LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1138, 23 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1.0 O.F. Sports —At a meeting of the Loyal Alexanarovna Lodge, Temuka, last evening, it was unanimously resolved to hold their usual Sperts on Boxing Day.

The Actions of a Town Clerk.— The Town Clerk of West Harbour, Dunedin, has furnished the Council with a list of the books and papers burnt. They include the rate books valuation rolls, minutes of meetings, cash book, ledger, journal, &0., &c. He says however, that he is very hazy about what has gone. An information has been laid against him. The N. Z. S. Co.’s Lin e.—The Na Zealand Shipping Company have received cable advice of the arrival of the lonic at Madeira, on the 19th. Her refrigerator lias worked satis r ac ! orily, and the me it was in good condition The Doric, bound to Auck land, was at the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th instant. The Catalonia will leave Lytlleton for London on Saturday next. More Embezzlement. Hellyer, formerly connected with the “ Okie Englysbe Favre,” and recently teacher at the Catholic School in Dunedin, left suddenly for Sydney It was found that he had appropriated money of the Hibernian Society, and forged tbeEev. Father Ginaty’s signature to cheques. The police at Wellington were telegraphed to, but the Wakatipu m which Hellyer was said to have sailed, had left. Hellyer however, will be arrested at Sydney, on the arrival of Hie steamer Sergeant Mason leaves by the Manapouri to fake charge of him. Native Matters. —An Opunake telegram states that about 250 natives came from Oeo on Monday morning. After breakfasting, with the Opunake natives, they came along toward the Waiqu bridge, where a party of Armed Constabulary was stationed, and a bar placed across the bridge, seeing which from the lull, the natives turned back. Titokowaru was at their bead. Hone Piahua was a'so present. Calonel Roberts, accompanied by Captains Morrison and Messenger, was on the side of tbo bridge where the natives drew up, but none came forward to make any request. It is believed Colonel Roberts was prepared to allow the natives to go forward in detachments. As soon as the first returned others would be allowed to go through. The natives demand the right to come and go when they like.

4. School Committee in Tbobble.— The Dunedin School Committee are at loggerbead* with the Education Board. The Committee declined to go on with repairs because they had no funds, to which the Board returned an answer expressing regret that the Committee was unable to perform its functions, and that the Board would do the necessary repiirs and deduct the cost from the Committee’s allowances- At a Commit tee meeting, a statement was produced contrasting the expenditure of the two bodies greatly in favour of the Committee. The resu't was the carrying of the following resolution:—“That as the Education Board is at present in ‘heathen darkness’ regarding the whole financial position and doings of the Dunedin School Committee, we enclose a copy of the return prepared by the Chairman.” Welcome Retreat Lodge, I. 0. G. T., Geraldine.— The usual weekly meeting of this Lodge was held in the schoolroom, Geraldine, on Monday evening last, all the officers being present. The W C.T., Bro W. S. Maslin, opened the Lodge indue form,and after the usual routine business had been , disposed of, six candidates were proposed for membership and accepted. The G.W. Secretary, Bro D. C. Cameron, G. W. Counsellor, Bro K. Sando, D.D G W.C.T. Bro T. J. Kennedy, (of the Lifeboat Lodge Timaru), and Bro Danes, (of the Pioneer .Lodge Dunedin), being in attendance, they Wb-0 admitted and after fraternal greetings had b»on exchanged, business was resumed. Bro. Sahlo taking the W.C.T.’a chair. Bros Moslin, Wtbren and S. Sherratt briefly explained to thi visitors why the Lodge objected to pay th% extra twopence per member assessment, B»os, Cameron, Sando and Kennedy explained the reason why, during the last session of the Grand Lodge, the levy had been imposed. This proving satisfactory,the members of the Lodge agreed to pay the levy. Bro. Sando being the Lodge’s representative gave a very succinct account of the business transacted during the last meeting of the Grand Lodge, and also explained his reason for not visiting this Lodge during his term of office. Bro. Kennedy then gave a very interesting address on the benefits of Good Templarism. Bro. Davies also poke at some length on the Temperance question. Bros. Maslin, Sherratt Coltman and others having asked a few qustions, to which the G.W. Secretary gave satisfactory replies, the business of the Lolge concluded with a hearty vote of thanks to the visiters, to which the latter responded. The Lodge was then closed in prescribed form by Bro. Sando. It was announced that next Monday evening there i would be aii-open Ladge meeting.

Held Over.—" County Elector's” le ler will appear in our nett.

The M vßlOnettbs. The Marionettes appear to-night in the Volunteer Hub, Temuka. To-morrow night they will appear in an entire change of programme. On Saturday night they will appear in the Oddfellows’ Hull. Geraldi m. The entertainment is most amusing, and we hope to see good houses. Timaru Tradesman’s Racing Club A general meeting of the above Club was hold last Tuesday evening, Mr W. Gunn in the chair. After some discussion the following programme was adopted Handicap Hurdle Race of 30 sovs ; Anniversary Plate of 25 aovs; Handicap Time Trot of 15 sovs ; Farmers’ Plate of 20 sovs ; Counties Handicap of 50 sovs; Hurdle Race of 10 sovs ; Town Plata of 50 sovs ; Benevolent Scurry oi £ — ; Christmas Box Handicap of 10s, —altogether £2lO, Th« following were elect- d ii.embers of the C ub :—Messrs C. W. Bourn, W, . Moore, J. Mcßeth, Jos. Murphy, A. D. Wells, P. B. Lipertwood, J. H. Glasson, P. Stock. S Prout, J. Gibson (Pareora), W. L. Edwards, A, M. Reed, C. Hooper. G. Matthews, J, Trisf, and Bertie. Mr Howey moved that h hearty vote of thanks be accorded to Mr Richard Turnbull, M.H.R. lor Timaru, for the way he had acted towards the people ot Timaru in dea'ing with the Timaru Racecourse Reserve Bill, A discussion took place on this, in the course of which the conduct of the Timaru Jockey Club in condemning the action of Mr Turnbull was severely criticised. The motion was carried unanimously.

