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Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 151, 4 June 1879, Page 2

Licensing Court. —The quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Tomnka will bo held in the Court-house to-day, at noon. Sudden Death,— Mr H. Cornelius, sen., well known in connection with the Timaru stables, expired at an early hour yesterday morning. Accident. — A man named Shepherd, a guard employed on the Albury railway lino, fell from the train on Monday last while it was going at full speed. lie sscaped with no worse injuries than a sprained wrist. Tenvka Load Board.— I The ordinary monthly meeting of this Board was held yesterday, in the Load Board Office. A report of the proceedings will be found in another column. The Grain Season. —The grain season on the Christchurch section may now be said to bo over, although small straggling lots will continue to come in from the various Stations up to the end of June. On the Otago and South Otago .(Invercargill) sections, however, the work is at present very heavy, the season in those districts, being much later than up here. Supreme Court.- —The half-yearly sittings of this Court will open next week at Timaru, when it expected that they will last about a fortnight, as there arc twenty criminal and seventeen special jury cases to bo heard. All but one of the latter are against Studholme Brothers, in connection with the Waimato bush lire. The remaining civil case is that of Franks versus the Temuta Load Board, in which the plaintiff claims heavy damages for the pollution of a stream of water which runs by his brewery. The Late Poisoning Ckse at Napier.— The case of reported wife-poisoning at Napier, some of the particulars of which will be found in another column, will bo interesting to many of our readers. McLennan was 'for some time shepherd to Sir Thomas Tancrcd, after which he wont to England, where lie induced a young lady to marry him from the glowing account.,.lie gave of his property in New Zealand. On arrival hero the girl, it is said, became aware of the deception, and became greatly dejected. He then leased a block of land belonging to the Lev Mr Barclay. After a time ho loft this—not, however, until ho had ruined a young gentleman who came out with him, obtaining an endorsement on a bill which he loft him to pay, to do which lie had to make a heavy sacrifice of his property. As M'Lennan evidently is a consummate villain, and well but unfavorably known in the Geraldine County, we publish as stated the remaining part of the evidence at the inquest, with the jury’s verdict. . Ladies’ Dorcas Societal —-We arc glad to have to report that the meeting of ladies held at the school-room last Wednesday afternoon for the pui’pose of forming a Dorcas Society was eminently successful. The object of the society being purely benevolent, must commehd itself to the sympathy of every member of the community, and it is sincerely to be hoped that those who have undertaken this good work will receive'the aid and encouragement of all. That such help is required was unmistakeably made evident in the number of cases of urgent need that were brought under the notice of the society at its first-meeting. The society is purely unscctarian in its character, its aim being simply to afford relief wherever such is required, and wc would specially lay its claims before our readers, fully convinced that it will he the means of lightening the burden in many poor homes during the present winter. There are few among us wlio cannot spare something towards aiding so. laudable an object, and we earnestly trust that its claims will'hot ho overlooked. Too much praise cannot bo given to those ladies who have undertaken this work, and especially to Miss Paterson, who has organised it. Contributions, whether in money or material for clothing, will ho gladly received and acknowledged by Mrs Harper, the secretary of the society. How Hu Planted His Horses. —An interesting passage-at-arms took- place between Mr McConnell, the well-known solicitor, and a witness, in the case of James Daly, farmer, of liakaia, on Friday last. Daly is being prosecuted for concealing certain horses belonging to two of his creditors, or at least claimed by them under a hill of sale. The witness in question, a harvest laborer, hailed from a part of the world whore wit is as plentiful as big apples, and although he wore a countenance as long as a French fiddle, and solemn enough for a sexton, ho kept the Court convulsed. It transpired tied lie and Daly were the only actors when the alleged “planting” of the horses took place. The witness, in his quaint humorous stylo, told how the horses were “ planted” on the river terrace. “ Where about did you

plant; them?” asked the attorney. “In a clump of trees,” said the witness. “ Where all the world could see them?” “ Yes, sor,” was the reply. “ What,” said the prosecuting counsel, “ whore anyone could see them, do you say ?” “ Yes, sor,” replied the witness. “Do you mean to swear, sir, they could be seen by every one ?” “ Yes, sor,” reiterated the witness, with stolid gravity. “ Now, sir, remember you are on your oath ; you saj' these horses were tied to a clump of trees. Do you repeat, sir, that they could bo seen by everyone ?” “ Y r cs, sor,” slowly replied the witness, and then lie added, quite innocently, “if they were near enough.”