LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1011, 30 September 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wesleyan Church. —Mr E Holdgate, ef Timaru, will conduct the services at the above church, Temuka, to-morrow, morning and evening.

Blowing Him Up. —The Eev. Mr Isitt of Masterton, who has boon recently advoeating a strict enforcement of the Licensing Act on Sundays, has been subjected to a dastardly outrage. A bottle of powder was placed under his buggy in the stable, and at night it exploded. It did only nominal damage. The rev. gentleman offers £5 reward for the coviction of the offender. That Abominable Subject Again.—A meeting of ladies was held in Auckland, 200 being present, to protest against the enforce* ment of the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act. Thirty-three petitions are in circuli* tion and arc being extensively signed. A meeting of clergy, in connection with the matter, has adapted a motion requesting the j City Council to postpone the enforcement of i the Act till legislation was introduced in th* ! Assembly for making its provisions applicable 1 to both sexes. All the denominations | were represented save the Catholics and Baptist. Property Tax Assessors.— The following gentlemen have been appointed assessors under the Property Assessment Act 1879 (and amendments) for the Waitaki Property Assessment District, but the list is not yet complete: —Messrs William Henry Sherrin Roberts of Waipahi ; Ernest Frederick Diehl, Wriothesley and John Andrew Maude both of Oamaru; Caleb Ezekiel Slicrratt, of Geraldine; Thomas Roberts, Francis Worcester Stubbs, of Timaru; Robert Irvine of Peel Forest; Frederick William Marchant, of Burke’s Pas«. Society in Trouble. —Mr Isett, editor of Society, brought an action last Wednesday in Christchurch, against Crocker, who horsewhipped him the other day, for £2l la damages. The cause of the assault was a paragraph referring to the defendant’s millinery establishment, which the plaintiff denied referred to it at all, but which the evidence showed could not relate to any other. Both parties claimed to have the best of the encounter. His Worship said he had no doubt that an assault had been committed and he had only to assess the damages and consider if the defendant had received any provocation. Nothing could entirely ex oncratc the assault, but it had not been of a very serious nature, and no doubt Mr Crocker had been annoyed at the article in question, which there was no doubt referred ti his establishment. Mr Crocker was entitled to a denial from the plaintiff if the artiale did not refer to him, but this had not been given, and none of the establish incuts mentioned by Mr Irett answered the description given. His Worship considered that the assault would be atoned for by ordering the defendant to pay £5 damages, with costs £3 13s, 1

Nabbow Escape. —A few days ago a young man named Owen Connolly was ploughing in a field in the vicinity of Temuka, and marrowly escaped being killed by lightning The flash of lightning passed so near his face that it scorched his forehead, but he was more frightened than hurt, nothing of any seriout nature having happened to him. Doubtless if the lightning had struck him it would hare killed him. Wobth Knowing,—A correspondent of the Scientific American sajs : —‘Let everyone who has an attack of lockjaw take a small quantity of turpentine, warm, it and pour it on the wound, no matter where it is, and relief will follow in less than a minute. Nothing batter can be supplied to a severe cut or braise than cold turpentine ; it will give certain relief almost instantly. Turpeutimo is also a sovereign remedy for croup. Saturate a piece of flannel with it, and place the flannel on the throat and chest; in every case three or four drops on a lump of sugar may be taken inwardly. Teaix Accidents —During the last few days two acoidents have occurred en the railway, which in both cases were near terminating fatally. On last Wednesday evening Mr Leishman, of Kakahu, was getting out of the train at Winchester before the train ] v ad stopped, and falling between the carriages and platform was very badly hurt. He might have been killed only that the driver saw the accident in time t« reverse the engine. He was taken to the Winchester Hotel, where he was attended by Dr Hayes, who discovered that he was suffering from dislocation of the hip, which was also very much bruised, and ho trea'ed him accordingly. He is, we learn, progressing favourably. When the last train from the north was about a mile this side of Orari on Tuesday,the driver noticed a man sitting on the rails. He tried to stop, but before be could do so the cowcatcher bad removed the man. As soon as the train could be stopped the driver, guard, and Detective Kirby went back and found the man insensible on the roadside. They telegraphed from Winchester to Dr Hayes who met them at Temuka and ordered the man to be taken into the hospital, as he was suffering from concussion of the brain. It is supposed that he was drunk at the time.

It has its Disadvantag es. —As illustrating the rations advantages derivable from fire escapes a good story is told in Society. The inventive genius of a publican whose house is situate in Colombo street, Christchurch, not far from Armagh street, hit upon a very simple contrivance which he thought would meet all practical purposes in the way of facilitating escape from the upstairs rooms in the event of fire. It consisted simply of a strong iron hook fixed in the centre of the ceiling, to which a thick rope, kept close at hand, was capable of being attatched in a moment, and down this rope when thrown out of the window every lodger—masculine, at all events—could easily descend to the street. A few days ago, a boarder at the place had run up a ssore of some £l4 without showing either paper or coin ; the landlord began to realise that it was his duty to himself to bring about a financial understanding, •ad decided to do it at once. When however, the boarder appeared to be none the steadier for partaking freely of the good things of the hostelry, and though he understood the language of the applicant for cash when he addressed him, he suggested that he was not quite in a fit state to go thoroughly into the matter, and moved the adjournment of the debate until the morrow, when a clean sheet would be presented. With the morning light the landlord discovered a clean

sheet indeed, for his boarder, instead of going to bed with the rest of the household, had availed himself of the cheap invention of his confiding host, slid down the fire escape, wae over the hills, and was far away. The landlord is beginning to think hie fire escape is not such a cheap contrivance after all. The boarder boarded a vessel in the morning, and is now also reflecting how extremely eatisfactory a good escape is. Messrs R. Wilkin and Co. have wool packs for sale. Mr W. C Andrews notifies the impounding of a strawberry heifer. Mr L. Walker, Four Peaks, has a notification referring to Trump Card. Messrs Maclean and Stewart will hold ‘heir weekly sale of live and dead stock at their, Yards, Timaru, today. Messrs J. T. Ford and Co. will hold an important sale of live and dead stock at Arowhenua next Friday. Full particular* in our advertising columns. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Messrs lies and Co., of the Temple of Fashion, Timaru. From that it will be seen that Messrs lies and Co. hive commenced business as fashionable tailors, and are ready to make clothing at the lowest possible prices.