The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 909, 26 January 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

King Tawhaio at, Auckland. —Tawhaio. and his chiefs visited the. German warship.. Habicht, by invitation, in the. man-of-war’s, boats. The crew were exercisedi at great gun. exercise. Tawhaio fired a big gun. His party were greatly delighted.

Suicide.—A farmer named John Brown, residing gear Ashburton, committed suicide by hanging, himself, last Tuesday., Ho cause is assigned. De?r Stalking-,—-Tho Acclimatisation Society of Nelson hare agreed to open the deer stalking season from the 21st February to the 23rd Ma- ch. Stags only are to be shot. The Society distributed 5000 trout last season. 3£all j?eom an. Omnibus.—Mr Grierson, of Ayonside, when, returning, from the cricket match last Tuesday, fell from, the top. of an omnibus and was seripusly wounded in the back of the head. He. was rendered insensible, by the fall. Cricket.-—The cricket match.be tween the All, England.Eleven.and Fifteen of Canter-, bury resulted ip the former scoring 280, and the. latter 1,00. They left in the Penguin fo r Wellington, last Tuesday evening. They were loudly cheered as the. boat steamed away from th,e Lyttelton, Wharf. Waitohe Post-office.—At the school meeting held last Monday at Waitohi, Mr Scott brought up the Library question, and proposed —“ That a meeting be called early in April next for the purpose of electing a Committee, and that the subscription be 5s per member.”A Yoitthfud Burglar. —At Wapgonui on, Tuesday last, % boy named Connell, eleven years of age, was arrested on a charge of stealing £4 from the. dwelling of a man name Simpson. The,boy had.spent a portion of the money in buying sweetmeats, pipes* and tobacco. He had entered the house by raising a window. The Wellington. Gambling Case.—ln Wellington, last Tuesday, the appeal in the case of Sir W. Fitzherbert and others, who were convicted under the Gaming and Lotteries Act, for taking part in sweepstakes on the Hutt racecourse, was heard by the Court of Appeal. The, conviction was affirmed and the appeal dismissed with, costs. Wesleyan Conference.-The following statistical return was read at last Tuesday’s Wesleyan, Conference : —Ministers, 84;. colleges, 1 4346 ; on trial 717 ; catechumens, 610 communicants, 1161.; Sunday Schools, 164;. scholars, 13,922; ad* berenta, 38,256, The, figures, refer to the European population only. Catholic Bazaar at Ashburton.—A. Roman Catholic Bazaar was opened at Ashburton last Friday. The . sum of ,> £l5O was realised from ( it last Monday evening. His Lordship Bishop Redwood laid the foundation stone of .a npw church last. Sunday. He is expected to arrive in Temuka during t\ie week, and preach in the church here next Sunday,. Accident.?—' We regret to learn that Mr G. Cliffy of.- Winchester, has sustained a rather serious accident. He was engaged working at a reaper and binder, when his hand was caught in the machine. The ( top of Abe.middle finger of his hand was cut off, and the bqne was jq .badly bruised • that Dr Hayes, who attended shim, found it necessary to amputate the .finger .at the first joint. The next finger is slightly bruised. : Election pat -School, Committees. —At the meeting of held in Geraldine ilas.t Messrs W: y C. Andrews, R. H, Pearpoint, R. S. Cook, G. ©. Williams, A, Stieryatt,, W, - Coltman, and J, Williams, were elected members of the School Committee for the ensuing year. Mr Pearpoint. was elected chairman. At Pleasant Point the following gentlemen were elected members of the School Committee for the ensuing year, Messrs Acton, Butler, Greig, Morris, Jackson,. Agnew, and -Jones.. Mr Butler, was elected chairman.. At Kakahu Messrs C. Leary, Orickmore, Woodley, Tindall, Beattie, R. Skinner, and Kelland, were elected ■a, Committee for the .ensuing year. There was not a sufficient nu nber present at the meeting in the Milford school, and consequently no Committee wss elected. Resident Court.?—At. the aboye . Cofirt ■ last, Tuesday,, before S. ; Barker, Esq., J.P., a offender, change i •with drunk : and, disorderly, was, dismissed wjth a caption. Yesterday, before S. D. Barker, and J. Meqdelson, Esqs,, J.P.’a, Alfred Ausjbiq, and Albert Hoskins Were charged ; with stealing, a.. bottle of brandy from the bar of the Orpri, Hotel, the property of Hugh Brpsnahan., Constable Morton asked for a remand.; Mr Mendelson said the granting of -a remand would inflict great, harpship pn bhe accused if there was no reasonable .ground for asking for it., ConMorton said he had been instructed by his superior officer to ask for a remand until tomorrow, so that he would be able to attend to prosecute. He believed [also he, would be able ,to get more , evidence. The Bench granted the remand, bail being allowed to - the accused in a sum of £25 each, and two sureties.of £sQeach-. : Pottery Works at Milton. —Concerning thp Milton.pottery works the Bruce Herald writes, :—“.Npt much work is being done at , Milton. Pottery at the present moment. Thp greatest difficulty the company harp to contend with is the want of hands, A batch of men were . engaged , in , Staffordshire some .time ago,.bl owing to representations. made to them by certain parties in the colony they at,the last declined to come, Mr, Henderson, the manager, has withdrawn his resignation, and is on the eve of departing fpr thg olji ppunt.ry .tobring out a number of hands.. Extensive’, arrangements are, however, being for future work. New pits, and other.. conveniences, for, the preparation of the day, are in progress, and the company have purchased . a new engine and boiler of 30-horse . power, which will shortly supersede the old engine, which has been the fruitful source of so much trouble and legal proceedings.