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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 2235, 19 November 1881, Page 2

'IIHAETJ OWITBI) CbIOKBT CLUB. —The match commenced last Saturday between the First Eleven of this Club and the next Eighteen will be cont nued to-day on fcho B.O.A.AU'i ground, when all member! who were then unable to attend are requested to put m an appearance. An express will leave the Bank ii New Zetlead for tbe ground at 1.45 p.m. sharp.

i Caledoxiax Sooiiti. — A meeting of tho South Canterbury Caledonian Society will be held at the Grosvenor Hotel, on Monday evening, at eight o'clock. Lotal Tihaeu Lodqb— The anniversary tea meeting and concert of the Loyal i'iniaru Lodgf, 1.0.0.F.M.U., will b» heH m the Oddfellows' Hall, Barnard street, on Wednesday evening next. Tea trill bo on tho tables at six o'clock. Sotjth Cawtbbbttet Olub. — The adjourned annual general meeting of this Club will be hi-ld at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Ship Hotel to receive report of affairs of the Club with abstract of aocounts from the Committee, and to devise somo plan for carrying on the rlub. Waimats Bosor/OH. — The nomination of candidates for the office, of Mayor closed at twelve o'clock noon yesterday, the Town Oirk, Mr A. Parker, receiving the nominations of Mr A. Hayes and Mr M. Sherwin. The election will take place on Wednesday, the 30th inst., at the Borough Council Chambers, Queen street, botween the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Elbctoral Addbbssis. — The following meetings of electors will be held this evening:—PUasant Point Assembly Rooms, Dr Fisher, at 7 30 p.m. j Otaio, schoolhouso. Mr Steward, at 7.30 p.m.; Pleasant Valley, schoolhouse, Mr Postlethwaite, at 7.30 p.m. Kr E. Turnbull will address tho electors of Timam m the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock ; and Mr Hayhurst will address the Geraldine electors m the schoolroom, Rnngitata, on Monday, at 7.30 o'clock. St. Mast's Cannon:.— A vestry meeting was held yesterday afternoon at Mr Tate's office, the Yen. the Archdeacon presiding. The Chairman stated t"at on the recommendation of tho architect, the Building Committee had sent to Scotland f>r ten shafts of polished Aberdeen granite, for the inside pillars of the new Church. The Vestry confirmed the »ction of th? Building Committee. A discussion then ensued as to the best means of raising funds for currying on the building of the Church, and as a means to that end a Financial Committee was appointed to matte enquiries and report. Thb Mayoral ELKOTioif.— ln another column of this issue will bo found a numerously and influentially signed requisition, to Cap am J. H Gutter asking that gentleman to allow himtelf to be nominated for the office of Mayor for tho ensuing year. The opportunity is taken of publicly thanking Captain Sutter for the great porsonal caro and at tention ho has manifested hitherto m the management of the Borough generally and the Waterworks m particular. Captain Sutter m reply accedes to the request. Dk Wilkiks. — Dr. WUkins notifies m our adrertising columns that ho will poaitirely leave for Oamaru by tho express train on Monday. He has been so busily engaged since his arrival here that he has been bxrely [ able to attend to all his patients, and so with a ■new of giving every sufferer from disease of the 1 ear, throat or ore an opportunity of eonsult- > ing him he will be m his rooms at the GrosI Tenor Hotel all to morrow (Sunday) as well as to-day and on Monday up to 12 noon. , • Kbsidikt Maoistbatb's Coubt, TntA«n. —At this Court yesterday, before R. Beetham, Esq., R.M., Neil Murphy was brought up on remand on a charge of assaultI ing his wife. Inspector Pendor informed the . Bench Mrs Murphy declined to giro any cvi- , dence, and he therefore asked to withdraw ' tho information. His Worship, m discharg- ' ing defendant, severely admonished him and r advised him to give up drinking, or it would . probably be the means of sendine him to a ; lunatic asylum. He had apparently behaved most brutally, and he had to thank his wife , that the case had not been investigated. Defendant denied that he had lifted a hand t to his wife. William Gardiner, who was t arrested on the previous day for wife desertion, was remanded to Dunedin, whence the warrant was issued. Firb at Bcbkb's Pass. — A dettructivo ' fire, by which the store of Mr Spalding, 1 together with all its contents, ware totally l destroyed, occurred at Burkes Pass yesterday I morning, t-hortly before four o'clock, Mr L Spalding, who lives some twenty yards from his store, was awakened by a loud crackling ' noise, and on going outside observed it to be 1 on fire. In a few minutes nearly the whole 3 population of the place had assembled, but j the fUmes, fed by the inflammable material , inside the store, had obtained such a hold that all efforts to quench them proved 5 unavailing. Tho only article Mr Spalding was 1 enabled to save was his le 'ger. The store 1 was closed up shortly before seven o'clock on Thursday evening, when everything was left