The Temuka Leader. TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1492, 13 April 1886, Page 2

The Temuka Leader. TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Grain Returns.-During the week ended last Friday evening 2941 bags of grain were forwarded to Timaru from the Temuka Railway Station. Geraldine Road Board. —The monthly meeting of the Geraldine Road Board takes place toiday. Tenders for several works will be considered.

Lecture.—lhe lecture advertised to be delivered by the Rev, Gpo. Barclay on Sunday evening was postponed on account of the inclemency of the weather. The Colonial Exhibition.—The New Zealand Shitping Company will issue return tickets at greatly reduced rates during the time the British and Colonial Exhibition is open.

Sale at Geraldine,—To-morrow Messrs J, Mundell and Co. sell 12 acres 2 roods, situate in the Kakahu district, the property of Mr W, Parr, The block is well worth the attention of speculators. ' TiMaku Artillery. The 0. Battery Timaru,n to be provided with two 9-p'under Armstrong guns in place of the old-fashioned weapons with which the battery has made shift for years. Better' shooting should result.

Uniforms. The Timaru High School Cadeis are to be provided with uniforms, consisting of red coat, blue serge trous->r» with red stripe, and Glengarry cap. The New Zealand Clothing Factory will manufacture them.

The Late Accident at Temuka.—On Saturday last the left leg < f the unfortunate man Gdlie, who was so dreadfully injured last Thursday, was amputated. Up to yesterday afternoon ho was progressing favorably.

Bam and Ewe Fair.—Farmers and others are reminded that the annual Hum and Ewe Fair, under the auspices of'the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral Association, takes place on the. grounds at Winchester next Thursday. Messrs J. Mundell and Co, announce the entry of 40 rams and 300 merino ewes.

Eobsk Fair.—A Horse Fair takes piece at the South Canterbury Saleyards (Washdyke) to-day and to-morrow. The Fair will be the largest held in South Canterbury, the various auctioneers having received very large entries. Messrs J. Mundell and Co. and Mr K. F. Gray announce that t hey are now receiving entries.

.Conscience Money.— The Evening Post states that the Hon <l. L. Tole, Minister of Justice, has received an anonymous letter enclosing the sum of £l4, which, the sender says, is in restitution of money of which he has defrauded the revenue. The letter bears the Wellington postmark.

Fatal Football Accident. —Thomas Radford, twenty-five, collier, ot Skehy, Notts, died from the effects of injuries received while playing at football. The deceased, who was a well known football player, was playing as a substitute with a Sutton team against the Nottingham Castle Rovers. During the play he was kicked in the abdomen by a player named Memory. He was at once attended to, but his injuries had a fatal effect,

Runaway. — A horse attached to a dog carl, belonging to Mr Godwin, of Rangitata, while standing in front of Mr Moore’s gate on Dr Fish’s Road on Saturday evening, took (right and dashed along towards the township at a furious rate. Luckily the road was clear, and by the time the horse reached Mr Dunlop’s corner it was well nigh exhausted. Some bystanders prevented it from colliding with the corner and turned it into the main road where it was captured. No damage was done, Saboastic. —Referring to the number of Whigs who have piit t heir opinions in their pockets for the sake of office in the new Gladstone Administration, Mr Labouchere B(.js “So strange, however, is our political morality that whilst we punish an elector for selling his vote we reward any of the elected who will sell their opinions. Had Pontius Pilate lived in our days he would have become a Cabinet Minister. Much has been said against this Soman governor; but, after all, what was he? An opportunist with a predelidion for office.” ...

Concbet at Temuka.—-A concert in aid of the incidental fund of the Temuka School takes place Ibis evening in' the Volunteer Ha'l, and we hope to see it liberally patronised. Without considering the object of the concert—the providing of funds for thn purchase of necessaries for the school for which the Board’s grant, is found inadequate —the programme of itself should bo sufficient to draw a large audience. It only needs reading to convince anyone tint it is a first-class one. It may be mentioned that the Temuka Brass Band wjll give two selections during the evening, viz., “ False Brittannia on English Airs’’ (H. Pound), and the glee “Red Cross Knight” (Dr Calcott).

