The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1054, 13 January 1883, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Winchester Fair.—The abore fair comes off next Thursday. Wesleyan Church.— Mr Holder will conduct the morning services, and the Rev. T. Fee the evening services, at the,above church Temnka, to-morrow. The Hamilton Murder Case.— Priestly and Mrs Hamilton, for the murder of the latter’s husband at Auckland, were committed for trial last Wednesday. Not Far Wrong.— ‘A Starving mother,’ writing recently to the Dunedin Evening Star, said—' Drink, gambling and runaway husbands arc the black spots on the face of our beautiful land,’ The Public School —The chairman of the Tcmuka School Committee, announces that the above school will not re-open till the 22nd hist, on which date all children of school ago must be in attendance. The compulsory clauses of the Education Act will be strictly enforced. Temuea Linseed Oil, Cake and Fibre Company. — A general meeting of the shareholders in the above Company, will be held in the Wallingford Hotel, next Monday evenpig, at 7.30 o’clock, for the purpose of electing permanent directors. It. is most important that all shareholders should attend. The Weather—Heavy rain fell all day yesterday. As a great many farmers have commenced to out down their crops we are afraid that it will result in doh g much damage. The weather up to the present has been most favorable, and it is to te hoped that the harvest will not bo spoiled by it now.

Accident. A young man named McDonald was jammed between some trucks on the Fairlio Creek extension of the Albury line, and had his collar bone broken and sub tamed other injuries last Thursday.

Larceny of Debentures.—At the R.M. Court, , f:.s Thursday, Joseph Mor gan Massey, and Louisa M asiey, his wife were charged with the larceny of debentures, the property of the Mayor and citizens of Dunedin. The case was again remanded. A Terrible Accident.—Leonard Gask, 7 years old, was killed during a cricket match in the Auckland Domain. Some boys were larking, and dragged a ground roller up the slope to the paralion, and letting it go it went over Gask, crushing his head and causing instant d^ath. ■ V E, FiiCiiVE Rfmedy.—Old Greeuhide, whose station is one of the finest on the Dia man"ma River, had everything go well with him except the behavior of his men. T ere is one public house in the nearest tiwnship, and the hands were in the habit of finding their way there during the day a. d getting duly drunk when they should have been at work. He has devised a scheme and is now master of the situation. His simple remedy is to go to the publichouse himself and sit there all day. The hands are blocked and the station work goes on swimmingly.

An Evangelistic Slanderer.—Mr Henry Varley, the well-known English evangelist, held a special meeting in London lately ‘ for men only.’ In the course of his remarks Mr Varley strongly commented upon certain aspects of social life; and, when teuching upon theatres, lie alluded to Sarah Bernhardt, who he was pleased to characterise as ‘that miserable woman 1 The description of the famous actress called forth immediate ex pressions of disapprobation from a large s iction of the audience, but the hisses were met by cheers from those nho felt inclined to favor the speaker’s views. The hissing and cheers continued for two or three minutes, and when quietness had been restored Mr Varley proceeded to make references to the life of Sarah Bernhardt to support the statement he had made, when a young man in the gallery rose in his place and sheuted in an excited manner, ‘ You arc a slanderer, sir,’ A scene followed, in the course of which the young man was hustled out of the hall, and thereafter the speaker continued his address without interruptionTemuka Wesleyan Church. The quarterly meeting was held at the parsonage on Wednesday, January 10th. Owing to harvesting operations having commenced there was a smaller attendance than usual of representatives from the outlying places. As the returns were incomplete, tho chairman was unable to present Ilia usual balance-sheet. The appointment of officers for the year was then made, most of them being re-elected, Accountsin cornice' ion with the recent Bazaar and Gift auction were then brought up j from which it appeared, that the total result of the effort, when a few remaining promises are paid, will be about £l7O, leaving a balance still to be met of nearly £2O, which the meet ng resolved to raise if possible during the coming quarter. Hearty thanks were tendered to all those who had contributed to the success of the undertaking, special mention being made of distant friends who had so liberally responded to tho appeal. It was felt that the Temuka circuit, now unencumbered by financial burden, had a new and brighter future before it.

Thii; Foecb op Habit.— Smokers all orer the globe will bo ready to inhale as sweet incense the following extract from the World ‘ Our people were greatly blown in their race to the entrenchments at Tel-el-Kebir. A rather good story is told by an officer who went back to hurry up all the men he could find, and who came upon a small party, under a sergeant, halted, the whole utterly dead beat. He pressed them to push on, but exhausted nature could do no more. Still, they were ready to try if they could only get a mouthful of food or water. There was none of either to be had. Only a smoke, then said the sergeant. The officer then said ho could not help them, having neither pipe nor tobacco. He was told they had everything but a light; whereupon he produced a matchbox, and, to the intense delight of all, passed it round, ‘ Hech, mon !’ said the Highland Sergeant, forgetting his respect, ‘ ye’re got a match ?’ After that, and with throe short whiffs, they were so reinvigorated that th ( , little party again raced forward at the double.’ Tub Native Dimcui/iT.—The Hon. Mr Bryce received a few days ago a communication from Tapatabi, a chief in the King Country, in which he stated that he had seen Mr Bryce’s letter to Wahanui. Tapatahi says thac it was Tawhiao who withheld his consent to the proposals embodied in the letter. In his opinion, the arrangements with regard to roads and railways, and other matters were in a satisfactory position. Tapatahi further asks that fair and liberal compensation should be given to natives. lie thought that people who had committed crimes in that district should be allowed to go at large, and an amnesty granted them. Tawhiao should bo taken in charge and treated as one would a lovmg child. In conclusion, the chief mentions that the natives are favorable to the Land Court sitting at Mokau, and the survey of the lands between Paraninihi and Mokau. In replying to the chief, Mr Bryce says that his last words to Tawhiao had gone to Wahanui, and they had been rejected. The construction of roads and railways through the Maori country would be of immense benefit alike to natives and Europeans, As regards the reference to an amnesty being granted, it was a question as to who her those who had committed crimes were now acting properly, and if they are or not likely to commit crimes in future. The proposal for the surveys was a good one, and it was hoped that before any lengthened period the roads and railways would be gone on with. It is understood that Mr Bryce will leave for Kawhia towards the end of the month, for (he purpose of arranging for the opening of that port.