safe. Tho walls of the building (which con- , tamed four rooms) were partly of stone and ' partly of wood, the roof being of corrug ted r iron. The fire is suppoiid to have broken - out iv the centre of tho main store. The ) building was insured for £250, and ihe stock r for £1650, tho risks being £600 m the Standard office, and £13:10 m the Nat'onal. Mr Spalding estimates his loss at £350 over and ' above the insurances. ■ Pbihitivb Mithooist Chf/bch, Gkrall DIME. — The anniversary services m connection , with the above church were held on Sunday last, and were more successful than m pro--1 vious years. Tho Boy. J. Nixon, of Ashburton, > preached morning and evening to large con ) gregations, composed not only of Primitive i Methodists, but also of members of the * various Qonomin&tionß m tno township. On Monday the tea and public meeting which j usually follow the anniversary services were ' hold, and attracted a large number of people I noi only from Qeraldine, but also from ; Tomuka, where the Primitive Methodists aro r making great efforts to establish a church. I Of the tea it is only necessary to mention that it was largely and deservedly ' patronised. The provisions were excellent, I and tastefully laid upon the tables. The . following ladies gave or assisted at tables : — |. Mesdames Harding, Hammond. Proutine, Kennington, and 0. E. and A. Sherratt, and ' tho Missos Andrews. Tea being over, the ' room was cleared for tho pubic meeting, j which quite eclipied those of previous years, i though they have been most successful. The ( chair was taken by Mr W. Postlethwaite, whose appearance was the signal for great ■ applause. The following gentlemen also ' occupied seats on the platform, and delivered L addresses during tht evening: — Beys. G. l Barclay, Fee, Nixon, Luke, Messrs Coltman and O. E. Sherratt. Mr Postlethwaite, m the opening speech, said ho regretted there ' was such a barrier between the sections of the ) Christian Church, as they wore all bent on ; attaining one end, though they went about [ it m different ways. It gave him great pleasure to preside over 5 social meet- ' ing such as that which had assembled J that evening. He did not propose to make a I speech, but would introduce the different 1 speakers who had assembled to address , them. The choir then sang an anthem entitled " Holiness beeometh thine house," . and during the ovening rendered several ' other anthems and sacred pieces m a manner ■ that reflected great credit on themselves, thoir 1 leader (0. E. Sherratt), and tho accompanyI ist ( Viiss Andrews). The Secretary's report showtd that tho church officers and members had been very active throughout the year, 3 tho chief work undertaken by them being the i erection of a vestry, which was much nooded. l A ladies' sewing meeting had also done good , service m supplying funde for incidental exj ponses throu)jhout tho year. The debt on thr chapel had been consolidated, the money 3 being obtainsd from a private person, and the ■ building released from the Building Society. The ifioir then sang " Gathering Homo," , after which Mr Coltman delivered an address, . m tho course of which he gavo a short but interesting account of tho origin and growth > of Primitive Methodism. Tho speaker read ' extracts from tho President* address at the 1 last Primitivo Methodist Conference, held at , Hull, which showed that the body now numbered 185,683, and that they possessed church 1 property to the amount of £2,6K1,000. 'I he 1 choir then sang " How good and how joyful," which was fo lowed by an address from the Rev. G. Barclay, who made an excellent , speech, and kept tho meeting m a state of laughter throughout nearly the whole of his address. The ingenious mennor m which he ' selected the heads for his address was a sou co for much amusement. Mrs Nixon, of Ash- . burton, then gave * solo, "Is your Lamp. ■ Burning P " This lady's si'igin 1 was much 1 admired and deservedly applauded. Follow- , ing this was an address by the Ro». J. Nixon, 1 of Ashburton, whose remarks had special 1 reference to " Holiness— its urgent necessity." 1 Tho ohoir thtn sang, ' Aro you coming home 1 to-night P" and Mrs Nixon gave another solo, 1 "Be not weary m well-doing." A ooUeotion follonnd, sftw which the Bby. Mr Frt,

Wesleyan Methodist minister, delivered a

very humorous address, which contained much sound advice. An anthem by the choir, "Thou shalt keep him m per'ect peace," followed. Mr Amoa Sherratt then proposed a rote of thanks to the ladies who had proTided and w»ited at the tables. This was carried by acclamation. On the motion of Mr Harrison a hearty Tote of thanks was also given to the different speakers, after -which the choir sang, "Jerusalem, my glorious home." A hearty rote of thanks to the choir was nsxt proposed by Mr Middlcmas, and carried unanimously. The next item on the programme was a duet, " Nearer home," by Mi»s and Matter Andrews, who sang Tery nicely together. The pastor of the church, the Rer. Mr l.uko, who excused himielf for not giving a speech on the ground that he was frequently to be seen on the