LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1093, 14 April 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pasliambnt.—A Supplementary Gazette issued on Wednesday night, farther prorogues Parliament until sth May next. TuntncA Wesleyan Chuech.—The services in the above Church to-morrow will be conducted by Mr Miles in tho morning, and the Eev P. Wills in the evening.

Auction Sams.—Mi* J. M. Ollivier will hold bis first austion sale to-day.—Mr K. F. Gray’s sale of stock at Arowhenua yesterday was a great success, splendid prices were realised.

Supper Death.— A farmer named James Mclntyre, aged about 62, fell dead in a hotel at Pleasant Point on Wednesday evening. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. Committee rott Tbial.— The man Robert Farmer was committed for trial on Thursday at Dunedin, for passing two counterfeit £5 notes, as also was the man Syms for swindling a person by means of the matchbox trick.

Aooipbnt.— John Robertson, chief officer of the ship Magaret Galbraith, was knocked down by a sling of coals from the ship’s bulwarks into the lighter, and bad his leg broken just above the ankle. It will be some weeks before he is able to get about again.

Native Matters.— The natives are mustering in large numbers at Parihaka, evidently for the purpose of holding a meethig. Upwards of fifty natives, on horseback, rode through New Plymouth on Wednesday morning on their way to Te Whiti’s settlement, carrying with them blankets and presents.

A Labge Geanaev.— Mr J. C. Firth celebrated the completion of hie new concrete wheat granary at Auckland, by a banquet to his employees, the contractors and their workmen. It is stated to be the largest building of the kind in the colony, haring storage capacity for 12,000 tons, and its cost was £IO,OOO.

Wahanux’s Manifesto. —No importance is attached to the adverse letter purporting to be signed by Wahanui that , has been published. Te Wetere with an escort, variously reported as from 50 to 100 natives, is coming to meet Mr Bryce and accompany him through the King ’Country, Some people believe his passage will be obstructed.

Leasing Land. The Primary School Commissioners: of Otago propose to try the leasing system, and have agreed that a block of 20,000 acres m the Winton and Waikaia districts should be leased on the perpetual system of deferred payments, and the remainder by cash sales. The land is said to be some of the finest agricultural land in Otago, ' , ~ :

Moeb Immigrants.— The Agent-General cables under date, London, 10th inst., the departure of the steamer British, Queen for Wellington with 295 emigrants, l and the ship Forfarshire for Port Chalmers ! with 267 .emigrants, and that l the Oxfordj which was dismasted in the Bay of Biscay;'will probably re embark her passengers and leave for Wellington on the 25th inst: i

Fieb —We learn that Mr Simon Coghlan’a granary at Rerrytown was burned last Thursday evening There were between 1200 and 1500 bushels of grain in it at the time, together with a buggy. Mr Coghlan succeeded in saving the buggy, but the grain was destroyed. It was, we understand, uninsured. It is supposed to be a case of spontaneous combustion, caused by the moisture of the grain.. : ' <

The Roman Catholic Church —Th« ceremony of the dedication of the new Roman Catholic Church of Temuka, will be held to-morrow. His Lordship the Bight Rev Dr Redwood, accompanied by the Right Rev Dr Luck, Bishop of Auckland, arrived here by the last train last evening and will take part in the ceremony. On Sunday morning, before the 11 o’clock Mass, the Bishop will be presented with an address. Mass will be then celebrated, a united choin some from Christchurch and some from Timaru, together with the local choir, assisting, under the conduotorship of Mr J. H. Edmonds. Bishop Redwood will pieach in the morning, and Bishop Luck in the evening. A special train will come from Timam, and it is probable that a great many will avail themselves of this opportunity of witnessing the imposing ceremony of the dedication of the prettiest Church in New Zealand.

Customs’Rbtuens.—The Customs returns for the colony for the financial year ended 31st March have now been made public. The total amount of revenue was £1,496,948 2s lid, being a deficiency of £3051 17s Id on the Colonial Treasurer’s estimate of £1,500,000. The highest amount 1 collected in any one month was in September last, when it readied £140,089 14s Bd. The lowest, £lO9 363 13s 3d, was collected in April. 1882. The beer duty for the past year was £62,664 6s 6d, being a surplus of £1664 6s 6d over the Treasurer’s estimate, and this being deducted from the deficiency in the Customs’ revenue, leaves the total deficiency for the year from this branch of £387 10s 7d, which is considered most satisfactory. The Customs’ revenue for the colony for the last month was £125,117 12s 3d. The corresponding month of last year it was £l4O 802 Os 3d. The returns from the principal places were: —Auckland, £25,786 ; Wellington, £19,452 ; Lyttelton and Christchurch, £19,883; Dunedin, £34,588. At each of these a deficiency is shown on the amount returned’for 1882. The beer duty for last month was £5645 12s 4d, and for the corresponding month last year £5656 3s Bd.

Cheese Manufactuee. Tho Bega Gazette (New South Wales) vouches fox 1 the following :—“ Into our office came the trusted and valued employee of one of our Bega cheese dairies, a dairy that made market-top-prico cheese before the factory system was introduced here. To the young dairyman said a friend who just then happened to drop in : ‘ Well, how are you getting on ; plenty of grass, I suppose ?’ ‘ Yes, pretty fair,’ was the reply. ‘We keep up our average, about 5001 b a day.’ ‘ Good,’ said the friend, ‘ and how much dry cheese does that represent?’ About 480,’ was the answer. Afterwards we got one of our boys to work it out; 480 by 7, equal to 33601 b per week 5 multiply by 52, and you have 176,7201 b per year. This dairy gets 9d and lOd per lb 5 say 9d, and take off lid to place in the market; after this, if our boy has made no mistakes, you 'sill find that represents £5460 per year, with working expenses almost covered by tb e odd hundreds. Another farming establishment not: far from Bega is supposed to be earning about £BOOO per year.”

The Railways in Mexico.— The Meri* cans don’t quite understand the working of the railways, which are rapidly being stretched through their country, yet. On the arrival of the first train from Gtuaymas to Hermosillo, the conductor, engineer, and brakeman were all arrested and thrown into prison because their train was behind time. Another instance ; A Mexican passenger lost his luggage by bis own carelessness. The American baggage-man was charged with theft and locked in prison. As there was no proof and no case against him, he was finally let off with a fine of £3. Again: A Mexican jumped from a moving train, and was injured slightly. The conductor was arrested, and is now in gaol. The friends of the injured Greaser offer to compromise by the payment of £IOO. This is but a part and parcel of what seems to be a general policy towards all Americans, who are flocking into Mexico in considerable numbers, and will soon be in a condition to take care of themselves. This policy, persistently carried out, thinks a correspondent, will unquestionably lead to complication between the two Government!, and may finally lead to absorption.

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