LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2150, 15 January 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bad Management.—- The Levels Road Board’s outstanding rates amount to £1915, and it has decided to sue all defaulters at once.

The Auckland Champion Meeting.— Poatlethwaite and flempton, who were selected as representatives of Canterbury, will be unable to attend the amateur athletic meeting at Auckland. Cricket. —A team will be selected tonight to pl»y for the Tomnka C.O. against the Pleasant Point C.O. on Saturday next iu Victoria Park, Temnka. A practice match will take place this afternoon at 3 o’c'ock if sufficient pLy-rs allend. Very Suspicions. —The Minister of Lands when at New Plymouth said ho saw the necessity of opening up the country, »nd his views on the milter are very popular in all parts of the district. A tourists’ house is to be erected half-way up Mount Egmont, and a good toad made, to enable visitors to ascend to the top without much labor. All for Five Shillings. —Before Biilio &'eele, at the Irvine Burgh Court, the other day a laboier named John Devlin was fi ied 5i for being found on the street in a elaie of intoxication. Prisoner —“1 think it is very severe for my first oft nee.” The FLcal—“Are you aware that two policemen, a migiatrate, clerk, and fiscal are all required in your case 1 It’s very cheap.” Superintendent Bain said it would take 5s to clean the prisoner.

Gisborne Harbor. — r The Gisborne Harbor Board has received Mr O’Connor’s report recommending a further expenditure of £20,000, which would provile a compact and convenient though email harbor, with a depth of from ten to twelve feet of water at low water, and fifteen to seventeen feet at high water ; also the carrying out of the Wall to the western side of the river to the same distance as the present pier. The board has now io hand cash aud material valued at £12,071, and plant which will uot be n quirod in cmyrngout the proposed work of the value of £11,390

Proposed American Tower, —A Peoria 1 paper informs its circle of readers (hat the * Columbus tower which is to De built at I the World’s Fair iu Chicago will be about j 15,000 feet high, with a diameter of 500 f feet at the base ; that it will be built on , the same plan «a the London -tower, and will be surmounted by a tremendous dome, where there will be a concert-hall ' and music in the air; that there will be ; eighteen elevators, two of which will run , e'ear of the dome ; that an hotel of 4000 rooms within the structure is part of the l plan. This seems to hi all settled, although the directors have not yet been ( able to settle down upon a site for any part of the exposition. Losx £sheep. —During the shearing of the Alford Estate fat sheep in November last a lot of 117 freezers wore taken one moonlight night from a splendid line of 360 four-tooth wethers that were awaiting the December engagements. The sheep were taken from a piddock in the Ashburton Porks district, and the thief must have carefully drafted them in the sheep yards that are close by, and to which thi public had been given free access. The sheep had been recently shorn, and showed quite distinctly the registered brand “TO,” and they also bore the station earmark. The pdica, of course, have the matter in hand, and it is to be hoped that the perpetrator of this impudent theft will be brought to justice. Sheep-sleaMng has become so general in the district Iliac owners are considering the advisablenesa of forming an organised m iana of protection. Press. The Dairy Expert —Mr Sawers, the Government Dairy Inspector, has forwarded to ihe Minister of Lamia his report for December, in which he stated that he visited during the month the Flemmgton nod Waireka Dairy Facloiios, at Ashburton

and Oimaru respectively, Messrs Bruce’s, Odell’s, Oi’eckley’s, and Wilkie’s dairies at Akaroa, He visited Dunedin on the sth and the 28th on important du'iea connected with the South Island Dairy Association. His work during the month has been principally confined to Bmk’s Peninsula, and at the dairies and factories mentioned as being visited he give ocular demonstration in thj art of cheese and butter making, MrSawers spent an average of eleven hours a day at the dairies on Banks’ Peninsula. He concluded bis report by saying that, as it will be necessary for him to devote at least two months more to eff-sct much reform in dairy practices where he now is, and as he is not yet in a position to say definitely what ought to ba done to promote the industry’s well-being, he defers entering into details at present. ■

Fire. —A fire in Wilson street, Wanganui, yesterday morning, gutted an eightroomed house, owned and occupied by Mrs Miller. The furniture, insured for £l5O, whs all saved; the house was insured for £250 in the London, Liverpool and Globe.

