General Sunelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 191, 8 March 1878, Page 6

General Sunelligence.

j Diphtheria has made its appearance in | Wanganui. Steps are being taken tp establish a new Reform Club at Wellington. • * . Mr G. E. Barton . arrived in Dunedin from Wellington on Sabbath. •The fee for a slaughtering license within the .Taieri County has been fixed at £2 10s per annum. At a meeting of the New Zealand Times Co. at .Wellington on- Friday last, a motion to wind up the company, was lost by a large majority. A fire which broke out at Onehunga on Monday 'night, destroyed nine shops aud, dwelling-houses. Two men Avere severely' burned. The Minister of lands. in New South Wales -will almost immediately increase the upset price. of CroAvn lands by five or ten shillings, and in some cases even £1 per. acre, according 'to value. The Wheat crop on tlie Henley -estate _s|his year consists "of 1000 acres, estimated to yield 40 -bushels. to the acre. There are 400 acres of, oats. Six; reaping machines and abo.ut 100 men have of late been ■ employed harvesting! . ..,.,. The O'tepdpo slate % quarries, are said- to be literally inexhaustible: They improve ; the more they are opened out, having at the present levei a face of 80ft. y' which can be. increased up to • 600 ft: as the*' workmen .proceed.?: ' - ... -. •■> '•.--, It is reported in. Blenheim • that Mr Harper intends lo resign his seat for Cheviot, and that Mr Ward, late member, for Wairau, will be brought forward as a Government candidate. Mr Studholme will probably- be brought f oi-ward ■ against' .him, .ajs a supporter' of the; Atkinson party; „ The| Auckland Star, states that-Mr-T. L. Shepherd. AviU, probably receive the appointment ofclerkin Piie of the ' Resident Magistrate's; Court. - • The man cannot be : 'allowed to starve ibut apparently only the; Government stroke Avill agree Avith his 1 constitution. ,'..'.-.. ■ .."; ?, A ; sei*ious, accident occurred on Monday 1 morning, at Sir F." D. Bell's station at the Shag Valley.'' A young horse, while being ■ridden; by a man named Thomas "Draper, 'suddenly-reared and -fell heavily upoii Ms ; rider, j Drs De Lautour and' BroAvri were speedily .in., attendance, and it was -found, that Draper had received serious, internal . injuries. The sufferer was taken to- the Dunedin Hospital? '. „ „'..', .'■ The Hon. 'Mr; Stafford's pairing address ,to his Timaru constituent*, is very, brief; and cqnfems -no' 'reference' 'Aviiatever to: ' current political questions. * After stating that for family 'reasons he is about to go td . England, andjtiiat, it is therefore necessary . jfor him; to ;i*esign his seat iiiihe House.- of , Representatives,' the/ address goes .o_i?to.. Atthe termination of a somewhat extended- public ' care'er^cruring which' ah amouht| of 'generous ; confidence' and sup- ' port has ? been,given;to. v me, ; for whicli' ; l . shall ev^-be grateful^-rl^eahiithpughicon-/scipust of .many, mistakes, honestly . claim.. that.;^ seemed .amiss, inj my 1 T&e\r4eeined : f a-ft" *e-*for-"'bf ..'judgment," -^dy^t,'-'.'^' an' old'; sejttler, {warmly, •attached' 'id-New Veal&ndl'' ,IJiave T ;ipirougho^ cpnsideratidnvfor vwhaVl' helieved at,,thejtime f! *p bey for-thei. public' ; M'vanfoge."jl ""/..,> A-.-A- 7-f -.?-?--,.'. ,-,.--.-•.. ?yjytiyiyil'°-<'yy.t .♦*■«*■•>'.-■ ■ „***/. ■?.*>* ?>.>>■> <■--,-'■-—•

-' The good- will,, plant and assets of the !Christcliurcli''-Suh^ newspaper/ was pur-ichased-at-auction on behalf "of'the Coin- " ipany, f or L 3.110. ?. ■ ; [ A story reaches J the.Crbmwell. Argus of | a domestic drama.i n town, the sequal to, which will probably;. be s *. played in the Divorce Court. ■ ;■- --■; Mr John Barnes, ex-inspector for the City Corporation of Dunedm, goes along with Mrs Barnes for ■ a trip'?to the home pouhtry: He was entertained to aieast in the Provincial Hotel" on Tuesday evening prior to' his departure;'' -' ■ ' ; ' ■ ; ''■-•'"'■""• A northern. paper states that Mr W. Rowe, one of the members for the Thames is dangerously ill. .The . illness ■ is the- result of a fall he got some weeks ago on a tramway ; leading r- to one. of the Thames mines. The