LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1774, 9 August 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Marriage Aot. The nime of M*jor Lovelock, of the Salvation Army, has been added to the list of officiating ministers under the Marriage Act. Snow Fall. —lt is said that eight inches of snow fell at Fairlie Creek ' on Sunday last, _The loss of sheep in the Mackenzie. Country is reported to be great. Church Parade.—At a ranting of the Tnnaiu Cycling Club recently, it was d cided.to hold a church pirade at Tanuifca oa Sun lay, tho 19 h instant, when a large Dtis'sr is nnticipat d, Meeting of Ratepayers.—A meeting of ratepayers in the G-raldine Road Dis'.rict will be held in the Road Board's oftio to-morrow afternoon to consider the aivisibiiiy of the road at Redplff. AlhAmbba Skating Kiki.—A new rink opens in the Oddfellows' Hall, 3er<tldine, tin eveninjr, when in addition to a number of other attractions, refreshments will be supp'ied free •? Cost. 7 Me*admission to the new rink i» Is, i ; ncl%Binir_skatteß. ' K\K Sale at Timuka. To-morrow Mr K. F. Gray will submit to the hummer gome vi-ry valuable properties, sittute at Temnka)uod\Winchester, .be'qngiug to Francis - ,Arcri:iSj E«q,- The- Temuki property fronts RHtlwiy.Tem.ee. Unsa»k Bridges.-rt-At a meeting-of the Geraldine County. Council yesterday it wa3 decided to ciose the bridges reported by tire Engineer to h« unsafe, if thm is necessity to give the Council from liability fir accidents, rather than strike "a county f«W. I'., '.'"..' The Native GoTijaEAK.—The Government were advised , on, Tuesday, that h complete and final ...esettlemput ,q£ the Native difficulty in thJa, North Jjad-,been arrived at, the Native Em tfiri, on whom sentence of b»nuhment ; had been passed, having been sent Ifl'Hokianga-, R.M. ConRT, Qbraldine. —At thi9:court yesterday, before Captain 0. A. Wr*y, R. M. judgment was given by-default in pach of fie following oases:—Deputy Official Assignee in tlii" estate of W. Law«on r. J. Bull, cliim £4 ll«3d ; same v. H.„ Worker, £3 19»'2t ; J. P. HMtngher v. T. Th s w ; »a alt th» business transacted. :-•■; Railway Commissioner*.—A proposal has been started•.amunmsome Canterbury members, that the Railway Boafd should comprise Mr Mitchel6on, the present Minister of Public Works ;' Mr E. Richardson, the lite Minister;" and Mr Hannay, present Ass'starit-Mariage'r ; Mr Maxwell to be appointed En-gtneer-in-ChieT. ';•. •."

GITIN« TO.THB OHUBOff.-rrThe Bishop of Peterborough, speaking at; fettering the other day, urged the importmoe of regular systematic giving towards, .the Church. He said he heartily wished the-Cjhurch could do without bsxiarsand jfanoy/fairs. He could not believe m many they were neces- ■ iry. It would be better la induce men to giro cheerful'y far {be take of God and the Church than for pleasure,. excite/neat, or amusement received. . |t> ~. TOO MrJOH JJIOTBAIICT.*-A-Tew years ago the Quern expressed her reschness'to plaoo a portion of Windsor Castle at the disposal of the Prince and Princess of Waj.ee for Ascot, on condition that, the names, 1 of the proposed guests were'submitted for her approval, and she also stipulated that theVe' was to be no dancing during the weekJ There were some other minor clauses to the treaty ; but the nagoiiations went off,'as (iays the World) the Prince did nut care to be so much under restraint. ". ASHBUBTON RACE!,—The,.annual steeplejhases, under the auspices of (h,e Ash burton County Hunt Club, look place yesterday. The attendance was fair. Results i Handicap Hurdle Race, of IS sovs., second horse 3 soys.