LOCAL AND GENERAL

Temuka Leader, Issue 1110, 19 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Supreme Court. —The half yearly session of the .Supreme Court at Timaru, commences to-day. .Soiree at Geraldine. —A soiree in connection with the Wesleyan body will lake place at Geraldine on Thursday next. Suicide. —A watchmaker named Percv Smith, in embarrassed circumstances,poisoned himself with cjnade of potassinm at Auckland last Friday night. He died in twenty minutes. The Late Fire in Timaru.—Mr T. H. Parsons, the owner of the house in Timaru which it was attempted to burn down last week, was arrested on Saturday. He was released from custody on bail. Costley’s Estate. The executors of Costley’s trust estate value the properties as follows Real estate £28,000, mortgages £7340, fixed deposits £15,000, shares £1930, The executors are resolved to realise the freehold estates, notwithstanding an expression of opinion from charities interested and the public being in favor of retaining them. Another A;labm of Fire in Timaru.— On Sunday last another alarm of fire was raised in Timaru, The locality of the fire was Allan’s flour mill. It originated 1 among some coal lying in a shed attached to the engine house, The fire brigade was quickly on the spot and promptly extinguished the fire. Yery little damage was done.

Dynamite Explosion.— On Friday last at Invercargill a man placed a can containing some dynamite cartridges near a blacksmith s forge and before he had time to leave the building it was blown to atoms. Strange to say the man was uninjured, but two others who were standing outside received some wounds, ope, of them- rather severe ones. The explos’on was felt a quarter of a mile away; <. ■ A; '■■■■'/ r _

Railway AccideSt.— While passing the Otaiti Bush platform, Otago, the driver of the;; evening ; train tp r Riverton on-Friday noticed a dark object being shoved,along by the eow.catchcr in' front of .the engine, and immediately afterwards a hat was blown across the track. The usual steps were taken to stop the train, which was running at ordinary speed, having passed the station referred to without stopping.' It was then found that a man had 'somehow been caught by the coweatcher,' and had been dragged along about 200 yards. It being evident ho was severely injured, he was put into a carriage, and when the train was opposite Riverton Hospital it was stopped and he was conveyed there. Tieiwas then recognised as Jeremiah Regan, a laborer, residing at Otautau. Dr Young found that the man’s head was severely licerated, his left arm broken in two places, his back very much bruised and the-patient insensible from con mission of the brain. Notwithstanding these injuries it was considered probable he would recover, provided bo had received no internal injuries. , ' '

, No Confidence.— Sir George Grey’s Land Tax. and Mr Montgomery’s Abolition of the Property Tax morions arc regarded by t he . Government ns no confidence motions, so the trial of strength is to take place early in the session. On last Friday, in reply to Mr Montgomery, the Hon. Major Atkinson stated that when th* Address in Reply had been carried, when the Committee of Supply had been set up, and when Sir George Grey’s motion in favor of a Land Tax had been disposed of, he would take an early opportunity of making a statement to the House as to the order of Government business. In reply to Sir Geo rge Grey, the Hon. Major Atkinson said he would as soon as possible after the Address in Reply was carried more the House, into Supply, so that Sir George Grey’s Land Tax resolution ehould be at once discussed and decided. Sir George Grey said that his motion had stood on the Order Paper for two months last session without causing any excitement. The Colonial Treasurer could more the House into Supply if he liked, but he (Sir George Grey) intended to take his own time to c llect his facts and to bring his morion forward. I’ the Colonial Treasurer acted as stated, he would bring on the motion at once but otherwise would lake his own opportunity. 1

White Island.— Judge Wilson hasten-, tarcd into an agreement with a Tauranpa Company to work'- the sulphur of ■ White Island. The capital is to be £IO,OOO, It is considered that (he premises already erected there would manufacture thirteen hundred tons of acid in the year. A Cogent Reason. —lb was pointed out at the Wanganui dairy factory meeting that, if some scheme of the sort were not speedily adopted, the settlers of that district would have to throw their farms into pig holdings, and Wanganui would sink down to the level of Turakina, which, as a gentleman present regretfully remarked, ■ was a flourishing place twenty-four years ago.’ The gloomy threat, thus held out did its work, and a dairy factory was instantly resolved upon. Disease in Sheep.— Charcoal is highly recommended as a preventive of disease in sheep, and in an English pamphlet tbs following recipe for its use appears:—The charcoal should be given mixed with the food, except in urgent cases, when it may ba mixed with water or thin gruel and given as a drench. The dose is ons pint to every twenty-fire head of sheep or lambs; one quarter-pint per day for full-grown cattle, horses, or pigs ; half the quantity for young cattle, and two tablcspoonfuls to one dessertspoonful for young calves. A Fatal Mistake. —An inquest was held at Melbourne on a boy eight years of age, son of the Rev. William Yelland, Church of England, who died from the effect of a dose of carbolic asid accidently administered by Mr Yelland, in mistake for medicine. The evidence showed that the deceased had been ailing for some days with scarlatina. The carbolic acid was in a similar bottle to that which contained the medicine, and Mr ; Yelland gave him a tablespoonful of the acid, nearly all of which ho drank before the mistake was discovered. The child complained of a burning sensation, and died about ten minutes afterwards.

