LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2208, 30 May 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waitohi Fiat Library. —The annual meeting in connection with the Waitohi Flat Library wili be held in the schoolroom on Monday evening, at 7.30.

Gift Auction at Temuka. This evening a gift auction in aid of the fund being raised to defray the cost of enlarging the Wesleyan Parsonage takes place in the Temuka Volunteer Hall, and a large attendance is hoped for. Live and dead stock, grain, fancy goods, etc., are among the gifts received, and a large sum should be netted. The live stock will be sold at 4 o’clock, and the auction will take place at 9 o’clock.

Not Credible. —The Press says “A report has been in circulation for some time, and is published in the evening paper to-night, that Mr Geo. Hutchison, M. H.R., has written to the Ministry formally intimating that he must no longer be regarded as a supporter. The wish is, perhaps, father to the thought with the Preae. Yesterday’s Lvttelton Times states that the Hon. Mr Billanca has received do such intimation, 1

V.«&sv*,v Jfftruoa. Tbbcuka.—The Bar . J. Dellow will conduct the morning and evening services in the above church tomorrow, and will preach at Waitohi m the afternoon.

Comit® Bnteetaimbnt. —In our advertising columns Mr B. 1. Smith, known as the “ Second Gough,” announces that he is coming to Temuks. His elocutionary powers are of a very high order, and he has been greeted with crowded audiences in other places. Soibbb AT Ghbaldinb.—lhe annual soiree

in connection with the Presbyterian Church will be held next Thursday evening in the Volunteer Hall. After tea speeches will be delivered by members of the Presbytery and other ministers, and some selections will be given by a strong choir. The Edwards’ Case. —ln the Edwards’ ease at Wellington on Wednesday Mr GullyJ obtained leave to appeal to the Privy Council. It is understood Government intend to send Home the papers necessary for placing the esse before the Privy Council by next mail. The Railways.—The railway receipts

for the four weeks ended April 25thi amounted to £89,640, and the expend!* ture to £50,942. Passengers showed a decrease of 55,062 cenopared with the same period of 1890, but in live stock and goods, except wool and grain, there was an increase. 841 fewer balea of wool were carried and 12,562 fewer tons of grain. A Stray Boat.— Dredge 222 picked up a whale boat about 20ft long outaide the Otago Heads. The boat is lined with kauri, painted lead-color and green inside,

and white and black out. The step of ihe mast and part of a thwart had been carried away. From the stern bung a rope, attached to which was a kadge anchor heavily weighted with barnacles. No name was on the boat, nor was there anything to assist in her identification.

Racing Swindle.—At the town and

suburban races at Napier on Monday a "dark horse” entered in the name of Carmo won two events. The horse came somewhere from tne south, the nominated owned being Ferric. After the second race was won, and before the tOcaliaator baid out, a protest was entered on the grotsnd that Carmo was the horse Pro Tern or Warepa, disqualified for ever iu Dunedin in 1886. The stewards impounded the stakes and totalieator money pending enquiry. Afterwards they announced that the protest was sustained, and disqualified Carmo and Ferris. They will take further evidence as to the participation in the swindle by others. An Original Mind. The dog tax collector for the Wallace County Council, in a report, says ; —“I would suggest that instead of striking a rate, if you would go prospecting in the Loogwood or elsewhere, and strike a good rich quartz reef, and thereby raise sufficient funds to construct roads and bridges, pay salaries, and in abort to carry oat ail functions of the Council, you would glad the heart of every ratepayer, and the showers of blessing* falling around would quickly clothe with blooming daisies your now thorny path. Bo it also known to j oar council that there are several individuals in the OUutau Riding who are cunning as foxes, and who wonld barter away their sools for balf-a-crown, and your bumble servant is waiting for instructions from yonr council to bring said individuals before His Honor Justice Rawson.” Charge Against a Constable. —Before the Resident Magistrate at Ashburton .on Thursday Constable Smart was charged with improper conduit and neglect of duty during the races last month. The principal charges were refusal to stop or eject persona betting when requested to do so by the stewards ; refusal to take iuto custody persona using obsecene and insulting language to the secretary, and insolent conduct towards the stewards ; and betting himself, the aims being forbidden on the course by advertisement and placard. On the constable’s application the case was adjourned for a week. A complaint was made by the Ashburton Racing Club to the sergeant in charge of the district, and the constable claimed an inquiry before the Resident Magistrate, an information in terms of the complaint being laid by Inspector Pender.

