General Intelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 63, 23 September 1875, Page 6

General Intelligence.

An extraordinary hailstorm has. occurred at Ohaupo, Waikato, sonae of the pieces of ice that fell being" no less than two inches in diameter. Ac a football match between an Auckland and a Wellington team, at Wellington, on Saturday, the latter won by 15 points. A township of the name of Duntroon, is about to be established on the Waitaki Plain, on the west bank of the, Maerewhenua, on the opposite side, but near to the terminus of the Awomoko railway. , The Greymouth /Star,' reports a strange accident as follows : — " A fatal accident occurred at the. Waiho on Wednesday last. A man named Samuel Kennedy, an old settler in the district,, was engaged in splitting a ; log, and having driven in two iron wedges, atr tempted to introduce one of wood. This last, on receiving a blow, flew out .'with, great violence, and struck Kennedy in: the groin. He fell to the ground, but afterwards succeeded in crawling to his hut, where he died the following evening." A singular proceeding by a, bpy ex- ;- cited some amusement in Auckland, on Saturday. The young urchin, ; whp is twelve years old, jumped into the cart of a local poulterer, which was standing unattended at the market, and proceeded to drive round the city and suburbs. The owner discovered his loss, procured a horse, and rode a distance -of , thirty-; eio-ht miles in pursuit round the district surrounding Auckland without success. The lad was ultimately stopped .while driving coolly through a suburb, but made his escape. He had apparently no felonious intent. ,; Major Atkinson announced at the Government caucus that the new Par liament would be summoned to meet in May, 1876. ...... „,y y 7 " The New Zealand .Churchman?' is, the title of a new journal to-be publish-, ed in Dunedin next month. Its object i<* to promote the interest of the Church, of England. • . ; „ „ „y v , ; :':..« The Mount Ida Chronicle says z-r^A heavy fall of snow, occurred; op Tuesday, morning, quickely covering (the ground , to a depth of six, or eight inches., There. . was a break in the weather in the evening, followed by a thaw on .Wednesday.., Yesterday, however, the , .sno.vy. set . in very heavily. , It -is , to., be ; feared that, the storm, will be followed by-, floods, ; , A hawker, named ; Robert, Stiyens, was found dead in yard adjoining Payletich's Universal Hotel Maclaggan street, about half-past 6 on Saturday ; morning. He had .been ,: drinking heavely of late, and on Friday evening the Police advised him, to. go to ; the . Hospital, as he was sleeping in, a. waggon belonging-to him, but he refused to go. Deceased; who was 50 years of age, and a native of Devonshire, had abundant means; ; " . - '. •.< ■= A fatal accident .'occurred on the Inyercargill and- Mataura line' of railway' on Saturday evening by whibh Charles' Gardiner, bf.the Waihopiai Flour Mills; lost his life. Deceased; 'who 1 was under the influence of liquor, 5 had been sitting iri a culvert iri the centre of i the 'tract opposite the .iriill road, .when a ballast en girie coining into" towrij about. 11' o'clock struck him 6n ; the head. • The body; must have, been' d6ubl.&d J upi' as it was dragged ? aboiit 250' yards f on. by ; having caugtit; the rod. : 'Death ; muat .have 'beeti,^ instan„nebus; ;r The " vbq6^'' :^^'_ba-t7'^_t^'tijated' 9 >: ; |bpth : arms' ; were sliatiiered, 1 n th'p L lejg ! s " brokehy arid - W 'sided in r t'he n distHct :i for u X^ Tpatsi J st_td- <''"' ,Ai " y ;<i

