LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 990, 12 August 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ Outward Mail, —The outward ■a 'Frisco, cloass to-day. Ibrious Death.—Evidence has nllected by the police show i"2 tint lent death of a man named Chinn, [Waiau, near Invercargill, was the of foul play.

ton the Ranges.—A lad named , employed by rabbiters to carry was out on the ranges in the ot district during the rough weather send of July for five days. He dat a camp himself, but in a very state, Heavy snow prevented his brought to the doctor till August nd he had to be carried ten miles stretcher. He is no frost-bitton the feet that amputation is conid necessary.

e Bijou Comedy Company.- The company made its first appearance ! Volunteer Hall last Tuesday even:o a rather small audience. The

i produced were 'The Spitalfields er,' and 'My Cousin," which were capitally by the company, and d uproarious langht«r and applause, acting of Messrs Wilkinson,

:ander, Jerraimes, Li»sant, Misses ■ Johns, Northcoto and Othel was

uuly capita', and evidently gave the ence great satisfaction as the/ were uently applauded. They would have sared last night only for the Hall ig engaged by the volunteers. They appear this evening, when 'The ing Widow,'and 'The Steeplechaso,'

extremely laughable comedies, will produced, and we strongly recomld our leaders not to miss this oppority of enioying a pleasant evening, i company certainly deserved better port than they got, and it is greatly >e regretted that there is not a little e public spirit in this town.

ew Publication. —We received a

y of a new Book entitled ' The Come Home,' an encyclopaedia of domestic and affairs. It is, so far as tva can

ge by a cursory glance through its es, an excellent work, There is no ibt that a great many homes are tied through the incapacity of their nagers, and the chief aim of this work

to educate people on this most in-

Ilrtant matter. The present age is gone Ld on education. Nothing less than Issics will do for bullock drivers and vvies, and every servant girl iu the untry affects music and a capability to eak French, but they pay very little atntion to that most important branch of hication, domestic economy. In the rection of making useful citizens and >od housekeepers the education of the resent age fails, and as the book under jview deals exhaustively with this defect lour educational system it will be found £ great value. We strongly reco.mlend it our readers, and feel sure lat its purchase and study .rill prove seful.. to thorn. We intead to review it tore fully on some future occasiou,

Ciucket.—At a meeting of the Auckland cricketers, it was resolved to send a team to the South,lsland during the ensuing season. The secretary was authorised to write to the Cricket Association* of the leading southern towns to ascertain what terms would be given towards expenses. Lunacy.—A man named Ray was accused of lunacy in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Timaru, yesterday, and,was committed to the asylum. Ray appears to have something of method in his madness. His craze seems to be that he believes he can perfect a machine for catching pigs alive. If he could perfect a machine that would infuse common sense into the head of many of our public men,including the presiding genius of the Court before, which he appeared, he would be a benefactor to the colony.

The Timartt Levanter.—James Martin Shepherd was brought up on remand at the Resident Magistrate's Cowl, Timaru, yesterday, charged with forgery. Six cases agAinst the prisoner were heard at once. The first document produced was a promiss»ry note for £ISOO, purporting to have been signed by Jamei Shepherd, Andrew Martin, and John Hay ; next a promissory note for £SOO, signed by John Hay and Andrew Martin ; another for £23 12s 4d,' signed J. Thornton ; another £SB 14s, signed David Martin. His account had been overdrawu £1441. All those whose names appeared on the promissory notes denied having signed them. The prisoner, through his counsel Mr Jameson reserved his defence, and was committed to take his trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, bail being allowed himself in £IOOO and two sureties of £SOO each. There were other charges against the accused but the documents relating to. them were in San Francisco.

A Revengeful Man.—An extraordinary case of malicious outrage came before the Batburst Quarter Sessions a few days ago, when a man named Williams Nobbs was convicted of killing a large number of sheep at Fish River, in December last, belonging to Miss Angelina Fraser, who owns a selection on the river. The prosecutrix owned 866 sheep, which she yarded at night at usual, and left her hut to go to her father's house. Next morning she found the hi?t burned down and 220 theep lying dead, having been brutally knocked on the head. The am male had evidently been first penned up in a corner, and then butchered. A hammer, with marks of blood on it, suoh as might have produced the wounds on the heads of the sheep, was found at the prisoner's place of residence which was near the scene of outrage. The evidence also showed that the prisoner was on bad terms wilhMiss Fraser, whom he had more than once threatened to burn out. The prisoner was sentenced to aeyen years on the road.

Timaru Hajrbor Board,—At the meeting of the above Board held last Thursday the question of raising the wharfage rates was postponed. It was resolved—" That if more than 7 per cent insurance was asked for risk on the steam tug, Titao, the Board should be its own underwriters. A Committee \ras appointed to consider what rates the Board would charge for the tug. Letters were read from the harbormaster, stating that repairs to the Titan would cost £250. He expected she would bo ready to sail for Timaru about the 20th. It was re* solved on the motion of Mr Moody, seconded by Mr Gray—" That the Chairman be authorised as soon as the Harbor Bill passes to call meetings in each Riding of Geraldine and Waimate Counties to authorise the raising of the loan." On the motion of Mr Moody, seconded by Mr Gray, it was resolved—" That the Engineer be insti ucted to submit plans for a cheap pile jetty connected with tho Landing Service, so as to facilitate and cheapen the present expensive mode of landing and shipping." After dealing with business of detail the Boaid adjourned.

