LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1057, 20 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sad Accident.— A girl of fifteen, named Minnie Thomas was drowned last Wednesday while bathing in the Wairoa river, Hawke’s Bay. A young lady aged 22 stripped and tried to save her, but nearly lost her own life.

A Profitable Industry.— The Auckland Union Sash and Door Company’s annual balance'slieel; shows a profit of £28,313, which, with the balance brought forward, leaves £33,130 available for a dividend, equal to 20 per cent per annum, and parable on Ist February.

Goon Prospects.— From all parts of Otago, except in one or two small corners, the best news comes as to the anticipated Jield of the harvest. Cutting has begun in the north, but it will be a week or two before it is general in the soulh. The crops of oats especially will be large. The End of a Ne’er-Do Weld.—The body of a man named John Dale, was found n the Mataura river to day, dressed. Ho had been drinking for some time, and was in receipt of remittances from Home. The body bore marks of violence, which the doctor thinks were initialed before death.

The Gonernoe, —Our new Governor, Sir William Jerrois, has arrived in Wellington. , Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justice of New Zealand, who has been Acting-Governor since Sir Arthur Gordon lefi. the colony, was on Thursday last presented with an address by tbo Major and Councillors of Wellington.

Dairy Factory at Oamaru.— The Mail states i hat the project was so well received that the whole of the shares were taken up within seven weeks from the date of the first meeting to consider the subject. A site has been secured close to the Waireka railway station, and the factory will probably be in operation at an early'date. The ’Frisco Maid Seenicb.— Messrs Gamble and Ormshead, representatives of the Pacific Mail Company..had an interview with the Premier last Thursday regarding the re» newal of the San Francisco Mail Service* Nothing, however, can be done until it is ascertained whether the New South Wales Government are willing to commence negotia- ' lions. A cable message has been sent to the latter, asking what they intend to do in the matter.

Waitohi Fdat Public School,—A meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, January 16th. Messrs Talbot, Currie, Moore, Seaton, Hullen, and Anderson being present. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and Confirmed, correspondence on the following subjects from the Board of Education: was read, viz.—The nomination of candidates for seats on the Board, the bolding of the annual householders" meeting on the 22nd inst, and the audit of the Committee’s accounts, requesting that it should bo done free of cost. It was decided that the nominations ro Board of Education bo left to the new Committee. It was resolved— ‘ That the school be closed for five weeks, being the usual harvest holidays, as from January 15th until Monday Febuvary 19th.’ The chairman was authorised to arrange with Mr’ Campbell about the cleaning of the school, aind to take the necessary stops to have the work efficiently done. The meeting then terminated. Horse Stealing.— Patrick Ryan, who levanted some time ago, with the money of his creditors,from the Washdyke, was charged on last Thursday in Timaru, before His Worship the Mayor, with stealing a horse belonging to William Moore,, an employee of. Messrs Maclean and' Stewart. Mr Poiry appeared for the defence. William Moore stated that he lent the horse to Ryan, and that when he wanted to get the horse back, Ryan was nowhere to be found. He afterwards found the horse on the farm of Thomas Mason m Southland, to whom it had been sold. In cross examnation the witness denied that he had given Ryan liberty to sell the horse. He bad put m a claim for £lB in the estate of Ryan. His Worship said he was convinced that some negotiations went on between the witness and Ryan regarding the purchase of the horse. The fu t that Moore proved in the estate showed that that was the case. The case was dis missed.

Not bad for its Size.— The Southland News has the following ‘ The ling needs to have good digestive organs if it can comfortably deal with such substances as were found in the inside of one caught from the s.s. Stella at the Bluff on Monday. The fish was three feet six inches long, and as it felt as if it had been stuffed with something hard it was opened, with the result that in i s stomach wore found the leg-bono of a sheep with part of the shank-bone attached, tie whole measuring 124 inches 1 in length ; the pelvis, three ribs, and three.pieces,of the backbone of a sheep, a stone two inches by one and a-half inch, a smaller stone, a. number of pebbles, one sea anemone, threb pieces of shell* and some meat.’

————————t— Wesleyan Church, Temuka.—The Rev T; Fee wM conduct the morning and erening services in the above church to morrow. Store Sites.—The sale of store sites at Temuka, Winchester, and St, Andrews, by Messrs Maclean and Stewart has been postponed till Tuesday next. Thanks.—The Committee of the Temul® Presbyterian Church desire to render sincere thanks to all who assisted at their late soiree and concert.

