LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 310, 28 October 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka presented quite a holiday appearance yesterday. All the business places were closed, and the streets were quite deserted from about noon, the residents apparently having gone en masse to the Timaru Agricultural aud Pastoral Show. The weather for some time past has been very changeable, and consequently trying to weakly framed constitutions. The men employed by the Road Board have been doing a much needed work in cleaning the rubbish from the side channels in the Main South Road, during the early part of this week. £SOO was set aside last year in aid of the establishment of sailors’ homes in Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The Government had to pay £SOO for rates levied on unoccupied Crown lands, under the Rabbit Nuisance Acts, for the year ending 31st March last. We are requested to draw attention to Mr K. F. Gray’s sale of Mr Johnston’s freehold property in Temuka to-morrow, and to state that £2OO of the purchase money may remain on mortgage for four years instead of two, as stated in advertisement. An encounter at fisticuffs took place in the Mam South Road, between two wellknown residents, yesterday afternoon, and i aused a considerable amount of amusement to the by-sianders. It is stated that Kimble-iisnt has taken his departure for Auckland or some other place. H s wife (a daughter of the chief Tamitawa) has taken unto herself another husband, and it is presumed that Bent has, in consequence, left the district.- Hawer* Star. The Court of Queen’s Bench lately decided that tho English nilway by-law, which provide* that a passenger who loses ids ticket or does not lake one is liable to be charged the fare from the places whence the train started, is ultra vires and inoperative. To cover the expenses of the West Coast Commission, £2OOO, for the Local Industries, £SOO, for the Civil Service Commission, £1450, and for the Railway Commission, £2850, was voted last year. £IOOO was also appropriated as u bonus for tho encouraging of local industries, A correspondent of an agricultural paper in England states that by careful attention and feeding from the day of birth, Hampshire Down lambs, at seven months old, averaging about 201bs. per quarter, can be marketed and sold to the butcher. A gentleman has informed the Thames Star that he has learned from one of the Maoris who was implicated in the murder of Todd, the surveyor, nt Pirongia, that the story about the woman was nil ‘‘gammon,'’ and that the true cause of the unfortunate surveyor’s death was because he bad discovered gold. Becoming aware that Todd possessed tin’s knowledge, and fearing a rush of the hated pakeha, the Maoris acted on the principles that “dead men tell no tales” For years past the Pirongia mountains have been supposed to be auriferous, and gold lias been found in the adjacent Wai'etuna Valley. Official news has been received from Wellington in Daneoin that there will be no interference of law in the case of Ah Lae. The prisoner is exceedingly quiet in his demeanor, but still asserts his inno ceuce of the murder, saying “ Ma no kill Missee Young.” The sentence will be carried out within seven days after - the receipt of tho statutory notice from His Excellency. Sir’Francis Dillon Bell has accep.Jed the Agen-t Generalship, vacated by Sir Julius Vogel. - He leaves for England almost immediately. His salary is to be £I2OO a year," for which”' he is to act as AgentGeneral, and agent for the inscription of stock without commission.' - It is wonderful ho v Temuka goes'o.i ’increasing in buildings, even- when businessß9‘iras almost stagnant. Not a week passes but the ribs become visible of one or two new structures. This is the more surprising, seeing that there are no mannfacturns amongst us, and little or no work of any sort. It can only be a< c tinted for in the same way as one can account for tiie honey bee being miles away from her home every sunny day. D .y after day, ..and week after week, may be seen those "frith'-horny hands returning from their labor miles away. These snug little dwellings, continually rising up amongst us, are their hives, with the mother and the family forming the domestic circle, to which the working bees converge, to be welcomed and cheered by a loving wife. fjnd this alone, encourages the careworn worker to continue his toil in the hope that the young bees may soon bo able, to come out and- help him. Th a then is the reason of so many buildings going up to provide homes. By and'bye manufac-

! varies Will be introduced, stud tbft little ~ ‘ will become u towQi 1 Vk ‘.e following. -appears iu. . a Sau Tju eo paper revived by tbi last Francis. Chicago, September x4tn. mail .—“ "'uebec special A Times’ V the Government before theConK *d Island passed a 0 f Prince Edwa. which forced the co ra | K uls°i'y land bin, " then divide the landlord*- fo sell ana f moderate size, properties into’holdings o. ' determined The value in‘ tho ,aud f wa “ by arbitration, Gov™. 'fusal o the land, gave Ul ]* the rt r f. purchase, and H g l ’ ea^ eF P* .. the purchase-money Jto feuiain on mo. gage. now held in fee by the ,v .

