LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9414, 3 June 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cricket. —The cricket match Austra' ians r. Cambridge University, has resulted in victory for the latter team by six wickets. Wesleyan Church Services. —The list of services to be held in the various Wesleyan Churches in this circuit will be found in our advertising columns. Annexation. —News from Tahiti states that fears are entertained that ..he French are about to take possession of the Harvey group of Islands, Foul Play. —Detective Brennan has returned to Auckland from Dargaville, where he obtained evidence to strengthen the suspicion that the missing man Neil had met with foul play. The N. Z. Protestant. —At a meeting of shareholders in the New Zealand Protestant Company, held last Thursday evening, it was resolved to place the affairs of the in the hands of Messrs Craig and Morley for 1 liquidation.—Christchurch Telegraph.

Yital Statistics. —-The following are the vital statistics for the month ended May 31st: —Births, 20; marriages, 2; deaths, 2. Attempted Suicide.—At Napier on Tuesday night a foolish young man attempted suicide by jumping into the river. A young woman was the cause. Chess.—Members of the Temuka Chess Club are reminded that a general meeting takes place next Monday afternoon at halfpast three, in the Mechanics Institute, Bibb. —A seven-roomed house and 'stable were burned down in Hereford street, Christchurch, last Wednesday evening. The Northern Insurance Company loses £sqO r - Wilful Mukdbr.—At the inquest prethe body of Joseph Eoggiero. who was shot by his father-in-law, last Saturday evening, at Miller’s Flat, Otago, a verdict of wilful murder was returned. The murdered man leaves a wife and five children. Luminous Paint.—A buoy costed with luminous paint has been tried in the Lyttelton harbor and found very successful.' On a dark night it can be seen as well as in the day, but not so well in starlight. The bar-. hor master and captains of steamers think it a great improvement. The City of Peeth. —At the Harbour Board Christchurch last Thursday, it was decided to allow, the .tug to be sent to Timaru to float the City of Perth, on condition that the underwriters’ consent ceuld be obtained. They were afraid that without this the insurance policy might be vitiatedThe Late Disaster at Timaeh.—Says the Christchurch Telegraph:—The concert which was given last Thursday evening at the Exhibition in aid of the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late shipping disasters at Timaru, was very largely attended, and ,as a result a good round sum will be raised from this source alone. St. Saviour’s Church.—We have to remind our readers that a gift auction in aid of the funds for paying off the debt on St Saviour’s Church Parsonage will be held next Wednesday, The sale of cattle’ etc:,> given in aid of it will be held by K. F. Gray at his saleyards at 10.30 o’clock. Subscrip- , tions are coming in liberally, and ,-it is anticipated that a handsome sum will be i realised. ! The Execution of Hxroki.—The warrant for the execution of the murderer Hiroki has been signed by His * Excellency the Governor, and transmitted by Thursday’s steamer to the Sheriff of Taranaki, who will have to fix ’ the day of execution and make the heedful i arrangements. The Government have also i forwarded to New Plymouth the improved t apparatus used in Wellington for hanging Ttthi, the murderer of Miss Dobie, 18 months ago; ’ About the Local Paper. —Napoleon Bounaparte once said— 11 1 have found more benefit in an ad. in the columns of a local paper than from all the adulation that is offered at the shrine of imperial power.” The last words of Henry IY. of Franco were * —“ A well-written and well-displayed adver« i, tisement, kept constantly before the public . eye, will bring more trade to a merchant than p a million handbills,” When Charles I. was about to lay his head on the block, he sighed ’ and murmured—" This comes of not adver--1 tising in the local paper. The Lynwood Hotel—The above ’ well 5 known and long-established hostelry has i changed hands, Mr Daniel Mahoney having purchased it from Mr Dearsley. Though old, the Lynwood is one of the homeliest hotels " in town, and certainly ought to be a very desirable place for families to stay at. It has always been a popular resort, and unde r I the careful management of its present pro- . prietor we have little doubt that its popularity , will increase. There is also a good? stable connected with the hotel which country people will find very convenient, and everything else necessary to the comfort of its patrons will also be found there. The Victorian Budget Statement.— r The Treasurer’s Budget statement, I introduced in the Assembly last Wednesday ; showed that the revenue for the i past financial year was £5,754,000, being £31,600 over the estimate made in Sept amber last. The expenditure amounted ! to £5,374,000 exclusive of £305,000 ; paid for the redemption of Treasury bonds. The revenue for the present year is esti- ‘ timated at £5,610,000, including balance at 31st March last, the expenditure is estimated at £5,574,000, leaving a surplus of £36,000 at the end of the financial year 1882-1883. , The Treasurer proposes to reduce the excise : on beer by one penny, and inland postage to one penny ; also to abolish the tea duty. The total remission of duties will amount to £200,000. It is further proposed to vote £120,000 for the defence force, and £IOO,OOO for irrigation. The railways, the statement showed are returning 4 per cent on a capital of £18,000,000 employed. The statement concluded by announcing that a loan of £4.000,000 will be placed on the London market in January. , The Moore Eleief Fund. —A statement of the funds collected in aid of the widow and orphans of the late James Moore appears in another column. At a Committee meeting, at which Messrs Talbot (Chairman), Barker, Kelland, Murray, and D. L, Inwood were present. It was reported that the sum of £l9B 10s 6d had altogether been collected. A cottage had been purchased for £95, and the conveyance had been left to Mr White, who had offered to charge. no fee for it. The Cha" -man explained to Mrs Moore, who. was in attendance, that the freehold property had been vested in five trustees, viz., Messrs Barker, Kelland, Inwood, Talbot, and Murray, for the use of the Moore family, and she expressed herself perfectly satisfied with the arrangements, and thanked the Committee and all those who had .taken an interest in the matter for their kindness. It was resolved to retain all that was necessary for the immediate wants of the family, and to deposit the balance at interest inlbhe awnei of the trustees.

