LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 249, 1 April 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two of our crack 6l)ul8, Mr B. Thomson and Mr A.. D. Wilson have made a bag of over 200 duoka, this is likely the largest hawl brought to land this season with the guriß. Tiie cumber would have been considerably i^'--m.. i rejksod but for the loss of their two valuable ||ipo>'S ) who were'both poisoned with striehnine in the middle of the Bport on the Rarigiteta, F>tsjtof Redwood and Pastor Ohiniquy vre >.; f- 'low by the S-'m Frauds;.!-.; boat Oil Monday.

The Greyrnouth harbor works, it is said will cost fully LGOOjOOO, and at tho present rate of progress will take ten years to complete. When completed, 15ft to' 20ft of water will he attained at low tide A case of costs is reported which might Solve as a text for a much needed laysermon. A debtor was sued for 3s 6d and tho costs amounted to 7s. The It.M. refused to grant costSj saying it was a bad principle \o encourage actions for such trill ing sums, if persons would give credit for 3a Gd, they must not expect a court of law to assist them in recovering the debt at an expense equal to the debt twi-je over. The Native Commission had a very satisfactory interview with Titokowarau, Kokcri, and other important chiefs yesterday. Tbey regaid the native difficulty as now at an eid, akhough things were very gloomy when they first came. The steamers Chirks Edward and Grafton had a narrow escape from collision in theFiench Pass on Saturday night, .lie former just managed to back out of the i channel in time. I Tnz Port L>e carried 338 waggons to Lyttelton on Thursday, equ.nl to 202 S tons of produce ; the beat day's work yet done. JuDGd BjlTHgatg has been leetoring on . New Zealand in tho North of England, including Newcastle, Dar'ington, and Middlesborough. Blood S. ock, six yearling colt and fillies and a fire-3 r ear-o]d stallion, have been imported to this province from the stud of Mc S. Gardiner, of Victoria. Wkeckage washed up at Barnes's Bay has been identified as belonging lo a ship wrecked two yea's since at West Wanganui, tho Mabel Jaae. Mr C.E., has boon re" instated in his former position of Engineer in-Chief of the Railways of Victoria. He had been superseded by the late Ministry. AsuLGy Bridge has become useless during freshets. The river has turned a new course away from the bridge, and it will be necessary to extend the structure over this bed—to make the stream passable. ■ A "Bolt.ea " from Victoria has been arrested in Christchu r ch on a cba.-ge of having stolen L2BO in Victoria. His name is Graham or Graves, and the police recognised him by description. Mb, BscKWira Smith has purchased, for exportation to New Zea'and, the weJlknown filly Pulchra, out of Formosa, the winner of the two thousand guineas. She is in foal io Lord Falmouth's celebrated sire Messenger. His Excellency Mr Weld, Governor of Tasmania, has been gazetted Governor of the Straits Settlements. The French Chambers have voted 55,100 fraucs for the pur >ose of enr.li 1 ing the manufactures and products of France io be suitably represented at the Melbourne International Exhibition, PiIINCE Orloff, tho Eussian Ambasador at Paris, was recalled on Saturday, in consequence of tho French Government refusing, at tho invitation of Russia, to extridate tho self-confessed Nihilist, Hartmaa. Birds are wanted ia South Australia ; and a number of starlings, larks, blackbirds, and goldfinches are being sent over from Christehurch, oat of surplus stock ; but thrushes are scale. The birds are to be sold at 10s per pair. "eisce Lsopold, youngest son of the Queen, intends to mike a tour through Canada and the United States. All his brothers havo go'ie through the American continent. There is an appropriateness, however, in Prince Leopold's tour at a time when his royal s : ster is keeping a viceregal court at Ottawa. DcfruTO tho gun dismounting contests at ike miliiary sports on Saturday (says tho Lyttelton Times), one of ihe Christchurch men, named Eeece, got his hand jambed. and on tho gun being moved, about an ioch of ooe of his fingers was torn off. Despite the sickening pain that must have been experienced, xlecco went en v.ich his various du.'ies required from him, and made no signs as to tho injuries he had sustained nntil the victory of his parly had been declared. THEfollowiugunique motion was tabled ,st a recent meeting of the Greyrnouth Municipal Goaueil:—"That the Town Cietk be instructed by a resolution of the Council to recuse the Mayor access to the borough seal for the purpose of stamping any paper or document which may in any interfere- or countermand instructions given by the chairman of the public works committee, unless otherwise intrusted by special resolution of the Council." The Mayor ruled the motion to be (v impertinent, disrespectful, and ultra vires." A Disgraceful row took place at Omani on Sundr.y afternoon. A number of prostitutes and a man named Hoskins attacked two brothers named Falls in the principal street of the town, and a crowd of about 200 persons soon collected. One one of the Falls was struck on the head with a bottle, and was unable to attend ihe trial of the combatants at the Resident Magistrates CVurt. Game this year seems, on the whole, to bo move plentiful in this district this year thnn the hat, and we hear of some capital bags haying been made. A party with seven guns near Waimate bagged 11.0 birds in a d/iy, another wich four guns at Kingsdown, something over 120 ; two on the Waahdyke, 55 ; one on tbe Ealtwater creek, 33 etc. Thiety thousand is no mean sum to spend on a funeral, yet th's i 3 said to have been actually expended on the obsequies of the Maharajah Buidwan. The greater porhiou of the three lakhs was given away in chariLy. General regret will be felt at Ihe news that Mr R. Ray's gallant old "racehon-.e Templefcon, who lias won so many laurels on the turf, had to be shot on Sunday, owing to ihe injuries received while taking his usual exercise. We learn that the Weka Pass railway employes aro iu a difficulty. The storekeepers object to suply the "men on the strength of monthly payments proposed by the Government, and insists on receiving c««h, as they have had bitter experience of the trust syotcm. The mew a<o-loavi')g the woiks. Fourteen new gold mines are said to have been discovered in Eastern Siberia.