A Mysterious Affair.-—On Thursday nigl t, February 18th'(we learn from an English paper), two women, both unknown to each other, went to a dispensary in Old Kent road, then in charge of _a doctor, who acted as assistant to a wellknown prnctitpner, and asked (o bo supplied with some medicine. The preparation was supplied, and each woman, went separately to her home. Both took the medicine, both were seized with convulsions, and both expired within an hour oi each other. Tire deaths were duly reported to the authorities, but upon inquiries being made at -the dispensary the doctor who had prepared the medicine could not be found. The Land Question. —Mr Bradlaueh Ims a scheme for “ promoting the b Her cultivation of land,” A Bill introduced by him would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to hold in an agricultural district more than one hundred acres of land.in a waste or uncultivated state. He excepts cases, however, where the land is not cultivate with profit for any purpose, or where it Las hern devoted to some purpose of public utility or enjoyment. On a conviction for such a misdemeanor the Commissioners of Woods and Forests are forthwith to ej ct the owner from the uncultivated lands, which are thenceforth to vest in them. But the owner is to be entitled to receive from the Consolidated Fund, for a term of 25 rears, an annuity equal to the average value of the annual actual produce during the previous 14 years. Tenders are to be invited by public notice, from those willing to become actual cul’L rating tenants in parcels not exc edmg 4't acres to one person ; and the land* are t> be let on such conditions as to term of tenan-v, rent, reclamation, drainage, and cultivation as shall afford reasonable encouragement, opportunists, facilities, and security for . due cultivation and development. Miis backed by Mr Labouchere, Mr Arc-, on .. Mr Burt.

The Matadka. —■ The loading of the barque Malura with frozen mutton was completed on Friday evening. 6874 carcises were pul on board in the course of two days. Clearing Sale. —ln our advertising columns will be found particulars of the sale by Messrs J. Mundell and Co., at Moans, Geraldine, of B. Bayley, Esq’s, surplus stock. It is well worth the attention of farmers and others. Town Boabd job Abowhbnux. —The efforts of those taking round the petition praying that Arowhenua may be constituted a Town District have been most successful, the required number of signatures haring already been secured. More signatures wib, however, be cmvassed for. We understand Mr Edgcler is in receipt of an important communication from Wellington bearing on the subject. Importation op Fruit.—During the year 1885, 1720 dozen of bottled fruits, 1177 dozen preserved fruits, 5369 cwts of dried fruits, representing & total value of £11,27'*, on which duty to the extent of £4876 8» 9d was paid, were imported into New Zealand. In 1885, 525,3d5ibs of jams and jellies, valued at £11,354, and on which duty to th* amount of £3158 was paid, were imparted. Ihe amount is considerably above that of the previous year, despite the increase in the number of jam factories in the colony.

The Severed Hand,—The trial of the Howards and the Godfrey brothers eon. eluded at Christchurch on Saturday evening, Mrs Howard and the Godfreys being acquitted. Howard was found guilty of attempt to defraud only, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment without hard labor, the extreme sentence allowed by the law. The trial threw no light on the mystery of the “ severed hand,” but Howard before he was sentenced stated he knew nothing as to where it came from. This will hardly be believed. Princess Beatrice’s Husband. A Home paper, referring to the anomalous position of Prince Honry of Batten burg as a Royal Highness in private life but with no such rank or precedence on occasions when it is necessary to adhere to the strict rules which are observed at all the European Courts, says:-“ if Princess Beatrice and her husband went to a State function at Berlin or Vienna she would join the Court circle, whereas her husband would be relegated to the general company and would not even be admitted to the Royal super-room.”

