The Temuka Leader.

Temuka Leader, Issue 997, 29 August 1882, Page 1

The Temuka Leader.

GERALDINE WINCH

No. 997

PUBLIBHKD EVBRT TuKSDAT, ThDKW

Hlway Tiihmcablb. —An alteration in listing railway timers Welcomes into ■next Friday. Bowsed.—A fisherman named Thom as B>on was drowned in Cheaongo Bayj Brhiti, on Saturday. Ilonial Enterprise.— Messrs A. and Burt, of Dunedin, are supplying a ■art brewer with a plant which he has ■Bed himself will cost less hero than in ■bourne or Sydney. This is something [Dunedin to be proud of. kißAcuious Escape - A man employed Ihe work of city scavenging in Dunh, fell out of hia cart and the \ wheel iscd over hia neck. Incredible |aa i;

y aecm, the man was hot in any way; urad. He was aasiated to a drink of

ter and then drove off,

Uubnbd to Death.—Mrs Margaret ;nton, who was severely burned at

ristchurch on Wednesday last through

r dress catching fir# while taking *. p°f [ the grate, died in the Hospital on turday from the effects of her injuries, n inquest will be held. (Wrestling.— Jem Mace gave a general

iiletic exhibition at Dunedin om Satur

ly night, one af the principal features which was a wrestling match itween Strong and Slade. The latter ter an excellent contest, turned the ibles on Strong by throwing him twiceut of three times.

SA Stroke of Fortune.— Constable ooper, of the A.C,, stationed *t Camrtdgo, bj the death of his father in Engmd, has fallen into a fortune of £IOOO a year. It is aaid that there i« an extraordinary change in the manner of hie young lady acqusntances since thie became known. Who would doubt it ? INTBBPROVINCIAL FOOTBALL—CANTER-

BURY v. Otago. —The sixth interprevincial feotball match, Canterbury r. Otago, took place on the Taiori Plain on Saturday. The result was a hollow victory for Otago by five goals and three tries to nothing. .Canterbury was the favourite on starting but was overmatched ini every .department of the game. Advertising Extraordinary A tradesman in George street, Dunedin, has purchased J. L. Hall- and Company s interest in the Princess Theatre for a week, and will distribute tickets to cus-

tomers according to the amonut #f their purchases. This is something like enterprise.. Oh would that the. octopus storekeepers 6t Temuka took a lesson front tins. Railway Management. — 4. tradesman at Timaru, who has given a large order to a Christchurch firm, has expressly stipulated that goods shall be sent by sea. This gentleman wrote the other day to the papers complaining that there waa actually only a difference in bringing cooking ranges from England to Timaru and from Christchurch to Timaru (by rail) of Bd. How long is this muddling to last. Swallowed up in Expenses. —The legal manager the of Longdon’s Company of Greymouth, has received the account sales of the shipment of antimony ore sent Home per Assam. The net weight is given at 191 cwt, 41bs, and the net result of £6 per ton, less 2\ per cent discount, or £55 18s Bd. . The various shipping charges, such as freight, insurance, . brokerage, cemraisnon, etc., amounted to £46 0a 6d, which left a credit balance of only £IC 17e 2d, Fires. —At the inquest on the St Andrew** Church fire at New Plymouth, I the followng verdict was returned I “ That the Scotch Kirk was ruthlessly set I fire to on the morning of the 19th August, I but the evidence is not sufficient to imI plicate any person or person*.” The ■ following cidftr was added to the verdict: ■—“The jury recommend the authorities ■to offer a reward for any evidence that ■would lead to the conviction of the per- ■ pelrators, and that a fra* pardon be ■granted to an acccomplice giving such H evidence. ■ Artistic. —The business of posing as a ■ model (says an American contemporary), ■ which 10 Tears ago was regarded as so

TTiJlVii lv j C(Ua ly vv t*w * s/ . wV*r,,' ~-T:.,T,r» i scandalous across the Atlantic that it was difficult to gat a model of either sex at six shillings an hour, has grown so much in repute of late that any number of models can now be bad for one-third that sum. At first a model cannot stand longer than 20 minutes without resting, but afterwards they pose from 12 to 20 hours a week. In one rare case a female mod-1 is said to have posed eight hours a day. Host of the female models are young women who work in workshops and factories ; but in their cases, as in all others, itTis alwaya the whip of necessity that drives people into posing.”

I Pbopossd Railways.— A public meefcI rug in Christchurch paired the following I resolutions:—“That the extension of the ■ Middle Wand-Trunk Railway from WaiI para to Blenhiem by the coa.it line, or Im, e the < tin irr n<■ h 1 the ■ I Government Engineer’s report, is conI trary to the best interest! of the colony I and of this province. This meeting I earnestly and respectfully requests the H members of the General Anembly to I oppese its—construction/ “It i* jtho I opinion of this meeting that on completing K the main trunk line of railway through I the Middle Island northward the GovernK merit will meet the best interests of the |t colony and of the provincial districts of H Canterbury, Weitland and Nelion, by the I adoption of a route that will connect theL West Coast with_Nelson and Christchurch.”

Thk Hkathin Chink*. —At Bocbourne J (W.A.), a Chinaman has been committed I to take his trial for “hacking another J Chinaman to death with a tomahawk.” Tin-k*ttlinq—A newly-married man ' I appealed to the ciril jurisdiction of the J District Court at Carcotr, a few days ago, I for compensation for the annoyance of I being “ tin-kettled.” fhi Bathurst free I Press reports that. “ Barringtofl Jttothory J brought an action against John Living* I stone, claiming £lO damages. From the I evidence it appeared that the plaintiff | lat«ly*married, arid hearing that defendant intended to take part pert iu the ceremony of‘.tin-kettling,’ went to the > defend ant’a end: cautioned IhMUgalnst j coming near the houae. Isotwithstanding the caution, defendant went to plaintiff e i house and acted in an lOffousite manner. The plaintiff was much annoyed, and his wife was Very much frightened. The Bench thought a atop should ; bo«; put to such proceedings as ‘ tin-kettling,* whereby respectable people were annoyed and insulted.. They therefore gave a verdict in favour of plaintiff for £lO and coate.”