Something Worth Knowinu.—ln the Oil and Colournaan’a Journal appears a letter from MrW. 0. Field, who, writing from Sutton-on-Trent, says ; —“ There is scarcely a week but we see in the papers fires from petroleum oil—which in many cases prove fatal. 1 feel sere you will be pleased to let the public know how easily and instantly suck fires can be put out. Having had my attention drawn to the subject in the Oil and Coionrman’s Journal of Feb. 2, 1891, I put the suggestion made therein to test twice, and found it perfectly correct. Thus putting about half a pint of petroleum in a fat tin, and placing it in the garden, I set it well alight by throwing half a dozen boxes of safety matches all ablaze into the oil, and let it burn up for some time. Next 1 took a small sooopful of flour and shook it into the burning oil, and to my surprise, as soon as the flour fell upon the flame and covered it, the fire was put out. The second time 1 put more oil and more matches, and that was extinguished just as quickly.” The Light., Brigade.—The committee of the Light Brigade Belief Fuad have issued their report, from which we learn that, in response to the appeal made to the public on behalf of the survivors of the fanfms charge, a total sum of more than £t!7so has been subscribed. The task of distributing that amount among the survivors has, the committee state, revealed the unexpected existence of many more balaclava heroes than were at first believed to be living. Whereas, when the fand was first instituted, it was supposed that the survivors did not number more than a score, it has now been ascertained that there are over a hundred of them. It is satisfactory, however, to learn that only a small proportion of these men are in a condition of extreme destitu-

tion, although many of (hem are so far straitened in circumstances as to be held

to have a legitim de claim upon a fund instituted for the benefit of the whole body. The oommittea have .endeavored, by a system of classification, to exercise a jus l discretion between the respective needs of the veterans, while it is proposed to devote the balance of the fund to providing small annuities for the most aged necessitous, who, as death removes them, will in turn be replaced by others. It will, no doubl, be a source of gratification to subscribers to the fund to learn that ‘ 1 the great majority are an eminently selfrespecting and honorable body of men, whose hard struggle against poverty it has been a pleasure in some measure to I alleviate,” *

Grown Lands Salil,—A sale of Crown lands at Dunedin yesterday attracted a largo gathering, and bidding wsa spirited, particularly for pint oral properties and sections in Herbert township. I County Council Elections. Ratepsyera are reminded that candidates to fill the vacancy on the Geraldine County Council caused by the resignation of Mr J, Guild must be nominated with Mr E. Pilbrow, Temnka, at or before noofi to-day. Ailoat, —The schooner Opotiki, which was stranded during a heavy gala a fortnight ago on Petana beach, near Napier, , was successfully floated last Tuesday night without any damage except a slight injury to her rudder.

Death or a Pioneer.— The'jdeath is annouucad of Charles Pitt Cb jlmondaiey, one of the original founders of Canterbury settlement, who arrived in one of the "first four ships,” 16th December, 1850. He was 61 years of age, and never mar* tied. His death was due to a species of paralysis. Suffered Unjustly.— ln 1888 John Baldwin, a newspaper editor in Gisborne, was aeot to gaol, where he died, for having published a libel on one John Bourke, town c'erk, whom he accused of embezzlement. Since then Bourke has been convicted of embezzlement, and every one slid that Baldwin bad suffered unjustly, it now appears that Bourke bad not embezzled before Baldwin was convicted.

The English Derby.—At Epsom on Wednesday the race for the Darby Stakes resulted as follows * Common 1, Gouverneur 5, Martinhurst 3. The race was run in pouring rain. After going a mile Gouverneur was in command, and kept the lead till a quarter of a mile from home, when Common went up and won in a canter by two lengths. Mar(inhuart was a bad third. Time, 2min 56 4-sths sec. The Opposition.— lt appears to be ganeraliy understood (saya the Press) now that the opposition party have abandoned the idea of electing Mr Bryce leader, and that the majority are in favor of choosing Captain Bussell for that post. Others, however, are still in favor of a Managing Committee, and there will be a sharp fight over the question at the first Opposition caucus, which is to be held directly Parliament assembles.

Labor.—J. R. McDonald, a delegate from the Australian Sbeareis’ Union, now ia Auckland, states that the Queensland shearing must come off in two months, and the pastoraiists must come to terms if the unionists hold out so long. Mr McDonald goes throughout New Zealand to interest the trades unions and the public iu the shearing difficulty, chiefly with a view to prevent shearers in this colony aiding tbe pastoraiists. Acclimatisation.— At a meeting of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on Thursday evening tbe chairman said he did not think it would be any use to obtain more feathered game as stoats end weasels cere being brought here by every steamer. Letters were read from Hawera, Geraldine, Marlborough, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Southland, and Gisborne societies enclosing cheques amounting to £2B 6e towards tbe expenses of the prosecution in the Maori fishing cases. Salvage. —ln the Supreme Court, Wellington, yesterday morning the Chief Justice delivered judgment in tbe casff Richardson and others versus the owners of the ship Rangiiikni, a claim for salvage arising In Napier roadstead, where the ship was in danger through dragging her anchor. His Honor decided that £IOOO shall be paid to the owners, masters, and crews of the steamers Fanny and Ahuriri, whp went to the assistance of the Rangitikei. The judgment carries costs.