platform, pro posed a hearty Tote of thanks to Mr Postlethwaite for the able manner m which he presided over the meeting. This rote wus carried by acclamation. Mr Postlethwaite briefly thanked the meeting, and assure'l them that he had spent ono of the pleasantest evenings he had ever done m the six or seven years he had been m GeralcKno. He would 'ei'l happy to preside at any future occasion if required, Jho singing of the Doxology brought the meeting to a close. " KI.THi.JE2f Mavocbkezk." — Many hearts that hare been moved by the music of " Kathleen Mavourneen " will learn with regret (lays the Manchester Guardian) , that the gifted author of that famous song (Nicholas Crouch) has not een succetsful m the battle of life, and is now, at the age of 73, reduced to thn necessity of working as a Tarn'sher m a Baltimore factory. Thb Population of India. - The censui riturns, which hare now been issued, show a grand total of population of 252 millions for a.l India composed of 123 million males and 118 million females. There have been increases since th" last census m Bengal 10 per cent ; Assam, 19 per cent ; Scinde, 10 per cent; North-West Province", 6 per cent; Oude, 1 per cent ; Punjaub, 7 per cent ; Cen Iral Provinces, 25 per cent ; Berar, 20 per cent ; and Burmah, 35 per cent ; and decreases m Madras 24 per cent ; Mysore, 17 per cent ; and Bombay, 3 per cent. Joining thb Ladies. — Lever used to tell with infinite drollery the following story of Mr McGlashan, his Dublin publisher, who by the way, wai a Scotchman. At a certain dinner, fearing to be made " fou " by the wild Irish authors and scribblers, ho left the table, having taken his fair share of wine, to join the ladies m the drawingroom. After a while the company heard unearthly noises m the pantry, just behind the dining rooms. They listened and they wondered. What could it b» ? Wer« there really ghosts m the house, as had been whispered m its ancient traditions ? But summoning courage, they went en matse and they found that worthy McQ-lashan had, under the impression that he was going upstairs to the ladies, ascended shelf after shelf of the pantry, and was at that moment lying at full length on the uppermost; kicking furiously at tho ceiling and sidewalls, and expressing the utmost surprise that he could not " get up-Btairs." Hott People Feil Whbk DriNO.— ln a recent sermon by the Rot. Henry Ward Beecher upon " Death," the preacher asked, "How should a Christian look at death?" Mr Beecher replied — " Well, m the first place, he should not look at it at all — on purpose. Or, if he looks at it, he should do so only to stimulate himself to lead a better life here and not to brood over the horrors of an imaginary hereafter." People wondered how they would feel when dying. " I'll tell you how you'll feel — most of you," said Mr Beecher. " You'll feel stupid ; that's all you'll feel. You'll want to go to sleep. Dying is as easy as going to sletp m most instances." Once m a while there was a triumphant or a radiant death, or a remorseful death, but not once m a million times was there such a death as is described m books. That was all " flummery." ilr Beecher attached no significance to the manner m which a man expired, as it was principally the result of physical accidents, and afforded no test of his moral state. A Woud job Feozbn Meat. — A correspondent of the Times states his experience with regard to the consumption of frozen meat. He says : — " I bought a carcase of the mutton that was imported m January last by the Protos and hung it up m a larder with a temperature some degrees above freezing. After two days, during which it 1 sweated ' pretty freely, I had a shoulder and part of the ribs roasted. The result was not satisfactory. The meat, though perfectly goo I and sweet, was hard, tough, and imperfectly cooked, though it had been longer at the fire than is usual wi';h home mutton After ihe lapse of another two days I had some chops cooked from the loin, and they were Tory good and sweet, though still rather hard I now determined to let the remainder hang until the frost was quite out of it, and this was not fully accomplished until the end of four mo c days, the weather at the time being Tery cold. At the end of that time the leg and remainder of loin were roasted, and the meat was extremely good, though rather dry, aa it kad unfortunately been overdone. From these experiments I was led to infer that on the first two occasions th» frost had not sufficiently melted to allow the fibre to resume its natural state, and that Australian, like Home meat, must be hung sufficiently long to impart to it tho mellowness that is indispenaxble m any meat to command a ready oa'e m this market. That this inference is tho correct ono has been confirmed by my recent experience with lomt of the mutton by the Cuzco. A friend and I divided a hind quarter, the leg falling to my share. I kept it through the late close, thundery weather until quite certain that the frost had been expelled. By this time the appearance of the meat was not attractive. It was damp, and looked flabby m