General Intelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 152, 8 June 1877, Page 6

General Intelligence.

-oAt Masterton the 41b loaf is now sold at lid. The Maoris are deserting the shores of Lake Taupo. The Bruce County Council receives from tolls about LOO per month. The attendance at the Caledonian Society's classes, Dunedin, number 400. A man, named Foley, attempted to commit suicide' at Kumara by cutting his throat. Two of Igersoll's rock-drills have arrived to the order of mining companies at the Thames. Dr Pollen's retirement at the end of the corning session is spoken of in Wellington as probable. -Baskets are now made at Nelson from locally-grown osiers, and wickerwork ot all kinds is executed. In Tasmania an income tax of 2^ per cent is proposed, only exempting incomes under L3OO. The draught horse Lion King, valued at L2OO, has arrived at Melbourne by the Northumberland. Some of the new appointments in the Armed Constabulary are alleged to have given great dissatisfaction. The i\tiw South Wales Parliament | have passed the second reading of the j Gold Duty Abolition Bill, i i The Auckland Customs revenue for

May was L 13.342, being a falling-off ot- - ff| L 2948 compared with May, 1876. || A horse was killed by a passing train §j| ac Kensington on Saturday morning. H Steps are being taken tb establish \ Wm coursing club at. Christchurch. A large |J| number have joined. . W& Tauranga and Gisborne, on the East jj| Coast, have petitioned to be formed B into muicipalities. The latter's petition 11 has beeen granted. S Thft Gazette notifies the approval of Wm Her Majesty to Mr E. Richardson re- H taining the title of honorable within the H Colony of New Zealand. ||g The sum of L 275 was placed to the H credit ofthe Bruce County Council last ifl Saturday, beiug the amount collected '0m up to date from the dog- tax. $m An inebriate brought hefore tho ffi Dunedin Police Court on Friday was il found to have L 159 7s 3d in his pos- jfl session when apprehended. He wus *|i fined 40s. |J| It is denied that there are any I|| grounds for the report that dissensions il exist between members of the Cabinet. ft| The contradiction is, however, ot dcubt- ;|l ful authority. tm The amount of Customes revenue for || the port of Wellington, for the month |Jj ending 31, May, was L 14,622 9s 2d, si and for the same month last year, iJ L 13,659 14s Id. || It is reported in Wellington that the 4i Government intend to summon Mr J. <q Dargaville to the Legislative Council. Nothing" seems to have heen heard of -1 the rumour in Auckland. • K At a meeting .of the Canterbury , $ College it was resolved that the art \f, exhibition connected with the new / Museum building should be open on ~ Sundays as well as week-days. 5 A person described as " over-w<dl stocked with skeleton keys," has arrived in Wanganui. Several locks are reported to have been tried, but the operator appears to have been a novice. , The agricultural statistics of Victoria show the total area of wheat under crop < to be 401,41? acres; oats, 115,309 } acres — showing an increase in wheatrof 80,010 acres, and a decrease in oats of * 8891 acres. \ The Wellington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs that an Auckland 1% merchant has offered "to take ovor" Jy the whole of the railway lines in that Provincial district. The offer is under \f consideration. ), A number of publicans at Auckland \ have been getting their pots and mea- \ ?nres stamped. The Herald points out that they ought all to do so, as unstamped measures render the owner k liable ro fine. The manganese at the Bay of Islands, Auckland, is about to be worked by an i.nglish Company, which has sent out representatives for the purpose. The \ same Company was formerly interested in the Dun Mountain Copper Mine, Nelson. ■ y The Customs revenue collected at F Dunedin for May, amounted to \ L L 28.496 0s Id, exclusive of gold, f which comes to L 405, 8s 2d. Por the ** corresponding month last year it was & — Gold, L 632 9s 2d ; other duties, * L 30.267 12s Id. A specimen of concrete manufactured h in Auckland from Mahuraugi lime, and \i which has been under water for 20 [t f years, is on exhibition in Dunediu. fl This hydraulic lime is being used in the || place of Portland cement in all tlie | Auckland Harbour Works. ff Mrs Beaton died suddenly at Beau- y mont on Thursday. Deceased was y dining with her husband and father, and suddenly fell out of her chair and immediately expired. She was well || known and much respected, having jj lived in Beaumont and Roxborough !j fbr many years. ; jj The professors and lecturers at tho ! Canterbury College have recommended ? the Board of Governors to take steps to ; establish a Boys' High School as an |j intermediateschool between the Govern- j ment Schools and the College. The ■; subject will be considered at the next :] monthly meeting of the Board. !; At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, George Robertson, the i half-caste, was brought up on a charge | of abducting Olivia Robertson, a half- f caste, from Otago Pleads. The father | of the girl was iv Court, and said that | prisoner and the latter were to be mar- f ried. The case was then dismissed, I A little follow about 15 months old, f son of Mr Alexander Cameron, of Linden, died suddenly through swallowing a screw nail an inch long-, with which he had been paying on Saturday morning. The child died as he was beiug conveyed to the Hospital. An inquest will not be held, the City Coroner deeming one unnecessary under the circumstances, — Daily Times. A workman named Wiseman, engaged at the railway pier, Port Chalmers, was assisting to run n truck loaded with building stone down the pier on Saturday, and was? jammed against one of the mooring posts by tlie end of one oi' the stones, which projected over ,the truck. Be died on Monday morning. He leaves a widowarid five children totally unprovided for. Mr Wakefield addressed the electors of Geraldine on Saturday evening. Mr Wakefield expressed himself in favoir of tlie generalisation ofthe land fund, on condition that the Canterbury system be extended to the whole Colony. * vote of confidence was carried unanimously. Mr Hayhurst, whom Mr Wakefield only beat by one vote at the general election, seconded the resolution.