The Rabbit Nuisance.—la Timaru yesterday James Robertson Scott was charged with having neglected to destroy rabbits oo bis ran in the Mackenzie Country. The evidence was to the effect that he bad been given notice by the Chief Inapector to commence destroying the rabbits not later than the let of May last, und he bad not done so. After a good deal of discussion His Worship decided to treat the case—the first in the district — aa one of caution, and fined the defendant £ls, the penalty to include the costs of the prosecution.

A Queer Fish.—-A carious fish was stranded on Wednesday at O’Kain’s Bay, and brought to Lyttelton. It is 20 feet long, 16 inches through at the thickest part, and resembles an immense frost fisb. It has no scales or teeth, two small fins, and a large head, with several suckers about 3 fast long attached. Yesterday's Lyttelton Times says :—The curious fish found on the beach at Okain’s Bay is a tibbonfiah— Regalecui. Professor Hutton etatss that, according to the descrip ion given it is a remarkably fine specimen. He has not seen it yet, and so is unable to say which of the two species —Megalecus argentms and Begalecm Pad ficus—it belongs. The difference between the two is slight, consisting mainly of variations in the number of the “ feelers ” and the rays of the fins. The ribbon fi,h ie a deep sea fish, and is yery seldom captured. More specimens have been obtained in New Zealand than in any other part of the world, though the fish is distributed very widely throughout the oceans. Only about a dozen specimens ace extant, and five o'f these including that just found, have been obtained on the shores of New. Zealand. One was found sfc Nelson, two on the Otago Coast, and two in Canterbury. Coe of those last is now in the Canterbury Museum. It belongs to the species Pacifieus, and is not so la r ge as the most recent specimen, being about 12ft 91'a long, It was found on the New Brighton beach, and was presented to the Museum by the late Mr George Oram. The only occasions on which ribbon fishes have been caught are those on which they have been driven ashore.

A Boon.—We understand the South British Tea Company’s pure teas have been introduced into this district. They are free from any excess of astringeaoy.—Adyt. Countess, .Duchess, Princess, Empress, are the registered names of the New Teas. Free from any excess of astringenoy.—Adrt. Holloway’s Pills.— Teachings of Experience.—The uuited testimony of thousands, extending over more than forty years, most strongly recommends these Pills as the best purifiers, the mildest aperients, and the surest restoratives. They never prove delusive, or give merely temporary relief, but attack all ailments of the stomach, lungs, heart, head, and bowels in the only safe and legitimate way, by cleansing the blood, and so eradicating those impurities which are the source aod constituent of almost every disease. Their medicinal efficacy is wonderful in renovating enfeebled constitutions. Their action embraces all that is desirable in a household medicine They remove every noxious and effete matterj and thus the strength is nurtured and the allergies stimulated.

BYNOP3I9 OF ADVERTISEMENTS. W. Brogden—W i its a good ploughman, Weslayan Obm-cli, Pemuka— Services for to-morrow. T. Markham, G.ua dins—His 40 -civs turnips to let. Geraldine Town Board—ln vile lenders for 200yda shingK Geraldine Prosbyferian Clinrch—Annual soiree on Thursday nex 1 Geraldine Lodge of Masons—N t’Ci re funeral of late Bru. W. Young. W. M. Wise, Gera dine—Notice of removal aud re boots left for repairs, W. Waters, Undertaker, Geraldine— Notice ie funeral of Lfca M> W. Young. Dr Neil, Botanic Dispensary, Timiru Idertisea a number of “ winter friends,” md publishes lists of agents for his preparations, oto.

Davies and Murphy, Timaru—Notify that they are now show’ng a large assortment of ladies j icket.*, millinery, cretonnes, etc., and qurte prices. Arthur Gabitea, The Corner, Timaru— Announces attivil of apeoi.il consignment of men’s and boys’overcoats, suits, etc., and quotes prices ; special notice re boots and shoes.

J. W. Pye, A 1 Drapery Establishment, Geraldine—(Jallsa'tt-n'ion so season’d stock of general draper;, clothing, boots and shoos, and faijcy goods, and invites inspection of sam*. J. Mimdoll and Co,—Have appointed Mr Daniel Geaney theirjstockman for the Tinsarn, Temuka, and "Pleasant Point districts; publish entries for Temuka stock sale on Tuesday.

A. E. Cox and E. B. Guinness—Sail sheep, cattle, etc., at Temuka on Tuesday. In conjunction with N.Z. L. and M.A. Co., se'l live and dead stock, furniture, etc., oa account of ilr A. tiawdon at Psel F.neet on 6'h June. O. W, Qimson—Notifies that lie has disposed of his business at Winchester as butcher, baksr, and genar.d storekeeper, to Messrs Opie and Sous, and solicits for them a con'inuaucs of past support; Opie and Sens notify that they will keep only tbs best description of goo is, and for the bakery department have engaged a first-class baker.