The Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1980. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 295, 25 September 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader. SAT URDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1980. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We learn that the extra tax o' 6d on telcgrmns will be taken Mfi'm 1-t Ocober, This trifling tax has caused mme grumbling than ilie whole thing was worth, and hag also led to withholding many messages that wan’d have b -en Sent if ihe clmrge had not been altered. We are glad to notice th t the authorities and others'taking an interest in our young Volunteers of Temnka are Stirling themselves to bring the No 1 .Temn'ka Vo umeers before tnc public at a cone rt to be given on Tu sday next, the 28i.h i stant. Tiie mam object of the proposed bntertainnient'is, ‘ if ”we are rightly informed, to create a fund to meet ihe expenses that an-unavoidably put to in providing thumselvAs wi li uniforms and musical instruments. We trust that our readers will agree with ns m reg'rdieg this movement as a degbihi de b e. We, at le:ish, wish lliem all sue es-. We nnderst onl that other branch s of the Volunteer service will put in an appearance on the coming o. casioii,' and tua’ a whole army of nm'sici ns ( ikewise Volunteers) have already sign fi d tin ir willingnras to fake pait in- ti e proposed | erf Tin a nee, which is everywhere talked of as likely to beabme the average of our ani denr entertaiiiihents.

Mr Pr icter, with his cmi a ‘ bscnr a < li >s kind y promised to p;y Temnka a visit io a fetv d ys. L ; s a w-on fr L w can have any com ep ion >d‘ who have not seen it in oner tbm: I- is another pn of that U1..1 i>‘full of iiivcniicn.s ; not on ! y his In wrought out many, but seems

destined to s'artle the word from dme to time will the result of his s u ‘y of t!ie Work* of miUire, an lOf tin- many uses which they can b inrm-d in. Pr. ciurA i veiithi ', which we "ill have an o> p->r-

tu'dty of sei g soon ai! --v- r the ct.-lony, U iii o hly spoken of by vhe Pre.-a.

We would remind our readers of the public meeting on Wednesday nix’, for the phi-pose of making preliminary ar-ranuem-nts for immediately bringing tlie propi.sed B idding Society into fnl! operation. The wart of sucli an'in; fitmion lias been mm h felt in Teranka ; indeed, it has been a gtvat incans of keeping the town back. ]t is well known that most of the line buildings to be se-n in other towns is the result of a free command of money' through biiildi ig soci-ties. Not only haa Tciniika Mtff.'.red tor lie "ant of such, blit has had’ to tra Sin t money '|)erioilic,illy t>" mi; port ' those in oth-r towns. It is to 'be,'hoped one and 1 in town and country will pat i t an appearance on We nesday next and give substantial asi-tame to the 1 iiidahh- elf u-ts of a few of our townsmen to push the place ahead.

The mysterious Melbourne firm of Uniacke. and Co have been howled out by a Mr Tims W. Lb yd, who h s been w hing their proceedings for some tiiu past. L appears die firm lias been in t..e habit of writing to persons in this c doiiy amt elsewham, iofonning them tha large fortunes have been h-ft to them, and asking fm-ptrti nlu-sof birtii, Ac., with an intimation that, on ra-eipt of a cert am sum of money, the train won <1 be put in motion to secure to them the wind--p ilie’case m >y b’*, of the supposed fortuiie. ‘‘ As might fiave heen exp cti-o, the victims, 1 on parting with the fee, lu ard

no m n re about it. We trust the matter will be prop rly talon up, and this nefarious transaction sheeted In me lo the guilty persons, that they may m- et with j“their just punishment.

We learn from a Timaru contemporary that the far-famed (,’aptain W. J . Barry, in attempting to enlighten a Timaru audii-m e on “ What In- s w in England,” in the Oddfedowa’ H ill, o t Wednesday n ght, met with a very u f .vor.ibh- r cep ti'<n. Eggs of ancu-nt fi oor were freely used throughout ihe evening.

George Henry Sheppcr-on, the man lately b fore tin- M igistmte in Auckland as ha'ig t ree wives, went on W abiem y irg'it U) On-un iga, wm-rt his third wife lives. Hi •lem in 'ed a ini DtaiiC" and Was refused. She fl -I 0.11 of the back "nor s he h irst tile fro it one in, mid i formed the | olice. O.i their arrival they found th ; doors f istene I up, but ma le an e >- truiee, and f und Sii-'ppersori on the Ho >r with Ids tin-at cm. ’The won ds were s t.ehed up, and S uppers m so a to t lie H spiial.

Toe trial of the M inri p-'soners for fenodig, &C., to di phue in the District Coint, New Plymouth, on Wednesday last T.ie jiri-tjiiersWine found guilty, mid sen

tenced u> two y ais 1 tmpnsonm nt in the Lytte ton giol, ami io find security in the amount of £SO ea h to keep the peac ■ for six uio iths after the xpintmn f ilnir se. teiice,

The llawera, with t m inwnvl m ils via $ li''tfivnoised, -rrived at Lvltelt -n on Tumsday foren >oo, after a v ry sm nt run down from the M> mkan. Toe T-mnha portion of tiie m d! arrived by ape. id ir in •a l>ou i midi dghi m Tliars by.

The King Natives at Waikato ar-* .interrupting M. jor Jackson’s Hororata purchase. Fifty Humans led, and threatened to carry ilie horses and pamglis to the King Country.