A Cask of Hard Swbabino.—A peculiar ease came before the id. VI. at Oamaru last Wednesday in which the postal authorities Bought to recover from Alexander Young the su n' of £lO. It appears that Young on February 12th applied at the Post Office for a monry-order on Waimate for £lO. Ihe elerk handed him the customary form to fill up and then went to lunch leaving a junior clerk to make out the order. This the junior clerk did, and on asking Young for the money he (Young) stated he had paid it to the chief clerk, minus the commission. The junior clerk remarked that this was a most unusuul thing for his chief to do, but took Yoline’s assurance that, he bed paid the money. Young then paid the commission, took the order, and bft. Wlien it was found the cash was £lO short, Young was sent for, and then, acc rding to the witnesses for the plaintiffs made several contradictory statements, but in the box he swore most positively that he had paid it. His Worship in giving judgment, for plaintiff said that the onus of proof of pai ment rested with the defendant, who hud failed to establish his case.

Woek FOE UNEMPLOYED.— Referring to the unemployed ri ffleul y, the Tapanui Courier suggests that soiall village seM ments should be formed by Government in the leading agricultural and goldfi Ids district and married men especially, with their families, located thereon. The valley of the Clutlm River and the borders of the interior lakes, it < oints out, are epacially suited for settling a large population of the laboring cLss. On the banks and beaches of the river gold can be obtained that will give small wages, wrh the chance of an accidental “ patch,” and the land in the valley is so productive that, the earth but requires scratching to yield plentifully the fruits of labor. Surely men placed as we suggest would, in the long run, live happier lives than if crowded into cities, with heavy rents to pay for the merest hovels. On the New Zealand goldfields there are thousands of acres of auriferous land almost untouched that will yield gold sufficient to pay more than “ unemp oyed wiges,” and it is quite time that soma scheme was intro iuced to work such lands, instead of keeping men stonebreaking in i lie corporation yards of Dunedin, Christchurch, and other cities.

Hospital Management.— The Melbourne Hospital mamuiement is fir from perfect, judged bv the following extract from a report by a Melbourne Argus reporter Unquestionably the ventilation is deficient. The weather whilst I was there was hot and suit) y, but the difference between the air in the iJ capital and the air outside was more than noticeable—it was startling. In the ward with all the windows open, the atmosphere, even at night, seemed never to freshen. But the doctois do not know many of the dirty habits that prevail, nor half of the forgetfulness that seems chi omc, yet these laches and these habits often render the highest, medical skill of no effect. Patients will somet'mes do without food that has been ordered them, if it be not sent up, rather than ‘ make a fuss,’ as they say, or get the nurse into trouble, in the matter of food in the Melbourne Hospital the nurse is powerless ; she must take what comes to the ward, and do the best she can with it. She may have a fever patient in her oare, to whose heid the doctor has ordered ice to be constantly supplied, but if the ice be done at four in the morning she can obtain no more until the supply eoraes at nine, The Melbourne Hospital is full of these petty economies,”

The Rule op the Road. —The following ig the law relating to this subject as laid down by His Honor Mr Justice Johnstone during the rec nt trial of Regina v. Melhropht for manslaughter, and contained in two statutory enactments made by the Parliament of N-w Zealand. The first of these is in “ The Public Wo»ks Act 1882,” sec. 102, sub-soo. 13, which is as follows: person who d cs not. keep any vehicle driven by him on Ihe left or near side of the road when meeting, «.id on the right or off side when passing, mother vehicle, or does not leave a reaso able porTm of the road for any vehicle passing him, shall be liah e l« a penalty not exceeding five pounds." “ ibc Poli<Offences Act 1884,” s c. 4, suh-sec. 3, deal* ing with the same question states as follow* j —H Any person who drives aoy vehicle wnaievor, or ndoa an? animal, and when meeting any other vehicle or anjipal docs not keep on the left or near side of the road or street, or when passing any other vehicle or animal going in the smie direction does not go or pess, or does nqt allow any person desirous so to do to pats whoo pract’fHble, on the right o< off side of such other vehicle or animal, is liable to a penalty not exceeding ton pounds.” ihe lust named Act. being the latest enact - moo overr ides the Public Works Act of 1882, ar.it is therefore the law governing the rule vt ibe road.

