The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2015, 4 March 1890, Page 2

The Temuka Leader TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Vijpal Statistics.—Ten births and one marriage were registered at Geraldine last month.

Geraldine Public Sports.—Nominations for the various events clobs tomorrow, Wednesday, March slh. Timaru Harbor Board.—Rales due to the Timaru Harbor Board remaining unpaid will be sued for after the 15th instant.

Railway Fares to Dunedin In our advertising columns will be found notices of special interest to anyone thinking ot paying the Dunedin Exhibition a visit.

Flax Industry.—Thirty fl 1X mills have been erected or are in course of erection in Southland, with a total capital of £9OOO, while the industry employe about 400 people.

Immigration and Emigration.—The immigration «nd emigration returns for J*' nary show the arrivals to haye been 21C9. «nd the departures 1806, a balance .n favour of the colony of 303.

Board Meetings.—The monthly meeting of tha Temuka Ro ,d Board will be held to-day, that of the Geraldine Town Board this evet/i-ig and that of the Temuka Town to-morrow evening. Pleasure Seekers.—The expreßs from thf: n !th yesterday consists 1 of 20 well fil't-t osirri'igew. most of the p is.-u.ngers being visitors to the Exhibition. A g >od mioy h' -ked at Temuka and hid some litt'e d fficut'y in securing seats.

Sale of Pastoral Licenses.—A largo sale of pasioral licenses was held at Dunedin on Eriday, and pissed off most succes-fully, all the runs being dii»:>osed of with thd exception of three and the 1 )»m mi Harbour Board Endowments. Though in most the upset price was very sightly exceeded previous rents were not realised by a considerable sum.

The Labor Trade.—The Fiji correspondent of the Auckland Herald writes : " Since I last wrote the labor vessel Me» Merrilies has arrived from her island cruise after labor, and has passed through a rather nnxious time, as the captain and crew had a narrow escape from being att-icked and massacred by treacherous and bloodthirsty natives. The plot was discovered by means of eoma native boys shipped as hands, who overheard their countrymen plotting the massacre, and by this means the captain was put on his guard, and, although scantily provided with arms, he managed, by putting a bold face on the matter and tHkiog all the precautions in his power, to secure hirnsel against surprise and to drive off his assailants."

Geraldine Litebart? Institute.—On Friday afternoon last a meeting of ladies was he'd in the library of the above Institute for the purpose of Ukicg steps for gettiDg up a cake and aproo fair and K ft auction for the benefit of the Institule. There were some tweuty ladies present' Messrs H. B. Webster and A. E. Hawkins attended the meeting bs a deputation from the institute committee to confer with the adies The project was entered into verv heartily, and it was decider* to hold a Th n ,T* A° f Thursday, April ITth. It WBB decided to commit.es. A committee of ladi es w l« apposed fo W o rk up lhe necess y d e td s and a oomm.ttee meeting heli w h L' districts were appointed and \ decided ,o m*ko cJnv 1 sg W for donations of goods, etc. TnMad >es of the distnct haying late en the matter «p „'! T- r 'l- -u h f EUCCeBB o£ th " B«therinff which w ,ll be a novel one f OP QeraE' is assured. A friendly rivalry will no doubt apring up between those who have e!y»r tfß of the fair and (hose running tbl g'f. ..uciion as to which department shall pr-<lu„, the best results, and hh a constqueuce the Institute will be the gainer

A White Skylark.— A rata avis, in the form of a skylark perfectly white, has been seen in the Waikalo district.

Illeoally Taking Trout. At the R.M. Court, Timaru, on Friday, D. Zander and F. Wedderell, of St. Andrews, were fioed £1 and costs for having illegally taken trout from the Pareora River. Geraldine Stock Sale. The fortnightly sale of stock, etc., at Geraldine takes pace to-morrow, and numerous entries are advertised by Messrs J. Mur. dell and Co. and Messrs Webster and Co.

Going Home.—The Raratongana who visited Auckland for the Jubilee will return home by the brigantioe Sarah Pi| e . They were entertained at dinner on Thursday night. Sir George Gr e y has presented tha Chief Teaapou with an harmonium, which wil' probably be used at the Church services when the Natives return home.

