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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 2246, 2 December 1881, Page 2

Speciai Tbain. —The special return train from Dunedin will go through to-morrow night; the time is not stated. The Wiihblsij Concerts.—Mr D. tie Vivo, advance agent, arrived m Timuru yesterday, to make arrangements for tho above' concert!. Full particulars will appear m to-morrow's issue. Me Wakbtield at Noeth Oraei.—Mr Wakefield will address tho Geraldine electors of the Rangitaja district m tho schoolroom at North Orari at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow, Saturday. Political Mebtingb. — The following meetings take place this evening: —Dr Fisher, at the Pareora schoolroom at seven; Mr Anderson, at Jfairlie Creak at 7.30 ; Mr Newton, at the Pareora schoolroom. The GebAldink Election. —The nomination of candidates for the Geraldine seat m the House of Representatives will take placa at the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse, Tcmuka, at 12 noon to-day. Waimatb MATOitALTT.—The election of Mayor was held at Waimate on Wednesday, Mr If. Sherwin obtaining 110 votes and Mr A. Hayes 71. Mr Sherwin was declared duly elected. Charitable Aid —The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board invite tenders for the supply of rations, &0., to charitable, aid cssss m Timaru, Temuka, Goraldine and Waimate. Full particulars can be learned at the Town Clerks' offices, Timaru and Waimato. South Cahtbubcby Calidonian Sooibtt. —The seventh annual gathering of this Society will bo held on Monday, 2nd January, 1882, m tho now Agricultural Show Grounds, Wai-iti road. The sports will bo open to all comei'B, and nominations for the handicaps will close on Saturday, 24th instant. Late trains will run for the convenience of country visitors. TiitAßß Mechanics' Institut*. —We would remind members that tho annual general meeting takes place at the Instituto this evening at eight o'clock. As-several important matters will be brought forward for discussion, a large attendance is anticipated. Cantebbuey Fire Iksubamob Association.—The following resolution was unanimously agreed to at a special meeting of the Association held yesterday re Timaru water supply, to take effect from and] after the Ist December next: —" That a reduction of 12i per cent be allowed (off tariff rates) on all risks within one hundred feet (100 feet) of a water hydrant." The C.T.C. —By a typographical error m our local on the C.Y.O. yesterday it was made to appear that a contingent of the corps was being enrolled for the especial protection of the Makikihi Hotel. This is not the case, and the purport of the paragraph was that a meeting is to be held at the hotel on the date mentioned for the purpose of considering the proposal of forming a cavalry troop m connection with tho 0.V.0. Uppbb Pabroba School ComiiTTEg.— This Committee held their ordinary monthly meeting on November 28th. Present—Mossrs John Campbell (Chairman), Thomas Jefcoate, Robert Campbell, David Caird, Joseph Bell, Thomas Prisst, and George Brasell. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Resolved —J'Tliat the Chairman write to the Board of Education, and request them to bo good enough to furnish the Committee with the result of tho interview tho deputation held with the Board re school paddock." The Visitors reported that thoy found tho school m fair working order, but statod that punctuality m tho echool honrs was greatly required, and tho style of singing was complained of as being bad. Resolved — "That a treat for the school children be held on tho 27th December, and that the Chairman wait on Mr Ohivers and request him to provide for the treat as he did Inst year, and that Mr Stewart be requested to bo good enough to act m tho samo capacity as he did last year for the children's treat." The schoolmaster's report was read and adopted. Resolved — " That all candidates get the uso of the school to address tho electors m, and that the Chairman reply to their letters i and that a holiday be given at the school on the 9th mat.. as the school will bo required for a polling booth that day." Resolved—"That the Chairman write to the teacher and draw his attention to the want of punctuality m eohool hours." Messrs Thomas Priest mid Josoph Bell were appointed visitors for tho ensuing month. A circular was read from thu Board of Education, stating that £12 13s 4d had been lodged m tho Union Bank of Australia to tho credit of tho Committee. It was resolved that a special meeting bo held on the 12th instant, and tho meeting adjourned to that data. Sketches at the Fbont. —Wo have beon shown a number of excellent sketches of scones at tho Front by Mr Jas. Ledger, of Tirnuru, who wus one of Captain Hamersloy'B contingent. They are certainly of no secondrate order, and whon lithographed and bound, as it is tho artist's intention to havo them, they will provo a pleasant souvenir to those who took part m tho luto march on Paribaka. There are oleven sketches m *U. No, 1( Volunteer Camp of C»p-(

