General Sutelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 190, 1 March 1878, Page 6

General Sutelligence.

: !_ — -_ — ' ■» ' ' ■'•'-- .:'•■' I til J;,K A \ ■■» The Taieri races will take place -on ;t * •'•-■ March- 23..- ' -y ' -' .;•- -a*?' .-/»»!«; The Hon. Alexander Fraser sues itha (i Melbourne. Age, newspaper, for LI.P,OOP damages for an alleged libellous grticle.^ The PPots t say s, th at Mr [ V^m. .'.Con- , r yers' salary as Commissioner, of Rail- * ways for the Middle Island 'will be LI2OO per 'annum. a----.; ■■-<■• •^-- A new Conservative Assbciati'on 5 has--been formed in Victoria fbr-seeitfgll^-the proper registration of electors.} One thousand pounds was subscribed in two .* hours. ■ r, . - „- ... aa „, „.->f !;, It is said. that the Victorian Gpvern?v ment will . not; make: more., dismiss^ . until the Imperial reply is receive^/ Meantime a large number of. dismissed officers are receiving' th^ir | compenia*. tion. ' i: , '' = ; ' XyuXiyiyJ. jnui"* The Wellington correspondent of the Melbourne Argus, writing on the Education Bill says :--rlt,is,now no ; secret that the 13.11, r which is now an Act^and for which the Hon. Mr Bowen received, such credit in 'Parliament, was really'" drafted by Mr Hislop. f.^ An accident occurred at the Harbour Reclamation Works,?Lytteltbni on j the 23rd inst. r One of .the, workmen, named - r Williarii Wearing was engaged ' irv charging a hole in ihe face of ; theiirockr with an iron scraper when thejcbafge exploded. The man was blown about* three chains frorri the- spot ; -where'the r accident occurred, his body falling*. .in, the water. Death was instantaneous The Hon. Mr Macandrew -appekrs to have had another narrow escap^fi-oiju*,. drowning. On tlie Ministerial p arty re-embarking at Westport on Weiduesday night the tender could /riot lie alongside the Hinemoa on account -of? the heavy swell. Mr Macandrew, while" getting from tbe open boat ..up, the sid« of the steamer, missed his gri}> and fell into the water. He had a . narrow escape from drowning, as tlie sea was. very lumpy and the night somewhat' dark. . . /,,,,- Four Government clerks have -been/ told off at Wellington, to wbrk,up^tKe| evidence in the case of 'Frederic __■: Whitaker, late Attorney-Genjeral/^iajid^ George Jones. Ali papers in, ; , connect, tion with land transactions in Waikato? since 1870, are being raked up, ,! aridsll original letters in connection with these transactions will be produced ,in< -ther. Supreme Court, by Mr Clark, .Tender;-/ Secretary of the Native Department. - * It is said the case will be opened in the first week in. March. „"•• '..XAAxAA'A The Christchurch Press says :—-On.---the farm of Mr Thos. Pashby, Kaiapoi Island, there may. be seen one,blitherfinest crops of Tartarian oats whieh'will be raised in the Canterbury dis^npV this, year. Not only is the crop well eareti; and heavy — expected to , return? 100 bushels per acre— but it is an even bn© ; throughout. The straw is strong, a»v tall as a man of average height;, and . not injuredor laid in any wiay, „ In ope', paddock the crop is still greeri, and'tin 1 ' another it is ripe for. harvesting;; '"'On* one of the heads of the.lbrmer.fieldinal less than 516 corns were 1 counted; and- J the average number of grains Apnl each ) straw appears to be abouc ;130,^and none of , tbem under 100^' '^'y'v ■' ; The Hon. Mr Sheehari returned, Ai!d.' t Wellington on Saturday \ from A,Wai-> A rarapa. He had,/ a: most successful meeting at Papapai, ; when the/ details^ -1 of the Wairarapa Lake, question were^ ; fully .settled. The; Natiyes;^^ sell their' rights in then-Lake :lto! the; | Government who have thei *nghVro;' jibe* > * meantime to ,gd .' on Iwiili' tbb'.ldrai^ge 1 '-> works. They also;agree that AtheHTe' ■[ Ore |Qre road should , be matte, /^hd -that* [ * ah engineer' should be .sept!- up.,, byf.bjej; .;'; Government to report on the fblßst- route. ■[ The Natiye^rals^ A bridge to =be erected .over.,the.Oßqama-> A hanga, Hiver, which will abiit : oti « the" X land comprised; iri ' the < B.pit^iiiAJ^p][e-iA : A "' mont^ and throughiwhich/ai-roadiis-toi '-X be made. These /are ;p6tfodsii^flohlß(t^| have .been 'iiHthbeld^fer.y.eiii;^* AAAAIwA) 1 Poor Mr Varley (says the Melbourne 1 X Herald) is entirely at a disppun£\jp t^e | Evangelical 'world.* ' Tli'a' :! jraitM**^^Q | now being warned that i he, is .a^ -\vsujn | sheep's clothing ! j :The reasoij;;/pf/|jall | this is a supposed discoveiythat'^M* I [ Varley belongs to iixeA^^ApfJ^A'^Ji^ | mouth Brethren-, whose itacticsrare ,tb | ' pretend that they merely wor-c-fdr ;-thi& $ interest ptthe^enomma^^^ ; I while they : strain^ every inerye tdf;obtairi | converts* for 1 their ! bwnf" f Varley-was-underslood :to^ec^Wna ?| converts not to abandon^ th¥deho*mina^ | tions -in which ihey were broh^htViuli | he was reg^e^^asThighly^laudable-m - -| the r l-eligioui'^brra," but it is cjuite a | diffe^e_itiri-itter(;*^U^ 1 to; i subscribe) only.. tOA^the'^lyinp^tft M Brethren fundsp'byH'ffiingthera in to l| thatAßth^o^aimit^l^^^ei^sj expandecf *^b J - ,, - l doubie.^]r^%t ; __wip'' -Aihtam ' undOT^s ? efior^^ s - l:^^^ !&&; ;| [wt&u, X'TAA Ay_A^^i4yi:^Am%i^^