LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1929, 13 August 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Aeowhenua Town Boakd. The monthly meeting of the Arowhenua Town Board will be held to-morrow evening. Resignation of Bishop Haefer.— Bishop Harper tendefed his resignation on Saturday, that being the thirty-third anniversary of his consecration. Illness of the Governor's Son.— A telegram to hand from Nelson yesterday says;— “Lord Oranley is worse. His temperature has risen and there are other unfavourable symptoms.” A Sign of Confidence. —The Canterbury Farmers’ Association (Christchurch) recently offered to the public 3000 shares in the Association, and no leas than 10,000 shares were applied for.

Arowhenua Village Settlement— At a meeting of the Canterbury Land Board on Thursday, Mrs Alma Edgeler was granted section 890, 1 acre, Arowhenua Village Settlement, on perpetual lease.

Fancy Debss Ball,—W« have it on good authority that the Oddfellows’ Lodge of Geraldine propose holding a grand fancy dress ball about the sad of September or beginning of October. A ball of-this description will be rather a novelty in Geraldine, and the (access of the on# recently held in Timaru ought to be a guarantee to the Oddfellows' in thsir enterprise.

Accident.— We regret to learn that Mr James Crawford, of Teuouka, met with a rather serious accident on Saturday evening. Ho was riding home, carrying e bag of chaff and a pick, when somehow he fell, and one one end of the pick wentimo his leg, inflicting a nasty wound. Fortunately ha was found soon afterwards by Mr Guild, who conveyed him home.

More Punctuality Wanted.— Parties to suits in the Resident Magistrate’s Court should take care to be in altendance when the Court opens. Yesterday at Temuka several parties were absent, and in one case a oaee was settled just before (be defendant arrived. A rehearing was granted in this case, but of course the defendant will have to pay costs. If parlies would only bo punctual they would save themselves and the Court a considerable amount of trouble.

Pkitatb Still,—lnspector Thompson, accompanied by the elite of tha “ foorce,” paid Temuka. a. visit last week on a wild goose chase. Somebody must have given the police information with regard to the existence of a private si'll in the Tsrnuka district, and hence the raid that was made on the premises of several residents of the town last Friday. 'fhe Pol ,ee ) however, were unsuccessful, and tljo whorubouts of he poteen maker remains private still. We wish we knevy where (he plp.ce is. The fjawkps Bay team pjpygd a §h)pietphijrph tearp on Saturday, •nfil wet? p goajf tp |;ry. 'phe play all * —*«vatfagr in fayflr ftf tha hopie through ‘ -*-• potted team, and the wimu*.., time by Tomoana a few minutes beio»u was called.—The Maoris played Dunedin on the same day and also won, scoring 11 points to Dunedin’s B.—A match between Wellington City and Wairarapa was won by the latter, the scores being 1 goal ftnd |2 tries to 1 goal.— A practice will be held in the Temuka Park on Thursday next, and the bad will be on (he ground every evening. Members are requested to “ turn up.’

Pkimiiltb Methodist Ohdboh, Ximuka, Special services are being held in this Oiiuroh (his week. To-night the Revs. G. Clement and Woolass will be present, and tomorrow the Rev. Mr Clement and local brethren will conduct the services. All are invited to be attend. Doings of the Mahdists.—A letter has been received through Mr Had, the missionary, by the Si-cretary to the AntiSlavery Society, to the effect that thousands of Abyssinian Christians have been butchered, mid thousands sold into slavery, by the Mahdists.

Canterbury Sheaf Returns. This year’s sheep returns for Canterbury, Kaikoura, and Amuri, show the total to bo 4,718,0n0, a decrease of 55,000 from last year. This occurs entirely south of the RangXeta, and is due to the extreme severity of the winter last season. North of the Rangitata the increase is 42,000.

Entertainment at Geraldine.— By an advertisement appearing elsewhere it will be seen that a concert to inaugurate the Geraldine Literary and Debating Society takes plaee in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Geraldine, to-morrow vening. The programme will consist of gives, soles, fits., by some of the beet amateur talent in the district, and as the admission is free there should be a crowded house. A Costly Model. A model of the Eiffel tower, in diamonds and other precious stones, which has made its appearance in tho Paris Exhibition, is, perhaps, one of the greatest curiosities in the jewellery section. There are from 25,090 to 30,000 diamonds in the construction, weighing about 3000 carats. The framework of gold and silver weighs nearly 40 kilos.