The natives in tiie North are obstructing the West Coast ivad, and thre uened to’pn’l down all the br dyes but one over the Ho'ea river, w!ii< h tiny say will be useful to iliemselv a

Private advices report that Sir E. W. Stafford has joined the Lon 100 directory of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Compmy. Drainage operations are in fill' swing at W ikalo. The new Association for promoting religious instruction in common schools, have issued a circular to the Roman Catholic clergv soliciting their co op ration in fav<.r of that dbj .ct in Auckland. The Commissioners appointed to ’lives tigate the charge of i 1-treatting prisoners at the Nelson g ml, have sent in a repor to Government to the effect that the prisoner Thompson was not subjected to severer restraint than the circmnstan -es demanded- - ' ■ < 1 ■ • 1 FP'ty Maoris went through the practice of fendiVg bo the VVest Ooast, oh Wednesday, but. were fr gl Urn cl by the A.C. The Gov inuient have received intimation from M-sars Giant and Fos'er, t e Lieoln h re F i.me*s’ Delegi es, iliat tli y have appointed an agent in N -w Zjdand, with the view, it is presumed, of com-, in hieing operations fur the setileineni of English f irmer-! in the colony. A horrible death by l»nr dug of a worn in name 1 M rgarei Hut he.-on mid her inf..- t child, to k p‘ace at Tm-ker’s F ai, Hokiik t, on We Inesday l ist It appears t e w.fe. with he nfani, slept in tie- f r , n i r<>-'ni, ami the Imsb n l and ti v • • -liil.lre slept in a back rom. About 3a.ni lv was awake ied by thegLr of light a d smoke. He rnshe l into the front room ftti'l shoi k his wife, but she m ver at temnted iq hi >ve. H • could not get to the front do t, >iicii ws i m-'a-rl, and Uthihi leick to t'e other r mm, mis d the wi alow-, - nd hid b r-1. t : n • to nt cut tile tl e C dr n, k’lto eS.-apod ' To GHg-m,- ■.O r A r [P I. S-h d w 4. f,»• lie- jy -.-d -v S 3 SC •• M. .• ■, . Wcdiit-fid .y.

. It is repotted in Invercagill that a n.i<w)j has been seen at VVaiati by a party f (f 'loggers. The bird stood nine feet high, a" id ran away w tli a screech lik’-.an Am rican locomotive, breaking down jibe scrub

Tha Forest Hill Chamber if Agriculture d ih fo lowing amendmmt on a vote of thanks to Mr M Caugliaii for his exertions re Fon st Hdl tramway — ! ‘Tliat the Hall Governuieutand Mi P. K. McCinghan d se'V" t‘ie disappr va! of this Cba nb r, and all r gilt thinking people, for the way they are tampering with he settlors by • ffori g a sprat, such as the Fo es' Hdl iram \ay ntf. r, to natch the £4Q,(K/(Waitnna nncker I.’’

Thoy have queer ideas of Now Zidand in the Unwed Sm.es. One paper says ; “ Toe pretty women of New _Z-aland are described as great, talkers, and rub noses instead of kissing.” This is too bad. Polo ial girls do talk “ some.” but as to rubbing nose-'—w.'ll, jhat’s a libel .■Nelson.is a de'ightfnl'y q’ iesc-nt place We learn from the local Mail that nota itb'-tmding rude B>>reas was bringing destruction to roofs of houses, chimneys a d telegr ph poles,- ot. a hundred miles or so to the so nth of .t, yet in “ Sleepy Valley” not a bread) of air was s' ining, and the ,Zi zag had to lie • limited by a oejir).man' who want d to winno' s me b-ans, where lie had to wait for Iv If a, lioni bef re he was forhu ate enough to get a puff of wind sufficiently long ami trong for the purpose. Mr J. G S. Grant has sent ti< (Pabli Op’nion) a pamphlet entitled “T-ven y live years in Dunedin,” in which he give e. an account of his labours lot 'he benefi of the province. Mr Grant thinks that po-ter'tv \il revere his memory and compensate in some measure for the neglect wi'h which he is treated by Ids ungrateful lelJow-ci iz-ns at present, II concludes his pamphlet witii the following proph -tic announcement ; In 1980, on the unveiling of m statue jn Dunedin, the .-spectators will be dn-ani qi ng ng somewhat after this fashion ; Th - wonder- great, winch t : on. 0 Grant I Wrocglr’st in N w Z a'md’s bnct ; Our fit lie-s, tlioug!i they si w. ye' the o Toey i I not uiider.-tand. A ) ©»• itin accident (siys 'he 0D . Times) bcfel a Worn n named H lot itia so inso-i, resident n - r Cannon tal c re enlly. She was eng .go I h inging up cl .thes to drv at the edge o'' a i emhaaikiu -nt, when the i lotiies-lmc n >expec e i\ broke, an? she was precipitated down the inclin-. Amongst other inj iries, -die sustained a fracture of the 1-g. On 'he 1 in > being set, she was s-nt to the Hospital.

ton n r c 'it. re htc'iou is kick -d ga usf in qsuitor-. w.mre. it- is g-ne-aby supposed, ft would be lit-le felt. Tins is how .J ll cl 4 ti Weston rc-eeii'ly gwc v-mt to is fc.eli >g9 on tho snbj *c' : Tie c mntry wil yet r*a i-e th ■ folly of rb*-gta-I ng and pi up r sin: tliejn 1 icii 1 beo'-li 8.-an-l-by ■ or.r Courts wd bo i-rn i bal by men possessing neither honor, experience, u *r ab 1 )y, hiii] so il u ill cme to ; ass ill .1 ciime v\ ill go iiii|ninis!io I, the I mocenf will s lifer, ami pr iper'y will be no longer saf** to ts possessors 'Of all the institutions of tin- ( minify, die Bench should be the most carefully pm acted, its occupiers s onld be p!ae«-d beyond' temptation amt beyond tl.c influence and eaptice of Pailiam. nt annnallv exercisable.”