LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9410, 13 May 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thi Outward English Mail. The above mail will close at the local Post-office on Saturday next—not to day, as stated in our last issue.

; Wesletan Church Servicb3.—The list of services to be held in the various Wesleyan Churches in this circuit will be found in our advertising columns; ODDMLLOWSHIF.—The Grand Lodge of Oddfellows of Nelson celebrated their- anniversary by a dinner at Richmond last -Wed-, hesday night. Bro Kearns referred to th = establishment of the Order in Nelson! forty years ago, when nine members met on a hillside, and afterwards in a tent, their funds amounting to 15s. He pointed out the advances which had since taken place, the funds at the present time amounting to over £IO,OOO. ' . ■ ■ A Drunken Bride. —It does not often happen that a bride figures as a prisoner in a police court on the morning after her wedding day, but such a case (sayi the Melbourne Ago of 28th-April) came before the Carlton Court yesterday, when Augusta Williams, who had been married at half-past ten o'clock on Tuesday forenoon, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly. The bride had her "marriage lines" in her pocket when arrested, and also a pawn ticket. for her wedding ring. She pleaded "guilty," and was fined ss, with the alternative of 48 hours in gaol. The Butter anb Cheese Factory.—"We have heard some encouraging news with regard to the proposed Butter and Cheese Factory. Mr Hugo Friedlander, of Ashburton, who is Chairman of the Batter and Cheese Factory directory, started in his own district, was passing through here by train yesterday, and sent for Mr. K F Gray, to whom he promised all necessary information. He spoke in glowing terms of its prospects. He is going to England to select the necessary plant, and while there he will be glad to do the same for a factory established in this district. T.R.V.E.B.C—A meeting of the above club was held in the Royal Hotel on Wednesday evening last. Members present— Lieut Findhy (in the chair), Sub-Lieut White, Sergt Guy, Private A Clinch, and E Smith, hon. sec. The chief part of the business transacted was the deciding on the colors of the uniform for the club, which are to be ! jersey of light ground, with scarlet and white gtripes of lin and lsin in width ; stockings to match, and blue trousers. It was unanimously resolvtd—'That Sergt R Smith be captain of the team for the ensuing season.' Resolved— ' That a practice be held in the Park on Saturday afternoon, 13th May, at 4 o'clock. A hearty vote of thanks to the chair terminated an enjoyable evening.

It Went Hom«.—An Illinois paper asserted that "there is one jackass in our State Legislature,'' and before noon of the day on ■which the item was printed the editor rereceived a note from every member of the House, including the Speaker, telling him to retract or look out for a libel suit. Sunday School Prizes. —The prizes to be given to the children attending St. Saviour's Church -Sunday School will be distributed at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Sunday). After the diitribution of the prizes, the children will sing selections from th« Service of Song entitled "Israel in the Wilderness.'* BiTBirBD to Dbath.—Last "Wednesday evening a cottage occupied by a 'man named Downey, at; Prebbleton,' Christchurch, was destroyed by fire, and one of his daughters, aged three years, was .burned, to death. Downey and his wife were away from home at the time. The cause of the fiie is unknown.

Tax oir Chihamih. The , Melbourne Argus has the following:—A number of Chinamen residing in Melbourne hav« applied through their agent* J .to tke Commissioner of Customs for the remission, in special cases, of the. £lO poll tax. They state that they are about to visit Tasmania and New Zealand,, and that as ; business is their sole motive for going, they*think that y on returning they ought, not tp be taxed as if they were immigrants from China. Mr Graves has declined to accede to this request' for the reason that : it would'be difficult to identify the Chinamen onr, their jreturn from the other colonitt,l and that if a remission of the tax were granted in a few cases it would be an argument for its'remission in all.

I eabftjl Tragedy.—A shocking tragedy is reported from France. A farmer was •mployed on his grounds—at— Blouguenal f near Saint JBriens, while, his sou.was guiding the plough. In order -to expedite the lad, ,the father threw at him- what..liesupposed to bs a lump of clay, with all his strength. Unfortunately, there waj a stone in the soft mass, which struck the boy on the temple, and killed him almost instantaneously. The father, wild with, grief, went and hanged himself from,a. tree. The mother of the dead hearing of the event, ran out to the scene, having first placed her infant, whom she was nursing, on a heap i of manure." When the unhappy woman returned the child was found torn to pieces by the pigs. The sadlystricken woman has gone mad with grief. Staeted to Death.—One day/in January Miss Hermann, of Jeftersonvilleijlndiana, suddenly became violently nsane and was arrested. She requested., the arresting officer to kill her as she wiahed to go to Heaven without delay. When this was refnsed her she determined to die.by starving herself. She was sent to the Insane Department of the Clark Bounty Poor Asylum near Charleston. The visiting physician and superintendent used every, effort in their power to induce her to pai-take ; .of food, but to no purpose. One day shortly after her arrival at the asylum she ate a portion of an apple, but since that time the superintendent avers that she partook' of n'6- i food ] whatever. She would drink a little water once a day for a while, but lately had been unable to retain I water on her stomach.' ! 'She fasted six u y-two days before dying.

