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Temuka Leader, Issue 1644, 8 October 1887, Page 3

Juvenile Prisoners—Four little boya who appeared to be betweea the ages of six and nine years were arrested evening on the charge of placing stones oo the railway, near the Temuka Hail way Station, They were brought up before K. F. Gray Esq., J.P., at 8,30 p.tn., and remanded till next Wednesday.

It is believed that the now Ministry will be sworn in by Tuesday morning next at the latest. The men whose names have been most frequently mentioned among the probable holders of portfolios are - Mejor Atkinson, Captain Russell, Messrs Mitchelson, Fergus, Q. F. Richardson, Scobia Mackenzie, Sir F. Whitaker, and Sir John Hal'. At theCJhristohiirsh Supreme Court the following sentences were passed yesterday morning on the prisoners convicted of the robbery at the D.I.C. 0. T. Harris, 18 months’hard labor; Tho*. B. Potter, 9 months’ hard labor; Daniel Marks, 8 years’ penal servitude ; W. H. Gilbanks, 18 months’ hard labor.

At Motueka on Thursday afternoon a party of ladies, consisting of Mias Savage, Mrs Burch, and Mias McNabb, with a child, were out driving when the horse commenced kicking and bolted. One of the wheels came off the vehicle,land the occupants were thrown out one after the other, but all escaped with a few bruises. The trap was completely smashed up. While the Canterbury members of the House of Representatives were awaiting at Lyttelton the departure of the Penguin for Wellington a good deal of banter was indulged in by the crowd of friends who were seeing them off. The banter was followed by three hearty cheers far Sir Robert Stout and groans for Mr Allan, Cheers were then given for Sir Julius Vogel, and Messrs Joyce, Perceval, Reeves and others, and as the steamer moved off someone on the steamer called for three cheers for Scobie Mackenzie. This elicited three very hearty and prolonged groans. The day being Gne, the attendant at the Napier Shoir yesterday was very large. The cattle exhibited were excellent. “ Mussulman,” the bull sent from the West Coast, which won the champion prize in Sydney, was placed third, Mr Russell getting first and second prizes. “ Foul Play ” was the champion thoroughbred, with “ Patriach ” second. Hacks and ladies’ horses were not up to the average; Dairy exhibits were very good, while poultry and dogs were numerous. The best collection of irap'ements was Messrs Jones and Son's, of Waipukurau, while Faulkner, of Napier, secured the most prizes; in buggies and carriages, beating Cousin and Atkin, of Auckland. ' Hollotht’s Ointment;—Go where you may, in every country and in all climes period will be found who h*ve a ready word of praise for this Ointment, For chaps, chafer, scalds, bruises, and sprains, it is an invaluable remedy; for bad legs, bad breasts, and pi'et, it may be confidently relied upon for effect* ing a sound and permanent euro. la ones of puffed ancles, erysipelas, and rheumatism, Holloway’s Ointment gives the greatest com* fort by reducing the inflammation, cooling tho blood, soothing the nerves, adjusting the oir* oulation, and expelling the impurities. This Oiatment should have a place in every nursery. It will cure all those manifold skin affections, which, orignating in childhood, gain strength with the child’s growth.