LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 931, 23 March 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dentistry. —Mr G. Robinson, aurgeondentist, of Oamaru, announces that he will visit this town professionally on or about the sth of April, and may be consulted at the Temuka Hofei. Singing- Classes. —We direct attention to Mr Edmonds 1 advertisement in another column in which he states that on Monday, the 3rd April, he will commence bis singing classes. For farther particulars see adver-

tisement. Extraordinary Disclosures. —A Melbourne telegram says —The Secretary of the Education Department, on being examined before the Commission, gave some rather startling evidence as to the number of charges of immorality against State school teachers, of which the public have heard nothing. I.Q.G.T. —A tea and concert will be held in aid of the Harmoniun Fund in the Good Templars’ Hall on, Monday evening next. Vha Committee appointed to carry ont details are leaving nothing undone to make it a success. A long and varied programme is in course of preparation, and it is expected that Mir Postlethwaile, M.H.R., will preside-. Sat e of Land.— The sale of Rotorua land leases (says the Auckland Herald) was one of the most unqualified successes that has ever taken place in the sale of public lands. The lots offered were numerous, hut o,ut of- the whole only four failed to elicit the bid of the upset price. The saj.es were in very few instances under the. fixed figures, and, in nearly all of them, the competition w?a so keen that a large percentage, in some instances as much as 300 advance, was obtained. The bidding was keep and spirited, and amongst the bidders were representatives from all the Southern provinces. The. Government may wail be congratulated on the result of this the fi -st sale under the Thermal Springs Districts Act. It shows the vitality of the monetary affairs of the colony, and the anxiety to speculate, and the faith which is felt in the new central districts, which arc. now for the first time being opened to the general public. A Biblical Prophesy Fulfilled. —ln Isaiah, chapter 11, verse 4, the following pas. s nge occurs :—“ And He shall judge, among the nations, and shall rebuke many p onle ; and they shall beat the swords into plough shares, and their spears into pruning hook 3, &c.” This appears to be a transposition. It should have been “spears into plough shares and swords into pruning hooks.” A singular fulfilment of this prophecy has occurred in tins district. Mr James Hay having turned a sword he had since he was 1 an officer in India, into two gorse knives. This is a literal fulfilment, and as it indicates the close approach of the end of the would it might be as well for us all to keep our weather eye opened for further signs of complete annihilation. Resident Magistrate’s Court. —At the Resident Magistrate’s Court last Tuesday, before Julius Mendelson, Esq., J.P., William Bevington was charged, on the information of his wife, with assault. It appears the parties have been legally separated for a long time, the wife having got a protection order f-um the R.M. Court in Rangiora. Bevington, .however, came to Temuka some few weeks ago to see the children. Some altercation arose between himself and his wife, who stated that he struck her, and she laid an information against him for assault. The case was brought before the Court here and remandqd till a warrant was issued to bring the accused before the Court. The accused was arrested in Christchurch and brought before, the Resident Magistrate there, who, remanded him to. Temuka. On thel Bth he was charged before Mr Julius Mendelson and remanded to the SOth. On tincase being called before the Resident Magistrate on Monday he declined to hear it, as the Justices of the Peace had partially dealt with it. On Tuesday it was brought again before Mr Mendelson, but the prosecutrix asked leave of the Court to withdraw the case, as it had been settled amicably outside the Court. The. case was accordingly withdrawn. The Ram Bair. —The Ram and Ewe Fair held last Tuesday under the auspices of the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral Association on their grounds, near Winchester, was fairly successful. There were altogether 168- rams, and 360 other sheep entered, but though there was a very good attendance the bidding was very and with the exception of a few lines sold by Mr K. F. Gray and Messrs Maclean and Stewart, no sales were effected by the Autioneers. There were a good many changed hands privately, amongst which were 16 of Mr Marcroft’s rams, which were sold to various buyers at prices ranging from £4 10s to £5 ss. A large drove of ewes wore sold by Mr Gray (on behalf of Mr Ensor) to Mr Paterson for 9s 9d per head. On the whole the fair was a tolerable success, and the Committee, have to, congratulate themselves j on the result. The. quality of the rams was [ very fair, but it was evident that the best in I the. district bad not been brought out. The | fair was probably held a week or a fortnight j too soon, as farmers have not yet purchased j their store sheep, and wil not buy rams till 1 they do so, and to this may be attributed the J apathy shown by the bidders. [ i

Royal Thanks. —The Queen lost no urns in conveying, through ivl r Glaos’cne, nei thanks to the J-.ev. Dr Me; 'aoe. Catholic Archbishop f lu: • .'or ■ ecc pastoral in denunciation of sec. ‘ -um-'i--Robbery with Violence.—ln Vuck:a:ut last Monday two men, named Morphy ai.d Howard, knocked down a !a 1 named Henry Smith in a public urinal, and robbed l>im of £6. They were arrested with the money in their possession. Action FOE DaMxges. The pop - of the United Ireland newspaper, p-un'isi.’ ■ at Dublin, have entered an act ion against t. e Right Hon, W. E. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, for illegal seizure of the paper on the 15th December, and the arrest of part of the editorial and clerical staff. the plaintiffs claim £30,000 damages. A Miserable Man, A letter from Jamacia, received m London, mentions that in Jackson Town much curiosity has been caused by the birth at one time of seven infants—all boys. The mother, Mrs Huiberb, is a large and strong woman, and he -husband small and thin. The children weighed between 4lb and slb. Great sympathy is expressed for the husband by the religions community to which he belong, and a subscription of 500 dols has beer, made for them. The Alpine Totteists. —The Rev. W. S Green, with his Swiss guides, and accompanied by Mr Hodgkins, solicit or, of Dunedin, made an attempt to ascend Mount Earnslaw, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, last Monday, but the weather was extremely bad, and they were unable to get up more than 4000 feet. Mr Green, however, believes there will no great difficulty in reaching the summit, b.ufc th e feat is not to be accomplished by amateurs. He admires the. Lake scenery, and has no doubt that members of the Alpine Club will visit the Lakes next year.

