LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1386, 1 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Road Board. This Board’s monthly meeting takes place to-day. Tenders for several works will be considered. Geraldine Town Board. —The ordinary monthly meeting of this Board will take place this evening at. half past seven.

Geraldine Road Board. —Tenders are invited by the above Board for a number of road works, particulars of which will be found in advertisement.

Accident. — A farmer named Akers, re•iding on the Levels Plains, had one of his legs fractured on Sunday. Ha was taken to Timaru for treatment.

Temuka Town Board. —The monthly meeting of the Temuka Town Board takes place to-morrow evening. Tenders for forming and shingling in Ewen Road will be considered.

“Flush” of Money. —Times must he good in Ashburton. According to the {Guardian, a drunkard was arrested last week in that go-ahead place with no less than £B2 in hard, cash in his pockets.

Geraldine Monthly Stook Sale. — Messrs J. Mundell and Co., hold their monthly sale of stock at Geraldine to morrow. The thoroughbred stallion Hunnington will be offered. Farmers are reminded that entries are received up to hour of sale. Football.— Tho Interprovincial Match between Canterbury and Otago took place at Christchurch on Saturday, and resulted in an easy win for Canterbury by 9 points to nil. The result was totally unexpected. Some 2000 spectators were present. Business Notice. —In our advertising columns Mr A. Maxwell, the principal saddler in Timaru, announces that he has opened in Geraldine in the old Geraldine Guardian office, near the Primitive Methodist Church. He has a large stock, and no doubt will bo well supported.

Fire at Woodbury. —Oo Sunday morning last, at two o’clock, a fire occurred in the house occupied by Mr John Woodman, at Woodbury. Mrs Woodman was the first to discover the fire, and she at once aroused her husband and the children, and then ran across the road and called some of the neighbors, with whose united assistance the fire was soon put out. It seems that it had originated in the kitchen, through the chimney being a defective one. Fortunately no great damage was done, thanks to the prompt assistance at hand, the loss being only about £3. Thb Ashburton Woollen Factory. —The Guardian says:—“Arrangements for starting the Ashburton Woollen Factory are almost complete, and active operations will bo commenced immediately the raw material is available. As showing the confidence the management have in the prespect of an early start, wb may state that a prominent director of the Company has wagered a suit of clothes, to bd made from the first web of cloth manufactured at the factory, that the material is produced on or before October 1 next.”

The Htjtt Odtbagb. Further particulars respecting the Upper Hutt outrage have been furnished to the New Zealand Times. It appears that the victim was invited to a certain hotel, and on entering was forcibly seized and detained in a room where a regular self-appointed judge, jury, and “special constables” were assembled. A form of mock trial was gone through, and sentence being pronounced, the constables were told to “ do their duty,” on which they stripped their victim, and greased him all over. It is said that the names of the perpetrators are known, and legal proceedings have been commenced in connection with the matter.

A Water Famine. —Jerusalem has lately been the prey to a severe water famine. In consequence of the great heat, which has set in this year earlier than usual, and in a mo>-e acute form than has been known for a long period, the cisterns within the city were exhausted, and even the springs in the environs yielded but little water. A correspondent, says the Jewish World, describes the heartrending scenes witnessed day after day, as the water dealers brought their precious cargo into the city at a price beyond the means of the thirsting poor. The demands of the dealers rose daily, and it became a common thing to see the poor bartering necessary articles of clothing for a drink of water.

A Stmingent Law. —For an able-bodied man to be caught a third time begging, was considered a crime deserving death, according to an old law in England, which remained in force for sixty years. The poor man might not change his master at his will or wander from place to place. If out of employment, Deferring to be idle, he might be demanded for work by any master of the “craft” to which ho belonged, and compelled to work whether he would or no. If caught bogging once, being neither aged nor infirm, ho was whipped at the cart’s tail. If caught a second time his ear was slit or bored through with a hot iron. If caught a third time, being thereby proved to be of no use upon this earth, but to live upon it only to his own hurt and to that of others, he suffered death as a felon.

England and the Colonies.— lf Mr Herbert Spencer’s allegations (hat the Co'onies were a source of loss to the Empire require disproof, the necessary evidence has been furnished by Mr Goschen, M.P., in the eloquent and instructive speech which he delivered at Manchester on the 23rd June. “ On the Condition and Prospects of Trade.” He pointed out that while Great Britain had increased her exports to foreign countries during the last 15 years from £185,000,000 to £215,000,000, her exports to British possessions had grown from £52,000,000 to L 00,000,000. In the one case £10,000,000, or about 74 per cent., had been the increase; in the ether £30,000,000 or 16 per cent. The increase with Australia had been from £14,000,000 to £26,800,000, or an increase of 86 per cent. Looking to the present aspect of industry and commerce, k; seemed to him that the chief hope for the future was that the teeming millions of the old country may find customers in the teeming and increasing millions in Greater Britain beyond the seas.