Customs Revenue.—During the month of February the Customs revenue collected at the port of Timaru amounted to £1751054d. The total for the colony was £142.974 13s 91, as against £132,888 Is 10d for the previous month, and £127,229 2s lid for the corresponding month of last year. The total beer duty collected last month was £SIOB 1(K Sporting.—The Victorian Racing Club's Autumn Meeting commenced at Melbourne on Saturday, 20,000 persons being present. Results : Hopeful States, Maco J, Annesley 2 ; St. Leger, Dreadnought 1, Singapore 2 ; Newmarket Handicap Churohill 1, Boz 2 • Ascot Vale Stakes,' Titan 1, Medallion 2 ; Essendou S.'akea, Carbine 1, Singapore 2 ; Brunswick otakes, Charmer 1, lantallon 2. Hospital Returns.— The following is a return of patients in the Timaru Hospital for the month of February 1890:—Patients under treatment at date of last return—males 14, fema'es 7, total 21 ; admitted during the month—-nales 17, females 13, total, 30 ; totals treated males 31, females 20, total 51. Discharged during monlh :—cured—males 11, females total 19; relieved—males 1, females 2 total 3; dead—females 1 (Elzibelh Murray). Totals discharged—maleß 12, females 11, total, 23. Remaining under treatment—males 19, females 9, total, 28. J Out-patients treated during month—males 14, females 15, total 29. South R&ngitata School Committee. —A. meeting of the Commissioners of the South Rangitxta Sohool was held in the schoolroom on Friday last. Present—Messrs D. Taylor (chairman) and H. Waller. The Inspector's report of the annual standard examination was reoeived and considered an exceptionally good one, and highly creditable to the tsacher, there no failures. The following are ex" tracts front the report : Standard V.: Presented 3, absent 1, excepted 1, passed 1 • Standard IV. : Presented 4, excepted l' passed 3; Standard 111.. Presented 5* excepted 1, passed 4 ; Standard 11. ; Presetted 5, passed 5 ; Standard I. : Presented 3, passed 3; Preparatory: Presented 9. Totals: Presented 29, absent 1, excepted 3, passed 16. The results of the examination of the standard classes are very satisfactory. The children are orderly, attentive, and' obedient. James Gibson Gotv, M.A., Inspector. The other business being dealt with, the meeting terminated. Alleged Wholesale Embezzlement.— Duncan Martin was committed for trial' at Christchurch on Friday on several charges of stealing articles of ironmongery, of Hie total value of nearly £SO, from his employers, Messrs Mason, Struthers and Co. The magisterial enquiry lasted all day'. The evidence showed that Martin had been employed by the firm for three and a half years, two of them as foreman at £l7 10s per month. His pilfeiiogs extended over nearly twoyeare. Whenever he wanted ironmongery he helped himself from the stock. He was building a house at Sydenham," and abstracted a boiler and other necessary fittings from the firm's goods. Mr Struihers' suspicions became aroused, and on February 18ch he taxed Martin 'wi'h taking goods without paying f or them He afterwards extracted a full confession from Martin and handed him over to the police. Other charges are pending against the prisoner. alleged Dastardly Assault.—A elderly m..u named Wood, who resides at Pine Hill, Duoudin, was the victim of what would appear to have been a cowardly assault on Saturday night. He alleges that he was driving home, and had readied a part of the main road near the Pine Hill schoolhouse, when a man named rhomas Barrett, « ho had a grudge aoainm him, pulled him out of his -can, hiT i.iu over the head wiih a stick, and hurt him severely about the body, and then drove his horse and cut over the olifEon the aide of the road. After the assault Wood made bis way to the schoolhouse, and hie son on Sunday informed Constable Walker of the matter. The constable accordingly proceeded to the schoolhouse, where he found Wood iu such a oonditioo that he deemed it advisable to take him to the hospital, where he arrived between 2 and f, °! C w Ck JV be afteru °on. It appears that Wood's horse, which had been driven °nl F u™ ff ' T aa ki l d th 9 *«», and although Wood himself is not in a very awiouß way, it will take kirn some days at least before he can recover sufficiently to get about again. The man Barrett is well known to the police, and whan the ssaulted man recovers will, j a all probability, be broHght before the Police Court to answer for the alleged offence.— Otago Daily Times.

Left Lamenting.— On Saturday, on the arrival of the north express atTemuk*, an elderly Maori, evidently in some agitation of spirits, alighted. He revealed to the constable on duty that he had been swindled out of two ten-oound notes, apparently by some phase of confidence trick. In the same carriage with himself a respectable-looking young man had travelled, and In a burst of confidence they appeared to have made mutual revelations of the stale of their finances. Both were apparently pretty flush, as behoved people bound for the exhibition. On arrival at Ashbnrton the customary adjournment for " refreshers " was made, and our native friend lost sigbt in the crowd of his eminently respectable acquaintance, nor did he see him on returning to his carriage. The express had proceeded on its way for some distance, when a comparison of the contents of his pocket-book sbowad the confiding native that two one-pound notes had been substituted for two " tenners." Suspicion, of course, fell upon his missing acquaintance, but nothing could b-j done until arrival ut Temuka. Here the journey was broken, and patieuce practised, with more or less success, until the arrival of the south express, by which the u fortunate traveller returned to Ashburiuo in the of recoyeriug somo of hia missing property, «J

Henry George.—Heory George arrived at Auckland by the Mariposa, and was welcomed by representatives of the AntiPoverty Society, Progressiva League, and Kmghis of Labour. An address was preseeted by the Rev. Mr Gulliver. Mr George, in reply, said that the progress of his ideas hud excelled all expectation in America. He intends to return to New Zealand shortly. Death op the St. Glair Leper.—The Portuguese leper at St. CI Air, with regard to whom there has been so much public concern lately, died on Saturday at 5 o'clock. It was well known to those interested in the matter that the man was sinking fast and could not live long, and a week ago the Rev. Father Lynch adminis* tered the last sacrament of the Church to the unfortunate man, who was a member of the Catholic Church. On Friday, it appears, Sir James Hector instructed Dr Batchelor to make arrangements for his isolation. Dr Batchelor accordingly arranged for placing the man on a piece of Government laud at Tomahawk, where tents and everything necessary for his comfort -were taken. When, however, all tnese preparations had been made, and everything was in readiness for the conveyance of the man to Tomahawk, it was fouud that he had died. His death was subsequently reported to Mr Solomon, chairman of the ben-evolenfc institution, who gave instructions for the burial of the man as soon as possible. He also ordered the grave to be made much deeper than graves are usually m,tde, and the coffin to be covered with quicklime. The burial took place on Sunday morning, the Rev. Father Lynch officiating at the grave. ; We are informed that up to the time of his death the man received all necessary care and attention, and that he was specially grateful for the kindness shown him by Mr and Mrs Jones and his attendant.—Otago Daily Times. t The verdiot of all who have used the "Jumbo" brand Baking Powder is that it I makes light, nutritious, ant digestive bread, [ oakes, pastry, etc As the ingredients are ot I the finest qualities, and no injurious element | being used in the preparation, bread, etc. made with this powder will keep fresh and moist longer than with any other powder. A.sk for Anderson's " Jumbo " brand Baking powder.—fADVT. 11.