The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1833. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1146, 8 September 1883, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1833. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The OmaoiNa Mail—The mail via San Francisco for the United Kingdon, etc., close at the post office, Geraldine, to-day at 10 40 a.m., and at Temuka at 3 p.m.

Gekamdine Dairy and Bacon Curing Co- —At a meeting of the Directors of this Company held on Wednesday afternoon last, the only important business transacted was the appointing of the acting-Secretary, Mr J. Y. Ward, as permanent Secretary to the Company. The ether business was of an entirely routine chai'acter.

G-amack v. the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ld.—ln this case, Mr Justice Gillies on Wednesday, at Auckland, delivered judgment in favor of the defendant Company, allowing the demurrer with costs. Messrs Perry and Perry were the solicitors for the defendants, and Messrs Whito and Smithson for the plaintiff. LißEi/.—At the Supreme Court Invercargill, the only case of interest was that of Hornsby of the Lake County PreS3 v. Warren of the Lake Wakatipu Mail, for libel, contained in the following extract from the Arrowtown correspondent of the Mail on the occasion of a lectur* by the plaintiff on Ireland: —' Ireland has once more to cry * Save me from my friends !' The lecturer appearajto have an insatiable penchant for' blood and murder,' inculcated, perhaps in his earJy youth, as he hails from Tasmania, and it has before now been remarked that his lineage ii to be traced ra the records of the Chatham Isles. This accounts for and excuses a great deal.' The jury gave a verdict for £SO, the claim having been £IOOO. The Judge reserved law points raised by the defendant for a nonsuit. Murder and Suicide. —The Times corres. at Geneva says : —' An extraordinary tragedy has occurred at Aarau. Two youths, Eutschi and Ehraam, both pupils in tho superior cantonal school at Aarau, and fast friends, went with some comrades and one of their teachers to a tavern in the neighborhood, where they remained until eleven o'clock. They then went .to Ehrsam's house, and after Staying there a short time went in the direction of the Aar, and were never seen alive again. The next morning the lads were found lying side by side dead, each with a bullet in his head, while near them lay a revolver with three of its barrels undischarged. It is supposed that by arrangement one first, shot the other and then himself, but as for their motives for committing so terrible a deed nothing as yet is known.'

The Tables Neably Turned.—During the high flood in the river Waihi at G-eral-dine on Thursday morning last a party wished to d rown a cat, but in verification of the old saw that' a cat has nine lives,' several attempts to deprive her of the breath of life were uaeffectual. At last a man came forward who said he would do the job or be < drowned for it,' and poor pussy was thrown into the swollen stream. Standing on top of the rirer bank, in his eagerness to watch the death struggles of his victim he did not notice how rotten the ground was under him, whieh giving way suddenly, be slipped down nearly up to his armpits in the water. He managed to scramble out, however, much to his relief, and vowing vengeance against all cats in the future who came across his path.

Report on the Insurance Department. —The following is the Report from the Public Accounts Committee on the Insurance Department, brought up by Mr Moss in the Bouse on Wednesday :—' The Committee to whom was referred for consideration (lie present organisation of the Government Insurance Department, with the view of the Committee suggesting any alterations which may tend to the more efficient and economical working of the Department, have the honor * o report that the Committee sees no reason whatever to doubt the soundness of the Government insurance business so fains their investiga l ions have extended, With roference to any revision of the system or to any reorganisation of the Department which may be required, the Committee has nol yet taken sufficient evidence to enable them to make a specific recommendation to the House. It is also I he opinion of the Commit! eo t.i>at the evidence I uken should not be published until the enquiry has been completed.' j

Fatal Accident.—Katie Fernandez, aged six.daugbcr of Andrew Fernandez, of the Britomart Hotel, Auckland, went up a ladder: through a man-hole in the upper storey near the roof, and whita feeding pigeons there fell through the skylight head first down into the open court below, a depth of over 30 feet, expiring immediately. Thb Greatest Man in the House.—A curious little incident occurred the other afternoon in the House. Mr Whitaker accused Sir Gf- Grey of talking against time to prevent the third reading of tha Appropriation Act, and in doing so said that even the greatest men can sometimes do exactly the same things that they blame others for doing, He added that it was admitted Sir Q- Grey was the greatest man on the Opposition side of the House, to which Mr Montgomery replied warmly,' He is the greatest man in the House,' which, coming from such a quarter, brought down the heartiest cheer that has been heard from the Opposition bench for some weeks past. Thb Weatheb. At Geraldino during the present week the weather has been most wintry, a heavy south-wester blowing on Wednesday aud Thursday, accompanied with a heavy downpour of rain. We hare not heard of. any damage having been done up to the present time. On Thursday morning last there was a large volume of water rolling down the Waihi river-bed, at the rate of knots per hour, but it kept well within bounds. Towards evening the rain abated, but the wind was still blowing heavily, and evening, and has been very fine since. The fall of rain in Ohristchurch seems to have been very heavy, a great deal of the city was under intensely cold. It cleared up on Thursday water, in some places to the height of four feet. It continued to rain there all day on Thursday. A slip occurred during Wednesday night on the south line at Puketeraki, and at Omimi. The express was delayed for several hours in consequence of the slips. The high wind which prevailed during the morning also rendered the railway telegraph line defective.

