The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1625, 25 August 1887, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Elbotobal Addeess. —Mr J. M. Twomey addresses a meeting of the electors at Burke’s Pass to-night. Temdka Monthly Sale.— This sale takes to-morrow. Mr K. F. Gray and Messrs J, Mundeli and Co, advertise entries. Temuka Eoad Boabd Election.-— The poll for the election of a member of the Temuka Bead Board takes place to-day. The names of the candidates and the polling places will be found m our advertising columns. The Obown Hotel, Gbealdirb.— This property has again changed bands, and has been leased by Mr T. Markham, who takes possession to-day, Mr Markham’s many friends will wish him success in his new sphere. Auction at Temuka.— Messrs Friedlander Bros, instructed by the Deputy Assignee, hold a sale of threshing plant, carte, harness, oats, shares in various companies, etc., on the Ist September. The N.Z. Einle Association.—A telegram from. Wellington says a meeting of shooting men is to be culled to consider th* proposal of the use of L-c-Remington rifLa at the next meeting of the Now Rifle Association. The popular Oii-'iou is that the weapon issued by Go-v-rnment to the Volunteers should be con'inued. Strong obj-ction is made by int' D'iing competitors to the proposal that they should guarantee 30s if they attended the meeting and accepted the uso of ihe new rifles. Football.— Or. Saturday next a football mutch will be playd »t Temuka between teams representing Winchester and Temuka. The f> flowing comprise the Winchester team : —G. Smith, Qiskens, ins tin (2), Lewis, Hart, Simpson, Mabm, Stewart (3), Wagsuff, Bnnkmunn, Shallard (2). Emergencies M. McLeod and J. McLeod, The following will represent Temuka ;—J, W. Yelvin, Geo. Yelvi», Browne, LeOren, F. K. Gray, J. (lincb, Cutten, Carr, Dyson, Ogilvie, Gunion, A, Franks, Hop's Cross, T. Thomson, J. Franks. Emergencies: Polaschek, and McCellutn. All players are r< quested to bo on the ground punctually at 2.30 sharp.

THB Mikfobd Lagoon.-— There has been no outlet to the Milford lagoon for some six weeks past, and as a consequence it is now unusually high. Mr P, Coira yesterday drew the attention of the Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society to the fact, and he has made arrangements for an opening to be made forthwith. At this season it is of the utmost importance in the interests of angling that three should be a means of ingress and egress to the open sea. Lately several small shoals of flounders have been seen in the river, and doubtless they will appear in larger numbers when once the Milford bar is open. The Wbathbb. —Surely we are getting the remnants of wsather just now, and not even samples. Sunday and Monday were beautifully fine and warm, and people were congratulating each other that spring had already set in. On Tuesday, however, there was a complete change. The morning broke bitterly cold and wet, and towards noon a heavy fall of snow commenced at Geraldine, and lasted (or some time. The ground being wet it soon melted away. The weather cleared towards the evening, when a hard frost set in. Yesterday was a beautifully fine and warm day. During the last four days we have had weather representing three at least of the four lessons of the year. A Dibmal Account or La Plata.—A New Plymouth correspondsnt of the Press telegraphs j—" In private advices received here from Buenos Ayres a dreadful account is s.ven of La Plata. A letter says;—Erery day blags worse nows from the rural departments, and tells of impending drought. We are menaced with the loss of millions of cows and sheep, as in the terrible year of 1359. Thousands of the said' cows are now undergoing skinning, and the beef is left to rot on the plains, and beef in another month will be dearer in Buenos Ayres than in London. The drought, which has already caused heavy losses in Ohili, is now becoming general in this province, and every day sees 50,000 sheepskins arrive by rail in this city." T*b PahaKa Canal.