LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 250, 6 April 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' We pan, -without exaggeration, refer to the new i.!-i,;.'ri.:tor of the Koval Hotel as 'being a party that the public may look to- for conducting the abore business in the.way .it should, bo, to secure the peace of tlio public from being disturbed by .the liquor traffic as little as possible. AJr Coira is well known to the public, and needs no further word of recommendation from us. lor many yeare he has conducted the business of various hotels in it most inoffensive manner.' "We lately hud a look at a piece of workmanship which possesses more; than cno novelty V-"c refer to a t wo-wheeled single'seatod gig, maui'l'acliii-eil by Mr L. Uuss, our local coach build., r. f .■ lb- Have*. Df Haye3 (formerly Or Crimi dug's partner) having commenced iiwfine. s mi his o\»n account, turning over in J]'s mind the best means of securing comfort a.'d speed, decided upon having built a vehicle with two .".pi-ings of .--tee), and two of powerful leather. Uy lho?c spring. l , jelling is prevented Mr i'i'.i-s great piab-o for the workmanship arm liV.ish of tho machine, lightnesy beiii'j' eembin d wilh"s!ren-lh und durability IhcVhcel* arc live fott done in pea green, picked out in black with i»iitc-i- green line."; tho jiyiiding. is done reinarliabty well. No cno need go from homo now for a good vehicle, Tieb vVaterioo Cup for 1 70, won by Mr B Thomson's famed dog iJuhno.al in Juno last at tho North Of ago Coursing Club's meeting bus at last made its appearnr-oe licre. Y ester, day it was t.o be t-een in Air Thomson's window I his valuable souvcnuir of Mr Thomaon's pnbiL spirit, a<* a sportsman is no mean production The cup ulandb fully ISin high surmounted h\ Lh.- victor Humoral; it ia of pure .-ilver. neatly chafed j in the front is tho biippor tooth; ■ the dogj j in background is tho .ludgo mounted upon las steed. Other append ajros )f mussivo silver, and altogether it is bomtthing to be proud of by our good townsman, whoso property it now is. Tho value of .the cup is, wo believe, LSO. o>r Saturday marring- hist u man named Harrison, employed by Mr R. A. Barker, Oiari, met *vith a very severe accident while < utt : ng goise. It appefvs thst tho k'nifo ho used by pome means slipped, and i-lit his loft arm ver» soveveiy, the sinews of ids aim being cut through brlow the c-bow. But for the timely npper-rarco of Dr Cummimr, Iho cafe might hnve ended lat'dly. The pitsiciit is now out of dange YVii li-iirn (hat iJr dimming, of Temuka,. iu.s been appoint,*" by tho Native Minister as Mi- Heal OibVor for tho Native race in t. i.s .lisiiic, .-o iong hold by tho lato Dr !ui;, nor. Foi ton o t ; i."o p-ftt Dr Cumn ings has liut-n ca'lo 1 upon by the Natives, w.'n .<;»'o eveiy in_ bit* aei-.ity. (jr;iA,N-ir ii''w coming into Tiinnni freely 'i'i.e. s'uiu e-> i'cj better t.'noi tl-osetak'U ip ,o'triior.

W« ; e;o'n extensive ;.]N-raiioriS ere to (■>!<»• ohvc-tiiis ii:'nit!i in the running ot 'hi t ! 'f ugh fci'-his. One of tho advnn-t'.J-os vvi!! Ho that (he trfivell;;- cm go to s J'7ii«tohiivi ;! i« spend two hou'-s in hnsln.-ss H*rl rctivn trie s-ntuVd-y. Wo shall d. 1/ not'ee the change when it takes plat; -.

