LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9422, 24 June 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cixr! ot 'PERTH;— The City of Perth has - 'arrived safely in Port Cbalmars in tow of the tug Lyttclton.- '. :Her safety asindw beyond a question of doubt. ' -i ; - The • Ar/STRAtiAK : 'Cricketbrs;—The I cricket,, match,,;at r Sheffield between ; the Australians janda»'<3leven of Yorkshire woe LconcLudeaWSn the 21st., ;The visitors won the match by six-wickets. . . ;; ', <■. '■"' WiiAT's in a Jam'b.-A man who'called, himself, Paddy Walsh, was dealt with for having been drunk and disorderly by Mr Mendelson last Thursday, in the R.M. Court He said his name was not Paddy Wa'sh, that iliet'had another around winch he-could, never get his tongue sinco he came to the colony, and consequently had adopted the above ..cognomen, as he-found it suited him just as wellpand -was i to say than his own. ]

Frozen". Meat.—Messrs Murray, Eoberfc's and. Co, of Dunedin, have received cable advice of the sale of 349 carcasses of mutton, forwarded by them par ship Dunedin. After paying freight at 2£d per lb and all charges, the net return to 2d 4.5 th per lb. Beckoning skins, offal etc., and paying all expenses, the firm receive 22s 5d per head for sheep which, 8 c the time of shipment, were selling at Burneide yards at 13s p9> head. Electric 'Light.—After floating s company for making arailway through the most mountainous parts of New Zealand, the people of Wellington. »>holdi ft meeting on Monday next, to take into consideration the expediency of establishing a n company, with a capital: of £200,000, for: the of supplying' public and private lighting by electricity. l It is proposed that a general directory shall be'established in Wellington, and .that local directories he formed in Auckland, Canterbury and Dunedin. This ii

enterprise. : The Steamship WBSTPOBT.-~The above vessel was .lost on her voyage from Lyttelton to Wellington. Something went wrong with her centrifugal pump ,and-Captain Gibbs deemed it advisable to 4 talke shelter under. Cape Campbell. In turning round she made • a heavy lurch which pitched ker on her beam ends, and she lay perfectly unmanage-A able. Two men wera lashed to the stoke hole and a little steam was got up which enabled a little head way being made till she was anchored off Elaxbourne, -whera she was abandoned. The crew went ashore in the boats, and when they left her she wae settling down fast. The Cost .of Legislation.—The late election at Timarii cost the Government £2O ■3s 2d, that of G-eraldine £72 7s 2d, that of Gladstone £SB 4&2A, and. that of Waimate £3113s 6d. Each of, these .members §ost the colony, besides, about "£3OO a year in, . honorariums/ bellamy, etc.-,- uprat'the end; of their three years, the. nice sum ' of £3,782 Bs. The, question is ; iiow, is. the:' partial use of the brain power Qf.the3e fourt gentlemen geod value for this money...; There is 'one thing about them, they do noij 4 > ,appep\to Ije so expensive as other member*' after*all,-because , they 'say very*' little, and consequently do not increase tli3 expenses of Hansard. ■ ; ■. . . -:

Gabibaidi. —A well attended meeting of Italians was held in .Wellington last Thursday (Mr A. C. Wilson, the Italian Consul in thjp . chair), for the purpose of taking steps to provide some memorial of- Garibaldi in thu/ city. It -was unamiously resolved —"ThalJ' subscriptions be raised to purchase a bust ofv the late General Garibaldi k;o'be placed in tW. Museum in his memory, and,to.this end the co-operation of all Italians and j!other sympathisers <in New Zealand; is requested." An influential com nittee was appointed to collect; funds, and it was resolved that'an order be sent to the Mayor of Home-with a request that he purchase and forward a bust, Bolts, —A horse attached to -a carfc, the property of Mr J. Harrop, bolted from the front of Mr Storey's shop last Wednesday afternoon. It was stopped in front of Messrs Nichols' shop without any seriotis consequences. On Thursday „ afternoon a\ horse attached to a dray ," bolted from before Mr Kadford's residence. After some wonderful manoeuvring and -miraculous • escapes from overturning' the vehicle, the horse was stopped opposite Mr Spooner's residence. The onlv damage done was to the harness.and to an adjacent fence, -■, the latter suffering pretty severely. -This accident V should be a warning to those in charge of horses not to take the blinkers off them while in the dray—not 'even 1 to feed them. .

