The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1881.

Temuka Leader, 12 November 1881, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1881.

As the general elujons w ;n shortly be upon \is, we dee*.n iv, MV e: ; sury that both fnmlkWiU's for ParHiU n i,;ii'> honors and th,c electors -ife<;, ihou'c he m „de acquainted with an Ait pasbd i.vjrin r the lust session of the I\te of New Zealand. The 'CorruptX' ac tices

Prevention Act" is mcri its I fc character, indeed so uiich so thnteau didates. and electors nus*. be almost l" passive. For instance, if ">y person 1, directly or indirectly give, lend, or ngee t,o.give or lend, or shall ofcr, promise, . or endeavor to procure an offb.<i or plae» |[ of employment or money to n for any , elector, or to or for any other gerson, in oi-der to induce any elector to >ote or refrain from voting he shall bo deemed I guilty of bribery, as also, every person who shall, in consequence of such gift procure, engage, promise or endeavor to procure the return of any person to serve ill the General Assembly, or the vota of aay ojector at any election ; and every person who receives money or valuable consideration on account of any psrso 11 having voted or refrained from voting at any election. A person who commits any corrupt j-ractice shall be guilty of miscbmer>nor and on conviction, on indictment shall be liable to a fine not exceeding L-i-00, and shall not be capable during a period of five years from the date of his conviction of being registered as an elector or vote at any election within the meaning' of the Act. He will also not be capable of holding any public or judicial office, and if he holds any such office the office shall be va ; cakd- He. will i;e incapab''. ," . ; jot being t elected to any seat in t „ . , ~ ■- House of a Representatives ior five „,, i 1 years, lhe J names ot persons cop 1; . , , c , l . ~-icted of corrupt or illegal practice , °, \ shall be expunged from the elccto- , . , , J . .al roll for a period ot three years f'' . . -vr„ k , ,om date of conviction-, JNo - person sJ:a . c , l ' ~ for- tne purpose of promot- - \l\rt or ' ' ' ' ii h 'mo the election of a candi- \ ' dtection.be engaged or em- ; ■ J n j or payment or promise ol pay- i i'.b it, clerk, or mes- ;

I . one. scrutineer for each | dot-box in each polling place, who aiay or may not be an elector, and one clerk and one messenger, for each polling place in an electoral district. No one must act a? committee-man, canvasser, watcher, guard, detective or torch bearer, or act or render service, in any capacity whatsoever, except one for which payment is authorised ah above, or to act, ii an elector, as clerk or messenger. No payment or contract for payment shall for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate at any election be made on account of the conveyance of electors to or from the poll, whether for the hiring of special trains steamboats, or carriages, for raihva) I'.-' 1 '.-'- or otherwise, or for bands, torches '~ f% ' -ners,cockades, ribbons, or othej ™j!- distinction, or for exhibiting bills, address, nf nol \ ceßf or for the us< of hxy house, ba w; , lgj erection, place -boaKior thing fo. the purpose 0 f m sue}, exhibition with t-.lie - ,_„j,iu u s au . tlioi-jsed in the first schedule ', Au 2 pev'son will be deemed guilty of persona tioij and punished accordingly, who a any election applies for a voting papei iii the name of some other person, living or dead - f or of a ficticious person,, or, who having voted once a l , any such election, applies at the same election for a voting paper, in. his own name. Returning, officers may arreii persons guilty of personation. The. following are the. legal expenses allowel by the Ac i : —'['he personal expenses of the candidate ; thoexpep- s of printmg.and of advertising in, ; : the.excuses of station er JYpostage and, grams ; ; the expenses of holding pu.„ j meetings ;-the expenses of a number committee-rooms, not exceeding on room, for. each, polling place in ai electoral district;-expenses in respect o miscellaneous matters not exceeding L 25. So nevertheless that such ex penditure is not incurred under thi; head in respect of any matter constituting an offence under this Act, as in 1 spect of any matter or thing, payn for which i& expressly prohibited by Act, From the above it will be that the Apt is.of too stringent an? to be workable and we shouldnotbe surprised to find, after it had bee perimentcd upon at the ensuing el it will be considerably modified the first sitting,of the new Parlir

