LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2051, 27 May 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Public Meeting at Geraldine.—A publio meeting of ritepnyorK, to discuss resolutions passe i by the C.mferoncr of County Chairmen in Christchurch, wi I tic held in the R»a i Boird office, Geraldine, on Tuesday mxt, m 3 o’clock. Attempted Suicide. —A man named Thomas Gurney attempted to commit suicide by drinking laudunum, He was abended by Dr Lovegrove, who sueooedsded in pullmg him through. Ho is i .turnperate in I.in habits.. He has been before the Court and remanded. The New Plymouth Murder.—The po’ice have been making another search in tho recre itioo ground, and have found a bundle of clothes near deceased’s house, and slippers supposed to belong to Mabi. The c ollies, however, require to be identified.

The Chexstchubch Cabmen; Mr Drury, Secretary to the Chris church cabmen, has received a letter from ihe Railway Cotnm'gfionera acknowledging receipt of (die charges preferred by the cabmen agiinat Conatab'e Kelly, and stating that the Commissioners do not think, in inslice to Ke ly that they can take action on the charges made. They consider tire charges too general, but if tli'i c ibinen make specifi charg-s, fix dates of occurrencrs, and are prepared to sub st■ utiate the charges on oath, the Commissioners would recoin maud the Governor lo appoint a commission of anquirv. they consider that nothing previous to 1887) when the last enquiry was held by Mr fLelham, should be gone into. District Court —ln the Dial riot Court, Timaru, list Friday, before His Honor Judge Waid. Griers of discharge were granted to J. Tangney, 0, Saunders, and 1. L. Wdikelyh. Letters of administration of the i Sects of Abondio Coira were granted to Peter Coira. Mr W. D. Stewart, for the official liquidators of B ucu 8 patept Oatmeal, and Milling Company, applied toii.,va Me-srs Drysdale, B tlfour, Bruce, Rhodes, and D.iwson placed on the list of contributories in respect of additional share*. All the evidence hud been token in (fig case and !ho only question was whether these parties were liable. His Honor had hold that they were not liable, the matter w>s liken to the Supreme Court, and tint emitt decided that they were liibl 1 , and ordered that their names b.a put on the list of contributories, The on'y question now to ho Rutiled was v/fiet-her i'-ey were liable for £IOO or £2OO each. Basil of thorn took two new shares against wh’ch his orginal paid up share was t > go ns part payment. He did not know what his learned Mends on life other side could say, but he would contend, oh the authority of lucent oasis, that the parlies could not ple§d any agreement respecting the old share, and thepeforo they must bo liable on both tho,new shares it) full, that is for £2OO eaeff. After a long argument tXia Honor decided that thoir names must appear for £2OO each. In tho 0.-. so of Mr Brajshaw, who owned the land on which tlie mill was built «ud look out the value of it in shares, lie was m’do liable for £3OO and allowed to coma in amongst the creditors for the valijo of fb- a land. Mr Piunte was also made liable for £2OO. Mr Perry gave notice of appeal in the oases of brysdale, Bilfonr, Bruce Rhodes, and Dawson. Tiio coutl adjourned lo Jnno 13th,

Father Faxjvel. —We are very glad to announce that the Rev. Father Fauvel was much better'yesterday. Ho has gone through a very severe attack of illness, but is now considered out of a 1 danger. R.M, Court, Temuka.— At tho Resident Magistrate's Couit, Temuka, yesterday, before M. Quinn, Esq,, J.P., three first offenders were dismissed with a caution. Civil business set down for hearing will coma on at the next sitting on Monday next. The Flax Industry. —The Postimster-G’-neral received a message from Mr R. J. Creighton to the effect that the Committee of Ways and Means have reported a Tariff Rdl to Congress for the admission of New Zealand flax free into the United States. The du'y at preaerv is fifteen dollars per ton.

Accidentally Shot. A mm named Harvey was killed while pig hunting near Mount Grey (North Canterbury) on Saturday morning. H ■ had gone into the aorub, and a companion named Harwell, thinking the movements he made were caused by a pig, fired into the bushes, and shot Harvey in the neck, Dsceaeed was married, and resided at Loburn.

