The Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9417, 10 June 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Winchester Fair. —A meeting of the Winchester Fair Committee is called for this evening at Winchester. Libkli. —The libel action brought by Drayton, of the Mastodon Ministrels, against the Christchurch Press Company has been fixed for the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Christchurch. Saturday Sales. —We remind our readers that Mr K. F. Gray will hold an auction sale of household furniture, etc., in his auction rooms today. Mr Gray intends to try to establish a local Saturday market in this town, and we say that he ought to be supported. The Butter and Cheese Factory.—A meeting of the proposed Provisional Directors of the Butter and Cheese Factory was to have been held last Thursday evening, but owing to the inclemency of the weather very few attended, and it was consequently indefinitely postponed. Attempting- to Kill. —At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, last Thurs- ' day David McNevm, was charged with having shot at John Glanville, with intent to kill him. Theoffence was committed at Toomer’s boarding-house on Tuesday night. Mr McConnell, 1 . solicitor, applied for a remand till Friday, and said that a plea of insanity would be set up. The remand was granted. Mach and Miller. —We remind bur readers that Jem Mace Und Professor Miller will appear in the Volunteer Hall next Monday evening. We think the name? of these world-renowned personages will he- sufficient to attract a large audience. Besides the ex. hibitions which these two celebrities will give in the noble art of self defence, there will be some singing and dancing, so that all tastes are likely to be satisfied,by the entertainment.; . Volunteering.-— At a well-ettended meeting of volunteers and citizens held in Dunedin, op Wednesday night; resolutiohs were passed in favor of securing the holding of the next New Zealand Rifle Association' meeting in Dunedin. An influential Committee was appointed to canvass the city with the view of ascertaining what support could' ' be £xpeeked in the way of 1 subscriptions, and. 'to report to a future meeting. Mr Fish, M.H.R., moved the . principal resolution, and .promised to aid the. movement in ParHaraent. Serious Accident.— Wheeler, the manager of the Auckland Working Men’s Club, ’s not expected to survive tlie injuries he received while ejecting a man named Haggett, by request, from the club room. While Wheeler was obeying the order, Haggett seized the bannister racing, but on Wheeler pulling ho suddenly released his hold, and both men went down 14 steps. Wheeler does not blame anyone for the accident. Peritonitis has set in. [Later news states Wheeler has died, and an inquest was! to have been held yesterday.] Travelling to the West Coast.— -The passengers by the West Coast coach which left Springfield on Tuesday morning (says the Christchurch Press) had a remarkably unpleasant experience of winter travelling. The snow on Porter’s pass was over 3ft deep, but the driver managed to push through till reaching the Porter River, where he found more than his match in the depth of snow there. Nothing could be done but remain embedded in the drift, the driver aud passengers having to sleep in the coach for a night. The Hokitika coach came on to meet the other, and transferred passengers and mails, the Christchurch portion reaching Springfield at 8 p.m. on the 7th.

A Hint in Salting Exitter.— Professor Arnold says that the best rule for salting butter is to salt to tbe taste of the]consumer. There is no use in applying any particular amount of salt for the purpose of preserving butter, because the very lightest salting is always more than sufficient for a l ', effect salt can have as a preservative element. Q-enerally, one ounce of salt to 16 ounces of butter, so as to obscure in a measure any faulty ta'te, is sufficient. If the flavour is very fine, it will not be desirable to change it, but on the, contrary to give it more prominence ; henc* the less salt, say one ounce, to 20 of butter the bettor. Cricket. —The cricket match between tlie Australians and a Yorkshire County Eleven was resumed on Wednesday at Bradford. The Home team, who had lost four wtekets for 100 runs at the close of Tuesday’s play, continued their first innings, and were all disposed of for a total of 146, as against 128 of the Australians,, The latter in their second innings made 135. Bonnor’was the highest scorer, being caught for 35. Murdoch was given out l.b.w. for 29. • The Yorkshiremen then commenced tneir second innings, bu 1 had only lost three wickets for 30 runs when the stumps were drawn. The match was therefore drawn, the Home team requiring 88 runs to win and having 7 wickets to fall. The play was somewhat spoilt by showers of rain, but the attendance was again very largis. Lizards Extraordinary. —The Kihikihi correspondant of the Waikato Times contributes the following to that paper:—“ A party of Natives conr’ng over from Taupo to the Native meeting at Whatiwhatihoe, stopped to explore some of those magn’ficient alum caves on the Waikato river, about twenty-five miles from ’ Orakau, when they were greatly astonished to discover in one of the largest caves two monster green lizards. One of the Natives is positive the largest lizardia quite, ten feet long. On a doubt being expressed, he become quite Some think it may be, a couple of stray seals or a couple of alligators, and from what I can make out the Natives did not stop to examine if their eye teeth were cut or not. One of the natives said’ ‘kanui te riri,’ and made tracks;” This : report of the Natives has caused a little excitement, and a party is about to start under the leadership of Mr Moncrieff, to explore the caves thoroughly. Marrying a Mad Woman.— -A, marriage was : annulled in London recently for an extraordinary reason. The plaintiff, Robert Hunter, an organ builder, asserted that he had married a mad women without finding out her state. He noticed nothing peculiar until the day fixed for the marriage, when she wrote asking a postponement as she felt worried. The Sunday before the ceremony he walked out with her, but she seemed to have no interest in anything, and kept rubbing her hands listlessly. At the altar she was the same, and her hand was too swollen with the rubbing to allow of the ring being properly put on: In the carriage, at the breakfast, and subsequently, ihs took no interest in anything except the absorbin g operation of rubbing her hands; and in the morning she requested him to cut her throat. He declined, as he was not accustomed to that kind of work. Medical men deposed she was not likely to recover, and her children (if any) might inherit her mental failing. In answer to the Judge the listless bride' mastered up sufficient energy to say that Mr Hunter could have his own way. Mr Hunter had it, and is now a single man again. Misplaced Confidence.— The Palmerston Times relates the following ; —The other day a settler residing in the County of Waikouaiti had occasion to leave horns for Dunedin, and in the hurry of his - departure he omitted to take with him that very necessary adjunct to his personal convenience and adornment—his watch. On noticing the forgotten article those at home conceived the novel idea' of fastening the watch to the collar-'of 1 ; a dog, and sending' it after its master in the expectation that the animal would overtake him* before ho reached the etation. The dog, however, returned after a few minutes absence; minus the watch, and created some misgivings in consequence as to its having reached its owner in safety. A search was at once instituted along the road and in the river under the bridge , the dog was supposed to have crossed —the planking being open enough, it is said, to allow it; to fall through—but without success. The; watch was afterwards accidentally found in a field adjoining, little the worse for its rest in the lap .of mother earth. Our informant assure* us that the owner of s the watoh remained in total ignorance of the faux pas for some time, and those who had put their trust so implicitly in the sagacity of the canine nursed the secret with sorrowful regret, Messrs Maclean and Stewart, Timaru, will, hold the : r usual sale of horses; etc, at their Horse Bazaar, today, , Mr John Lawson, ponndkeeper, notifies elsewhere that ho will sell at the pound next Saturday, if not released previously, a white cow. Attention is directed to the National Mortgage and .Agency Company’s advertisement in another column, in which they announce that they have farms of vai'ious sizes for sale on the Levels and Pareora estates.