LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1152, 25 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i . Indifferent Sausages. —The police hat* been inspecting the butchers’' shops in Dunedin under the Adulteration of Food Act, and devoted particular attention to sausages, which ih some cases have been found to contain material other than beef and mutton. Proceedings will be taken. The Matauba. —The New Zealand Shipping Company are in receipt of cable advice that the Mataura has arrived in London all well. Her . refrigerator has worked satisfactorily throughout the voyage, and the cargo,,of frozen meat shipped at Auckland is reported to be in splendid condition.

The Recent Accident at Geraldine.— Mr T. Tengrove, who met with such a serious accident at Geraldine on Friday afternoon last, is progressing as favorably as the unfortunate surrounding circumstances will allow. The horse which was the cause of the misfortune succumbed to his disease shortly after the accident took place. ' 1 A Teeeible Revenge. —John Hennessy, an old army pensioner, having had a quarrel with a printer named Fellows in San Francisco, entered the dwelling of the latter on July 6th, two days afterwards, and deliberately out Mrs Fellows’s throat with a razor. He then walked opt into the street, as if nothing had happened and had .proceeded several blocks before the seven yearold daughter of the murdered woman,, who had followed him, succeeded in arresting the attention of a policeman by the startling words ‘ That man has just cut my mother’s throat.’ Hennessy was immediately taken into custody.

Found Drowned.— Telegrams bare been received stating that the dead body of a Miss Fenny was found in ‘The Priest’s bath at Rotorua. She was employed as a cook at the Rotorua Hotel, but left in consequence of ill-health, and proceeded to the bath on Friday morning with the object of bathing The body was subsequently found floating on the surface of the water, At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of * found drowned.’

Resignation of the Hon. the Premier. —The Hob. Fredk, Whitaker on Friday afternoon last tendered to the Governor his resignation as - Premier, owing to private business requiring his attention. The' resignation was accepted by His Excellency, who thereupon sent for Major Atkinien and entrusted him with the duty of forming a new Cabinet. Major Atkinson undertook the task.

The Land Lbagnbrs.— Arrangements are being made by the supporters of the Land League in Greymouth to present an address of welcome to Messrs Redmond and Walsh when they arrive, and to give a banquet in their honor on the evening of their lecture. At the Borough Council meeting last Friday, evening, an application by Messrs Redmond and Walsh for the use of the Town Hall was re fused- The proprietors of the Theatre also refused lo let it to them. It is stated that when Messrs Redmond and Walsh were in Wellington they were handed a cheque for £3OO The name of the dosor has been withheld, Theyeexpeot to return to Wellington in about three weeks’ time. Their stay in the colony is limited, as they wish to ba in Melbourne in November next to attend a convention there. Calcutta Exhibition.— The Executive Committee of the Calcutta Exhibition lias issued a report of the proceedings at its last sitting. M. Jonbsrt, the promoter of the scheme, asserts his belief that the Exhibition will rank, first in the lists of similar under takings in the East. Up to ; June 22nd. 104,450 square feet of space had 'been, .taken up. Great Britain and her'colonies occupy about three-fourths of the whole. Elaborate precautions are being taken for. the security of the goads in the Exhibition and the question of their safe custody in transit is engaging the attention of the committee. A show of live stock, including exhibits from Australia and from all parts of India, ii to be added to the other attractions. The question of accommodation for visitors is a very difficult one and will exercise the utmost energies of the committee. Houses are already being let at fancy prices, and the hotele are hardly sufficient for the ordinary winter incursion of strangers. There is some talk of. forming a standing oamp.

, A Precocious Bot. An : instance of precdcioasness came under our notice a few days ago. There is m ' Geraldine a boy two years of age who has been in the habit of getting penies from his parents to buy lollies. On the day on which he, distinguished himself, he went into a store and ordered the lollies as usual. The storekeeper, who was accustomed to servo him,made up the penny-worth of lollies, and while doing so the youngster’s band was playing on the counter, clutching as it appeared the penny with which he was to pay. No sooner were the lollies transferred to the youthful customer than he decamped, leaving bn the counter hot a penny but a stone. It is needless to say that no action for having obtained goods under false pretences was taken and that the cleverness of the youngster created great; amusement. That youngster ■ ought to be able to make a living in this world difficult, as it is to rub along in hh ,

Nativb Teoublks at Kawhia.— A telegram has been received by this Government that a number of natives at Kawhia have destroyed the : buoys recently placed by the Hinemoa to mark the entrance of, the Harbor and also the channel. The Natives looted, the store there and ordered the storekeeper to clear out. A telegram to the Auckland Star says that the Kawhia harbor beacons were pulled down and broken by the Chiefs Tutenga and Tehirira, of the Ngatimanopioto tribe. The property and lives of the European residents are threatened if they do not obey the mandate of the Hau Hau chiefs, and leave : Kawhia within a few days; The Maoris have given them notice to this effect* The Ngatimanihutu also openly declare their i ntention of opposing settlement at Kawhia, the land being theirs. The women and children of the tribe are being removed from the settlement on the west side of the harbor. Tawhiao is at Torea, and is carefully watching the proceedings. , Saitatioh Abkt Mattbe*. Captain Smith, ef the* Salvation Army, was fined 10s in the B.M. Court, Timaru, last i Friday, for obstructing the street by causing a crowd to collect, the information being laid under clause 4, sub-section 26, of the Canterbury Police Ordinance, 1858. Formal notice of appeal to the Supreme Court was given. The presiding Magistrate, in inflicting thA penalty, addressed the defehdaht as follows —‘We do not wish that the ordinary proceedings of your processions should be interfered with, but there must be some limit to the conduct of these processions. You have a right to pass along the streets with band and banners, but it will be well to bear in mind that while you may consider you are doing everything that is right and proper you may be causing annoyance to a great number of people in town. I think I might ask you to use some discretion, and endeavor not te raise a feeling of opposition against you. The Bench in this ease inflict a penalty, because they have to administer the law as they find it.’ A second information was withdrawn. Seven members ef the ‘Skeleton Amy’ were charged with the same offence as Smith, and a conviction agreed to on the same terms, one of them being fined 10s and costs. The Salvation Army in Wellington hare purchased the remainder of the lease of the Apollo Hall, which has about nine years to run. The place will be fitted up as a barracks. The price paid is somewhat . near £SOO, and towards this expenditure upwards of SSO was; subscribed at Friday night’s meeting.

