LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2067, 3 July 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sympathy with a The people of South Dunedin are collecting subscriptions to defray the Otago Workman’s law expenses. The Beer Duty. —The beer revenue last month was £3BBO, for the previous month £44o©, and for June, 1889, £33/6. The fot-d brer duty for the quarter was £12,897. Customs Revenue. —d he customs revenue collected in the colony m June was £102.769, as compared with £127,165 for the previous month, and £98,647 for June, 1889. The total customs revenue for last quarter was £356,208. N.Z. Champion. Thomas So livao, amateur sculling champion of New Zealand, has been presented with a purse of sovereigns in Wellington. He has left for Auckland ea route for Sydney, where he outers the shed nf Neil Matteraon. Creditors Meeting.— The meeting of John Hamilton's creditors was hfcld in Titnaiu last Tuesday. The debtor said he had a deferred payment section, on which he paid £lO and had £37 to pay. One of the debts incurred was for timber with which ho built the house. He bad no means, and was out of work. Perjury.— John Gillespie, police constable at Manata, was charged at the Police Court, New Plymouth, with having committed perjury at the last sitting of the Supremo Court there in giving evidence for defendants in a civil action Okey v. Fitzpatrick. The case was adjourned for a week, and will be heard at Stratford. Good Goldfield. A telegram from Whangarei relative to the first Puhipuhi crushing says the general stuff from prospectors claim is giving 620z-* to the ton, and shareholders are well satisfied.- Scrip which have been selling at 2s are now worth ss. Taking the shares all round the field they have doubled in value within the last fortnight. Social Gathering.— This evening the first of a series of social gatherings in connection with St. Saviour’s Church, Temuka, takes place in the Volunteer Hall, tea being on the tables at half past six. The entertainment promised being very good, and the charge for admission very low, the Hall should bs well filled.

Arrests. Detective O’Connor, of Christchurch, arrested -i mm named Henry Olephitn at Ahuriri station on a charge of embezzlement. P.isoner ©scaped srrest last week and hid not been hoard of till this morning.—Three men named George Wilby, Frank Wilson, and Hugh O’Connel, were arrested at Kaiapoi on suspicion of burglary at the Rangiora railway station. Masonic.— Owing to the severe illness of Mr Thomson. Grand Mister N.Z.C., the meeting of the Grand Lodge is postponed from the 2bt to the 28th inst. The officers of the Masonic Lodge under the constitution of the Grand Orient of France, which has just been formed at Wellington, are—W.M., Sir R. Stout; S W , Mr Ballance ; J.W., Bro. Wrigglesworth ; ora*or. Bro, W. Hill ; secretary, Bro. Hudson; S.G., Bro. Willis, of Waoginui. Scientific Association. —An influential and representative meeting, attended by ab nit twenty, has been held under tbs presidency of the mayor of Christchurch to consider preliminary steps for entertaining members of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, which meatc in Christchurch in January nex'. A committee was appointed to make enquiries on the subject. Four hundred visitors are expected in connection with the meeting.

Amusements.—' To-morrov evening, in the South Rangitata school, a social will be held in aid of the prigs fund, and a first-rate programme having been arranged, there ought to be a good attendance, A Scotch piper w ill play a number of selections during the night, and refreshments will be provided. The same evening a select ball will take place in the new Public {Jail, Winchester, and an entertainment, followed by a dance, in the Pleasant Point Assembly Rooms, in aid of the Mechanics’ Institute's funds. Presentation.— Miss Mackay, who has retired from the charge of the K«kahu Bush school, has beep presented with a very handsome gold bracelet set with diamonds and pearls, and a beautiful brooch set with cairngorms. The present,atioo was made by the Rev. Mr White, of Pleasant Point, who spoke in eulogistic terras of Miss Mackay, and evpressed a hope that her journey to Sydney would hsye Ipe effect of completely restoring her health. 4 t ea an d entertainment was afterwards held, and a most enjoyable evening spent. Loro Randolph Churchill. —Here is an extract from the now historic speech deliver,ed by %odfllph Qburchiil from the British rn'm'e’et'H bsncbe?, apd whiph haa so angered (fee Tory parfy“ Nerpesis has overtaken the Government, What is the result of its upheaval of the British Constitution? What has been the one resu t ? Pigott. (Loud opposition cheers.) What has been the result of this mountainous parturition ? A thing, a reptile, a raorisL?!'—PlgoU. (Loud cheers.) What, has been the result' of" this ‘deliverance j With all yonr skill and yptjT parliai mentary ipalrumeote— a ghastly, bloody, rotten . Pigott ! P-gott ! _ Pig°!t ! (Laughter and cheers.) And sir, w 6 asked”to approve the conception and b rth of j? gol|fe. ‘ That is thp Nemesis that has overtaken the Qov.efqtflaQi, Rnd will always overiake it when it departs fyptfl constimiional pract ces. Why (Jo I bring these matters before the House of Commons ? (Ministerial cies of “Hear hear.”) Yes, there are lots of h;ghminded and chivalrous persons who not long ago wera my friends who are much much more likely to impute to me than to openly assart that I am animated by every vile motive—who possibly m ght even bring a Pigott to work "gainst me. (Loud opposition Cheers).

Wesleyan Chxtrch. The Her. J. Williams, of Timaru, a former president of the coi.ferenoe, wi 1 conduct the services at the Wesleyan Oknrcb, PeHHikfli on Sunday next.