tain Hamersley's battalion at Parihaka; No. 2, Pungarehu from the blockhouse j No. 3, Mount Egmont from Parihaka ; No. 4, Opunake, takon from the deck of the Hinemoa; No. 6, Titukowaru prisoner at Fort Rolleaton, Perihaka, with native women bringing food to him m the foreground ; No. 6, Miss Dobi»'s momoriol from the camp at Opunake ; No. 7, Misa Dobio's graro with tha toinbitone bearing tho following inscription :--" In memory of Mary Beatrice, daughter of Major H. M. Dobie, lato Madrai Army, and Ellen Dobie i born 22nd December, 1850, died 25th November, 1880. This memorial was erected by the non-commissioned officers and men of the Armed Constabulary stationed at Opunake and Cape Egmont, December 1880 " ; No. 8, Maori women preparing food for prisoners at Parihaka ; No. 9, Parihaka from Fort Rolleston; No. 10, figures of Volunteers, Armed Constabulary, Maori women, etc. ; No. 11, natiro policeman, Maori girls with Indian corn, and Maori dandy. Mr Ledger has thrown a great deal of life into his sketches, and anyone who has a knowledge of the West Coast and its native inhabitants cannot help but acknowledge that they are real worka of art. G*baldikb Flat School. — A meeting of tho Geraldine Flat School Committee wai held on Monday, the 28th inst., at the schoolroom. Present— Messrs Shaw (Chairman), South, Bell, McQ,uillan, Kelman, and Rose The master's report was read, showing the average for the pait month to be 36, and the number on the roll 43. Correspondence was read from the Board re nomination of « member for the Board of Education. It was resolved to nominate Dr Foster for the vacancy. It wai decided that tho Christmat holidays bo from the 26th December to the 2nd January. It was proposed to hold I school treat for the scholars, but it was post poned for further consideration till next meeting. A number of accounts were ordered to bo paid, and the meeting then ad' joarned. Gbkaldinb School Committkb.— Th< monthly meeting was held on Thursday Present — Mr B. H. Pearpoint (m the chair) Messrs A. Sherratt, N. Dunlop, J. Huffei and R. Taylor. The minutes of tho last meeting woro read and confirmed. The following correspondence was read and coU' aidered : — Prom the Board of Education n postponement of examination till December and re papering rooms. From Mr H. E Vincent, asking for a testimonial as to character, &c. From the Head Master, re attend' ance, and asking for a small supply of fuel Resolved — "That the .Chairman give Mi Vincent the testimonial desired." Resolved — " That half a cord of firewood be obtained." The following tenders were received foi building lavatory and shed : — Mr B. Weston £29 17s j Mr E. Prouting, £29 ; Mr J, Huffey, £27 15b. Resolved— " That Mi Huffey's touder be accepted, subject to his performing the work according to specification." The Chairman was requssted to collect the following amount for small coal supplies : Mr Kirby, 16s. At a special meeting held afterwards Dr Foster was nominated for the vacant seat on the Education Board. Huktbe School Comhittbb. — The usual monthly meeting of the above Committee was held on Tuesday, 29th Not. Utmbers present — Messrs John Findluy (Chairman), Ambrose Jackson, A. J\ McLean, James McGimpsey, and Thos. Mercer. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence as follows was read and considered : —From the Board of Education, re sanctioning the appointment of a teacher ; from the same re offer of the Waimate County Council to hand over a road lino for the use of the school j from the same re nomination of a person to fill a vacancy on the Bosrd ; from tho same m regard to closing tho school on Decomber 9th ; from the same forwarding voucher for teacher's salary, and refund of £2 4s 6d ; from tho same re advertising fco of £1; from Mr Walcot, soliciting tho Committee's support at the election for the vacant scat on the Board j from Mr R. McQueen, Chairman of the Hook School, inviting tho children attending this school witli their friends to a school treat to be given on Decembor 23rd, at Messn Fergusßon and McQueen's Hook Flat. The invitation was accepted with thanks, The Master's report wss read and considered, It showed the strict average attendance 6ince he opened the school for the six weeks ended November 25th to be 25.0, the working average 26.84, and the number on the register 30.0. Kesolved — " That no holiday bo granted on December 9th unlessjthe school be declared * polling kooth." No action was taken m nominating a member to fill the vacancy on the Board. The Chairman was authorised to see Mr Hillary /•« tho road Hue. Mrs Bourke kindly offered, gratis, to texch the girls sewing on three days a week if the Committee were satisfied. lhe offer was acsepted with thanks the matter being left with the Master tc regulate. The Chairman gave notice of his intention of resigning as he was removing to town. The matter was deferred till nexl mesting, or a special meeting to be called i) required. The sum of £5 19s 6d was passed for payment, and the meeting thon adjourned Resident