LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1144, 4 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Football.—The football match between Auckland and Otago eleven on Saturday was a verykeen one, and resulted in a draw, nohting being scored on either side. Ploughing Match.—A meeting of farmers and others interested in the holding of a ploughing match at Geraldine this season will be held at the Geraldine Hotel to-morrow afternoon at 4 o’clock.

Auctioneer's Report,—Mr W. S. Maslin reports holding a sale of household effects on Saturday last. There was a large attendance of buyers, consequently biddings were spirited and very satisfactory prices wove obtained.

Temuka Road Board. The monthly meeting of the above Board takes place at their office to-dav. The only works tenders are invil ed for are the clearing of several swamp drains, and tho widening of one, tenders for which must be in before 10 a.m.

A Tin Deposit.— lt is stated that a prospecting party in the Ashburton district have found a deposit of tin, which, on being submitted to Professor Bickerton, has been pronounced to be genuine. A company has been formed to work the deposit, which it ii said exists in any quantity.

Religious Instruction.—At the installation of the Rev. Mr Oalder at All Saints* Ponsonby, Bishop Cowie said he could not think that Christian people of Hew Zealand would long tolerate the present system of education, which deprived great numbers of religious instruction. He enjoined Mr Calder to give special attention to the religious instruction cf the young. Suicide.—A man named George Ness, a fellraonger at 1 Kaikora, Auckland, was missing on Thursdays evening. His employers and others went in search of him on the hill as he had appeared to be in a desponding state of mind latterly, his usual regular remittance not having arrived last mail from Aberdeenshire, where his relations occupy a wealthy position. On Saturday afternoon they discovered the man’s body in a hole in Kaikora Creek, with an old pump tied on his back.

Fatal Accident.—A sad accident occurred in Timaru on Friday afternoon to Miss Lucy Hibbard, aged 21, tho second daughter of Mr B. Hibbard, of Timaru, she falling down a tank which had been left open. The covering of the tank was of wood which, was very wet; and slippery. The opening of it was about 2ft square and was not surrounded by a raised combing. An inquest was held on Saturday when a verdict of ‘ accidental death’ was returned.

The Rabbit Pest.—A large meeting of sheep farmers and others was held at Napier on Friday to receive the report of. the. Committee appointed by the settlers of Hawkes Bay and Waipawa Counties in reference to the approaching invasion of the Rabbit Plague. The report recommended the erection of a rabbit proof fence for a distance of 15 miles, at a coat of some £3OOO, and farmers representing a million and a quarter of sheep agreed to pay a farthing per head towards the cost.

Great Fiee. —An Auckland telegram states that the Te Kopura planing sheds and three million feet of timber were burned during last Friday night; The fire was raging all night. The whole station and large sawmills escaped almost miraculously. The fire has now been well got under, but all danger is not over. Tho loss is estimated at from £15,0C0 to £20,000. The mill was insured for £6OOO, but none of the property destroyed is covered by insurance. Horrible Treatment. A party of bailiffs who had taken possession of the house of one Samuel Funns, at Thrapstone, Northamptonshire, received terrible treatment at the hands of the infuriated debtor. Mr Funns first locked the men in a roem, and then threw a hive of bees amongst them. The agony of the imprisoned bailiffs must have been fearful- It is not surprising that the perpetrator of the ingenious outrage has been sentenced to a month’s hard labor in gaol. Scotch Independence.—This anecdote comes from Scotland. Two fisherman, Jamie and Sandie, belated and befogged on rough water, were in some trepidation lest they should never get ashore again. At last Jamie said: ‘‘Sandy, I’m steering, and I think you had better put up a bit of prayer.” Sandy said : “ I don’t know how.” , Jamie said ; “If ye don’t I’ll just chuck ye overboard.” Sandy began: “ Oh, Lord, I never asked anything of Ye for fifteen years, and if Ye’ll only get us safe back I’ll never trouble Yc again.” “ Whisht, Sandy,” said Jamie, 1 the boat’s touched the shore ; don’t bo beholden to anybody.”

