LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1149, 15 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Land. —Attention is directed to tlie land advertised for sale, both for cash and on deferred payments, by tlie Com' missioner of Crown Lands.

Horse Parade. —The Secretary of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association notifies that the annual Horae Parade under the auspices of that , Association will take place in Timaru on the 29th September. Entries close on the 27th. 77 Court Case, —A case in which a couple of the fair ladies of Temuka will figure is set down for hearing for next Monday. The charge •is obscene language. One: of the ladies has summoned a man for assault, and as all the cases will be heard next Monday there is a probability of something less dreary than usual. The Hedge-Hog.—We are told that a real live hedge-hog, such as might have been seen in the Home countries, has been found in the Pleasant Point! district, and that it is now to be seen there domesticated. This is the first hedge-hoc known to have been found in the colony, so far, as we can ascertain. > R.M. Court, Temuka.;— At the R. M. Court, Temuka, last Thursday, before S. D. Barker, Esq, J.P., D. Scott was fined 20s, for having been drunk and disorderly. A woman who was charged with a similar offence was dealt with in the same way, Duncan Scott came to Temuka in his own trap again yesterday, got drunk, and was once more run

The Land Lbagubes.— Mr Redmond and Mr Walsh, after consultation with their friends, have decided to alter arrangements, and leave Auckland on Sunday by the Wanaka for Hokitika, where Mr Redmond’s .first meeting in the colony will be held. It is intended to establish branches of the Land League in the . leading towns, each branch being invited to send a delegate to the Australasian Convention held on the 7th November in Melbourne. The Lion of the Hotte.— The Chairman of the Trades and Labour Council of Auckland has just received , telegrams from Mr Dargaville in reply to one expressing the s ympathy of the Council with that gentleman in his action re Major Atkinson’s * political corruption.’ Mr Dargaville expresses gratification at their approval, and states he had been requested to ;address a public meeting at Dunedin, where ho now is, but had declined , as he considered he owed his first duty to his constituents.

Timaeu Haebob Boaed. - The usual monthly meeting of the above was held last Thursday. It was decided to give a reward of £5 to anyone giving such information as would lead to the conviction of persons committing or depositing a nuisance; on the foreshore. The contractor for the wharf, who had been fined £250 for not having completed his contract in time, waited on the Board, but it was decided to adhere to the former resolution of inflicting the fine. Mr Acton said a member of the Board had been to Camara, and had told him that a considerable break or subsidence had occurred in the mole. If that were so, it might, be of value to this Board as a warning. ,Mr Goodall considered the structure he; proposed strong enough, and that the quantity of random blocks he proposed was quite sufficient. The Government Engineers, however, thought differently. The Chairman understood that the damage to the Oamaru work was not so much a sub sidence as large holes or caves on'the weather side. The Oamaru knew their work, and were not afraid of it. It looked bad, but they knew it was strong enough, and so they were spending their money on improving the inside rather than in patching up these holes. He quite agreed with Mr Acton that the future section ought to bo strong. Other members of the Board concurred in this view, The Manager of'the Landing Service reported that 24 vessels arrived during, the month, from and to which he had shipped 2179 tons of goods, the gross earnings being £363 4s lid, and the nett £BB Os sd. At the request of Mr Gray, Mr Gibson moved, Mr Sutter.seconded, and it was That the question referred to in the notice of motion given by Mr Gray, namely, the erection of a wharf upon the same angle as the mole approved by Government, f ,be referred to the Sttading Committee to report and bring up any-re-commendation or plan that they may doom necessary.’ After transacting some other business, the Board adjourned,

An Historical Ledger. —There is still extant in the Post OlTiee Department si Washington a smalt folio lodger of not more than three quires of paper, ujion which Franklin, when Postmastr-Greneral, his accounts for two years. The Salvation Army.—ln Dunedin >on Wednesday night the Salvation Army mustered in great force at the Queen's Theatre, where Mrs Barker presented a flag ‘in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Commander iu-Ohief, and of the Eev. W. Booth, our dear General/ to the Dunedin contingent. Major Barker gave an address. ■The proceedings were orderly, admittance being by licket only. Subscriptions were invited, and various amounts (one of £SO another of £25, and lesser sums) were promised.

