LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1769, 28 July 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sals of Skins —Messrs J. MundGl and Co. hold a sale of shins at Geraldine on Monday r.ex?. Thb Ashley Election.— The following is the result, of I he Ashley eLct'on, which was held on Wednesday :—Verrall 234 votes, Saunders 232, Dixon 825. Bad Coin,— Spurious flirins were in circulation at Ohrstchurch on Thursday list. They »rc said to have been very bad im’titions. The English Footballers.— The Englishmen's record of matches now stands thus : - Rugby rules, 15—won 11, drawn 2, lost 2; Victorian rules, 15 —won 4, drawn 1, lost 10. Sir J. Vogel. —Letters from Sir J. Vogol state that ho .does not purpose to return this year. Ho will probably 8;il for New Zviland in the beginning of 1889. • All Going. —Auckland must ba suffering severely from the exodus. A lady wri'er says lha! “ soon there will be nobody left in Auckland except women and ch’ldren and o'd mon.” it hbep Returns. — It. is expected (hat the sheep reourns for Canterbury will show a falling off of about 200,000 as compared with last year. The proportion of ewes, however, included in the returns is much larger, and if tlw coming lambing season is a fair on', the d Cciency for this and last year should be made up. A Sharp Lesson. —An Auckland milkman ti nned Champion, who was forbidd'-n by in j motion to sell wiiliin a certain district in the terms of an agreement with his former employer, L»wry, having disregarded tho injunction was yesterday brought before Mr Justice Gillies, and smlenced to 14 diyo’ impiisonraenl for 1 contempt of Court. Not Suitable. —The Agent-General writes recommending the appointment, of Professor Lang, of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, as a lecturer ou dairy farm ng for the colony. Mr Dong is a scientist j an i the Government, wishing to secure tho services of a iboroughly practical mm, have recommended Sir Dillon Bo 1 to t y America, and see if a suitable lecturer cannot bo obtained, Hard on the Colony. —The Financinl News, discussing the last New loan, says this colony has about (ho end of bar financial tether, and it sums up as follows:— “A sharp pull has to happen sooner or later, and the staving it off by new loans can only make it so much the worse for New Zmland herself and her creditors. The pi m and palpable fact is that the colony has already more than she can sfcigger under, and addine to it can only aggravate the inevitable crash.’’ A Timaed Interpleader Case.— The following decision of His Honor Judge Broad, in the interpleader ease Foster v. Poster, and Colonial Bank, interpleader claimants, has been communicated to counsel engaged m the suit: —“I think the objection taken by Mr Hay on behalf of the claimants is premature. Tho Bank must show some title to the goods before they can be allowed to rebut what appears to be the judgment creditor’s prima facie title by possession under the distress warrant. At present there is bo proof before the court that the bank have any title at all.” A Deserted Child.— On Thursday morning, about one o’clock, a resident of St. Albans, Christchurch, heard the sound of a child crying, apparently coming from the verhandah in front of the bouse. He got up and found a female infant, about eighteen months’ old, wrapped in a shawl lying at the front door. The little one w s apparently none the worse for having been temporarily exposed to tho night air. It was well dressed, and a letter was attached to its clothing, asking the owner of the house to take cire of it. The child is being taken care of at the house, and in the meantime inquiries are being made into tho circumstances connected with the affair. Booti in England. —A six days’ walking race, which commenced at the JBingley Hall, Birmingham, on June 4th, was brought to a close on June 9th. Neatly twenty competitors started, including J, Scott, t‘ie I Australian, and it soon became apparent that i, none of the others possessed any chance, as at the close of the first day he was several miles ahead. During the remamder of the week he continued to gain steidily, and at the close of Friday’s work, June Bth, hud covered 29A mils. Owera was second with 281 miles, | Clarkson third with 272, and Corbett next ) with 258. On the finishing day Scott again walked well, and finally gained an easy virtr-y, tho final scores being—Scott 346 m l ‘9, Owers 326 miles 5 laps, Clarkson 315 miles, and Corbett 270 miles. Lecture. —The Rev. B. D. Cecil, well known in this district, will give a lecture in the Volunteer Hall, Temuki, on Friday, August 3rd, on “ The tercentenary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada.” The Spanish fleet was sighted from Plymouth on the 29th of July, and it was defeated on tho Bth of August 1588. The lecture will therefore be delivered, witjh’n a few days of the threehundredth anniversary of this memorable event. Several national and patriotic songs will be rendered. Those who heard tho lecture delivered by Mr Cecil on “ Spiritualism ” some time ago will have no difficulty in realising that the subject he has now taken in hand will be dealt w.th groat ability and learning. The event to which the lecture will refer is one of the most interesting in the history of England, and ought to draw a L/ge attendance. Horrible Incident at an Execution, —Onpe advices recently received at Plymouth, give horrib'e details of the execution of four Basntos in the Orange Free State. The Sheriff’s nominee performed the work so expeditiously that when the district surgeon examined the body of the lust victim, and intimated after the man had been hanging six minutes that ke could feel no more pulsation, Ihe hangman immediate'y cut the rope, and the body fell to the ground. When it was taken (o the burial place, and was about to be thrown into a hoie with the other?, people not'ccd with horror that the unfortunate man was not dead, Tho body was taken back to lhe plane of execution, a»d again luiag up. When the body had hern hang ng upwardn of ten minutes for the seem 1 time, the executioner hung on to the legs of the nu.n to be certain that life wna extiuot;

