LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 942, 25 April 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sabbath Breakers. —It is rumored that proceedings are about to be taken against the Christchurch. Bicycle Club for having posted bills, announcing their races, on Sunday, on the telegraph posts of the city. This, it appears, is contrary to the regulations.

The Late Absconder from Timabxj. «T. M. Shepherd, who recently levanted from Timaru, has been traced as far as Honolulu. Amongst the passengers on board the steamer on which he travelled were his two largest creditors, but they did not know that anything was wrongj and so they ware on friendly terms with him until they reached Honolulu, where he got out of the steamer and lift them without saying good-bye.

William Sandfohd, —It is said that William Sandford has sold out his farm of 20 acres of land in the Eangitata district at £ls per acre, and intends to go southwards, probably to Southland. We hear, however, that though the bargain was made with regard to the purchase of land, Sandford wants now to draw out of it. It is said that £ls an acre is nearly twice as much as it is worth, but Sandford wants to get more for it.

, Convicted sob, Libbl. —Hitchcock was convicted of publishing, a defamatory libel on Quinn, master of the Dunedin Benevolent Asylum, the jury adding a rider that —“ On public grounds an inquiry should beheld into the working of the Benevolent Institution.” Accused expressed regret for his conduct, and the prosecution suggested that he should enter into a surety to come up for judgment when called upon. This course was pursued. Stock 6b Boots.— The advantages of advertising is made apparent more and more every day by the success which attends those who do it properly. Only a month ago Mr Tangney advertised in an attractive form a stock of boots, which he had then just received. Everyone who visited his shop will recollect how crammed it 'was with boots, but he was : hot long disposing 1 ' 6F them, and that now he has a fresh consignment which he advertises in another column, and which he offers as cheap as before. We have seen samples of Mr Tangney’s shoes, and we must say indeed..that they appears to be of an excellent kind, and well worth the prices ho asks for them. ,

The Mixer’s Deham.— On last Saturday evening there wa* shown in this town, in a tent on the ground near the Courthouse, two very ingenious mechanical contrivances : one entitled “ The Miner’s Dream,” and the other “ The Blacksmith’s Dream.” Besides these there was a “ Punch and Judy ” show, and a snake charmer’s performance, making in all an entertainment which well repaid a visit. The Minor’s Dream shows all the working of a copper mine, with little figures representing men going through the various occupations in the mine. The Blacksmith’s Dream bears a resemblance to it, and both are worked by clockwork. A la? go number of persons visited the show during the even, ing, and expressed themselves highly pleased with it. -The proprietors have taken it to Timaru, where they opened last night Local Option. —Sydenham is apparently the only district in New Zealand in which any interest has been taken on the licensing question. The borough has always been a stronghold of temperance, but at the election of the Licensing Committee the publicans managed to steal a march on the teetotallers and returned a Committee wholly in the licensed victuallers’interest. This woke the others up, and they set to work in earnest to prevent the licenses being increased, and it would seem that some sort of a reaction has set in, for the publicans got a majority of <l6 on their licenses ; all the other licenses, however, were refused —the Now Zealand wine license by 3 votes, and the accoinmodalicense, by 1. The majority against bottle licenses was larger, being ,33. About GOO ratepayers in all voted out of I'iOO. Ychieles were freely used, and altogether there was nearly as much excitement as over a political election. I

St Saviour’s Church.—Our readers are reminded that a thanksgiving service will be held in the above Church this evening, when a sermon will be dePrered by the Venerable Archdeacon Harper.

Sheep From tb:e Eoyal Flock.—The Waitangi, from London, brought 18 Southdowns, 6 rams and 12 ewes, from the flock of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and six prize pigs, comprising one Berkshire hoar, one Yorkshire boar and four sows. The stock arrived in splendid condition. Supposed Manslaughter.—An inquest commenced yesterday afternoon at Manutahi, ten miles from Hawera, on the body of a Native who was found dead on the road. It is alleged there was a public house row # during which the Native received a blow on the head with a heavy stick, from Gallagher, the landlord of the Manutahi Hotel. The Native went off on horseback, but was subsequently found dead a mile or two on the road. The inquest was adjourned till Monday. The Natives throw evcy difficulty in the way of investigation, by declining to allow a post mortem, and though the Native Minister has been requested to order such an examination, no reply has yet been received from him.

The New Ministry.—Mr Whitaker has not been long in forming a new Ministry. The following allocation of portfolios has been gazetted :—The Hon Fredk. Whitaker to he Premier and Attorney-General; the Hon Harry Albert Atkinson to be Colonial Treasurer, Commissioner of Customs and Commissioner of Stamp Duties; The Hon William Rolleston to be Minister of Lands and Immigration and Minister of Mines; the Hon John Bryce to be Minister of Native Affairs ; the Hon Thos. Dick to be Colonial Secretary, Minister of Justice and Minister of Education ; the Hon Walter Woods Johnston to be Minister for Public Works, Post-master-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs. One portfolio is vacant, and it is not yet known to whom it will be given.

Attention is directed to the advertisement of Messrs T. F. Coghlan and Co, Hall of Commerce, Timaru. Messrs Coghlan and Co. notify that they have replenished their stock of drapery from the well-known firm of Levon, Goldberg Bros, Melbourne, and that they can sell cheaper than any house in Timaru. They have an assortment of all kinds of goods, and as they have only very recently started in business, their stock must of necessity be new. Visitors to Timaru will do well to give Messrs Coghlan and Co. a call before making their purchases.