appointment of Under-Secretary of Lands is to be abandoned," ■ _md the- work' appertaining to. that office, will be , amalga T mated with that ; of : some' other office in Wellington. Dr Giles,-, late -Under-Secre-tary, has received the appointment of -Resident Magistrate' at 'Hokitika. :; ' : " ''"'" " : " ' ' • A brisk demand havings/arisen ,.for?the shares of the Melbourne Woollen Mill Oohit, pany, the directors will shortly take into consideration the, question cpf* disposing of the uiialloted shares at a premium. In the meantime, no shares are being issued frbm the office. ■ . . „ , : A Taurahga •' 'telegram' "says ':'— A "boat capsized on Tuesday within the harbour,aifew miles from the township, on its passage to ,Omokorba,' the residence bf Mr G. T. Gellibrand. The accident was caused, by "a heavy squall. Mrs Gellibrand, a passenger j- was drowned, v The (body was* recovered. The Shareholders of the Canterbury Marble Company passed the following resolution at' a meeting last week : — " That,' for the more efficient and profitable working of the'business of the Company, it is desirable that the capital of the Company should be increased to the sum of £10,000, . by the, issue of 1800 -additional shares of the value of £5 each, and that,. the directors be authorised to take the necessary steps forgiving effect to. this resolution." A boy aged nine years, the son of Mr Norman Nash' 'of Foxton recently, iriei' with his death under peculiar- and painful circumstances. , The lad was leading his father's horse, when something frightened the animal, and it started^ off- ; The' tether i-bpe caught around the. poor .boy's ,l,egs,, ■ 'arid he was dragged around the paddock,' through fences, and over logs and; stumps ; for some distance. When picked up he was quite dead. His neck was . broken, - one. foot was torn from the leg, and his shoulder was severely bruised and- crushed. ■ A Canterbury paper states that a valuable mare had a peculiar escape the other clay. This mare is addicted to what may be termed Blondiriism, and in order to exercise herself in that respect she took it into her head to try tb cross a skeleton bridge on the railway near Saunders' mill, without putting her legs through the apertures. She succeeded wonderfully well, but just as she was going off on the other side, one of her hind legs slipped through and received a slight graze. ' See : will probably be more careful when crossing skeleton bridges in f uture. - .Captain G. E. Read, who is the. father pf Poverty Bay, had just "returned 'from Auckland in the best of spirits, but after, tea he. felt slightly dizzy, and called for a glass of nun.,. He suddenly exclaimed, " My God, I'm dying," arid dropped down dead. The event, says the Post's Gisborne correspondent, caused . a . most pro- . found sensation here, as nearly every storekeeper can trace his success to Captain Read's generous aid and . ready .purse. Captain Read died frbm an apoplectic fit. He. leaves a widow but all his property goes to his nepheAvs. It is supposed to be worth £200,000 at least. - ■'• * -i . The chances of this' mortal life (says a" home journal) are many and strange. In one of the English .counties a certain wealthy squire 'owning' large 1 estates, who professed the Roman Catholic faith,.married a Protestant lady, very much to the dissatisfaction of his friends ?and co-* ■religionists. But his property was strictly • entailed in the male line,- and after some years four daughters --only .were borne of the union Suddenly .the squire. died,- and- 1 his wealth went away from his* own belong- J ings to the next heir" male. The widow was not even allowed the -custody of her daughters, who were of her. own faith, and she was perhaps a 'little' hardly- used by her husband's relatives and friends. - Suddenly and unexpectedly the whole situa? tion was changed by the birth of a posthumous son. Iri lately addressing his -constituents, Mi ; De Lautour, member: ;for. -Mount Ida, said:— ." He need not say much -on" general taxation. .Sir ;, George 'Grey! Twas' pledged to equalise that. For the working man's shilling we must have the idler's pound. There were plenty of. men amass- ' nig incomes bf five' or ten' thousand a' year' who paid less taxatiqn, than-; very -many, in: that hall that night. The'rich landed proprietor must .:heai* his -fair burden. "' ,' A 'contemporary adds ':— " We can cap, his statement by mentioning one 'landowner —Mr 'Clarke, of Moa Flat — who has.,, let. his 1 estate and flock for £20,000 a year and who does not pay one fai*tfiing } towards our taxes. ! .y . ._, . ..