—Mr G. fl. Moore's Morok 1, Mr F. Russell's Lord Burleigh ,2; time, 4mm 15sec; totaltstor dividend, £2l. . .Hunt (lub Steepledhasp'i' Cup Handicap, of 20 sovs., second horse 3.sovs.—Mr.W..Mitchell's Nero 1, Dr W. J.' Hannah's Blackbird 2 ; dividend, £5 15s. Selling Hick Rice of 10 sovs. —Mr James' Leodograa 1, Mr H. Taylor's Fickle 2.. . ~,, Thjo Rinks.—Skating; still continues lo go merriy on at the Zealandia Riuks at Temuka and Geraldine. In our udI vertising c >lumn» yri 1 be found particulars I of polo matches at Temukt and Geraldine, I polo practice, one m'le hindicip (free ; entries) open to Geraldine and T^muk l , We understand'thit'i lie management intend holding' a fancy dre*s ornival about the latter end of this month. This should form a vsry striking and effective scene, and draw a large . number of Spectators. ' ' A Pnoj-iTAILB Speculation. Shareholders of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency-- Company iti ihis colony wi'l benefit considerably by the great riso in the -value of land in i»lelbourne. ago the dompariy soldi their CJollins alreot property : at a profit of £BO,OOO. '■ This sum has hot been but is to be held as a fund for 'he equalisation of dividends in the future. /LWGompany shortly after thn stie of ?thes% premises purchased thirty-five acres in the suburbs "'.of Mel- | bourne in oriHs£t. Having set'A'plart five acres on tp/bujjd.their, .nojypstores, I they sold tb9,tfurty acres at an !of £40,000 -onftwbat ithey ipaid it or the thirty-five ac:e«,the; fife acres reserved, of course, costing; them nothing,—Otago Daily Times. v> -^ PbisoNßD »f Gab. -The following particulars of the poisoning. of a family by gas are giyrh in a Melbjume telegram in the Bydney , Morning Herald;*- "Asad cattstropheocou'red at Malvern a few days ago in a house taken by a Mr Dick for his mother, three childrun, an 1 Mrs Irishman a-Wind of the famib. Mr Dick, who was a widower, recently niarriad again, and was spending the honeymoon in Bydney. The five sl«p> in one room, the chandelier of whtoh. was being pulled down, and it is supposed that through an insufficiency of witar in the tube the g»s eioiped, rendering the inmates unconsoious. They must have lain in this stats about 20. hours before Mrs Leishmin was able to escape and give ih e alarm. ' When the neighbours threw the house open William Percy Dick (11 years old/ waa found dead. Ethel (15), Lillie Maud (9) and Mrs Dick (about 60 years of aje), are all in ia oritical condition." Another telegrim slated that Miss Ethel Dick also died, and Miss Lily Dick and Mrs L)ishman were likely to recover. At (he inquest she evidence showed that tho acoident occurred through fhegisulier baing pu'bd «o low down that the gas escaped.

The Loss or the H awe a.—The New Plymouth Haibor .Board have been served with notice of a writ for £20,000 hy the Union Steamship Company for the loss of the Hawea.

Accidental Poi6onino.—A child of Mr John Melntyren, of PUasmt Point, was ucarly poisoaed on Tuesday last by ea'ing lucifer matches. His parents b-ought h m t) Temuka, where Lo was treated by Di If .yes. The cu ternary antidotei having been administered the child appeared evidently b'-tter, mid it is hoped will soon recover his usual health.