Aggrieved Cabmen. —The Auckland cibmoo have boycotted the tjuean Street Wharf in consequence of the Harbor Board levying a toll of 61 each on chHh going on to the wharf. This necessitates passengers carrying their luggage from the vessels to the end of (be wharf. Crown Lands. —The total area of Crown land open for selection in the South Island on the 31st December was 444,985 acres, 204 642 being surveyed and 240,343 unsurveyed. The allocation ef land was as follows : rayed and unsurveyed) 44,680 and 90,400; Marlborough 2,192 and 10,280 j Canterbury 9690 and'29,548 ; Otago 66,895 and 3,200 ; Southland 70.350 and 30,000; Westland 10,835 and and 16,917.

Floods in the Manchester Ship (’anal —Another disaster has befallen the Manjhester Ship Canal, the Irwell breaking into tbe Salford Docks in consequence of heavy flrods, and filling them with 30ft: of water. A similar fata has befallen the Barton and Irlam Locks. At Latchford Look the water has risen to tbe height marked by the previous fl rod.

Wodld-be Settlers in New Zealand. —An Auckland settler who has been on a visit to Nova Scotia reports that a number of families in: that colony, comprising about 200 persons, are desirous of becoming settlers in New Zealand, and wants to know what assistance the Government can grant to that end. The matter will be brought before Parliament.

A Salt Lake. —The saltest piece of water upon earth ia, according to Consul-General Steward, the lake of Urumia, in Persia, situated more than four thousand feet above the sea level. It is much salter than the Dead Sea, the water being found on analysis to contain nearly 22 per cent, of salt. The lake ia eighty-four miles long and twenty-four broad, and its northern coasts are encrusted with a bolder of salt, glittering white in the sun. It is said that no living thing ean survive in it except a very small species of jally fish. An Unfounded Rumour. —On Tuesday last a messenger arrived at the Christchurch police station with the alarming intelligence that a mm had been murdered by a woman in a house in Wind mill Road, Sydenham. Oo a detachment of police, under Inspector Pender, arriving on the scene, it was found that the report was untrue. A man and woman living in the house hue quarrelled, and the woman struck her naramour on the head with a teapot, inflicting a slight wound over the temple. Another womm who was present at the time got frightened and sent the alarming message io the polios.

Stabbing Case in Timaru. —ln Ttinam last Tuesday evening a stabbing case occurred on board the barque Rialto. Two Norwegian tailors named Olsen and Hooper had been ashore drinking, and • fter returning on board quarrelled, and Olsen stabbed Hooper six times i a the neck arid che-it with a sheath knife. Medical assistance was obtained and the wounds attended to, but Hooper lost a great deal of blood. One wound in the chest is considered dangerous. Oo his arrest (Jlsen averred he knew nothing of ihe affiir. He was brought up at the R. M. Court and reminded until Monday next. ,

Acclimatisation Society.—A special meeting of tlie Council of the Geraldine Ooupty Acclimatisation Society was held in the Crown Hotel, Temuki, on Tuesday, *t 4.30 p.m. Mr A. M. Clark, (lie president, occupied the chair, and explained that the object of the meeting whs to consider the resignation of the secretary, Mr Aepinill. The resignation was accepted with regret, the same to be recorded on the minutes, Mr R. Pinckney was elected interim secretary, and it was resolved that a special meeting should be summoned for Monday evening at 8 o’clock to elect a permanent secretary: A vote of lhaoka to the chai--maa terminated the meeting.

