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„■-■■• . .-■ ■ ——. i ■ 'i ' '' Tho reiiult; 9f the nomination" for thn Selwyn eleotion was a surprise to both sides. Leeston, where the official proooediingi; m tho election are held, is Mr McLachlanV place of residence and chief stronghold, and itwaenttturallysupposedlthat ha would easily obtain an bverwhelming Show of hands. It huppened, however, that Friday last: was the monthly aaty day—like .our Winchdst'er 'faitf~and ;a large number of farrrers nnd''dealers had come m : from the cotintry to, buy or iell ■ stock. The attendance was, conßequonlly, the., largest over, seen at ' a nomination. m that district,, and tho meeting had! to bo adjournod from the, Road By)avd oih'oe to an open spaco outside, for J,}ie simple reason that .not half tho electors present could get m. It wfia,plainJroni the begiuning.thftt both jcandi"datoß had an einluisiaatic backing, land ib looked ni if tho' sKotr of fianail Would'be six of dne and half-a-dozon of jthe 'bther. But' when tho Returning Offldtr put it to the tost, tho country, r.irricd it over the uowpship by Od against 39, a i'esult which 'istonish^d, Mr Wake-j

field's friends quite as much,.** Mr McLachlan's. As is commonly thecase, about half the ueoplo present did not show their hand at al.lt The Press Association's report states that Jthe proceedings we're lively. Their liveliness all arose out of one incident. Mr Waby, Mr McLachlan's seconder,— Chairman of the Southbridge Farmers' Clvb — took the somewhat unusual line of giving the contest a class character. He claimed the support of the electors for his candidate, m very excited language, m order to prevent a poor man of humble extraction and so forth (meaning Mr McLachlan) from being .tr.iiupled upon by the aristocracy, — the '" blue blood," as he put it. This caused a bit of a sensation, and Mr McLachlau tried hard m his address to remove the bad impression his seconder had made. Mr Wakefield, however, saw an opportunity ifpr some fun, and took up the "blue blood " cry, aud rallied Mr Waby pretty briskly. The point of the joke ia that, Mr MoLaohlrtn is a very! successful settler, ond particularly 'noted for tho lengtli of his pedigreed He is a, near kinsman of The McLachlan, and his genealogy can he traced for centuries. Mr Waby could not have made a worse shot if ho had tried, and the assembled electors laughed consumedly. Air McLachlan watf, indeed, rather unfortunate m. both his. -nominator and his seconder, for Mr Sandrey, who proposed -him,- concluded sin' otherwise pleasant speobh by tho sarcastic remark that " Selwyn was not going to be made a refuge for defeated candidates," — forgetting that Mr McLachlan had been defeated at the lust election for that ' I dUlrict. The whole affair was a good I joke, and both candidates were careful to shdw that not the slightest ill-feeling existed as far aa thoy were concerned. Mr McLachlan, m a very happy siniile, said they were like two balls being, thrown from hand to hand by their respective supporters; but never coming into collision themselves. , Ia it usual with anglers m this country, we wonder, to keep a record of their exploits from day to day, and from season to season 1 Considering that all the trout fishing m New Zealand has taken place within a very few years, and that many men who are still active, have- fished through every season from the beginning, Biioha record would be highly interesting and valuable as showing the progress of the sport m different localities. In the old country, great attention is paid to 'this branch of history. At the recent annual dinner of tho Kelso Angling Atisociation, the fishing diary of ; a lafcely deceased member, Thomas Sloddart, a well known poat m .the south of Scotland, was produced and discussed. It began iv the year 1829, and it showed that Mr Stoddart had fished on 4150 days, and had killed 64,573ye110w trout, 15(t0 aea tvovif,, 028 salmon, and 378 pike. ,We should much like to see a similar diary, kept) by -some equally devoted- o'.igler m New Zealand, from tbe first issue of licences, and stating not only the dates and number of fish caught, but also the streams, the situation, and m exceptional inntances, at all events, the weights. We shall be glad to hear thut such a record is m- existence.

