LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2276, 5 November 1891, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

To Correspondents. Several correspondents’ letters are crowded out. The Influenza. —A son of Mr George Fenwick, Dunedin, aged six years, has died very suddenly of influenza. Suicide. —William McCall, a laborer, committed suicide at Gore by hanging himself. He was 59 years of age. Geraldine Rifles: The Geraldine Rifles parade for volley and independent firing at i o’clock this afternoon. The Minister of Education. —The Hon. W. P. Reeves having been recalled by the illness of his mother, has returned to Wellington. Burnt to Death. —The three-year-old child of Henry Collins, at Kukurunui, Auckland, died from injuries sustained b falling into a burning toitois bush. Native Trouble. —lnformation has been received thatthe natives are ploughing up the land of Mr G. Currie, at Maiora, a settlement near Waiuku, lower Waikato. Creditors Meeting. —A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Mr A. W. Ensor, will tike place in the Deputy Assignee’s office in Timaru on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Christchurch Races and Show. —The train arrangements for the forthcoming Races and Agricultural and Pastoral Show at Christchurch will be found in our advertising columns. Presbyterian Synod. The Otago Synod appointed Dr. Dunlop a delegate to the Presbyterian Assembly. The Synod gave a cordial welcome to General Booth, who addressed them at some length. New Mineral Springs. —Mineral springs extending over from 10 to 12 acres of land were discovered at Makuri, in the Forty Mile Bush, Wellington. Samples will be sent to Wellington for analysis. A Bad Boy. —At the R.M. Court Christchurch. yesterday, a boy named Rysanowski was charged with breaking and entering his father’s house and stealing therefrom £2. The boy proved incorrigible and was sent to Burnham until he attains the age of If. Alleged Diseased Meat.— W. H. Cooper, Christchurch, a butcher, was charged with exposing diseased meat for sale and remanded. Inspector Pender said that it wsa alleged the mutton was affected by abscess. General Booth. —General Booth had a great reception on his arrival at the railway station, Dunedin, the approaches to which were crowded. He was met by Mr William Hutchison, M H.R, whose guest he is. Contrary to expectations the General did not speak owing to fatigue. Correction. —ln our report of th< Waitohi Water-race an error inadvertently crept in. Mr Talbot is made to say in replj to Mr Fraser “ That the council had nc power to turn the water on or off.” This ol course was a mistake. It should have been “ That nobody had power to compel the Council to turn the water on or off.” Charitable Aid Board Difficulty.— The Wellington Benevolent Trustees complain strongly of the contributions not being paid. The United District Board will have a £loooto credit next month, but in the'meantime they have no funds. Mr Kebbell, a member, solved the difficulty by going to the bank apd giving his personal guarantee. The chairman threw the blame on the Government for not arranging an advance. Temuka Rifles. The above corps assembled at the range yesterday for volley and independent firing. There were 33 men all told present under command of Lieut Whitehead. Sergt.-Major Jones was also present, and the proceedings were conducted ander his supervision. The result of the rolley firing was 9 07, but as there were 18 men absent it must be regarded as fairly rood. Ashburton made only 7 with 11 men absent, so Temuka is therefore ahead of ;hem.

Temuka Ckicket Club. —A committee meeting was held on Tuesday evening, Mr Bryars in the chair. Several accounts were passed for payment, and it was decided po order a practice net from Christchurch In order to get players into form a scratch match takes place this afternoon at three o’clock, and a team will be selected in the evening to play against the Timaru High School on Saturday next. A box has been placed on the practice ground for placing the material in, so that members wifi npt to carry it to and from the pavilion every practice evening. Tbb Sports Ground— 6a Monday afternoon a spesial meeting of the Temuka Rafk Bpard was held. Present —Messrs Hayhurst (chairman), Aspfimll and Quinn. A deputation representing the Tompka Caledonian Society and the Cricket Club, consisting of Messrs A. M. Clark, E. Dignan, P. Taylor, and E. C. Daan, was introduced by Mr J. Blytb. and in conformity with their representations it was agreed that the board would erect a picket fence around the' terrace and pavilion, if the Caledonian Society would erect 7 chains of permanent fencing around the track. Mr Clark on behalf of the Caledonian Society, agreed to this. The sum of 20s was granted to the Cricket Club towards sinking a well.