New Flour Mills.—lt will b« seen that tenders are invited in another column for the erection of a steam flour mill for Messrs Christmas. The mill is to be erected near Mr C. J. Rayner's house, and will have a siding rnnniDg on to the railway. The building is to be in wood on a concrete foundation, and will be three storeys high, the dimensions being 30ft x 50fr. The floors will be supported by strong girders and storey posts, and judging from the plans submitted to us it will be very substantial and commodiousIt will have such windows) and doors as are usually seen in such buildings in each story of the building, and in the roof there will be a platform 50ft x 12,ft. The main building will be erected first, after which the engine shed and grain stores, etc, /vill be erected. The whole building will cost £2OOO. Mr Upton is the architect, whom we have to thank for this information. We are very glad to find that nfter all everyone has not lost faith in this district, and that there is yet amongst us enterprise enougli to start industries like this. It is in the development of industries the future of the country depends, and we trust—as we have no doubt they will—that Messrs Christmas will succeed in their new undertaking. If one-tenth of what has been spent on the ' tower of babel' in Titnaru had been spent on starting industries in this town, some of our citizens would not have so thorough a knowledge of the analomy of a ' white elephant' today. •

Arson.—At the R.M. Court, Tiinaru, last Thursday, Dennis Heffernan waa brought up od remand, charged with complicity in burning stacks of grain on his farm at Waitohi. The case was dii- '■;-" missed. He was next chaTged with having made a false declaration to Mr G. C. Miles on the strength of which an in* sura»ce policy on two (tacks of grain was granted to him, but the case was remanded until next Monday. The Irreprbssible Native Question. —Tawhiao has decided to postpone the formal opening of the the Waipa bridge till Mr Bryce's arrival. On Saturday at a meeting he spoke in a friendly manner towards the Government, and the" Spleakeri agreed that the King alone should settle with Mr Bryce the question of the difference between the two races. Te Wetere has returned to New Plymouth, and he denies having sent a telegram stating that he had confessed re the murders at: White Cliffs in 1869. Inquiries have been made and it has been satisfactorily ascertained that the telegrams never came through the Telegraph Offiice in New Plymouth,, and the one given a Maori was a forgery. . It was sent from New Plymouth by a V boy who met the native about a mile from town. A reward has been ofiered for the name of the boy who delivered it. The Europeans of Mokau are doing their best to discover the perpetrators of the act, and say they Peel certain they can sheet it home. Baker, a surveyor engaged in laying off a subdivision of the Whataukuranui block, Waitako, for Dil» worth and Howard, has excited the illwill of the natives. They gathered round his camp, objecting to the way in which the subdivisions were being made, and demanded compens.ttion. ' They" took everything in the camp, including a horse, surveying insluments, and wearing apparel and leaviag only the fly of the tent.

Milfokd School Committee.—Th« monthly meeting of the Milford School Committee was held on the 7th insfc. Present—Messrs Cox (Chairman), Clyne, May, Brogdea, Cain, and Woodhead. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following correspondence was read : —Vouchers for salaries for the month of July. Also for "Incidentals" for the quarter ending September 30th, 1882, £5. From the Board, in reference to the hsad teacher* ship of the school, stating that adrortiseA. meuts calling for applications for the office of the head teacher had been inserted in the Christchurch nndDnnedin newspapers, and would also appear in the . Timaru Herald ; that applications were required to be sent in by the 7th inat, and would be forwarded to the Committee on the Bth, and asking that the Committee be called together on the 9th to consider them, so as to avoid delay, as Mr Greaves' time would expire on the 12th inst. Latter from Mr Greaves, enclosing £3 13s 7d received from the sale of books up to date ; also, asking to be allowed to close thr> school on Thursday evening! This request was granted. The following ac

count was passed and ordered to be paid:— Colville, supplyiog 10 stools and 5 tables£2 10s. On the 9th instant a special meeting of the Committee was called to consider applications aiid testimonials of candidates for the office of head teacher. Present—Messrs Cox (Chairman), Wood* head, Clyne. Maze, and Cain. Ihe minutes of the last monthly, meeting were read and confirmed: The fallowing correspondence was read: —From tho Board in reference to the applications for the office of nead teacher, forwarding list of names of applicants, but omitting to forward the applications: and testimonials. The Committee under the circumstances thought it expedient to take no action iu the matter, authorising the Chairman to draw the attention of the Board to the omissicn. From the head teacher, enclosing statement showing stock of books on hand up to date. The following account was passed :—Mr Scroggie, £llos, • repairs master's residence. The Chairman here stated that ovine; to his contemplated removal from the district he was compelled to resign the office of Chairman, and also at the conclusion of the meeting his office as member of Committee. These resignations were accepted. Mr YYoodhead th*n -proposed, and Mr Maze seconded a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his past services. This was carried unanimously. Mr Win. Christmas was then elected a member of the Committee to fill vacancies occasioned by the retirement of Mr Cox, and subsequently Mr Chriatma* was unanimously elected Chairman ot the Committee, Mr Cox then handed over all the books and papers, the property of the Committee, to the Chairman.

The Mount Peel lioad Boaid invites tenders for several works. The services for to-morrow Vat the Temuka Wesleyan Church appear elsewhere. Mr K. F. Gray will hold a sale of valuable furniture, books, etc, in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka, on "Wednesday next.

Messrs R. Wilkin and Co. will hold a sale of horses, drays, etc, at their Yards, to-day. On Monday they will sell at the Waslidyke Yards, cattle. Messrs Maclean and Stewart will hold a sale of horses, drays, buggies, harness", etc., at their Bazaar, Timaru, to-d;iy ; at 2 pm. tliey will offer the Temuka Hotel, and also a section at the back o£ the hotel on which stands a 4-roomed cottage. On Monday at "Waslidyke Yards, tliey will sell fat and storeQatjtlc