The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 924, 7 March 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Road Boaed. —The monthly meeting of the Board will be held at 11 a.m. today. Mechanics’ Institute.— The monthly meeting of the above Institute will be held at 8 o’clock this evening. Sheep Fly-Blown.— A recent resident, in this district has had a large number of sheep fly-blown, from the effects of which they have died.

Timaru Haeboe. —The sandbank, stated a short time ago to have formed along the wharf, is now reported to have been removed by the seas coming directly into the bight. Indecent Assault. William McLean has been committed for trial at Auckland for indecently assaulting Elizabeth Whitton, aged thirteen, while going to Flat Bush Public School.

Electric Light. —Wellington is thinkof going in for electric light. A motion to ask the Agent-General to make full enquiries on the subject of the electric lighting of the city has been agreed to.

The Stanmore Election.— Mr S. P. Andrews the working men’s and Good Templar’s candidate has, signified his intention to offer himself as a candidate for the above constituency, rendered vacant by the unseating of Mr Pilliet. Masonic. —Application is being made to the Provincial Grand Lodge, Irish Constitution, for a charter to establish in Wellington an Irish Lodge, to bo. called St Patrick. Bi-other R. C. Hamerton, P.M., was nominated First Master.

Pleasant Point Races. —The weights for the Pleasant Point races are. published elsewhere. The entries aj-e good, and we have no doubt that the races will be a success. The meeting will be held on the 17th insfc., St. Patrick’s Day. Too. Much Married. —In Auckland last Friday a woman named Elizabeth Damitt was charged at the Police Court with biga cy having married Francis M. Hewson in 1874, her husband, Robert Darratt, being alive. She Wo,s remanded.

Absconded. —There is a rumor afloat that a certain well-known citizen of Timaru, who lately sold out, and suddenly left the town, had pressing reasons for doing so. It is said that ho was guilty of crimes, which to hush up be had to pay £2OO, and that he left to avoid the very unpleasant position of a prisoner ‘n a criminal dock. The crime of wilieh lie is said to be guilty is very rare, and would, if proved, render him liable to several years’ penal servitude.

Teespass. —Henry Binley was charged with trespass while fishing at Winchester before the Resident Magistrate yesterday The defendant admitted the chaage, but His Worship dismissed the case, and at the same time ordered the defendant to pay costs. If the ease was dismissed, why should the defendant pay costs ? Either the defendant ought to be fined and mulcted in costs, or he ought to be dismissed without haying to pay costs. Costs can only be inflicted where a conviction is recorded. Me Beadlatjgu. The notorious Mr Bradlaugh evidently means to give a good deal of trouble to the House of Commons before they can get rid of him. About two years ago he was elected Member for Northampton, but declined to take the oath and ever since he has been almost continually fighting for a seat In the House, till on the 21st of February last he was expelled, and his seat declared vacant. He went back to his Northampton constituency, and by the latest telegrams we find that he was re-elected by a large majority over Mr Corbett, a local man, who contested the election with him. The Timaeu Borough Pump.—No small share of excitement was created last Friday afternoon when a dead dog was found in a high state of decomposition in the well at the back of the Borough Council Chambers, from which a good many of the neighbors have been in the habit of getting their water There can be no doubt that it is an unpleasant reflection for those who have used the water for some time past to think of t his discovery. It is supposed the dog must have been thrown into the well, and if so we should like to see the perpetrator of the dastardly deed severely punished.

Large Land Sale. —The sale held at Invercargill, last Saturday, of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company’s Aparima estate, by Mr G-. E. Martin of that town, was highly successful. There w'as a large attendance of bona fide buyers, and the bidding through was very animated. The bulk of the property was sold, and buyers generally expressed much satisfaction with the upset prices at which the company put the lots, and in the majority of the cases the prices realised far exceeded the reserves. The total area sold was 4145 acres, and the gross amount realised was £23,000. Compulsory Education. The Orari School Committee have decided to test the compulsory clauses of the Education Act. Two cases of this nature were heard before the Court yesterday, and adjourned to give parents an opportunity of complying with the Act. The judgment of the Court in one of these cases was rather peculiar. The defendant said Ins child was too ill to attend, and the Magistrate told him he should get a medical certificate for every day the child would be absent from school. Now how will this work. Let us suppose that there are 24 School days in a month, and the child is so ill that ho can attend only 4 days out of the 24. To comply with the injunctions of His Worship, the Resident Magistrate, the father must get a fresh medical certificate every day, that is 20 medical certificates in a month, which at 10s per certificate would cost £lO for the month. And let us suppose a, man has five children ill, he will h ive to pay £SO a month for medical certificates. Such, administration of law needs no comment.

A New Intention. —In on advertisement in another column Mr J. Ashwell announces that he has taken the agency for a new invention by Messrs Green and Co., an Invercargill firm of sanitary engineers, who have patented an ash closet which is likely to be largely used wherever proper regard is paid to sanitary arrangements. To give a description of the self-acting cinder-sifting ash closet is not easy. In bears a remote resemblance to an arm chair made of highly polished wood. The seat by a mechanical contrivance yields to slight pressure, and thus sets in motion certain arrangements at the back which cause the cinders put in over head to fall down on a screen, where the ashes and cinders separate) The ashes pass through the screen and fa'\ into the pail of the closet, and the cinders roll off into a place behind where they can bo taken out, and are fit to be again used for fuel, The patentees claim that a great deal is thus saved in firing by the use of the closet, and also that the ashes prevent any offensive effluvia rising, even if left undisturbed for twelve months. For further particulars we refer our readers to the advertisement which appears in another column, or to Mr J. Ashwell, who will be happy to show tha article referred to to anyone who may desire to sea it. It is stated that there are 50,000 of them in use, and we would not be suprised to sea the number increase, as there can be no doubt that the closet is an excellent one for sanitary purposes.