;;''■- y ' ' ■ ■■' ■ iiJ't'"i' iH|f r--'---/presented herUortunat#tiu^ba_i •■ a^fe?* .days, ajgos witti 'AttipletoiVy^V "^'L^lS^ 3 j As , an r . evidence,, of^ the r) scarci^v J^ 'labor in 1 this districti^sftysVijflfeT£ftlSft?;Mail tw'q young lddies had >rece_tiy to take )their plac^ in the' ; ( '{d'Apef-*™ form thei arduous ' dut lies 'Vol m plpugfrjyo^ ■ *J ,meni ! ; ; ■••■>.■■ ■ ■ >,_.. a ..y^y? CaCIZ j A;ybung lady na'Wed^^M >been presented witbi !a goti'/watoh j ' _n_ m. chain and ; an- iUttminatedv; address °ai Hamilton, .^aikatQjfpy^ cause of Good Templary^ stielnaving^j .gone there as! a 'delegate to' establish .lodges/,/ '-„V. CC'Ca., y'l.yy y -Jy V£r. ; A seaman has*. beeh r fined? 40s, andr? costs in the, Melbourne ' District ,; dpur^T for: cruelty to a rat; vHei halir. it: iv ;.a M cage and pPked.it yyith a .sticks •;. : A Ifcather notorious caW. "6f 'MtidhyfJ, grog selling was dismissed? by ithe Bench" -in. Auckland .Recently 1 on. \the; gTpunji*that a walk .from to^n^ . for an airingrmade- a;mari> a -trjayellerf ••• within the, meaning' of the 'Apt;; '' h C ;;'' ; .'■'' ; New^Zealanders-Tf-not 'nativpjvbut'to.,] ; the manner ot drihkingborri~-evidehtly ■■'■ ; live_ JuxuripusJy\__L^st_ year they Tpjpd L 331,862 simply, as duty tod; "imponed" spirits, L 25,4 41 on CblonialTmade spirits, . : ' L 39,349 on wine, <L2?V496 onibeer^anft* ,L62,o9() ; pri; ; tea..;; ; They ;^rlioked; ;ahd chewed duty ta the ampunlt pf)Gi&^267, and qigarrsiriokers : and s'nuff-itakers •contributed of themselves, Lls,6B3. ' : ' Many of our readers remember with, t pleasure listeriing to Miss Aitken eloo'u- ' tionary successes, ,' arid . dPubtles's ; '',they will be pleased to learn that "a letters :has been' received in/Duriedin"^omrMr.y»_ •J. jLi Buri^en/'who wijhyhid. wife*(Miss\ AitkPri) left by ttid Waikato7 some! Jew irionths ago. They arrived safely in Glasgow on the 6th "Jrine, after a tedi- • ous passage of 120 days. A late Wellington Post •; contain! at telegram* from Auckland as .follows -:-^ " A very painful case of insanity" came before the Court yesterday.. ; A ?1 respectable married man at the Thames has gone insaney through f poisqning ■*, finger, which 3 gave excruciating* -.plain. He imagined himself Napoleon Buonaparte; and intended ;to; >kill. -off ? all- the Maoris, and reward everyone witti LSOO a year, and go. home and marry the Queen and bring her out here. He was committed to the asylum. ;- y - * - t •■<... The herring'fishing seerris -be i'ari. )' established trade now in some of the southern parts of the ! cblony. At Picton, on Copk-S; Straits it is very, pros? , perous. \ This, .season it '; seems \toybe7i more than usually profitable. A. 1 coil-" temporary says : — -Immense shoals, with corresponding takes of fish, are reported, the latest being a haiii^ of four tons weight riaade in the tide of Hhe sth August. -. The steamer Taranakiwas then at Picton,' arid 1 as klie \yent up the Sound drpve. an immense,,. shoal of herrings^ before her. -It.wasioiit^of'this \ !shoal that the above-mentioned haul was made. The fisherman's nets were again full on the night's tide — so full indeed that the men decided to delay hauling them until the following morning. The latest accounts from Taupo?state . y that Tongariro mountain is very active, throwing stone for. a distance of eight miles. All springs, and geysers ; are in full play. It is said to be a very grand sight just now. A" horse, straying a short distance from: the ihotel/atlTapuyy aehareru, fell into the water, and wasboiled to death in a few minutes; y yy.o The following; analysis, of .„ the great;: . debate on the second reading of the Abolition of Provinces Bill has been 1 handed to us ('Wellington Evening Post')— The debate" extended" oWf ;: Tl— " nights, and #4 members ,-putj oIJQ, addressed the ; House. The .speeches' occupy,;/ 665 colums .of^Hansard,'^ and, were they placed" lengthwise; Would measure" .414 feet 4 inches. '^lseJbn^sWpsife_ in the debate was - delivered-~by~ -MrPi fczherbert, measuring '374:1 inches rofiT " Hansard,?' or over -31 feet flThershoryyiPst^aS Mr Dignan'sw'whichf nieasnrednq 5 inches; ' Mr : Fitzherberfs irispe'ech irr eo^uall^d, within 2 inches the cqmbinecby -. speeches of 14 of the shortestitspeakers.i'l ' during the debate:; * ; Mr Sheehan oomes ; r next to Mr iFitzherbert^'insbrder-of 'U> length/ with 203 inches ; beingiari inch:; / sliort of 17 feet. Mr r 15 feet 4^'irichi3s Mr Stout, .^l-2 ifee ; i:::; ; ; 6 : inches ; Mr J. r C. f Browne -, 11 i'feet^O The longest speech. on .the t Gdver'n_ent ; 'y side was Mr Cuthbertdn's^iwho: contri- -A '> buetd 10 feet: 6 inches, y They greater* w number of speeches: delivered at; anyy' ■ ,otic sitting was- oh' -the 10th: day,, when/ k nine members spoke. S£be nirithsittingi^' :hbweyer^ when seven members ; spoke, ; L contributed the "largest -quantity; oil '■, matter to " Han^ard>"-^-na'mely 55.'feetii;r : 6 inches. - ; - : " : '- ■■- "■■■: ''*■■ r.'-r-n ! : ".As spelling Bees" : are '■ apparently'' £ about to ; be intrpdtrced ;in '-BalchtthftTl ;1 ,we give this following worda'asT suitable.-'* ,ThPy may save^the promoters a 1 search 1 ;' 1 ; r liArithroponiprphitism> Ariatmoptioisis, !I ° Brachycephialous, ; : Circurriscriptively^ \ '[ \ Circumbendibus^ Deniaterialisirig^Bea* *'y ' tnbulatoriumV Epigratrimatically^ { _trjr- ! - ; : raologicially, ; yibi;6cdrtilaginbttSj;Gram* V f^ miaticohisfcpi?ical, ' Idiosyhcra'cy/ J ]jexicjQ- ! - :1 graphical, 1 ' Eibertafiiarii^rri, : • ' Ma^riilb- f quently^ Malbontenfedriess/ 1 Onarii'rire^s- 'A ; eritial, Omhiuiriga'therum, 1 pally, Puddingheadednes^, Rtipa\)_'on- I!ft .tac^'; Ratification^ ,; Obstre'pwPusriesay >7/ 'JRJecalcitr atiori; jltecipTe'cation^ ; Valetud- I? P inananism, 1 Zbbpti^tological. ' To", thid'-';^ list'we 3 'Hr.ilPetdd /6 m e ii: whi f cb: Jwe*^ Mifi' : -> Jrie ver^npwti^n jr/one. able ! to- spell^ bn- 8 tlie :i 'first /time^^df 1 ' Asking, i'' J^t;^-^° f j An^hrbpomor^Mtaluamsinicffi ;T " j2