The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9410, 25 May 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Late Wrecks. The body of McLaren, one of the victims of the recent disaster afc Tima u, was recovered last Tuesday evening. The body of another man was seen, but it was not scoured. iNsaRKECHON in Hayti.—The iusnrrection which broke out a month ago in the Republic of Hayti, the object of which wa.3 to overthrow the Government of General Solomon, has at last been subdued. A number of lives were lost before order could be thoi'oughly restored. The Ring Theatke.—The trial of eight persons accused of having contributed by their negligence to the terrible catastrophe at the Ring Theatre is proceeding at Vienna. The case against the cz Mayor of the city has been heard, and after lengthened investi gation the jury returned a verdict of acquittal.

The Zulu E'ino. —The Brinish Govern rnent have declined to allow Cetewayo, ex-king of Zululand, Mho is now confined in Capetown, to revisit bis country. The petition of the Zulus for bis release has therefore been refused. Stabbing Case. —At Invercargill on Tuesday a man named Alfred Harper was committed for trial for stabbing a man named Stein man; Harper wai an A.B, on board the barque Kingdom of Sweden at the Bluff. Stein-.r.aa was a Bluff resident.

Native Ce\minals. —One by one the Gove: nment are securing Native criminals. They Lavo arrested two Natives named Pakam aud Epebia who shot one Daldy Mc'Williams sometime ago. Information reached the police that these two Natives attended the Native Meeting, and tbey arrested theai as they were on their way home. Pakara and Epebia wove brought up at the Auckland PoHce Court last Monday, and remanded till the 31st to get the necessary witnesses. PbepaeWo- pob "War. —Owing to the action taken by England and France in despatching a naval force to Alexandria, the Turkish Government has decided to make preparations for any emergency that may arise. The ironclads of the Turkish navy are accordingly being lapidly prepared for sea. The Tu'.kish transport which wa3 engaged conveying troops went aground in the Bosphoror.s. Forty men were drowned.

A Chinaman in Trouble.—At the crossing between town and Port Chalmers the northern express on Monday ran into a carb belonging to a Chinaman. John had left his cart on the crossing -whilst he went to shut the railway gate, and in the meantime the train came along. The horse was killed and the cart knocked into pieces, but the engine was only slightly damaged, and the train delayed for 10 minutes. The Australian Cricketers, The Australian cricketers com-:nenced a match on the 22nd inst. against an eleven of the Orleans Ciub at Twickenham. The weather wa3 fine but very hot. A capital wicket was pitched, and the ground was in good order. There was a very large attendance of spectators, by -whom the greatest possible interest was taken in the match. The Orleans Club went in first and succeeded in putting together for their fivst innings a total of 27l,when the stumps were drawn for the clay. Woolen Factory Company.—The Ashburton Guardian says: —"We hear that as al] the first applications for shares are allotted any intending to apply for shares will be enabled to do so, as there still a number of unallotted shares which are retainad for local investors, They should make early application as the Company intend proceeding with their works almost immediately. The whole of the plant is on- the ground." How is it that they can start a Butter, Cheese and Eacon-curing factory in Ashburton simultaneously with a -woolen factory, and that all the shares in both are taken up i Keeping- Wives in Order. —During the hearing of a wife assault case at the Court recently the Ashburton Guardian says Mr Branson caused some amusement by lemarking that a husband was perfectly justified, under certain circumstances, in administering a little gentle correction to his better half. There was he belie-red, a statute still in force empowering a husband to whip his wife when necessary, provided he inflicted the punishment with a stick or twig "no thicker than his little finger." Eefractory wives had better mind what they are about, Mr Branson is just the man who would take advantage of this law. Determined Suicide.—A digger named Samuel Ballard committed suieide in Ohinemutu valley, near Blenheim, last Monday. He was found stretched on a bed with a gun between his legs, and the Btick with which he had prilled the trigger. The shot entered his chest, and death mu3t have been instantaneous. The following letter was found in his pocket book : —" My dear friends, — lam heartsick of this wrorld. I cannot live any longer, My energy is exhausted. I cannot work. I cannot rest. There is one who knows why. Good bye all. —5.8." A slip of paper containing the following address was found ivpon him : —" W. Gard, Donald McLean street, Newtown, Wellington." Destructive Fires. —At 8.30 o'clock on Tuesday night last a fire broke out in the Auckland Market House, in the west wing of Green's stall. It speedily spread to the turret of the building] and along the but was got under by the F're Brigade. The damage to the Market is estimated at £2OO. The Market was insured in the National office for J2COOO, but the Company had largely reinsured. Green was insured in the Colonial for £2OO. The orlgia of the fire is unknown. The building at Be'fast used by the Ne-w Zealand Provision and Produce Company, near Christehurch, for the purpose of manufacturing soap, was totally destroyed by fire last Tuesday. At half past four o'clock everything appeared to be all right. At: half-past five the soap works were discovered to be on fire, and the place was speedily levelled. It is stated that the only fire left alight on the premises on the previous evening was that in the furnace grate. These are the only particulars at present to hand.

Attention is directed to the large Bale of stock, etc, which Messrs Matson, Cox and Co, of Ashburton, will hold, on the farm of Mr W. Ford, on the Rangitata Island, next Friday. We direct attention to Mr J. Houston's advertisement in another column. M' Houston, we believe, contemplates ■"returning Homo immediately, and consequently wants to dispose of liis stock. The advertised cheap sale, therefore, is not a mere draw, but a bona fide one, at which purchasers may feel assured of getting the value of- their money. Reference to the advertisement will show that the stock is a large and varied one, and visitors to Timaru would do well to take advantage of the opportunity thus afforded them to buy cheap ironmongery. Tlio sale will last for one month,