News op a Distinguished Friend Wo are glad to learn that our distinguished friend the Hon. John Burke O’Brien, is s ill in evidence. He was shying lag* week in the Starlight Hotel, Wellington, but officers in Her Majesty's service did not think ■the place suitable for him to sp .md the Queen's bin today in, and so toe is now staying, for seven days only, in a hotel into vvtoicn no one can entrr without a certificate from a Court of Justice’

Mail Expenditure.—A table has been prepared by the Secretary to tko Post Office showing the receipts and payments f-'f the mail service during 1890, The coat of the San Francisco service wag £27,394; receipts, £30,307; net profit, £2913, Direct service expenditure, £20,480 ; receipts, £15,189; net cost to the cTony, £5291. Mr Gray adds -a note stating that only one month of the reduced subsidy to lh>* Sui Francisco service is included in the return for the 12 month?. Under the presort arrangement the profit wool I have been £8577. A Cry for More Railways.—At a meeting of the Seaward Bush Rahway Oi.nrtmlee and members for the district it was res d ved . that as the working of the S' ction of the lino already upon does not pay, the commrtnee put ou record their conviction lint it will not do so tip carried to the east bank of Ihe MaUira ; that Government be ask-d to set aside a'l land and timber revenues m Invercargill, Oe mm aka, an 1 (Jam pba U-to iv n Hundreds, for tlm pn-poae of completing ttoo rai w iy, until ;t is constuic'od ; the Government to a requested to use the £3991 remaining from the List vote in further con.-trnctiou. Dr HodgkinsOu moved that the Government be recommended to arrange with a syndicate to complete the line on the land grant system, but this was lost.

Thb Grain- Traffic.—ln response to a telegram drawing attention to the delay t'xpeiienced by farmers in obtaining trucks for t ho transport of their grain, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes, if.HR has revived the following telegram from the Ktiiway Commissioners; “In reply to your lelegrauf 1 of 20th, Railway Commissioners desire me to state that they are m k ; ng every effort to meet the unusual rush of grain traffic which this season has extended throughout the whole system. At Winchester, Temuka, and Peasant Point, however, a great part of the block is caused by reason of stores at Timafu being unable to take in further consignments, owing to scarcity of labor. A suni ar contingency appears likely at Lyttelton in cons'-quenca of all stores thera being full. —E. G. Pilcher, Sacrataiy.” , SaLEYards for Tehitka.— Plans for the saleyards which Messrs J. Mundell and Co. purpose building in Temuka have been prepared by iMr J, A. White, and tenders will be called immediately for the work of erecting them. The yards will be erected in Marshall’s paddock, and will be among the largest and most commodious in South Canterbury. The yirds will have a frontage of two chains ou the road, and will run back to a depth of ten chains. They will be divided into pens for sheep and yards for catile and pigs. There will be 21 cattle yards, capable of holding JSO head ; 20 pig, yards, in which 130 pigs cm be kept.; and 33 sheep pens, in which 15,000 sheep can be yarded. Th?re can be no doubt but that the es'ablishmont of these yarns will be of great advantage to the Temuka district, and we hope farmers ,-will encourage the enterprise and energy of the firm erecting them by patronising them.

Bishop Juluios. The Right Rev. B simp Julius mat with a great reception in. Timaru. He arrived in Timaru by ex press train from the south on Saiurday. and in the evening a parochial welcome was tendered to him in St. Mary’s Sunday School room. Tim mayor, Mr D. M„ Ross, presided at the meeting, and (he Revs. .Mackenzie Gibson (acting-incumbent of the pau'sh), W. Gillies (Presbyterian}, 0. C. Brown (Baptist}, and A. Wool I ass (Primitive Methodist) occupied seats ou tho platform. Letters of apology were received from the Revs. Fathers Foley and Binsfisld, aid the Rev*. T. A. Hamilton, J. Preston, and T. J. Smyllm. An address was presented by tho parishioners of St. Mary’s, and speeches were delivered by the rev. gentlemen present, besides some layman, Mr F. LeCron staling that he had the honor of welcoming Bishop Harper in ISfifi. The Bishop made an eloquent sp-n-eh in reply, and preached in St, Mary’s Church on Sunday ut both morning and evening cervices. His Lordship rt turned to Chris church by the first Lam yesterday mornincr. The prevalence of rust in the oat crops in West Qippslaod lias been the subject of much comment during ths present season, Air Ijobo, a faripcr of wide experience both in ooutb Australia and Victoria, is oopinion tnat th® real piuse of the cron being attacked by rust lies in the heav 8 dews which are; common in the district settling on the cr p, and the absence of 4 wind sufficiently strong to blow it o If before the sjan dries it into the stalk, M Lobb has made experiments in this directtion, with ths result that wherever heavydew abounded and calms in the early morning esistadj the rust, became master of the situation, SYNOPSIS OF A DTE 1.1 TlSif MIS NTS Srnithficld Fibre Company—Wan! good contract cook. PubTc Meeting—At Road B.ard Office, Geraldine, on Tuesday afternoon next. Robert South, Smuhfield- Has four or five slacks of good oatev) slr.uy far safe. D. McCaskil l , B iker, Confectioner/etc., : Tomnk?.—Has oranges, pears, etc., on 1 sale.