Munificent Donation. —At a meeting ofthe Wellington Benevolent Institution last Tuesday, the Mayor read a letter he had received from a gentleman who did not wish, his name to be- disclosed, offering to give. £IOOO towards a. home for the poor and aged.. It is expected that this amount, with the G overmnent subsidy of pound for pound,will be sufficient to erect a suitable building. Endeavors will be made to raise another £IOOO-. by subscription., the Mayor promising to pre-. sent £IOO provided that nine others, do the, same. Fiees. —At North Taieri last Monday a threshing mill, with patent elevators, was. destroyed by fire, caused hy a spark from the. engine. The owner, Mr John Brown, was.; uninsured!,'and loses £SOO. Early on Satur-. day morning three stacks of wheat and one. of oats, the property of Parsons brothers,. __ were deatroyed by fire near Kaikoura. Theproperty was uninsured. £SO. reward is-, offered for the diseavery of the origin of the. fire. At daybreak last Monday morning fpur-. stacks of- wheat, the pro, eriy of Mi; S,. Warren, were destroyed through the same, agency. They were insured for £210; Thefires are.believed to be the work of an incen*. dia,rv.

Mysterious Death-. —On Saturday lssh a* boy found the body of a, man i}ing on thebeach near Hokitika. It was fully and there was no flesh whatever on the head,, and the eyes were gone. The body had 1 evi ently been there for some days. In the coat pocket was found a Post-office Savings

Bmk book in the name of Bernard Heslim, depositor. The book showed that Heslim had" drawn out of the bank on the Ilth March thesum of £5. In one of the trousers pockets £5 6s in cash was found, and in the other three revolver cartridges. A small revolver, quite new, was found close to the body, oneof the chambers of which was loaded and another had been discharged. An inquest was held this afternoon and the jury returned a, verdict that the deceased Bernard Heslim, came by his death by a pistol shot, bub whether by accident or otherwise there was, no evidence to show.

Economical. The Bruce Herald i g responsible for the following tale of meanness, which it is assured occurred within thelimits of" the County of Bruce : —“ Somemonths ago an individual of the farming persuasion lost by death his aged, muchloved, and greatly venerated father. Beinganxious to show the most profound respect to the memory of his beloved progenitor, heinterviewed a monument man in Dunedin, anq made arrangements for the erection of* a tombstone. With an eye tc economy, he bargained with the sculptor to have the stone supplied at a figure which left to the artist so small a margin of profit as to be barely, perceptible. Upon the completion of this lucrative order, the individual referred to. was informed of the fact, when with a filial devotion worthy to be reeorded in classi o numbers, he wrote to the man of stone, asking him to hold on a little, so that the name, of another relative night be carved upon it, all under one, the party being sickening for a fever.’’

A Princess as a Speeohmakee.—We have seen (says an exchange) what the Marquis of Larne could do as a speechmaker, but did not suppose that the Princess, his wife, had any pretensions in that line. Annexed is a specimen of what she said to a Ladies Committee of the Educational Societv of Montreal:.— “Education is one of the.

greatest objects of the age, and most important, not only because it is the noblest in itself, but becauoe it is the, means of the complete development of our. common nature, and a due discharge of the duties of life in their bearing on the future destiny of the race. The fruits of education are so attractive that we are often tempted to force them prematurely without sufficient tillage, and thus lose sight of the true object of j education, which consists much more in the development of the intellect than in the j mere putting in of superficial knowledge end j of cramming ; hence our necessity of ground- ) ing in the rudiments of knowledge and 1 thoroughness in all that is done, etc.” This. J is worthy of the ‘boat (graduating effort of I school girl.

The Promenacie Concert.—We remmd our readers that the first promenade concert got up by tlie band will be held this evening in the Volunteer Hall, and i~ p>’ ■ are ■yery moderate there oughr to be a first class attendance- The programme which is an attractive one will be t'oimu. in another col Hi Large Sale op Stock. —Messrs .1. T Ford and Co. held an ex.en»iv.. sale k from the Orari estate -f Mr W. H Macdonald last Tuesday at Winchester. There was a very large attendance. The bidding was very cu, and cattle fetched epienuid tv t also sold excellently, going as high as 2d per lb. They were subsequently sold privately at a profit of 3d per head. Oh the whole the sale was a great success. Death op a Valuable Mabe. —A very handsome mare, worth about £3O, which Mr G. H. Thompson was breaking in for Mr Gladstone, dropped down dead last Tuesdayevening. Mr Thompson, after leading the. mare about for some time, put a saddle on her in the evening, but was scarcely on her back when she fell down dead. Shs was not cross, por did she rear, and jr is suppose-1 ;li.-t she burst a blood-vessel which caused her death. In the full Air Thompson’s leg was caught under her, but he escaped with a bruise on the knee. _____ Messrs Murray Brothers, of the Wichester Flour Mills, advertise that they are cash purchasers of wheat and oats, Attention is directed to Messrs B. Wilkin and Co’s, advertisement in another column, from which it appears that they are ready to supply farmers with all kinds of seeds, etc,, and are ready to make liberal advances on wool. '