Magistrate's Cocbt, Wai> hate. — At this Court yesterday, before R Bcetham, Esq , R.M., the following busmen was got through:— Police v. Sh»w— illicit sale of intoxicating liquor. Evidence m thii case was taken on the 17th and 24th ultimo, and on the latter d»y the case was adjourned for decision. Mr White appeared for defendant. His Worship said — " The defendant ia the Steward of a Working Men's Club, and receives as his wages not only tho money resulting from tho sale of liquor which is supplied by himself, but also the 5s subscription which is payable on membership. He is charged with selling liquor to ono Lefevre, not being at the time the holder of a license. Lefevre, who was the worse for liquor, went into the Club on the 15th of October with a friend, and they were supplied with liquor, he tendering a cheque m payment. The cheque was not cashed by the defendant, »nd later on m the day Lefevre, being still under the influence of drink, was admitted a member of the Club, by being proposed and seconded and signing the book. He then paid for the drinks which h»d been supplied to him m the early part of the day. If this sort of thing is to be permitted to pats unchallenged, any drunken man, not a member of tho Club, may enter the Club house, bo supplied with drink, and then, while still m a state of drunkenness, mny go through the abracadabra of being proposed and seconded, have his membership fee kindly slipped into the till for him by the vendor of the liquor, emerge a full blown member of tho Club, and pay for drinks which had been supplied to him before he became initiated into the mysteries of membership. It is one of the most impudent cases of slygrog selling that has ever been brought before mo." Defendant was fined £20, with coats of two witnesses 16s. Mr White said defendant would appeal against the conviction. His Worship said the state of things disclosed was discreditable, and he felt sure the decent respeotable workisg men of Waimate would discountenance such arrangements m carrying out their Club and would think it right to have such proceedings stopped. Breach of Borough by-laws. — M. Thyne was fined 10s for allowing four head of cattle to trespass m High street on the 27th inst. A. Pries was charged with allowing his horse to stray m a street of the borough, but on showing that the animal was only a few minutes escaped from the paddock, the cn«e was dismissed. P. Dillon, for riding on a dray without having reins to the hones was fined Is. W. Guilford did not appear when called upon to answer a charge of having his horse tethared on Junction road. The constcblo stated that defendant's wife had informed him that defendant was away shearing and would not be home for a long time ; she wti unable to send word to him, the summons having been served on defendant's wife. In reply to the Bench, Sergeant Bamsay said the case was not at all a serious one. The caee was dismissed. Simon Green was summoned by the police for allowing eleren head of cattle to trespass on Parsonage road, m the county of Wainmte. Defendant said he had a boy employed minding the cattle, and that whilst ho was getting a drink, tho cattle strayed on to the road. Tho case was dismissed with a caution. PeeTJ. — By the West India mail just arrived m Plymouth, we {Home Newt) have received tho following details of tho course of oronts up to August 20th : — " Don Nioholas Picrola, of whom no news has been heard for some weeks, lias appear«d at Ayacucho and presided at a ' National Assembly ' of his chief supporters throughout the country, by

whom it has been resolved to make another attempt to secure the independence of Peru ■without sacrifice of territory. This resolution would bs of small importance but for the foot that it ii backed by an armed force, Tariously estimated at from ten to thirty thousand men, who are stated to be within one hundred miles from Lima. Thii force has been collected by tho ex-Dictator as the remit of rigorous personal efforts m th» interior, chiefly from the Trans-Andean di«trict. At present this force is dispersed throughout the country, and obtains iv subsistence chiefly by pillaging towns, Tillages, and isolated plantations. Tins ' army of restoration ' consists chiefly of the Montoneros, or Hill Banditti, who hare so long plagued the country, under the countenance of Don Nicholas and his friends, and with an accession of numbers they hay« become very daring, and many stories of their raTages and ' executions ' art coming to hand, the victims being m most cases promintnt inhabitants, who hare declared themselves for the Government of Signor Calderon. So great is the alarm m Lima at their approach that the provisional Government has induced the Chilian Government, which alone has any force capable of; maintaining ordor m the country, to send some cavalry m pursuit. So far there lias been only one •ncounter between the Chilians and Don Pierola's men, and that was almost bloodless. Meanwhile, the threat which causes the greatest alarm m C'allao and Lima is that the Chilians