- --: An Adelaide telegram .in. the.Melbourne. ,Argus :says :— '" r Mr Glyde, the Mayor,, of Kensington and? Norwood, visits Mel-? bourhb to ascertain the character and ' qualifications of certain candidates for tlie. management /ofi .experimental- farms* near* 'Cllriitchurch. " Mr Glyde . (s_.y^the Lyttelton Times) was engaged -bythe, JBoard of of Canterbury' College-to 7bb- '" „tain for theima manager for s the %i S6hbbl of Agriculture,. -whbi combined-- the practical skill of the farmer with ihe scientific- -/aV' -tainiri'ents of the teacher?^ •---.-_ zyyAyA: f- The Southland Times relate.s-the*f olldw-'" •ing amusing instance?6f impud'eht servantgalisiri in the,;. colonies, and which is told of, va ;new,.chum..who. had-engaged-.as-ser-yant^inia-famjly :j—"if£ you please, ; mam, I wish: 'to give warning." Mistress :.. "Wliy, j you have only been-with us a 'week*!"i Bridget: Well, mam,. I don't ■ wish- -to; stop -iny-dbrigerl-^l^have 1 heeh^to'' ; yery ihi^h ,fojLks at homeland I am;»;.^.Yen-- tto ; under-standy'-h"aitf; 'that v yoii' was -.married -to .jtMSfgentlema;^^^ • :-^as]' just a servant yourself m this , town, ahctif Ti stpp:.'KereliL^wiUJ-_j^bd*.'ipi^ %^get; aj place where there is . a real lady. "_ : c What s c|>uld the mistress d*Mtfi^M^!il^n^* ibtimstances;but .subside';; and disnenseiwithf ■jthe services of- such a priceless assistant.

: Some jdep. , ,of : , th^ Qtrade -respected at P flma^ u . t?ris season^jiuiylUe._gi_ i thered-from-tlie fact that a hum chas recentlyj-executedv jan order for the delivery 0^10,006 wortfef 'pf sacks afc th^tc.poii'tr'j^^jrV'y-.T | The committee "appointed to arrange preliminaries for the*, banquet to Mr Brown,, M.H.R.^ at Lp-rence.,. oorn r his .return,* are meeting with "esery K succes!_. A large number of tickets_.have already been disposed of. The date has not been definitely fixed?? 'fi ?, li'SAA. uo 'yyjyyi \ Messrs Woods' cotton mills, Manchester, were burnt on "the" 10th inst. : loss L 20.000. ;.;.,.-, ,: ; r A block pf, five warehouses, .containing ; jute, flax? eic:," was burnt' at'" Wapping on • the 31st idt. „.;.-,-,-.; .•*?•■' r f." -7 ; "Gup," in the ' Melbourne^ Leader, ,; 7 says ..*7—."- The art-imi6n : Wusance4B'^o T w- '"'' ing to such an extent_that interference has become actually necessary if the lottery clays of the l^icentyojy^are not to be revived. Every semi-public institution in 'want of fundg; .apparently, -starts; 3n_ •this'?! happy road to fin^l a way out of its, finan- , - cial*difficulties.' v Tlie epidemic' is' ''spread- '" ing. I.hear ;/ li*om7india that -the le"gisla-,T, •tivre "are talcing steps to put .down the system .withr^ihigli hand£«-_£ 'O-doutta i: * sweep recently drawn, at one -of the hill stations gave th^'wmner £15,000. No. wpnder fools prefer to -gamble for fortune instead of seeking by industry to make ohe." '• "''■■JiT" ';-.«*:• 1 ,-, ;The "Victorian haye ■ deqlared war against' 'the 'church. At" a recent meeting at Stawell, - Mr ~P_tterson, one of the members -of , the Ministry>, alluding to > • tire syihpatliy ofthe' ' clergy for 'the disnftiissed civil servants r suggested that the. parsons would not, he missed jtf they were, .-.- made*; game *• of .'' ' ; Mi« • 't'oiiginbre ' s'alo. ' ':— C " " The pulpit had interfered in faygur^of !9«;- . . certain class of civil servants, but the poor wqre too far down the hill for the preachers, , Let thern r gp to,h-^-^ Jet, -them go. The Gospel was 1 " not preachecVto^the poor but the rich, under whose tables the preachers could put their, .heels. Then the Minister alluded to the Rev. W. Henderson, of, Ballarat,, as having been-,- jin-the,/ ? early days of that city, a "loafer aboutpub-lic-rhouse bar^i " . ' ' . -, - Mm;,. 1 .? -'.-;■