The Temuka Leader THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 312, 4 November 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We regret to record the sudden death of Mr Oscar Lopis, of this town, who was found dead in his bed, at the Woodbury Hotel, yesterday morning. His death is supposed to have resulted from an attack oi appoplexy. The Executive at Wellington decided at a meeting on Tuesday, not to interfere with the sentence on Ah Lee.

The sentence of death passed on Joe, the Fijian, has been commuted to imprisonment for life, it being proved that he had' suffered from insanity on two different occasions, and there appearing reason to believe that he was not accountable for his actions on this occasion. Grand Flaneur is the winner of ihe Melbourne Cup, Progress* second, Lord Burgh’ey third, Mata never showed to the front.

Mr James Marshall notifes by advertisement that hr has opened a refreshment room in oounection with his other busifi ss and that tea and coffee and hot |jes can be had from Ba.m. till 9 p.m every day. This is a want very much wanted in Temuka and we hope Mr. Marshall will receive the support he so richly deserves. A Government Gazette, published on Wednesday contains the conditions of sale of the Waimatata and Fairlie Creek village settlements in Canterbury. Tnere is at present in Melbourne (a Victorian paper says), and will be on exhibition on Friday, the most enormous pig, probably, that has ever been sdown in Australia. The animal, whi.h was bred at Brandy Creek, scales betwen 1300 and 14oolb : but, singular, to say, is by no means fat, iii fact is rather out of flesh than otherwise. The peculiarity of the animal is the size of his frame, so to speak, as he pleasures nearly nine feet from snout"to thil, and stands over four feet in height. Experienced men say that another 8"olb could be fed on to his weight without much trouble. As an abnorhfal sample of the animal he will be well worth a visit.

The average yield of wheat for the 10 years ending 1678 was, according to Dr Hector’s / 1 Handbook of New Zealand, for this Colopy, about 26 bushels per acre ; Tasmania, IQ bushels ; Victoria Queensland, and New South Wales, from 12 to 13 bushels; and South' Australia, nivis bushels.' L. 1869, however, Tasmania headed the list with one bushel per acre more than New Zealaqd. The revenue of the Imperial family oj Russia is L 2,500,000. About L 500,000 is set a tide tor charities, schools, etc., under th© direction of the family.