LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1111, 29 May 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Teh San Francisco Mail,— The Temuka portion of this mail may be expected down on Wednesday next. Withdrawn Froji Sale. —. —Mr K. F G-ray announces that the sale of property in Arowhenua township, advertised for tomorrow, (will nob take place.

Governor’s Ball. —Among the 1500 people at the Governor’s Ball in Auckland last Friday night were Bishops Cowie and , Luck. Meeting of the Geraldine Electors. Mr Win Postlethwaite, M.H.R. for Geraldine, invites the electors to meet him at the Oddfellow’s Hall,Geraldine,next Friday eveningat 7 o’clock. Stock Sale. — Messrs J. Mundell and Co., Geraldine, announces that they will hold their monthly stock sale on Wednesday, 6th June. Entries will be received by the agents up to the hour of sale. A Quick Passage. The New Zealand Shipping Company have been cabled the arrival of the British King at Plymouth on May 25th. The refrigerator worked satisfactorily throughout the passage, and the meat on board is in good condition. Cheese Factories— Paragraphs have appeared in several papers stating that Mr Bowron, who it will be remembered lectured in this town some months ago, has been ap pointed by Government to give instruction in the matter of establishing cheese factories.

Bolt.— A pair |of horses attached to a cart, belonging to Mr Knight, bolted from the Temuka Hotel yesterday. They continued their mad career up the road till they got tired and stopped. The street hap pened to be clear at the time, and no barm was done,

Escated Prisoner. —Charles Adams, arrested on Thursday on a charge of larceny, escaped from the Auckland lock up last dalurdiiy morning. He climbed up a closet roof, and thence to the roof of the building, and dropped into I lie street. There are four charges against him.

High Sounding.— Henry Fabian LiJys' quist Hansen is the highsouncling name of a Wellington bankrupt whose liabilities are £SO, and assets £2O, made up principally of unpaid shares in the West Coast Bail way. Major Atkinson. —Major Atkinson has decided to address his constituents at Hawera to-night. He will also speak at Patea on Wednesday, and Hew Plymouth on Friday, after which he proceeds to Nelson, addressing a public meeting there on National Insurance .

Royal Yachts. —The Queen has four yachts placed at her disposal by the nation. The annual cost of these is over £25,000. The details are as follows : —Annual pay of the officers and crew of the Victoria and Albert, £8338 ,• ditto, Osborne, £SOOO ; ditto Alberta. £2000; ditto Elfin, £B3O ; pay of men in Portsmouth Dockyard for the time they are employed on royal yachts, £9OOO . total, £25,168. And thousands upon thousands of Englishmen are starving.

