LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1116, 9 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Eoad Board Election.— Mr W. Wills, Returning Officer, advertises the result of the poll taken on Wdnesday last, which is the same as that published bj us on Thursday morning. Charitable. —A very successful movement is being made in Inverc.irgil 1 ; for the relief of the distressed inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides. As yet only Scotchmen have been appealed to, with handsome results, but it is hoped that the movement will become general throughout the colony, A Singing Mouse. —Mr Robert Beverly, a well known resident and landowner of Fauquier County, Va., says he has in his possession a natural curiosity in the shape of a mouse that sings, chirps and has the other peculiarities of bird, minus the feathers and conformation It warbles similar to a mocking bird, and its notes are of equal sweetness to either that or the canary. Washed Diamonds.— New Haven jewellers have been talking about nothing but washed diamonds since the airesl of Jacob Nepel, one of the trade, for selling several of them to Edward Engel, a well-known jeweller and dealer in precious stones there. Not only was the trade there completely doceived ( but the most prominent dealers and experts of John street, New York; to whom Engelshowed the stones after careful examination pronounced them genuine brilliants of great value. It is feared a large number of these washed diamonds have been sent all over the | country. Nepel declares that all he represented to bis customers was that they werediamonds, which they are.

Wesleyan Church, Temuka,— The Rev P. Wills will conduct the morning and evening services in the above church to-morrow.

Good Crop.— The Dunedin Echo contains the following paragraph "As showing what a small farmer may do, we give what a deferred-payment holder has done this year on 200 acres. He had 110 acres in crop—77 in wheat and 33 in in oats. The yield thrashed was 802 bags of wheat and 437 bags oats ; or in bushels, 3208 bushels wheat, 1748 oats. He Das been offered 4s 6d for his wheat. Geraldine Beagle Club.— The members of the above Club met at the Arowhenua Hotel at 10.30 a.m. yesterday. There was a large attendance. The weather was unfavorable for scent, and the first hare, which was found in a paddock not far from the hotel, was lost after a short run in the riverbed, The second hare was started in a paddock belonging to Mr John Brosnahan, and after a run of 15 minutes was killed. The remainder of the day was spent in starting hares and loshig them again, so that on the whole the sport was not so good as usual. Three falls occurred, but no one sustained any injury. Wholesale Burglary. —What is known as the * spring-cart style * of burglary has been very popular of late in England, and none but the indifferent informers are any longer content with only such booty os can be packed into a bag or bundle. A more excellent way still,is, however, coming into vogue, and when once the advantages of the ‘ furniture van style ’ are generally known the latter is likely to supersede all others. Nothing could he more simpler or safer. The burglar selects some house where the family is away, and drives up in broad daylight to the front with his van. Such a common-place and natural proceeding excites no remark ; and the only limit of hi a depredations is the capacity of the van. In a case of this kind which is reported in the Home papers, the van seams to have been a very large one ; for the family, on returning from London to the country, found that al* their furniture of any value had been removed during their absence. Defying Death.— -In his ‘ Life of Lord Lawrence,’ just published, Mr Smith tells the following anecdote, which Lord Lawrence used to narrate himself, and which is (us the autb or observes) ‘ characteristic of his energy and determination.’ Lawrence has often said that he was sure that many men need not die if they made up their mind not to'. During his long illness, when he was apparently in a s'ate of utter collapse, the doctor in attendance told him one day that ha could hardly lire till the following morning, and took leave of him with the conviction that it was all over with the patient. As soon as the doctor had disappeared Lawrence decided that now or never was the chance of putting his theory to a test. ‘He determined not to die, and bade his servant give him a bottle of Burgundy which lay in a box beneath his bed.’ This he drank ; and when the doctor called next morning, expecting to find his worst fears verified, ‘ho found John Lawrence sitting up at his desk, clothed, and in his right miud, and actually casting up bis settlement accounts.’ But he has since died. A Long Tramp. — Mr George Ernest Morrison, a son of the well-known principal of Geelong College, has just completed awalk across the Australian Continent. He started from the Gulf of Carpentaria, leaving Normanton the week before Christmas. The whole distance traversed from, the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne, exceeded 2000 miles, and this was covered in 120 days. Passing through uninhabited wastes, where sometimes intervals of over 200 mi’es intervened between human habitations, be bad to carry a swag with provisions and apparatus for cooking, and this of course materially imped bis rate of travelling. He had to carry a snpply of water in some parts of his route, where water could only be found at very long intervals. Part of his way led through a district inhabited by hostile blacks, who, in revenge for being so mercilessly hunted down by the remote settlers, show little mercy to any white man who comes in their way. Ho walked every inch of the distai c 8 alone and unarmed, cooking for himself such provisions as he could secure by the way, and generally sleeping in the open air, muffled up ia the blanket he carried ii his swag. Notwithstanding the hardships he endure 1, he finished bis toi'some in robust health. Cure for Cancer. —The following cure for cancer is published by the “ Ilomoepalhic World”!—Boil three of the finest figs in half a pint of new milk ; when they are tender, split one and apply the inside of it as warm as it can be borne,to the part affected, whether broken or not ; wash it with milk every time the poultice is changed, which must be at least night and morning, and once in the day. A quarter of a pint of the milk in which the figs have b-’en boiled should also be drunk twice in the day, if the stomach will bear it. This course must be steadily observed for three or four months at least. The first application will be attended by pain; but afterwards the patient will find ease and relief from every dressing. A woman was cured by this remedy who had been afflie'ed with a cancer ten years and her breast bled excessively ; twelve p unds of figs cured her. Another remedy for it which is said to have never failed has been contributed by a lady to the Rural Hew Yorker as follows: Cancer euro : 2oz, of sulphur, ioz. quicksilver, loz. of cream of tartar, |oz. saltpetre. Put into a pint of molasses, stir; take a teaspoonful before going to bed. For outside application . One bottle of British oil, loz. of red precipitate. The iiilphur and qui ksilver must be thoroughly nvxed for a long time in a druggis’s mortar, and then the other ingredients added. I wish this could bo published in every paper in the land, and that in after years I could have the satisfaction of knowing that many have been saved from horrible suffering and death by its use, and that it may be regarded as a reliable specific.