Installation SoniiL —V l ' iustal'ation social in connect on with V ctoria Lodge, 1.0.0. F , will bo held in the Oldf allows’ tiall, G«r.»ldin'-, on tU- 10 h July. Similar socials in conmotion w th this lodge have been most successful, and doubtless this one will be equally so. Mysterious Death. —The body of a man was found fluting in Caroline By, T'maru, yesterday, The body was in a nude state, having on only a pair of watertight boots, and !he head was so disfigured _ that he was unrecognisable. Otherwise there v,era no marks on him. The body is that of anp'irent'y a working man about sft 9in tall. The police are making inquiries into the matter. Trade in Infants in Russia.— The foundling hospitals in Russia are about to be reformed. Dreadful scandals have been riiFc'osed in connection with these institutions. Seventy-seven per cent, of the children admitted die in infancy, and and another 11 per cent, before they reach the age of 21. It is averred that children are sold by their parents to traders, who forward them to the towns in baskets genera'ly containing from six to ten babies Buried alive. — A doctor in Rome has compiled and published statistics showing that several thousands of persons are annually burled in a state of coma throughout Europe. The San Remo correspondent of the Scotsman says that Le recently saw a body exhumed which showed signs that life bad not been extinct when it had been placed in the coffin. The face showed marks of a struggle, and one hand, as if in despair, had firmly clutched the skin of the side, and had remained so clenched in death. Wealth and Poverty.— London is the biggest and richest placi in the world, aed more people eat too much there than in any other capital. Also, more people eat too little there and more children die of hunger, and more wom-D are sweated on to the e'reets. The earnings of 25 per cent., one out of four of its population, is less than a guinea « week when they are working full time ; 20 per cen', one out of five, dies in a wo'khouae or other "charity" institution; one out of eleven gflls poor relief every year ; and all the tune the rents are increasing at the r >te of £6,000,000 annually, a nice sop for the rent-robbers.

Valedictory. —Mr K. Franks was entertained at a private party by a lar K e number of fiiends last Monday high', on the occasion of his departure from Temuka for Australia. He was ene of the number of young men who left our shores al the time of the alarming exodus some lit'le time b .ck, and encouraged by former success he has determined to spend at least the winter months there. Good wishes for his success and quick return were expressed, and altogether a very sociable and musical evening was spent He left Temuka ou Tuesday, The Temuka Football Club lose one of the best forward players in South Canterbury,

A Cass of Somnambulism. E iza Reyno'd*, aged 20. a housemaid In a family at Wallace, Victoria, find a strange experience the other night. She retire 1 to bed between ten and eleven, and dreamt that her mother, who lives at Cordons, was calling her. Jumping out of bed, she wrapped a buggy rug lying on the bed round her and left the house, and walked nearly five mites ia a stue of somnambulism. Near Gordons some dogs barking woke her. She had to cioss a large bridge on her way, the road loading toil being* very narrow, and if ehe bad missed it she would hay© fallen into the Moorabool River. She reached her parents’ place at about half-past three iu the morning, not much the worse for her adventure. A Newspaper Man in Trouble. From the Northern Courier we learn that Joseph Mackay, formerly owner of the Bruce Herald, and well known in every newspaper office in the South Island, has been getting into trouble in a very simp o way. He loft the money for some sum. monsea to be served, and when a young bailiff rode by and told him only one was served, Mackay offered him another Is. The baihff refused to take it or anything except the exact 10 Ihe wanted, Mackay got excited aud ©.lied him “a brat," for which not vpry heinous offanca he was actually fined by the intelligant magistrate £2 12s Bd, in default 14 days’ imprison ment. Mackay felt the injustice so keenly that he elected to “ take it out."

Treatment or Cows.—A. country corespondent of a contemporary writes : - A few wei-ks ago 1 noticed in yonr piper an article on the treatment of qiws during the winter months, especially drawing attention to the necessity of keeping them warmly housed. Now many farmers h£*ye not the time to spare from their other work to properly attend to their milch cows —md I think it might be interesting to sond you ray experience. 1 kept only two cows, and finding after cold nights that the milk was always short in the raorniog, four yeirs ago I had covers m'drand hive used them ever since, an! the cows though in a bleak situation and on'y getting chaff besides what they o>‘P pick np, milk remarkably tyell and keep i ■> splendid condition all through the winter. The covers are made of the same m 'terial as horse covers aqd do not cost more. Any one accustomed to make horse covers can m-k® them, Duping four yetr’s experience f have op'y had one oov«r come off once, and that time it roust have caught in a fence. Istrong’y recommend those who are unab'e or unwilling to house their cows during the winter to try covering them, as the pries of the cover was more than repaid in the first two months by the extra yield of milk and SYNOPSIS^QF AO^®BTia^MBNT3 Mrs Pearpoint, Geraldine—Wants a general servant. E, Lee, Arowhenua—Offers lOr reward fop petiprn of lost heifer. E. Burlpe, Qeraldipe-yfipvites traders for gorse cutting at Oraci, Oddfellows, Geraldine—Hold installation social on Thursday evening next. R. Darroch, Baker and Confectioner, Tomuka—Has reserved space for advertisement. J. Mundell & Co.—levite tenders for feeding off, with sheep, 35 acres turnips, together with 15 acres of tussock land.