Lord Wolseleyon Irishmen.—At a banquet given to Lord Wolseley in Dublin recently, the ‘ only general of his time’ made some remarks which have been severely criticised by a portion of the English Press. He said there was no greater folly than to imagine that the strict discipline which was necessary for an army could be maintained amongst Irishmen by the cold, unsympathetic rule of Englishmen. He had a great respect for Englishmen. He knew their good points, and no one could admire English soldiers more than he did. But his own experience of Irish soldiers was that if you want to have them in a state of discipline, and to get as much out of them as possible, they must be commanded by their own countrymen. Irish soldiers, he thought, were very much like the Irish people generally—they required to be ruled flrmlv, but justly. The administration that suited other races did not suit the Irish army any more than it suited the Irish people.

Accident . A rather nasty acciden occurred to a man named Robert Latimer last Saturday. Ho was working on the Temuka bridge when a pile tell on his foot, end injured his big toe so much that it had to bo amputated by Dr Hayes. About an inch of the too had to be cut oft. The patient is getting en as well as could be expected. Frozen Meat;—The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company sent by the British King 1825 carcases of mutton on account ef twelre owners. Since April they hare sent 30,709 sheep weighing 2,052,984 pounds, and 52 quarters of beef weighing 10,227 pounds. The operations at the Belfast Works are now suspended to allow of the erection of now machinery. Timaeu Show.—The Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association will hold their eighteenth annual show of stock, dairy produce, agricultural implements, etc, on their grounds, Waihiti Road, near Timaru, on the 30th and 31st October, and offer prizes for competition thereat to the ralue of about £SOO, The Secretary requests that all persons intending to offer private prize* for competiamong the various classes will advise him of their intention at once, so that ho can notify the same. In the prize list in merino sheep, class B, the only stipulation intended is that the sheep shall not be housed or clothed. Programmes may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Mr F. W. Stubbs, Timaru. The Irish Leaders.—Mr Parnell and his followers appear to be not only the champions of their own country, but also of persons of other nationalities who have grievances to redness in the House of Commons. From a letter dated Glasgow, July 10, and published in an Irish paper, we learn that two deputations have left that town to seek their assistance in London with regard to some measures which the people wish to see altered in their passage through Parliament. The one is called the ‘Lord Advocate’s General Police Bill,’ and the other 'Mr Mundella’s Education Bill.’ There are some clauses in th esc measures which people think very obnoxious, but their own representatives will not lake the matter up, and so the aid of the Irish party is sought. It is rather hard on the Scotch members. An Unintentional Benefit. The Ballarat Star says It is reported that a young man of usually habits got a little drop to much the other evening. As he was proceeding homewards, he fancied that a young female, who was walking behind, said several times, ‘ Walk right , walk right.’ Becoming ashamed of himself especially at the tact of a lady noticing his slightly staggering gait, the young man went next day and signed the pledge. The penitent, when speaking of the advice given to 'him by the girl, was informed that the fair one was a newspaper vendor for the Salvation Army, and that, instead of saying ‘ Walk right,’ she was crying out • ‘ War Cry War Cry ’ the. name of the Salvationist newspaper. It will thus be seen that the War Cry has done some good. A Whopper.—The agents of two rival iron safe manufacturers were recently representing the claims of their respective articles. One was a Yankee, the other wasn’t. Ho that wasn’t told this story: A game-cock had been shut up in one of his safes, and then it was exposed three day* to the most intense heat. When the door was #pened the cock stalked out, flapped his wings, and crowed loudly as if nothing had happened. It was now the Yankee’s turn, A cock had also been shut up in one of his safes with a pound of fresh butter, and the safe was submitted to the trial of a tremendous heat for more than a week. The legs of the safe were melted off, and the door itself so far fused as to require the use of a chisel to get it opened- When it was opened the cock was found frozen dead, and the butter so solid that a man who knocked off a piece of it with his hammer had hi* eye put out with a butter splinter.

