The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 316, 9 November 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr T. Ollivier calls for lenders for lathe and plastering five rooms, to he in not later than Saturday next.

The Mount Pee) Road Board invite tenders, by advertisement, fur a number of works, to he sent in by the 19th inst.

Tiie quarterly meeting of the Temuka Licensing Court will be he’d in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday the 7th December.

As will be seen by our cablegrams, a petition, signed by 6000 persons, was presented to the Governor of Melbourne, prnyhig for the reprieve of Ned Kelly, and that numerous other petitions, in his favor, are being signed to be presented to the Executive Council.

Instructions have been given to the Deputy-Commissioner to take immediate proceedings against all persons who have failed to make a statement of then property under the “Property Assessment Act.” Wo understand that prompt effect is to be given to these instructions.

Professor Hill notifies in our advertising columns that he will commence .business as hairdresser and tobacconist, in the Geraldine district, on or about, to-morrow, opposite the Crown Hotel, Tills was a want much felt in Geraldine and surroundihf’idistricts, and we imagine the professor will lulve a lively time of it during the next mouth or two.

An inquest was held at the Woodbury Hotel on Thursday last, on the body of the late Mr Oscar Louis, who was found dead in his bed at the Woodbury Hotel on the previous morning. The evidence of Dr Fish, who made the pod mortem examination, went to show that deceased died from heart disease, accelerated by want of nourishment, and a verdict to that effect was recorded. After the inquest the body was conveyed to his late r sidence, Temuka, and the tuneral took place on Friday. The deceased was secretary to the local order of Od If Hows, and was much respected. He leaves a widow anc two children, for whom much sympathy is feit. Mr Woodhead. sen., has most generously offered to pivs'-nt to the Temuka Rifle Volunteers with Cubans for the company. We under-stand he contemplates sending ilie order -o Hobson anil Suns, England, ami that the flag will be of the best material and workmanship. Whi e applauding Mr Woodhead for his generosity, we at the same time think' there is no occasion to send the order out of tile colony. Why not send the order to Cnrislchurch or Dunedin, and thereby encourage local industry. Wo have, seen the colours of a Yuiunteer corps, made in the colony, that would equal any tout may be procured from borne. On Tuesd y last two men carrying on business at Springfield, and named Hagland and Hamell, quarrelled, when Hamell stabbed the other in right breast, left arm, and two places on the side of ihe head. The. first mentioned wounds are serious. Hamell has been arrested.

Mr F. Guinness left Ashburton (says the Guardian of Wednesday) for Co'lingwoud, to which j lace he has been transferred. A number of Mr. Gtuinness’s filends were on the railway platform to bid good-bye- to him on his departure for his new sphere of magisterial labor. Tne Thames evening Star says that Mr G. M. Heid (who arrived in Auckland on Tuesday) brings a newspaper plant witii him, and is likely to start another evening journal in Auckland, or elsewhere, when opportunity offers Tbe Dunedin Presbytery on Wednesday adopted an overture for transmission to the Synod against the Bill for Legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister. Another overture, to the effect that bankrupts and insolvents should cease to be jflice-bearers of the Church, but be at once iiigible for re-election, subject to the approval of the Presbytery, was -also adopted, tThe prospects at Temora continue good, he reefing promises to be of importance, ut there is si.ill a lack of water and Jmoney, and diggers have .0 show. Some valuable shorthorns from Gardner, of Victoria, which were lauded at Ohiistchurch on Friday, have been quarantined for a month. ; ■ - l|iie Albanians continue to off ra determined! resist. to the surrender of Dufcigno, and are preparing for bostilitieapoa an extensive sale. In view ot thMr stubbornness in resis.ihg the dein- respect to the city, a strong ijurnsylnu been despatched by of Tuffey tp enforce compliance, ; . .The Irisll Lmd League has commis:siohed Mr Davitt to proceed to America with the object of organising and obtaining assistance for the cause of the Irish tenants, both as regards the resistance to evictions and tbe prosecution of the leaders of-the land league. Lord Salisbury has delivered u trenchant j speech on political affairs, iq ; which be ,

ridiculed the policy of i the Government. The speech has given rise to con-.... siderable discussion, and has been made the subject of comment in all the dailypapers. Several British Radicals of prominence in the ranks of theirparty, have strongly protested against the prosecution commenced against the Irish agitators In lreland. A portion of the Press, representing the Radical party, has also spoken strong!}’ in antagonism to the proceedings of the Government. Advices received from Caprera state that Garibaldi is lying sick and utterly prostrated. It is feared the famous old General will not recover, as he is now 73 years old and his constitution is much shaken. William Herbert, a bootmaker from Melbourne, shot his . paramour, Jane Messenger, at Finsbury Park, and then attempted suicide. A verdict of murder was returned. The report as to the murder of the Ameer of Afghanistan is not confirmed. The Czar is suffering from paralysis. He recently sent 10,000 roubles of his private fortune to Berlin. The Government have completed arrangements with Captain Steele in connection with Messrs Grant and Foster's block. In Ned Kelly’s trial the chief witness was Constable Mclntyre, whose evidence was identical with what he gave in former proceedings, and this was unshaken by cross-examination. The general evidence traced his career from 1878. The trial lasted till 11 p.in., and beivg unfinished, the jury were locked up ail night On the foMowing.day it was continued, and when terminated the jury were twenty minutes absent, aed then found a verdict of guilty. The judge was interrupted by the prisoner while passing sentence. Ned assumed (heroic of un injured martyr, and when removed seemed quite unconcerned.