LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1552, 12 February 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Licensing Commitxbb,— The j quarterly meeting, of the Temuka Licensing; Committee will be held on-tho;loth March next. ' : Meeting of -Shbbp Inspectors. ■— A meeting of Sheep Inspectors will probably be held in Timaru in the course of a few days.

: GBBAtDXMB Buies,-~A meeting of this will be ; held on Wednesday evening 3.i7.30,t0,: , '‘ , : t" r P <,w of • Lieutenant. .... - Thb Nokman . Maci/Bod. —-The ,-

Mucleod arrived at Lyttelton from Timaru on Thursday. She Faked a litllo'durmK the voyage, and has been docked for repairs.

Ward. — Mr ,v Justice WardAfeft ifor his homlftfjh So'titb Canterbury;.‘ikhere ;hir 'will,qnjoy a rfll'axatiort' hfter hisi ' verji' hnerou'S^cf'utieeji ll Ho will 1 of tend; the fitting Appeal Court on the reserved'.lefgal poihtk in’the Cam mur'der case. The Impbbiae, Conference. A rumor was published on' ThOredtiy; iqsti t hat the Premier, Sir'Robert Stout, intended to leave for -Home -by the next San. Francisco mad, steamer, to act as one of the representatives of New Zealand atlthe Imperial Conference. Mr Robert has since denied the rumor. Now Zealand will beTepresented at the Conference by.Sir*W. Fitzh.ejhe>t and Sir F. D. Bell, the Agent-General ‘ A Precocious < Musician. the lady correspondent of the Australasian at Sydneyj>writing under date January 24th, says .ir-Miss Clarice Brabazon, a child of only twelve years, gave a pianoforte recital last week. : She comes from New Zealand, and has so'far.only b eO U taught, by hergister. Miss Clarice has a wonderful memory,:playing ten solo' including the Moonlight Sonata as.afinel one, without her music. She plays with great facility and vigor.: Farm PRopiEETX in Scotland; -f- An Aberdeenshire farmer writes to one of the Scotch papers that,‘l there was a number of large farms to be let in the County, and* there will soon be many more, as the rents 'asked will not yield any: profit to a tenant;.’? He adds that the depreciation “ ia fully 55 par ceiit,” While rents we hot 'dowd more than 25 pe r cent, ~ Largo farmers, have for years paid half their rent but of capital. He concludes i —“ This is the state of farming where battle and oats are the mainstay ; a further, fall 0f.24 per,cent is required before -farmf can pay." _ , ■ ’ Book Adtehtising.—The latest thingjn bootadrertisirig has been devised'by .publishing firm., ; A large number,. o| men are made to walk in single file" along the most frequented streets, apparently intent on reading an open book, which they hold out before them with both hands,' so that - tha„ back of the book bah b'e sebh." The jpublio naturally : wish to kpow the rj tHlo ■of tßjfi. work of such absorbing interest, and, finds oh» looking that it is a nowly-publuhecl'novel': It is I hardly to add that several of the hirqd pien could not read a Hoe qf .itito! ’save their liyes. '* ' ■■ v ' l ' f ; ...;

Thb'Distuhbanob in Tonga.—bn day the Premier (in,thb qbsenop of 4he G|p?'. yernor) telegraphed to Admiral Tryon, asking’ him to send a man-of-war to Tonga, to ascertain what is 'taking place there, and! pointing out that if there is a disturbance; 1 any foreign .vessel might be asked.to' latid a ■ force. If this' were done it would* be Very difficult, the telegram stated, to induce Clie power to withdraw that , force. -The Premier asked the Admiral to reply as soon [as pos*, 1 siblei'dS'he .wished to telegraph Home andi also to Melbourne, on, the subject,_ Admiral Tryon,replied that the matter is under bis consideration. ■ ; ■ : ;

