LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 13 July 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-4-t the carnival of the Dunedin Benvolent oociety, the total receipts amounted to L 2429 10s 4d. ‘

Mr John Taylor, of Kakahu bush, had a narrow escape of being killed at Timaru on Saturday last. It appears that Mr Tayloi and his brother were examing a well on a property belonging to the former, and which had not been used for some time. The former in order more minutely to examine the well, was descending by a stout looking rope attatehed to the windlass; but he had scarcely got down 20 feet, when the rope broke, and Mr Taylor fell to tho bottom, a distance of about 20 feet, —the well being 40 feet deep. Strange to say Mr Taylor had no bones broken, but received such a shaking to his system that it will be some time before he is himself again.

We would again remind our readers of M r Anretrong’s lecture in'tho Volunteer Hall on Wednesday evening. We are not quite certain what the features of the lecture are, but this we feel assured of that it will be highly amusing as well as instructing.

Remember tlie Caraudini Operatic Concert in take place in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on Friday 16th insb. These old favorites, we feel sure, will be heartily welcomed back amongst us. The programme, consisting in good part of national songs, cannot fail to make the evening’s entertainment hi hly interesting

Shortly after the concert to bo given by the Temuka Brass Band on the 22nd inst. a children’s ent rtamment will be given in aid of the School Prize Fund, when the Brass Band, as well as the Drum and Fife Band, will kindly assist on the occasion ; consequently for tho next few weeks Temuka will not lack for amusements

A public meeting will be held this evening in the Crown Hotel, for the purpose of making arrangements for the forthcoming races at Temuka We take this opportunity of drawing the attention of officers to the necessity of securing a good race course, the low part of the public park for instance, and it might be well to hold over some of the funds with the view of improving the same or some other place

We would call attention to the advertisement of Mr Charles Hasstian, which appears in another column. Mr Hasstian can be consulted at the Crown Hctel, Temuka, on Thursday next, from 10 am.to 7 p.m; From testimonials shown to us, we can confidently recommend any one suffering from either corns, warts, or bunions, to go and consult him. One great feature about Mr Basstian’s method is that no pain whatever is given to the patient, and consequently no cutting.

At the inquest held at Ashburton on Thursday last, on the body of Anne Walsh, who died suddenly, the jury, after an hour’s deliberation, returned and gave the folio win" verdict:—“ That the deceased died from excessive drinking, and that her death was accelerated by the neglect of her husband, John Walsh, and Michael Murphy,” and added, as a rider—“ That the parties were much to blame who supplied Walsh with such quantities of liquor.” It came out in the evidence that Messrs Edmiston, Gundry, and Co had supplied the liquor. The hotelkeepers in Ashburton had not sold Walsh any liquor for 12 months.

r £sz following original advertisement appears in a Nothern paper . —“ Marriage.— Butler—Reid.—On April 24th, at St, Peter’s Church, Edwin Butler, bullockdriver, of Upper Hutt, to Alice Emily Reid, of Wades’ town. Ho cards j no cakes ; no-nothing,” According to certain statistics collected by the director of an asylum for drunkards in Germany, the number of suicides has of late increased in every country of Europe, save in Norway only. In Norway there have been on an average 9 per cent fewer cases of suicides during the top years than in the preceding 10 years—a fact which is attributed by the German writer to the stringent regulations against drunkenness in force, there. In most German countries the number of cases of suicides has increased by from 90 to 100 per cent. For each million of inhabitants there are now on an average every year in Saxony 300 cases of suicide, in Denmark 280, in Wurtemberg 180, in Mecklenburg 167, in Baden 156, in Prussia 133, in Austria 122, in Bavaria 103, in Sweden 81, in Belgium 73, and in Norway 40.

Mr Horace Bastings has intimated that h e will, at the next general election re-enter the political arena. Out spoken, clear-headed, business men like Mr Bastings, especially if good sound liberals, are much wanted in Parlament at the present juncture. Mr Stout i,t is said, will also woo the favors of a parliamentary constituency at the saipe time.