The Divided Skirt.—' Civil,' iu the Otago Witness, after referring to the new fangled idea of wearing the divided skirt, writes:— It seems, then,that the divided skirt means the abolition of stays. This is news indeed. Success to the divided skirt! When first the inexperienced lover is permitted to clasp the maiden of his choice within his arms, in that day one of the illusions of youth and innocence perishes. He has thought of a girl as something soft, warm, yielding. He finds, upon experiment, that, like the armadillo and the turtle, she carries her bones outside. What Byron in a celebrated passage, calls his ' glowing arm' comes into collision with a cold and rigid encasement which re»ists pressure and chills the warmest feelings of his jsoul. Hereafter, to prevent disappointment, beforo venturing upon those pre-nuptial endearments, the lover will endeavour to find out how the land lies. ' One moment — excuse me,' the ardent youth will say when preparing (o ' seal' an engagement, ' may Ibe permitted to inquire— don't misunderstand me ! —but do —you wear the divided skirt ?'

Evil Ingenuity Rewabded.—Virtue, we are told, is its own reward, Not bo vice. Still it would appear as if patience and perseverence in wrong doing equally with the exercise of the same qualities in the right direction tend to success. Thus, we (Melbourne Herald) learn that coiners hare at length overcome the great difficulty which heretofore baffled them—their inability to mill the edges of the base coin properly, and to treat the metal so as to give it the " ring " of genuine coin. It now appears that by using platinum and adding a thick coating of gilding by means of an electric battery, the edges of the counterfeit coins are milled equal to the genuine, and, further, that nothing can be detected in the ring to distinguish them. There is, however, still a flaw in a tendency to wear light in color towards the edges, and this alone, except by an acid test, which cannot ba used in daily business, appears to be the only method of discovering the imposition. Those to whom new gold coins are tendered should therefore be on their guard.

Woollen Factobt job Timabtt—A meeting of the promoters of a woollen factory for Timaru was held in Mr Stubbs' office on Wednesday evening. The Working Committee brought up their report. After detailing the cost of buildings, machinery, etc, some £4OOO, the report gave an estimate of the probable receipts and expenditure foe the first 12 months as follows :—Dr. —To material in the shape of wool, scoured, 104,0001b5, at Is, £5200 ; coals, 364 tens, at 40s, £728; oils, £520; wages, £5000; dye ware, £2OO ; clerical, £l5O ; gas, £lO4 ; rates and taxes, £2O ; water, £4O ; wear and tear, £250 ; depreciation (allowing for its total renewal in seven years), £500; total, £12,712. Or.—By 98,800 yards of cloth, at 3s, £l4 820; which, after deducting the above £12,712, leaves a profit of £2IOB. This was considered highij satisfactoty. It is stated that the capital of the proposed cornwould be £IO,OOO, and 2400 shares had already been taken up. The works would employ some 40 hands, and it was estimated that these would take up about 1000 more. It was resolved to immediately register the Company'under the Joint Stock Companies Act. Working Committee was appointed and the meeting terminated.

Mr K F Gray, auctioneer, Temuka, will hold a sale of drapery on Iriday next. Mr James Hay, Epworth, notifies that he has found a black and tan sbeopdog. Mr C Reid tobacconist, Temuka, offers a reward of 10s for the recovery of a black and tan sheep dog. Messrs Henry and Findlay, Temuka, advertise in reference to the improvements in the new Deering Twine Binder. Messrs J Mundell and Co., auctioneers, Geraldine, have postponed their monthly stock sale till Wednesday next. The poundkeeper at Geraldine notifies that unless two horses impounded are previously released they will be sol 1 at the jound on Thursday next.

Winchester Fair is postponed till Thusrday next.

Messrs E Wilkin and Co., auctioneers, Timaru, will attend the Washdyke fortnightly stock sale on Monday next, when they w ill sell fat and store cattl e and sheep. Wells' ' Rough on Corns.'—Aik for Wells' Rough on Corns. 7£d. Qui< k relief, complete permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents