ITEMS FROM TEMUKA.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 31, 23 November 1888, Page 19

ITEMS FROM TEMUKA.

(From an occasional Correspondent)

T. mnka, .November 19. I BELIEVE in my last letter I mentioned that the dcci ion by the B.iYl. of the local Court as to the eligibility of two ot the members < f the Arowbenua Town Board to tir aB C >mmibsioners was reserved. Since writing, th- Mapi trate a iju'lg d that ihe two members named were rot rated sufficiently to en'iile them to a t-eat on the Board. According to t' c Town Hoards Aft, it was necessary that a person be raed for £200 to m*ke him eligible, and as such was not the case with Mesßrs. EyeUr aud B.y m, he di clared them un-beated, and Messrs. Haynurst and Aahwell eieced in their stead. I must ■ay tbe Town Boards Act in this respect, is a botch, and the sooner it is altered tbe better. It eeems rather strange that while these persons are debarred by it from holding seats as Town Board Commisuonera they are perfectly eligible, at their present valuation, for election in the city of Christchurch. It is evident ths eligibility portion of the Act is a mistake, and the sooner cognisance is taken of it, the better it will be.

No doubt your many readers will be pleased to bear that the Rev. Father Fauvel is still continuing his good work. His latest undertaking is the building of a new church at Pleasant Point. It will stand on a blrck of one acre and a-half, bought and given for that purpose by Mr. James Sullivan . Its length will be 60ft., and its width 30ft. The walls will b> 15f t,, standiDg on a firm concrete founda ion, and supported by Beven buttretses on each eide. The windows will be of catheiiral glass.wi h red marginals— Bfr. b> 2ft. The height from the ground to the apex of tbe roof is 36ft. Ihe church wi'l be similar to Be. Joseph's Chuicb, Temuka, in appearance, sive the tower and spiie. It will have h triple window o\er the sanctuary, and a pinnacle at each end of the wall. It is intended in time to cmc to lengthen the church. The tender of Mi. James D laney was acccp'ed at £516, and opira ion* comm n ed to-day. M. Duvil, of Timaru, is th.- Ricbitect, ai d thih is a Miffijient qua antee that everything about the church will >c carried out well. The designs weie supplied by the Rtv Father Fauvel.

A meeting of the Mat atjement Commiitpe in connection with oar bcizaar was held on Wtducsday evening, wLieh was conspicuous for unanimity and good it 'ling. A letter was read from the manager of railwa)s, in rcspo se to oce sent by tne chairman, Mr. Twomev, intimating that an t xcursion train would run to Temuka on Boxing Day on tue occasion of the bazaar. Matters in connection with the bazaar are progr> using ia fit6t-c'ass style, and there is every reason for believing that it will be tbe beat y<et held in Temuka. As your paper itaches many readers in Chris ciurch, I may mention that in addition to tbe bh^aar, tht re will be Caledonian sports heie, as well as the ceremony cf unveiling the monument erected in the Park iv commemoration ot Her Majesty s Jubilee.

Ihe Pr. sbytuiian Chuich baziar was opened by Mr. Rhodes, M.H.H., on Thursday faf ernoon last, and closed this evening with a gittaucnon. It wasfanly s-uccet-slul, but I murt Bay it was rather unfortunate that it sh< uld have lea held so n^r the Catholic bizaar, though I am certain it will have no evil effect on the latter. We c< n always bold our own in tins ui»tnct in anyih ng. Last yeai a public i-chool concert was luLl a few day>i before ours, and, though the attencance at it was fccautj , the hall was crowded at the Catholic school one. 1 may menti m that the children are in caieful training for the annual bt Joseph's i-chool concerts (Kerrytown and Temuki). and that the eisters will have the cbildim trained up to a, lngtur standard than ( n previous occasions.

A Bhooting affair occurred ,tMr, M, McA f e2r's resi lenct, Kerrytown Road, on the 9tli inst., which for a time had to be treated a^ a mystery. The particulars aie a-> follows —For about fifteen, mi. mhs a tapping noite was heard in the evenings at the window of Mr. McAiuei'a house. On seviral occasions fr. sh mould was placed iv the vicinity of the window, and in the morning fooipr n 8 were observable. The police in '1 imam wt-ie communicated wi.h on ih<matter. On the date mi'niumd, at about 10 o'eiock, the rapping w^ again l.card, ami Mr I. McAtc r suzed a pistil (they weie in the habit, of fi'ing a. (hot occa lonally with i.he oojec of scaring tie miHcrean'f-) and weni out. lie had f-carce'y pone out when a report was heard. Mr. M McAieer, ti e hu ban.l, hid gon •to bod, but Mih McAti tr was m tl.e kitchen. It was aid ;u first that ?. shot was re urned.but this (roves now not to he the c.isc Mr. McAteer seems to hay.- let the wci[wn off m -o ie accidental mannei, a.id the ba 1 purcing the we .tht r-bomd of tin. kitchen, which was not lined, entered Mn McA i-t-i « aim j i-t b > ow tne elbow, and ran along as far as the wriM, in*o thetis c ue j , wh're it U at presmt. To extiact it 18 m st d..n;er. iin. Ttie u.itoituu.tte woman is under the en re of Dr.lltyee(if lemuk'i) one ol ihe ck veiebt surgtoi.s in the colony, fts he h s proved by tie op iation he his prrformed. It was thought at first sr.e would lot-c hei arm, but 1 h -it fVar. through the gentleman's skilful treaimtnt, 1 uudi rstadn, has disappeared

Mr James Duune, George street. Dunedin, is the sole agent in the diocese fol the Anstralasian Catholic Directory.