LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1010, 28 September 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MifiAcrnors Escap*. —Catherine Kelly while sleeping off the effects of a drunken bout at Kurno bridge, was struck by Die cowcatcher of the Knipara train, and was thrown to the bottom of the gully. She escaped with laceration of her fafce and arms.

ITke ix llamit.tox. —A fire broke aid in the residence of Mr F. A. Whitaker,JM 11. R., at Hamilton, but was r.o sooner suppressed in one place than it broke out in several others. It is believed to be the work of an incendiary. The police are investigating the matter,

Found in Safety.— After all the trouble and money spent in the search for the missing lad Winter, it appears that instead of being lost he had merely bolted. Last Monday a telegram was receired from the pelic# station at Hokitika, stating that he was there under an assumed name and had got a situation. The feelings of those who hare been scouring the rugged hills of the Peninsula may bettor be imagined than described. Marriageable Royalties. —'A census of the marriageable princes of Europe appears to have been taken. The age for marriage of a prince is, it seems, from twenty four to forty; for a princes, from eighteen to twentyeight. There are at present thirty-one marriageable princes, and only twenty-four marriageable princesses. Germany furnishes the chief supply. There are no fewer than twenty German princes, now in the marriage market, including King Ludwig of Bavaria, the most eligible bachelor in Europe.

A Desperate Assault. —Two semiintoxicated men, named Daniel Rentle and Henry Goodward, had a row in the Aurora Hotel, Auckland, on Saturday afternoon, when the former drew a loaded, capped and cocked revolver and a sheath knife and threatened to shoot the other man. The by-standers were too alarmed to interfere, and the consequences would have been serious had not Detective Brennan, who was passing and heard the noise, rushed in and succeeded in arresting Rentle, who was charged at the Police Court last Monday and remanded.

Fire in Wellington. —A destructive fire broke out in the rear of Croskerj’s (late Croskery and Hassell) auction mart, on Lambton Quay, last Tuesday might. Wig* gins’ saddlery store, adjoining Croskery’s on the southern side, was damaged to the extent of about £SO, and B. Halliday and Co’s stationer’s shop on the northern side had a narrow escape. The fire was mainly confined to the mart, which is pretty well gutted, but most of the stock was saved The building is understood to be insured for about £SOO. The stock is also insured, but the offices are unknown. Wiggins’ loss is covered by insurance in the South British. Halliday istliegreatest sufferer,his stock bsing damaged to a large extent by water. Ho is insured for £2500 in the Transatlantic, Norwich Union, and National offices. The origin of the fire is unknown, no person haring been on ths premises after one o’clock.

Death Preferred to Imprisonment.— The trial of Arthur Sieber for shooting at Miss Maher with intent to murder her, at the Exford Hotel, Bussell-strect, on the 23rd of April last, took place, recently at the Melbourne Central Criminal Court, before His Honor Mr Justice Williams. The commission of the crime was admitted by the prisoner’s counsel, but the plei of insanity was set up for the defence, and medical evidence was called to support it. The jury, however, were asked by his Honor to decide not whether the prisoner was eccentric or passionate, or whether at the time he shot at the girl he was so far bereft of reason that he did not know the difference between right or wrong. A verdict of ' Guilty’ was returned after a brief retirement, and the prisoner in pathetic terms appealed to the judge to give him death as the most mereiful sentence that mould be meted out to him, but his Henor merely recorded sentence of death, adding that he would use his influenee with the Exccutire to keep the prisoner from solitary confinement.