Defence of the Colony.— His Excellency the Governor visited Masterton last Thursday, to witness a ploughing match, there On his arrival an address of welcome was presented. Before proceeding to the ploughing match, His Excellency was entertained at luncheon, at which he spoke principally in response to the toast of the Army and Navy. He said he had lived to see his advice regarding colonial fortifications carried out in the Australian colonies, and he hoped to be able yet to serve New Zealand in a similar manner.

A Bishop’s Opinion.— A Wellington telegram states that at the annual session of the Church of England Dioqessan Synod, the resident Bishop of Wellington,in opening his address, said he could not but regard the present education system as one likely in years to come to be prejudicial to the interests of the colony. He condemned the Act of Parliament which legalised marriage 1 with deceased wife’s sister, and hoped no clergymen holding a license in that district would celebrate such a ceremony. In fact, one clergyman had consulted him recently as to such a .marriage, and he had advised him not to solemnise it. . An Electric Boat.— A trial was made on July 17th of boat propulsion by stored elec tricity, a run being made from the Temple Pier, to Greenwich by a party of twenty-two in oiio of Yarrow’s launches- .The boat, 40ft long, 6ft beam, and 3ft draught of water aft, was.fitted by the Electric Storage Company with eighty Sollon-Volchmar batteries, having a weight of 631 b each, or in all two tons, very neatly packed beneath the floor. The screw is 18in in diameter and 13iu in pitch, making 680 revolutions per minute. The speed attained on the voyage was over 7i knots; the passage down the river, immediately after the turn of high water, being made in thirty-seven minutes, including the clearing of the screw from a floating basket which had fouled it. The steering, reversing, and manipulation of the boat were very quick and effectual. Accidents, —As Messrs Lawson and Worner’s butcher’s cai’t was returning towards their shop, at Geraldine, from the lower end of the township on Thursday morning last, and when near Mr Clark’s store, one of the wheels suddenly collapsed, the spokes being scattered about the road. The driver immediately alighted, and no further injury took place, ; The cart, wo understand, is almost new, having only been built about eight, months ago.—During ths afternoon of the same day, as Mr G. Ward was going from his land with a dray loaded with grain towards the township, a culvert across the the road near Mr G. Hepworth’s broke through, causing the dray to sink some three feet or so, the bed o" the dray being even with the roadway.’ A man who was with Mr Ward was close to one of the wheels, and narrowly escaped what might have been serious injury. The horse also if it had not been extricated in time in all probability would have broken its legs- As quickly as possible the load was taken off the dray, : ahd the latter lifted bodily out. Wesleyan Concert.— The concert held in connection with the Wesleyan Church last Wednesday was a great success. The chair was occupied by the Eev P. Wills. The attendance was unusually largd, and everything passed off very succesfull jr. The Choir of the Timam Wesleyan Church was present, and,,with the assistance of the local Choir,' rendered some capital anthems in first-class style. Songs were rendered by Mrs Holdgate, Misses Warrington, Brown and Foster, and Messrs Eutland, Warrington, Gilchrist and the Eev P. Wills. Misses Foster and Brown were deservedly encored. At the conclusion of the entertainment, Mr Job Brown stepped forward and moved a hearty vote of thanks to the ladies who s had provided the tea ; to the members of the Timam Choir who had rendered such signal service by assisting at the concert, and also to the local singers. Mr J. W. Miles-seconded the .motion, and it was. carried by acclamation The proceedings wound up with the Eev Mr Wills pronouncing the benediction. E.vther Good.— Apropos of gold mining, the following is too good to be overlooked : —‘The secretary of an Indian goldmine, having sent an imperative demand to a certain, shareholder for the payment of a‘call* received the following reply Dear Sir,—l have your letter of this date, and note that your Directors propose to proceed against me. Your prospectus stated that one of the objects of pour Company was to ‘ seek, win, and work gold in India and elsewhere.’ Things, not turning out well in India, your Directors apparently consider it their duty to seek, win, and work gold ‘ elsewhere’—i.a., out of me. I can assure you, however, that I am not in an auriferous vein ; the only lode I possess is a load of debt, and as a goldmine I shall bo a failure. Your • prospectus estimated a yield of loz of gold per ton on 30,000 tons of quartz crushed per annum—£loo,soo per annum, You may ‘ crush’ me, but, you will find that I will not, yield nearly so much. My person (which for the purpose of this calculation may be considered quartz) weighs, roughly speaking, 10 stone, and if crushed immediately I estimate that it would yield as under':—Gold. nil"; silver, 3s ; copppr, 4|d; total, 3s 4i : d. Deduct cost of crushing, isay £5.,55.’