Railway By-Laws.— -The following additional railway by-laws are gazetted (1) No person having paid the fare for a ticket entitling him to travel by an excursion train or any other specified train shall be entitled to travel by any train other than that in respect of which such fare was paid without previously taking out the proper ticket and paying the proper fare theiefor respectively. (2) No person holding a ticket issued for travelling for a certain specific purpose shall use tho ticket for travelling for aoy other purpose. Any such ticket found to be wrongly used will be forfeited and its further use stopped. (3) No person haying used a ticket for aoy part of the route for which it is issued may afterwards uas it for travelling on any preceding part of such route. (4) Any person committing a breach of either of the foregoing by-laws ah all be liab'e on conviction to a penalty not exceeding £lO. Suspicions Death.—A servant girl named Eliza Orimmin, who had been stopping three weeks at a boarding house in Christchurch, died on Thursday morning suddenly. The circumstances were reported to the police, and an ioquest was held. The evidence of Dr Towuend was to the effect that deceased consulted him, when he saw she was pregnant, and recommended her to tell Mrs Biggs, ( with whom she was lodging,but she refused. She died the same night. Subsequently the policeman asked for a certificate, which the doctor declined to give. He made a post mortem examination, and found her seven months encientt. There were no marks of violence, and the blood vessels of the brain were more or less empty, showing probably that syncope preceded death. The color of all the blood of the internal organs was a very bright scarlet, showing that the probable cause of death was metallic poisoning. Mrs Higgs stated that deceased had been sick during her stay in her house. Sergeant-Major McDonald stated that he had found a white powder, evidently chalk, a packet of sulphate, a box of Widow Welsh’s female pills, and a bottle containing medicine, which the doctor said was not deleterious. The inquest was adjourned for an analysis to be made. Timaeu A. and P- Association.— A meeting of the committee of the Timarii Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Saturday afternoon to revise the programme for the October show. After discussion, on class 75, “ For the best ten fat crossbred wethers, not to exceed 6 tooth,” the words were added, “ All sheep having more than 6 teeth up will be disqualified,” In the classes 120 sod 121, for thoroughbred filly or colt, the words were added ** foaled since August 1887 and 1888,” respectively. In pigs classes were made for'Yorksbire, and a prize is to be given for tho best pen of three porkers of anybreedunderfi raonthaold. Mangolds (yellow globe and long red), and turnips and carrots, are to be shown in bunches of 12 and 20 respectively, not in sacks as formerly. The Association is to give a special, prize of £5 for a turnip thinner, and it was decided to strike out the special prizes for tnrnip and manure drill, and for portable ch iff box. The secretary reported that only £4 12s had been so far handed in for special prizes. Last year £B9 4s had been collected. The business of allotting special moneys was allowed to stand over. It was decided that grooms io charge of entires should be compelled to keep the animals on their allotted ground, and that they be allowed to leave the show at 3.39 p.m. Recovery op Debts in Bankruptcy.— A decision of some importance to debtors in bankrupt estates was given by Mr Justice Richmond in Chambers at Auckland on Friday, Some time ago Mr E. C. Goodinge obtained from the Official Assignee the book debts in the bankrupt estate of William McAlpine, a painter. He sued some debtors for the amount owed by Ihera to the estate respectively, and the Magistrate held that under the Property Law Consolidation Act, requiring notice to be given to a debtor before he sued, which had not been done in these cases, plaintiff could not succeed. Mr Morrison, who appeared for the plaintiff, contended that the Bankruptcy Act enab'ed tho Official Assignee, and any person to whom ho might assign debts, to recover without notice, He obtained have to appeal, and afterwards moved in the Supreme Court for a writ of wcmchmns. Mr Justice Richmond gave the following judgment; —“In this case the writ must go. 1 see no reason to doubt that (he assignment by the Official Assignee is good in equiiy, independent of the bankpuptpy, and enables the transferee to sue ip jp§ P W P P at PP without reference to the Property Law Gopsojidaljon f that the debtor has no defence, L - , c * u * Property Liw ConsoliThe effect of l “- - . sue da.ion Act is only to give a rigiiu . ™ -l i aw fo» that which then already exists, the to sup for * acuity Let the «rit issue,’* Subsequently Mr prison applied to Mr Robinson, R.M. ? jn tintf plaintiff should receive judgment, and his worship accordingly entered up judgment for the plaintiff.