Widows' Fund —Subscribers to the Willows' fund are reqiWed to meet in.Mr | Kayner's shop Mtuulayevraingmext, at 7 p.m, Wesleyan Chigoe Services.—The list, of services for to-morrow to, be held in the circuit will be found is, another column Professional. —Mr Pearson announces in another column that he has commenced practice as a barrister and solitor in thi^u township. I Fire at Timaru.— Yesterday afternoon

two four-roomed cottages situate in Eii ward street. Tminrn, weP.fc.destroyed by iro. Tiiey were insured; An Emulator of Te Whiti. —At a ’aut-y dress ball at Ponsonby on the Prince if Wales’ Birthdoy, a leading ironmonger '-■reated a great sensation as Te Whiti. His 'get-up’ was capital. A Candidate for Sunnyside. —A cor■spondeMt in Thursday’s Auckland Star Eposes to raise a fund for the relief and cl mce of Te Whiti, and forwards a subscition for the purpose. ie Graphics at Pariiiaka.— From ltr aweni and Normanby Star we learn j ia . Mr Sheriff has been requested by ! h'ropnetors of the London Graphic to ac i special artist for them at Pariiiaka. i e English Press on New Zealand. London Daily Nows of Monday | * ast G 'tes its leading article to native j^ ew Zealand, and warmly n PP ro 0 f tlie action of tiie present Governmei,- n p g with Te Whiti and his fc wers< New -Di, bry Establishment.—Another placey f )lls j nefs has just be er f opened in -, au i iaj Mr Creamer having commenced ‘the. drapery line in the mam road, ncaj |e Wesleyan Qi mrc h and he invites an spection of.lhswell assorted stock. Professional Ti! * : ./ AII those Sllf . fering from of fche eye) ear> or t T ! ir °-‘?!....' V would recommend to consult Ur W ilkins, F R.O.S;, oculist and aurist to the Christchurch Hospital, who will be at he Grosvenor Hotel, Timaru, from the 14fcn to the 21st instant, when he can be consulted on these diseases. Errata. —In our report of the Temuka Brass Band* Sports, in last issue, we stai.d in he Hop, Stop, and, JumpJ. Murphy and G. Rae were equal at 2Sft lOin ;it shoum have read 3bit lOin. Iu the account of the accident to MiMacintosh our informant stated that the unfortunate gentleman was taken into Mr Binley’s house ; he was conveyed into Mr Rutland’s house, - Our RM. Court. —We understand that great changes are coming o’er the scene in connection with the sittings of our Resident Magistrate’s Court, consequent on Mr Wood’s removal to Lawrence. In future it will be in the Timaru district, under the charge of Mr Beetham, R. M, and it i° supposed that he.will.uold j Courts each alternate Monday. Should occasion require, two Justices of the Peace will sit on intervening Monday’s in order to hear cases that come within their jurisdiction. There is also a rumor taat the monthly sittings of "the Resident Magistrate’s Court, at Geraldine will,be done away with. Geraldine County Council.— The. last sitting of the Geraldine County Council as at present constituted was held ip Umnru on Tuesday last. During the sitting Mr Talbot (Chairman of the Temuka Road Board) had an interview withHhe Council relative to a claim of £6B 3s made by Mr Thomas Roberts, C.E., fur commission upon certain plans in connection with the Opihi Bridge. The Council endorsed the action of the Temuka Road Board in resisting such claim to the extent of £65. Accounts lo the stdount of £ls 4s 5d wctd pv.jged for payment. Mr Acton (acting as in the absence of Mr Tripp, reviewed at length the work of the Council during the past t?,ieo years, * A special vote of (hanks to Mr Tripp,, th~ retiring Chairman having been passed’ the meeting terminat'd. Fish Ho ! —Temuka must be a gre !a< place for the consumption of the fir in J tribe (perhaps the good folk desire augment their brain, power) if w° judge from the regular visits pair’d to tin township by a noted individlual from Timaru. Yesterday the im>m street resounded with fishy echoes of his sonorous /oiee, and teemed with fi ishy smells, anc jveT; and ano- . wn.a_ heard reciting 1 0 0-otT rhym es eviaenuy-w 00 • tracting the attention of the -jit' VICW 01 Ab " ■ td to fc he f res hness and good " eB1( cue hitherto occupants of the ia 1 A eep, but at that time ensconsed in 51 ■* \y clean box in a somewhat dirty uvever, he succeeded in getting ip (inninesses and which no -od a very savoury adjunct to lable of the purchasers. Canterbury Wool.— At the /opolitan A. and: IV held .lurch Mr A, W. En°°r obtained for a, bale of* best scoured v. c il , According to tlio Christvs it v-as a beautifully got up S * Linked of praise is the mote Misfactory from the fact YT.BURY ~eral of the large wool scouring establish against, He also oband second prizes at the o w. Mr- Ensor is as usual a of wool, hides and; tallow Kakahu, All farmers detheir dips and thus make for home fiipmont will be attended to,. J