Bobou&h Council. I—The1 — The ordinory fortnightly meeting- of the Timaru Borough Council is to bo held this evening 'at-' seven •a'dbok. . ' • 0 BATTBBBr, N.Z.A. — Tho annual general meating is fixed for next Wednesday evonina at half-past eight, and the usual parade will bo held the samcovening at eight o'clock. , Licensing: Committee. — The first meeting of the newly-elected Committee for' the licensing district of Temuka is to be hold at tho Courthouse, Temuka, to-day at noou for the purpose of electing n Chairman for the ensuing year. Assessment Cohbt bob the Bobotjo-h. — An Assessment Court for tho Borough of Timaru is to bo held at tbbOourthouse at 11 ii.na. on the 20th. inst., wlif-Ji anyone Who lias an objection to mako to the rate roll must attend and state his objection- ' I'.baper and Bindeb Tiiial. — We remind fanners and others interested iv agriculture tbat the, reaper and binder trial has been fi.ied.. to. come. .off to-marrow. on,, Mr J. C. McEorrow's farm, Wai-iti. Work is to commence at eleve-'U o'olook sharp. Tho judges and stewards will leave tho Secretary's office by an express at ten o'clooli.Aj* Oid Kksidbnt Moving. — ?Vom a private telegram from Wellington' wo learn that Mr A. J. Parsons, lately licensee of the Club Hoi el J Timaru, has purchased the Rutland Hotel and property m connection therewith, at Wanganui. ''The ' price is stated to be £41000.- Mr Parsons is at present m tbe North Island. S.u-i: of FtrBtOTUBB 'and Pictubhs. — ; Messrs W. Collins and Co. sell a large selection of imported furniture and handsomely framed pictures to-day ,in the large salerooms of the N.Z.L. and M.A. Company, The 1 furniture has' been described m advertisements ; the pictures are too numerous and of too many varieties for detajjed description. T,HK McCOBMICK TWINB BINDBB. — Mossiours Priost and Hphlgato, tho agents for" South Canterbury . for the MoConaick twino' binder, publish a special advertisement m our columns this morning, m reference to ite latest victory, under the auspices of tho Canterbury AgriculturiU and Pastoral Association.. It is nOcdlesil to say that tho McOormick >:ul; bo present rit the trial on Mr McKfirrow's ftpii, to-morrow. ' Inquest. — An inquest woo held on Satur^ day morning, before J. ' Beswick, Esq,, Coroner, and d jury, of whom Mr A. O: w. Stono was chosen foreman, touching the dciith of Mr W. C. Bailey, whoso painfully sudebri death was recorded m our Saturday morning's issue In accordance with the eviileh"i!a of Br Moiiintyre, who showed tfiat Mr liailoy's, death was due to extensive heart disease, tho jury found that deceased died from natural causes. 3'DB TASMANIAN CltlOKßtßßSi— Our fclographic report of tho cricket match between a Obriitchurch eleven and; tho Tosmanian team shows that Christehurnh bos .an oxcooclhigly good prospect of winning tho match, they having obtained 64 of 148 required to win without tho loss of a wicket. Tho watch will ho concluded to-day, and tomorrow the Tasmanians commence a two days- match at Aahburtan. A Cbristohurch contemporary states that they play at Timaru on Tuosday and Wednesday next- week. , ■ XHIiAi'RE Bo'yai. — This evening Miss Louiso Poraoroy and her strong Company cominonco a Benson of live nights m the; Theatre Royal, with Shakespeare's subliino tragedy " Borneo' 'arid Juliet," Miss Pomeroy boirii' caiit for tho heroine. Wo hear that the enele plan was pretty well marked on Saturday, so that a good upstairs houso isi. proTOiscd'for' tho opening night. It is a good while since a ShaKOsperean dnuna was profonted to a Timaru audionco, and tho chango should prove attractive Tho majority jpf tho Company arrived m Timaru on Saturday night, Mlbs Pomoroy and tho 'rest will arrive by tho express from Ohristcliurcb this morning. Local Manofactures.— Mr B. Walhs, cabinetmaker, Beswick stroot, is just now turning - out some capital specimens of Now Zealand woodwork. Thoy am principally iri tho shape of worklables of various shapos, and the manner m which tho grain of the different woods is brought out reflects no lltUo orodit on t.ho workinon. A square toblo has m tho 'centre a cheas-hoord, tho squares of which ore of black birch and pine, whilo tho surroundings avo of mottlod kauri and knotted totara. Two other tables of different dosignu hiivo atsjs m thoir coiltro, mottled kauri beinj£ again. to the fore. It is a pity somo of our. bandsimia iNow Zealand woods are not more generally used m fancy workmanship. . Tub JlAiyorrATA Bbedob.— The Geroldintv iCounty -Council will bo driven to suicide yet by citravAganoe of the Upper Bongitata., ißridgo. Thoy put off paying their share oi. Jlwoust^of the extension us long as possible, but at Unuth, after throats of legal proceod-t !ingsi f<l< obliged to striko a rate to raise f unda to pay it, Added to tho actual half cost of tho work thoy had Sovoral hundreds to ps»y to