Electric Light. —The private residence of Dr Lemon, Superintendent of Telegraphs, was successfully illuminated wiih the electric light last Friday night. The apparatus used consists of a Siemen’s dynamo, which will run 25 lights, each equal to 20 candle power, and will accommodate itself to every lamp which is cut out out or inserted. The plant has been specially imported by Dr Lemon, at a cost of a little over £2OO. The Government printing office in Wellington has also been similarly lighted. Alleged Wrongful Arrest.-- A few days back H. Malcolm, a merchant of Wellington, was arrested at Wellington, on a warrant issued at Palmerston North, charging him with larceny as a bailee. The information was dismissed, and Mr Malcolm, it is understood, has served notice on Mr Charles Ticklebauk, a settler of Palmeston North, who laid the information, demanding a public apology to be inserted twice in all the newspapers between Taranaki and Wellington. Failing compliance with these demands, Mr Malcolm says he will apply for a warrant to arrest Mr Ticklebank on a charge of perjury, and civil proceedings will bo commenced for the recovery of damages of £2OOO. Since the foregoing was in type a telegram has been received stating that Mr H. Malcolm, merchant, of Wellington, has been reams! ed on a warrant from Palmerston North, charging him with larceny as a bailee. He was remanded until Friday next. A Strange Death.— An inquest was held recently at Bethnal Green, London, respecting the death of George Hogarth, aged four and a half years, the son of a chairmaker, of 9, Gibraltar walk, Bethnal Green. The child went lo a neighbor’s to tea, and while eating some bread and butter, and at the same time laughing heartily, a piece of crust stuck in his throat, and the fit of laughter closing the air passages, he became choked. Mrs Reynolds, instead of resorting to the remedy of putting her finger down his throat, and causing the windpipe to reopem rushed off with him to his father, and the latter, apparently equally ignorant, ran in his turn with the child to Dr Crow e’s surgery close by, but the child was then past medical skill, having ceased to exist. The doctor found two or three pieces of crust firmly impacted in the windpipe, down which they would probably have passed had not the child been laughing. The Coroner remarked upon the great ignorance amongst the poor of the very simple remedy in such cases of opening the windpipe with the finger, and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. Professional Burglar.— Sweeney, the Brunswick bank robber, recently arrested at Sydney while attempting to make his escape to San Francisco, is, as our cablegrams state, well-known in New Zealand, says the Evening Post. His criminal career seems to hare been a pretty extensive one. Besides distinguishing himself in Victoria he appears to hare left his traces in various towns in New Zealand, principally at Christchurch and Wellington. In this city ho was known as George Adams, alias Geo Elms, and many of our readers will doubtless recollect him as having figured in some wholesale robberies here in March, 1879, when, among several places that ware visited by him, the drapery establishment of Mr Steele, on Lambton quay, was entered, and goods of considerable value were stolen. At that time Adanw alias Elms, alias Longmore, alias Palmer, alias Sweeney, had for a ‘ paT a man named Robinson. For his exploits in Wellington Adams received a sentence of two years’ hard labor; and on coming out of gaol favored the Canterbury district with his presence. There he was arrested on a charge of burglary, but managed to escape from custody, since which all trace of him seems to have been 1 lost until his apprehension on a charge of robbing a bank. Such a dangerous character is safest in gaol from a public point of view. A Popular Governor.— The Governor and vice-regal party left Auckland in the Hinemoa for the South at four o’clock on Saturday afternoon. The whole volunteer force, under Colonel Lyon, formed a guard of honor. The Hinemoa lay at the Railway Wharf, which was crowded with about 3000 people. As the carriage containing the Governor, Lady Jervois, Miss Jervois and suite reached the wharf, the Volunteer Band played the National Anthem, and the Brigade fired 17 guns. The Mayor received the vice-regal party at the steamer’s gangway, and escorted Lady Jervois on Board. On the steamer .were congregated a number of members of Iho Legislature and leading citizens, and Bishop Cowie, Monsignore Fynes and other clergymen, who paid their adieus. As the Hinemoa slowly steamed from the wharf, the Mayor called for three cheers for the Governor, which was heartily responded to by the large assemblage, and indeed the cheering was kept up unlil the vessel got fairly under weigh. His Excellency bowed his acknowledgments, and lifted his hat repeatedly in response to the cheers, t e band playing “ Auld Lang Syne.” The vice regal party carried away the best .wishes of the Auckland people;

Immigration to Hawera.— At a public meeting hold in Hawera a resolution was passed approving the opening of a subscription list to aid in sending Mr Courtney Home to promote immigration to that district.

Coursing. —At the invitation of Mr W • Postlethwaite, a large number of the people of the Geraldine district assembled on the Eaukapuka estate yesterday to witness a coursing match. The weather was all that could be desired, and, as hares were plentiful and the running good, those present enjoyed themselves thoroughly, Mr T. Farrell acted as slipper and Mr Briscoe as judge, and acquitted themselves of their duties in a most satisfactory manner. It is to be hoped that this will lead to the establishment of a Cours’ ing Club in Geraldine,

