LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 906, 19 January 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Saxe op Wheat. —Ten thousand bushels of wheat were sold by auction at Studholme Junction last Monday at 4s per bushel.

Faxx op a Brewery, —On last Tuesday afternoon an addition to Messrs Annetts and Edmiston’s brewery in Titnaru which was being built collapsed, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. The arch of the. building was being struck when it gave way and the walls spread out and fell to the ground. There were three men at work in the. place, who, escaped miraculously, only one of them, named Richard Earl, receiving, some, slight bruise about the head. He was on ■the scaffolding at the time, and fell with the walls. On the second floor of- the building were two 400 gallon tanks, and a large copper boiler supported by a brick arch, and it is supposed that the accident was caused by the brickwork being too, weak to,bear suph a heavy burden.

| Good Templaet.— The grand Lodge session at New. Plymouth closed after having elected the following officers for the ensuing year Past Chief Templar, Sir W. Pox, Rangitikei ; Chief Templar. Mr Jenkins, Auckland ; Counsellor, Mr Tichbon, Timaru; Free Templar, Mr Miller Wanganui . Secretary, Mr Price, Wellington ; Treasurer, Mr Johnson, Wellington; Chaplain, Mr Neill, Wanganui; Marshall, Mr Cojlis, New Plymouth ; Superintendent of Juvenile Templars, Sister Harris, Thames; Deputy Marshall Mr Bennett, Taranaki; Guard, Mr Hay, Lyttelton ; Sentinel, Mr Sorn, Thames ; Mes. : senger, Mr Kendle, Hawkes Bay ; Electoral Deputy, Mr Robb, Onehuuga ; Assistant Secretary, Mr Brandt, Wellington. The visiting delegates ~ expi-ess themselves highly pleased with their visit

A Race Between a Max, and a ETobse. —There is an enterprising hotelkeeper, in Hampden, near Qamaru. A correspondent of the Oamaru Mail says —“ William M'Kay, our sporting publican, backed; himself to,, Walk any horse in the district one mile on the main road fpr £lO 10s. The challenge was taken up by Mr J. Culling, of Hillgrove. Without training or preparation o£ any kind the contestants, went off, the ex-steeplechase-rider gaining at least 40yds in the first 100, after which the horse (an 18-year-old one) gradually decreased the distance till at the finish there was not more than 12yds between them. • The time was about 10 minutes 28, ; seconds. There, is likely to be a match, arising out of this one, for £25 a side.” We have a racing hotelkeeper, a winner of many caps, in this town. Is he game to undertake a feat of this kind ? Temuka Road Board. —A special meeting of the above Board was held last Tuesday. All .the members were present, and Mr Talbot occupied the chair. The Chairman said that a meeting had been held immediately after the declaration of the poll,- at which he . had been elected Chairman for the ensuing year, subject to the election being confirmed by the present meeting. The first business before the meeting therefore was the confirmation of the Chairman’s, election. On the motion of Mr Paterson, seconded by,Mr Ensor, the election of the Chairman was confirmed, The officers of, the Beard for the past year were reappointed. The valuation list was approved and laid on the table for public inspection. The wages of. day men were raised to 8s per day till the end of February next. A letter was read from Mr Thomson complaining that a certain drain, in, Yine street was in a very bad state apd asking the Board to remove, the. nuisance. The Surveyor was instructed to, inspect the dram and clean it if required. It was decided to call for tenders for , keeping the Rangitata fords in repair for 12 months. The days of, meetings were fixed for the first Tuesday in each month. Accounts to the amount of £33 12s 6d were passed for payment. The meeting then adjourned. AxjD About Cows. —The Evening Post says some curious evidence was given in the Compensation Court recently concerning the estimated annual net profit to be derived from a milking cow. One witness stated that between £4O and;£so per annum was derivable from such a source. The estimate naturally startled the Court, and provoked his Honor the Chief Justice to remark that, if such were.the case, keeping cows was a more profitable means of employment than adopting the legal profession. The witness, however, qualified his statement by adding that “ it depended very much on the consideration whether the owner’s family was extravagant or not in using the milk.” A practical farmer was called to show that £lO per annum was considered a “ good, profit” from one cow,. Another witness said he had 14 years’ experience as, a dairy farmer ; and the cross-examing counsel, asked him which was the '‘ near side of a cow?” The. learned counsel invited the witness to consider a long roll of paper a milking cow, and indicated the position of the head. The witness promptly pointed to What he believed to he the “ near side,” and it was remarked that the side so pointed to would be the “ off side” of a horse. The uninitiated were consequently astonished, but their doubt was set at rest when it was explained that the “ near side” of a milking cow, was the side on which she is milked, and that it was the opposite aide to the “near” | side of a horse. I

The Royal Maori.— The sum of £4OO is expected to be raised in Auckland to give ! a royal welcome to King Tawhaio. It is something to be a king after all, even if his wardrobe is limited to a blanket and a/ few feathers. Verity there is something in a name notwithstanding the assurance to the contrary, which we have from England’s greatest poet. TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS IN BANKRUPTCY. —A very old insolvency case occupied the attention of His Honor Judge Noel in the Insolvent Court yesterday. It was an application made by Michael Tolson, of the firm of I’olson and Stewart, of Hawthorn, contractor, for a certificate. I rom the evidence of the insolvent i,t appeared, that he had originally filed his schedule so far back aa 27 years ago, and had not applied for his certificate until yesterday. His Honor granted the application on the condition tint the insolvent should file, an affidavit showing his. receipts for the time that had elapsed sinpe his application,—Melbourne Argus.

Concert at Wauohi. A concert was held last Tuesday evening in the Waitohi schoolroom in aid of the. fund for tke wife and family of the late, James Moore. There was a large attendance, about 200 persons bping, present. Mr John Talbot occupied the chair, who briefly explained the object for which the concert was held, and ex-, pressed his satisfaction at seeing so. many present. Two traps from this town conveyed several of our local vocalists to the school. The, following programme, was,gone through with credit to the performers, and. to the evident satisfaction of the audience Piano solo, Miss Clark ; two songs by Mr Edmonds ; two recitations by Mr Adams, and a song, which was twice encored ; song by Miss Clark ; song by Mrs Edmonds ; and two songs by Mr Pitt. -The songs were admirably accompanied on the piano by Mr Harrison.