tbe-Ashburton Council for interest on the moneys from time to time disbursed on account of the bridge. This was paid without demur; The account paid, however, jjjjlias only mode up to a certain date, considerably anterior to the date of payment lond-fthe Ashburton Council some time ago- fprwajtted a. further claim for the interestri^rueo^hC- 1 'tween those dates. At their last meetingkßhe Geraldine Council, acting on advice, resolred to deny this claim, and tho claimants, at a meeting lost week resolved to appeal to thai law courts if the refusal is persisted m. The ! Chairman of the Ashburton Council expressed astonishment at the answer of the neighboring Council, as interest on the money had always formed a considerable item m the account, arid'the debt had been incurred for the convenience of the Geraldine people themselves. Further claims are arising from the older portion of the bridge needing replanking. This work is being done piecemeal, as it becomes 'necessary, and the Ashburton Council have given instructions that accounts for half the cost bo sent to the Geraldine Council month by month. . Timabtj School Btabb.— A special meeting of the Timaru School Committee was held on Friday afternoon at -Mr Rowley's house — i present, Messrs Bruce (Chairman), Gibson, 1 Ingram, Howe, Stone and Rowley — to con- 1 sider certain matters of urgency m 'connection i with the sehopl staff. Miss Gooder, of Wei- I lington, ''had beOn chosen for the post of 1 seventh female teacher, and failing her, it had i been decided to recommend Miss Cabot for ' appointmont. Miss Gooder had declined to accept the appointmont, and Miss Cabot had therefore been .appointed. Miss Gooder's qualifications being such as to make her eligible for the post of second mistress, which is now. olio, vacant, it. ; was decided that the Chairman should confer with the Inspector, and subject to his approval, recommend Miss Gooder for appointment to the post of second mistress. Itinerant Tradesmen. — Two men, strangers to Timaru, sat down on tho kerbstone near the Club Hotel corner on Saturi day afternoon and went to work with the air j and. celerity of adepts at the bnainess, to put . new cane beats m a couple of old i chairs. I A . small crowd quickly collected about them, curious to see their performance, and tihis brought down a policeman, who issued the order " Move on." The men argued the point for some time, claiming the right to work m tho street, because they, were allowed to do so m London. "But this' isn't London," replied tho constable. " Not much, it isn't," said one of them. " But we've as much right. to work m the street, as the knifegrinder over | there. Why don't you move him on '?" "He docs not - collect o crowd'y and you do. You must go somewhere else, where there js more room for a crowd." The men then picked up their, few tools, •hundkv of cane, and old chairs, and moved off. m. very evident ill humor at being' ejected from their stand m tbe gutter- ... .--, -,-,- t -„ Waim-ate Habbtebs.— A general 'meeting of tho .Waimate, County Harriers Club was held at tieLMaJtlkihi Hotel lost Thursday, Mr R. H. Rhodes, jun., m the chair. The meeting was fairly attended by representatives I from all parts of the county except Waimate. Mr G. F. Lovegrpve, .'Hon.- Sec.,' read a balance-sheet', showing a clear balance m hand of £12 6s. Messrs A. Potter, P. Jones, G. F. Lovegrovef, J." Reid,G. R. Peacockc, G. A. Morris, W. 3. Armitoge, T. Teschemaker, Hill, and Burnley were elected a' C6mqoitteo 'for tho Biitruirig year, and Mr I^ovegrovjr was -re-elected Secretary. It was resolved. that the Harriers should, be hurite'd on, the same terms as last fjeiir, and that Mr Rhodes should again bo' 'Master"of the Hounds.' -A hoarty vote of thanks ; was, accorded to' Mr Rhodes- for the courteous : and liberal ,moiijjer m which he hod filled the pfflco of Master list year, and similar compliments were paid to Mr Armitoge, tbe Huntsman, and to Mr Lbvegrbvej' Secretary. A vote of thanks was also passed to tho owners of landed property m the district,' more especially those who were hot hunting meh,,for their kindness m I permitting them to hunt' over their country. j Educational Matters.