Sheep Disease—Rock salt has been proved by several owners in the Palmerston listrict to be a very effective remedy for the mysterious disease prevalent among the sheep. Burned to Death.—A girl three years of age, named Townson. whose clothes accidentally caught fire at Hastings, died from her injuries on Tuesday morning. Sale at ORARi.-*-To-day Messrs H. B. Webster and Co. sell a number of light and draught horses, dray, gig, and wool scouring plant at Orari, in the bankrupt estate of Mr A. W. Ensor. Pekjuby.—At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, Joseph Flynn, grocer, of Lyttelton, charged with periury in a smuggling case heard against him on October 14th, was committed for trial. Drowned. —Robert James Nuveel while bathing in the Waipa river at Ngaruawahia, was drowned. The body was recovered in 10 minutes, but life was extinct. He was do, and leaves a family of young children. Influenza in Dunedin. very prevalent at present in Dunedin and suburbs. Mr J. B. Park, head master of William Street School, and one of the oldest and best known teachers in Otago, died from influenza. Service of Song.—This evening tlie service of song “ Won by a Child,” will be given by members and friends of the Geraldine Juvenile Temple in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Geraldine. The proceeds will be devoted to the children’s picnic fund. The Electoral Districts—Very few objections to the redistribution of the constitutuencies have reached the Representation Commissioners. The objections are principally to the changes in the names of constituencies.

Dairy Industry.—Barron Brothers,from Scotland, have taken up some of the richest land in Poverty Bay flat and intend to start what will be the largest dairy factory but one in the colony. Besides the dairy industry they are going in for fruit growing. They are laying down 60 acres in fruit, and propose to start a jam factory. Trunk Railway.—At a meeting of Wellington business men, a Central Railway League was formed to vigorously prosecute the North Island Main Trunk Railway from Marten to Aawamutu. A strong committee was elected to carry out the affairs of the league. What is there thought of retrenchment / Fire. —By a fire which occurred in Sydenham a detached block of wooden shops and dwellings combined was totally destroyed. The insurances were James Parks, plumber, £2OO on the building and £IOO on the stock, etc., in the Royal; Charles Hansen, owner of two shops, one empty, South British, £250; A. Paddy, saddler, stock in the Australasian Alliance, £SO. The fire originated in an empty shop, but it is not known how. The Manapouri Accident. At a meeting of the executive of the Shipmaster’s Association the following resolution was unanimously passed:—“ That in the opinion of the Shipmasters’ Association of New Zealand, the Marine Board of Victoria were not justified in applying the term gross misconduct to the circumstances which led to the accident which occurred to the s.s. Manapouri while in command of Captain Logan, it being merely an error of judgment.”

Seeio us Coach Accident. —Members oE the Dobson and Kennedy Dramatic Company, while returning to New Plymouth at midnight on Saturday from Waitara, in afour-borse conveyance, met with a serious accident. Coming down a steep hill the brake broke, and on reaching Mangaoraka bridge the vehicle ran against the guard rail and turned over, the occupants being all thrown out. It is expected they will be well enough to resume their tour by Wednesday next. A Bankruptcy Case.— At a meeting of the creditors of S, Gr. Smith, butcher, Dunedin, the report of Mr T. K. Hardy, who had examined the books,was that there were no records in the books which would enable the accountant to arrive at a decision with regard to the position of the bankrupt. It was stated that instead of drawing only £IOO a year from the business for his house, he had drawn about £7OO, for travelling and personal expenses.

Malicious Prosecution.—A singular case came before Mr Rawson. R.M., of Invercargill. Some time back a school teacher named Kilburn wrote to the press regarding alleged gross ill-treatment of a cow, and the police, acting on the strength of the letter, prosecuted a settler named Durant. Kilbum’s wife was the principal witness, but her evidence utterly failed to substantiate cruelty and the case was dismissed. Durant now sued Kilburn for £2 14s, the costs incurred in his defence. The magistrate held that the action was one for malicious prosecution and his court therefore had no jurisdiction. Plaintiff was non-suited.

Timaru Hospital. The following is the return of patients in the Timaru Hospital for the month of September, 1891: Patients under treatment at date of last return: Males 16, females 3, total, 19; admitted during month: Males 13, females 7, total 19; totals treated: Males 28. females 10, total, 38. Discharged during month :—Cured': Males 13, females 1, total 14; relieved: Males 7, females 0, total 7; unrelieved .- Males 1, females 0, total 1 ; dead: Males 1, (James Gibbs), females, 0 total, 1; totals discharged : Males 32, females 1, total 23. Remaining under treatment: Males 6, females 9, total 15. Out-patients treated during the month: Males 8, females 13, total 21. Customs Returns. —The amount of beer duty collected in the colony last month was £5058 Us lid, as against £4484 6s for the previous month, and £5014 0s lid for October, 1890. For the seven months of the present year the total amount of beer duty collected was £30,188 7s 9J, the estimate for that period being £35,000. During the past month the total amount of Customs duty collected in the colony was £138,757 11s Ud, as against £136,811 15s 3d for 'September, and £123,537 2s lid for October, 1890. Dunedin contributed £30,082, 11s 9d, Wellington £28,492 7s 8d ; Auckland £27,725 Is Id, Christchurch £25,998 18s lOd. The estimate for seven months of the financial year is £895, 416,13 s 4d, and the amount collected for that period £927,596 4s lid, showing a surplus so far of £32,179 11s 9d. Education. —Bishop Nevill, in opening the Anglican Synod, in Dunedin, delivered a lengthly address. Dealing with the education question he said that, viewing aR the circumstances of the case, he could hardly think the Church would be acting wisely or righly if it made a general demand for a return to denominationalism, but it should make a louder and firmer demand thap ever for liberty to teach religion within school hours. This by taking an opposite move to that lately taken in England, would result in making our system correspond with theirs. He, believed that if it were seen that the Church generously recognised the excellence of much that had been provided, and had no desire for what might appear selfish isolation, and would only as the very last resource increase the cost to the community by setting up schools of her own, there would be no great difficulty in obtaining the facilities required to enable them to aid the. State by a contribution of their influence for the public weal. '

