LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1145, 26 February 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wool Sale.—Messrs E. Wilkin and Co., will hold their third wool ajle this season at their rooms, Timaru, to morrow. An Old Offender.—An elderly man named Graham May was committed for trial at the Wellington R.M. Court on Friday, on a charge of rape on a girl of six years old. A Laege Foetune. —Mr Thomas Holloway, of Hollow»y'i Pills fame, who died aged 64, has left a fortune of fire millions sterling, mostly bequeathed to charitable institutions. An Ungrateful Tramp.—At the Christelmrch Police Court on Saturday, a man named John Edward Taylor was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing a clock from the house of a man who had siren him food and shelter for the night. He has undergone sentonces amounting to over seventeen years, having been three times convicted of forgery, fourteen times of larceny, twice of vagrancy and nine times of drunkenness. Sensation in Court. —A sensational scene occurred in the Nelson Police Court on Friday, A Mr Harley was applying for a prohibition order against his son Arthur. The latter was in Court and asked his father to withdraw the application. The father re« fused, whereupon his son drew a phial from his pocket, and saying " Then, here goes," attempted to swallow the contents. The polica rushed on him and took the phial away. It was found to contain chloral. Arthur Harley was remanded in custody. Town Board foe Arowhbnua Township.—On Saturday evening next a meeting of the ratepayers in this township is convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the advisability of forming a Town Board for the township. only are requested to attend. The meeting will be held in the Good Templars' Hall at 7.30 o'clock, and the subject being a most important one there will doubtless be a large attendance. i

Dunedin Racks. —The following is the continuation of the events contested on Friday last, with the results : —The Novel Race, of ICO 80vs., was won by Mr O'Brien's Trumpeter ; the Suburban Welter Handicap, of 150 sovs., by Mr Stephenson's Taiaroa ; and the Tramway Plate, of 80 sovs., by Hon. G. Maclean's Lady Evelyn. On Saturday the Handicap Steeplechase, of 130 sovs., was won by Mr Mills's Karearea; the Handicap Stakes, of 120 sovs.,for two and three year olds, by Mr Cutts's King of Clubs —Watersprite colt ; the Forbury Handicap, of 250 sovs., bv Hon. W. Robinson's|Vanguard; the Marshall Memorial Stakes, of 150 sove., by Mr D. O'Brien's Tasman ; and the Flying Handicap, of 150 sovs., by Hon. W. Robinson's Nonsense. Intebksting to Volunteers.—A singular Volunteer case was heard in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Napier, on Friday.. F. Millett, a member of the late Hauraki Rifle Volunteers, sued his Captain (Small) for a proportion of the value of the Company's asset*, the latter amounting to a total sum of £242. Captain Small had struck the claimant and 80 others from the Company's roll for refusal to be resworn under the new regulations and non-attendance at parades, and called a meeting of the Company without appointing a place. Fourteen persona remained on the roll, and six of these met at a specified time at the officer's residence, and determined upon a division of the assets among-tke fourteen. The Magistrate decided that the plaintiff and the others had been illegally removed from the roll, and were therefore still members of the Company. The meeting of members was also illegal, and as there was virtually no decision of the Com--1 pany ai to the disposition of the property, the plaintiff could not at present recover, and was therefore nonsuited.

Supposed Suicide.—On Saturday evening a barmaid at the Union Hotel, Wellington, named Olga Stenesse, a Dane, aged about 24, died under very suspicious circumstances. (She was well known there some time ago, but only recently returned from a visit to Auckland. She was accompanied by a man named Miller, who represented himself as her husband. She was engaged at the Union as barmaid, having been there formerly, and Miller lived in the house. It appears that on Saturday, about one o'clock, through some cause unascertained, but supposed to be jealousy, she took about half a box of "Rough on Rats," and soon began to suffer greatly. Miller went to the chemist's and got something for her, but it was not till late in the evening Dr Gillon was sent for. He was out at the time, but returned in about half an hour, and then found her suffering from an irritant poison, and in great agony. She was at times delirious, but in the intervals she stated she had taken the " Rough on Rats," not thinking it was really poison. She died about a hour and a half afterwards. A post mortem examination will be made and an inquest will be held.

Presbttbrian Assembly;. —At the Presbyterian Assembly at Wellington, on Saturday a discussion took place en the Educational Act, when divers opinions of the Act were expressed—some of the Ministers being of opinion that free education was a mistake, while others could not see how the compulsory clause could be worked unless it was free. One of the speakers expressed himself to the effect that Bible teaching in day school would be of little use. Ultimately the following resolution, proposed by Mr Gillies and seconded by Mr McKie, was carried: Assembly the introduction of the denominational system of education would be disastrous to the interests of education in general j but that the present Education Act should be amended so that the clause relative to the purely secular character of the education to be given, be expunged, and a provision inserted so that the giving of Bible instruction be left to the decision of the several Committees, under a conscience clause, and appoint a Committee to co-operate with other bodies to secure this amendment."

