LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2171, 5 March 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LtrcrY.—A. Wei ington wharf lumper named Price drew Matador in F. Ada ma' Fifty Thousand Sweep, and gets £3OOO. A Lady B.A..—Miss Kite Moss, who has passed the B.A. degree, is the first lady in Ot»go to take first section of the LL. B. degree. Beer Duty.-—The beer doty for ihe montu was £4627. The estimate for the year wos £54.000, of which £52,572 lias already been received.

Fatal Poisoning Case. The two-year-old daughter of a settler named Harwood, residing at the Kaik a( the Heads, Dunedin, died on Sunday from eating wax vestas. Mail SteaMEßS. The loft Plymouth for We lingion on the 27'h February, six dayß late. The Done left Uio oo Friday, homeward bound. Her meat was in goo 1 condition. Freezing Worids. ThQ Wellington Meal Kxpoifc Opmpaoy has accepted a teuder for the erection of new freizug works at a cost of some £|6,OQO. Mesßra Pall ser and Jones, of .Mipter (late of Timaru), are the successful tenderers.

Customs Uevehue.—The Customs dnty for February produced the largest amount taken in one month for some ten year?. The total Bras £14§,428 ? which brings tho revenue for eleven months up to £1,403,633, leaving only £8(5,000 to be collected this month *o realise the eatita&la.

Found Dead.—Harry Smith, a wellknown dairyman at Hokitika, lining op the south side of the river, was found dead on Tuesdaj on the river bank not iaf from where he landed from the ferry boat on Saturday. It is supposed he had a fit shortly after living the beat and never recoveffi^,The Ocean Mah. Service.—ln ooor nectjeo with the recent readjustment of the ocean mail the Coptic will be -Jeepatched on Saturday, the 4th of April, und thereaf'er tbe boats of the Shaw f Savill, and Albion Company and the Mew Zealaod Shipping Company will be despatched at intervals of a fortnight.

Harvest Thanksgiving. A harvest thanksgiving service takes place in the Preßbyterian Church, Geraldine, on Sunday nest. ManawatU Gorge Line.—The Government look over ttie Gorge line yesterday and the opening is definitely fixed for Monday next. Resigned.—Pastor Birch, of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, has resigned, ?Bd it is understood will not return from Australia.

Smuggling.—Frederick Arnold was on Tuesday sentenced to three months' imprisonment for attempting to smuggle tobacco to prisoners, and to a similar term for using obscene language to the gaol warder, the sentences to be concurrent. Sheep Dip. Operations commenced yesterday io Messrs Mundell & Co.'e new sheep dip, near their stock yards, in Temuka. The dip was found to answer admirably, and no doubt it will be largely availed of by the farmers, to whom it will prove a great convenience. Orari River Board.—Ratepayers in the Orari River Board District are reminded that an election of five members of the board will take place on the 24'h March, if a poll is necessary. Candidates must be nominated with Mr Wills, Returning Officer, before noon on the 17th March. Imperial Institute. Government have decided not to attempt to be represented at the mining exhibition io connection with the Imperial Institute, jwiog to want of preparation. It was also resolved, as Parliament has voted no money, it is out of the power of the Government to offar aid to the institute. Public Service Association. Mr J. ft. Fitzgerald, Controller and AuditorGonerali Wellington, has been elected president of the association. Messrs 11. Baethim, |R.M., Christchurcb, C. W. F. Chamberlain, Collector of Cuß'oms, Dunedio, Dr Giles, R.M., Auckland, and Mr G. S. Coiper, Under-Secretary, Wellington, were elected vice-presidentß. Insurance Companies.—The Standard Insurance) Company haa declared, a dividend of 7£ per cent.—The annnal report of the Equitable Insurance Company shows the expenditure to have exceeded the receipts by some £4OOO, and that the company has reared from the Australian business, The debit balance to profit and loss account now stands at £42,693 18* Id. Championship Regatta,—The Championship Regatta took p aca at on Monday, the weather being unfavorable, and the attendance small. Results : Champion Scull: Bridson (Wellington) 1, Biiley (Auckland) 2; Maiden Fours: 'Veiling on 1, Union (Wang'anui) 2, Wanganui 3; Junior Fours : Star (Wellington) 1, Union 2 aod 3 ; Ladies' Purs '. : Union 1, Wellington 2. On Tuesday the Champion Fours, postponed from Monday on account of the rough water, was got oft, Wellington wioniog, with Canterbury second, and Star third. The fuG Mana. —The tug Mana made a trial trip on Tuesday, among those on board beiag Mr Acton, chairman of the Timaru Harbor Board, Mess r s Gibson, Stumbles, and Hill, and Captain Woollcombe, members of the board, and the mayor, and all expressed themselves pleased with the way the engines and everything worked. The trip was made at a speed of 9 to 9| knots. Several toasts were drank, and Captain Vissar, of the barque Kutbio, a visitor, suid he regarded the port as perfectly safe, and would be glad to come back again whenever be could. Terrible Murder. The Melbourne correspoodent of the Otago Daily Times . gives a thrilling account of the murder of a husband and wife at a place called Narbethong, half way between Marysvilhj aod flealesville, in Victoria, An old man of 6S? years was discovered frightfully disfigured and dead io some fern off ihe roadside, while some distance away his wife was found murdered in her bed. The man was a laborer, but had the name of a miser, and was suspected of having a good deal of money in the house. He left a hotel io the neighborhood with a horse and cart, and carrying with him a box of tools for & carpenter who was removing to Healesville. The carpenter is missing, and is suspected of the murder.