Football. —An exciting football match was played on last Saturday in tbs Temuka Park, between the Geraldine Wanderers and the Crusaders. The Timaru Captain won the toss and decided to kick off, with the wind in his favor. The ball went far afield, but the Geraldine Captain returned it splendidly and the forwards following it up well it was carried after some loose scrimmaging into the Timaru 25yds flag. This was succeeded by some very tight scrimmaging after which W Haynes (of Geraldine) obtained a touch down but the try resulted in nothing. The Timaru Captainjkicked off from the 25 j and the ball was in the field until the first 20 minutes ,/ war»called. The Geraldine Captain kicked off and the ball was kept in the Timaru side for a long time, until Shepherd (the Timaru Captain) made a splendid run and obtained a touch down. The try, which was very easy, was missed, and the Geraldine Captain (Finlay Bethunc) kicked off. After some good work done by Clinch and Guy for Geraldine, Melton (of Timaru) secured the ball and made a desperate run, but was collared within a few yards of the goal. In . the third .spell Thomson for Geraldine obtained a touch down, but it was disputed and - time was soon afterwards called. The game was very even in the beginning of the last spell but soon it became evident that both sides were determined to win and some very rough and tumble play ensued. The Geraldine forwards, however, worked well together, and kept th* ball well m the Timaru quarter, until within a few minutes of the end of the game when Guy by a desperate effort rushed through all his opponents and obtained a try, which resulted in the Geraldine Captain' securing an easy goal. The Geraldine team were therefore declared victors, and three cheers were given them by the ; Timaru team. The Geraldine team returned the compliment and the proceedings terminated. In the evening the Geraldine team sat down to an excellent dinner an the Wallingford Hotel. The dinner was served up in Mr Storey’s best style, and’ was done full justice to ; after which Mr F., Betliune, who as captain oo cupied the chair, • congratulated the team on its victory. Mr Coltnian proposed ‘The health of the Timaru team,’ coupled with the name of their Captain, Mr Shepherd, and asked Mr Twomey to respond. The toast baying been .drunk Mr Twomey responded, and proposed ‘The health of the Geraldine team ’ coupled with the name of the captain. The toasts was done full justice to after, which the toast of ‘ The commercial interests of Temuka and Geraldine, coupled with the names of Messrs Ogllyio and Haynes; ‘The Host,’ ‘The Ladies,’ and ‘ The Press,’ were duly honored. Messrs Coltman, Ogilvie, Martin, and Storey sang several songs, and a most enjoyable evening was’spent.

£1 reward is offered for the recovery of a lost horse. . The official declaration of the election at Mount Peel will be found elsewhere, Mr W. Posiethwaite publishes an address to the ratepayers of the Geraldine district. Mr J fieri, cabinetmaker and upholsterer, Temuta, advertises the arrival of a lot of new goods from London. Mr H. Clinch, tailor, Temuka, announces that he has just received a choice assortment of tweeds and stuffs of all kinds.,.,'Full par ticulars will be found in his<E3vertiseiaent. Malarial Fever.—Malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness and neuralgic ailments yield readily to this great disease conqueror, Hop Bittert, It repairs the ravages of disease by converting the food into rich blood, aud it gives new life and vigor to the aged and infirm. See. Holloway’s Ointment aud Pills, —Rheumatism and Rheumatic gout are the most dreaded of all diseases, because their victims know that they are safe at no season, and at no age secure. Holloway’s Ointment, after fomentation of the painful pans, gives greater relief than any other application; but it must be diligently used to obtain this desirable result. It has been highly commended by rheumatic subjects of all ages and of both sexes, for rendering their attack less frequent and less vigorous, and for repressing the sour perspirations aud soothing the neryes, In many cases, Hollo-,

way’s Ointment and Pills have proved the greatest blessings in removing rheumatism and rheumatic gout which lAp* r awailed persons previously and at tile prime of life j***-