.Chabge, of Impersonation' AGAINST ' m Thkophiltjs Daniel,* M.H.R. —The grand J 3 ury at the sitting of; the; Supreme Court at Irivercargill, found a true bill against Ttieophilus-fianiel, iLH.R, for Wallace, for impersonation at the last,ejection. It appears that a claim for enrolment" on the electoral roll purporting, to .be signeiby. a„.voter, and attested by MrJDaniel,''lwho Ms: a\ Justice of the Peace, is a forgery, having been signed without authority, by a man named Booth. Although' it ..Booth who signed .tile ■ claim, Daniel is made the principal offender because, it came) out *in ; JeYidence that ' ho j aided and abetted .Booth,,in sendjng in fbe claim thus falsely signed. Mr Daniel is tb.9 conscientious member wh6,as"» Justice of the Peace, could not vote'for the Peace Pre- - . serration Bill. VTins' wpdldroalce it appear, however, that big:, conscience is very elastic when a' vote ; is to be secured. It would bp a, vfery for somescientifia'or philosophical; society' ! to find 'out the exncfc elasticity of the consciences, of some of oh* | Justices of the Peace. ' " _ i §-

' • South ■ Orari' School This Committee held their' 'June meeting on j the l'Tth inst. Present —Messrs X. A. Barker ' (Chairman), McLeod, May arid Bates. The minutes of the previous meeting wore read and .confirmed;-: was 'expressed atthere being' iiO communication from the Board re tha appointment of a head . J master, and also at j no notices ;hajing been taken: of ; the application for maps. The Chairman was instructed to : maks jj enquiiies. j A letter, was read from Mrs Turpih, asking leave ■ of absence for her, childr through | illness. Granted. The Chairman produced,' for the information of the Committee, a copy of the " Scholarshigs. 'Eegiilations " lately adopted by the .Board; and the; proposed '" School-Committees Election Act," both of •which were approved of. No report was received from the locum'tenems, owing to his not having been notified of the "date of the meeting. Mr Turpin not being in attend- ; ance, there was no visitor's report.! Mr May ■,■= was appointed visitor for the ensuing monlFi. The Chairman was requested' to write to Mr Ricardo, informing him that ha.had only attended one of the six meetings held by tha J Committee ; to procure somc,arfcicles for the \ use of the school ; and ■ to arrangfej with the j school cleaner to lay a* fire in the! school room ? on School Committee nights. *A After passing >' accounts amounting; to ! £2l7sj the Committf:", adjourned to'tiie tliif d Saturday io July* i&lf

Suicide.—A Nelson man named Hibbard, 5T3 years of age, and an old settler, residing, At Wakapuka, was found is bed last Thursday morning with his throat cub. He had been suffering for some time from acute neuralgia. ITsubt.—A ease of fearful usury has come to light in Napier. Murtagh, a jockey, was charged with larceny as a bailee, but it was •hown that for the use of £IOO for seven months, and for half ."of that sum for two

months longer he had paid £215 as interest, at the rate of 170 per cent per annum. The ' Crown Prosecutor refused to go on with the case after this was shown, and Judge Gillies concurred in the course adopted, saying the evidence of the prosecutor and his agent was most discreditable to them both. Gas Explosion.—A gas explosion was near terminating the life of Mr Moses White, of the ft.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency. Company, yesterday in Timaru. The gas jet was allowed to remain alight in "the strong room of the new building, in order to dry t, on the previous evening, and when Mr White opened the door he struck a match, resulting in an explosion that pre- , cipitated him 10 feet across the room. His face and hands were skinned, and the hair burned off his head. He was attended by Dr Hogg. It is supposed the closing of the •- "door put out the flame on the previous evening, and that the gas continued escaping till it filled the room. The doors of the building were strained, and some of the windows were smashed by the explosien. South Obari Boahd ov Consekvatobs' —A meeting of the above Board was held on " the 19th instant in the Orari Hotel. Present—Messrs R. A. Barker, (Chairman), Bissett, Stewart, F. H. Barker and Gladstone. Correspondence was read from Government, including some re the transfer of Austin's road to the Temuka Eoad Board, and the -purchase of land for part of-same from Mr f, E. Rhodes. I The rate collector produced his rate account for the past year and the valuator's roll, and the rate book for the present year, which were approved by the .Board. The Chairman read a statement of accounts, and informed the Board that works were in a satisfactory state, and that no new works would be required. All that was needed now was a small sum for maintenance, which would be nearly covered by rent of the land owned by the Board. As to: the;gradual extinction of the loan (£1100) the time for payment of which had jtisfcj expired, there was a deposit of £350 in the bank to meet it. It was resolved to authorise the Chairman to renew the mortgage for a period of not less than 3 years, reducing the principal by the amount deposited in the sinking fnnd. It was also .resolved to strike a rate of sixpence in .the £ '. on all the rateable property m the district' ; that the usual notice of the same be given, and that the Temuka Eoad Board be requested to collect the same as. usual. Mr interviewed the Board,and asked that some part of his rent for endowment .land be remitted, as about 5 acres of it turned out to be- only shingle, When he agreed to rent the land he thought it was all good. It was resolved that the request.' be - not granted, and that the terms of agreement bo strictly adhered to. The meeting then adjourned. . Messrs Macl«an and Stewart will hold ! their usual sale of horses, drays, and harness, at their Timaru Horse Bazaar to-day. They have far sale privately, 8 tons carrots. Messrs R. Wilkin and Co. will hold a sale Of horses, harness, etc., at their yards today. They will also sell a quantity of first-class whf at, and a quantity of onions. -