3 Nobblebs ” at Work.—The Napier t Evening News hie the- foilowiog :—The t nobbling process has begua. A few 1 weeks ago it was reported that Mr Srai'h, 1 .VI. H. R. of Taranaki, had declared himself, 1 and forthwith the Government show a * mighty interest in the alleged coal raeal sures at Urenui, iu his electoral diatric. ' A real live Minister, he who hia gained 1 the title, “Agdnst Linds,” has been * despatched to do the “ nobb'ing,” and he ia to he helped by (hat well-experienced • “ rat ”Mr Samnel, of New Plymouth. If 1 .Mr Smith is wise he will make b : g terms ’ for his vote. The Government are in such a perilous state that even one vote is : of iram u nse importance to them. Who • knows, perhaps Mr Smith might b* able i to get the Harbor Board loan taken over as a national obliguion. Mr Smith ought, in the interests of poor little Tara.mk', to i make the “ nobblers ’’ pay a high price. Temuka Floral and Horticultural Society.—A meeting of the committee of this society was held at the secretary’s office on Tuesday evening. The secretary reported that the takings at the late show amounted to £3O, which was considered very satisfactory. Various prizes not appearing in the printed schedule, amounting to £5 12s 61, were voted; ail accounts in connection with the late show >vere passed for payment, and a bonus of five guineas granted to the secretary, Mr Qentlemun’s priz) for most punts in vegetables, Class A, was awarded to Mr J. T. M. Hayhurat, who scored one point more than Mr John Pye ; Mr H. T. Clinch’s prize for most points in vegetables, Glass B, was awarded to Mr J. W. Pye ; Mr D, Henry’s priz3 for moat points in cut flowers, Class B, was awarded to Mr Jas. Oow ; Mr T. Barr’s prize for most points in fruit, Class B, was awarded to

Mr J. W. Pye ; and Mr A. 15 J. Lowe’s przss for most po’n's in cut flowers, classes A and B,gained by local exhibitors, were awarded to Messrs G. Smith and H. T. Clinch respectively. The secretary was instructed to pay all prizis won at the late show on and after Friday, the 16 h inst. Special votes of thanks were accorded to all those who lent staging 1 , to the special prize fivers, to the judges, Messrs Batty and Pye for assistance rendered on the show day, to the Rev. Gillies, and Messrs J. T. M. Havhurat and Lowe for plants and cut flivera forwarded for exhibition only, and to the chairman of committee (Mr P. Wareing) and hon, treasurer (Mr Danu) for the, active interest taken by them in the affiira of the society. A small credit bilance will be carried forward to next year.

Tired of It. —Sir F. Whitaker leaves Auckland for Wellington to-day. This, says a Press Association telegram, is the last visit he will make to the seat of Government in any political capacity, as ho intends to resign. A Year’s Work. —The number of number of civil cases tried in the Dunedin Resident Magistrate’s Court last year was 1593, resulting in the recovery of £14,252, or slightly less than one-half the aggregate amount sued for. Champion Wrestler of New Zealand.—The Otago Caledonian Society’s gold medal for the wrestling championship of New Zealand was on Monday presented by Mr Dawson, M.H.R., to Duncan C. Ross, who was first in the Cornish and Devonshire and Catch-'ts-catch-can styles. The Whitaker-Hlxchison Case. The Commission appointed to take evidence at Auckland on the Hutchison charges has closed its sittings. The witnesses examined ore : Messrs W. Hodge, R. J. Duncan, Withy, jun., J. L. Kelly, Sk Mundy, and Rigg of the Bank of New Zealand. Sir P. Whitaker declined to give evidence before the action in the Court. Onr Exports.— The values of the principal agricultural exports far the years 1889 and 1890 are respectively as follow : —Wool, £3,976,375 and £4,150.499 ; meat, £890,140 and £1,238,644 ; butter, £146,840 and £122,690; cheese, £67,105 and £64,986 ; grain, £970,659 and £1.007,025 ; totals, £6,051,125 and £6,603,844. The wool and meat returns do not include sheep and rabbit skins, bacon, bams, hides, tallow, live stock ; and grain does not include bran, chaff, flour, hops, oatmeal, potatoes, seeds, etc., and all these smaller items are increasing year by year.