Til'-: follow in.tr « - -is forsvirlod to us for-nub'i'-ation: -While out on a shooting ;><, cd ; don last SatMrd.iy.mcnrupaiiy with MrTr-zir-e. of Waitohi Flat-, I came acro:s a dooi) fn.lly. about 14 miles W by N from Tomnk.T, luivir.g a diOeff high on on- stl', with asl> e of B<>ft be!<»'w it The u so of the cliff was slightly hollowo-t mi/ a, pcre-iilv caused.by a ii,t>».vy fall'.of cnit •, a-id 'n th'i holicw thus formed w.-ro-; nnH'C hied tie fossil romaini of sevc.rri kin-'s of iisii tnrying ..; "iv.o from 30''t lorn' :ivj] do'-vriwanlr,. Tnesw remains are very distinctly formed and can be traced wUhont the-rfigi.teit difti"."liy *y l»laok l-;yera on the solid -rock. The whole of these remaiwv-HS'far as I could perceive, wpi-o contained within a spa.;.-.- of aoout 300 pqunrM vnrds They are indeed rnos ciriou's, „nd tho Ant'quar'n n rr any- n ; v, o is in the gligi.tot»t degree, interests . in the wonderfid works of nature, will be extremely by a visit to hem It is impossible on a cursory examine ion to haznrd a guess as to their age, but the m"r"> fact of their being embedded in the so'id rock shows'ihab tlury must have been n. their present i osition mnny housards of years; and.give-v- '•■' o proof ,mor •, that at o-.o tm'ie New Zealand existed only Rubin rged by tho mighty Pacific.—EdWAßD SMtTif', Temuka.

Wa would draw the attention of farmers and breeders to the ram and owe iv.ir to bo hold by tic Temuka and Gevald'iuo Agricultural Association on their wim hcster.on Tuesday next, 34'h inst. Entries can b. 3 made with the R. p-tery, Mr Wills, up to the day of the ' I>iu K. F. Gray will hold a sale of Mr Rogers' stock, af 'his residence on 13th Tenders aro invited for tho ; stock of ilrap' ry, grecery, etc., in the assigned estate of Mr Joseph Harrop, tenders to bo sent to Mr K. F. Gray on or before the 9th inst. . .': .. ~..,. From our advertising columns it will bo seen that a number r.f tenders are wanted by the Temuka Road Board for work to bo done. In these dull times contractors should look out. . . Monday next,,l2th inst., is tho time fixed for receiving tenders for tho port on of tho Temukß-Kakalu Rilway. Loci cr ntractors should try to secure tho work for local workmen, '"■■'> Ayt advertisement elsewhero notifiea (hat Mr W. R. Upriohard has commenced as commission Hg-'-nt *nd accountant, in Tfunuka, His office is next tho Royal Hotel, Main South road.' '

About 100 nvm ire employed (n Iho Parihakn. G->od progress has made with the won;, upwards-'of a mile and a half being ready for m- tailing. A telegram received from Taupe pi-dog that a.magnificent meteor was ■seen Umro on Sunday night week, and exploded in the south-wpst like with a seport like heavy artillery.

"■ TH3RH are now some 90 mon at the Weka Puss works (unemployed). *A clerk named Kirk is reported to be missing- from Wellington siwe Jan 28. He had once or twice been examined on suspicion of:, being insane, but always got oil r.a Bane,

SraxiNG Ftj:td met lately with an accident whilo .icing brought homo. His course is now run.

A CHRK-TCEiUfiCii paper mxya that there 13 an alteration-to tho general run of tho >exea not paying their partner-for 1 fu'a responsibilities. The' la«ly advertiser in forma the public in the orthodox warding of such notices chat she will not bo responsible for tho debts contracted by her better, or rather worse half.

Mr P. U.'Rathay, 8.A., of Auckland, has passed i ] 0 examination of the L LB. degree of the New .Zealand . University. Ho'in the first 'Bachelor of Law of the 'University.-

The Mataura Ensign says—-Tho magnificent weather wo have been recenily favored with has been most welcome to tho fanners of tidy neighborhood, and has onal.lVd them, a/most without exception,to com pie ft- harvest operation*. The oats and wheat; are now all safely stacked, end will, it is expected, yield excellent, returns Tho turnip and potato e'ropa look very well indeed- in fact everything ■ -protends a most successful season for the settlers.

It ia worthy of mention that upon tho block in Dunedin, about four acres in extent, and containing about thirty houses, in ore of which tho Grant family was murdorod lately; nine cases of sudden and violent deaths have occurred qnite recently Three children . wrro burnt to death; Robert, a horse-dealer, committed suicide} Hayes and his wife, but a few weeks back fell victims to an act nf irsanity ; whilst the remaining ihres aro uiado up by the Dewars, who from their sleep never again awoke.