Geraldine Races.— The above races will be held next Thursday and Friday on the racecourse at Orari,

More Embezzlement.—!! is reported that serious defalcations has been discovered in the accounts of a clerk named Smith, recent ly employed in one of the Auckland banks Im • mediately the discovery was made a cablegram was sent to : the Yictorian police authorities, resulting in his arrest. Sergeant Bulford left for Australia with the object of bringing Smith back to Auckland.

A Wrinklb for the Wrinkled.— Her* is a wrinkle for the wrinkled:—A lady writes to a London contemporary: 1 You say that girls who want to have a good complexion should wash their faces in almost boiling water. Not only girls should do this, but women who do' not want to g*t wrinkles; lam about fifty, and have n«t a wrinkle. This is due to my having washed my face night and morning with very hot water. .The water tightens the skin, and prevents it from wrinkling,’ Fatal Accident at Alburt.— A child ot Mr Fraser, of Albury, hotelkeeper, was found drowned, in the ; stream near there bn Friday morning last. An inquest was held yesterday. A man named David Paterson, a laborer,,,was found dead at Sherwood Downs, near Albury, yesterday morning. There was no mark* of violence on his body. When last a*eu he was under the influence of drink, and lie is supposed to have died iii a fit. Fire —A boarding-house at Tawa Flat, Wellington, the property of F Green, and occupied by B Mullins, was destroyed by fire last Sunday The building was insured for £2OO, and the furniture for £250, both in the London, Liverpool and Globe offices. Incendiarism is bugpected. The inmates,'numbering fourteen, principally navyles,' on being aroused found the doors , were carefully fastened and could only be opened by violent means. They therefore escaped by means ot the chimney; Nothing was saved. ' The detectives are engaged inquiring into the matter. i

The Channel Tunnel.— With reference to Lord "Vyolseley’s evidence on the Channel Tunnel Committee, and 'that of other military men, ‘Truth’ direct! attention to ,the following observation of Buckle in his ‘ History of Civilisation’:—‘lt is notorious - —and the evidence of it stands recorded in our Parliamentary, debatesj-r-that. every jgreat measure which ; was carried,; 'every great improvement, every great; step, in reform, 'every concession to the 1 popular wishes was strenuously opposed by . the ‘ Duke of Wei?, lington, but became law in 'spite of his opposition, and after his mournful declare* tion that by such means the security of England would be seriously imperilled,’ ■; Aw. Unmjsasant ; .Oaego.-j— The Sydney * Town and Country has some remarks about the Hoihow which: left: Dunedin a few weeks age with a mixed cargo of provisions and the bodies of Chinamen. It is probable that after all the trouble and expense the bodies will, instead of being; deposited in the sacred soil of China, be committed to the deep. The following is the: paragraph, referred to]On the voyage Gaptian Bewley found to his great annoyance that they had not been delivered on board in good order and ! condition; and this is another instance of how ’the heathen Chinee can cbme the' double ■ over his white brother. Several eases of 'Gkinkeo were refusCd to betakenonboard.cn account of their being too ‘high’; but? Johnny’s ‘no savee ’ soon got over that difficulty, and they were sent on board later - on.- in apparently good> order. ; On arrival at the quarantinestation these boxes were placed on board ths Faraway bulk, but now nothing would induce the skipper to receive them back again on Board, and, of urnrse, they will'have to bo dealt with by the authorities. : .It is probable that the health-officer will condemn the whole ‘cargo ’of bones and, they will-be relegated to a grave in the i blue waters of the Pacific instead pf Being transmitted to Chinese soil. Meanwhile their freight to China is £4 per box, and the ship is ,for their safe delivery. „ I.O.G.T.—The members of the Belief of Peel Forest, held a tea and concert in connection with the above institution, in the Scotsburn schoolroom, on .Friday evening last, there being about 100 persons prssent, including visitors from Geraldine, Woodbury and other parts of the district. Owing to the illness of Mr W. E. Barker, Bro. J, Beans occupied the chair. The proceedings commenced by singing‘God bless the Prince of Wales,’ after which Bro. K. Sando of Timaru, gave a very interesting f address on the temperance: question, and also spoke at some length; on the Blue Bibbon.. Army. |He strongly, urged those present to join themselves and get their friends, to do so likewise. Bro Jenkins also gave a. short address on the benefits to be derived by joining the Good Templar Order. During the evening the choir sang several selections of musio in a pleasing manner. A recess was granted, when the handed round a plentiful supply of refreshments. The following members contributed to the enjoyment of the evening by giving recitations, r*adings,»nd songs Sisters Lord, Gilley, and Newman, .Mr and Mrs Whitten, Bros. F. Bethuno, Hanford, F. Cooling, Stevens, Archer and G. H. Patrick. The singing of the National Anthem brought a very successful evening to a close.