Oeari Bridge School Committee. —The usual monthly meeting was held in the school on Saturday evening last. Present— Messrs L. Grant (Chairman), Metcalf, Ashby, and C. Hewson. Owing to the unavoidable absence of Mr Bartrum, the confirmation of minutes was held over. A letter was received from the Education Board stating that the sum of £3 10* had been placed to the credit of the Committee’s account. A letter was read from Mr W. J. Steward, M.H.R., covering a number of questions, anent the amended Education Act to be introduced by him at the next sitting of Parliament. The consideration of this matter was deferred to the next meeting of the Committee. The Chairman reported that the term for cleaning the school expired on the 28th uit., and th at he had arrange d with Master William Ashby to attend to the matter until the Committee met. He further stated these duties had been performed in a most satisfactory manner. The Committee thereupon resolved—“ That a present of a suitable sum of money should be made to Master Ashby for the Jinterest and care he had taken in these duties.” An offer from Miss E. Ashby to clean the school for the remainder of the year, at the rate of £6 per annum, was unanimously accepted. The Chairman reported that he had paid the sum of £1 2s XOd to the Education Board dep6t for stationery, etc.; and also that in consequence of the damage done to the bridge during the late floods preventing many of the children from attending school, it had been closed for a week. The Master’s report showed the average attendance for the month to have been 33 ; average for the quarter, 31; and for the past week, 25. The Inspec. tor’s report on the examination was laid on the table, and while not so encouraging as could have been wished, owing to several changes of masters, yet the Committee looked to hopeful results in future, both in tone and culture, under the direction of Mr Wilson, the present head master of the school. An account of £1 13s was passed for payment. Mr A. Metcalf was appointed visitor for the ensuing month, and the meet*

ing adjourned, Football, —The following account of a football match has been supplied to us by on? of the players:—“A match between representative fifteens of the Temuka and Timaru Public Schools Clubs took place intheTemuka Public Park on Saturday last. Play was to have commenced at one o’clock, but owing to a noted player of the Temuka side being behind time, they declined to take their stand until he arrived. Temuka won the toss, and took the goal facing the wind. This was a very good idea; they knew that they could hold their ground for the first spell while they were fresh, and they would have the assistance of the wind in the next. Timaru kicked off, and followed up the ball well, but it was quickly returned towards the Timaru goal. The play went on about even) until Smith, of Timaru, passed successfully with the ball, but according to the umpire’s ruling, ran out of bounds before he got behind the Temuka goal. This was disputed, but for the sake of getting the game along Timaru was allowed the try, which resulted in nil. Time was then called. Temuka next kicked off, and followed up gamely. The ball was soon taken to the Timaru goal, and after some good play Temuka secured a touch-down, which was disputed. The Timaru boys in this spell played very cowardly; , Whenever the ball got near their goal they ran behind and forced it down. Temuka got the best of nearly all the scrimmages. Timaru kicked off again, but found the local boys too rough. In this spell two touch-downs were secured by the Temuka boys, but one of them was disputed. The rest of the spell was about even. Time was again called, after which Temuka kicked off. Ihi s was the last spell, and they played in grand style. This spell was all in favor of Temuka, the ball being kept in the Timaru goal all the time. Temuka secured another touchdown, but owing to not having a try it was not counted. The ball was down in the Timaru goal when time was called. We leave it to our readers to judge the superiority of the local schoolboys over their opponents, although some of the latter were about 6 feet tall. The umpire was in favor of the disputed touch-downs made bv Temuka as being fair. It must not be forgotten that there was no small amount of swearing going on on both sides, and that the Timaru boys made a great hole in Mr Reid’s cigarettes, and Mr Marshall’s bread and honey.”

Mr E. H. Postlethwaite, Geraldine, invites tenders for gorse cutting. The Mount Peel Road Board invites tenders for protective works near Mr Tripp’s. Messrs Maclean and Stewart, Timaiu, will hold a sale of wool and skins ti-morrow. The Temuka Road Board invite tenders for clearing drains, and for forming footpath. Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., will hold a sale of wool, skins, and fat at their rooms, Timaru, tomorrow. How to Got Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, eat too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time, lake all the vile‘nostrums advertised and then you will want to know.