General Intelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 183, 11 January 1878, Page 6

General Intelligence.

'^THe Sydney torpedo ! corps ; .h'as been increased' to' lo9 men^ ■* : ' •"•■7- :! : •■ The. Suh' FiretliV^urahce' Company intends to. opeii branches in this Colony. All tlie ylc tori an 'Government department have been "Ordered . ro" cub 'down* their expehditure'to the utmost. 7 ■ "■' : ' Mr C. C. Bowen addressed his' con- : sti tuents ■ at .Rarigiora on Friday' hi gbr; v^hen a vote of confidence in him was passed. "' : - ' -" -'■--• •'• 7.- .: - ■■>■■• The bar of the Globe Hotel, Auckland,, was broken into, on Saturday, andLl2O stolen. : The thieves have not been captured, , 7.. : Stewart's pawnbroker's .shop, Christchurch was broken,: into, on Saturday night, and jewellery to the. value of LSO stolen. .- . ; ■ At , Brisbane the other, da}*", a man ; known, as Bill -Smith, consequent on a business dispute, shot .Robert Craig dead, : and then sho.t himself through the head. .. • • ■ - ,i .■ , ,; The Earl of Lewes has been spending i Christmas with Sir Hercules . Robinson at-Sy d ney . Th c. ; Ball ar at S tar .say she intends visiting. -JNew ..Zealand., before: returning to "England. ' . A man named Houghton who was living* with a young woman named -Eg* ' gerton, was, charge^ at Melbourne tbe other day ...with beating her to death' with a sapling; Both were drunkards. Torrents of rain Tell.iv the I'amanga' district on Sunday and Monday * 'accompanied with hail. Considerable' fear is entertained for tbe 'wheat crops — a large portion of which is cue down. The remainder is much beaten down. The Wellington Acclimatisation Society have iihe ,- ated'2ooo young salmon in the rivers of tliat Provincial district, and the fish are 'apparently in a thriving condition. They are from the first lot of Calirbrnian ova sent to Christchurch. -The match between the Australian and Otago cricketers will take place tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday,' in the 1 Caledonian ground, Dunedin. The only rfpres.-mrarive from this district with Otfigols Mr Moore, teachpr, Kaihiku." It is stated that the Victorian Government have secured all the available gun cotton foi- : the purpose of manufacturing' torpedoes at VV'illiamstown, which are to be laid across the channel for the defence of the port, as recommended by Xiv William Jervoise. * A new industry has been started at Coromandel by Messrs Molesworth. and •derrick, who are now manufacturing from bone, shirt studs of different degrees of size and of many patterns,; needles for wool work, spoons, sleeve links, tooth brushes, and children's rings. „ • •- -.-■ „ - Hailstones, as large as hen's eggs, fell during a thunderstorm at Brisbane-, ' and caused great L;,.voc in .the gardens.' Trees were stripped, buildings damaged, and a verandah was blown away. ' G'j 7 vernment house was "much damaged, aad the windows of the Legislative, Assembly rooms blown in. Auctioneers' licenses were granted to tbe following gentlemen at the' Custom. House, Dunedin on Monday : — VViliiam Barnett and Mathew Hay! Dunedin ; Richard Westell Capstick and John Alexander Dnthie," Milton; Charles Colclough, Cromyell; Richard Gethan C tragi], Tapanui; and George Fachie,' Clyde. ';..'' At a. private meeting of capitalists held at Cirri stchurch, in. was resolved to form ajoint atock company of £100,000; in 20,000 shares' of £s '-each,- to construct a branch line of railway from tlie ■ South Kakaia, on the Great Southern Railway, to the' Ash burton' Foi ks, passing through very fine agricultural country. •. * , , ■ • The Roman Catholic Bishop of Brisbane has been fined U0 for not ■ registering* the marriage of Mr John Doug'--la?s,. the' Premier of that Colony, to. Miss Sara Mickey. The ceremony' was' performed about July 30., and the r pro- ; seeution was