LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1968, 12 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Boabd Meetings. Meetings of the Temuka and Arowhenua Town Boards will be held te-morrow evening. Spobts at Winohestbe.—A meeting of persons interested ia holding the annual sports at Winchester takes place this evening. Holiday.— Yesterday was generally observed as a holiday in honor of the anniversary of the Prince of Wales’ birthday, and the town bore a very quiet appearance. A LOOJC-OtJT. —There is a lock-out on a small soale in the stocking trade at Dunedin, | about 40 hands having been looked out by two employers because they refused to accept a price for certain wort which wae below the log price. Public Meeting at Qebaldine.— A public meeting for the purpose of forming a fire brigade will bo held in Ibo Geraldine Town Board office this evening. The matter is a most important one, and it is hoped there will be a large attendance. English Opinion.— ln 1883 there were only 62 branches of the Irish National League inßngland, and theseconlributed no assistance. In 1889 there are 623 branches, contributing to the general fund .£8954 a year. These figures tell their own tale. The next election will settle the whole dispute. Ebbatum.— Our attention has- been called to the fact that an error occurred in our article on the Bank of New Zealand. The Mr Maclean who is associated in the Bank of Zealand affair with Mr Buckley is not the Hon. George Maclean, but Mr John Maclean, of Oamaru, better known as “ Jock ” Maclean. The latter gentleman is an old bachelor, and tremendously wealthy. His sister is married to Mr Buckley. ,

Cheistchdroh Show.— At the Christchurch Show Mr Daßenzy’s Arbiter took first prize, £3, for the best entire horse foaled since 30th June, 1887. Mr W. Bayley’s Bezique took the first prize, £2,, for the best lady’s back, shown ia saddle, and ridden. At a sile of stud rams from, the flock of Mr J. Gibson, Bellevue, Tasmania, after the show, the Hon. L. Walker purchased a 4tooth ram for 22J guineas. LeotUßß at WooDIUBT.—As announced, Mr R. Morrison delivered a very interesting address at the -schoolroom, Wojdbury, on Friday evening last, on “ The Two Comings of the Lord Jesus Christ, their relation'to the World and the Church.” There was a very good attendance, the room being comfortably filled Mr Morrison succeeded admirably in interesting hie hearers in the subject of his discourse, which he illustrated by means of large charts hung on the wall. Mr Morrison has been asked to repeat the address at Geraldine; , .

A Masculine Woman.—A young Melbourne woman, tired of city life, dressed herself up as a man and went to work at Riverina Station, where ,ehe spent two year. She was admired for her ability in killing, and as a “horseman” she ezoalled all. She would tackle the wildest horse on the station, and ride ones none else would attempt. She got a mount on a racecourse, and came in second. She look a nip of whiskey, it overcame her and she grew faint, and it was than her sex was discovered. She was brought before the Magistrate, and bound over in her own recognisances, and now she is bank in Melbourne without any lawful means of support. Hoebb-BTEAIIN».— On the evening of thefith

inet., Mr Demuth reported to the Temuka police that a horse, saddle, and birdie had been stolen from him. Suspicion at once rested on a half-oaste Maori named Russell, from Southland, who has been in the district for some time, end on inquiries information was elicited which made the police believe be had left for the south. Telegraphic messages were at once despatched, and on the morning of the Bth he was orrosted in Waimate, bat he had no horse. Subsequent inquiries led to the information that tbe.horse, saddle, and bridle bad been sold to a farmer at the Hook for £4 10a. On last Saturday possession was got of the stolen properly. The case will be heard at Waimate on Thursday next. A. Mabttb to Ohaeitt. —Mr Oonybeare, an English member of Parliament for a Cornwall constituency, may bo regarded as a martyr to his own charitable disposition. He went with two Oxford Professors to Ireland last winter, and visited the scene of on eviction in a poverty-stricken district in Connemara. Some of the tenants had barricaded their doors, so that the bailiffs could not turn them out, but they had no food, Mr Oonybeare and the Professors bought some bread, and let it drop down through the chimneys to them. For doing this Mr Oonybeare was sent to gaol for three months. He has now come out of gaol, but while there he contracted a loathsome akin disease. The matter was brought up in Parliament, and Mr Balfour said Mr Oonybeare occupied a cell which Father McFadden 'had occupied previously. This cowardly attempt to connect Father MoFadden with the disease created a scene in tbs House, and it was shown that the priest had been discharged from the gaol twelve months before Mr Oonybeare went in. This is the sort of a man Mr Balfour is.

