LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2227, 14 July 1891, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Co-operation. —The working men of Waimate have held a meeting and have determined on establishing a Co-operative Society. Tbmuka Stock Sale, The fortnightly sale of stock at Temuka takes place to-day. A number of lines to be offered are advertised in another column. Prohibition. —A monster petition is being got up in Dunedin praying Parliament to pass an Act giving the people the direct veto in granting public-house licenses. The Ashburton Tragedy.— Mr and Mrs Moss were alive by latest accounts. Mrs Moss is progressing favorably towards recovery, but Moss himself is in a doubtful condition. Arthur Cl.vmpett. —-This gentleman, who not long ago made himself famous by representing himself as a brother of J. L. Sullivan and taking to religion, is advertised to appear in Christchurch next Thursday as a singer. Pleasant Point Library. —The entertainment in aid of the above Library fund was very successful. The chief feature of it was a sketch entitled “ The shingle shifters,” being a skit on the

Timaru shingle question. Misappropriation.— Richard Butt, an Oamaru solicitor, was arrested! last Saturday on a charge of misappropriating the moneys of the Co-operative Store Company. He was brought before the Court yesterday and remanded. Entertainment at Tbmuka. —An entertainment in aid of the prize fund of the Temuka District High School takes place in the Volunteer Hall on Friday evening. The programme is a first-rate one, the pupils filling the first part of it. The second part will consist of songs and glees by well-known amateurs, find tlfe entertainment will conclude with a laughable comedy. The Volunteer Hall should be well .filled on the occasion. i

Fatal Accident. —Thomas Treloar was killed at the Glenoamaru tunnel of j the Gatlin’s river railway through a piece of wood striking him while blasting a log with dynamite. He lived three hours. He leaves a wife and family in Dunedin. Want to Know. —The South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board have let a large contract for repairs to immigration barracks. The Builders’ Association now want to know why tenders were not called for the work. Railway Mismanagement. —ln view of the statement that large sums are being sent out of the colony for railway sleepers, surprise is expressed at it in Invercargill, where thousands of creosoted ones are lying for years unused and stacked alongside the Bluff line. This is the way to make the railways pay. Members’ Movements. —Messrs Joyce, Tanner, Carncross, and Buick, went to Parihaka and received a hearty welcome from Te Whiti and Tohu. The members, through an interpreter, had a long talk with the chiefs. They have gone to Hew Plymouth to view the famous ironsand. Mr Hall-Jones has returned to Timaru.

Accident. —A son of Mr Geo. Phillips, the caretaker of the cemetery at Temuka, was kicked in the face by a horse on Thursday. His injuries were such as to cause his parents the greatest alarm, but after being attended to by Dr Blunden, who was at once sent for, the little fellow recovered consciousness, and is now doing well.