Election of School Committees,—We would remind householders that the annual meeting for the election of a committee of seven for the ensuingT2 months takes place next Monday evening. The meeting takes place at half-past seven in the schoolroom,

The Leach Estate.—ln the District Court, Timaxu, yesterday, before the Beghtrar. David Leach was called upon to show cause why he should not deliver up possession, to the trustees, of the Arowfaenaa Native Reserve. Mr White appeared for the trustees' (Messrs Blyth and Bolton), and;, Mr Austin for the debtor. D. wbo wis examined at some length, stated'that he had left the propert but had not given ‘ up possession to. the trustees, and that W. McCann had tafcap. posaession. The Registrar made an order Leach give up pos session forthwithaapjlfr White applied for the costs of the action®) be paid by the debtor, which was granted.' A Sbbanqk Decision. —An Auckland tele" gram states that the native eviction case at Carnbridge is completed. Messrs Q-. S Walker, Grice and Grace, and sixteen others were committed for trial at the Supreme Court, ball being allowed for £IOO and two sureties for £SOO each. .Messrs E. H. Hewitt and J. 0. Thompson became sureties for the lot. The decision Was-somewhat curiously given. Mr Wells, J. P., had sat on the Bench whh Mr Northcroft, the Resident Magistrate, since the opening of the case. After hearing the evidence, and considering the fact that the native witnesses had been arrested for per jury, Mr Wells concluded there was no case. . Mr Northcroft however, determined to commit, but Mr Wells held there was nothing to commitjupon, and expressed his intention that when he should go on the Bench he would express himself against Mr Northcroft’s decision The latter contended that anything Mr.. Wells had to say would have to be said through him, and he would not say anything about the dissension on the part of Mr Wells when giving his decision He' further contended that he was senior Justice, and intimated to Mr Wells that he could not say anything. Mr Wells consequently refused to go on the Bench where he was ignored, and left the Court. The Resi dent Magistrate came into Court by himse.f and gave judgement as above. Sunstroke.—Two inquests were held last Thursday in Timaru, on the bodies of two men who Jj«d died from sunstroke on the previous clay. At the Shamrock Hotel an inquest, was held on David Hutchison, aged 21 years, and a native of Armagh, Ireland It appeared thatlthe deceased and his brother were reaping wheat on the Tiko flat, on the previous day. After dinner they went to bind a round, going in opposite directions, and when he came to where the deceased lay he found him unconscious. After throw ng a bucket of water over him hs brought him to the camp, and called in two of his neighbours. The deceased had died by this time. Dr Macintyro’s evidence showed that he had died from sunstroke, and the jury gave their verdict accordingly. The other inquest was hold at the Hospital, on the body of James Sullivan. Ho was working in a harvest field at Tavistock, near Waimato, on the previous day, and was observed by his mates to leave the field. He was afterwords found unconscious near the camp, and sent by train to Timaru; A similar verdict was returned.

The Austral.— lt is noticeable that experts writing about the sinking of the Austral "Ere unanimous that the ship was tophea?y, and that when the ballast was out of her she merely assumed her natural position. An interesting article in the Army and Nary Gazette says:— ‘ Naval architecture has sadly degenerated. We once had ships. We now bare floating coffins. The pith toy, leaded at one end, which turns turtle when stood lead uppermost, illustrates exactly what our modern ships are built to do. It is now the exception to find a ship able to shift without ballast. It used to be the rule. We hare Entered upon others. The theory of the beauty of ugliness finds favor at the Admiralty The mercantile marine swarms with ship* which will .not shift without ballast. We last week condemned the Polyphemus; that is to say, the Polyhemus having condemned herself, as we said she would when Mr Barnaby first disclosed the lines on which he had designed her, we condemned the Admiralty for persisting in constructing this vessel on lines known to be worthless. We also condemned the modern style of naval architecture introduced by Sir E. J. Reed and Mr Barnaby. We stated it to be wrong, de fond en cumble. Little did we expect those words would so soon be proved by •vents to be but too true. But proved true they have been.,. Before our readers had perused the remarks wo made regarding the cause of the failure of the Pholyphemus, the Austral had turned turtle in Sydney harbor.’

A Mysterious Letteh. —During the hearing of a case at the Christchurch R. M. Court tho other day a bailiff named William Gosnell was called upon to give evidence. After he had concluded, Mr J. Ollirier, R.M, produced the following leb : er, which had been received by him, and which he then read in open Court ‘To the Bench of Magistrates. In the trial of Gos nail v. Marker on Saturday last, you acted very bad to you have dismissed three cases which I have brought before you. You should re member I am an officer of the Crown, and every person I bring before the Bench ought to be fined or sent to prison. As both McKnight and Sergeant Pender are relations of mine, they will protect me against the

