LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2279, 12 November 1891, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Christchurch entries for the Metropolitan Show total 1585 against 142!) last year. Sudden Death.—Thomas Burns, an old man, dropped dead in a Port Chalmers restaurant on Tuesday night. Heart disease is supposed to be the cause. Sporting Items.—At the Taieri races Johnny Faa won a double, the Cup and the Flying" Handicap, paying £23 15s in the latter. At the Naseby races Yankee Sam won the Trot, paying £35 dividend. Fatal Acgidknt,—At Nelson a lad of U years named Hunt, son of a veterinary surgeon, was bathing in a lagoon at the Sands, when he got out of his depth and sank. The Rov. Mr Kempthorne got the body out, but efforts to restore animation were fruitless, Fatal Accident. —A young man name* Evans was thrown from a horse a« Herbertville, near Masterton, on Monday, and killed. The jockey Bell, of Otaki. Wellington, who was injured at the Porirua Races on Monday, by The Lawyer falling in the Maidon Hurdles, died in the Hospital on Tuesday. He has sustained fracture of the skull. Jacfcspn, a half-caste, well known in the Hawera district, was thrown from his horse near Otakeko and killed.

Found Dead.—A woman named Mary Collins was found dead at her house atHobson Hill, Auckland, on Tuesday morning. •Arowhenua Town Board. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Arowhenua Town Board convened for last night was adjourned for one week. Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association. —The annual meeting of this Association will take place on Saturday, the 21st, at 11 a.m., in the Association's office, Cain's Terrace, Timaru. Hailstorm.—A phenomenal hailstorm occurred at Hawera oh Saturday, some of the stones being half an inch through. I Several windows were broken, and great damage was done to fruit trees. R. M. Court.—There were three cases set down for hearing in the Temuka R.M. Court last Tuesday, but they were all settled out of court. Captain Wray came out by the 8 o'clock train, but finding nothing for him to do, returned to Timaru again by the 9 o'clock train. Narrow Escape.—We are informed that the two lads who narrowly escaped poisoning by arsenic last Sunday, have now perfectly recovered. Dr. Sir William Blunden thinks their escape is next door to miraculous. They took enough arsenic to poison 100 men early in the day, and it was ' late in the afternoon when they were brought to him for treatment. They no doubt took so much of the poison that it acted as an emetic, and thus their lives were saved. Professor Mason. —We learn that Profefsor Mason succeeded in forming an Electropathic Society in Fairlie Creek, and that the members'of it have treated with extraordinary success a case of inflammatory rheumatism. Professor Mason is at present in Timaru, doing good business, and Mrs Mason is in Wellington, where she went on business. She is expected to be in Christchurch in a couple of days, and if business warrants it she will rejoin her husband in Timaru within the next week.

The Eight Hours —The holiday was generally observed in Auckland, as usual, and besides the races at Ellerslie, an eight hours' demonstration took place in the Metropolitan grounds, but, owing to the counter attractions, was not so great a success as the labour party expected. The procession was not a long one. Sir George Grey addressed the crowd at the grounds. He said that the eight hours labour movement was one of the greatest movements of the present day, and he hoped those interested in it would persevere. Ministers at Woodville. —A gathering of Knights of Labour at Woodville on Monday night was attended by a thousand persons, including ladies. Visitors were present from Danevirke, Norsewood, Palmerston, Pahitua, and Eketahuna. The Premier, the Minister of Lands, the Minister of Justice, and Messrs Smith and Hogg, M.H.Rs., were among the speakers. Resolutions of confidence in the Government and its administration were carried amid acclamation. The proceedings finished at 11. p.m., fourteen or fifteen speeches being delivered.

Football—The constitution of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union makes every provision for cases of misconduct. It provides that when a man is disqualified by one union the other unions affiliated to the New Zealand union must recogonise that diaqualification, and gives the New Zealand Unipn power in the event of a union neglecting to institute a searching enquiry into a charge of misconduct against a player to set up an enquiry itself. Mr Hoben was appointed secretary to the union pro ton. All the unions in New Zealand will be supplied with minutes of the conference, which are very voluminous. The Native Trouble.—A telegram to the Native Department states that two of Tuta's men were before Mr Booth, R.M., at Waipiro, on Monday. One of them, Otauo, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for assault, and the other, Ereneti (Renner) who was charged with threatening to kill another native, was bound over to keep the peace, but being j unable to find the necessary sureties he had Itogo to goal. Mr Booth had a meeting with Tuta on Monday, and called on him Ito give up his arms. Tuta agreed to do I this, and Mr Booth gave him a receipt for | the twenty-six rifles which he handed over. Tuta is still on the land. Ship on Fire.—A fire on board the barque Castor, lying in Napier harbor, was discovered by the stewardess at 8 o'clock last Monday night. The town brigade steam engine got ready, but it was thought, that the Spit engine would be sufficient. However, about 7 on Tuesday morning the town engine was called for, and had subdued the fire by noon. ; The afterpart of the ship is pretty well burned, but the fire was confined to lazarette and saloon, little damage being done to the cargo except by water. The cause is quite unknown as no one had been in the lazarette. All the ship's sails with the exception of a few left On the spars and all the stores were destroyed! the saloon flooring was burned and the fittings wrecked. The damage to the ship's cargo will probably be £IO,OOO, in addition to £SOO agreed upon by the captain to cover all claims for salvage, use of the fire engines, etc. The Castor is a new barque of 2000 tons register, belonging to the Dundee Shipping Company, her master, Captain Crowday, being one of the principal shareholders. She is under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, All the cargo on board, principally consisting of JiOOO bales of wool, will have to be put ashore. The rigging is uninjured. Probably the Castor will go to another port to be refitted in the saloon. Heredity. A case of natural depravity of an unusual character is just now (writes the New York cqrresppndent of the Age) attracting attention in this city. Twelve years ago Mr J. A. Jayne, a wealthy and childless man, took from the Home for the Friendless a boy who had been recently left an orphan, his father an engraver, having died from the effects of drink. The boy was then four years of age, and hi? brightness and beauty attracted Mr. Jayhe's attention. He adopted the child as his own, named him Frank Jayne, and reared him with greatest care, not allowing him to associate with other boys though fear- he would thereby learn evil. Until he was 15 years of age he was educated by private tutors, then he was placed in a suhool, but he dil not remain there long, as he showed so much wickedness that he was sent away. He has been at severalschools with the same result. He is a liar, thief, and drunkard. He says he wants to be a robber, and all of the efforts of Mr Jayne to induce him to lead a decent life have been of no avail. Mr Jayne has made the hoy his sola heir, and as his fortune is somswhere about £1,000,000, it ought to be an inducement to the youth to behave himself. But at the age of 18 ha has recently been sent to the reformatory for robbing his y oom mate, and as he was led from the court room he defiantly said he wouldn't wait for any man to die to" inherit his fortune but would get it aa soon j as he was free again. His teachers say they have never had bo . hard a case under their observation. One of them remarked that the boy was the, best illustration of original sin that lie had ever seen, and contained enough of the genuine article stock a first-claes penitentiary..