Female Franchise. —A well attended meeting was held in Dunedin in support of granting franchise to women. Sir R. Stout, Mr Downie Stewart, M.L.0., and a number of leading men were present. Resolutions were unanimously passed in favor of granting women equal rights in deciding social and political questions by giving them the franchise. Alleged Infanticide. —The body of a male child just born was found on the premises at North Belt, Christchurch, on Saturday afternoon, occupied by Mr Amos, a tinsmith. His daughter Mary Jane, aged 22, was found ill in bed, h iving been confined recently. The child’s body was removed to the police depot, where an inquest began on Monday morning. Mr Pender stated that the girl had confessed to Dr Ovenden that she was the mother of the child. The inquest was adjourned till Friday; meanwhile the girl was removed to the hospital for attention. Drs Ovenden and Mears having made a post mortem examination found that the child had breathed, but had not been properly treated, the umbilical cord having been broken. Exorbitant Charges. The statement is still maintained that the Public Trust Commission persisted in demanding £lO each per diem for services, or £750 per man in all, which, with the cost of reporting, printing, &c., makes up a grand total of £5250. It is now reported, however, that the Government, after long and earnest negotiations, have succeeded in beating down the Commissioners’ demands by one-third, viz., to £SOO each, and that a special Act will be introduced to legalise a payment -which would not otherwise be made, as all three Commissioners are precluded from accepting it, Mr Macdonald by being a member of Parliament, and the other two by twelve months not having elapsed since they were members of the House. It is believed, however, that the labor members of the Ministerial party will not agree to pass a Bill giving such large payment to the Commissioners, and it is thought that no larger sum than £250 each will be passed by the House. That is enough. “ Mangling Done Here !” —The Rev. W. 0. Wood, on Sunday evening last, at the Primitive Methodisr Church, Geraldine, preached a very practical sermon on the peculiar subject of “ Mangling done here.” The subject having aroused the curiosity of many, the rev. gentleman was favored with a very large congregation. He considered life as a great mangling process, through which the material (humanity) after having been well prepared, was passed. There were two great systems at work in life : the one was the system of destruction, which emanated from the blackest depths of hell, and was manipulated by the great arch-fiend ; the other was the system of improvement, which emanated from heaven, the palace of purity, and was guided by the hand of Christ. He gave some very graphic illustrations of how the' subjects for passing through the great arch-fiend’s mangle were prepared, and during the course of his sermon referred to the fact that a lady football team was about to tour the colony, and strongly denounced it as nothing less than pandering to low morality. Presentations. The committee, teachers, and scholars of the Papanui District School assembled on ‘Saturday

I afternoon for the purpose of presenting a marble time-piece, suitably engraved, to Mr T. Hughes (head master) and a tea service to Mrs Hughes on the occasion of their removal to the new school recently erected at Waltham. Mr T. S. Weston, chairman of the Board of

Jduuucibiuii, sum an upuiugy 101 ins nouattendance. Mr E. Leversedge presented the time-piece to Mr Hughes, and Mrs Newnham (infant mistress) presented the tea service to Mrs Hughes. In acknowledging the presentations, Mr Hughes bespoke for Mr Hardie, his successor, a continuance of the co-operation of the staff and the sympathy of the scholars that had been afforded to him. Mr Hardie expressed a hope that the school would maintain its present high standard of excellence. Three hearty cheers were given for Mr Hughes, and the proceedings terminated.—’Press. Stoem in Yictokia. Tremendous rains have fallen throughout the colony and considerable damage is reported. The water rose rapidly at Toorak and South Yarra, and in some instances families had to be rescued from their houses in boats. Over 150 families have been rendered homeless at Richmond and 360 persons were driven from their residences at Tooralf. Flomington racecourse is under water. An extensive portion of the Adelaide railway line has been washed away. McCulloch’s foundry in the city, was undermined by flood water and the building collapsed; the damage is estimated at £SOOO. Four and a-half inches of rain fe}l in the city since one o’clock on Saturday morning. A heavy sea is running along the coast. The schooner Harra was wrecked at Sorrento, .and Captain Lancaster and a seaman named Robertson were drowned. The schooner Unity was driven ashore near Capo Schuock, but the crew reached land in safety.

Dummyism.— The second trial of Coleman Philips for dummyism began yesterday morning in Wellington. At last session the jury disagreed. A Cart Accident.— A horse and cart belonging to Mr Dunn, a settler at Panmure, Auckland, backed over a precipice 30 feet high, at Britomart Point. The two ladies in it—Mrs Dunn and Mrs Churches—were injured. The latter case will probably cud fatally, as Mrs Churches has sustained a compound fracture, and her skull is injured. Dunn lost control of the horse, but escaped unhurt.

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SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Tetheridge—Tenders for erecting house close to-morrow, at noon. D. and M. Angland—lnvite tenders for cutting and grubbing gorse, etc. Jim Crafar, Geraldine—Has a saucepan lid to give to the person who stole his saucepan. J. Mundell & Co.—Hold horse sale on 16th July, and are now booking entries for same. . Entertainment at Temuka—On Friday evening, in aid of prize fund of Temuka District High School. N.Z.L. & M.A.—Entries for stock sale at Temuka to-day; have 68-acre farm on Kerrytown Road for private sale.