Tub Native Trouble.—Tho Native Minister reneived a reassuring message on Thursday relative to the Nativeoulbreak in ■h‘ N.and ho does not now consider that it will be necessary for him to go North as a peacemaker. Another Case. —A man named Frank Ryan died i > the Auckland Hospital on Thursday. Ho hid a tooth pulled at the “ Golden Chariot ” some weeks ago. Erys'tialas followed, and o used the loss if one eyo ami thou death. He has been n 'ho hospital ever since tho tooth was puiled. Hr Lindsay has aivon a certificate hat death resulted from erysipelas and gangrene following on the tooth extraction, probably caused by a faulty instrument. There will bo no inquest. Skating Rinks.— The wet weather has somewhat affected the attendance at the rinks. The One Mile Handicap and Ball to celebrate the opening of the large drillabed »t Terauka as a ska'.mg rink have been postnened till Thursday, August 2nd, when a largo attendance is expected. The contractors for flooring the drillabed nro making good progress.—The One Mile Skating race, which was tn have come off at Geraldine on Wednesday evening last, was postponed till Friday evening, but tho rain continuing it was still further postponed. The Midland Railway.—Mr Maxwell, General Manager of Railways, h-a reported !o Government as follows on the Abt system as proposed to ba used on the Midland Railway :- Since the issue of Parliamentary paper U 8 on the Abt system of railways, I. have received information privately from a gentleman in charge of a large eytem of Indian railways that a length of two miles of Abt line has been tried in India, and that it did not stand the tests satisfactorily. It was thought that the idea of having it on the Bolan Pass would be given up. It did not work well on the curves, and the engines could only climb hills 1 provided their heads were kept straight.’ In the account given in D 8 it is stated that 12| cha'ns was (he minimum curve used. I understand much sharper curves are needed on the Bolan Pass. It is therefore important to notice that the Abt system is probably unsuited for very sharp curves, an ! that in this respect the Fell system, which can work with fici'ity upon 5-chain curves, is superior.” Extraordinary Mbannsss.—A Wisconsin girl, a Miss Cnrti", of Rosendale, near Ripon, wis one of the school teachers who was frozen to death in Dakota. Her brother brought her remains home, and the Brandon Times has the following bh. of history “ When Mr Curtis, of Rosendal*, went to Dakita after the rein -ins of his sister, who penshel in the mo mbl zzml, ha sittlod up with the school district for which she had been I etching, and they made him d sc mot the amount duetto her 12 per cent, b fore they would pay it, claiming that it was dainige to the district that she did not oom,l.ti the term. Hint beats the rrco”d of meanness.” That certainly does beat, the record of meanness, and it is due to the people of iheworll that they know ihe name of the Duko' a tiwn in which she was t'aching, and the narn s of the school district officials who dodnoted tho 13 per cent , that the town in iy he handed down ns ihe meanest on ca th, and shunned, and the officials b- pointed nut as c-xiitnp'os of grasping meanness that has no parallel. The lady lost hr r life whi'e doing her duty, .and over her frozen corpse the mm who hired her haggled about paying wli vt, wis dm for her services. A Foolish Act.— During the ceremony of the opening of the Mount Magdala Magdalen Asylum on Sunday las f , Mr W. Gosli'g, c-f Timarn, lost an overcoat, which he had laid on the stone staircase io the building. Tue police were informal and the missing article advertised for, and on Thursday a woman returned it to Mr F. T. Haskins, by whom 'he coat had been lent to Mr Gosling, She said that when she was going up the stairs with the crowd to inspect the building she found the coat' and picked it up. She made inquiries of those about her, but no one claimed it as their properly, Instead of informing the authorities of the institution, or leaving the coat with them, »b she clearly ought to have done, the woman took the neat cut to her trap, and asked her husband’s advice. Her husband had the horse in the trap, and being impatient to get home, as it was a cold jay, he advised her to make use of it for the time being for the benefit of the children. The woman did so, intending, she said, to advertise it if tho owners dil not do so. —Press, Haunted Mb A working man says : “ Debt, poverty, ®nd Buffering haunted me for years, earned by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did no good. I wai completely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my paitor, I procured Dr Soule’s American Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were all wed, and none of us have been sick a day linoe; and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your familiee well a year with Dr Soule’* Ameriojn Hop Bitter* for lei* than one doctor’* viiit will oo*t.”—Christian Advocate. Holloway's Ointmbnt and Pills —Old Wounds, Sore* and Dicers.—D uly experienee confirm* tho fact which has triumphed over all opposition for more than forty years, viz, that no m;ans areknovn equal to Holloway’* remedies tor curing bad legs, bad breaits, sores, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas, abscesses, burns, scalds, and, in truth, all maladies where the ikin is broken. To cure these infirmities quickly is of primary importance, as compulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready means of cure are found in Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which heal the sores and expel their cause, la the very worst oases the Ointment has succeeded iu efftoting a perfect cure after every other mean* had failed in giving adequate relief.

BVNOPH3 OF ADVERTISEMENTS. lipc'uro—la Volunteer Hill, Temuka, on Friday evening n>‘it. Henry Zmder, Ashburton—Has reserved space for his advertisement. Zedandia Skating Rink —One Mile Handicap Hiiceand Ball at Temuka postponed til 2nd August. J, Muodell and Co. —Publish entries for monthly stock sale at Geraldine on Wednesday next. K. F. Gray—Sells drapery, groceries, ironmongery, etc., on account of Mr Jus. Winning, at Temuka on Wednesday next. Geraldine County Council —Notify that Albert Gynes, of Kangituta, has been appointed ranger for the Rangitata and Oran water races. J. BalUntyne and 00., Victoria House, Tinuru—Advertise a few of the great bargains now offering at their groat winter clearance sale. T. Barr, Baker, Grocer, Confectioner, etc,, Temuka—Notifies that his stock is replete w :i .ii novelties, including English, French, and Colonial confectionery ; fancy goads of all descriptions; tea and coffee at all hours, and all refreshments al reasonable price.