LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1379, 15 August 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thk San Francisco Mail. —Mails for (bo Unitod Kingdom, etc., via Frisco, close to-day. Resident Magistrate's Court, Geraldine. —The usual fortnightly sitting of this Court will tike place on Monday at half-past twelve. A Baker’s Statement, —A baker in Nelson, who filed his schedule the other day, said under examination that he commenced business with a capital of 5s 6d, and debts amounting to £2O. He slated that at 3d the small loaf he could clear £1 13s 9d on 5 cwt. of flour at 9a 6d per cwt. Empty Jam Tins. —A. medical man has called the attention of the Dunedin Herald to the danger of allowing empty preserved jam, or fish tins to be played with by children. He had had several cases of blood poisoning, the result of scratches from these missiles. Only the other day, a little child scratched his finger with the ragged rim of an empty jam tin. Within a few hours blood-poisoning set in, and in about three days the child's arm was swollen about five times its ordinary size, and the swelling quickly spread to the body. Since then the child has died with most virulent symptoms of blood-poisoning. Practical Teaching. —ln a sermon delivered recently, Mr Moody, the evangelist, gaye the following definition of faith; —“ A Sunday.school teacher tried to illustrate the free gift of salvation by offering his watch to the members of his class. They each one refused it till ho came to the smallest hoy. He took it and put it in his pocket. ‘Thank you, my boy,’ he said. You bare shown that you have faith in me. Keep it and take care of it,’ The other boys were surprised, and, too late, were sorry they had not taken the freely-offered gift, They didn’t believe him, and that was the trouble." A Discreditable Apfaib. —There are iome good shots up New Plymouth way, if may we judge from the following, clipped from the Herald: —An incident occurred at (ho pigeon shooting match on Wednesday which reflects a great deal of discredit on all concerned. It seems that a dispute arose after the match as to who should kill a pigeon that had been left over. At last a plan was devised by which all could participate in the concluding item. The pigeon was released, and just as this most inoffensive of created things had joyously spread its pinions in anticipation of freedom a murderous volley from seven barrels was poured upon it. To the discredit, we say, of all concerned, that pigeon serenely continued its joyous flight to freedom in nowise disturbed by the misdirected leaden hail.

An Extbaoedinaby Vbediot. — Commenting on the forms of legal phraseology, a Northern exchange says:—A girl committed suicide the other day, and this is how the verdict came out, dressed in legal garb—- “ The said Mary Pangari, in a fit of temporary insanity, on or about the second day of July, 1885, she being lunatic and distracted, one end of a certain piece of rope did fasten on to the ridgepole of a certain hut, the property of the Roman Catholic Mission, situated at Te Painga, Waimea, Hokianga, and the other end about her neck did fix, tie, and fasten, and therewith did hang, suffocate and strangle herself, of which the said hanging, suffocation, and strangling she, the said Mary Baker Pangari, not being at the time of sound mind, memory, or understanding, but lunatic and distracted in the manner and by the means aforesaid, did kill herself.” Some of the bucolic jurors, after reading the above verdict, had their doubts as to whether the deceased aforesaid had hanged herself, as aforesaid, at all. Sydney.—The following are extracts taken from a letter, dated August Ist, received by a Geraldine resident from a friend who has just taken a trip to Sydney from this district: — " .... I find New Zealand produce is not selling at very high rates. Some oats were sold on the wharf yesterday at la lid. Goods are discharged out of the vessels on a very rough system here. They are stacked on the wharf just as they are slung out of the vessel’s hold, and left there, at the mercy of all kinds of weather, till they are sold or got rid of somehow. There are no railways near the wharves, bo that everything has to be shifted by carts and barrows. The shore in some places is very steep down to the water. The harbor itself is a grand sight. Several travellers I have met say it is not to be equalled in any part of the globe, I have not been out of the town yet, but as far as as one can see it is impossible to tell where the town ends, and where the country begins. There is no fiat country to bo seen r all ups and downs likoTiraaru, but more picturesque. Lodgings are rather high t I am paying 30s a week. They are not much good for less, and the landladies are awful sharp and greedy. As regards pi ices, Sydney and Christchurch are about on a par ; and the same cry obtains here about the dullness of times, especially among the farmers. They do not relish our cheap oats and butter. The latter commodity was selling a fortnight since at 2s 9d per lb. “ Nauseous.” —Under this heading the Ross and Okanto Advocate, a paper which is nothing if not outspoken—it on one occasion designated an assertion by a local clergyman as a “ deliberate falsehood,” etc.—makes the following remarks regarding the fate of Sir Julius Vogel’s proposition re the West Coast Railway Bill“ Sir Julius Vogel’s motion to appoint a Select Committee of the House of Representatives on the East and West Coast Railway has been moved, voted on, and lost. But there was no dishonor in the defeat, no honor in the victory. Nay, the victors signalised themselves by double-dealing, lying and damnable hypocricies. Take, for instance, one of the measures’ most bitter opponents—the slippery eel of the Representorial faction, Edward Wakefield, and what do we find him doing!” [Mr Wakefield’s utterances at the Town Hall, Leeston, in 1884, in favor of the line, and his reply to the Mayor of Christchurch stating that if he never sat in Parliament again he should oppose the scheme, are next quoted, but as we published them a few days ago it is unnecessary to reproduce them.] The article concludes : —“ Comment is quite unnecessary, the only thing we might say is that constituencies migat just remember at the next election that Edward Wakefield does 11 not want to sit in the House ” and save their votes accordingly, If Government now and appeal to the country the railway should be made a test question by the electors. Hut, faugh 1 New Zealand politics, like its politicians, are rotten at the core.”