Fatal Railway. Accident.—A man, believed tp be named Thomas Reed, attempted to' board the train from Invercargill to Dunedih at Gore yesterday afternoon, when he fell in front of the carriage ; the wheels ran over him and killed him almost instantaneously. Woodbuky Sports.—As a fitting wind up for the Woodbury Sports on the 9th' a ball was held in the schoolroom in the evening- when a large number of couples were present and dancing was kept up till late. Mr A. Ferguson acted as M.C., and Messrs McLeod and Meredith supplied the music. Mr J. Riordan did the catering and was well patronized. We hear that the takings at -the gates amounted to something like £9, which was not bad considering the theatening state of the weather. Mr A* Scott takes the cup for most points. Bicycle Race.—ln an advertisement which appears in another column will be found the handicaps for the bicycle race to take place on Monday evening next, the distance being from 'Tenmka |to Winchester and back. There are nine entries,. and much interest is being evinced in the event. Three prizes are to be given in the shape of trophies, valued at £2, £l, and 10s respectively. Judging from the hancaps the contest should prove an exciting one, in which " Spoke " tips Findlay to come out victorious, with Gillespie as his near attendant. " Mephistopheles," however, predicts : Gillespie, 1; Findlay, 2.

Russian Famine.—The famine in Russia is compelling ~ the use of some strange articles of diet by the peasants. " Bread made of straw chopped fine, bran, and an admixture of rye," says a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, "is a godsend, to obtain which thousands of human beings would sell their very souls." Powdered tree bark, flavored with ground peas, is esteemed an excellent food by men who work as if their bodies were made of some incorruptible metal. " Hunger bread, " made of dried dung, tree-bark, powdered peas and goosefoot, is not only not spurned but greedily grabbed up—nay, fought for—with as much eagerness and bitterness as if it were ambrosia of the gods.

Military Tournament—At the second day of the military tournament in Wellington there was an attendance of between 4000 and 5000 and everything passed oif raosb successfully. Considerable interest was taken in the capturing and gun competition. Both events were won by squads from the Wairoa Mounted Infantry which were exceedingly smart in performing this work. The Waiuku Cavalry also did good work, gaining second prize in the other. The Napier Artillery and Wellinfton City Rifles tied for first place in physical drill with arms (sixteen), the Napier navals coming next. In the manual exercise for 12 men the Permanent Artillery carried all before them annexing both first and second prizes. The Artillery competition was won by the Napier Artillery, the Wellington Artillery being second, and Dunedin Artillery • third. In the sword-bayonet competition for 20 men the Wellington City Rifles gained first prize and the Wellington guards second. The Wairoa Mounted Infantry took the three prizes in the Lloyd-Lindsay competition, and also the silver cup presented by His Excellency the Governor. The physical drill for 12 men was one of the most pleasing events of the day. The winners were the Wellington City Rifles who defeated-the Permanent Artillery team by 3 points. At the New Zealand Cycle Wokks there is a special plant for Nickel and CoprEE Plating of cycles. All bright parts receive a deposit of copper before being nickel plated.—Adams, dirties & Co., 70, Manchester street, Christchurch. Cycles from £5. —lO SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association Annual meeting on the 21st November. Priest & Holdgate, Ironmongers, Timaru —lmportant notice to farmers re McCormick: machines, Scarlett & Co. —Important notice re accounts due to Mr T. McGuire, lata of Temuka Hotel.

Bicycle Race—Handicaps for bicycle race from Temuka to Winchester and back on Monday next. T. & J. Thomson, Drapers and Silk Mercers, Timaru —Draw attention to their third shipment of summer goods, and give brief synopsis of goods just landed. T. Anderson, Bootmaker, Temuka Notifies that he has determined to remain in Temuka permanently, and till further notice will sell all goods at cost price, D. Owers & Co., General Storekapeers, Temuka—Notify that the last few days of their sale are at hand, and invite an early call; give quotations for Christmas goods, etc