— The new Panama Canal loan was issued in Paris on July 2fitb, It is reported not to have been a success. Panama Canal shares, though artificially sustained, fell lOfr. The Paris papers which announced the loan as popular and successful were misled; only two-thirds of the lo*n were taken, which De Lesseps says will suffice for the present. Count De Lssieps presided at a meeting of shareholders in the Panama Canal in Paris ob July 21s*'. Dos Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, was present. The annual report showed a decrease in the former confidence that the canal would be opened in 1889, but expressed a hope that a connection between the Atlantic and Pacific will then exist (.cross the isthmus of Panama, and that the work will be completed soon afterwards. Tkb Magdalbk ABTLCU. —Since the leting of the contract for the erection of the first portion of the Magdalen Asylum at Mount Magdala very good progress has on the whole been made with the work. In about two months’ time it is expected tha' the Asylum proper will be ready for occupation. Accommodation will toon ha afforded for about one hundred and twenty inmates, including the nuns. The progress of the works has been somewhat retarded during the winter months, the state of the roads preventing the contractors from getting the necessary material on the ground. The inside work is in a forward state and a few days will see the two towers finished. The convent proper will be the next portion of the building to be erected. Should the earnest appeals of the Rev. Father Qinaty for more pecuniary assistance be responded to in the liberal manner which has characterised the subscribers in their offerings up to the present time, a commencement will be made with its erection. The building, when completed, will be one of the largest in the colony, and its bold architectural features will give it an imposing appearance.—Press. An Undhetaibe’s BlU.—The matter of obtaining probate of the will of G. Y. Bishop came before Mr Justice Ward in Chambers at Auckland on Friday. The will in question bequeathed the bulk of the property to the deceased’s daughters, and excluded the widow from participation, and the Utter secured the right to have the will proved by action. Mr Napier, who appeared for the executors under the will, intimated that he bad no objection to probate being sought by a formal action at law. At the same time he took the opportunity to draw attention to the undertakers’ bill, whioh bad just bean received from San Francisco. The account, which amounted to 422d015. Scents, (upwards of JEST), was handed to His Honor, who remarked on perusing it—- " Gracious! If dead men cost as much in ’Frisco, it must be very expensive to lira there. These costs are something awful.” His Honor recommended Mr Napier, in the interest of the public, to have the bill of costs published, and added grimly—" If any one wants to go and die in ’Frisco that bill ought to actas a deterrent.” It was then arranged that probate of will should be attained by action, and the trial was fixed to take place in October next. An Extbaobdinaey Stobt. At New Plymouth, on Monday, the unfortunate man Dav, who was supposed tobe of unsound mind, as he imagined he had murdered bis son, was before the Magistrate, when the medical practitioners who examined him were of opinion that he was not a dangerous lunatic, In answer to the Magistrate’s questions Day said he had been in (he colony thirteen years, He had plenty of work at present, and the land ho was on was hit own, but mortgaged. Day told the following extraordinary tale | — He said at sixteen years of age he wss an inmate of a workhouse in England. He did not specify the town or district. A pauper who was objectionable to sone others was killed by them. He became cognisant of the deed, but was forced to swear that he would not divulge anything. This had preyed on bis mind ever since, but he wss sure be would not be frightened;'of it any more. No coroner’s inquest was held, but the man disappeared, and an inquiry was never held. His Worship listened to the recital of this tale attentively, but was dubious about its authenticity, He then spoke a few kind words to Day, tellhim not to commit any more eccentricities, and then discharged him. Thb Shbabebb* Union.