Another Lecturer on New Zealand.— Government have agreed to grant Mr W. Courtney, of New Plymouth, £ for £ up to f. 250 to go Home to lecture on New Zealand. Mr Courtney proposes to leave by the Kaikoura on the 27th of next month. It is understood that he has received numerous promises of subscriptions from the public. The object of his lectures will be to induce small farmers to come out to the colony; not to induce mechanics to come. Gbbaldinb Floral and Horticultural Society. —A general meeting of this society ' was held in theG uahdian office on Thursday. There were present Messrs G. H. Patrick (in the chair) J. W. Pye, M. Coombs, 8. Chapman, 0. Rambel, C. Waller, C. E. Sherratt, and the Hon. Secretary, E. Hardcastle. The SubCommittee appointed to revise the Rules and Regulations suggested the following alterations :—“ Rule 2. The following shall bo the scale of member's subscriptions. A subscription of £1 entitles a member to enter any number of exhibits and to have four tickets of admission to any show ; a subscription ot 10s entitles a member to enter twelve exhibits and to two admission tickets; a subscription of 5s entitles a member to enter six exhibits and to one admission ticket." "Rule?. All claims against the society approved by the Committee shall be paid by cheque signed by (he President and Secretary.” "Regulation N 0.7 The society’s year shall be deemed to commence on the Ist day of August and to end on the 31st day of July next following "On the motion of Mr Rambel seconded by Mr Chapman, the Rules and Regulations as revised were adopted. Mr G, H. Patrick was appointed auditor for the ensuing year. It was resolved to open subscription lists ak once, each member of the Committee to be supplied with one. It was resolved to obtain soma circulars, and have the Rules and Regulations printed asjrevised. This being all the business, the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. The East and West Coast Railway. —Mr Sutter, M.H.R. for Gladstone, was one of the members favored by the Canterbury Rail way League with a copy of their resolution affirming that it had been shown that a majority of the members of Parliawere in favor of the construction of the line and urging the Government to take immediate action to proceed with the line. The resolution seems to have been too much for the honorable gentleman to receive with equauamity, and io his reply he bursts out as follows "Now, I deny there is any truth in the words ‘ majority being in favor of,’ &c., &c., and any attempt on the part of the Government to take action involving the colony in the construction or the working of this railway would bring them to a speedy end, and any encouragement beyond the Bill of last year shall have ray determined opposition, The people of Christchurch say it will pay when constructed ; then I say, why not follow the example of the people of Wellington and build it themselves? There are only 24,000 people—men, women, and children—on the whole of the West Coast, and they are decreasing day by day, and on some parts of the goldfields there I arn ot opinion the sooner they take their departure the better for the taxpayers, as they are simply a sort of State paupers, kept there by subsidies, water races, sludge channels, roads, &c., &c. 1 am your obedient servant, J. H. SUTTER.” This is not very flattering for the West Coast residents, and it would not be suprising to hear of indignation meetings at which Mr Sutter is the chief subject of discussion. A Rattlesnake’s Bite. —The quick venom of the rattlesnake has not killed so many people aa the more insidious hut deadly poisons found in the air of foul rooms. The aeration of the blood by the lungs becomes impossible sometimes, and the failing health, growing weakness, and loss of appetite are harbingers of approaching death. For such cases Hop Bitters are the potent and allpowerful remedy to drive all fevers out of the system, purifying the blood, and giving a new and happy lease of life. —Get genuine.

SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS

A. Rae—Trespass notice. Allan and Velvin, Temnka—Partnership notice. Mrs Mendelson, Temnka—Wants a good plain cook. Jas. Stewart, Woodbury Trespass and poison notice. Mount Peel Road Board —Tenders for improving and shingling road near Rainchff. W. U. Slack, Pleasant Valley—Tenders for cutting fences and burning goree close to-day. Temuka Linseed Factory Tenders for ploughing, harrowing, and rolling 130 acres of land near Temuka. K, F. Gray—Extensive sale of cattle, on account of Mr A. Grant, at Temuka Pound, on Wednesday next. Siegert and Fauvel Notify that their dressmaking department has been placed under the caie of a first-class dressmaker. R. Wood, Geraldine—Has been appointed agent for the Canterbury Farmers' Cooperative Society’s clover and grass seeds.