The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, .SEPTEMBER 5, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1000, 5 September 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, .SEPTEMBER 5, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tenders. —Contractors are reminded that tenders for work for the Temuka Road Board close this morning. Persoxai,. —We regret to learn that Mr K, Sando is lying dangerously ill at home in Ashburton. He is suffering from the effects of a severe cold, Narrow Escape, — A man named Duncan went to bed while drunk, in Timaru, last Saturday, with a lighted pipe m his mouth, and at. 2.30 the following morning,when hs was found, he was very badly burned. There are hopes of his recovery entertained,

Coincidence.—lt is that Lord, Byron,, the Earl of ''BeacsnsGeld Darwin died on the, some-'- day of the' Bftino \ month, Ti*i,£.the 19th,of April. : , •. ~ > I : EUBOPBAN PdAXTiTDUSTBT.—Our W,isbrs are reminded that is to;bo v lield to-day at 3.30 p.m. in the Wallingfofd''Hotol to consider the adrisibility of floating a i Linseed Oil, Cake puP Fibre' Company. ‘Mr* Pearce, of .Christchurch, .is expected to be' -present. •- - —- Convent FOR Tehuka.—The Rer. .Father Eauvel announced at mass last Sunday .that, the nuns would be. in Temuka about the .end of .October. . They, will lire.in the.hpuse riow occupiod'fcyFather Farirel, he going to reside in -his new house,; and hare the old church as a school. : =

License Fees and The DostTix—The Q-orernmsnt hare receiycd ; the following opinion from the Solieitor-General-relatiye to the appropriation of licensing fees and dog tax : —“ lam of opinion that Town Boards, arid not County Councils, ' are Entitled ’ to license fees payable under the Licensing Act 1881, and also the fees. payable vender / the Dog Registration Act 1880." Bishop Redwood.—The Right Rer. Dr Redwood is now in Sydney, to be ’present at the opening of the Sydney Cathedral,' Which will take place’ next Friday.' ’ Dr' Redwood has been selected to preach the openirig sermon from amongst all the bishops present. Next to ' Archbishop* Vaughan,' lof ASjfd|ey, Dr Redwood is the ablest preacher amongst all the bishops in, the Southern Hemisphere. A' Teriubde Mistake.—A terrible exemplification of the danger of mistaking toadstools for mushrooms is! reported in France. A family of the name of ; Audrieux, consisting of six persons, hare been poisoned at Murdeaux, in the department of the Seineet Oise, through eating poisonous’ fungi. Med ical aid was summoned, but all six died in fearful agony,. The rjetims are a mother, her three daughters (aged twenty-fire, nineteen, and fifteen years respectirely), her son (aged fourteen), and her son-in-law,'

The Late Mr E. ,H. Tate.—The body of Mr Tate was found last Sa'urday afternoon, lying on its back in a track on Mr Armitages, property, about 4 ! miles from? Timaru. He, was .found by,little children. •> On the matter being reported to the police,* Mr Pender, accompanied, by Dr Hammond, proceeded to tbe place. Dr Hammond concluded he bad been dead fot about two ; days; There were no signs of a struggle or violence! * He was lying with his eyes closed; and, j his features wore as serene an expression as if he were asleep. An inquest was held yesterday at Stone’s Hotel, when the jury returned a, verdict to the effect that death resulted from natural causes. • ' ! !, ;

Fire.—At midnight last Sunday a fire broke out in a block of five’two-storied shops at Newton, near Auckland, the property of Walker a butcher. It commenced at Marriott’s, auctioneer. The cause is unknown. Marriott’s, Spmley’s fancy goods shops and' Walker’s butcher’s shop were burnt down. Banbury arid English’s dairy, and Murphy’s fruiterer’s premises were saved, but damaged. Those burnt down were insured as follows :—< Marriott’s and Spinley’s sheps in the Royal for £1200; Walker’s in the Colonial for £350 and his furniture for £SO, Marriott’s goods in the Colonial for £3500: (only one-third insured). Spinley’s) good# were uninsured. The other insurances are unknown. The two shops saved;-but damaged, are insured in the. Colonial for £750. Some of these risks arc , probably reinsured in other Companies.