Stohting.—On the fourth, and last, day of the Victoria Racing Club’s Spring Meeting (Saturday), the attendance was again very large. Results Foal Stakes, li miles : Hon. J. White’s Dreadnought and Sequel, X and 2 ; time, 2min. 67aec. Flemington Stakes, i mile ; Beverley, 1, Wilga, 2; time, 49sec. V.R.O. Handicap, l£ mi’es : Oakleigh 1, Wycombe 2; time, Bmm. 3seo. Steeplechase, about 3 miles : Mahdi (O’Brien). 1. Kestrel 2 j won by a length j time, 6min. 53sec; Canterbury Plate, 2i miles, w.f.a.; Hon. J. White’s Abercoru (Hales), Sinecure, and Melos, 1,2, and 3; Mr Wallace’s Carbine (O’Brien) was a starter in this race, and finished last; great dissatisfaction was expressed with the way he was ridden. The Free Handicap, li miles, was won by Dunkeld (O'Brien) in 2min. 9seo. —At the Auckland Spring Meeting, on Saturday, the Welcome Stakes, 150 sovs., was won by Patchwork ; the Auckland Guineas, 200 sovs., by Cissy j the Prince of Wales’ Handicap, 120 soys., by Raglan j and the Hurdle Race, 70 sovs., by Orangeman. A Strange Case.—-At the R.M. -Court, Timaru, <n Friday, an elderly man named Walter John Clabotwas committed for trial on a charge of assault on a girl named Ada Robinson, aged 13 years and 2 months, on the 3rd inst. The evidence went to show that about 7 months ago the girl was sent to a situation, but shortly afterwards ran away, and she now states that she went and lived with the prisoner for about 6 months at Waimate. In Sept, the prisoner took the girl home, saying he had met the girl coming home. The girl was taken to another situation, and a week afterwards Clabe took her away, saying bo would get her a bettor one. After travelling about a little the pair took a situation at a Mrs Herbert's, at Glengummal, near limaru, Saying they were father and daughter. They were put into separate rooms, but the girl removed her bed into the prisoners. When Mrs Herbert found they were not father and child she attempted to take the girl to Timaru, but on the wiy the girl jumped out of the trap and rejoined the prisoner, and the pair were found by the police a few days afterwards in the big gum plantation. In her evidence the girl said no improper intimacy existed between them at Waimale, but prisoner assaulted her twice recently, once on the 3rd, by means of threats. The girl was committed to the Burnham Industrial School as a neglected child, to bo fought up in tl)e Episcopajian faith.'

Winchester Fair. —Messrs J. Mundell and Co. advertise some choice lines of sheep, which they will offer at Winchester Fair to-day. Embezzlement. • The defalcations of J. A. Barr, solicitor, Dunedin, are estimated at a sum varying from £7,000 to £IO,OOO, It is not known whether he has left the colony. A considerable amount of trust funds are unaccounted for, and there are other transactions of a doubtful character. One victim is said to be a Church of England clergyman, whose life’s savings are gone. A Lazt Hobsb.—A Timaru stable horse created a bit of a diversion in Temuka yesterday. Probably owing to excessive loyalty, when harnessed in the buggy to go home it refused to stir, and when gently persuaded it began to kick madly, audit pushed one of its legs through the splashboard. Then it reared, and came down with a terrible fall on the road. It was thou unharnessed, and after 1 a while put in again, and by dint of persuasion it went as far as the Star Hotel. It, drew the line there, and would not stir a peg; further, so the people m the buggy had to ladve it in Temuka, and take another horse in its place. Salvation Abmt, Temuka.— On Saturday j night last a “ Farewell Musical Hosanna Meeting and Sandwich Banquet” to Cadet Milligan took place in the barracks. Various selections were rendered by Missee N. and A. Oharteris and E. Hewitson, Mrs Bowman, Messrs D. Molnness and D. Oharteris, and Captain Bates. A good number of stayed to the sandwich banquet, which took, shortly after nine o’clock, and passed off fairly successfully. Cadet Milligan is transferred to Geraldine in Lieut, Crawford’s place, who takes charge of Milton. It is generally believed that Captain Noble(from Oxford) and Cadet Ta> lor (from Kaiapoi) come to Temuka.