The (Jhemis Case.— Mr Justice Richmond at Wellington on Friday granted an application from Mr Jollicoe that Chemis should be brought up to give evidence on behalf of the defence.

Rail at Temuka.— The annual ball in connection with iha Temuka Football Club takftfl place in (he Volunteer Hall on the evening of the 2lst, having been postponed from to-morrow evening. Tickets are selling fast, and the bill proursea to be very successful.

Kaiahu. —Thera are rumors afliat. that tfforts ars being made to construct a tramway to Kakahu. We have not been able to ascertain the full facts concerning the proposal further than that we have been informed that probably the tramway will be constructed by private enterprise, provided a eertain guarantee is given. It is said the coal seam to which reference has been frequently mada is improving greatly, both in thickness and quality, and that it is expected to turn out excellent. It is also proposed to burn lime in the place end start other industries provided the tramway is made. Interesting Discovert.— Some men quarrying stone for road metal alongside the Sumner read, cleared away the material of an old land slip and found a good sized but shallow cave. In this were found a Maori carved canoe baler, moa bones, heaps of cockle shells, a canoe paddle, greenstone axes, a fern root pounder, bone fish-spear heads, stone sinkers, bits of flax matting, several pieces of worked wood, and e mass of black hair. In an inner cave were found several moa bones. The various pieces of wood ore perfectly sound, and the flax holds well together. The roof of the cave is black with smoke.

A Question of Postage.- A footnote la a letter received by the Geraldine Road Board from one of the Government departments, Wellington, staled that a letter from the board to the department had been charged 4d for inauMoient postage and the board was asked to remit the amount. The request caused a laugh. The clerk on being asked if he had forwarded the 4d, said he had not as the department were constantly sending letters asking for information in connection with the district, the forwarding of which cost the board a considerable sum for stamps. The board considered that the least the department desiring information could do was to forward a franked letter for a reply. Detection of Blood.— ln the journal of the American Medical Association Mr Day explains a method whereby he has discovered upon a garment stains of blood that could not bo delected even with a microscope. He finds that when the smallest drop of blood is mixed in 15 grammes of distilled water, one or two drops of the tincture giiaucnm (the gum-raaio from ligaum-viise) being added, a cloudy precipitate of r-iwin is yielded, and the solution becomes slightly colored. When there is further added to it a drop of the ethereal solution of peroxide of hydrogen, a blue co'or appears, which becomea deeper and deeper on exposure to (he air. The diacivery ia a fresh addition to the chemistry of crime. Alleged Cruelty to a. Child. —The Resident Magistrate’s Court, Clirimchuroh, was crowded to excess yesterday, and surrounded by hundreds of people, when charges of cruelty to the child Esther Pondridge were brought ogamst Mr and Mrs Abbott. Dr Syrnes s-atod that the child was unable to attend the court, and gave details of her condition, saying that she was improving and might be able to attend next week. The police obtained a remand till next Monday. In reply to the bench Abbott said that Mr Garrick had promised to appear for him ; Mr Garrick was not present, however, and bail was fixed in two sureties, each of £l5O far each prisoner, or £6OO in all. On 'saving court the prisoners were surrounded by hundreds of spectators, who hooted them as far as the police depot, a distance of nearly half a mile. (Further particulars regarding this case will be found on oar fourth page.) The verdict of all who have used the

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STHOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. H. Lee, Crown Hotel, Tamuka —Invites

tenders for erecting fence. Temuka Football Club—Annual ball on > Wednesday, 21st August. Geraldine Literary and Debating Society— Entertainment to-morrew evening. Primitive Methodist Church, Temuka— Notice re special services this week. Tbos. Palmer, Temuka—Wants a buyer for 80 bags good tartarian seed oats. J. Mundell and Co.—Are booking entries for stock sale at Geraldine on 21st August. J. G. Cowan, Cowan’s Olotbiag and Outfitting House, Timaru—lnvites inspection of stick colonial tweeds for bespoke suits. Arthur Gabites (late Gabities and Plante, The Corner, Timaru)—Announoee the purchase of 1000 pairs of boots and shoes, portion of a large (wholesale) Christchurch bankrupt stock, and gives quotations for same ; quotes prices for ready-made clothing and tailoring.