A New Tore Bank Defaulter, The trial of Mr J. D. Fish, formerly the President of tho Marine Bank, took place in New York on June 26, and ended in a verdict of guilty. Thereupon ho applied for a new trial which was refused by tho Judge, who declared that his loans to the firm of Grant and Ward were not errors of discretion, but were made in bad faith, which was not to bo distinguished from fraud. Subsequently, Fish was brought up for sentence, and was ordered to be imprisoned ten years upon each of seven counts of the indictment; these terms are to be concurrent. The deductions that are permitted for good behavior may enable him to earn his release in six years and eight, months. He is now aged 72 years. That Fish remained to take his trial instead of decamping shows the opinion ho held of the issue of his trial, and this opi don was shared in by the community, who behoved that a man of his standing wa- almost beyond the grasp of the law. The severe language employed by the judge, even more Ilian the sentence itself, constitutes this conviction most impressive and significant.

Temuka Parliamentary Union. The weekly sitting of the Temuka Parliamentary Union takes place this evening. Tne Speaker will take the chair at 7.30.

Gold. —The Ashburton Mail says • Five nuggets of gold, which are stated to have been found by H. Bailey and party some tw® years ago, west of the Divide, behind Ashburton, were exhibited in Mr R. Murray’s window yesterday and on Thursday. The gold is much waterworn and experts state that it must have came fiotn a valuable reef.

A Family Party.— ln Napier the oilier night, says the Telegraph, the relatives as below recently surrounded one dinner table ; —Oue great grandfather, two grandfathers, one grandmother, three fathers, two niothers, four children, three grandchildren, one great grandchild, three sisters, one brother, two husbands, two wives, one mother-in-law, one father-in-law, two brothers-in-law, three sisters-in-law, one son-in-law, two daughters-in-law, two uncles, three aunts, one nephew, twoneices, and two cousins. The whole party consisted of seven persons only 1 Death of a House. —’TV F. Werner, of Geraldine, sustained a somewhat serious loss yesterday through the death of his wellknown horse Black Prince (late Cabbage Tree). 'lhe horse had been ailing since Saturday, and the cause of death was inflammation of the bowels. Black Prince was a performer of some note at up-country meetings. At Eangitata Bridge on Boxing Day last he won the Arundel Gup, and would also have token the hurdle race at the same meeting but for having baulked when he had the race well in hand. At the Woodbury meeting he met with an accident to his shoulder, which caused his retirement from the turf for a lime.

Government Librarian. Speaking of the recent appointment of the General Assembly Librarian, the Dunedin Herald says :—lt is not always the early* bird which gets the worm. We have often seen the latest comer into a crowded meeting secure by accident the best seat. An illustration of this has taken place in the appointment to the office of Librarian to the General Assembly, vacant by the resignation of Mr M‘Gregor, The salary is £3OO a-year, and there is very little to do except during the session. There were forty-six applicants for the berth, several of whom would have made an admirable use of their privilege in the run of such an excellent store of literature. All claims on the part of residents have been ignored, and the appointment conferred on a complete stranger—a new chum arrived in Auckland, Mr J. Collier, M.A. —who happened to bring good letters of introduction to some of the colonial big-wigs. Political. —The Wellington correspondent of the Press states that it is positively assorted that the East and West Coast Tote will be negatived. In consequence of this report certain Canterbury and other members sent notes to the Government on Saturday insisting on that vote being made a Ministerial question, and threatening if this were not done that they would withdraw their support from the Government. Directly this became known a number of Ministerial supporters represen'ing other parts of the colony, variously stated at five to ten, sent notes warning Ministers that if they did make this a vital question, these supporters would vote against them. As either of these secessions would mean the defeat of the Government, the latter are in a rather serious dilemma, and are straining every nerve to make things look pleasant on both sides. At present this seems impossible. It is probable that if either rupture should take place the Government will be once more attacked by a direct vote. Meanwhile many of the Atkinson party are, like himself, unwilling to have any more fighting on the items as they come up, and are dissuading him from going on with his resolutions and initiating any fresh - hostile actions. The atmosphere is by no means clear as yet, and any day may witness a new development. A Rattlesnake’s Bite.— The quick venom of the rattlesnake has not killed so many people as the more insidious but 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. “ BtroHtr-PAißA."— Quick, complete cures all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. At Druggists. Eempthorne, Prosier & Co., Agents, Christchurch. 2

SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS,

Q-eraldine Road Board—Tenders for road works.

A Maxwell, Saddler —Has opened in Geraldine.

R. H. Postlethwaite, Geialdine —Tenders for ploughing close to-morrow, R. A. Barker, Orari —Wants to let, for a crop of oats or barley, 100 acres stubble land. J. W. Miles, “The Hall,” Temuka —Has caused space to be reserved for his advertisement.

A. W. Macdonald, Pleasant Valley—Notice to trespassers, and in reference to stray dogs and cattle.

R. Morrison, Beehive Stores, GeraldineNew and fashionable goods just to hand, Suitable for the spring and summer seaaons. Has a large stock of new garden and grass aud clover seeds for sale at lowest possible prices.