Charity in Christchurch. The second annual meeting of subscribers to the City Mission Home was held at Christchurch on Monday night, Mr Justice Dennistoun presiding. Mr Herrick's report stated that 22,317 meals and 6499 beds had been provided during the year. Including rent the cost of each meal was about 2d, a large quantity’of food having been given to the home. £6l 2a 5d had been expended in outdoor relief, and 250 gallons of soup and 300 loaves of bread given away during the winter. The {Sewing class, the Dorcas Society, and the Self-he'p Club were very successful. The receipts were £458, and expenses £453. Alleged Illegal Elections. —A copy of the petition against the return of Mr Allen for Te Aroha has been lodged at thr Supreme Court. It a leges that Mr Allen did nor, by letter or telegram, signify his consent to his nomination ; that he did not appoint scrutineers for each or any ballot-box ; that an agent working on his behalf gave money to electors to vote for Allen, and that a canvasser was employed at £4 per week to promote his return. Judges Prendergast and Williams will hear the petition against the return of Mr Joyce for Akaroa, and Judges Prendergast and Connolly that against Mr Allen. Temhka Mechanics’ Institute. —A committee meeting of this institute was held on Tuesday evening, Messrs J. Blyth (chairman), Gentleman, Coira, W. Storey, sen., and (V. S’orey, jun. (secretary), being present. It was decided that the librarian should be requested to get in all outstanding accounts, and band the same to the secretary, as early as possible j also that the annual meeting should be held on the 3rd February, the same to be called by advertisement. The subscription list re new books was handed in, and it was decided to keep it open for the present. The librarian handed in £4 lls, part of the amount subscribed for new books. Matters of minor importance were dealt with, and the meeting terminated.

3 Tna Small Birds’ Nuisance.—At the * last meeting of the Levels Road Board the ' overseer reported that the quantity of ‘ poisoned grain prepared for the season 7 just ended was 16 bushels of broken and k and crushed wheat and half a ton of " shelled oats, at a net cost of £24 Is 2d. Ninety-five pounds had been paid for r eggs this year, nearly twice as much as j last year. He received no less than 749 r dozen on one day. Mr Mee said if more , energetic measurer were not taken they p might as well stop grain-growing. Mr [ Bilfour said a Milford settler told him he could poison the birds by thousands, preparing the grain himself, but it was I not much use one man doing it. He (Mr , Balfour) thought it would be better for , the local bodies to take the matter in hand and mike a systematic attack oo the • birds in the proper season by a general , distribution of poison. Mr Mee declared that the birds were worse than the rabbits , Up his way a chain or more of the crops along the fences were cleaned out. The , birds were breeding in millions—were breeding even yet—and the purchase of eggs had no effect except just around the townships. It would be necessary, in case the local bodies took up the distribution of po : son, to obtain legal power to enter on property for the purpose, as there were some large owners who objected to poisoning, and some of them had large plantations and other shelter where the birds were breeding. Husband and Wife —How should « wife treat her husband when the period of the honeymoon is over 7 Should all those

