The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1022, 26 October 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Post-Sessional. — Mr Rolleston will ad dress his constituents early next month. Frost. — Q.uite a severe frost was experienced in tliis district on Tuesday night. Ice was plentiful.

German Settlement —A Mr Lukes intends establishing a large German settlement at Morrinsville. Te Aroha. The Railway Accident near Blueskin. —Mr W. M. Hannay, last Monday held an inquiry into the late railway accident, but it is entirely a departmental affair. At Last. —At a meeting of the Wellington Racing Club last Monday night it was decided to remove the disqualification from the horse Mata and his -jockey Ray.

Concert and Gance at Winchester. — A concert and dance in aid of the school harmonium fund will be held in the Winchester schoolroom on Tuesday next. One More Chance —The Chairman of the Temuka Road Board notifies that all unpaid rates due to the Temuka Road Board must be paid at once to avoid legal proceedings.

Must Comply with the Law. —The Secretary of the Christchurch Temperance Lodge was fined £1 the other day for neglecting to forward his annual returns to the Registrar. Towing the Surf Boats at Timaru, — The experiment of towing the surf boats at Timaru to the Gerd Heyc, now lying at the outer anchorage, was a pronounced success.

Committed as a Lunatic. —Mr William Lewis, Assistant Crown Law Officer, who recently cut his throat at Wellington on his wedding morning, was on Monday committed by the Resident Magistrate to the Ashburn Hall Private Lunatic Asylum, Dunedin.

Attempted Suicide. —A -woman named Julia O’Byrne attempted to commit suicide at Wellington on Monday afternoon by jumping off the breastwork. She was rescued by two gentlemen who were passing, and conveyed to the lock-up. She was brought before the Police Court on Tuesday, and committed for trial.

The Parihaka Plantations. —The largest procession of Maori drays since the break up of Parihaka, passed through Opunake on Monday morning. The drays were laden with potatoes for distribution to the various settlements on the Waimate Plains. It is said that there are hundreds of tons at Parihaka which cannot possibly bo consumed, besides acres upon acres that have not been dug up.

The Smuggling Case at Auckland. — Messrs Stone Brothers have received information unofficially to the effect that the Government has decided to release ths barque Gazelle, for which the firm are agents, on condition that a fine «f £SO be paid in addition to all expenses. It is not yet known what the expenses amount to, or how they are incurred, further than that a Custom House officer has been in charge of th* Gazelle since she was seized because of concealed tobacco being discovered on board.

Remarkable Native Will Case. —The Cambridge Land Court has been occupied by investigating a remarkable will case, which has been before four successive tittings of the Court at Cambridge during the last three

years. In February, lbßl, when the claim of Hami Haere was before the Court for an order of succession, a will was produced pur-. porting to have been executed by the deceased in the presence of two witnesses, one of whom, Mita Kareka a Native Assessor to the Court, attended and gave proof on oath. Mr Sheehan then obtained an adjournment, and Judge Svmonds eventually dismissed the ease for want of jurisdiction, the Native Succession Aot not having then become law: On fresh application by Hami, the claim came before the present Court a fortnight since, Mr James Russell appearing for Hami and Mr Gresham for Hone Te One, the do visee under the will. It was then practically settled, on afresh production of the will that the order should go accordingly. On the will being put in, however, by Mr Gresham, Dr Duller, who had in the meantime been re tallied by Hami Haere, boldly denounced it as an impudent a'lempt to impose on the Court, characterising the will as a forgery and the evidence given by Mita Kiraka as wilful perjury. He called a whole crowd of witnesses, European and Maori, one of the former having been brought from Onehunga on a sobpocna, and succeeded in proving the deceased’s will to be manifestly a forgery. Counsel on both sides having addressed the Court, judgement was given against the will and in favour of the nearest of kin, with full costs against the counter claimant. The case excited great interest among the King Maoris to whom will-making is a novelty. Ulterior proceedings will probably be instituted against ' Mita Karaka and others.

Entertainment —The.scholars attending the Temuka Presbyterian Sabbath School, assisted by Mesdames Edmonds and Rout, Mr Inwood, and others, wi'l gire a concert to-morrow evening in the Volunteer Hall.

Brotherly Affection. —John McCallum charged at the * Christchurch Court on Tuesday, with having broken into his brothers shop and stolen therefrom jewellery to the value of £34, was committed for trial. Both brothers have earned on business as watchmakers and jewellers in Christchurch for several years.