COURSINQ.—The final coursing meeting oF the season under the auspioes of the United Canterbury Club took place on the Laghmor estate, near Ashburtou, on Tuesday. It was hrgely attended. The Lighmox Cup, for all ages (wiuner £6, runner up £3), was won by Mr McGeorge's (n. 8.) Barrister, the Bama owner's Jugurfha .being runner up. The Ashburton Stakes, for saplings (winner £5, runner up £1 10a), was won by Mr J. McCanu's Bet Long, Mr Hartigan'g 11 taking the second prize. Mr I). Mahoney's Tit Bit and Agent, entered for the Laghmor Cup, were beaten in the first course. Ay Awkward Mistake.—A Victorian piper (ihe lyneton Obs'rver) tejla the story, of a lady who suffered from an obstinito r» --n upon the smallest toe of her left foot. JTinully a friend suggested that if phosphorus was rubbed on the affeoted toe the oorn would succumb. The lady determined to try tbe : remedy, and did so just before retiring, but, f->rj»ot to tell her liege lord what she had done. At midnight the husband suddenly nwokp, ani was startled to see the flash-of a , G efly at the foot of the bed. He reached out in the dirk and groped about tho oarpet until r.e felt his own heavy shoe. He seized the weapon, slowly and cautiously raised himself in bed, and lifting high the sturdy brogan bfoujht it down with a vigorous whack on the innocßnt firefly. A wild shriek, an avalanche of bedclothes, and the husband by sprawling in the middle of the floor, while his wife rolled round the bed clasping her foot, >tud moaning wall anguish. It was Dot u Q iifli'. ; , It was the phosphorus-anointad toe. .Fiji News —The Wainui from Fji brings the following items of news:—The Kiji Turns of the Ist August contains' details of the murder of Mr Palmer B-evan. Governtrent agent, on board the schooner £:>ucy Lasi, while returning with ..laborers- to the Solomon Wands, fie and Bikoroa, a native member of the crew, were attacked and brained with tuhthawk*. The outrage w« in retaliat'on for a post mortem being held on a laborer from the Solomons, who died in the Suva hospital.—Mr and Mrs'Alexander Gruy, of Rarawai Jl.il 1 , weredrow.ifd on the 16th tilt, while duckshootiug. 'sray had evidently gona to recover a luck and got out of his depth. His. wife, b'dng.a good swimmer, went to.his assistance and was dragged down. The bodies were found clasped together next day. Thomson, accountant to tho Colonial Sugar ''Refitting Company at Itttwa, conmittel suicide by shooting himself. -The sugn crushing has started, and the crop is ov<;r the average •"■"'' "] MITBDER ON THE UISB SKAi.—AMVbourne in . Sydney paper gives the following pirticu'ars of a innider on the high seas:— "On July 12 a shocki ig t-age ly occurred on board theship Luc >nia on the'voyage from N'-W York to Me ! - bourne. The wind being fresh two men were stationed at the wheo 1 , one bning a young. Swede nimed Theodjre Hansen. The B f eering was bad sevtral times, s.nd the second mate, Hugh M'Kinnon, re.. moni»trited with Hansen, and an altercation ensuing M'Kinnon gave tlaus-n a kick, Nothing further puesed theu. When Hansen was relieved he entere I tho carpenter's shop arid secreted a tomahawk ebou't him, and returned to the poop, where 'M'Kinnon was sitting smoking. H-»n«en advanced quietly, and drawing the tomahawk without a word he dealt M'Kinnon a fearful b'ow on the head with the edge of the tomahawk, the weapon burying itself in the man's skull and remaining there. Haiifeo ran away on his hands and feet to the main deck. The mate, with the tomahawk sticking in his skull, a'so de-cended to the ma'n deck and culled the captain. The tomahawk then t'e*l on the deck. The injured man lingered for five days, and died on July 17, eight days before reaching port. Hansen was sa'nd and put in irons, and was handed over to the po ice on arrival. He is not 20 yenrs of age."

