The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 912, 2 February 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taraiuja FaNo.—At tlio Wesleyan Conference on Tuesday, it was slated that the spe -ial fun 1 had readied £2OOO. TnE Chatham Islands. —Persons haviog friends at the Chalhams are informed that a mail for these islands closes, at the local Postoffice on Monday afternoon next, at half-past tlire: u'c'oek. Lax-.d SAi.E.-,.-Messrs J. T. Ford and'Co. will sell on Saturday n.>xt a splendid piece of lard, comprising €69 acres, now occupied by Mr T. IJardeastle. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Diorama. —Or. Monday and Tuesday evening next Thompson's Mirror of the Zulu War pays Temuka a visit. It is a gigantic affaii, and should on its own merits command success. Gifts will be distributed on each occasion. Cricket. —A match between the All England Eleven and a, Wa;kato Twenty-two, on January 31 resulted in a d/aw,. The English E!dv_m mi 1;? 85 in their first innings, and the Twenty-two 44 in the first and 53 in their second. N.Z. Coal.—Tenders have been accepted by tne Government for the supply of coal to all the New Zealand Railways for the year, and in every case New Zealand coal is to be supplied. The prices, we hear, are, with one exception, ail Thk Weather. Our farmers a ,- e having abaltimeof it at praseot. Last week the nor-westers were, continuous, and now vain has set in. Given a little mo"e of the latterand then wind, and a great pO"tion of the crops will not be worth harvesting. The pastures, however, are looking better. The Otago Central Railway.— The first tunnel on the 0;ago Central. Railway is now comph-ted. The Ime has been carried close up all along, so that Mv McKerzie the contractor, vrll shortly be in a position to proceed with the driving of the second tunne'. Letters —Letters patent have been granted to Mr John Guy, of Patea, for a new washing machine, called " The Excellent Washer," and to Mr James Macdonald, of Tokomahiro, for a kiln of an improved construction. Mechanics' Tn-titi'te— An important matter in connection with (he above Institute *8 to be decided by the members on Tuesday evening next. A special meeting is called to decide whether t!.e reading room shaU on Sundays remu'n open, as at p-e»ent, or be closed. Every me nbev should attend. Labor.--Labor is at p'-esent scarce in South Canterbury. At Timaru men had to be brought from Dunedin to assist in floating the Ci y. of Cashmere, and some of the vessels, in the harbor cannot be tendered on accot nt of the scarcity of men. In this disl"ict we hear complaints of .the scarcity of labor among the farmers, but this will only be temporary Gaining Experience.— A grocer in.Wanginui has been mulcted in a penalty of one. shilling and costs under the Gaming and Lotteries Act, for enclosing lottery prizetickets in packets of tea, the prizes being considered by him in the light of Christmas presents. The local He-ad states that the Resident Magistrate imposed the fine wi h, evident-reluctance. A Native Fe\t. —Two natives a i, nved in Camhrilgo recently, having d dven in a onc«. horse buggy from Wellington, a distance of 400 miles. It is stated by the Waikato MaT that this is lhe first time the journey overland has been performed. It was donj in nine davs, the natives stating that, had it not rained neavi'y p.n'fc of the way they would have been in Cambridge fully two days sooner. America,—A gentleman recently sent to Ar erica by the London Times to report upon that country's resources lately wrote as follows : —Since 1876 America, has. multiplied her export, of live stock seventy fold ; she has tripled her export of fresh meat ; she has more than doubled her consignment of tinned meats ; she has added one third to the bacon and nearly tripled the export of hams ; the annual export of lard is Valued at £5,500,000; butter at £1,000,000 ; cheeso at £2,500,000."

Matrimonial. The. practice of " tin-k,:-tf:ling" seems to be, carried to extremes in the Wairarapa, judging from the following letter to the Masterton N'tar : A respectable couple, as you are aw ire, had lately joined the bonds of matrimony, and retired to their private residence from the town, to spend their honeymoon. Some time after the hour of midnight, a party of ruffians, led by a man and woman, came to their residence and demanded a bottle of brandy and ether refreshments, one of them forcing himself into the,bedroom. As the request of the lawless mob was not complied with, the foulest language possible was freely used by these wretches, accompanied by the throving of billets of wood against the house and break-

j Fatal Accident. Another case of ■ i drowning occurred on, Monday last, near the ; Rangitata, about 15 miles from Mr Tripp's. It appears that a young man named Macle'land went to bathe, and it is supposed he got the cramp and was unable to get out of the water. An inquest was held yesterday before B; Woollcombe Esq., Acting Coroner. N&bhow Escapes.—The Ballarat paper states, that at a farm in the Learmonth district, recently a little' giri standing undei; a large tree, feeding a turkey with some grain, when the late thunder storm ipisspd .ivo'- her he.H. A lightning bolt struck the tr?e under which she was standing I spiiiting it from top to bottom, and the two ; p:i-ts fell to th 3 ground On either side of the child. The turkev she was f. edir.g was killed, but the clii.kl hersel?, though the fall of the t-ee bought (he root*, over which shs wa standing, up with such force as to throw her up,into the air iwo. or three feet, was not in-j.u-ed beyond a slight shaking.—A sensational incident is reported, to, have happened on the railway line near Newb'/idg.?, New South Wales. After the train from Bathu'.'st to Orange left the Newb dge st.tion. the dover noticed a woman walking on the. lineHe endeavored to stop, the engine, an" whistled, when the young, being alarmed, attempted to,run bridge* which the. train was rapidly approaching She tripped, and fi?ll be' ween the rai's, and then fell between the beams of the bridge. A perl ion of her clothing caugh:, and she hung appended in the air to the beam, whilst the t.ain passed overhead. Directlv afterwards, f trough her struggling, her clothes gave way and she was precipitated into.ths creek below f-om which she was rescued. She sustained | some bruises and-a were shock to the fvb.. tem. Messrs White and Jameson, of Timaru, barristers, solicitors and notaries public have dissolved partnership, and will m future carry on separate businesses. Mr W. H. Manning wi.l receive and discharge all debts in connection with the late firm.