Gera ciajsE County Council.— r l ho usual monthly meeting of this body was held yesterday. Present—lue Chairman and six members. The following resolutions were passed : That the roll of the Levels Eirliig used last year be adopted by ilic Council for the current year ; that the Coi. Secret *-y bo requested to appoint the Road Boa 1 d offices in each riding as a court in which to hear any objection that may he made to the County Eice!oral Pol', under clause 47 of tho Counties Act, 1870; that the Inspector of Slaughterhouses and the clerk of eacn Road Board within tho county be asked if they would midei take to collect the dog tax at 10 per cent on amounts collected j that a special meeting bo held on 30th April. Accounts to the amount of LB9 18s 6d being passed for payorent, the meelicg adjourned, ItrjjjHiNG Theatres at Chmtcb u "ch i< ?> not her form of amusements discovered by Volunteers. A t the Royal on Saturday f mob wearing the uniform, of defeude.-s i ushed past the money-takers and checkers filling the pit and stalls in spite of all opposition. Some of them paid, but many nforo neither paid ongoing in nor oa comi'ig out. Ms AsTiioii Glares wviies to t\, a Times that a ir>ecii:>g has bee a called tit Lord Harberton's ho.'be to form p i association to be called the Femnle Servants for New Zealand Association, formed to facilitate the removal to tho colonies of a portion of the re'onndant more or less cultured female population. Ho mentions that an ndvcrlisruent in tho Times for a nursery governess' brought no fower than 1200 applications. An Englishman coming to New Zealand advertised for a gentlemanly htd to share his cabin on the voyage to New Zealand with a promise to lend him a helping hand on his arrival, and received 300 applicants from gentlemen's sons offering to pay their own paseagns on expectation. One gentleman, holding a clerk's situation ac £3OO a year In the city, warned to know whether* ilia advertiser would conned him to throw it up. ys he heard that anyone with " an ounce of brains" could male LSOO a voai in New Zealand. During tho last yesr 627 lives were rescued by the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution, and twoniy-orto vessels saved from destrnci'oo. In tho same period the iosticolio'i granted ro«Mids for saving 218 lives by fishing and other boats, making a total of 855 lives saved mainly through its iustrunjemaliLy. Altogether, since iis fo'mrvfcion, ihe society has contributed to the saving of 26,906 shipwrecked persona. It m« n y a'so be meationed fhafc do fog the past Wo yea--s the the institution has not lost a e ; og!o life from its 209 boavs. A Vienna telegram mentfoos a umor that the Russian Government h?a resolved on a great increase of <he Rvray, both on a peace and war footing. This chaogo- is, however, ic is added, to bo crnied out quietly and slovv'y. Seeigtjs disorders have occurred at Fez The Moors attacked the Jews, wounded several, and, amidst shouis of joy, killed, a man of seventy years of ago by pou>'ing peLroleenn over his body, and setti ig fire to it while he was still alive. Tlie Frenchmen were among the woundedr Ths recent chole-a epiflenic in Japan attacted 156,204 pei-sons, of whom 89,70$ succumbed. TELEGHiMg from Caprera annoucco that Generai Garibaldi has just been married to Donna Francesca. It ia rumored that tho Austrian Government thinks of fortifying Vienna owing to the projected increase of the German Army. The fire ■wh-ch occurred at Tokio, Japan, on December 26th, is estimated to have destroyed 12,000 houses and rendered 40,000 people homeless. Recent intelligence from Panama stales that an earthquake is reported to have occured in San Salvadore, and fcara are entertained of Bevious damages having been done at the capital It is expected that tbe betrothal of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austra-Hunga ry to a Baxon Princess, the daugnter of Piiuce George, Tvill shortly be announced. The President of the French Cabinet, M« dc Freyciuet, was taken ill on February let wth a sharp attack of hepatic colic, and remains indispesed in consequence, Mit Bishop, the Englishman -who was condemned some years ago to a term of imprisonment for heigh treason, ha 3, on a petition f-om his relations, has beou pardoned by tho Geiman Emperor.