irmiuttjd'by t'fe i ; . Registrar-' General., Tbe fine inflicted 'was it-he minimum- penalty. . . ;■ 'j h\*-i A cnrious : prosecution, has been :begun in Bydaey, where a man named ; Coian and his wife were charged under' a statute 'enacted in the reign, of G.ebt'ge' the Second- with pretending, to, tell for- ' tunes. -The woman was acquitted,' otithe -ground -of "legal coercion, by her husband. Colan was found guilty^- but the point raised as to" whether the statute was applicable in the Colony has yet to be argued bei'qre' the fall Court. , : ; A little girl of the name of 'Hylton, sustained n curious acciderit at Vv' angan'ui a few days ago. : She was stand-/ ing in a garden oh' the; river- bb a nk when . a drove of cattle .passed. One bullock r usbed into . the garden, and, catebih'g : ,the little giid between his horns, rushed.across the garden and out in'toVthe'streef . again, •bursting, through the fence' on' , his way. The: auimal deposited tho child : on the road without, any, injury. - ll er, total escape. from harm was iniracu- '* ' "iOUS"; ■ " ->■■ --•"-• •-;:- ::!'•:<:.*. ■ . ,A.,.\\ .^A The last clause of the' amended Rabbit N nisance : Act ; sh6u!d be made known -i o ' tlie ; 'publi6i ; 1 1- is <is follows :'— - il I f any [ yy?Qy sbiijl ' khoiviugly :j or * willing! v' ; libierate'^'inr any !; I jjari-' 'of - tlie Cblbny * , . any ;^ live, ijrabbiti' Apty rabjhts^' <|v^f persop .sp.pffenjiiug:-^^ . i victlo!n!pf,a^y;t^^ ; , discretion,, l)e : ,]iiii»ie -Tto ; be , c^unnrttbd-ittt ; igaoi,. Avith.or.^Wikhput'^ i-for / -.any<. term jßot;.e^ce,e'dingv six ' -. to; fprfiet 'anU.pay/^ii.pepil.ry, p.o.t,exk-:e'd-dng^Tj^O^^^f^prx^^ this^ * *provisidh*jsh^l^ Si ;iQ- a a ; summa!i^.'i^*a^;-^

-x- ;''"'!''' ! ''''T''^"^'^!'ii lu !' ij.' i •"•■'"'" *; ;'Af shock 'pf'^earthqu^ ; . Napi^ion/Fuesday eye^iingi!^;!' '^ Jj ' '"''7" ."- , AMpney.rOrder and; Savings -Bank* officehvas; ; o pened fit^AVola-jbiT^e^lst ■inst; W;^^ ;V! , r , ;;5 jrj nZrXvZo"l-l - ■■'- The : total of,-. ithe %,w/,Sdu.t;li n^ales ?Jndian, Famine Relief rFund; amounts to I/15,.089i. 7. .uaaaXasZZAa^Zu A r'i At a meeting;. of, the Aimklands'Tj|Ste /Lands -Board pn^Tuesday^SQO -applications., wprej re'ceived :; for ; 7cpnfispa|ed • •lan.ds.-7- 7- .. -7,h,:/ :n,v!!,!! : ;^!'j!^!' ' : . . ;; A: telegram from /{Auckland ; says g — . Messrs Guthrie and., Larnach.jmyevpur•ichased the vessels < belonging « ( j % .Mr - ' ■Howard, -and •trading to tJjejWestvCo^st, including . ; the .Amaranth, . c ;;Atlan^ic, Fiery, Gross, and-the'ketch.^ild^Duck. /" Enoch,-? a /Gimmes journal, de!yp!ted'-..: .. to t he consideration ;of ;' prophecy ! relat- ' ' ing to the end! of the ; wprld,! j; and^pther equally .important matters,,, informs.!, us that' the planet which we.inhabfof is to be ..destroyed in the year 1882, s when there will be a finish to, transgression and an end to sin.; r :The\.pi;Qphecy!-!con-cludes .with the warning,, /<nWatch, and be sober., •,. ..-= .-, . ,-. *• . . .; .!!!,'. j,,!,?! y A !: corresnondenfc. ofj the Times states that: a. beautiful!.-, orange-, coloured eel has: been .oaught. ;: in .one, of - the largeaiverson, Firth's; farm,-iat!,Ma-tamatai by the^Maqris. , It! has,,been dong reported by the. Maoris, thatjgplden- • coloured eels .• were* in .•thV*,!Cp|ftny,jiJbut this is the. first. tim.e;one L has been,! seen ■by. Europeans. f The specimen has, been preserved and sent ; tq ; tbe,:Muspuba,t! A telegram. from Christchurch } says : On Saturday the- , ;; thunders tor m j. } was severely felt .on ,*the ; Peninsula. • ' V. Hail-. stones one inch, long fell,, d ping .considerable dama'o-e ,tp .t ; he,, ? fruic ; .crops..,! .-[The :Lghtning struck tlm,;chimney ? of f a blouse at Akaroa,* some of the inmates^hay.ing a narrow escape.; ... Several ■.