sweet graces wtrch won his regard in the days of courtship bs relegated to the never-to-be-repeated experiences of the past, or should she remember (hat her partner in life has a memory >hat is apt to remind him (as Woman puts it in (he course of a pleasant article) of the 1 girl he left behind him’ 1 The highest part of a mm’s nature ; its chivalrous aide, is roused when his days are set lo the tune wb : ch love’s music plays. Can it then be wondered at if the oasis—the time of wooiog—be surronnded and hallowed by tenderest memories of bis heart’s mistress. Hard, dry, crusty man of business ns the years have made him, yet the passing sight of a pair of youthful lovers will bring back bis girl’s face and form, her loving little ways and looks, and he wonders, with pitiful vagueness, where she lias gone. Complacent matrons of dignified mien, spare one little moment for the present—the world will not fall to pieces while yon do so—just one fleeting moment, to put your head on ycur husband’s shoulder in the old, forgotten fashion ; and do not be ashamed of murmuring a few tender words in the lowered tones once so sweet to both of you. Yon will each be the stronger, the better able for life’s fray and worries afterwards ; and he, the breadwinner, will go about with the new-born conviction that the girl he has left so far behind him is not altogether lost to him. I

Earthquake—A. n fcher severe shock of earthquake was felt in the Wellington oil; at 11.39 on Tuesday night. At the signal station and heads the shook was unusslly sharp and accompanied by a loud rumbling noise. The directeon was uncertain as it was more of the nature of upheaval or /jerk. The Next English Cardinal. The Pope has announced his intention of oocferring the seat m the , Sacred College rendered vacant by the death of Cardinal Newman upon Monsignor Edmund S onor. Tnisgentleman ia the son af the late Lord Oamoys, and uncle of tho present peer. The Stonora are one of the oldest Catholic families in England, and a direct ancestor of the new cardinal took hie place in the House of Lords as a baron in the reign of Bicbard 11. Monsignor Edmund Sionor, a Canon of St. John’s Luteran, was raised to the Archbishopric of Treb'zond by Leo XIII., and three of hie sisters entered nunneries. He ia a great favorite as well as a considerable power at the Vatican. The immediate cause of his elevation to the Sacred College is the diminution of the number of English cardinals by the death of Cardinal Newman, and the hope* leas mental condition of Cardinal Howard. A Good Physician. —After a lung and painful illness, Professor von Nusbaum, the specialist for nervous diseases,' has died at Munich at the age of sixty-one. Besides being the first authority in Ilia branch of science on the Comment, he was, says a correspondent of aa English exchange, one of (he noblest of men. He was himself a great sufferer from nerves, and for the last ten years of his life could not move about except in a chair, and attended the numerous patients who came to him at his onlebrated establishment by using a lift. Though bis wealthy patients paid him handsomely, he did not amass the smallest fortune, but gave away with one band what he took with the other. Two floors of his spacious house were reserved for paying patients, while the upper storeys belonged to the poor, many hundreds of whom he kept for months until he could d amiss them cured of tbeir painful diseases. Mind ia him had so far attained the mastery over matter that, however ill be might be, suffering seemed to cease when he prepared for an operation,' aud bis hands were then as steady as those of the healthiest mao in Bavaria. The heat medicine Known is Sandeb aud Sons’ Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent poweiful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of. all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy--no swelling—no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, &c., diarrhoea, dysentry diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article, and reject all other* Holloway’s Ointment and Fills.— Notable* Facts. the annoyances of Skin disease, and encourages the development of febrile disorders ; therefore they should, as they may,be removed by these detergent and purifying preparations. In stomach complaints, liver e Sections, pains and spasms of the bowels; Holloway’s ointment; iroll rubbed over the affected pare immediately gives the greatest ease, prevents congestion and inflammation, checks the threatening diarrhoea* and averts incipient cholera. The poorer inhabitants of large cities will find these remedies to be their best friend when any pestilence rages, or when from unknown causes eruptions, boils, abscesses, or ulcerations b stoke a the presence of taints of impurities within the system, and call for instant and effective curative medicines.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS

Jas. Paterson cutting, stookiog, and stacking, Temuka High School Commissioners— Want a secretary ; particulars from Mr W. Storey. Educational Miss Wethey, Ashton House, Temuka, will begin school duties on Tuesday, Jan. 27th. H. B. Webster & Co.—Are buyera of potatoes for coming season ; will make arrangements for purchase of this crop.