A Scandalous Cobhespondknt, A Wellington correspondent of a New Plymouth paper says : —Considerable indignation has been expressed by the members of the House and members of the Press at an article emanating from Wellington correspondents appearing in the Taranaki News of Slat June under the title of ‘ Wellington in Session,’ in which members are slandered in a scandalous manner, it being stated * that members have to be sought for in houses of ill-fame for the purpose of recording their rotes when a division is called for.* The matter having been brought under {he notice of the Speaker the correspondent has been expelled from the Press gallery, and on behalf of the representatives of the Press, Mr Gillon, chairman of the gallery has addressed a letter to the Sergeant-at-arms, condemning in the strongest terms the slanderous and untruthful attack on the morality of the members of the House. Sbbious Breach of the Law.—The Wanganui police hare under investigation what is alleged to be a serious breach of the law with regard to burials. It is stated (says the Chronicle) that a resident of the Avenue about twelve months ago buried his two-year-old child in the back garden of his house, and it is oven stated that the burial was registered in the usual way. The resident in question removed a few months afterwards to another part of the colony, and it was while the body (which was inside a box) was being dug up from the garden, in order to be sent away also, that the affair was discovered by the neighbors as well ns by the present tenant of the house. Our contemporary is informed, also, that the registration paper was signed by ‘ two persons of good repute,’ who knew* nothing whatever of the body or the burial, and whose signatures wore obtained on the assurance that they wore merely wiine-ses to a document. The penalty for bur. ing a body within fire miles of a cemetery is a heavy fine or a term of imprisonment, but according to our reading of the Act (adds the Chronicle) the penalty for making a false declaration for purpose* of registration is imprisonment without the option of a fine. More will no doubt bo heard of the matter.

England’s Future King.— When the Prince of Wales walked out to vote in favour of the Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill, passing on hia way the rows of Bishops, who bowed low to him, some of them felt evidently distressed at finding- themselves - thus in direct opposition to their fui are king, the head of the Church that u to be.

Curious ExHißiTroN.-lTlier6 is now on view at the show room* of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, says the Lyttelton Times, a collection which is well worthy the attention and consideration of farmers and owners of stock, especially those who are in the habit of using wira in binding their crops. The collection referred to consists of no fewer than 230 pieces of binding wire, varying in length from half an inch to four inches, all of which were extracted by a magnetic apparatus from the wheat put through the cleaning fans at the Canterbury Mills, during the course of eight hours. There are also some four or fire nails, a portion of the flange of a threshing machine wheel, and an iron rivet, which were taken out of the wheat by the same appliance. For the presence of these latter among the grain the wire binder is not responsible, but the quantity of wire, for which it certainly is answerable, fully, justifies the remark of the manager of the mill, who, in the letter accompanying the miscellaneous assortment of hard’wate above . described, observeslf the battle'had a *<. word to say in the, mattw,' r s tiiey would sooner chew twine than wire.*

The Salvation Army, —Speaking at a public meeting at JDunedin, recently, Captain Jackson Barry said he had heard of certain things and he was surprised the t Government did not put a stop to the Salvation Army. He considered that Sunday evenings were r the amphitheatre for the Salvation Army.’ The mothers of Dunedin should not allow their daugh-•' ters to attend the Army, which ho believed was nothing but a burlesque, discredit, and mockery against all good religion. He did not say that he was . ‘the piousest man in the' world.’— (Laughter), The Salvation Army was, he said, merelj a financial speculation. What did the judges oi ’England say in the recent action to recover £20,000 from ‘ General * Booth t Why, that it was a disgrace to the Array. As it wag in\' Engladdrgo he (Captain Barry) said the Army was in Dunedin—a disgrace to its followers. He warmly, urged that the " officers of the Army ‘ should work for » their living even if they had to honestly sweep a crossing.’ .

Tenders for the purchase of the stock-in-trade of the late Mrs S. J. Louis, “1 Terauka, close to-day, Tenders for the purchase of Olliyier’s auction room, offices and laud, in Terauka, must be in to-day. Messrs J. Mundell and Co., auctiionoers, Geraldine, hold their monthly sale of-* stock, etc., at their yards. Geraldine, to-morrow. Entries received up 1 to hour of sale. w;,T. ;

Mr Peter Qeorgeson, hakef and confec- -r tiorter, Geraldine, notifies that he has removed to more commodious premises, and while returning thanks for past . . support solicits a continuance of‘"same,