Tonoan News.—ln a despatch to M. Moss, British Resident at Raratonga, thr Governor says that tbere are two pointe which require iaomediate settlement io ths affairs of the islands—the position oe Messrs Mason and Fearoe who were ex-f pel led ; and tbe regulation of prohibition of the liquor traffic. On the first quest/on Mr Moss is instructed to call a meeting, if the matter is not settled when he returns to She islands, and tell the Datives that they cinnot ohaDge then lawa at, w\U to the injury of Her Majesty's eubjects, and that they must pay compensation for the disturbance of Meesta Pesrce and Masou. UegsrdiDg ihe liquor traflice Lord Ons'ow regrets that the prohibitory law has been found to be inupractic b!e. The balief that the law passed on the 24th December wi 1 secure temperance in ihe true sense of the word, entitled it to a trial ; but Mr Moss is to watch its operation and report t-i His Excellency. The University , Ssnam. —At the University Senate at Chrittohurch on Tuesday, it was resolved, on tbe motion of S r Robert Stout, to alter the eeoior scholarship soheme,- reducing the amount to £SO, and increasing the number to nine iußtexd of six. The subjects are also to be altered. The question of altering the junior icholorship scheme by giving 5 to the classic d and 5 to the modern side was

diseased, aod referred to a committee. Tbe Senate decided that the senior scholarships are.not to be opoo to graduates qf the tfDiversity. The com* mjttpe on examination for certifioites in agriculture recommended that intimation be given that in 1892 the University will | be prepared to issue certificates io_agriculture to those who have kept two yea r s' terms at the School of Agriculture, Linoold, qr afi any other Bcb,ooJ of which the Senate may hereafter approve, and that the subjects for examination will be those now taught in the Lincoln College ; and in a like manner to issue certificates to students who have gone through a course of study at a School of Engineering and Technical Science in (,'anterbnry Qollege or in any other school or college of which the Senate may hereafter approve ; that a recess committee ba appointed to consider the question of preparing a scheme to alter "tbp regulations for the degree of bachelor of Scpnee f ao to allow these technical subjects to form part of the examination for that degree. The rc : oommp.ndation wbb adopted. The recess commfitfje Googists of Professor Shand, Dr Scofct, Uqu. W : Bqllßfton, 0. 0. Jioweo, and Sir li'ober'ti Stout, «

Football.—The annual meeting of the Wuibi Football Oiub will be hold in the' Wioches'ter Public Hall on Saturday evening, und all interested are invited to be present. Political.—The Government intend to make another attempt to modify the criminal law. A bill similar to that introdued by Mr To!e in 1886 will be laid before Parliament with such modifications us are necessitated by the lapse of time. The main object is to simplify processes of law and get rid of the verbiage which ditfigureß so many statutes. Amongst other measures in contemplation is a bill to establish a university college in Wellington. DiVOBCE.—At the Supreme Court, Christchurch, on Tuesday, Mr Justics Dennistoun granted a decree nisi in the divorce case Zimmerman v. Zimmerman, the husband's petition on tne ground of adultery. The evsdence showed that on July 3, 1888, the petitioner, John Zimmerman, was married to Annie Bland at Prebbloton. The two lived together at Lincoln as man and wife for about a couple of months, when Mrs Zimmerman went away to Ohtistchurcb, giving as a reason that ahe had forgotten a drees. When she returned her husband asked her where she had been. She replied that she did not like him, and that she was going away again. She then left ber husband, and has been living with James Flauk, a farmer residing at Cbaney's corner, ever Bince, and has had one child.

The Jhfanticidb Case.—At a meeting of the Cabinet on Monday afternoon the papers in the case of the women Flanag*o, mother and daughter, lying under sentence of death for child murder, at Christchurch, were considered, and they have uqw been forwarded to His Excellency the Governor at Auckland, The Government have arranged that a meeting of the Executive Council to be presided over by the Governor, and attended by-the Hons. Messrs Buckley and Cadman, shall be held at Auckland nest wetk, when the lite of the unfortunate women will be decided. It is understood that Ministers are io favor of commuting the death sentence, and that this course will be Btroogly urgel at the meeting of the Executive Council to be held in Auckland next week to consider the matter. The petition for the remission of the death sentence will be duly considered at the sime time. It is anticipated that the death sentence will be commuted into one of imprisonment for life.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Arowhenua Town Board—lnvites tenders for carting shingle. Getaldine Sports Committee—Entries close on Saturday next. Waihi Football Club—Annual meeting at Winchester on Saturday evening. Presbyterian Church, Geraldine—Harvest thanksgiving service on Sunday next. Wm. Wills, Returning Officer—Notice ie election of members of Orari River Boardl " S.C. Boird of Education—lnvite (endure for making additions to Upper Waitobi school.

Chriatchurch City Council—lnvite tenders for leasing 2000 at Kakahu in acres one or two blocfcp. Geraldine Domain Board Advertise authority of St. Patrick's Day Sports Association to charge for admission to Qeraldine Domain on the 17th March.

J. W. Miles, Stone Store, Temuka— Notifies that he will hold a great realising sale of Glendining & Debie's stock, commencing at the Stone Store on Saturday. Geraldiae County Council—lnvites tenders for construction of head race of Waitohi Wbteiworks, and for conatruotion of a stockbridge, etc,, near Pleasant Poiot. Glendining & Dobie—Notify that they have sold the whole of their stock of drapery and clothing at the Temuka branch to Mr J. W. Miles, of the Stone Store; all accounts owing to Glendining & Dobia to hi settled before Thursday first.