Obabi Bridghs School.—The meeting of householders in the Orari Bridge School district to elect a School Committee was held. in the schoolroom on the 15th inst. There was a very fair attendance and Mr Lewis Grant occupied the chair. The following is the report of the outgoing Committee ; —" In presenting our annual report we hare much pleasure in stating that our financial position 11 better than it was when we met you on a similar occasion last year, notwithstanding that the outlay for school books has been greater. The number of children on the roll is steadily increasing, and we hope at the next examination the Inspector's report will show an improvement on the past. Although we do nob feel ourselves flattered by the last report, yet when we consider the several disadvantages we have had to contend with, such as the change of masters, and closing of the school eleven weeks during the year through the ' prevalence cf whooping cough, floods and kindred causes, we think we may reasonably hope that if the children get fair play they will do credit to the teacher and themselves at the next examination. Your Committee have held twelve meetings during the year, which were fairly well attended by the members. We now resign our position with a bank balance to our credit of £l2 5s 7d, and debts owing by the scholars to the amount of £2 7s 6d, and casli in hand 19s lOd. This leaves a total of £ls 12s lid, with a good supply of books on hand, but against this there are accounts to pay amounting to about £lO 7s 6d." The report a* read was adopted. The following householders were elected members of Committee for the ensuing year : —Messrs Lewis Grant, Anthony Metcalf, D. Ashby, B. P. Bartrum, George Helem, and Charles Hewson. A unanimous vote of thanks was passed to the retiring Committee and the Chairman. At a meeting of the new Committee, held immediately afterwards, Mr Lewis Grant was reelected Chairman, and the school was closed for live weeks, to re-assemble on the I7lh March next.

Land Sale.—A sale of Crown lands at South Rangitata, Pareora, and Ofcaio, takes place today in theN.Z.L. and M.A. Co. 's Buildings, Timarn. Water-Races. —At the present time the construction of water-races in South Canterbury appears to be occupying the mind of the settlers, and with this aim in. view wo understand that, under the auspices of the Woodbury Domain Board, a public meeting will shortly be held in the Woodbury Schoolroom to consider the advisability of conducting a water-race through the district. Mr J. Talbot, of Waitohi, will attend and give some valuable information on the subject. A full report of ithe;'meeting will, appear in this paper. Town Board fob Temusa —Yesterday Messrs Gray and TwOruey exerted themselves in obtaining signatures to a petition to His Excellency the Governor, praying that the township of WalliDgford might be constituted a " Town District." Only three men refused to sign it. ■ Every householder, except these and a few who were away from home, have signed it, all being most desirous that something should be done to improve thft town. The petition is to be forwarded to Wellington immediately, so there is good reason to hope that we shall have a Town Board before the license: fees fall due in June next. ■ . : :' /Cricket. Last Saturday a cricket yinatch was played in Temuka between the second eleven of the Timaru High School and an eleven of' the' Temuka District High School, which ended in the visitors thoroughly defeating the home team. It was thought that the rain would prevent the completion of the match, but the youngsters, considering themselves not composed of ' sugar and salt,' played on, much to the discomfort of the umpires. The Temuka eleven scored 31 runs in their first innings, Austin securing more than half, his score being 16. The Ti'naru lads then handled the willow, and put together the handsome score of 149, the chief scorers being Cornish, 79 not out, and Jones 13. The Temuka boys did little better in their second innings, only scoring 35. The play of the Timaru boys was in every respect superior to the Temuka, the majority of whom appeared to have only a vague idea of the game. Had they been a little smarter in the field, they would have srved such a thrashing, for before Cornish had got into double figures he gave an easy catch ; the same player gave two other chances, but was missed eaeh time. Jones and Cornish bowled well for the Timaru eleven, the former lad -achieving the ' hat trick' twice. Franks, Storey and Fauvel bowled fairly well for the | Temuka eleven. At 1 o'clock the boys adjourned to the school, where they found a sumptuous luncheon arranged very tastefully by several of the lady teachers » and senior pupils, who also waited on the boys. It might be mentioned here that Mr K- F. Gray, noticing the boys endeavoring to shelter themselves under Mr Brown's verandah, kindly invited the [ whole of them, some 28, to his house, where they were well supplied with a •'" good tea. Alcoholic Fatuity.—The chronic debauchee feels that he positively cannot exist without his alcoholic stimulation. To quit drinking or to continue the habit brjngs death all the same. Such a man can find in Hop Bitters, properly used, a perfect panacea for the drunkard's cure. Eead Advt. I Mr E. Speedily, Geraldine, requires a light hack for quiet riding o'- driving. Angus Macdonald, Esq, Waitui, invites tenders for thrashing 35,003 to 40,000 bushels wheat and oats. j Applications are invited for the leasing of a house and 20 acres land at Geraldine. Apply to the Rev. G. Barclay. Mr R. H. Postlethwaite offers £1 reward for the recovery of a sheep do<r, lost on the 16th. Description in advertisement. Messrs Thomson and Smith, butchers and bakers, Temuka, want a smart lad to drive a cart and make himself generally useful. ' Btjchtj-Paiba. ' Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. Druggists. New Zealand Druer Co., General Agents 2 Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., will hold n sale of fat and store sbeep and cattle at Washdyke yards today. On Friday next they will sell the right to crop 46 acres in the Pleasant Point Domain. They also advertise a list of stock which they have for private sale. ' Rough on Rats.'—Clears out rats, mice, roaches, fl'es, ;ints, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, gophers. Druggists. New Zealand Drug Co., General Agents. 2 Messrs J. Mundell and Co., auctioneers, Geraldine, wll hold a clearing sale of freehold property and household furniture on the premises of Mr John Baker, Wood bury, to morrow commencing at one o'clock. Their monthly sale of stock will be held in their yards, Geraldine, on Wednesday, the sth inst. They will also hold a sale of furniture, etc., on the premises of Mrs J. Y. Ward, Geraldine, on Friday next. Particulars will be found in the advertisement.