It is reported that ft magistrate hjss punished a man for contempt of court, in I hrcatoning a witness when tho court was not sitti g and not in court precincts. He might, have punished him for language tending to proirofce a broach of the perce, hut no magistrate can punish for contempt of court miless tho contempt committed is in the presence of tho court. A Oo'urity Court Judge in England was mulcted in heavy damages for doing' what the Qcraldine magistrate lias- doiio. Bunedin Echo. •" . ■ .

An extraordinary discovery (says Adas in the World) has just been made, or is strongly believed to have ber-n made, by the India Office. Tho siVer of a Pedfordshire bironet, who, being s then a young giil of considerable beauty,!was lost during the Indian Mutiny; ha:? been found in a harem at Mr-cca*. The Indy is now in India, and. questions have; been sent out to secure evidence of her ihdentity, which it is suspect'd there m?y bo a dasire to conceal.

An old >Scotch lady was told that her minister used notea, but would not belk-vo il. Said one, '' Gang into the gallery and sou" .She did so and saw'tho written srvm.nn. After the luckless preacher lad coi.cudod his reading on the last page, he said, ".Bm Iv. id.not •nki-ge." The o'd woms'ii c ih-tl "id. from her lofty position, "Ve eanna, ye anna, for your ■giv? 1 'ui."

A local resident writes to the Wa ka.fi> paper that '" billiard playing, dancing, nalv bi't'i breaking 1 , and drunkenness aro the tour giv.t evils of Waik.ito."'. What about elsewhere 1 '■■'•*■'

It is on record that Meyer Anse'm, tho founder nf'the house of, Rothschild, e'htered tl.inovei-, in 1783, barefoot,\ and .'with a buudie of rags un his back. The present VaoitJU of the different Rothschild houses is, said to be at least L 100,000,000, mid that they can control ps ranch more. The reticence of flic Rothschilds'as regards "their business, except in op< n transactions is invariably profound. One of them is reputed to have p;iid to u . friend, " One great reason of our tsiu-cess is tiiat wo know how to hold our tongues."

A gentleman who has jut returned from Berlin stales thai the new hotel which is io bo opened in that city during next winter will be something altogether boyond what we have in this country. It will contain improvements hitherto, unthought, of, even by our Ameeican cousins nnd will poss< ss, amongst other thiu.es, a tl eatre, a p. Air. garden, an Anglican chapel, a f-ymgogue, a L oiherun chapel, rooms veneered with green and yeilow marble, a colossal fountain in the courtyard, and too many otiier th'ng3 to enumerate here. It in, how over, to bo ono of the wonders of tho Continent.

If what we read in a medical journal bo correct, then there is likely to be a great demand for the Australian eucalyptus beforo long. R. liudoHi reports, in the Gazette Medica Italiann, tho .following observation mado on himself. Being seized wilh a severe eeryza, he happened to chew one or two twigs of the eucalyptus, at the s:im» timo swallowing the saliva secreted, which had a l-itter and fu'otnatie flavour. To hia -surprise ho found that in the course of an hour tho nasal catarrh had'disappeared. Some cUya after he wa« seized with anolher 'attack from a fresh exposure to cold, when the same treatment was followed by an equally fortunate result. He'then prescribed the remedy to several of his patient t, all of whom were.benefited in the sama way. Ho believes that thi treatment is only suitable in acute eases.