Volunteering—Fifty members in Auckland resigned in the Victoria Company rather than serve under the new Volunteer Regulations, Incendiarism. —At the R..M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, before His Worship the Mayor, Robert luness was charged on remand with setting fire to a stack of hay, the property of the N.Z. and A. Land Company. C. If. Orbed, manager of the Levels Station, said that the accused had been employed on the run, and had asked for his cheque on the evening before the fire. He was present at a convorsal ion between Constable Stanly and accused, at which accused admitted that ha had set fire to the stack, and run away. He gave as a reason for his net that he understood smoke was good for liver ,complaint. He had always regarded accused as eccentric.

After hearing the evidence other accused, who had nothing to say, was committed for trial.

The Wellington Breach op Promise Case.—The Observer remarks -. —Mr Leybourne, who was lately cast in damages to the amount of £BB in an action for breach of promise, writes to us expressing his deep gratitude for our remarks on the case. He says -.—Undoubtedly it is at all times exceed* ingly pleasant to know that you have a friend hero and there who is not carried away by harsh and unfeeling judgment. It is pretty well known that I could have quashed the case had I told all I knew, but I would rather pay than hurt her character. I have got off for the sum of £B3 altogether, and no doubt in after years I shall bo glad, as you say. These payments monthly will compel her to wait 30 months before the costs are paid, and before she will get anything for showing herself up to tins public so ridicu-

lously. , Fatal Accident. —A fatal accident occurred at Day’s Bay on Monday. It appears that George Frethey, u farmer of Lower Hutt, proceeded to the Bay with a horse and cart, for the purpose of carting some undergrowth. He took with him a pistol and gun, *■ in case lie should come up with some wild pigs. As he did not return that night, a search was instituted, the result being that the horse and dray wore found, but no sign of the missing man. Next day, however, ha was found lying on his back, with a bullet hole through the top of his head. It is thought that in going through the bush bis pistol went off accidentally, the bullet entering _ his forehead, and escaping at the top of the' 1 * head. Frethey was a young man, single, and had his life insured for £2OO in the Governmont office. At an inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Selwtn Seat. —Numerous rumors are afloat in Christchurch regarding the Selwyn seat in the House of Representatives, viz.That the Hon. J. Hall has been requested to obtain leave of absence instead of vacating his scat, but he has declined ; that further measures are being adopted to induce him to change his mind; that should he not do so prominent Government men will support Mr E. J. Lee, on whoso behalf canvassing is now going on; that Mr Edward Wakefield, of Timaru, was asked to come forward as the Government candidate, but declined, and that tin Hon. E. Richardson has been asked to offer himself as an opposhion candidate and will probably consent. ~ The Fkozen Meat Shipment pbb Maksala —A private letter received from Mr Hackwortb, Collector of Customs, Dunedin, from Dr Johnson, who was a passenger by the s.s. Marsala, gives the following information with regard to the failure of the frozen meat shipment. It is dated from Batavia. He says:

—‘ The whole cargo has been discharged into the mighty deep. The machinery broke down, and the space allotted to the machinery was so contracted that it was impossible for men to remain long enough in the engme-room to make the necessary repeal’s,the tempera ure ranging from 120 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. In my opinion there are several causes for the unfortunate catastrophe. An immense iron steamer with iron deck in the tropics will naturally attract the heat I have seen the decks so hot that sacks, were laid down for the coolies to run upon when taking in cargo to protect their feet from the hot deck. We wore sent coasting to collect cargo within five degrees of the line. The engine-room belonging to the refrigerating machinery was only about 7ft high, and the temperature there sometimes went up to 137 and even 148 deg. The man in charge of the machinery was an ordinary workman,-who, 1 should think, was never in such a position before and did not realise his responsibility. He could not stand the excessive heat of the onginc-room long enough at a time to keep the engines in order, and ho says that the engines were constantly heating and some brasses and screws which were rivetted into cast iron were not protected from sea water, and therefore became corroded and loose. Tbe new patent snow syphons connected with the machinery became choked, and in addition to this the external atmosphere was so attenuated (hat no amount of pressure could bo gor. up sufficient to condense. These difficulties, in my opin'on, were increased by the fact that there was a largo space left vacant in the refrigerating chamber sufficient to contain nearly 1000 more sheep. Tins void made the condensation still more difficult.’