LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1562, 28 September 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Skin Sale,—Messrs J. Mundell and 00. bold a sale of skins, at Geraldine to-day. Jewish New Yeae. The Jewish New Year, 5647, commences on Thursday, September 30tb. New Seed Sowbb. According to the Ashburton Guardian “Mr Tbos. Harrison, of South Bakaia, has applied for a patent for a horizontal feed seed-sower invented by himself.” i Rate. —In our advertising columns it is notified that the South Orari River Board have struck a rate for the year ending March 31,1887, and that the sum is now payab o at the Temuka Road Board office. The Island Mails. — ln our advertising columns tenders are invited for the carriage of the inland mails in this district from the Ist January 1887 to 31st December 1888. Tenders close on the 9th October. A Tragedy. —A terrible tragedy occurred in an oyster saloon in Elizabeth street, near the junction of Finders street, Melbourne, recently. The proprietor stabbed his wife and then cut his own throat. Both died at once. It is believed the cause was drink. Sporting.— The Sydney Meeting was brought to a close on Saturday. Results Craven Plate; Trident 1, Lord William 2, ''Gentility 3 j time, smio Slices. Wayerley Handicap: Coriolanus 1, Dagobert 2, Orphan 3. Steeplechase : Kangaroo 1, Hater 2, Blackall 3; time, 6min 54£iiecs. Painful Accident. Mrs Kennedy, of Rangitata, met with an exceedingly painful accident on Saturday. It appears she was attempting to get through a wire fence and by some means fell, and her fore finger becoming entangled in the wire the top was pulled completely off at the first joint. She was attended by Dr Fish, who dressed the injured hand, and the patient is now doing as well as could be expected. HoBSB Pabade.— The annual horse parade under the auspices of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association took place last Saturday, and was very successful. The number of horses paraded wae 21 (7 more than were entered last year), and farmers and others interested attended in considerable force. The greatest admiration was expressed at the fit condition in which the majority of i he horses were shown.

Accidental Death.—On last Friday in Timaru a man named William Goodie, a carpenter in the employment of Mr Targus, was working on the roof of Mr Jonas’s house, and Ml off on to the conerete steps. He was found insensible by Mrs Jonas, who immediately cent for Dr Hogg, e'ubsfquently Dr Loveg r ovo was called in, but he was bevond surgical aid, and died at 10 on that evsning. He was 54 years old, single and had np relations in South Canterbury,

Gebaldinb Monthly Sale.— The monthly j sale of stock, etc., at Geraldine, takes place on Wednesday, 6th October. Messt-a J. Mandell and Go. are now booking entries. R.M. Couet, Tbmuia.—At the above Court last Saturday, before A. M. Clark, Esq., John Hawkins Farguason was charged with having been drunk while in charge of a horse and carriage the previous day in Temuka. Constable Guerin proved the offence. His Worship said it was a serious,, offence for a man to get drunk while en_ trusted with another man’s property. He' would be fined 10s, or 48 hours’ imprison* m»nt.

The Fish Supply.—ln July the Marin* Department wrote to the United State* Fishery Bureau, asking (or a further supply of ova of various species, and a reply has just been received from Professor Baird, who states that be will hare great pleasure in meeting the wishes of the New Zealand Government as far ns possible. He thinks he can snpply as many white fish eggs as nr* wanted, but is somewhat doubtful as to the land-locked salmon and Oalifornian trout. There will be na charge for white fish except the expense of forwarding from Michigan to San Francisco. Probably, he says, the Bureau will have to obtain trout from someone else.

He's in the Muck. —Very strong comment (says the Rangiora Standard), is made by those to whom he is known of tho conduct of Zerr, one of the witnesses in the Titnaru poisoning case. His evidence was not of a kind that was required, and it will be to hi* everlasting disgrace that be could so abuse private fnendship, as to listen to what waa being said between his friend and som*one else, and then make use of what he had heard. There is enough evidence without the Timaru journalist’s to ... . And lik* the policeman and tho “ Pirates ” we cannot see why he went into the witness box at a-I-l-L In Timaru they have a queer lot of newspaper people. Hailstorm.— This district was visited yesterday afternoon at 4 p.m. by a terrible hailstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning. The hailstones were the largest we have ever seen, and measured three-quarters of an inch in diameter. The shower continued for about 15 minutes and left the ground completely covered. It choked up gutters on the roofs of houses, with the result that their owners found it necessary to clean them out immediately. Heavy rain succeeded the hail storm. Tho stoim mu*t have done great damage the young crops and various orchards and gardens in the district.

Psttt Thbfx. —On Saturday Con»tabls Willoughby of Geraldine was informed by Mr B. flpeechly, that some person had broken into his apple house and abstracted therefrom sereral pounds of apples. The Constable went oyer and saw Mr Speeohly, but as that gentleman declined to take out a search warrant the constable could take no steps in the matter. The amusing part of the matter is that Mr Speeohly had bought a new patent look for the purpose of keeping this storeroom secure but had simply used a piece of common fencing wire for a staple and this the thief found no difficulty in pulling out. The police believe the theft was committed by the same person who recently borrowed his master’s horse to go and steal a bucket of potatoes rather than fetch them from his own heap. Cetjbmt to a Sbbvamt.—At Bnniskerry, near Dublin, recently, a Mrs Kane Clark was fined £7 for assaulting Teresa Fenny, a pauper servant girl. The evidence showed that this female fiend used to beat Teresa “daily with sticks,” throw her down, and « kneel upon her.” She then “ inserted her thumbs inside the girl’s mouth, and tore out the flesh ” by way of "aggravating the pain.” The medical officer of the workhouse to which Teresa at last escaped said that he “ found her body and legs a mass of bruises, both ankles badly smashed, and one arm lamed from e blow.” It is satisfactory to read the Magistrates who beard the case "at first decided to send the defendant to prison”; but it is scandalous to read further on that they " finally ” let her off with a floe. The fact that Mrs Clark is a widow with a family of children is no excuse for this ill-timed leniency. The children will be punished quite as much by their mother's fine as they could have been by her imprisonment; and as they are fatherless and therefore unprotected from their unconscionable bruts of f,a mother, their separation from her, so far from being a hardship, would have been the best thing possible for them.

A Geaoe-ful Tbibutb.— Thug Dr Grace in his place in the Upper House on the Mnori Race when the Defence Bill was the subject of discussion : “ There really never was any bitterness on the part of the Maoris towards the white people until the starting of the Haubau movement. When the war began in 1860 the Maoris were not animated with any animosity towards the white people. When the 65th Regiment was serving in Taranaki in 1860 I know that good feeling existed between the Natives and the troops. A little bitterness. began to exist when people were looked on as strangers and they were being introduced from Europe, but real bitterness between the white man and the Maori was never shown until the beginning of the Hauhau movement. The Maoris have shown the noblest exhibitions of feeing towards tbs white race, lam con* vinced that there are no people in the country more true to the colony than the Maori race, and if to-morrow I should be engaged with a foreign enemy in this country I should Ike uncommonly well to act with the Maoris. They are loyal, honest, and brave, and generous to a fault—they would share the lest particle of food with one, and would never go back on a friend in a time of trouble. It is misunderstanding that has led to the troubles which have existed between us; and lam quite certain that there are no better subjects of the Queen, or people who are more Anglo-Saxons in their heart for all practical purposes, than are the Maoris.”)

Wicked for Clergymen.—'" I believe it to be all wrong and even wicked for olergy« men or other public men to be led into giving testimonial* to quack doctor* or vile ■tuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious artio’e ie made up of common valuable remedies known to all, and that all physicians nse and trust iu daily, we should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitter* for the good they have done me and my friends,, firmly believing they have no equal for family me. I will not be without them,'’— Bey, - Washington, D.C., U.8.A.”

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. South Orari Sirer Board—Notice re rite. Postmaster-General delivery of inland maill. B. Uden, Milford—lnvites lenders for clearing ten aores rushes. J. Mundell and Co., Geraldine—Are booking entries for monthly sale. Mich. Vlitton, Mount Peel Station—lnvites tenders for ploughing 140 acres turnip land, A Hope, Orari Gorge, Woodbury—Wants a furnished six-roomed cottxge between Geraldine and Timaru for six months, J. Ballantyne and Oo„ Victoria House, Tunuru —Have just opened a full assortment of novelties for the eeming season*