Mining- Nswf.—The Hokitika corres. poiidenfc o£ the Lyttelton Times itates intha WesV. Coast Times there ; appears a lengthy report on the new rush by a practical miner. He enumerates or names 54 .chums on /which shafts hare been or are being, sunk. Of these 48 are on the West seven on the east Bido of the road to Boss. Twentyseven hare not yet struck the washdirt. Only one is pronounced a duffer, six are not payabieat present,but the partiesare.driving, and 20 are on payable gold; The extent of ground pegged, out is about one mile and a half from the .east to -vrest, and_ about half a mile at. the widest from north to south. Tha writer state* that in another month the locality will be thoroughly tested/ The report seems very fair, and not tot alii enthusiastic; arid the correspondent is assured, from a practical miner, as indeed its composition and language indicate. ~ ■;'

Scandal in appears to be a lively place for social scandals, in which naval officer* play .prominent parts. The latest bonne boucbe of this soft is to the the following effect::—A .lieutenant commanding ene of the ships belonging to the Mediterranean squadron brought with him to Valetta a lady who was supposed to be his newly-married bride. , As a matter of course she was invited to the Palace, attended all the public, balls, was forto time a guest at the houses of, two of the principal English officials m the island.- During the temporary absence of her husband with his ship, the attentions paid her by a well-known local tradesman excited suspicion ; an inquiry was set on foot; the marriage of the officer in question turned out to be a myth, and the lady "Was recognised as having, at no very distant date, moved in a very different sphere of society in Brighton, The explanation subsequently offered only made matters worse, and the whole business is to culminate in a naval Court-martial.

Fijiajt NiWS—By the arrival of one of Mr Farrell's boati in Meoka, from Berara, New Britain, news has been received of a terrible outrage. A Fijian teacher's wife and two children on a Sunday evening left their home to visit their neighbor, a teacher, about , three miles from their residence, where they arrived, took some refreshment, and started for home again, but never reached it. The husband, having made every search that possibly could be made, without finding any traces, eventually gave it up, coming to the conclusion that his wife must have gone out of her mind, and got lost in the" bush ; but the sad truth has come to light. It seems that the natives, seeing the woman and chil* dren alone, attacked them, murdering the two children at once, but only wounding the woman with a spear, »he finally got out of their sight in a thick bu«h.i The* children were placed in baskets and taken to the

nativ* camp, where they were roasted for their horrible feast, and eaten by the natives. Theteacher's wife subsequently arrived at Kouluana, merely a living skeleton, after roaming about for eighteen days in the bush: Ta Whiti and Tohu. These two famous Native chiefs, who are prisoners in Christchurch, and awaiting trial, passed by here last Thursday, iu charge of Mr Richmond Beetham, E.M. Since their arrival in Canterbury they have been treated with much consideration. They have been shown all that was to be seen in Christchureh, arid were brought down as far as Timaru to show them the country. Te Whiti and Mr Beetham travelled on the engine-'with the engine driver, and the tediousness of the journey was beguiled by dercriptions of how the engine worked, with further particulars at to the power of steam. Tohu travelled in tv first class, [carriage, and when they reached Timaru they created quite a sensation; thev were in fact the observed of all observers. After dining with Dr Hogg they were taken all round the town, and to the break water where they were considerably surprised by the wortfng of the crane. They returned back to Ghrisfcchurch again by the express train. The station in T'maru was crowded with persons desirous of getting a

K glimpse at them. Te Whiti is a splendid looking Maori, with features much more regular than many Europeans. A glimpse of his countenance, beaming with smiles, gives the impression that he is a good ' humored, good natured, kindly disposed man, not altogether of the goody -goody species, but of the real sterling typo. He is about the middle height, middle aged, perhaps 45 years; and carries himself well. Tohu is stouter and taller, has a graver and more dignified appearance, but his features are equally as regular and about the same olive. He appears slightly older than Te Whiti. \He has more the appearance of a , leader than Te Whiti, .

SronTrxa. —The annual sports, heldunde r the auspices of the South Canterbury Amateur Athletic Glub came off last Wednesday and Thursday, with the following result:—Putting the 16lb stone—E- Eutherford 1; F N Eobinson 2. One hundred yards race—F TS Eobinson 1; W B Craig 2. Running high jump—lf N Kobinson (sft sin) 1 ; W B Craig (sft 3£in) 2- Half mile flat raC e—F s Eobinson 1; W B Craig 2. Two miles walking race—E A Pigeon 1 j E Eutherford 2. Pole jump—J Partridge 1. E A Foster 2. Four hundred and forty yards flat race —F N Eobinson 1; :F J LeCren 2. Long jump—F N Eobinson 1 ; W B Craig 2. Ladies cup, one and a half miles—A F Pigeon 1; H G- Smith 2. The prizes were presented by Mrs Wakefield in Tery neat speeches. Hop, step and jump— WBCraigljFN Eobinson 2. One hunhundred and twenty yards hurdle race —W B Craig ; J Sober ts 2. Throwing a cricket ball—F IS" Eobinson 1; C T Newton 2. One mile race- FN Eobin»on, E A Pigeon, dead heat. Handicap hurdle race—E Eutherford 1; J Delamain 2. One mile walking handicap—E A-Pigeon lj Buchanan 2; Putting the 211 b stone— J Or Goodwin 1; E Eutherford 2. One hundred and fifty yards—J Delamain 1; J Boberts 2. Two mUes handicap—H A LeCren 1; E H Campbell 2. Scurry race—W Chapman 15 E Clissold 2. Consolation—J Eoberts 1. Boys' race—O Fowler 1. The Chajtpion challenge cup, value 80 guineas, was won by F N Eobinson, being the, winner of i the largest number of points, with W B Craig second.

Mr J "Roberts, of Trevenna, wants from 100 to 200 acres turnips. Mr S Burrows wants a boy, to milk cows, and make himself useful.