— Referring to the matter of the Shearers’ Union, the Mount Ida Chronicle learns from a reliable source that the sbeepfarmers of Otago and Canterbury, while admitting the right of the men to form a union and declining up to the present time not to employ union men, have determined that if the extraordinary rules promulgated by the men for the management of sheds are persisted in the most energetic retaliatory measur-s will be at once set about. The principal objection seems to be to the manner of engaging m-n, and it has been unanimously agreed to engage strictly on the present system ss well as to pay the present p"ice. If the rules are not altered, it is understood that in the month of October all the large sheepFarmers will advertise for from 10 to 20 learners, principally lade and young men, who will be assigned a thousand sheep or so between ;hetn to try their 'prentice hands upon, and will be guaranteed engagements throughout .ho season, Free passes for a few shiploads if shearers wnl also be engaged after the teruination of the Australian season, and it is ixpected that by this means about 500 learners md about as many good Australian shearers nil be ready for the new season. No union hearers are under any circumstances to be Deployed at any work ,‘exempt (shearing hroughout the year. j

PkOOemb oa Japan. The progross of Japan appears to be v«ry lipid. The railways which have been constructed are found lobe profitable as wall as convenient. The p eople travel, the transit of goods is of extraordinary / extent, and tbs increase of goods and traffic constant. The telegraphic service pays a profit, and the Government messages cost the State nothiag. The revenue drawn from the publis pays for the wires, and allows Government messages to go free. The Japanese mint brings a revenue to the Stale, and the Japanese post, which is fairly well managed, also net only pays all expenses but gives some profit too. Disabtbe at a Fbebt,— The recent disaster near Buda-Pestb, whore a ferry which was conveying between 400 and 500 peasants across the river on a religious pilgrimage foundered, and not more than 150 of the passengers were rescued, has resulted in upwards of 300 ohildsen being orphaned. Upwards of 250 corpses have already been taken ant of the river, and the total loss of life is now ascertained to have been not less than 300, The shrieks of the drowning people were heard a league off. A priest swam ashore with a little child in his arms, and died an hour afterwards of a broken blood vessel. A Dbbadjcx. Tbaobdt.— Airth, a village about six miles from Falkirk, was, on the evening of June 24, the scene of the murder of the three youngest children of the Rev. Robert Leckie, a Presbyterian minister, by his wife, their mother, who then committed suicide. Mrs Leckie was apparently in her usual health about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and, with the three deceased children—boys, aged respectively four, three, and one year—went up stairs to a bedroom. Two or three hours after a servant, on going to the room, was horrified to find the three boys lying dead on the floor side by side, with their throats out, and a razor covered with bleod close to Che mother lying on the floor.

Tnmti Eifws. A Government parade of the Temuka Rifles was held last night, when 33 rank and file were present. Captain Hayhorst and Liouts. Findlay and White were on parade, and Ur Campbell, the Hon. Surgeon of the corps, was present for a short time. Major Newall was Inspecting Offiser, and expressed pleasure at the good'attendance. After inspection the Company was divided into n’fht and left half-companies, which, under Sergeants Guy and Hobbs, were exercised in position and aiming dtill. The more regular attendance on parade lately has made a marked improvement in the steadiness of the men, and the various movements were most creditably executed. WasiißiAst Church, Tbkuka. The inteest taken io the mission services which are being conducted in the Wesleyan Church, Teinnki, appears to he daily increasing. On Tuesday evening there was a large attendance, when the Rev, W. B. Mario", of Titnnru, again officiated, The rev. gentleman se ected his text from the Ist chapter of Isaiah, and delivered a earnest and affecting discourse, which was listened to with deep and intelligent interest. Last night the Church was again well tilled. In the course of a most forcible and eloquent address the rev. gentleman urged his hearers to exercise comp ete faith, and drew a comparison between the healing of the Israelites by looking at the brazen serpent held aloof by Moses and the spiritual healing obtained by looking to Christ. The Rev. Mr Jones Trill preach to*bight, to-morrow night, and on Sunday next.