-^- A meeting of [Chairmen and .members of ; School Committees, convened by circidur issued by the Timaru School Committee, was held at the Timaru school on Saturday afternoon. A resolution was, "on the motion of Mr MoKerrow, passed immediately, after the meeting was opened, that the Press be excluded, and we are indebted , to Mr Bruce, Chairman of the meeting, for tho following rastxme o£ what took place. Seventeen persons were present, attd Mr Janies Bruce, Chairman Of the Timaru School Committee, was voted to the chair., Mr Bruce .stated tho object of tho meeting to' be, to secure, if possible, unity of action m referenoe to educational matters, Messrs MoKerrow, Butler, McQueen, Milno and others addressed the meeting. Among the matters diacusßed was the establishment of District High Schools at Temuka and Waimate, which was unanimously condemned as inexpedient ot the present time, m view of the straitened finances of the Board and the many unsatisfied claims of smaller schools. The Board's treatment of the present masters of tho, Temuka and Waimate schools was also ., condemned. The stinted doling out of funds- to Committees for incidental purposes was contrasted with the extravagant payments to certain members of the Board for travelling expenses, and Borne strong remarks were made on this subject. After discussing tho quaUfications of the candidates nominated, it :wos "resolved that eich, Committee shoulctrrje'asTced-fco give its support to. Messrs Bruce, McKorrow , and Russell at tho forthcoming election of members of the Board. Certain instructions regarding further action wore given to the Chairman, and tho meeting, which hod been unanimous fon;kll points, terminated with the usual compliment to tho Chairman. A EniNAWAT. — Yesterday a young man, whoso name wo did not ascertain, hired a buggy and pair at Mr Lukoy's stables, to take a couplp of young lodies for a drive. , Tho horses wore somewhat fresh,' and the driver was cautioned to keep them well m hand and apply ithe ' Woke rjn going down-. hilL . No sooner had they left, the stables, than,. the 'warning -was neglected, and instead' of keeping Ijio horses, m hand, the man lot them go, and,' going 'northwards', they bolted down the hill to George street, and continued : at full speed up the Main Road. Mr Liikby remounted aU horse --and : - overt took the, ruua ways at the,- Melville) corner, as they hod ulackenod speed m going up the hill, and assisted tho driver to stop them. He again cautioned the drivor to bo careful, but tho latter appeared to disregard tho warning, for scarcely had, Mr .Lukey turned back than the horses set i flff'-ftgahV.-" They went dowii the hill post Mr Elwqrthx's at a rapid rate, and' then' galloped' along the flat and .up to Maori Hill. Here thoy turned into a byo road to • tho left, whoro very qopn a eapsLje occurred,, the riders found themselves on ' the grovrnd,. shaken but riot muoh hurtV aud m a few moments, everything but' the cushions of a *66^' buggy was reduced to splinters. Tho occupants of _tho: vchiclo were fortunate m escaping sorious injury, and the horses also escaped moterial! damage.,, '„ " ' j Thb Native Cuckoo. — Mr H. J. Gilbred 1 Taradale, writes to tho Saw fa's Bat) '. Herald' tho following letter, which ought to bo in-' toresting to gardeners, mdßt of whom suffer; moro or less from tho rtivngpa of tho insect j pest the -writer alludes to : — " Tho New; Zeljland cuckoo, like tho koa, has , given 'Xip'ite native food for ' an ' imported one,' but unliko the, kea, tho ' cuckoo has nmdo a ohango fdr the bettor, from " ti settler's point of viow-, as it has dovolopcd a taste for the cherry;'* dolphin, or troo - loocb, which does such' fanwto daniagp to 1 fruit tiroes and hawthorn hedges each autumn. A few of theso birds havo visited Taradalo for tho last three yoaTsV 'appearing during. Jan.ua.ry and leaving on tho approach of winter. They may bo scon daily busy seeking arid eating the leeches, ; . Previously .thoy have been very tame, allowing anyono to watch thorn from