LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 938, 15 April 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Insanity.—W diam Sanford has been remanded fer another week, for medical examination: Hois reported to be decided’y worse. Wesleyan Church Services,—The r st of services to be held in the va lorn Wesleyan Chinches in the circuit w'T bo found in another cole nn. New Salvation Army.—An organisation siir’’ar to that of the Salvation A; my, called the ‘ Chr'riian Army,’ has been formed in Chicago for evangelistic purposes. It has a commander-' i-chief, and and other officers down to a corporal. Bishop Fabow ; s said to be encourag'ng the movement, wh'ch is unsecta ian.

Electric Light,—The electric light’ng of the entire French coast, and 'mprovement of the coast signals, form the object of a measure to be shortly submitted to the Chamber by the Commission of Maritime Ports, These improvements are put down to cost £320,000, and the annual cost of keep - ing them m work'ng order.at £12,003. Important Land Sale.—We c* ectatten tionto the land sale Messrs J. T. Ford and Cos purpose holding -at Timaru next Wednesday, the 19th of April. The property eorrists of 5079 acres of excellent land, a part of the property of the late F 1 W. K. Macdonald, and a farm of 200 r ires- The sa’o has been postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday, 19th Apr' . Yesuvious Railway. —The ! railroad up Vesuvius cost £72,000, and it takes £4OOO a ye? • to maintain it. Nevertheless, the ijenchmen who put their money into it expect to got it all back in fifteen years, and for the other fifteen, covered by the lease of right of way there is to be a profit. At the upper te: minus of the road there is a good restar rant.

Suicide. —Mr liaise, a prom'rent lav.yer afc New Plymouth, comr'tted 8) 'cide last Wednesday night; The cause '? attributed to monetai/ d ; fficulties. It 's said that he had misappropiiated about £20,C13 given to h' iby va - ions people to invest for them; I" s affahs are : i a state of great and h’s mehnoholy end has created much ■' excitement amongst those who are heavy losers.

The American Republic. The late census makes the total area of the United S' ates, exclusive of A’ I 'dm, 3,023,C00 square mdes. T 1 is about th' ty times as large as the area of Great Britr’ i and T -’ola - id, tb'rty times as la’ge as the Austrian Empire, and so on. Texas s’onc is auger than France, Ge.many, Austria or Italy, and : f Texas were a* 1 densely populated as Masse it would conta" i as la 'ge a popu’ation as the

whole count;/. Dog Registration. —The Hawkes Bay Herald says the Maori population of Wairarapa have issued a manifesto with regard to the law compelling them to register the'r dogs, wlrch winds up with the refusal to obey the law, as follows : —“ Now friends, we most positively object to this sc.t of legislation. Th's is oi ‘ very word—we will not pay for the registration of or • dogs. That is all from us- -from the tribes in the district

Wa' ’arapa. Muting Ne .vs. — Most encor'aging news comes from To Aroha, near the Thames. The Premier and New Find cVns hare got excellent stone. A meeting is to be bold to-day to deter.n : nc the nn nber of shares to be given to M.- J. C. Firth, a nuler, of Auckland, who proposes erecting a 40-heai stamper battery. Three mere claims have been bottomed on the Woodstock rush, West Coast, with very satisfactory resists. The population’s rapidly ‘ rcreasing. Mail Notice, Mr O’F ’loran, who is ever anrous to make matters convenient for the pub’"c, recently represented to the postal authorities the desirability of altering the hour for closing the evening nia -1 ? for Timaru from 5 o’clock to 7 o’clock so that letters posted here after five might be transmitted to T’maru the same evening, and the rcsr ’fc is that the change accordmgly been done. Tb'iv’.’’be found very convenient, It was often a source of annoyance that letters posted here after 5 o’clock war’d not go unt next morr 'ng, notv ’thstand' ig the fact that a train went through at 7.30, and Mr O’Halloran deserves praise for the way i i wlrch he he '■ stud’ed the convcc'ence of the public at some extra Abor to himself, LOcal Option. —Persons who have interests to serve ought to take active steps with regard to the Local Option Clause in the new Licensing Act. The Cl: istchurch Telegraph says ; —“ That the people do nob ottach much ’ rportance to the Loca’ Option Clause was manifested yesterday, at the City Council Chambers, at the polling for the granting of addition licences ; only about 56 out of 500 having the privilege voted. The

majority was against an increase of 1 censes of any kind.” The only tl 'ng that can he ir ?erred from this is that Good Tcmplors had. it all their own way, A poll t."l be taken -,:i this town on the 2nd of May next, and if ' i nediatc steps arc not taken by persons interested, it is difficult to say what the result will be.

Ti-iiard Harbor Board. —At a meeting of the above, held last 1 nursday, a protest to the following effect was received from the masters of several vessels—“ And the said masters do hereby jointly and severally protest to a ll whom it may concern, against the gross inadequacy of loading and discharging fao'.ities provided by the Timam Harbor Board, whereby we, the said masters, hare suffered much damage and expense, and accord : agly note th s protest of a.l and singular the prer. 'sesThe foTowing reso« lution was carried —*• That in reply to the protest forwarded by the capta ns of for r V" -sols comuVr'ng of want of attention in Bhipp’og and d scbargi.ig, the Board, after fr 1 onqr'vy, '=? of opii 'on that no ground ei : q.-: for the comphrnt.” A resolution was cii Tied tVspen?' ig with Ike ser.lee of the I 1 .rbor Master. The settlement of the J'b igiueer’s salu / wr.; postponed i ptil next m ; rtii!g.

To Our Readers. —The Temuka Leader will heheifii h be publfihed in the premises recently occupied by Dr Hayes, where new h. s been erected. /' Pbofitadle. —lt is rumored, says the ' Oamam Mr ' , that Judge Ward has sold the whole of. Id wheat from l’s Hakaleramea station at 5s per bushel. At Lfi" crop yielded 40 bushels t the a -re, ho has, ? the rumor be authe.it p realised a gross return of £lO per acre, or £3 move than lie has been asking for his land, crop included.