-, telegijaph posts <on the ; .Christchurch : A.karo!a : ,]line were also struck and split to, pieces. v High sounding names will not ensure success to any. institution, as, witness the Wellington; College, which, according to the Post, is X going isteadfly to, the bad at the rate of ..JLV-16.Q. •aye^r," and. " that a sum of Lji^7.4,hW,been voted by Parliament.. to ,help;!jh'e.'Col- • lege out of its. difficulties.;;., /rhe.same paper adypcates ,a ; reduction, jn .the staff •if that institution, and says dt is .preposterous tbar.it should require iL3OQO a year to give ninety boys an /education of a less high class than can be obtained in the Glasgow Ilig^i 'Scliool.- The institution is simply y,, Grammar SJohool, and not a College at all. *".' ; " * The annual cost of keeping in "order the trees, shrubberies, and seats .upon the boulevards and in the public squares , and, g*ardens: of Paris amountsto nearly ! LSOjOOO. The trees in the avenues and boulevards number 82^201''; those in . the squares and courtyards, of , various , buildings, 8300. There are in -Paris over 8000 seats forthe 'accommodation ' of the public. , The expense, of keepingtip all fheextramural recreatiorf grounds, r'xclu.siyo of the Bois de.Boulog-hey, the Bois de Vincennes, the Park des Buttes de Chaumont,issomethingbyerL'r2,ooo a year. Besides the -trees 'in the public thoroughfares of this capital, there is an immense number that are! the property pf the private individuals in whose gar- / dens they are ; few cities, in fact, contain anything like the sylvan weal ch of this tree- loving capital. •• Private information; has reached London (says a telegram to the Liverpool Courier) from: a person, of the/ highest rank in Rome, that a ne>y P,opej has •been elected. The new Pope is), said to be .Cardinal P.anebianco, : "arid he!! was elected in pectore at. a secret conclave of cardinals summoned last , week in jCpnsequence of the then dangerous /condition of'the aged Pontiff's health.} The-jcon-clave was attended ; by iCardinaX^ann- ' • ■ing and Cardinal Cullen. [ . According to • precedent/ the.Pontiff has informed! him of the appointment, .and officially requested him :;to* .wesigtajf the ,| office of Grande^ Panitenziare. ..P,ius ( l% held -■■ tha same^omee/.of Panitenziare before', liisaccessiori.to^theichair : of St. Peter, ; and,: he' \ relin quished j tho/rpffice 'uhdor/sirnilhi7:circums.tanceSi,H,Qar 4 dinal /Pane bianco is. a :yery .nldiman; .being 1 I withiii a :yeai; or two of«se;v.enty,rbut he I is- described ,;as» -likely..;. to qontintie the 'policy. which = Pope, P.ius has practised so longan opposition to the .sohcallejl en:crb"achments of the civil ■.■'■ppyref. rj Pius 'IXi'iein:his-86l»hiyflar. -;;;Zii:-.yXi - Au= account oli. the ..-recent ,:baiUtorra '-„... -near Albury, New -South? Wales- says that'bubes of ice from; an^inbhsto four • inches thick fell. . Thesg-teatestsforce of .X---tbe storm was near Hdqrwathre, district, : which is coyered7with small farrii's, thecrop3- being :just ready- Lfbr/macfiines. Within 20 minutes -of the!^comniencer : ment of tlie ;Stbnn^'the*.entire['crops";ih^ ; •dozen paddocks weroico'mpletfily.ruihed^ ---..-. and the^ straw-- btit'idowri; as as if . !; ;'a stripper hfld;been at work.^u-Tbelgrairi^; A was actually shattered iintrntbe; ground/; V^ X\\e hailctpnes-; mh fallin^}dugjj;deeD;j7;j > nbtches in .they sides s of^bi^/guihltree^l^ and. snicked of ridges; of ibark -S^thqugJi!!.;| ah , axe; di ad : beenv atiworkvi h* il; rpn? rpbfs A : J§ ■ r were perforated; asruf theyin^r^<|r^p^!!:^ pajietv -and;; ; s!tin^le.':frd6fs '^w^^niabfe.*.^^ ;rp: withstand tliehibrcejwithis^Ei^^ d)locksibf ice :descendediiyi!p^ air were'fain ?to',seekiihei,t^ Iddiitationsy^andOtioeks^ ' !;rtp7theirquart^^ ? stormed jDe^jljirlisweYe^re 1 ifi^dl f di rec ti pns!^n^.litera^^ ' ( Mdtf:im^r; l^hipsvp^ foriyears^ : i 'iliimi."-'|^anp^m^-iii^^ : %i-9't|^h^^i-e^l|^ v Sf!^^