LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 908, 24 January 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Athletic. —Last Saturday, at He.efton > ■John Callighan., on the metalled, road, iUmped 4ft. lOiin for a wager of' £3o.> This iis the- champion, standing high jump of the Australasian, colonies,, being half an inch over the previous-records.. Petty Laecent. —During last [ Saturday night Mr J; M. Ollivier’s meat safe, which is iat the back of: the hotel, was cut open with a knife and'some meat abstracted therefrom, ; The thief.- evidently wanted no more than a ■good.\nealj.as,he did,not take much more. I TiM'ASH Beeaewateb. — During last i Saturday night the weather was so rough in jTimaru.that the sea. washed, a, 12-ton block, ;of concrete across the breakwater. • So much I shihglo was Washed; in that it buried a dray and soma of. the plant, of. the contractors. ; No further damage wa* donej

Geraldine. A Coinmitte has been appointed at Geraldine to canvass for subscriptions ia aid of a fund to purchase instruments for a band* Suicides.—At Napier last Saturday, a ■woman named; Hall committed suicide byjumping from the bridge into the Tutaekuri river. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned. Another woman named Kirkpatrick,, wife of' a wellhtordo settler, severed her windpipe, and now lies in a critical condition.. In Dunedin-. Kate- Margetts,. wife of 'a cordial manufacturer,, committed, suicide on Sunday by cutting her throat and abdomen. She had been drinking. ; Local Manufacture. The Timaru Herald of yesterday, says ;■ —“Some short time ago .MessrsWildip,. Aljap and Stumbles sent the ftpeces of; XPO black, sheep ,up to the Kaiapci; Woollen Manufactory for manufacture, and on Thursday last received the clpthi consisting. Of-140, yards, I®s;, It ia now. on-view, at thpis- stcrcs*. and we think those who .inspect it will agree with us that for texture apd-color better wearing mateiial cpuld hardly be produced. We understand that the whole 140 yards have already been disposed of,” The City of Cashmere.— The inquiry into the cause of, the, wreck of the above 'vessebwas held last; Saturday, in the Courthouse, Timaru, before J. Beawick Esq R.M., and B. Woollcombe Esq, Nautical Assessor. There was very little elicited from the enquiry which has not already been reported, with the exception that it appears that too., much reliance was placed on the Lillie Denham to haul her out.. That vessel would possibly have- saved: the*. City., of. Cashmere. only that she ablatakeejxup. steam. The inquiry was postponed untititfeday.. Kino Taweaio ,de Auckland,—Tawhaip is evidently enjoying himself;at Auckland., A telegram says and chiefs,, accompanied by. Major Main and the City. Counpmors proceeded to the Mangere. settlement, where.. Tawhaio. rseided previous to, the, war.. On,hi* return bo was entertained by the. Mayor.- at- his residence Eemuera. Tawhaio made a - speeah and thanked the mayor for his kindness. He stated he would i have a great gathering in March. at ;Kopua apd invited all Europeans to it. He returned to Auckland in the evening, when there was U, torchlight,procession and display of fireworks by. the. Fire . Brigade,, apd Nayal Brigade .in honor of :- the . native guests. Tawhaio took part in the procession and Ist off fireworks. Iffj.wa? immensely delighted. Maibimoniali.—Recently we.published a, paragraph from the Wa’rarapa Star, in which it-was stated that all tke marriageable - young ladics had been,, successful in securingJiuebaudSi. Nuwvtha emanation, of. how.they,do. incomes. . The - girls- there. ape, energetic,, and their frienda s ,bafik‘ them up in. their efforts to get married, as the.- following paragraph fromthe same paper will show “Judging by .its. popularity, marriage • must; be a very pleasant affair, but to'have it publicly announced that ypu have annexed i a girl before you have ‘popped the question,’ or oven decided op the female unit, must he deucedly exasperating. Yet this has hap? pened to a Wairarapa resident, who naturally, wrote an indignant letter to fche offendmg journal*. The,-editor, ■ replied that the announcement was sent in by the aunt of the supposed bride, and was therefore considered authentic.. As the names of all three of the interested parties are • given,, their next meeting,, should be productive - of a. little amusement ,to disinterested onlookersi Trial .OF: Reapers and . Binders,—The trial|of reapers ancLbinders held at Burnside re - - salted as follows Twine—Wood, 124 .points,. first, gold medal; McCormick, 121’ points, second, recommended for silver medal; Wood, .120 points, very highly commended ;• Howard, simplex, 116 points,. highly commended ; Deering, 114? Osborne, 114 ;- Deeringj. IX3 ;. Samuelson, 101 ; Excelsior, 99.' Wire—McCormick, 104; first, and gold medals; Aultmao, 100 » second ; Osborne, 99; The work of all the machines was pronounced excellent. In the string binders Wood beat McCormick in strength*simplicity, machinery, and ease of repairing same, and time. McCormick was superior to Wood in the nature of sheaf cutting and delivery. The difference was very slight in all particulars. The trial to be held under the Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association, near Timaru, ha been postponed till next' Saturday, owing to the. state of the weathe:. Every effort iis being made by the CanterburyFarmers’ - Association to make this trial a success, and we feel confident the result will bo satisfactory. They offer excellent prizes, a ten guinea gold medal for the best combined wire and string binder; a five guinea silver medal for the best wire hinder; arid a .five guinea, silver, medal for the best twine hinder.