.! The Prince .-on , WaraiNa.-rrAt a recent, njeeting of the’ Flint Towii Council, the Mayor informed his colleagues that he bad received.a letter in reference to the celebration ofj the Jubilee, but that he nad boon unable to debtjiher the signature/. Accordingly, in sending an answer he bad been compelled to imitate the signature as well as he could, but’his Tetter had been’ -tfent to the Dead Letter. Office.. At length resort Was bed ,to magnifying glass, and the words,“ Albert Edwiird ” ! were deciphered. Therb are two things (says. Truth), to? be leamt from this .episode—First, that the Prince of: Wales’: handwriting is not the 1 most legible in the world; and, secondly, that Flint capnot be a yeiy enlightened place if its Mayor-did not even know that H.R.H. was working a scheme for the celebration of the: Queen’s .Jubilee, ~ , , : South Canterbury Charitable Aid Boabd,—A meeting the South i Canterbury Charitable Aidj Board yyas held q f n ? Wednesday. Present —Messrs John Jackson! (phairr man); John Talbot 1 , ; E. H. Postlethwaite, B, A. Banker,, ;F. Elworthy, and W. Balfdnr; A letter was read from the, Waimate County Council, notifying' that Mr* D.' McLaren had been elected, to. represent the,Cqunoil on the Board in the room of Mr A, Hayes, resigned. A ! letter was-read from «Dir'i®.' l Y- Drew, Resident Surgeon, resigning.his appointment. The resignation was accepted, the Bpard teltifyihg*td the skill arid Ability w’ilih which ; the doctor -had carried opt. :i hig d.uties. ■ ; The, Chairman mentioned that the tnediqal gentlemen’in Titnaru ‘had offered td’attend tq the hospital :? week ,and week about,", thus ; dqing, away with the necessity 1 ’ for a 'Resident ’ Surgeon. ’ "The 'suggestion ’ did • not meet with general approval' and it 'Vtas to advertise for a Resident Sur■geon, MrijTalbot mentioned.? the j presentcumbersome method of collecting the subsidies, but 1 no action was taken.” Charitable aid business was dealt?witb, accounts to the amount ot £220 17s 8d were passed;for pay? ment, and the meeting terminated.?

■” A Olebgymah’s Teoublbs* *r A meeting of the credit oi s of the Rev. J. 0, 'Dodweili was held at Weliington on Wednesday.. From the bankrupt’s statement it appeared that m March, 1884, Mr Dodwell was apf ■ pointed to the parochial.oharge of the district of Bulls.* At that time his family was, in, Melbourne, and the?consequence ,was that, he. had. to keep, .two, homes. tJubsequentlyjhis wife camb dveV rrom Melbourne,! and ,he’, incurred heavy liabilities- in ; purchasing, for-’; niture, paying passages, &c. He I was just recovering himself' when the Bishop sum. manly dismissed him without assigning any reason. Law -proceedings were instituted by tbe bankrupt ? against the 'Bishop,, but the judge’s decision was that the Bishop bad a perfect right to dismiss a clergyman without aching'a reasbh'for so doing. To this cause was attributed tbe failure.,;;Tbe bankrupt is at present holding the position of third master of Newton school'at'a salary of £l2O ,a year. One predi.lor;moved that as the debtor,had, .incurred liabilities, without any hope of paymg them his discharge be opposed, and the motion' was carried. - '

A Will Case.— The disputed ' will case which was-before ,the,. Auckland 1 Supreme Court for sii'daysj occupying the attention,of Justice Ward and a special jury and seven leading members of the legal profession, cam? to a .conclusion; last Tuesday night,’ and resuited in the will being upheld. The parties in the suit were the three, daughters and the lyounger son of the late Mrs Fuller,'of : the , Settler’s. Hotel,, The deceased lady wHile in her last illness," in 'September) last, made two wdls at an interval: of (10 days apart. . By, the first she made special- provision for her younger son and ieftjthe residue of th"e property to be equally divided amongst her three;daughterp>. ' By, the latter will,-hpw ? ever, she gave the lion’s share, about half the entire property, a’ccbt'ding to Mr Thorne’s estimate, to' her youngest -dslighter (Mrs White), .the largest slice to" Charles Fuller (the younger son), and’the balance to Mrs Harrison (wife of Max Winkle/ (he well-known clown), apd Mrs Inw (the other two daughter?). Tire latest will was the one attacked, but is now. upheld.; The estate is wprfh from ,£§2oo fq £3500, and the cos!s of the action,' which afP tb be pajd opt of estate; are said to amount to, from £§oo to £IOOO, His Honor said if the testatrix made two wills it : |, once; thus causing litigation, the ‘ , »uffee, No one came iout of the estate niu, n«j rHn lurv case as well as counse, * acl M? 3 ur^

.Exclusion Train. —An expttVjiion;; train • frsin’lobrit(obaro^ '.t6->runapu listiThurjiday wBB'-patrdpised ;No mishap o^u^recl H>' ; ;• p>:% , ? 1 17th ink. ufobncort?■ wpt;ll be given'in the TolahtbervHall, thtf'jSph. W. cthliver «M prßßohbU;b^|)^tjii' Curious, —The Ashburton Guardian jays.a curious coincitloncip ia observable <ifh ofie of-the English |'p£pfers tdjiiiand by lasf'ufiiil. The Newoastle Chrbnicle ad-Tdrtiaea-that -it - will, during the- coming year, publish “ A now and thrilling novel, by Mr T. Hall-Gaihej author of ‘ The Secret Crime ’ and other novels.” Ladies to the Fore.— During the late harvest, a Scotch fanner, after suffering from several weeks of wet weather, determined to secure his crops on a fine Sunday. laborers, ho ivever, refused to work, Twelve “ stalwart young ladies ” of a boarding-school near; by, hearing of hia predicament, volunteered their ’services, 1 ;.and! before sundown hud put up a fdfty-ucre ftold of oats into small ricks. Damage to a Tbap.—Mr A. M. Clark gob the shafts of bis dogcart completely smashed off yesterday evening. He led his horse out of the section at the back of his office,., and .. as he turned hack to close the gate, 1 i the' horse Jj .moved and backed ’'the 1 'lrajr into 1 tnd iVihe fl .ltreel drain; with the result that the two shafts snapped. The horse became restive; and the chains on . tip dog earb gave way, and released the animal, which, on finding the shafts dangling at his sides became. very difficult to manage. Mr Clark, however, ~ held,hi} tp;3t until; h^-% 8 #yi«kM;4We to subefue ttfe its harness, Ho damage further than the breaking- of ( the shafts was (lone. ENORMOUS i)ESTabbTION BY Fibb. Lewis’ extensive premises in Liverpool, which rivalled to some extent those of Wbitely in London in the variety of articles offered for sale, were recently destroyed by fire, and it • proved-to-be the moat - extensive.winch has taken place in Liverpool for 21 years. { The fi|kbro|e out about 1.40 9-p-, tneSrirole BflldiiSg' from roof Was' one of . the most remaikubftkbver witnessed in Livorpool, INothiug in ,the entire,blQck'rWtts jsayed, the ..'ihil<ik}.?r)ini including a . jnagnifleent P ; olar. bear, all I perisllug.j The , dAttfage is eslilnatieti at • ftsin £200,000. to ' ;;- \ : ;'JSIGH- Monoes.—Th'e* lakt'Amefibati mail brings the anribuhcemOntmf the dabditjaoy of ths'nonr H. H.''Warhefr, of Rpohester, New ' York,'proprietor of Wttfnbt’s Safe Remedies, for the office 6f Dnifced' StatedlSenatpr for York;. This office iis one of the highest in the gift of:-the iArhericac ‘ people,’ there being but- tJvoA United States i ' Senators fcbm the great 'State of NeWjYork, : With .its pophlation of! The term.of office is sis years. The , election ie by joint ballot of the State Assembly a'hd ;; Thq .office-comes .unsought by Mr Warner, and is' oouVincihg proof dt the high regard in which he is hold by the people of his native Slate. ' * i *■ The Court Newsman;—Mr Thomas Beard, who has just resigned the by uc means agreeable position of Court Newsman, has been a journalist during all,‘ jus idn£ ; life.He was' a.’reporter for the Morning Herald when Dickens first went intb the gallery pf the'iMbrning Chronicle, : and the two men at once contracted an intimacy-which remained firm and 'stead? fast until the novelist’s death,_ There is no salary attached to the post, but the Court Newsman is remunerated by the different newspaper proprietors to whom he, sends the information wuich he' alone is ,to supply, Innumerable petty.y.exktjons^are inseparable from tlie proper discharge of his duties, and at hie bow advahosd age ! Mf Beard is to bp congratulated'bn being quit: of them.-—World. ‘ Secrets gentleman well known in literary circles (says the;London . bprrespomipnt of ytho Argus) lately imparted to me two secrets in cofaqection with the coin of the realm, by vigiaring on which, he said, I might make a,‘“'very pretty penny,” indeed an income.; With my usual generosity I reveal them for the benefit of the -public. Ist, “ How many threepenny' pieces cab be laid; flat (you ask) on a half orowa without protruding ! beyond the circumference f ” - The reply is genora'ly ‘‘ three;'’ at least; bu;f, as a • inatibr of fact', you cah only lay 6ne.' : In most companies—'even literary/ope—the coins can be produced, and the problem solved-. 1 ' No 2 requires more, capital for its elucidation:- In these■< hard, 1 times, indeed, the thing caa hardly be exhibited practically except at a bank. “ ITbvt many: banknotes (you ask) will outw'eigh a sovereign 1” Some people will reply “ ten,” some “ twenty,” some “ fifty.” 1 The proper answer is five. J f . Thkßathing Season.—During thesum- ' mer ; months, and - especially, during the almost tropical, heat. experienced a week 'Or l two ago, a plunge into a shady, poql'in some river, has been a luxury that a great many (.persons have indulged in very much' to their , own cqmforf and, .pleasure. ! There;:is’, a pokibili!tyV. howoyi|r, that'- while people are enjoying themselves' they may'; become a nuisance to others. This appears 'to be the. case in Geraldine. About 1 from the towrisbip there is a podll about four fee| deep, and this .spot'”has been frequented by many of the-townspeople, but more particularly by the young fellows. f UnfoV- ! tunately pot many yards from a road that ?: leads to a private house, and along ‘wihioh ladies occasionully pses, and : the’least the bathers could dq would be to wear appropriate' baching drkss’es. 'Some of them do so, buf the majority do not. In Timarii persons attired in pyoper bathing dresses are allowed, to bathe’at the viaduct opposite Mr Perry’s resirieridepllijt’s'hould even a small boy be caught! without (the regulation dress be is immediately, punished,. ,It ,is tq be hoped the youtbs of Gerajdine will take this hint and act upqn .it before 4 the. police move in the' 'matter:..:;.;;;'^/' ; 'A. ' TtATlwiv ■R.TnmnsTnwRNT R.nows. 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, EailwAt Refbbshmbnt Rooms, Timahu. —D. McGiuinhess'begs to ’inforfn his numerous friends, cihd the travelling publio’ihpar-. tibularj-’that havia'g taken 1 the ‘above rooms fbr a fresh term He has decided to reduce the chargeVhithertb‘made ) t and dn future they will, be , in readiness for* early' trains, Is" 6d j Hot Lunch or, Dinner, Served up in the hitherto well-know.n, ; pi*bfuse "style, on arrival of North and . 'Express wains, is ; .6t|. Tea and Coffee always in readiness", and choice confectionery,. Aq., ,^(;he|ea§qej"vfpu^d;. especially; draw attention to the Ladies’ Private’ Dining-room, which has been specially arranged and furnished for their'convenience. A waitress isi always in atlendancV.,/! The usual Is Lunches are' 1 still' continued at the Club Hotel. —Advt.

Wells’ Haib Balsam—lf gray, restores bo original gojor. 4 n ejegaflt- I ,dressing! flo?ti;n3;and, bsaut’fbs. No oil nor. grease, A To' Restorative, Stops hair coming out; stfegihen*, cleanses, 'heals scalp. Reihpv thbrno, ' Brpsfer and pp;, Agents, Christchurch,' g

Clearing- Salk at Geraldine.— Mefsrs J. Mundell and Co. hold a clearing sala/of Mr T, Farrell’s livery stable Geraldine on Monday next. The 'ssale Is.;to be.’an unreserved one and is to start at 1 o'clock!;", Railway Returns. —The railway receipts foi the four weeks ending January ,-Bt.h amounted to £92,099, and the-pipenditufe to £48,691. Last year the receipts for the same period were £89,280 and the expenditure £48,810. f I’■- * ; Unpleasant.—A curiods incident /occurred at Aldershot the other day. It seems that tinned meat is served "out to' the me'h once a fortnight, and on opening one of those tins “ a well-seasoned ‘ briar-root pipe ” wai found embedded,in,the contents, / losses in the Grafton and Clarence districts mf New South Wales by the floods are estimated al £IOO,OOO. The maize drops 'ate 'entirely destroyed. The storekeepers in Ip or (I Grafton are said to have lost £IO,OOO. I Geraldine County Council.—Nominations of Candidates for the representation ol the Geraldine, Riding on the Geraldine County Oounc|l (Mr R. H. Postlethjwaiti haring resigned) must 1 be lodged with tin Returning Officer, Mr F. W. Stubbs,' tiefon noon on Friday next. Should a po|l be necessary it will be held on the 3rd Ma^ch. Rifle Match.—A 1 rifle match hetweeb tei men representing the O. Battery and thi same number representing the Timaru Rifles was firedi in Timaru on Thursday Wst. | Thi day was; unsuitable for .the match and thi scores! proved rather 1 low. The, Artillery men proved the winners with 386 points, lb Rifles scoring 345. The highest scorers j wen Q.MA Ring, (C Battery) 55, and Corpora Gunn (Rifles) 52. . , T The ,OBABi, HpTBL,T-Tha above Mote was better insured than was at first antici pated The building was insured for' £IOOC in the National Insurance; Company! am £350 in the Mercantile, making in. all £1350 Qnjthejitppk and futnitupe was cjn in shrance ,q£jß4Cip,‘ m i( the, Rdyal' and £*so ii the Xtnited’insurshde Company, making th' total ’insurance '£2loo. '’ We are glad tha Mr Breadley is not so hdavy a loser after all NoTHike known tha some of the readers At the British Museum g< there , in pursuit of other things beside Knowledge.' 1 Aii attendant th’ere'bnce tojld'in (says/Mri Labouohere) -ihatAnany of! thee would steal anything that could be o’arriA away. It has been, found! Useless for thi reason to provide soap in the lavatories, am the nail-brushes have to be chained up Even the rollers.on which towels hang bay been stolen. A New Zealander Arrested. —The Mel bourne Telegraph states (hat the!police, then have arrested Diifbh Osborne flarmap, 42 late clerk to the borough of Macponal "Tqwnjj Zed|sd. thatjabou th'ree mbtitbs ago the accused,- who had beei in New Zealand about Eve’ years, ;;rpsignei his . position in consequence of some djffibultie /and went to Melbourne., Since bis departur - lt : ikAUeged:deficiencieAhaTe;behn;.found, am the charge on which he was arrested Was on of omitting a material, entry, in his cash book He is a ■ iriarried man; but lias no- family. Facts.— The 1 Napier Telegraph tells th following story,! which is much too good t< be lost; On a recent occasion a young lady 1 straw, hat blew off while/looking put |of Ih window of a railway carriage on. the |ipe no far put of Wajpawa.; Immediately a gellan young fellpw iumpeji, down,.chased .the hat and, returning with it in triumph, banded i to the lady, and. resumed bis seat!. Thi is faolf and may be classed alph .with, that of ; the-old .woman atj the| Blufl Who, ■ invited by the ‘ guard. to ride, jrepliei that she could not, as she was' “in a hurr; that,day.” ! , ' , ■ Coughing in Church.— A clergy mb; at Bath took strong measures on a'recon Sunday to stop the practice of ednatan coughing and' srieezing, in; wsch Aoj man; people indulge When they are in f church The preacher, .finding himself interruptei as a perfect chorua of hacking cougbh, shu up- His book, observing) “I am sopry ; h see that so mahy of you are sufferingiron coughs which you cannot restrain! Thi subject which. I have -chosen demand clpae attention, which neither yoji nor ~ can give to it owing to your'severe colds, 1 and then closed the service and desbendei from thp | pulpit.—Truth. . . | 'i ' Monster/ , Shark , : Undauutpd 'by hi recent experience Mr George Levehs, accompanied by.Mr J., J.-Heap, paid a visit .ti the beach again last'Thursday, and hat another luzzle with a shark, but this tim the fis.h wm .victimised. He brought! ashor a large shark 12 feet in length, whiclj had i double tow of teeth, a pair of-eyes, a brad of ears—it actually had ears—and also mor than the average quantity of fins and tail ; Xt. waß.,a,,roonßjer, and after haying deptifei jtijfeil lifr| /Covens one! of Ifa enormous fins and brought it as a trophy|t( Temuka., There appears to be a largejnumpe of sharks prowling about the iFeach a present. . Besides, the number thej Maori caught-not long ago, Mr, Wyatt one da; recently /caught,ll . sharks ,oh the bead measuring from 6ft to 9ft IPDg. , j ,-i^f Accident.— The Rev, Father Faural, o: Temuka, met with an : accident last Thursday He; was driving/in.hie gigVover tnelrailwa; oroisingiat wher his,,horse,slipped, on the rails'phd fe)l down with the result that he was precipitated ou] of bjjjS apd./put ! spinning' Aver f th( horse's head on to the hard' gravel iroad ir front'". It was a miracle that he was nol killed bn ’ the spot, but, fortunately, he escaped " with bbmparatively small injuries •fib Was able toget up ou his feetimmedlately and his injuries consisted of only' his righl temple being considerably bruised and i cut, together with some., light scratches. ~Mj Thomas Gaze, who happened to arrive on the scene, immediately took charge of horse and; vehicle, apd the rev. gentleman; wept at once, to Dr, Bayes’house, where, his wound was- dressed. He .Returned home and was as well as ever, excepting' the dU: pomfort paused by his wound. The Rpv. FauVeTspeoiaUy request* li’s to thanil Mr for the' kindly assistance! he.;rendered; ' , "■ ' NKiy, Zbaland Geology.—* At the last meeting, pf. the Geological Society (England) I,he President—Professor J. W. Judd—an-' ibunoed that he had received froth Professor Ulrich, of Dunedin, i 'th&'BnnbUnoeniehb! of: »< rery interesting discovery which: he had •eoently maidel' In the interior of the South island /of NewtZaailand' there exists a range of nountains, i. icpmpoae.dj;, pf j( . phyjpe-enstatit# rock's,-ini,places , into serpentine, Che -eand.ftf tjao! frbm thest poks contains metallic particles, which, on" ipalysis, . prove to ,bo .mn alloy of picket and ron in the prpportioh of two atoms of the' ermer metal to one of the' latter. Similar larticlea have also been detected'ih tha «ef-i’ ieptln.es This alloy, though new as a erresbrial product, is identical with the subtanee pf the O.otibeha meteorite, Which bad icen oailod petihehite. Professor Hlriolphiisi hnounced his intention of communicating to he Society a phprr dealing with the details f ibis interesting disobvery-^whioh, j g , ftp.. »ih(y one of the most interesting that has eien^,made,'since! the recognition- Of : the [ srreatrial origipof the Oyifak irons.

/ &YNOMFbF ADVERiTSEMENIS. j.\ J. Huffey|irHaß aj|h°P dwelling house fvGeraldinei^i^es—lf!hlioe re meeting of th* corps on 16th inst, | j, Mundell and.|Dp-—Want to purohaie feed oats ' Temuka District High School—Distribution of prizes and concert on the 17th i/.s.nut.! / I- j: '' j ; \ Geraldine County Council—Notice re . .election.of member,.to,.represent.. tb%Ger*l* dine riding. Inwood and Co.^ 1 Winchester—Notify to farmers and others that their siding and grain stores being now almost Complete they will shortly be in' a position to store wool, grain, and produoe at dowest Timaru rates. Farhiers will doubtless appreciate this convenience. I: ■ '• '■ ■ ■ ‘ ; COpESPONCyESGBh (We do not hblddurselves responsible for tha , ~ opinions expressed by our correspondents.) | KEPREHENSIBLE CONDUCT. '.i * |t ■!;. ; TO,THB BDITO.R^ 1 h ‘ - ir,— How very disgoating lAs I rode ’ home from Geraldine yesterday I .wac ( very much shocked to see four men—y mind you , alongside the; ppblic ro*d/i/ y A^ 3 (ladiea)-flre ia the ihpbit of passing np 1 and down Uhia rbady. I mnat r protest against such etc., i ... |. .... r ;;'ijAk^ t MAc®6iUJJ>. Waitoi, Q;erstdih^; , F l e t b. IQih.