tho distanoe of, a fow (yards, but fhis year thoy are very wild, perhaps th©mgß' being phot at ,oTX>thorwißO frightened during thoir triivols cbowbore.. Toiprevontthis, and to got more information about this useful and pretty bird, I givo tho following dosaription : — It is a littlo smaller than a kingfislior, whioh it) resembles, vory rauah m color, but has alternate burs about half an inch wido, of dark brown and light grey, across tho undcrsido from the /throat to the taily small head and tail, flies vory quiotly, flitting from branch to brannh, and climbs like a parrot. Perhaps this bird may do tho sarao work m destroying tho loooh, as the, blight, bird, has done m Cther djrectjions j whioh bird I might say was

tot ■■ ric^jthy^ntffe 5 Au.ekland over twenty ; years' d^vwhe'n it wag only represented by one v smaU flock. 7^ is be' hoped that the l|ew i ifealand cuoijsK shoU^jt become as numerous : M!the hligbjbbird, WTttnot learn as the latter has done.tbaS imported' fruits areas good to "«it as. imported, per^',.- ■ FitV A P66B>^EriIPEQBINDEK. — A few Bays ago"<we published a telegram from Napier which stated that Mr W. Colenso had resigned tbe secretaryship of the Philosophical Society, giving as his reason that Dr Hector had slighted him m not publishing three of his papers m the Transactions, and by only 5 answering owo out of eighteen letters. In the Hawke's llay Serald of the aime date we find the following curious letter to tbe editor,-— a fuller statement of Mr Colenso's reasons for resigning : — " A Knifegrinder'e Lament. ( 3ir, — You will doubtless be grieved, — as I 'know all tho People m Hawke's Bay j will,— to learn that I have, resigned, the, secretaryship, of tho Hawke's ,Bay ißraneh of the Kriife'grin'ders' Society. I "know that it Trill be a serious blow to the Society ;— but it woe the only ineins I had of showing my Indignation at : the treatmentI had received from the Man who works the Wheel of the Head Society' at Wellington. — Ifor. the last ten years I have been the "Life and Soul 'of ..the Society ;. md but lor Me it is very doiiliful whether the Hawke's Bay Branch Wovid' have con- a bributetl ils quota,, to the Parent Society, of c scientific investigations into the art and my«- c teries of JCnibeorindiNO. The' difficulty of 5 finding ,iy worthy successor to , Mb was i thoroughly recognised at the Annual Meeting i yesterday" when I gave m my resignation,-*^ 'i and tho Members went down on their knees, i imploring me to retain the OlHce. But T ' was inexorabfe ! ' I told then! they could nob ] do without- me j— but I stuck to my resolve.- i And could I do otherwise p : Thd, Man at tho Wheel at Wellington had , had , from ME fid ■ less than eighteen letters!;— and beautiful 1 long lo'tteni they were, too, — fully ornamented 1 with Capit ds, colonß, and semicolons, notes of : exclamation and interrogation, dashes and porenthesei ;— And yet these eig'iteen epistles only evoked two official communications 1 1 Could it, be believed ?— Then, as- if that were not enough, .three of my beat ground' Knives wee rejected,; (though no one living could hive produced ouch models of Knife-gipindery) ,— lt was, in 1 fact, presumption to reject' tjose. knives,However, )'. will ndt'dilate on .tl.b subject •, — ■'■ it is, 'too humiliating. . I, have myj revenge; though -, — I know there is ho one in' Hawke's [.Bay possessing M.Y . qualifications, and my retirement leaves the Society. poor indeed ! — 1„ am, etc., The Indefatigable." i '■ '''" Good fob Babies. — "We are pleased to soy tbat oiir baby was permanently" cared of serious protracted irregularity of . the bowels by the) usoot Hop Bitters by its l mother, which' dt tiie.same time restored lier to perfect health and strength. "— Thb Pabi'.nts. See.— (Advt.) ,-.. . . " Bynop3is of new advertisements. ; Maclean aud Stewarts-Sell cittto and sheep at Washdyke tomorrow ; for sale privately a Samuelsou'a : * wsst!aud Barber— lnvite tenders for carpenters' and plumbere" work. ...... , T. C. Downes — Has farm drays boises, titters, &c, to let. < - - T.A. and P.A.— Hold t^aper anil binder trial to-morrow. ', : ....-'. - .. ' : Wm. R. Corichard— Notice re accounts. , i Priest and' Holdgate— Special notiej re McCormiclt twine binder. C Batti-ry— Paradeon Wednesday evuning. Bankruptcy Notice-Re Charles Watcljlicn. W*mtett—<me notice. ■','.',"".-. „--,. i