The General Election. . of the writs have cow been iss returnable by Monday, Ductin'. Friday, the QtU-December is faxed as t. general polling, day. A supplementary Gazette notifies the issue of writs, appoints, polling places and calls Parliament together fer December 22nd. It is not, hpwever, called for the despatch of business. Discovery of Ancient Weapons.— Some discoveries were recently made- ijx, the course of the demolition of some oldbuildings in Oxford street, London, On. reaching the foundations a quantity of old armour and -weapons—helmets, breastplates, spears, swords, and daggers—some very curious in shape—were found. On, opening a stone vault some plate, including church utensils, such as a monstrance and a chalice, the workmanship of which, is thought to.be of the fourteenth century were also brought to light A Weak-minded Girl. —The Herald; publishes a romantic story which has. reached New Plymouth with reference to the death of a daughter of Hone, Pihama, the well-known naliyo chief. She desired to go to Parihdka in order to be near her lover, but Hone Pihama resolutely forbade her going there, and adopted measures to prevent her doing so. Sheappeared to be very low spirited, and on Friday last she was. missed from the settlement, at Oeoe, and on,search being.' made her dead body was foupd lying at the foot of a cliff. The unfortunate girl : ended facr grief by,-ending her existence. - Effects or Cramming.— There have been several distressing deaths (says the Home News) among the' yOflhg people lately, who had been jammed to A ata T extent that they might pass examination 3 -.... If they had lived and succeeded in passing these examinations, they would have* injarad themselves for life, but they have died. They are the victims of ambitious parents, and of professors, who imagine that parrot knowledge is wisdom. The military cadet, in. addition to Latin Greek, algebra, mathematics, French, and German, has to take up for examination, ‘‘The Canterbury Tales”' as his first reading book. The object seems to be to cram the education of a lifetime into the first two decades of. existence, so that the system may be able to boast that it tui ns out a youth so perfect that he never need want, and certainly would not be likely to wish, to open a.book again. The Surveys of the Colony. A very interessing item of news (S iys the New Zealand Herald) is foundin one of the tables attached to the annual report of the suwe’-5.., of New Zealand for the year 1880-81. The tables relate to the Crown grants and' certificates of; title, from the Crown prepared. During the year thetotal number was 5694 and of this number Auckland had no fewer than 2914, fully 50 per cent of, the whole. This may be taken as a very'good indication of the direction in which settlement i- 3 extending. The long-neglected North is beginning now to be appreciated, a process which will probably go on increasing yearly so long as peace can be maintained. The provinces which ranked next to Auckland in this respect were Otago, with 1504 Grown grants; Canterbury, with 1127; Wellington, with 615 ; Southland, with 350 j; Hawke’s Bay. with 265 ; Tara- • uaki, with 120 ; Nelson, with 68 ; West--1 land, with 62 ; and Marlborough, at the 1 bottom of the list, with 60. Each of r these grants may be fairly,; regarded as 1 the foundation, either now or m the im~ 5 mediate future, on which one family will 5 build home. Tenders are invited for new cemetery I gates. See advertisement, , ‘ The Mount Peel Road Board invite • tenders for a Humber of works. So ° advertisement - - •