A Mischievous Thick. —At Ponsonby. Auckland, on Tuesday night, a boy lay down in the road, and as a vehicle came along rose up with a shriek. The horse bolted, capsized the buggy, and Mr Porter and his son. of Richmond, were seriously injured, the ... trap damaged and the horse will probably have to be shot. Encouraging. —The population at Woodstock rush continues steadily to increase, and new claims with payable prospects are being opened daily. Considerably over a thousand miners are on the field, and paddocks and whims are in active course of construction, and water is expected to be brought on to the field in the course of four weeks. Two sawmills are actively employed, three new publicans’ licenses have been granted, and the number of stores is increasing. The Maori Prisoners. —At Auckland last Thursday Mr Dufaur, solicitor, applied for bail for Pakera and Epiha, Mr Bryce having agreed if the hail was substantial. The presiding justices at the case (Messrs Cosgrave and Clement) refused the application. Messrs Jackson and Carstow then consented to hear the application, hut both refused it, stating there had been great trouble to capture these men, and the allowance of bail was entirely within the discretion of the Bench. - Christy Minstrel Club. —A meeting was held in the Royal Hotel, last Thursday •vening, to take steps for forming a Christy .Minstrel Club. There was a good attendance. Mr J. H. Edmonds was voted to the chair. ~|Mr George Mason was appointed secretary and treasurer, Mr Burrows stage manager. ... Mr r Edmonds vocal instructor, Mr Stratton musical director ; members of the club Messrs Leyens, Clinch, Ollivier, Spooner, Bell, Richardson, Mason, and Harrison, with power to add. It was resolved —“ That the first entertainment take place in a month from date.” That the committee of manage- , ment consist of the officers, pianist and •ecretary. The meeting adjourned to the seventh of June. The Melville Hotel. —The many friends of Mr Michael Mullen will be glad to hear that he has again entered into possession of the above well-known hotel, one of the prettiest in town. Mr Mullen, after a few years rest, has' undertaken its management, and the result of his labors during the short time that has elapsed since he took possession of it has been the effecting of much improvements in its internal arrangements. -Mr , Mullen combines with it the wholesale wine and spirit business, so that customers can be supplied with any quantity they want from a “nip^’to a hogshead. Mr Mullen is well known, to people from this district, and needs no recommendation from us to add to his popularity. - Convicted of Bigamy. —At the Palmerston District Court on Tuesday, Frank Pierce Phillips, alias Pierce Albert Phillips, the Rangitikei schoolmaster, was indicted for bigamy. Evidence for the prosecution having ' been given, prisoner made a statement, in the course of which he declared that Miss Hempseed the prosecutrix, was his lawful wife, as when he married Miss Hawk in , Auckland he had a wife living in England, - but who had since died, thus leaving him free to marry the prosecutrix. He knew he had been guilty of a great crime in his breach of trust towards Miss Hempseed, with a large ' heart and brain, but he had no home, no companionship, and he had succumbed to the temptation. Oh two occasions he gave in his resignation to the committee because he wished to avoid temptation. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to 18 month’s hard labour—Wellington Post. Pollies of Fashion.— Some hundreds of ladies —and a few gentlemen —crowded the Town Hall, Kensington, one afternoon in March, when Mr Frederick Treves, of the London -Hospital, lectured on the dress of the period. He entertained but little hope of alteration for the bettor while the human mind exhibited a sheeplike tendency to follow the “ patterns ” put forward by milliners, and in support of his argument for reform pointed but the inconsistencies in the prevailing fashionable methods -which utterlyfailed to fulfil the first necessary condition to be observed in clothing the body—the preservation of an, equal temperature. The ridi- . culousness of evening dress, which left the upper part of the body entirely hare, and attached to the lower limbs a mass of draggling and useless garments, was particularly noticed. He was especially severe upon the female wasp-like waist, which bore about the ’ same proportion to the body as the stem of * wine-glass does to the cup. The normal waist ■ - measured from 28 inches to 30 inches, but there was not a dressmaker in London who allowed a waist of more than 25 inches. Temporary deformity produced permanent and deadly results, and the present system could not be defended on- the score of beauty, of sense, or of health. The modern boot and the modern corset were denounced. Admitting that sensible people did a great deal of harm to dress reform by abandoning fashion for frumptiousness, the lecturer denied that Englishwomen were dependant for their attractiveness upon an array of pads and bands and a reckless profusion of garments, and considered it a reflection upon the beauty with which woman was invested that she should endeavour to hide, her defects by the aid of the milliner’s art.

Mr Jabez Allot found a sheep dog among his sheep last Sunday. He wants its owner, Messrs Maclean and Stewart will sell at their Horse Bazaar, Timaru, today, horses, drays, harness, greyhounds, fruit trees, etc. Mr K. F. Gray will sell by auction at his rooms today a large quantity of household furniture and other effects, breachloading guns, etc. '