will evacuate these cities. In that case we shall be exposed to tho tender mercies of the Montoneros with the most frightful results. At present they have been sufficiently discreet to keep their hands oft foreigner!, but two British subjects are reported to have been murdered. One is Mr Williamson, a mining engineer, who was shot by a number of Montoneros who surrounded his house near Cerro Azul, and the other is Mr Bose, a civil engineer, lately managing director of the Truxillo Bailway. He was attacked on the road by a band who demanded money, and as he could not or would not give it them, they hacked him to death with their swords. An inflammatory proclamation has been inued by Don Nicholas Pio rola, calling on those who value their national independence to come forward and aid m expelling the Chilians from the country, defeat the traitors who had assumed power and save Peru from the disgrace of ceding its territory to the invader. The proclamation is fieroe m its denunciation of Signor Calderon and his supporters, and vei'y bold m its terms with respect to the Chilians. It declares that the Chilian victories were won as the result of tho treachery and cowardice of the leaders of the late army, and calls upon all who are capable of bearing arms to rally round those who will prefer death to defeat. Ono serious result of this is the delay caused m arranging the terms of peace, negotiations for which were m progress between the Provisional Government and the Chilians. The Congress was almost equally divided on the subject, a strong faction declaring that no inch of Peruvian soil should be given up to the Chilians. This determination, although utterly unreasonable m the face of existing facts, led to the negotiations being all but abandoned, and now that the ' patriotio party' is supported from the outside by Don Pierola's threats and armed force, it is difficult to say how the present complications will end. The renewed Chilian threats to abandon Lima are regarded by those who possess property and wish si speedy settlement of the existing difficulties ai the worst thing that could befall the country." New ZEiiAHD Kumbras.— A short time ago (says tho Auckland Herald) Profeuor Hooker, of London, the conservator of Kew Gardens, and the author of " Tho New Zealand Mora," sent to Mr Cheeseman of tho Auckland Museum, asking him to forward to him as many varieties as he could obtain of the kumoras m cultivation by the Maorii before the arrival of the Europeans. When the Europeans first touched at New Zealand, they found the kumera the principal food of the Maoris. Mr Colenso, m a paptr recently published by him, enumerates fortynine sorts, distinguished by the Maoris, and known by different names. At a later period other varieties were introduced from the islands, and from the West Indies and South America. These are known to the natives as " kumera pakcha," and as they are generally of larger size and more prolific than the original kumera, they are largely cultivated. It is doubtful, indeed, whether some of the sorts m use by the Maoris before our advent have not by this time been lost. Mr Manning has succeeded in ', collecting specimens of somewhere about a dozen different sorts, * few tubers of each kind, and those will be sent to England to Professor Hooker. It is not known whether he simply means to keep the tubors, or whether he will plant them. The Colobado Bertlb.— We wonder what next the American Irishmen will be charged with. Dr D. G. P. Macdonold, now staying at Eaatburne, writes to the Mark Lane Express as follows : — " The rumor that Irishmen m America are collecting Colorado beetles for exportation to England need not create such intense alarm, because the circumstances which are favorable to thoir development m the States are wanting m this country. In our climate they cannot propagate m sufficient numbers to do serious damage to the potato. The insect only ravages within a limited area or zone, where the summer and winter temperatures range to about the same mean m the jcar, and from tin knowledge I acquired of the habit of the creature when travelling m America I do not think that it can become acclimatised m this country at all, the climate here being so very different from that of its native home. About October the perfect beetle m America leaves tho surface and hibernates at a depth at which the rain of our winter and spring would infallibly drown it." MEMOKAHDA. Payments dut to-day to the Dunedln Finance, Loan, and Agency Company (limited) mar be made at tho office of Mr \T. Davidson, between tho hours of 7.30 »nd 8.30 this evening. The day of sale at tho Studholmc Jurctlon yards has been altered to every fourth Monday. The first tale will take place on Monday, 12th inst. He that doei not know those things which are of vie and necessity for him to know, Is but an ignorant man whatever he may know besides. It is necessary for him to know, if he wants to lay out his money to advantage, that great bargains m Clothing and Boots are to bo had at J. Strachan's.— (Adit.)