LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 283, 28 August 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The return match between Temuka and Timaru Chess Clubs took place in the Mechanic’s Institute, T.maru, on Wednesday evening last, commencing at 7.30 and terminating at 11 ‘ls. The team from Temuka consisted of Messrs Guinness, Bolton, Mason, Dickenson, Ollivier, and Nicholas; the Timaru Club selecting Messrs Vincent, Byrne, Stringer, Taylor, Gordon, and Kiunennau. Messrs Black and King acted as umpires for their re spective Clubs. The boards were arranged as follows :—Mr Guinness and Mr Vincent, Mr Bolton and Mr Byrne. Mr Mason and Mr Stringer, Mr Dickenson and Mr Taylor, Mr Qllivier and Mr Gordon, Mr Nicholas andlVJr Kinnerman. Two games were played at each board, resulting in a victory for the Temuka team by winning seven games. Messrs Guinness and Mason winning two each, and Messrs Ollivier, Nicholas, and Bolton one each. The games throughout were vor}’ good, the slightest mistake on the part of anyone being perceived and taken advantage of by his opponent. Ljuring the storm on Saturday last a Chinese gardener in Timaru sustained serious injuries by the upsetting of his cart. On Tuesday night last he apparently died fronv the effects qf the injuries re. ceived, aiid preparations were made by the (ioronbr and police to hold an inquiry the following morning. At au eaily hour on Wednesday morning it was noticed that the dead man had suddenly regained life, and the police were notified of the fact. A medical examination proved the injured tuau to be partially paralysed, and in a hopeless state. He had bsen laid out and there was great cohsteruation among the mourners when signs of returning life appeared. We learn 'he has since died Thursday, last wheu a verdict of “acciand that an inquest ‘ was held on dentally killed by the upsetting’ of his carl,” was recorded. It is reported in Wanganui, on good

authority, that King .Tawhiao will visit iKemp and Kunaua on an early date. ■Topeno Te Maina Kaw,'the iwost influential chief in the Upper Wanganui distric > lias joined Kemp with 200 men, and sign a deed making Kemp trustee for all .theland of the tribe. This means nearly one million acres. The King has sent messengers to Kemp and Topeue giving notice of his visit. Twenty - five more unemployed’ were sent up from Christchurch to the railway works on Tuesday last.

Over twenty private prizes, ranging in value from £2‘2s to £l2 12s, were announced at a meeting of the Tiinaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Wednesday lust.

The man who wat seriously injured at Cashmere, during the gale last Friday week, is not expected to recover.

From- our exchanges' we learn of a most ludicrous- incident in connection with a recent inquest at Hokitika. The Coroner, by mistake, made out a warrant for the burial of the hotelkeeper at whoso iiouao the inquest was held, instead of the deceased. Strange to* say, Bonifice did not appreciate the unsought attention, and in defiance of the Coroner’s warrant still remains above ground. Under the heading “ Crab like promotion,” the Mcmcnvakt Times has the fo’lowing : —“(The transferring of Sir Hercules Robinson from New Zealand to the Cape may be a very flattering tribute to his gubernatorial abilities, but we imagine it will take a lot of such flattering to recoup him for the £2500 a-year which he loses by the exchange. He now receives £7500, while his pay at the Cape will ouly be £SOOO. Perhaps Earl Kimberley, as aa extra inducement, addressed him in the words of the Hibernian orator ;

‘ Arrah ! tare an’ ages, sure I’ll rise yer

wages From forty shillings to wan pound tin/”

Mr Vere Foster has (says a Home paper) offered the magnificent sum of fifteen thousand pounds to assist emigration from the counties of Donegal, Clare, Kerry, Cork, and Connaught. Mr Foster belongs to Belfast.

There is another besides Captain Barry to be “ reimbusted.” A contemporary says Mr James Mackay, whose services as a Native Land Purchase Agent have ■ been dispensed with by the Government, is an object for public sympathy. He was paid off with £BOOO commission, although he was entitled to £13.000. The colony should weep for him. James has petitioned the Legislature for relief. On Friday, (says the Mesrnere Guardian) owing to the fierceness of the “nor’wester” then blowing, Mr White’s punt on Lake Ellsmere was driven high and dry on the beach, but was successfully relaunched on Monday. Some idea of the exceptional fury of the gale in this particular locality may be gleaned from the fact that the water of the Lake, near the Maori pah, was fully three feet higher than it has everteeu known before.

Snow fell in Tapanui on Sunday morning for the first time this winter.

Tasmanian volunteers carry out things properly—sometimes. On a recent oo cusiou when they had a sham fight by moonlight, the men supposed to be dead or wounded leceived orders to lie down on the “ gory plain,” and remain there until after the battle. Then ambulances were sent round and they were tenderly picked up, and conveyed to the hospital, where appropriate treatment was applied. In most cases ‘ medical comforts ' sufficed to revive the warriors, and enable them to reach the bosoms of their families, there to relate their experiences of mimic warfare.

Some time' ago Mr Hanuaford, of Auckland, advertised for a wife for a gentle man residing on one of the islands in the Pacific. A large number of applicants forwarded their photos, letters, etc., for the coveted boon of wifehood. An advertisemant appears in the New Zealand Herald intimating that the gentleman in question has made his selection, and that the young lady is now on her way to her future home ; and Mr Hannaford requests the other applicants to call for their photos and letters. He has informed the Herald that there are several other unmarried men on the same island in want of wives, but are holding back until they see the selection already made for the manager of the station.

The Wellington Post says;—“A tar named Daniels, who deserted fromH.M.S. Raleigh on Sunday evening, was captured by Constable Withers at the Lower Hutt yesterday, and delivered up to the authorities this morning. It appears that Daniels stealthby slipped overboard on Sunday evening, and with his clothes on swam to Kaiwarra, a distance of about a mile and a half. This is the third time he has attempted to desert in the same manner in Australasian waters, the previous effort to get free from the vessel having been made while the Raleigh was stationed at Sydney. Had lie known that our harbour is supposed to bo swarming with sharks, it is not improbable that ho would have been deterred from repeating the experiment here, and he may thank his stars that he reached the beach in a peifeet safe condition. Daniels, who is quite a young fellow, seems to bo exceed-

ingly psowd oi ids achievement, and instead o£ sidiftbitiisgi'the least dread of the puniahmientt iini for him could not refrain from fooßSting of his swimming powers.”’ Our f riend's will be pleased to learn that Messia E. Hutton and Co., who so successfully opened a drapery sale some time ago, will agaim return and open onEriday week, in the same 1 shop,- with the first of this season’s Spring and Summer Goods, when the usual good bargains may be expected.— Advt,