When Jock Anderson, late of the Wellington Chronide, Applied for a re-heari; g of his notorious libel c-ise, the Judges gave him " fits," and alluded to "ft man lo«t to all good and proper'feelings,", meaning anybody,'of course. Jock being saddled with aomo £3OO cost in the case, is about filbng his " shovel." How. often did he write against "Oar !«x bankruptcy laws'] Two Invercargill gentlemen (says Southland Times) got a scare on Easter Monday they are not likely to forget. Like many more they went duck-shooting, their chosen ground being on the banks o? a certain creek. Cautiously creeping along", they came on a bit of a iagoor, and there, to tliofr joy, was qui'e a floe c•£ ducks in a piece of swamp. Good positions were carefully' taken, and bang wont the fowling-p'ecep. To the amazement of the sportsmen the ducks did not fly off, but up started a man, gesticulating furiously, and blood streaming from his faee, into which some of- pellets had onttred. Explanation'? follo'wcd, disclosing tho fee t a' the ""gun o " aimed at were deeoyis, which the person wounded had placet h» lying in ambush close «t hand— for tlie purpose of more easily making a bag. Forlnnsre'y he wra not much' hurt, but the incident adds another to tho many furnished,'air pointing to the necessity for extreme caution when shooting in theneighbourhood of bush. Mikk Mirnpnv, t!i4» Ohristehurch moacylender, has been " nibdtvl " at l;v«t, have ii;g br-en i-ommitted for trial for obtaining two guinea.'] by false pretences lu paying client money he was advancing in the renewal .;f mortgage, he stftfed that he .had paid n !oc;l ■ucdoneer and land agent the two guineas for valuing iho property, and this ■.v-::s pnve-'l 1o be f-'dse. Fn>m the cvido!i--<5 -'t ?»ppO"rcJ thnt Murphy charged 1/2 for the loan of L 3 for throe rr fair days..

SiNCi'i the Grants' murder at Dunedin there i.s a good dc-al of funk there. Tho lb v-\A s:iy3 : " Dealers in poclcfc pis'/d .and .revolvers have.been reaping ,\ harv-st during fclio past to k, No man is now recognised, as properly dressed who lias not a fireman somowhero about lis tail coat pocket ; and 'parties about to furnish are expe( t Jo invest in ot e six shootor at the least. The end of all this is not difficult to foretell. Some nervous pcoplo will discover garotters and burglars' in thir nearest friends, and a slaughter of innocents will inevitably ensue."

A strange incident says tho Otago Dwily Times, occurred at tho Gaol yesterday at the conclusion of Butler's trial. A sister of Mrs Gran* - , tho mother of the deceased man Dcwar, informed Mr Watt, R.M., tnat tho prisoner was tho man who committed the murders, and that she saw him do it. Upon Inspector Mallard asking her to interview one of the detectives, she said that it was in u nroam she witnessed the deed."

Says the Wellington Evening Po3t • For a really solid and 'substantial stink of more than ordinary penetration, tho palm is certainly carried off by that ascending from the drain just near the corner of the bor.dedstoro at the entrance to the Queen's Wharf. It : s no exaggeration to say that it is enough to knock a horse down ; indeed, several horses standing there in drays lately.have fnllon, and their owners believe they were knocked down by that stink. Such a fearful effluvium is enough to poison a whole city, and'tho sooner the proper authorities give their careful ntton* lion towards its abatement'the'better, unless they fire conspriring the manslaughter of her Majesty's lieges.

,There w;ia a ludicrous scene ' nfc* a country 'Polii-e Court tho other day. A deaf witness was ca'led upon,by tho clerk to''kiss the book." Tho old lady only caught tho word '• kiss,'-' and at once offered her fa'-e to a solicitor, who was close by. Tlie court room resounded itlj shouts of laughter, and tho magistrates found it impossible : to preserve ti.eir gravity. The Foboken minister who kissed his cook w■ m asked 'to' resign. Tho minis'or was not wise. He should have, kissed the ladies of his.congregation, and his salary would have been rnised. A. gentlemnn has started ac nfe jitf-t opposite a cemetery. Ho dedicates his house to "thoso coming from funerals,''' faid annoini'.-CB on his aign—" Private rooms ft.■ r ml who ds-siro to weep by themselves. Wines and spbita of tho vory best brands.''

In the Dunedin R.M.V Court lately, a solicitor nsked a laxly witness.if alio wasn't intoxicated, and she indignantly denied tho soft impeachment, offering to hvt the learned counsel LI that she drunk. Of course the solicitor decreed to accept the challenge, as he al«o did whon the witness challenged him t> a tdal in the street as to who could walk the best and the utraightesfc.... IIEKS.ia somtthing new to bet on. In the advertising crmnn* of a Newcastle paper appears tho following—"l, James. Bibby, hereby challenge George Penman to eat oatmeal porridge for the sum of Ll. Ptiii of .do or porter 'allowed each man at time of eating. Matrand money at Jimmy tho Barber's, Lambton."