Card Sharkers.— The exhibition has attracted some undesirable characters to Melbourne, and among them a " mili lionaire * from Mexico. Tne police hare arrested two men going under the names respectively of Tarbon and (Jnptain Clarke. The former his been residing at tbe Oriental Hotel for some time ond the latter at the Grand Hote 1 . They are chargnd with conspiring; lo defnud Mr H-rman Kolk, artint. The sums spec fic*lly mentioned are £l5O and £332. K»k stales that the two men on ssvenl occasions induced him to play cards, and he lost large sums to them. Tnrbon himself is a million lire from Mexico. Both men have been living in fiist-clisa stye at the hot-Is nam»d, and, it is stated, miking their living by playing ntcirds. Tarbon oa one occasion wo 1 £BSO from Kolk, and magnanimously haudud him back £SOO, saying he wan a wealthy man r.nd did not require th« money.—The Pieas gives the following' piriicul-trri regarding this braceof worthies: T-Olri'ke find his then mate were each liheiU£2;T fo r running tota'isatpr prices un : .K;'c:c«rtnti Racecourse in Nb*ernb {-t.j 1886. s.', fev months subsfqnent to ibis Clarke was joined by a mad known here as Torbiui, the sharper recently arrested in Melbourne, Thegi two victimised an hole keeper in Lyttelfcon to tin extent' of a few hundreds of pounds. Clarke arrived by steamer, and made tbe acquaintance of bonifnoe, to whom he introduced Tarbon ;i8 a wealthy country gentleman. • Tne thr?e Bat down to a game of cards, which ended in the ho'elkeeper bsingh : s money, arid his victors departed by tbe boat that bid brought thein there, and which sailed for another shore the same evening. The two had travelled together round the New Zealand coast, and it is reported of (hem that that they did a very fair trade in ther peculiar line of busine**. CUrke, though a heivy man, was an expert runner, and won a match on Lancaster P-uk against a member • •{ the bookmaking fraternity, when his chance of success was considered to be very small. During one visit here he stayed at the Umpire Hotel, and dressed in aweiiish t-tyle. His present accomplice T«rbo, or Tarbon, followed menial occupations, among which was that of an oyster ope ier, before he joined Clarke and graduated to the position of a " wenlt'-y Mexican on a visit to the Melbourne Exhibition." ,

Lost.—A man named Jamas jJaviee, a P'ifissnger from Greyinoulh by the steamer Konnedy, disappeared overboard from the sieatner when within a few miles of Westporfc. He bad suffered from illness and weakness of the mind, and was go : ng to Westport for a change. Wbsmyan Cho-boh, I'bhtjx*.--A largely attended meeting of tbe Commit tea of ladies and gentlemen appointed to arrange for ilie furthcoming Loan Art Exhibition took pica last evening in the church. The Rev. R. 8. Bunn oocupied tbs chair. - It was reported that a large number of articles had been promised for tbe Exhibition, and it was' decided to invi'e several gentlemen to take pirt in the opening ceremony. The number of different articles promised is sufficient to ensure the Exhibition being a great success from tin art point of view. It wts deoide i to bare a good refreshment still, and on each evening there will ba a varied entertainment, comprising glees, solos, etc., etc. The admission on each day was fixed at Is, seism tickets 2s. The meeting then terminated, Mechanics' Institctb, Tbmoka. The o dinar/ monthly meeting of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute was held on Tuesday evening. Present ~ Messrs Blyth (president), E. Lee, Gt. Mc3. Grentlrmun, J. Lawson, and H. M. Miles (iecreUry and, treasurer). The minutes of the previous' meeting were read and confirmed. The librarian presented his report. It was de-' cided to procure a new grate for the librarian's room. The question. of the supply of papers and periodical! was discussed at some length, and .it was ultimtely resolved to procure them in the colony in preference to having them supplied from London as hitherto ; the new arrangement . to commence at the beginning of next year. A ocounts to the amount of £2 9s 6d were pissed for payment, and the meeting adjourned. Qbbaldixb Domaik Boabd*— A meeting of this Board was held on Tuesday evening last. Present—Mesiri J. Mundell (Chairman), W S. Maslin, J. Williams, and N Danlop. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and affirmed. Tenders were opened for the supply and erection of the large and ,email iron gates, to be erected o>p3rifce the Raman Oithoho Oharoh as follow:-J. Sutherland, £7 10*; W. Heney, £6 10s (*o;epted). Mr George Ward interviewed the Board with regtrd to the ereotion of a lar«e ga'e in the oorner of <ths large Buth Park opposite Mr Chapman's. , He had u dirstood th it the Bjard would beer th» coat of the itme. The Board deoided tint they oou'.d not sto their way elear to depart from their former resolution* via., that permission be granted to Mr Qeorge Ward to eto a ga'e at the phoe indicated. This * eing all the burineie, the Board adj urned. Pisasaitt Valmt Sohooh. —. The adj mrnei monthly meeting of the above Committee 'as held on the i h init. Present— Mniira K. (Ohaimnn). A. Lysaght, fct Br phy, W Benaett, ant A, Kennedy, r e oiiiutei of the previous meeting were r«ad aud corfi-mel. The master's report was read, which «ho«red the average attendant to be oily 49 Thit low attendaaoe wa» due pirtly t> the broken weather. Me also drew the a'tntion of the. Committee to a ffiwrnnir nutters that wanted seeing to, It was resolvad that the Vuitiog Committee at'.'xd to hs raise. A letter was read from the BiarJ o' Educ4ti n re insuring sehool biildinn when m d for other I tan sohool purport's. Tbe Ohiirman stated fiat he had informal the Bj r 1 fiat the tohiol would be in u'>-d for the fa ure on such occasions. thi lame, s t'ing lh»t they had forwards! a mtp sta d for the school. Accounts to the amoaat. of £1 it 6d were passed for ptyment. JCiisrs K Bfophy and W, Quildfo'd weni apuointed a Visiting and Works Committer for the month. This beiog all the bus ness, tbe meeting termin »ted. :

I FoorBALE. —The Waihi Club are endeavor-, ing to arrange a match wi'h the Timaru club, to tako place in Timaru on Batu«lay next. Should the match be arranged the following will repre-ent Waihi:—Full back, H. W. Moore; three-quarter baiks, FitzjeraHj A. Shallard, and Kalaujhe-; hal! bioks, Hart and Macintosh; forwards, A, Htewar*, W. Stewnrt, F. Shallard, Brinkm .n, Wajßtaff, H. N. His 'end, Fish, W. Lewis, J. MoLeod. Emergencies, Austn and BiaseM. A drag will leave Messrs Munrtell and Co's stables at 12 noon sharp—A. meeting ef the South Canterbury Rugby "Union was b?ld on Tuesday evening. Messrs B. Rhodes (in the chair), Gooial', Ghsorge (Timaru), Fi'z;er*ld, Hart (Waihi), Macintosh (Waimatu), Shepherd, Jones (Pirates), VeWin and Flint (Temuka). Mr J. Lilly white, on behulf of the Sag ish Football Team, wrote offering to p'ay at Timaru for £SO aid expenses. It was decided to < ffer them 90 per cent of the gross 1 takings, otherwise the match to be off; also , to arrange a match with the Canterbury Rugby Union on their way to play Otago at Dunedin. It was deoided that m itches played with the Waimate teim should not rank as cup matches. No tic jof motion was given to substitute for rule 12 "That no player who has already played for one team shall be allowed to play for another team during the fame season without the consent of tho Union." The next meeting will be held at Temuka. B&xtbb's Lung Pbbsbetbh has ga'nsd gr<at popularity in this district as a spe-dy and effectual remedy in the treatment el Coughs, Golds, Bronchitis and othei ohest and throat oomplaiots. fiead advt. and bry it. ■■ 8YNOP«?I3 OF ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Hay hurst, Green Hayes—lnyiles tendars for ou'tlng down 100 trees. Albambn Skating Rink—Opens st Geraldine to-night. Arowhenua Town Board—lnyites tenders for shingling portio i of Denmark street. Oeraldine County Council —Important not : cc, re turning off water at the faeadwork* KitnJitata and Orari water-races for one week.' ZeaUndia Skating Bir.k—Particulars re., polo practice and matches, one mile handiotp race, etc. K. F. Gray—Sells fat" sheep, crossbred lambs, pigs, fat and store cattle, etc., at Winchester Fair on Tuesday next.