Piioro»ED Temuka Linseed Fisas, Oil Ain) Cake Manufacturing Compakt.—A meeting of the Provisional Director* of the above Company was held in the Wallingford Hotel last Tuesday evening, there b*ing present Messrs Talbot, J. T. M. Hayhursi Postleth waite, Pilbrow, Trezise, Parkerson, Murray, R. A. Barker, Woodhead, X. F. Gray, Dr Hayes, and the Secretary, Mr J. Asbwell. On the motion of Mr Postlethwaite, Mr Talbot took the chair. The minute* of the last meeting were read and confirmed The Secretary reported that he had, as directed, written for information as to the machinery, etc., necessary for a factory, to Mr Murphy, Secretary of the Chri»tchurch Linseed Company, and to the Secretary of the Eangiora Company, but had received no replies. Mr Pilbrow detailed a conversation he had had with Mr Murphy on the subject. The Chairmam stated that a sub-Committoe, consisting of Dr Hayes and Messrs Talbot Murray, and Pilbrow, had been appoiated to draw up a prospectus, which, he then read, and it was diecuised seriatim by those present. The sub-Comraittec recommended that the nominal capital of the Company should be increased from £G,OOO to £IO,OOO, and that the name of the Company should be the Temuka Linseed Fibre, Oil, and Cake Manufacturing Company in lieu of the “ South Canterbury,” etc. Both these suggestions wore unanimously adopted. Mr Pilbrow stated that when in Christchurch the other day he had ascertained that the amount of binding twine imported this year would be treble the amount of the previous one, so quickly was twine superseding wire reapers and binders. Mr Murray produced letters ho had received from the Collector of Customs (Mr Rose) showing that the dutypaid on twine for reapers and binders, ordinary twine, and rope, for 12 months, was £9BTI ; and on linseed oil, £7391. The duty on rope was 5s per cwt, on twine 15 per ccid and on linseed oil Gd per gallon. A subcommittee comisting of Dr Hayes, and Messrs Murray, Talbot, R. A. Barker, and J. T. M. Hayhurst, was appointed to take into consideration the appointment of a broker, the selection of a site, and to settle »ome details in connection with the pro spectus ; also, to procure the services of a solicitor in drawing up the Articles of Asso, elation, etc. The Chairman suggested that a paper fhould be pasted round the room, and those present could notify the number of shares they would be prepared to take up This was done, and it. was announced that 210 shares, representing £I2OO, had born applied for. A hearty vote of thank* to the Chairman was passed, and the meeting ter- , minuted, <

Theft. —Elizabeth Allan, wife of a respectable draper, was arrested in Auckland Monday on a charge of stealing a web of cloth from another draper named Yaruon. He was brought up on Tuesday and discharged, but a conviction was recorded.

Ei»b ik Waimate. —Last .Sunday morning a 5-roomed house occupied by Mr John Hoars was burned down at Waimate. It was completely uninsured, and the family, as well as a Miss Saunders who was staying with them, being only able to escape with their lives, lest everything.

Tb Whiti and Tohu. —A misunderstanding has arisen between the above captives and their keeper. They are kept in a bout* in Nelson, and a native whe came to visit them was so insolent that he was not allowed to repeat his visit. Te Whit 1 and Tohu thereupon insisted upon going to the pah, distant about 12 miles, but Ward, their custodian stopped them, and in the struggle Tohu was thrown. The pelice were sent for. Te Whiti complains of being kept from his wife. It is rumored that Wj Farata was going to take them in a trap to the pah.

Milfobd School. —This school was taken charge of last Monday by the newlyappointed teacher, Mr E. J. Collins. The attendance on that day was 54, and it is liksly to increase. Mr Collins came to Milford school from the Nowlands school, near Ashburton, but he is no stranger to South Canterbury, as he was in charge of the Otaio school about two years ago for some fifteen months. The South Canterbury Board of Education, therefore, had previous knowledge of him as a teacher, and it is to his credit that though he loft them they willingly took him back again.

The Cemetery. —The caretaker of the cemetery complains that during last Sunday, whilst he was in charge of the gate, some mischievous boys destroyed a large quantity of valuable flowers and shrubs, which he had grown with much care in a hot-house. What could hare tempted the youngsters to commit this violence upon poor harmless flowers cannot be imagined, as it does not appear that the thought of stealing them ever entered iheir heads, for the flowers were all strewn about the place. The cemetery is being kept in a very creditable manner, it is in fact, without exception, the neatest we have sosn, and it is a pity that the mischievous should give attention to doing harm in it. The police might well inquire into the matter.

Ejected from the Synagogue. —A case in which a good deal of interest was taken by the Jewish residents came before the the Resident Magistrate’s Court,Christchurch, last Monday. A man named 11. P. Nathan has been for nearly a year occupying a seat in the Synagogue to which he had no right, and was deaf to all remonstrances: At last the officers of the church would put up with it no longer, and on the festival of the New Year called in a constable to eject him. The constable refused to do so, and the President of the eongregation, with some assistance, did it himself. The fracas, as may be supposed, caused great scandal on the people of the Hebrew faith. Nathan entered an action for assault against the President. Mr Harris, and Mr C. Louisson, but the Bench held they acted quite rightly, and dismissed the case» giving costs against Nathan. Mysterious Case. —A complete suit of clothes was found by some boys on the bank of the Saltwater Creek last Tuesday evening, and it was recognised by Mrs Gardener, of the hotel there, as the clothes worn by a man who was in the habit of going to the hotel frequently and reading the papers. She described him as an elderly man and saw him going in the direction of the Creek on the previous evening. A man named Richmond recognised the clothes as those worn by a man introduced to him a few days before as a namesake. A pawn ticket, and receipts given by Messrs Peacock and Geaney, scattered about or concealed under some dirt, showed the name of Charles Robinson. The man is supposed to be known at the Levels, as Mrs Gardener heard soma one ask him when in her hotel if he had left the Levels. The clothes consisted of a diagonal cloth coat, trousers and vest, of different jiattern* of grey tweed, a check shirt, paper narrow Jblack tie, elastic-side boots, and nearly new tweed hat. The police discovered the body in the creek yesterday, and it was recognised as the body of one Charles Robinson, who recently occupied the position of groom at the Levels station.