BHHBP- Wo RETIN G.—It appears to be & recognised thing that at the approach of the lambing season farmers should be sufferers by the ravages of dogs among their flocks. On several occasions last week two dogs were teen on the Springfield estate, near Temuka, and on Mr Q-illiat’s farm, and at first all attempts to secure them were unavailing. The damage dose to the sheep, especially on the Sprinsfleld estate, was very great, a number of stud sheep being killed, while others were torn and mangled. The ewes being in lamb, it ii bard to say what damage bus really been done. Fortunately no further injury oan be done by these dogs, for Mr Charteris, the manager at Springfield, succeeded in shooting them on Sunday morning. The ownership of the dogs has not yet been ascertained, nor does anyone appear to recognise them. Mr Gilliat was a sufferer to a less extent, and Mr Oldf eld also has been annoyed by the visit of these dogs. It is to be hoped that owners of dogs will take some little trouble to keep them under control in future. Tbb Jpbilbb Fond. — As will be seen ; from the report of the Jubilee Celebration Committee, which appears elsewhere, a goodly sum has been realised towards the erection in the park of an obelisk commemorative of Her Majesty’s Jubilee. The Committee are to be congratulated on the success of their labors. Considering the limited area from which they had to derive their funds, the result is a most gratifying one. The erection in the Park of a handsome memorial will serve to perpetuate the remembrance of the Jubilee celebration, and ebould the sum available, handsome as it is, be insufficient for the purpose there is little doubt but (bat a further amount will be forthcoming. The enggestion that the Committee should arrange an unveiling eeremony is a most happy one. By the time the obelisk is erected the weather will be more genial than it was on the Jubilee day, and the younger members of the community will have another opportunity oi recalling with pleasure the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s reian, Mr Wright’s •uggestion is worthy of consideration. There may be difficulties in the way, but it would be a thousand pities that the beautiful stone lying almost at our doors should be passed over for imported marble or granite. The arrangements, however, are left in most competent hands, and the public will doubtless have every reason to be satisfied with the plan they may adopt, IwfoasT at Tumuka.—An inquest was held at Temuka on Tuesday morning, before J. S. Beswick, Esq., Coroner, and a jury (of whom'Mr A. 6. Wright wee chosen foreman), touching the death of John Kelly, a child nine months old. The following evidence was beard : Robert K«l'y deposed ; I am a laborer, residing at Rangitata South, and am father of decease t. He was nine months old, and ws never a strong child. On Saturday last, about eleven o’clock in (he forenoon, he was taken ill with whe<zing in the thro< t. It appeared an though he could not breathe, nut would get all right • gain. My wife applied a bread and mustard piais'e' to the chest and neck. This gave him relief, and then she gave turn some extract of Irish Moss, and thee he was able to take the breast, wl ich he continued to do up to three o’clock on Sunday morning, when I was getting alarmed. A' ten minute* to four I got my horse to go for a doctor. 1 waa «w-y about five minutes wins my daughter came out and told me the baby w«« dead. . I reported the death to the police the same morning. I have ■ e *en children j living. I am n n t « member ef any burying *!ub. Dr J. S. Hayea deposed; (

I iim a duly qualified medical practitioner, residing; in Temnki, I liave made a superficial ex initiation of the body viewed by the jury. I find it that of a male child about nine months old with a wasted emaciated body. It woe not a fully developed child for his age. T found no marks of violence. I have heard the evidence of the father, and should s»y tho child died from natural causes, Constab'e John Morton deposed j Ou the morning of the 21st instant, the father called at the police station and reported the d ath of the child, I know the parents. They ( are very respectable people ia very poor circumstances. Their house is in a very damp place. Tho mother is in a low state of health, and unable to attend as a wimess. The jury returned a verdict of “Died from natural causes." To the ladies of Timaru and surrounding district.— Another reduction to meet the times. A cup of tea or coffee with cake supplied at all hours at the Railway Refreshment Booms for 6d. Luncheon as usual. A waitress in attendance for ladies. The Shilling Lunches still continue at tho Club Hotel. D. MoGuinness, Proprietor.—Advt. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENI’d. D. McTlraith—Notice of application for transfer of license. T. P, Wooding, Woodbury—Has best Canadian seed oats for sale. Friedlander Bros.—Hold large sale at Temuka on Ist September. W. Ellery—Will be cutting wheat straw chaff at Winchester from Saturday next. K, F. Oray, Temuka —Has the celebrated acme harrows for sale. Geraldine County Couuoil—lnvite tenders for rubble and willow work at Opihi Bridge proteotivo works. W. 0. Beswick, Deputy Assignee—Notifies that he has authorised Mr Siegert to collect the book debts in the bankrupt estate of Julius Siegart.