Productiveness of Wheat. —The Yen. Archdeacon kStock writes:—“ The following may be of interest to many. Last year I received, at Mr Meek’s mill, a sample of the best -wheat in store. From this I chose out the best grain and sowed them in the garden. The spot chosen was a corner close to a large tree, and not therefore an especially good place. Twenty-two grains were sown. The result is 203 ears, all of a largo size, some very large, but all these were nearly of the same size. I divided them into bundles of tens, and carefully counted the grains in one bundle. The number was 501, giving an average of, say, 50 for all the 203 ears; and as a result 10,150 grains. Besides this there were 89 ears of smaller size, for which I take a lower average of 20. Thus from the 22 original grains, I have gathered at least 11,930, or over 5000 per cent. Local Industries, Geraldine.—A Committee meeting was held in the Road Board . office on Wednesday evening. There were present Mr W. Coltman (in the chair), Messrs Rr. S. Cook, J, Mundell, W. Shiers, and N. Dunlop. The Committee on looking at the various expenses in connection with Woollen Factory found the support likely to be secured in the district would be far to small for so important an undertaking, It was proposed by Mr Mundell, —“That application be made to the Goverraenfc through our representative, Mr Postlethwaite, for the services of Mr Bowroa to lecture on a Diary Factory and other industries. Mr Dunlop seconded this, and the resolution was carried unanimously. It was, discussed as to the suitability of the district for dairy produce, and the opinion was that the dsitricb was exceptionally favorable for that purpose. The Committee thereupon took into consideration the various schemes brought forward, and drafted out the enterprise that should be submitted to the public meeting. It was resolved that a general meeting be called at an early date. The Committee will again meet next Monday afternoon.

Otago Land DuariiriSM:.— Mr James Smith, hamster and solicitor of Dunedin, and one of the lessees of the Cottesbroot Station was summoned to attend as a witness in the < Dummjism ’ inquiry held by the Land Board of Otago, and refused. The Board resolved to sue for the penalty attached to the offence, under the Clause 3 of the Commissioners’ Powers Act. Kenneth Williamson a shepherd employed on Gellibrand and Smith’s staTon gave evidence to the effect y that he had been asked to buy land on the station. Persons in Gellibrand and Smith’s employ had purchased land, and had put ring fences around their sections. They were living on them since, but the sheep they had bore Gellibrand and Smith’s brand. The nheep might belong to Gellibrand and Smith. They were shorn at the station. The balance of the evidence tended to show that several persons who were nob very likely to possess sufficient money had purchased land on Gellibrand and Smith’s station. Mr J. B, Bradshaw, a number of the Board, staled that he had been instructed by Mr Gellidrand to buy the land on behalf of these men, and that he gave him (Mr Bradshaw) a cheque for £825 to pay for the land. The inquiry has been adjourned. Mr A Wilson, Arowhenua, wants a boy. Mr John Milesj The Hall, Teuiuka, advertises a few special lines now on sale at his establishment. Messrs K. Wilkin and Co., auctioneers, Timaru, will hold a sals to day of chick wheat, seed drill, sundries, etc. Messrs J. Mundell and Co,, will sell at their rooms, Geraldine, to-day, hack, saddle and bridle, oats, potatoes, etc. A reward for the the recovery of a plaid shawl, lost between Meudelson’s store and Blyth’s timber yard, is offered. Mr K. F. Gray, auctioneer, Temuka, with hold a sale of valuable household furniture, at his rooms, Temuka, next Monday. If not previously settled, he will sell, under distress warrant: pigs, sewing machine, etc.to-day, Messrs Maclean and Stewart, auctioneers, Timaru, wall hold their usual sale of horses, drays, harnees, etc., at their Horse Bazaar, to-day. At 2 o’clock they will sell; a freehold section with granary thereon, situated at St. Andrews. On the Toth June, they will sell freehold properly situa’o at Timaru. We believe that if everyone would use Hop Bitters freely there would be muca less sickness and misery in the world, and people are fast finding this out, whole families keeping well by its use. Read. Hoiloways’s Ointment and Pills.—Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers —Daily experience confirms tl.e fact which has triumphed over oppositicn for thirty years —viz., that no means are known equal to Holloway’s remedies for curing bad legs, sores, wounds, diseases of the akin, erysipelas, abscesses, burns, scalds, and, in truth, all cases where the skin is broken. To cure these infirmities quickly is of primary importance, as the compulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready means of cure are found in Holloway’s Ointment and Pills which heal the sores and expel their canse. In the very worst cases the Ointment has succeeded in effecting a perfect cure, after every other means has failed of giving any relief. Desperate cases best displav its virtues.