Eobbkkt at Oeabi.—During the night of Tuesday last the Orari Hotel was broken into, the means of ingress being the bar window. On minute exatninaiion being made h was discovered that some bottles of brandy and whisky, tobacco and cigars, had been abstracted The till was attempted, but fortunately the thier s were unable to force it, open Constable Willoughby, of Geraldine, was communicated with yesterday morning, who immediately after proceeded to the scene of tne robbery. Constable Willoughby returned to Geraldine at a late hour yesterday afternoon and we learn that both the Winchester and Orari Hotels were bur glariously entered on the night stated. Entrance was, in each case, effected by the bar window, the hasp having been opened by means of a knife. From the Orari Hotel the burglars took 61b twist tobacco, 100 cigars, seven flasks beehive brandy, and six tumblers. From the Winchester Hotel, six bottles port wine, four bottles sherry, one square one schnapps four flasks whisker, and 15s in silver. The thieves are still at large, and no doubt will have a Jolly spree before they are captured. The inmates of the Winchester Hotel heard the noise, but they took no notice of it, thinking it was someone of the household that was about. The lime was about four o'clock in the morning. The burglar must taken off his shoes to go in, and his foot must have bean cu f , as there was the print of a foot that had evidently been bleeding on the windowsill, Renewing Acquaintance.—There is a worthy old settler in the neighbourhood < f Wanganui who has a brother in Scotland, with whom he had held no communication for many long years past. It came into our friend’s head a few months ago that he would remind bis brother of his existence by sanding him a Wanganui weekly newspaper, which be accordingly did. By & recent mail he received a letter from his brother in Scotland, which was calculated to make each particular hair on our friend’s head to stand bolt upright. Ihe writer, while expressing his satisfaction that his brother was still in flesh in New Zealand, went on to lament that, notwithstanding all his early pious training in the land of cakes, he should have come down to such a low pitch, and concluded by entreating thelo-t sheep to go in for spiritual counsel and amendment, if such was obtainable in a heathen land like New Zealand. Our friend's horror and surprise at receiving this letter (says the Wanganui Chronicle) may be imagined, for, although not an elder of the kirk, he is one of our most respected and respectable citizens. It occurred to him that the hideous nightmare was the result, of the newspaper lie had sent Horae, and, on his pro curing another copy, he was mortified to find a Police Court report in which a namesake of our friend had been fined for drunkenness! The mystery was now cleared up, but the victim is too much disgusted to write Home to h’s brother and explain. There is a coolness between the parties which will require a lot of bridging over. A MtstbbiouS Case —An Invercargill telegram states that on Saturday lash two little children, son and daughter of Mr Edwin Kidd, were playing on the main road from Woodlands to Mabel, about 200 yards from their father’s house and a quarter of a mile from the township of Woodlands, when they found a strange-looking bundle in a waterhole at the end of a box culvert Juvenile curiosily prompted investigation, and the startling discovery was made that the bundle consisted of the body of a male child wrapped up in a Dunedin paper and an old rag. The children informed their father, and he telegraphed to the police in Invercargill. Detective E lie proceeded to the spot where Mr Kidd, keeping the occurrence from the knowledge of his neighbors had preserved strict watch on the body. On examination it was found that the child was fully developed, and Uadprobably lived for a day or two. The skull was fearfully smashed, one portion of it being entirely broken off I lie body. It also bore murks of violence. Apparently the corpse bad been in Hie wa'er some days, and the wounds bad the unmistakeablo appearance of having been wilfully inflicted. The inqnos 1 on the body was held at the Railway S atiou there today. The police applied for an adjournment for three weeks after the medical evidence had been

ta'ien. Dr Galbraith laving made a post m irlem examination, gave evidence that the body «as in an advance 1 stale of decomposelion. He supposed the infant to have been dead three week*. The injuries were confined to the skull and a wound on the left arm. He did not think it had lived long after birth, from the absence of any change in its umbilical cor 1, although it had breathed. He could not say whether the injuries were received before or after death. It had not when born been attended by a medical man or by a qualified nurse No clue is yet obtainable. The injury to the head is very extensive, horizontal and vertical fracture* existing.

MrJßlyth, femuka, invite* tender* for tdd tions to dwelling house netr Orsri. A ploughman is wanted for a »tation, Applications to be made to the Bank ot N*w Zealand Geraldine.

Messrs J. Mundell and Co., auctioneer*, Geraldine, announce that they will tell a half-acre section of land situate on Dr Fish’s road, with good house thereon, on Saturday next. Mr J. M. Ollivier invites tenders for hi* auction room and offices situate in the Main South Road, Temuka. The lease ha* 21 years to run; low ground rent. Applications to be made either to himself or Mr J. Ash well, agent.

Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup —lnfallib e, tasteless, harmless, cnrllnrlic ; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation Is, at Druggists. Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, G.-nertl Agents. kou can be happy if you will stop all your doctoring yourselves and families w tli expensive doctors or cure-alls that do only harm, and use Nature’s simple remedies for all your ailments, you will he well and happy and save great expense The greatest remedy for this, the great, wise, tmd geo 1 will tell you, is Hop Bitters. See,