Larrikinism. —The audience at the entertainment held in the Volunteer Hall last Tuesday evening were very much annoyed by the conduct of young larrikins who amused themselves by flinging lollies promiscuously about the place. They made a dead set on some ladies who sat in the front scats, and who had to bear most of the showers of lo’lies flying around. Yet nobody interfered though we think it was the business of those who got up the entertainment to prevent unseemly conduct being carried on. The police were also conspicuous by their absence, and so these juveniles were allowed to carry on their mischievous conduct with impunity. We do not suppose that anything we can say will have any weight with boys who are so brainless as to think that throwing lollies about is very clever. We would, however, remind them that there is no cleverness in it, that the greatest fool in existence wh* has the use of his hands, can do it just as well as the most intellectual, and also that it is not a very nice tiling for any boy to be pointed out in the street as a young larrikin, because a larrikin i* only another name for a mischievous, unmannerly, ill-bred young rascal- That is not a nice character for anyboy to have, and that is exactly the character which some of these lads are earning for themselves. We like hoys with life and spirit in them, but wo do not like boys who misbehave themselves. We trust the police will look after them in future, and got them punished, for whatever industry may rise in our midst we certainly do nob like to see the WtIUSU'J’ . i

Caught at Last. —A conrict was lately tracked into the service of a young married couple in England, where he was officiating as a very pretty lady’s maid, and doing all the duties of his rale for three months. The horror of the young married lady, and still more of the husband, may be imagined when the police said, “That young woman is the man we want.”

The Egyptian Success. —The following notice of motion has been given for next meeting of the Dunedin City Council:—“That the Mayor and Town Council, on behalf ef the people of Dunedin, desire to convey their hearty congratulations to the Imperial Government on the success which has been achieved by Her Majesty’s forces in Egypt, and that this resolution be sent to the Colonial Government with a request that they will be good enough to transmit it to the Imperial Government-” Soman Catholic Settlemint. —An influential meeting of Soman Catholics was held last Tuesday night in Wanganui, to farther the interests of the Colonial Land and Endowment Associatim, having for its object the procuring of land for a Oatholio settlement and the endowment .of schools. The Society is at present taking steps to procure a large block of land, which is under offer on favorable terms. Unanimous resolutions were passed in favor of the scheme, and all present applied for shares. An energetic c anvass is being made throughout the district, and representatives of the Association proceed to Auckland and the northern districts.

Resident Magistratb’s Court, Tikaru. —Persons ought to exercise some care when they go negotiating loans. On Tuesday last a case was heard in Timaru in which Woglcombe and Clulee appeared as plaintiffs, and William McKibbin as defendant. It appeared that McKibbinJauthorised plaintiffs to negotiate a loan of £ISOO for him, but he not get ting it all at once got money elsewhere ; Wollocombe and Clulee then brought an action against him for £43 8s for the trouble they had been put to, but they only got a rerdict for £22 and costs. This sum, and his expenses, Mr McKibbin has to pay for nothing, as he did not take the loan from Messrs Woollcombe and Clulee. It was rery sharp practice for the plaintiffs to sue him, but at the same time he put them to some trouble in getting the money for him. This ought to be a warning to farmers to take care when entering into such negotiations.

Messrs R. Wilkin and Co. will hold 'a sale of freehold town property in Timaru to-day. Mr W. Demuth notifies that ho will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his wife or children. Messrs G. Furdie and Co., have a quantity of African box thorn on sale, and also seeds of English and American trees. Mr K. F. Gray will hold a sale of live and dead stock at his yards next Wednesday. Entries will be received up to day of sale.

Messrs Maclean and Stewart will hold their usual monthly sale of stock at Studholme Junction Yards next Monday. On Wednesday next they will hold a sale of freehold property, comprising town sections inTimaru, and two farms situate at the Pareora and the Care. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Mr E, Cornish, grocer, ‘ Timaru. From it it will be seen that Mr Cornish is giving up business, and offering his stock-in-trade at 20 per cent less than wholesale prices. All his goods are marked in plain figures, so that every one ean go and see what then' prices are. Mr Cornish has an immense stock of groceries, crockery, cutlery and glass-ware, and, as his sale is certainly genuine, great bargains will be got there. He also offers his business for sale.