Bench. Yours, &c., Wm Goanell. Mr Gosnell denied all knowledge of the epistle, and stated that the writing was not his. His Worship stated that ha had known Mr Cos

nell for a number of years, and did not now think that ho would do such a thing. The letter was handed over to Inspector Pender for investigation. It would appear that the communication had been forwarded with the object of doing the bailiff an injury. His relationship to Mr Pender or Mr McKnight is only that of brother on the basis, of course that the whole human race is one family. Otherwise, he is no nearer related, perhaps, than Jupiter.—Telegraph. Another Faithless Husband.— Says the Southern Free Press :—Dame rumor has been busy for the past week with the name of a farmer residing not above 100 miles from Mataura—a family man, with some six olive branches well developed—who lately paid a visit to Dunedin for his Christmas holidays, whore he would appear to have become enamoured with the beauty of a certain barmaid, whose enchantments proved too much for our bucolic friend, wbo upon his return to his southern home would appear to have been dissatisfied 'with his wife, an’ bairn : es six, his coos, his horses, and his laun,’ with all of which, as far as negociable, he quietly and quietly parted, and further secured a few friendly loans of ready cash from unsuspecting victims. With these pro ceeds he suddenly disappeared to renew his suit with the fair nip-dispensor, with the latest report to hand states he has become united in the holy (?) bonds of matrimony end has sailed o’er the sea an’ awa,’ awa.’ Were we to tell, or try to tell, all that gossip says has happened, we should require a column to give a bare record of events. However, we prefer to await the result of the warrant issued for his apprehension by the legitimate halver of his joys and sorrows, who has since left in search of her unfaithful consort. Such events are of so rare occurrence in this sober going and law-abiding community, that the tongue of gossip has wagged daring the past week as it has never done before, and we trust it will be many a day ere so good occasion for scandal-mongers is again in our midst. The individual concerned was about the last in the district from whom such conduct would hare been ex peoted.

An Irish Princess.—‘ Frank File ’ writes to the Boston Herald : Down near the lower end of Washington street, not far from the deep hole that has been dug to hold the lower two stories of Cyrus W. Field’s great mercantile building stands a row of cheap tenant houses. In the doorway of one of those human hires, with dirty children dart, iug her, with slovenly women lounging around her, with the stench of the dir'y street permeating the air she breathed, I saw an Irish Princess. Her person excited my curiosity before I knew that she was a personage of account. She was not much under six feet in height. She stooped and was angular. Her face was la w ge and had striking features, including open blue eyes and a wide sensitive mouth. Her complexion was clearer pink and white than could be painted, and her hair was flaxen and wavy. I g less that she was thirty years old. She Wire an put of date costume of velvet and Itce. There is no joke in my asserting that 0 mrlotte O’Brien (that is her name) is an Irish Princess. She traces her descent without a hiatus from Brian Boru down, and some say a distance of 1500 years before that rude monarch ruled over the Emerald Kingdom. If her brother, who is named after the patriot, his father, William Smith O’Brien, had what Ireland claims as his right, he would wear a crown. The peasantry would have worshipped her on this account alone, but since she has dedicated her life to effecting a proper and humane treatment for immigrants, they idolise her as a saint. Supreme Courts.—ln the Supreme Court Auckland, last Thursday, true bills were entered against Mrs Hamilton and Priestly for murder, Peter GHllon for stealing from a dwelling, James Hay for burglary, and W. R. Gudgeon for attempted rape. W. Webb, indicted for stealing from a dwelling, was found not guilty and dismissed. Henry Mason was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for burglary. Joseph Wallace, charged with attempted suicide, was discharged on his recognisance of £SO to come up for sentence when called on, George Olsen, for the attempted murder of his wife, was sentenced to fourteen years. John Lyttle, for bigamy at Wanganui, to eighteen months; and J. Johnston, for unlawfully wounding, to twelve months, At Wellington Sarah Parnell was sentenced to two months on a charge of wounding, At Christchurch Henry Garrett, the notorious convict, received seven years for burglary. John McCallum, for breaking into and stealing from a shop, was sentenced to three years. Thomas Beeson, charged with embezzlement, was acquitted without the jury leaving the box. The prosecution of Wdliam Brown, for fraudulent insolvency, was abandoned, and the arson case against Robert Ewing withdrawn. At Dunedin a lad charged with an unnatural offence was acquitted. William Foreshaw, who last Wednesday pleaded guilty to two indictments charging him with stealing sewing machines, was sentenced to six months on each. The sentences are to run concurrently. It was stated that the prisoner was the tool of a gang of men, who, by misrepresentations got possession of machines, and let them out on hire and against whom proceedings would be taken.

A conductor is required for the Temuka Presbyterian Church.

A consultation announcement appears in another column.

Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., will hold a sale of horses, etc, at their 4 Yards, Timaru, today. Messrs Maclean and Stewart will hold their usual sale of horses, drays, and harness, at their Yards, Timaru, to day. In another column Mr J. Tangney, bootmaker, Temuka, gives particulars as to a few of the lines of bools and shoes now to be obtained in his establishment.

. Thu , sTatio.ua! Mortgage and Agency Company (limited) announce that they have full size eornsacks for site, and also best sowing twine. The same Company has for Bale a Robey engine and thresher, which took first prize at the Christchurch Exhibition.