At the C-rrr.nt'a inquest at Dunedin, boforo Mr Coroner Hocken, a medical witness said in evidence—" I have a difficulty in answering these questions, as you have in a most unprofessional manner taken the caso out of my hands, and caused a postmortem examination to, be made by another medical man."

A MAN down South vjorfc through the bankruptcy c< r.r . Ha owned a fine ii' rso and gig, no l they both disappeared for a timo ; but by-and-by tho hcrsa and gig were doing service for tho same owner agais. On bain" askod what this meant, tho man's reply was <: "I went through tho bankruptcy court, but tho horse and g' : g went round." .■We hoar (scya tho San Francisco News .Letter) that, connected with a certain f;ishionabl f j bathing establishment in this city, 13 n department devoted to tho application of electricity in such a manner as to produce abortions. We do not believe such a wholesale murdering establishment could exist in in any community without the intervention' of tho police. If this matter «a as lepresonted, we shall expose the iiK-nstroua infamy. The disgraceful business seems to have got considerable headway, especially among ladies ia Oakland ind in tho Western A<'d:'tion. _ We are devising n method, however, of giving all the insido facts, with name* of tho successful cases that are considered references. . . >"

A shocking spectacle wag wirriosyseil .»t an inter.vifufc, in Scotland, a short timo\Neary nii tin: mourners had become that one t-f the men, when lowering the eofnu into' he gravs,Blag*ered forward and.fell into tii-« tomb. He breams jammed between the defending. corpse and the of, the grave, and w«« extracted with difficulty.

It Is notorious (says a Wellington paper) thai a great ileal of snare food in the various hotels is at prrseatwastedand thrown into ibe pig-tub. Mr Moelle-r, of the Occident:!! 110 ot, has therefore informed MrJohnson, tho Itoviewing Officer, that in. view of tlio prevailing distress iu'WcilingJon !->e woi.ld bo happy to place the sj aw food at tin disposal of Jiny wu> may come "ccommonded by Mr Johnson. Wo hope Mr MoolkuM generous offer will bo imitated by other hotel and rosturant keepers. What next? Mr Magmnity of t?lcgrfl.pli fame lias .interviewed Rewi. Tho chiefh rubbed no."es .and Maginnity got out of the scrape ibe richer by ft gwnnBtone pendant.

A stranger in Boole, cue day, hi eating a plate of hash at rosturatit, be ing very hungry, unguardedly n«-g!ecfced to oiu-w it properly, and swallowed a lnrge coat hutton. Ibcy doctf ro-.l him for t, & puenoinonia three days before be was able to explain. Then they fad him with a big button-bole tied to a string, and finished it out in no time. Ho screens nil his hash n w through a cano-bottomed chair very carefully before eating.

Tua i'lsii :MTt>r of China sltm •' - ii'n ("'gbfc { khnndmaid.* bilm's'it ifon hi 3 bed, and fixtoon uii''ernoi'.fch it. They pvidently know how to dn Uiin-fi in tho Ch-ent. Plight yirls s>i.:iin-r on a fellow'?' f -ot i'l nhdit .seem a triflo strung;; at first, b.il doubtless when one became. iiRO-t .o it it would ha pleasant enough. Ami tb'-n jiv-t think of bavin.'-;' v : rgi:-a t-> break one's fall in c. sse the bod broke down. . n , • i . ADKX.IXA Path, o„ ~O P rooonfc arm*, at Dresden was me,, ■at t'.'w .-ta „,n by a party other Homing Lhoit- son v. sman, n froeerai, hand,d :ier a bp.mftfi I bouquet, and :vn,3 übout to d•■liver an ad,i|~ » ~ • dn>ss, wlvn the iinptvss.ino of the prima -, ' ill- i • i it -v don'ia aoi.voiu.hed him and said--" four Excc-llc c\\ i b«o U"Sii)o"- no a:*roca ! >!«' " , , •■,',■ • F , r '. ~ '• ~• task of a'ldrPHsmfj Ma bono, i.>r Jn tins , i ■, ° ... ; i n .io i dran'cht sho may o'isily oatch a dreuUul , i'• .i I i i ■> ;i ,♦ cold m the and < vi-ry si n A.-.-oidont -I- ac\a i » costs mo ii),000 inaiks. ' ,