consequence of the melting process it had undergone. When roaited, howorer. and placed on the table, the result was that more excellent mutton I never tasted. It was firm under the knife, and yet mellow and tonder and the flaTor reminded me of the highlyprized Scotch and Welsh mutton, while an ample flow of gravy filled tho ' well ' m a few •econds after the first cut. My friend'o ex perience with the loin was quite as favorable as mine with the leg. The truth is that the ' banning,' which for climatic reasons cannot be given the meat at the other end, should be given at this." A Tbvpehawoh Shott. — Of all the exhibitions ever held, the International Temperance Exhibition, opened the other day m the Agricultural Hall, London, is probably the most curious. The first thing thut strikes the visitor is th* vast variety of drinks within the rcaoh of the teetotaler, Seientifio enterprise has of late considerably increased the number of non-intoxicating beverages. Ginger beer, soda water, lemonade, and seltzer have now innumerable rival and companion drinks. Apollinarii, Frosbacb, Wilheim'i Quelle, Gerolstein, and Godesberg, a* table waters, together with Zoedone, the life giver ; Hedozone, the agreaable ; lime juice cordial, Hopetta, and Ben Trovato, are a few of the names of tho liquid wares claiming attention. Then there is the cup that cheera but not inebriatea Tea of every aort and m every form j coffeo from Mocha, Coylon, Queensland and Jamaica, cocoa and cocoatiae, chocolate and chocolatine are paraded bofore the visitor. Syrups, of all sorts too, tempt the eye. And m addition to the drinks, almost as innumerable as the variety of existing wines, are th* apparatus and appurtenances — racks and vats, corks and corkscrews, tinfoil and goldfoil, fountains and ice chests -which are nmong tho exhibits. Altogether there appears to havo been collected everything connected with the production disposal, and consumption of non-intoxicating drinks. ■vSteinoii I'alr of Slavery. — One of the most singular incidents of the British defeat at Maiwand, m Afghaniatan, according to the 2feu York Tirnet, has just transpired, and if the details of it w<re only known it mi ht be shown that a tragedy has been enacted full of the deepest touc-hei of pathos. Some Sepoya, who wore captured and taken to Herat after the battle m which Ayoob Khan defeated General Buvrows with heavy slaughter, have by some means managed to escape from Ayoob citadel and reaoh the British frontier. How they could have travelled along th» line of territory that stretchea between Herat and Quettt, the capital of the Khnn of Khelai's dominions, without being murcleredor captured by the hoatilo fcribw who rwwm m tht errantry, ii difficult

to imagine j but m all probability they were E Mussulmans, and m that case they would be b able to claim some hospitality from the Afghans, who are much more liable to be affected by the claims of Mohammedanism £ than they are by the distinctions of nationality. The otory they told the British authorities at jy Quetta ii to the effect that four British y eoldiers who were captured at Maiwand have , been told into slavery by their captors. What the sufferings of these slaves are cannot be I 1 even imaginod, because the Afghans are brutal to a degree with respect to aliens whom P they have taken m battle. If they save a l life, it ii only from a whim that they may 1 put it to prolonged torture, and ihese four I men are probably now undergoing miseries n to which death itself would be a r comparative relief. When Dr Bellew ( entered Afghanistan twenty years ago, f m connection with an Embassy to the t Ameer, he met a man who was pointed out | to him as a British captive who had been taken m the war of 1839-42. The man re ( sembled a beast more than a Christian human j being. He had almost forgotten his nwn , language, and the little he had left of it he dared not fpeak, so terrified was he of hi« Afghan master*. Bellew says the case wns ] singularly pathetic, and m it alone the world ! may gain some idea of the fate of the four white slaves who are now reported to be alive ' m the capital of Western Afghanistan. 1 MEMORANDA. Tha nineteenth annual report and balance-sheet of tho United Insurance Company will be found m our adrertlslng columns. Mr Symoni, m another column, inform! the public ofTimaruthat he is a^in here and is prepared to tune planoi and orgam. Other particulars will be found m advert'iemeut. Tho prospectus o( tho Westport Co»l Company (limited) will bo found m our adrertising columns this ' morning. Tha broken far Timaru are Messrs Reid i and Granger. Notice it siren by advertisement that the Transfer Boolt« of the Union Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand will ba closed from the 30th inst. until the 7th proximo. Genuii resemble! a proud steed, that whilit he ob.ji the slightest touch of the kind hand of a matter, revolts at the lint indication of compulsion or reitraint. Just compel or restrain your feet m tight wtah you had on a pair of Strachan'i wide-fitting boots, of which he has 8. iplendid itock.— (Adrt.)