\t a • , , r 'ews that JNow comes the important A . Lord Kimberley, of the British cads on the Governor General of C\>for information as to the workings ‘ Prince Edward Island Compu’sory Land Bill, and the Marquis of Lome is making inquiries or the Crown Land C >mmissioueis. This is believed here to foretell action by tae Gladstone Government as to Ireland. ” At Wellington the other day the question was raised as to how long a publican may absent himself from Ida house. It transpired during the discussion that the late Mr Hansford, as chairman of the Wellington Licensing Commissioners, had granted a licensee six months leave of absence to visit Australia, and those who were formerly interested iu the hmisa ob* jected to such a longihe.ied absence, on the ground that the house might be mismanaged while the licensee was away, and the license be thus imperilled. The Licensee informed the Bench th ;t Jiose proceedings were the outcome of “ spite, wickenness, and v indicia veness. MrDavy, R.M., told the licensee that if he went away he did so at his peril, as he could not grant magisterial leave. News has been received that a parcel of wheat shipped by Messrs P. Cunningham and Co. for Mr Hay T Smith and some other Aslibur.on farmer , has realised the high price of 2s 6d per quarter. This is quite equal or superior to prices obtained for the best Adelaide wheat, and must be highly encouraging to our farmers, as it shows the estimation iu which New Zealand wheal is beginning to be held in England. Wo are reliably informed (says the Tuapeka Times) that a saving is being effected on the permanent way alone of the Invercargill section at the section at the rate of L3OOO. A man who gave the name Michael Lazarus was brought before the Police Bench lecenfcly charged with obtaining goods oa false pretences. From the evidence given it appeared that he had gone to Mrs Dr Ferguson representing himself to be a relation, of her husband’s and asked for clothes and a sufficient sum of money to pay his passage Home. He succeeded in obtaining what he w ntad, and then .vent and told the same story to a Mrs Pyke, who was also imposed upon. The Bauch sentenced him to three months imprisonment.—Otago Times. The Fourteen-mile Beach eorrespondenof the Mount Benger Mail writes:—“l am informed that a nugget weighing four pounds has been unearthed by some Chinamen at the head of Batcher’s Gullyt and I beli M ve it to bo a fact, for all the inquiries I have made confirmed the state ment.” A party of diggers left the Bluff yesterday to try their luck again on the old d’ggins at Bushy Point (says Thursday’s Southland Times.) Some good gold was found there some years ago, but ow’ng to ihe difficulty in getting water on to the ground, the diggings were forsaken The present jparly intend raising water by means of a windmill from a lagoon close to the ground, and then carrying it wherever it is wanted. The American Spelling Reform Association lias adopted the following rules : •‘l. Omit a from the dig-rat ea when pronounced as e short, as in hed, lieltli, &c. 2. Omit silent e after a short vowel, as in tiav, giv, definit, infinit, forbad, &c. 3. Write/for ph in. such words as alfabet fantom, cam for, filosofy, teiegraf. 4. When a word ends in double letters omit the last, as in shal, wil, clif, eg. 5. Change ed final to t where it has he sound of t, as in lasht, imprest, fixfc.” An outrage of an exceptional character has Apparently recently been perpetrated at thb Ma.»n burial ground at Te Ore Ore. i We Daily) understand that a Native accidentally oobced tin’s week that someone had .been digging about the graves. A father investigation showed i other signs of destruction, and it is assumed that some European or Europeans have been violating a grave, with the object of obtaining greenstone ornaments The Maoris are now bolding meeting, with a view to the disvoyery and punishment of offender. They are naturally very excited aud indignant at the insult offered lb their cemetery, and we (rust they will be successful in detecting the culprit. Since the above was in type the police have visited the spot, and from their- iuvesliga- . lion are disposed to believe that it was probably a Native who committed the offence. One grave only was apparentlydug opt as fur as the coffin, but the latter .was undisturbed. At present there is a good deal of .mystery about the whole i affair, i

A. Sac of the s|At*»ent muriftooai | fortedita waythjc6ugfc*b»vrt twelve inches of icon crete and a ,!•$& ftf »fpbeHe,. in the. London Post Qsce> ,-W y « 3 > mash rooms are kiadeV piercing ; and that re minds us that onetime we Wife ft’ hduee in Monterey on a flat where thfrVoya' and girls used to get whole baskets of mush rooms. The first rainy weather that came just lifted that house eight feet off. th; ground in one night, and the next morning there it stood proped up on mushrooms, and the grocer and the butcher had to hand their orders in with a ten foot pole.”