, The Mile Championship-oe New Zealand. —A mil# foot-race between Burke and" O’Connor, for £IOO and the championiship' of New Zealand, was run on the Caledonian Society’s ground, Dunedin, last?; Saturday. Great interest was taken in the affair, and be tween four and five thousand persons were present. O’Connor, had been a..slight favorite until within the past few days, the • betting changing from six to four on him to oven 1 money at the' start.' The day wasffine, but there was a strong wind, Tfhich, in addition to a heavy track, rendered th# time poor. O’Connor went off at a great pace, and quickly showed that his tactics were to obtain so commanding a load that Burke, > whose finishing powers are’ remarkable, would not bo able to catch him'. Entering the fourth lap he had a lead of about forty. yards, which Burke had reduced at the end of the lap to between twenty-five and thirty. O’Connor was still running strong, and few thought Burke could catch him .; but, putting on speed by a wonderful effort, ■ Burke in the fifth and last lap gradually Vore him down, and over a hundred yards from home passed him, winning by fifteen yards, amidst uproarious cheers from his local admirers O'Connor stuck gamely to it till the finish. The time was 4min 38sec.

Bigamy. —A blacksmith named Wm. John Lyttle was charged with bigamy at the, Police Court, Auckland, last Saturday, and remanded for a weak. Lvtt'e was married to his first wife in Belfast in 1876, and with her emigrated to New Zealand and resided a considerable thus at Taranaki. He left there in quest of employment, and was supposed to have been lost in the wreck of the Tararua His wife bettering that such was the case put on widows weeds, and in time accepted the hand of a man named Baker, a settler, and was married to him, not dreaming Lyttle was alive. Lyttle becoming aware of the fact that his Belfast wife had found another husband, thought, like Enoch Arden, he would not interfere with the conjugal happiness of Baker and his wife, but, unlike the hero of Tennyson’s poem, he objected to a life of single blessedness, went to Wanganui, and made loro to a young woman known as Polly Willows, whose friends live at Newton. Polly induced her husband to take her and her baby to Auckland, where he would find work. The facts, however, became known in Wanganui, and a facetious paragraph appearing in a local journal led to the*: arrest of Lyttle here on a charge of bigamy. Bail was allowed in £SO, and two sureties of £SO each, ; '

The Jkebet Lilt.—Mrs Langtry, thdipw'v popular and faihionablAaJtrew, laftte s Kng in Glasgow one night,tjKmt was over, took special |orj Lopfcfa, Slid with her maid arrired in wph tfter 9 a.m. This was a rtty.jmSK fUMaor | |h|U \ she had to pay 100 'vThe Resident Magistrate.—Mr K. F S&l >¥ jeceired a Postle ~ tf t<|tl|> effept With^ * the resolution liassed at the " public meeting . here, asking for another Resident Magistrate, !hl^il)lilM##^' l Ulet^Vb?^en^ ! «nd' s gd , t , the* • ■Wai mate“»yH»t:pietrtak en''of^'Mr:''B'e»Wick‘g''" hands. This will enable Mr Beswick to give more time to Temuka, and thisTs all that can be got for the district. i '■ Suicide.—James Morton, weljjthown a* *) ; taxidermist, committed suicide on Saturday mornihg at Dunedin, by taking a large quantity of arsenic. He is suppoied to have ounce. His wife‘- uoticed him vomiting J;and sent fqr a but the deceased gradually got worse andl.dicd. He left a memorandum, in’: which her took leave' of his wife and family; and forgave all his enemies and “ all people that *>on- earth do dwell.” Deceased bad-given warfifc unsteady habits for. some time past. .At the"' a verdict was returned that hedied trosya dqsc of arsenic‘administered by being Sati * >-■* ’ s' I '- the time of unsound mind. Sm | A notification in reference to a deed ef ar* rangement’ by Henry Selijppci Auitia, solicitor, appear* elsewhere. Mw*Grmeby ‘ is> is the solicitor. rr j