No Sympathy tor Bachelors. —lhe town council of Kimberley, Cape Colony (says the Pall Mall Gazette) has a supreme contempt for unmarried men. One of these unhappy creatures complained to the council on the subject of tha howling of dogs and screeching of cats caused by the use of 'bus bugles. The Chairman remarked that only a bachelor would make such a complaint; no one would think much of the noise if he were used to having children crying around him. Another councillor added that “anyhow the fish horns in Cape Town wore ever so much worse than the ’bus bugles.” And this was all the consolation ihe complainant got. People who do not possess babies will naturally sympathise with him, and those who do should rejoice that they are English and not Cape Colony babies ; for a child whoso crying can drown Ihe com-bined utterances of ’bus bugles and cats and dogs must prove a remedy far worse than the disease.” A Victim to Morphia.— -Some of the myet'Ties of morphia were retailed recently at the Wanganui Hospital Board meeting by Dr Earle. His description of the bodily stats of the patient now in the hospital for this complaint caused an involuntary shudder to pass through those who heard it. The doctor acknowledged that the case was the first one he had witnessed, and he neither expected nor hoped to have.to do with another. What he had read of the habit in a German book treating of morphia having induced him to look on the case as almost hopeless. He had reduced the doses used from 15 grains to 5 grains, but lower than tiiat he did not expect to get. Tlia latter quantum was sufficient to kill an ordinary individual, but in the case of the patient alluded to it would be dangerous to reduce it, the habit having been indulged in for some 15 years. It he refused it altogether the chances were either that the man, would leave the hospital and die in the endeavor to get morphia, or he would go mad, in either case bringing discredit on the Board. The liquor supply has been, reduced now to 6oz per diem, and it is on this that life is mainly sustained. It was resolved to have a report on the case every meeting. Attempted Murder.— Baron Artaud Hanssman was arrested at Paris on February 1. charged with haring attempted to murder Count Montauzan at the Hotel Louvre in that city. The struggle between the two men was very savage, the prisoner broke a clock on Count Montanzan’s head, besides shooting him twice and stabbing him once. Both noblemen are very rich, and their quarrel originated in a rivalry between them about a woman. The wounded man may possibly recover. Montauzan was engaged in financial pursuits. Hanssman brought a letter of introduction from Madame Montaimn , who sojourning at Cannes, highly praising the bearer to her husband. The two men started together (o go to Nantes, where Montauzm intended to manage a financial company. In the train Haussraan wanted to put Montauzm asleep with a magnetic apparatus, but Montauzan refused to allow him. They dined at the railway buffet, and after the meal both were laken ill. They returned to Paris the next morning Hanssman visited Montauzau by appointraedt to meet a financier from Nantes, and then the quarrel arose. The prisoner is a nephew of Baron Georges Hanssman the famous Administrator of Public Works of Paris. The quarrel was due in part to a dispute about financial matters. Haussraan is thought to be insane. Suicide op a Sbbtakt Gibl. —An inquest was held at Gunn’s Darfield Hotel, Christchurch, m Saturday last on the body of a servant girl named Delia O’Malley. The girl was a Servant at the Hotel from December till the 4th of April last, and was suspected of bavins stolen some money from the proprietor. Several circumstances made the suspicion almost a certainty, and she was accused of the theft. She denied it, and shortly after attempted suicide by poisoning herself with some liniment and chlorodyne. Fmetics were administered, inedicsl aid procured, and fa ! al results prevented. After poisoning herself she confessed, according to one of the witnesses, to having taken £2 7s, belonging to the proprietor of the Hotel, George Gunn. When the doctor c*me next day, Gunn told him he need not come again, as he did not know how ho was to be paid. Ho told him she hud taken £2, and this with the doctor’s fee would now make a good earn. The doctor suggested she might work it all out, and advised him to say nothing to her friends, but get the girl away gently. Gunn wrote to her father, and got a reply from the girl's mother. After the correspondence he determined to keep the girl till her mother came, and sent word she could stay till Saturday night when they were expecting another girl. The girl, however, declined to stay, and left on the Wednesday, slating she would go to her uncle’s, three miles disbud.. She got 6d for train fare from her mistress, Mrs Gunn, and started. She never reached her uncle’s, and was afterwards form I drowned in a shingle pit. A letter written by the girl to Mr Gunn, stating she hid taken the money, was put in. The Coroner reviewed the evidence, and the jury relumed a verdict “ That the deceased girl committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity.” The Coroner commented severely on the conduct of Mr and Mrs Gunn, to which he said the action of Mrs Poison (one of the witnesses, who was called in when the girl tooklpoison) was in striking contrast. The jury drew up, signed, ami handed to the Coroner the following ; “ And the jury a’so wish to add this rider—That the unfeeling conduct of Mr and Mrs Gunn richly deserves the severe censure passed on them by the Coroner.”

