LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1122, 17 July 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka School Committee. The monthly meeting of the Temuka School Committee will be held this evening in the schoolroom.

Concert and Dance. —The Timaru Artillery Brass Band announce a concert and dance to take place in the Volunteer Hall, Te* muka, to-night.

Madame Lotti Wilmot.— This lady lectured on Saturday, Sunday and last evenings to full houses in Geraldine, on ‘ Courtship and Marriage,’ ‘ Ereethought,’ and ‘ Melbourne by day and night.’

Edmonds’s Q-i.be Club.— -The third and final concert of the season by this Club will take place next Thursday evening in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka. Mrs Rout has promised to assist, A ball takes place afterwards.

Clearing- Sale at Geraldine.— Messrs J, Mundell and Co, will hold a clearing sale of stock and implements on the farm of Mr 0. B. Sherratt, Geraldine, to-day. The farm of 301 i acres will be' offered at the same time.

Geraldine Dairy and Bacon-curing Company. —As a result of Friday evening’s lecture by Mr W. Bowron, in Geraldine, we fleam that 280 shares were taken up in the hall the same evening. Over 500 shares are now disposed of, and this will warrant the Company proceeding at once. ,

Attempted Suicide —When the Dunedin; express had gone a short distance out 'of Invercargill yesterday a man''named Charles Lewis, said to be of unsound mind> threw himself across the track as the train approached. Every effort was made to stop the engine, hut Lewis was caught by the cowcatcher, and dragged a considerable distance. He was conveyed to the hospital, where it was found he had received a contused wound on the back of the head, which is not considered dangerous. Accident at Pleasant Valley. —Yes, terday morning a team belonging to Mr B. Bailey, and driven by a man named Kellier, was p'oughing on the top of a terrace on the property of the farmer, when one horse fell over a precipice a distance of twenty-five feet, taking the plough with it. The horse was killed ajfjnost insfantaneous’y. Eortu irately the other horses freed themselves, otherwise they would have also gone over the precipice, and met a similar fa‘e The plough was s’ightly damaged. Fuozen Meat Tbadb —A meeting convened by the broker of the Christchurch Meat Freezing Co., was held in the Ship Hotel, Timaru, last Saturday, but very few a'to' ded Thom who attended, however, gave very little encouragement to the broker. They told him plump and plain that they considered South Canterbury could start a company of its own, and that unless the Christchurch Company war, prepared to make Timaru its headquarters they would not support it, We quite approve of this course. South Canterbury ought to foster its own industries and ba no longer a suburban of Christchurch, Union of Chueches. —The sittings of the Methodist Union Committee were continued last Friday, in Christchurch, under the presidency of the Revs Mr Dutton and Mr Reid respectively. The powers of Church Courts were considered, and considerable progress made in forming the basis of union for submission to the respective churches. Unanimity was practically arrived at on all important questions. In the evening at a meeting held in the Durham street Church, the Rev W Morloy presided, and addresses of welcome were delivered by Revs E. Best and W. Tinsley. The following were speakers • n various phases of Methodist Union : —Revs W. Dntlon, R. Bavin, f. White, and J. Wilson. The Committee have made a series of recommendations as (o the various funds, t o'i lenient of proper! ios, and duties of church officers. It was adorned that all ministers would be profitably employed, and no serious difficulty is apprehended concerning finance.

Infanticide. —Tho dead body of a new born child was found last Sunday in High street, Grej mouth, alongside the road, wrapped in calico and brown paper, with four halfcrowns tied in a corner of the calico. Tho evidence taken at the enquiry showed that the child was born alive, and probably died from neglect. The umbilical cord had been cut with a blunt instrument, and not having been tied, hemorrhage had caused death. The jury relumed a verdict accordingly. It was seen by a young girl on the day before, but although on the edge of the road and in full view of passers by, it remained undisturbed until Sunday morning The Wain Case. —The man Wain and his wi r e, charged at the Supreme Court, Dunedin, with the manslaughter of their son, by ill treatment, were found guilty on last Friday. Sentence was deferred until yesterday, whe i they were each seut-noed to seven i ears’ pen si servitude. The Judge in passing sentence said he concurred in the verdict which had been returned. Such a verdict would have been returned by any jury in any part of the colony. Whilst giving weight ta the jury’s loeommendation to mercy, he pointed out that if the prisoners had by their act con templated the child’s death they were guilty of murder. He thought the prisoners were animated towards the unfortunate child by a wicked evil spirit, - R.M, Court, Temuka.— At the abov-a Court, yesterday, before S. D. Barker (Chairman), J. Talbot and D Inwootl, Esqs, J.P’s., B. Forward sued J. Roddick for £3 on a judgment summons. Mr Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff The defendant denied that ho had received money since the date of the judgment. Mr Sinclair, Road Board Overseer, gave evidence to the effect that he paid defendant the sum of £3 Is, and Mr Fenton said that he had cashed a cheque for about £2 4 for him since the date of the judgment. Their Worships reserved their decision. B. Thomson v. J. Roddick—claim £7; judgment summons. Mr Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff. Mr James Guild was called, and gave evidence to the effect that since the 26th of June he had paid about £SO to the defendant. After some further consideration their Worships ordered defendant to pay within a week, or in default be imprisoned for one month. In the case of Forward against the same defendant a similar order was made.

Accident. —Dr Campbell had a narrow escape from serious injury last Sunday in Temuka. He had got a horse—which ho was about to buyon trial, and when it was harnessed in the buggy in the morning, it took to it very quietly. The doctor then drove down the street, and hqd occasion to stop opposite Mr Dyson’s house. When the horse was required to move next time, it was not altogether so amiable. It probably thought it a hardship to have to work on Sunday, its religious feel, ing were outraged, and as a protest against the unrighteousness of breaking the Sabbath it began kicking its heels up. Every kick was aimed at its driver, and soon it managed to splinter the splash board. The horse became completely unmanageable and ran up against a post, resulting in itself and the vehicle parting company, and in the doctor being thrown out on the road f dlowed by the buggy seat. The horse carried with it the two shafts of the buggy and continued to put as much distance between itself and the balance of its burden as possible. It ran down the street and across the town, jumped aver Mr Edmonds’s fence, and brought up in his garden, quite satisfied that its Sunday work was done for that day. Dr Campbell very fortunately escaped unhurt, and was about at well as ever yesterday, but he has nob finally closed for the purchase of the horse yet. •

How to Get Well.—Which is answered in three words—Take Hop Bitters. Read. Mr Ihos. Park, Milford, notifies that he has lost a aheap dog, and any one detaining it after this date will be prosecuted.

Mr Jas, Orr notifies his intention of spelling for a slaughter house license for his farm on Waitohi Flat, The Temuka Postmaster invites written applications for the position of letter carrier in Temuka.

Mr J. W. Miles, Temuka, announce that he will commence a clearing sale next Saturday. On Friday next, at Ip.m., a trial of disc harrows will be made in a paddock belonging to Mr Postlethwaite at Geraldine. Messrs M'dean and Stewart will bold an extensive sale of fruit and forest trees at their Timaru Horse Bazaar to day. Mr W. t’oltraan. watchmakeran I jeweller, Temuka, has removed two doors higher' up the main street, his premises being now opposite Tangriev’s boot shop. Don’t Die in the House, —‘Rough on Rats’ clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs. ants, insects, moles, jackrabbits, gophers. 7|d. Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents.