LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1269, 25 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Confirmation Service.—The Bishop of Christchurch, will hold a confirmation service in St. Saviour's Church, Temuka, to-morrow evening. Masonic.—The usual monthly meeting of Lodge Southern Star, No. 619, S.C., Geraldine, will be held in the Lodge-room on Thursday evening, 27th inst.

Concert at Geraldine.—The concert at Geraldine in aid of the Geraldine Cricket Club takes place in the Oddfellows' Hull to-morrow evening, and the programme submitted should be sufficient to attract a large audience. At the conclusion of the concert a dance will beheld. Literatueb and Beeh.—The will of Mr Michael Thomas Bass, one of the well-known brewers of Burton-on-Trent, has been proved, the personal estate amounting to £1,830,000. The will of Charles Reade, the novelist, has been proved, the personal estate being £II,OOO ; and the will of H. J. Byron, dramatic author has been proved at £4OOO.

To Preserve Wood.—A writer says : —I discovered many years ago that wood could be made to last longer than iron in the ground. This is the recipe : Take boiled lioseed oil, and stir in pulverised coal to the consistency of paint; put a coat of this over the timber, and there is not a man on earth who will live to see it rot.

Brutal Conduct. The Wanganui Chronicle of November 14th says : While the Salvation Army were conducting their outdoor service at the bottom of the Avenue some vitriol was thrown on one of the " lasses." The consequence was that her clothes were destroyed, and the flesh of her neck and shoulder severely burned, so much that the unfor. tunate girl had to be taken to the doctor to have the wounds dressed. Had the fluid reached the girl's face it is more than likely that she would have been blinded or disfigured for life. Kuffiar.ism could not go beyond this !

Immigration.—The Government have decided to adopt the following course with regard to immigration : —Firstly, to fulfil all existing obligations ; secondly, in cases where a husband is in the colony whose wife and family are at Home, the latter ma} 7 be nominated on payment of the sums named beiow ; thirdly, that no further nominations of single women will be entertained for the present. The amounts to bo paid by a husband nominating his wfie and family are :—For the wife's passage, £7 10s ; outfit, £1 ; for the passage of each child, £& 10s ; outfit of each, 10s.

A Sporting Story.—The Dune din Star vouches for the following :—A short time ago a tradesman carrying on business in a southern town wrote to his creditors that he was unable to meet his engagements, and offered a composition of 5s in the £. A Dunedin merchant, who is the largest creditor, expressed his unwillingness to accept these terms, and to him the debtor replied that he had made up liis mind to go to the Christchurch races, and would take his spare cash with him, but it would be perfectly safe. At the Dunedin railway station the irate merchant met him, and a stormy interview ended in the traveller from the South giving an assurance that if he were permitted to proceed on his journey without molestation he would, in the event of Vanguard winning the Cup race, pay his creditors in full. These terms were accepted, and, since the Hon. Mr Robinson's horse did win, the other creditors will doubtless have cause to be thankful for the terms wrung from the debtor. The Protectorate over New Glxjinba. Commodore Erskine, in H.M.S. Kelson, arrived at Port Moresby on the 2nd November, and the proclamation of the British Protectorate was made on the 6th. The vessels which assisted in the ceremony were the ceremony were the Nelson, the Espiegle (which had on board Mr H. AT. Chester, Resident Magistrate of Thursday Island, who fmt hoisted the British flag in New Guinea some time ago), the Raven, the Swinger and the Harrier. On the 6th inst. all the native chiefs who could be collected assembled at Port Moresby and proceeded aboard the Nelson. Each chief received the gift of a tomahawk or some object attracting the native mind, and after the natives had been feasted the ceremony began. Commodore Erskine had selected Boevagi as supreme chief, and addressed him as follows : " The Queen has decided to establish a protectorate over the Southern shores of New Guinea, and I now hoist the British flag at Port Moresby. From this time forth you are placed under £he protection of Her Majesty, and evil-dis-»oßfld men will be unable to alienate your lands and possesions. If any wrong is done to you you must complain to Her Majesty's representative, who will give redress." Mr Lawes, missionary, read a translation of the Commodore's address, and Boevagi was sented with a wand of office, bearing the insignia of royalty. Salutes from the war- j ehips concluded the proceedings, and the natives were greatly astonished by the firing of hhs ihip's gum at long ranges.

li.M. Court. A first clLuder was A, brought before S. D. Barker, Esq., yester- , day, at Temuka, and remanded for 24 hours.

Photography.—Mr Fred. Smith, Photo-. graphic Artist, announces that he intends opening a studio m Geraldine for a short time. He should do a good business.

A Long Tebst.—For sev6nty-four years the present organist of St. Michael's church, Coventry, England, has held that position—longer, perhaps, than any person has ever held a similar position before.

Acclimatisation Society.—A meeting of those interested in the County of Geraldine Acclimatisation Society will be held iu the Royal Hotel, Temuka, on Friday afternoon next, at 4 o'clock. Im- \ portant business will be brought before the meeting.

Doings of the Ministebs.—The Hon. Mr Eeynolds left- Wellington for the South on Friday. Mr Ballance left for Wanganui on -.' Saturday, and will be absent a week, visitingV the Waimate Plains and Parihaka. Mr Tola will probably leave for Auckland next week. Owing to pressure of work Sir Julius Vogel will be unable to visit the Hot Springs until the middle of next month. V

Novel Match.— A. novel cricket match was played at Beaumaris, the popular North Wales watering place, between eleven gentlemen of the local cricket club and fourteen lady visitors. The conditions of the game were that the male players should use only the left hand in bowling aud fielding, and when taking their innings should use short staves instead of bats. The fielding of the ladien, was a source of great amusement.

Parting Words. When a son of Charles Dickens was about to go to Australia his father seDt him a letter, and amongst other good things it contained were these words : " Never take a mean advantage of any one in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power." Dickens used to be hard-upV-himself once, and, no doubt, wrote fselingly when he penned the above/ sentence.

Alleged Fraudulent Trustee.— W. Waring Taylor, whose bankruptcy at Wellington a short titpe ago caused such a sensation, and whose actions with regard to trust moneys placed in his hands for investment were so peculiar, was arrested at Carterton on Thursday charged with having converted to his own use 25 fully-paid-up shares in the Bank of N.Z. (£250 worth), ths property of Ernest Arundel, a legatee the estate of James May, deceased. Taylor was brought up at Wellington on Saturday, bail being accepted, himself in £IOOO and two sureties of £IOOO each. Mr Jellicoe, who appeared to prosecute, stated that at the time of Taylor's arrest only one charge was laid against him. Since then two other oharges had been laid, bringing the amount alleged to have been embezzled up to £IOOO, and on Monday morning other charges involving an amount of £IO,OOO would be against him. Jewish Exemption from Cholera. Some of the Jewish papers are pointiog oub that in Toulon and Marseilles the Jewishpopulation, which by no means always lives in the healthiest parts of tnese towns, has been singularly exempt from the ravages of the cholera. They unhesitatingly attribute this escape to the dietary and hygienic regulations prescribed by the Mosaic ritual. The probability is, however, that the Jews have been inured to miaema and all kinds of disease germs during the centuries of their confinement to their ghettos. All the weekly Jews being killed off, a plague-proof variety has alone survived. Perhaps modern sanitary reformers are apt to overlook the valuable hygienic truths contained in those ancient ordinances. • The traditional hetlth of Jewish colonies in all parts of the world amid the most violent epidemics is a significant fact, at any rate. -

Registration op Births.—The following is an abstract from the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th November :—"Special registration of unregistered births permitted by Registration Extension Act, 1882. Registrar-General's Office, "Weilington, 7th November, 1884.—The attention of the public is drawn to the; opportunity afforded, for a limited tiroeV — i.e., twelve months from the 18th October last—to persons or the parents of persons whose births cannot now be v registered under ' The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875/ to effect a special registration by application to the Registrar-General. By ' The Registration of Births Extension Act, 1884,' the provisions of the second section of 'The Registration of Births Act Amendment Act, 1882,' are re-enacted, and extend and apply to the latter Act, which passed on the 18th October, 1884. They are as follow :—-'lt shall be lawful for the Registrar-General to register the birth of any child born in the colony previous to the period of twelve months before the date of the passing of this Act, but whose birth has not previously been provided (a) that satisfactory evidence ou oath, and such other proof as he may deem necessary of the fact, place, and time of birth, and of the particulars of the parents, shall be sent to the RegistrarGeneral within twelve months from the date of the coming into operation of this Act; (b) that, on application to have such birth registered, a fee of one pound shall be paid to the Registrar-General.' The particulars of the birth and of the nature of the evidence produced shall be entered by the Registrar-General in a separate book, which shall be kept by him for that purpose ; the form in which the particulars are to be registered shall be prescribed by the Registrar-General.— E, J, von Dade-lszen, Deputy RegistrarGeneral,"

Woodyeab's Circus.— Wood year's circus arrived at Wellington from Sydney yesterday. The circus will first perform at Dunedin.

Unemployed Commission. The Commissioners appointed by the Government to make enquiries into the unemployed question in Canterbury hold a sitting in the Road Board office, Temuka, to-mor-row, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those of the unemployed (and others acquainted with the condition of the unemployed in the town and district) desirous of giving evidence are requested to attend.

Phrenological.—Lio Medo gave his farewell entertainment in the Oddfellows' Hall, Geraldine, on Friday evening. There was but a small, though appreciative audience, and the Professor kept them pleasantly interested for over two hours. At the close of the lecture he invited some of the audience to ascend the platform to have their heads examined, and the results of his examinations proved a source of no little amusement.

Funeral. The funeral of Tamati Tarawhata took place last Sunday. The funeral procession left the residence of the late chief at 2 p.m., the coffin being borne by a few of his friends. On arrival at the Native church the funeral services were performed by a Native clergyman from Kaiapoi, but it was characterised by nothing more remarkable than the reading of the service in the Maori language. The ceremony did not differ in the least from a European burial. There was a very large attendance of the people of Temuka present, and everything passed off in the quiet decorous manner peculiar to such an event. In connection with the matter an incident occurred yesterday evening which startled many people. It appears that a relative of the deceased arrived yesterday evening accompanied by several Maori women, and on learning that the funeral had already taken place he got into a towering rage. It is, we understand, a custom amongst the Natives that a chief should not be buried until all his relatives have seen him, and It was on account of this custom not having been observed that the new arrival got into such a fearful temper. In his madness he fired two shots in succession froma gun which he carried, and behaved in other ways which gave expression to his feelings of anger. He refused to go to the pah, and took up his quarters with the women and a lot of children in the Grown Hotel. The shots were fired in front of the Crown Hotel, and though some allowance may be made for the state of the stranger's feelings, he ought to be made to understand that such conduct cannot be tolerated.

Telegraphic News. —Arrangements are j being made in Auckland by representatives of churches and temperance bodies for the I projected mission in that city of Mr Booth. The Auckland Museum has been reopened. —Yolbracht's New Zealand Tobacco Growing Company at Auckland have resolved to manufacture tobacco and cigars.—At Auckland William Wenlock has been committed for trial for embezzlleing the property of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.—Government will pay the full value cf the apples destroyed at Auckland owing to the proclamation re the codlin moth.—A man named Payne has been found in the Kakapaka .creek, Aucklard.—Mr R. C. Reid's new illustrated volume on the History, Seeaery, and Industries of the West Coast has just been published.—The constitution of the Greymouth Harbor Board has given dissatisfaction, and a public meeting was called a*. •Greymouth by the malcontents to pass a resolution to the effect that the public had no faith in the Board ai constituted. Instead of this, however, the meeting passed a resolu.- ; tion to the effect that Government should see that the commercial element was better represented when any vacancy occurred A body was found on Friday afternoon floating near the bathing place in Lyt, i tslton harbor. It had apparently been in the water about ten days, the eyes and nose being wanting. It is that of a man below the the medium height, with long dark hair on the head, but none on the face, ■dressed in a twesd suit and balmoral boots. It has not been identified.—The big dredge .at Dunedin was set to work on the bar on Friday morning and broke down in the afternoon. By a pin giving way, all the buckets were unrova and were lost. They are now at the bottom of the sea and will take some timi and trouble to re.coyer. The total eost of the dredge up to the present has been £60,000.— Tbe total number of entries for the Dunedin A, and P. Association's Show is 1013, as compared with 798 last year. Merino sheep only show 9 entrjes as compared with 54 last year, but in all the other classes of sheep and cattle, also in draught horses, there-is an increase.—Mr John Hyde Harris has shown the editor of the Dunedin Star his diary, in which occurs an entry that on Morcb. 15th, 1850, coming out in the barque Poictiers, they twice spoke a vessel called the Dsprey.—The Rev. Thomas Spurgeon has sent a cheque for £IOOO towards building the Baptist Tabernacle at Auckland. A young man Darned William Sash was seized with cramp while bathing at Northcote (Auckland), and drowned.—At Gishorne Thomas Lake was fined £SO or six months, for having an illicit still. It wai only a kerosene tin and an oil drum, with a bit of gaspipe connecting them. The defendant said he was using it to ni'ike a washing fluid. —A fire occurred in the office of Mr H. S. Austin (solicitor) in Christcburchon Saturday afternoon, and a quantity of valuable decu.ments were destroyed. Not much damage was done to the office. Austin was uninsured. Two wooden buildings off Colombo Street South, Christchurch, used by Mr B. Hale as storei, were burned down on Saturdayi lait

The buildings were insured for £2OO and the contents for £IOOO, but the loss is estimated at considerably over that amount. Binder twine to the value of £7OO was destroyed.— Mr James Udall, an old and respected resident of Oamaru, was lost off the s.s. Beautiful Star whilst on her passage from Dunedin on Friday night. -David Livingstone, a long distance runner, of note in Great Britain, and who recently defeated O'Connor in Newcastle, N.8.W., ran ten miles in 56min. 16secs. on Saturday on the (rack of the Southland Caledonian Society.—Three men were seriously injured by the premature explosion of a blast at, the Thames on Saturjay afternoon. Their names Samuel Howard. Alfred James, and Nicholas Pearce. All were dreadfully brnised and cut, and Howard's thumb and index finger on the left hand were so badly shattered as to render amputation necessary. A boy named Edward Stevens, aged eight years was drowned in a tank on his facher's premise* at Dunedin on Saturday last.

Mr R. H. Postlethwcu.o, Gjralaine, advertises for a shearers' cook. Ma A. Coles, of Healey Street, Geraldine, announces that he has 1000 sacks chaff for sale.

In| our advertising columns a reward is offered for the recovery of two horses lost from Temuka.

Entries fcr Mr E. F. Gray's monthly stock sale on Thursday next are published in our advertising columns. Unless the claim is previoualy settled, a sale of the stock-in-trade of a hotel will take place in the Rangitata Bridge Hotel next Thursday.