Important Decision.—ln the Appeal Court, Wellington, bn Friday, Ih# question was raised whether under the proviso to section 187 of the Binkruptoy |Aot, 1883, a bankrupt must pay his wages men their wages in full, or whether he need only pay them the amounts of preferential claims before getting bis discharge. Judge Dsnniston, considering himself bound by a decision of the

late Judge (Sillies, bad refused the bankrupts Ford, of Christchurch, their discharge on the Assignee reporting that the wages men hast not all been paid in full, although they had received their preferential claims. The bankrupts now appealed, and the appeal was

allowed.

Volunteers,—-The field-day of the South Canterbury Battalion of Volunteers held yesterday was not nearly so successful as anticipated. There were present 25 of the Temuka Rifles, 28 of the Geraldine Rifles, 33 of the Waimate Rifles, 9 of the Timaru Rifles, 20 of the Timaru Uavals, and 20 of the Timaru Artillery. The battalion wrs in command of Colonel Bailey, Major Moore (acting as Adjutant), and Sergeant-Major Jones. The battalion marched from the Timaru Drillshed to Saltwater Creek, where on entering a paddock there the owner of it ordered

them out. Subsequently they took up another position, and had a good afternoon’s drill. They returned to their respective homes by the evening trains. Much disgust was felt at finding that only a few of the Timaru men turned up, notwithstanding that the parade was held on their own ground. R.M. Coubt. —At the R.M. Court, Temuka, yesterday, before J. Talbot and K. F. Gray, Esqs., J.P.’s, George Smith sued George H. Lynch for £1 2s 6d. In this case the defendant stated that the arrangement between the plaintiff and himself was that be was to build in a boiler for plaintiff., The plaintiff failed to provide the material, and he was unable to build. The plaintiff alleged that he had called on the defendant frequently to build

in a boiler, and it was because he could not get the work done he summoned. The Bench gave judgment to the effect that the work must be done within 14 days, or failing that the amount to be paid, the costs of tbs Court to be divided between the two parties. E. Yallender sued John Barrett for £2 19s 4d. Sir Salmond appeared for the plaintiff, and judgment was given for the amount claimed and costs. Three other oases were settled out of Court.

Hot Lakes District. —A abatement baa been made that the terraces .at Rotomaluna are re-forming but Mr Mitcholaon, who would probably have been informed had such been the case, beard nothing about it during his recent visit to Rotorua. He says that fern is springing up on the deposit of mud, and many of the trees which were stripped, of their Laves and branches, especially the pohutakawas, are putting out foliage well. The country, however, still wears a desolate aspect. The bed of lake Rotomahana, which was so enlarged by the eruption as to take in little lake Waimakariri close by, is rapidly filling with water, but has not yat formed an outlet. There is now a depth of at least 100 feet of water. Mr Mitchelson rode down the Waiatapu Valley, and visited the small terraces and hot springs to be found there. He also went over to Orakea Corako. This place is out of the beaten track and difficult of access, but it is well worth a visit.

Scene in Cowbt.— -After a hearing extending ever four days, at Invercargill, ihe charge of larceny against Helms and wife was for the second time dismissed by the Resident Magistrate. The household goods, groceries, etc,, which defendants were accused of stealing from Wallis’ house, Morion Mains, were all in Court, and after the decision a most extraordinary scene occurred. Accueeds’ solicitor instructed them to remove their property, while the prosecutor and police sought to retain it. Accused and their friends carried the stuff ia. triumph to a cabin waiting, and after the affair was over the Court looked like a devastated grocer’s shop, the floor and table being covered with burst packets of mustard, maizena, blue, etc. The quantity of bedding and linen claimed by the prosecutor as his was very large, Wallis will probably ba bound over to lay an indictment against Helms and wife before the grand jury. They on the other hand are said to be taking action for heavy damages for malicious prosecution. The verdict of all who have used the “Jumbo” brand Baking Powder, is that it makes light, nutritious, ani digestive bread, cakes, pastry, etc. As the ingredients are of the finest qualities, and no injurious elements being used in the preparation, bread, etc., made with this powder will keep fresh and moist longer than with any other powder. Ask for Anderson’s “ Jumbo ” brand Baking Powder, — [Advt. 11. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Mundell and Co.—Publish entries for Winchester Fair to-day. Tetnuka Tonic Sol-fa Society—Second term will commence on Thursday evening. T. G. Rowley, Surgoen Dentist, Timaru— Painless extraction by nitrous oxide gas. Ferguson and Meredith, W“>hi‘ Sawmills —Timber, posts, rails, and stakes always on hand. J, Whitehead and Son, Temukft—Notify that they haye made application to the County OouapU for a slaughtering license.