie asking o|,.^t..' ; '' ■ he sa'e ceeyil ?l sa!i.d ' tlije yfiing,.' 'warmed., to., magnanimity, i ' Justf'ga'nK 'yeji 1 ' ways J 'ba'eV,Sandv, arid tell i th'e 1 . King o; Seeven^' ■&&£' for hii oiyility, the 1 de'il^a 'shall 'ever sdt .foot Viii his kingdom,' '"! ' : ' ■•■■' J '. l: ! -, ;: '. ' :i "' : ■•■'"■' : v : WbNDEE'FUI/BFPECTSppABTESIAN' WeLIS.' ! Mormon lea'der^Smithyfirst wenti to iUtah, ; the;laiid was' a howling wilderness.' ; With* splendid compreliension, and great pa tieiice, the e'trange polyaamiet people? is'unk ; deep "wells 'and idug. trenches, throughout: the ' waste. Tbiey turned the; course of distant : hiU-streams : towards the isetUement,. and m the course of a few years , the, face. of the country wat j rich m verdure and ; fruit. . . In 1858 a French engineer began boring.'tne first 1 deep, well m the/, desert 6f Sahara, and since i that time over : eighty. artesian wells have beea sunk in' the desert. , The ,' change has . been ' almost magical. 'EacH' well. yields aljbut' 10W : gailp'n's a minuto. .The wilderness is'Josing its 1 i 6ftl : features,Jand' : in aifewtpore years'will have ; forgotten /its former misery. In 1872, two' ! new 1 Tillages' ha'd/'spruiig- Tip' m the' midst : pf the, former solitude, and 150,000 palm'trees' i had bden planted in'more than' 1000 new gar- ■ deDB. So we may justly' make 'special notice 6f ■ the ■ sinkings ; of ■ an '■.' artesian well . : In : St Louis, Louisville,- Philadelphia, and Charleston, there are remarkably: deep; and generous, i wells.; In Iroquois County, IU., there are 200 artesian. , wells. ,within ; a radius of. twenty miles;, and though their, average depth, is only seventy fejit, their daily^yield. is. estimated at 53,4pp,Q0p! "gallons'of pure water! ' In Pennsyltan^'the artesian ; yells' ftre sunk " for, petrol leuinj.; and r the Tfbrld is plentifully, supplied with a new' and Taluabie material.' No wonder that tho best light 'of science' shonld be> turned on the. means of well-boring, and "that fche'fa'pe of. the- moflern cuttang-irpn'-pr; drill should be afmed witfidiambnde: 'I*»- ancient" times' the man Who dog a :-well or^plan^dia tree 1 was honorediby: his fellows; and m our: day wo shonld ; - feel grateful fo the man or company that bores ait' artesian.. well.:. .'. •. -A ', PoETtroifEßß : Yx&Vf QV CeiOkkt.-t-: "•■Toimorrow,* theyej was -,to have; come -off: fax. interesting g^ine of, crioket ; match between th« encket clq.be of L^sboa. and Oporto, Xb,'s'

object of the formation of these societies is the playing of the game of cricket match, an active, running, driving, jumping game, ■which can only be played by a person having a good pair of legSj and m a climate where warmed punch, is found insufficient t_> keep iip animal heat. . Does the reader wi»h to know how to play at cricket match ? Two posts are placed at a great distance from ohe'another. The player . cloie to -one .of. the posts throws, a large ball towards the' other party, who awaiti,the ball to send it far with a small stick with which he is. armed. The other players then run to look for the ball, and, while thi* search is going on, the party who struck it with the stick runs incessantly from post to post, marking one for each run.- It is plain, then that it. is .to the advantage of ; the .party that stikes the ball to make it jump very far. Sometimes it tumbles into a. thicket, and the playt-rs take hours before they, can get hold' of it, and all this time, the player .does not cense running from post td post and marking points. Then those who find the ball arrive exhausted at the field of .battle, :and the one who has been runuing falls' down half dead. At other times, the projectile sent with a vigorous arm cannot be stopped, and breaks the legs of the party who awaits it. ■ The arrangements for the cricket match include a sumptuous dinner m the matquee for fiftypersons, au indispensable accompaniment to every cricket match. We may, perhaps, aisist at this great battle, arid hope the committee will place us at a safe distance from the combatants, where the principles of •• the game can be seen with"- tha .help of' an opera . glass." .., .. ;....'■ Make Twain, on Bad Musicians.— The ( musical publicand general readers are cautioned not to purchase Weston's Wizard Oil and MagioPills, without carefully examining the outside wrapper — and be.;surpthat the wprds " None Genuine without thb SIGNATURE OF THE PBOPBIETOB,— FbANK! Weston, Sydney, N.S.W/' ■ are engraved; thereon. Any other' 80 oaiAed preparations of. mine, are. unauthorized by me, and cal' culated *lo mislead the' public. . Signed— Fsank Weston ; Sole Agents, Keatpthobne Prosbee&CO. Price— Half-a-C^own. [Advt.]'