Laudable Work.—At the Presbyterian Synod, of Dunedin, a large representative meeting of ladies made representations of of their willingness to assist in. raising funds by means of which children of clergy engaged in mission work might bo brought to New Zealand for their education. The Synod accepted the proposal with enthusiasm, Temuka Floral Society. A wellattended meeting was held on Monday evening, the President (Mr P. Wareing), in the chair. Members handed in names of those who have promised special prizes, and several new members were elected. A sub-committee was appointed to draw up the prize schedule and to report to the general committee on Thursday next Members are requested to pay their subscriptions without delay, and intending donors of special prizes will greatly oblige by notifying the secretary (Mr H, Miles), so that the same may be inserted in the prize schedule. An azalea in full bloom was exhibited by Mr Gr. Smith, Main read, and greatly admired by members present.

Temuka Dairy Factory.— Farmers do not seem to appreciate Mr Job Brown’s enterprise in carrying on the Temuka Dairy Factory, for up to the present only about 230 gallons of milk per day have been delivered, a quantity quite insufficent to justify the works being carried on. Whether it is that in the past farmers have acquired a distaste for the trouble of managing cows, or that they cannot realize the importance of the industry, the fact remains that they will not sead in taeir milk, and as a consequence it is quite probable that the works will be closed again. This wouldbearetograde step, and farmers would do well to carefully consider if it would not be worth while to keep the.works going by supplying a larger quantity of milk.

Geraldine Fire Brigade. The monthly meeting of the Geraldine Fiipe Brigade was hell on Tuesday evening, when there was a fair attendance of members present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and several accounts were passed for payment. After the monthly meeting the annual meeting was held, when the annual balance sheet was read, showing a credit balance of £ll 4s 4d, which was considered very satisfactory.- The election of officers for the ensuing year was then proceeded with, with the following results Captain, W. H. Walton; Lieutenant, W. Winefield; Ist Foreman, G. Krause; 2nd Foreman, J. Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, A; Erskine. A vote of thanks to the retiring officers closed the meeting.

Temuka Electropathic Society.—A meeting of the members of the Temuka Electropathic Society was held last Tuesday e vening. Two new members were admitted into the society; One of the members reported that he had been treated by another member merely as an experiment, and for no particular disease. Nearly twelve months before he met with an accident by which two of his toes were partially parylized, He never thought of this whilst under treatment, but next morning when woke he found his toes just as well as ever. Another member said that he liad succeeded iu partially reducing a swelling in a man’s neck, and hoped in the course of time to effect a complete cure. Another instance of lumbago being cured in five hours was given. The president explained the rules, to the new members and also gave' them an elementary lesson. He: next announced that with the assistance- he got from the President of the Geraldine. Society, he had compiled notes of Professor , Mason’s lectures for the guidance of members. These he read, and it was decided to have them printed. It was also decided, to forward a copy of the rules to the Geraldine Society, and ask them to join with the Temuka Society in having them printed. It was also decided to submit the notes to Professor Mason before .having them printed; also to purchase a battery for the use of the society, so as carryout treatments at its meetings. After having dealt with other matters the meeting adjourned to that night week.

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SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS. A, M. Clark —Wants quantity of timber sawn. J. Bambridge—Advertises acre section at Epworth to let. Arowhenua Town Board—lnvite tenders for road works. “H,” Guardian Office —Private residence by a professional gentleman wanted. N.Z. Railways—Notice re excursion fares to the Christchurch A. & P. Show and races. Geraldine County Council —Poll re proposed Waitohi Water Supply loan on Nov. 16th. In Bankruptcy Meeting of A. W. Ensor’s creditors in Timaru on Saturday afternoon. Wm. Stewart, Jun. —Meeting of those interested in holding sports at Winchester will take place on Saturday afternoon.