Saxiß of Race Privileges.—Wo would remind our readers that the v right to erect refreshment booths, etc., on the Geraldine racecourse ground during the forthcoming meeting, will be brought to the hammer by Messrs J, Mundell and Co. to day 'at their salerooms, Geraldine.

Matrimonial Squabble. —At the October sittings of the Supreme Court, Dunedin, Margaret Laverty seeks a judicial separation from Chas. 'Laverty. She alleges that on the night of their marriage, in August, 1881, her husband threatened to desert her, and grossly abused her. He offered her £IOO if she would desert him. Three days after wards he threatened to shoot her,.and presented a loaded gun at her, which his brother discharged, fearing blood would be spilt. Owing to further throats she fled from his/house. Since then they have been living apart. Bolt at Temuka.—-As a team of horses attached to a dray belonging to Mr Brogden, whose son was in charge of them, was nearing Dyson’s railway crossing yesterday morning, a tender engine frightened them. The horses turned round and came down the street at full pace, and then;turned into tho main street, along which they continued their mad career. Reaching the post office they turned down by Mr Storey’s stables, and then went up the back street to opposite Mr Brown’s timber yard, where,they were caught by Mr Knight, junior. The street happened to be clear at the time, and no accident occurred. The leader steered splendidly around the corners.

Lamphbt Eel.—A lamprey eel, which ,we (H. Z. Times) understand • belongs to a species which has not as yet been described, was shown to us by Mr H. F. Liardet recently. Its length is about 22in and. the circumference about Sin. The mouth is set with several rings of well developed teeth, which are, however, very loosely attached, In addition to the usual gill orifices, there are two on the top of the head, one being about Uln from the mouth, tho space between the two being about long dorsal fin, there are two small ones, each being of a triangular shape. Mr Liaderfc informs ns that he got tho fish quite by an accident in the Wairarapa Lake. He was making bis way on a float through some driftwood at night time, when it got aboard. Attention was first drawn to it by the efforts which it made to climb up the legs of tho fishermen. It will be deposited in tho Museum.

Mr J. Gregg, Oakley Farm, Orari, has mangold and carrot seed for sale. The prospectus of the South Canterbury Refrigerating Company is published elsewhere.

The Shag Point Coal Coal Company invite householders to try their coal, which can bo had from all coal dealers in Temuka. Messrs De Yeaux and Co., Christchurch, have the book debts in the estate of Digby Andrews, recently of the Crown Hotel, Geraldine, for sale. Horse cards—Owners of stud horses are nformed that horse cards second to none in quality and price can be obtained at the Temuka Leader and Geraldine Guardian printing offices. Inspection invited. Wells’ ‘Rough on Corns.’—Ask for Wells’ Rough on Corns. 7|d. Quick relief, complete permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Mosos, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents Mr K. 11.I 1 . Gray, auctioneer, Temuka, will sell at the Arowhonua Hotel on Monday next, under distraint for rent (unless previously settled), the whole of the household furniture and effects, wines, spirits, ale, etc. £IOO Reward. —They cure all diseases of the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, •Serves and kidneys, and £IOO will be paid for a case they will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious found in them—Hop Bitters, Test it.—Read.