Indecent Assault. — A man named Maurice was arrested on Monday at South Malvern, (says the Ashbnrton Guardian) charged with committing an indecent assault on a young girl named Smith, about fourteen or fifteen years of age. Maurice will be brought up ou Tuesday before! the Coalgate Bench. Both parties are well known, and Maurice formerly boro a very good character. The Insurance of Anglican Church Property. —The proposal that the Church Property Trustees should undertake the insurance of churches. &c., when the present policies expire, was negatived by the Synod on Tuesday. It is proposed to sell the remainder of the Anglican cemetary of which there is a good many acres, and apply the proceeds to the establishment and maintenance of a church day school for boys and girls. Youth’s Club. —Recently a number of influential gentlemen in Christchurch considered how to prevent the youths of that city from developing into larrikins and it was decided to start clubs, so as to engage the young men of an evening in pursuits of an elevating and innocent nature. They have made a start, There are now 150 members of the newly started Youth’s Club. They have taken a large bouse in the centre of the town, which will be fitted up as far as funds will permit but an appeal will have t» be made to the public to give the club a fair start.

The Small Birds Nuisance. —The outcry against small birds so generously introduced by the Acclimatisation Societies has been very general throughout the colony, and the slaughter of them immense. Having accomplished this latter result at considerable expense, some farmers are having their accustomed grumble. They now find—or at least some about Palmerston do—that the small birds destroyed the white grub, a greater nuisance than the bird, and that the thinning out of the birds has been followed by a corresponding increase of the grub.—Southlander, Church of England Diocesan Synod.— The Diocesan Synod now sitting in Christchurch has granted the petition of 'the Pleasant. Point and Albury districts to be separated from the Parish of Temuka and formed into a parochial district. The appointment of a clergyman to take charge of the new district rests with the Bishop of Christchurch and hit lordship has not jet named a minister for the cure. The size of the parish of Temuka having been so greatly reduced, the Incumbent will be enabled to devote more time to districts which hitherto it has be«n impossible to do much for.

Ashburton Cheese and Butter Fac tort. —There are to be gay doings at Flemington on Monday, the 30th inst., to celebrate the opening of the Ashburton Cheese and Butter Factory, an erent of considerable importance for the County of Ashburton. There is to be a dinner for the farmers, their wives,) and others at the Flemington schoolhouse on the above date, at 5.30 p in., to be followed by a ball in the evening. The afternoon will be agreeably filled up by sports of all kinds in the factory paddock, The factory will be open to the inspection of the public from one p ra. A band will be in attendance, and doubtless a good time will be experienced. The charge for admission to the dinner and ball is very small, and in all probability their will be a great number present. On an occasion [like this every one who can possibly get away should run down and see the fun, and have a look at the factory where, according to Mr Bowron, “each blade of grass is to be turned into solid gold.”—Ashburton Gua.idian.

A Mean Advantage. —There is the authority of “ Abticus,” of the Melbourne Leader, for the truth of the following '* sell", —“ He had become wealthy—no matter how. Some men are born rich, seme acquire riches, and others have riches thrust upon them . Suffice it that his portly form has now become familiar Under the Verandah, and that his cheque is good to a large amount. The other day he waited upon his stationer after an interview with Edgevvell, whom ho had consulted as an expert as to ‘ society you know ; and what a man ought to do in my position.’ He had been in want of a crest, and Edge - well with ready resource had provided him with a design upon which was pourtrayed a hand with fingers extended, ths thumb touching a proboscis, and the motto Semper Nobilis, Omnibus, Benignus. 1 You see. my dear fellow,’ said he with unblushing assurance, ‘ the real thing is nowa days to put simply the initials of the words underneath it just as 5.P.Q.11. represents Senates Popu bisque Romanes. To put the motto in full is considered vulgar.’ The hint was enough; reams of paper and mountains of envelopes were ordered of the astonished stationer, and it was not until on one pretext or another our millionaire iiad despatched a note to every one of bis acquaintances, that he elite covered his crest to be anything but antique, and that his motto read 5.Y.0.8 ”

Messrs Maclean and Stewart Trill hold a Very important sale of horses of all kinds, today, at their Horse Bazaar, Tinaaru. On Friday they will sell 200 sicks wheat and 20 bales corn sacks.

Messrs It. Wilkin and Co., will hold a salt of horses etc., at their Yards, Timaru, to-dar. They announce that their fortnightly wool sale is postponed till next Wednesday.

Mr Thomas Powell, notifies that he has commenced business as an expressman and general dealer. llis advertisement supplies the rates at which he is prepared to supply firewood to all parts of the town.