A Bor Hero.—Under this heading iho Wuimale correspondent of the Christchurch Press records an act of bravery, and one that; de-ervjs special recognition, which was performed at the Waimate fire by a boy named Evan Fox, eloyen years of age. A men named Sullivan and his family occupied onp of four cottages, and though the fire missed tho three first cottages it somehow caught that occupied by Sullivan. Sullivan was busy at ihe time trying to move an entire horse to a place of safety, when little Fox rushed up and told him that his house had caught fire, and that hi* children, seven in all, were in bed. Sullivan rushed to the hous*, mid found that his wife and two of the children were safely outside, but that five others wore in bed, and that the fUmcs had already reached the bod clothe?. Sullivan caught up three of his children and rushed to the back door with them, but before he could get out, hlllo Fox, who had fearlessly entered the burning building, took up one of tho two remaining children, and in a remarkably short space of time conveyed his burden to a neighboring paddock. Fox darted back to the house again, and saw Sullivan make a fruitless attempt to get out of the back depr, which was surrounded with flames. Quick as thought young Fo* was through the

burning door and away past Submit, and was seen to pick up another child that had been conveyed to the front part of the house. A moment afterwards Fox was seen trotting towards his own home, carrying one naked child in his arms, and with another running •t his heels. Following the example of young Fox, Sullivan escaped by the front door. Sullivan expressed himself in terms of the deepest gratitude towards young * n d attributes the saving of the five children’s lives to the timely warping of. Fox and the little fellow’s truly noble and'bravt action, I have made careful enquiries, and talked with several eye-witnesses of the courageous conduct of Fox, and give the above particulars as actual facts. While a number of people were standing looking on at the building being consumed, and while they seemed helpless as soon es it was-known the fire children were in the greatest danger of being burnt in thsir beds, the little lad Fox had presence of mind and courage enough to enter and emerge from the building twice, and after he bad rescued the children, his first thought and action was to convey them to his own home. Such conduct on the part of a boy eleven years of age is not only worthy of being placed on record, but worthy of some substantial recognition. Facts. Close confinement and careful attention to all factory work gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appetites, languid, miserable feelings, poor blood, inactive liver, kidneys, &c., and all the physicians and medicines m the world cannot help them .unless they get out of doors or use American Oo.’e Hop Bitters. None need suffer if they will use it freely. See Advt. , , ...■ SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. James W, Pye, Geraldine—Hae Polish and Houdan fowls for sale. Geraldine Guardian— Mr H. N. Hiakene has been appointed representative in the stead of Mr B. S. Cook, resigned. J. Mundell and Go.—Sell rams and ewea at Bam and Ewe Fair at Winchester on Thursday next. Publish full particulars of clearing sals of surplus stock at Moana, Geraldine, on Friday next.* N.Z. Clothing Factory, Timaru The Manager, Mr B. Foster, notifies that they bare opened for the coming winter seaaon a large selection in boys’, men’s, and youth*’ clothing, in Mosgiel tweeds. They are a'so showing some splendid lines in waterproof coats, with and without capes, and sewed set ms ; and bare shirts, sox, drawers, collars, ties, braces, portmanteaux, etc,, in grt*t variety.