LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2301, 5 January 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Sale at Temuka. —Messrs J. M undell and Co. hold a sale of horses and coachbuilder’s plant, etc., at Temuka to-clay.

Wreck.— The ketch Awarua has been wrecked among the South Sea Islands. She was trading between Wellington and the Islands.

Educating the House. Professor Lichtwavk or his sou gives a free lecture on “The use and abuse of the horse, ’ in the Geraldine Volunteer Hall to-morrow evenin0 * Geraldine Stock Sale.— Farmers and others are reminded that the fortnightly sale of stock at Geraldine takes place tomorrow. A'number of entries are advertised elsewhere. Temuka Flower Show. competitors are remin led that entries close to-morrow evening a* 8 o’clock, and members should note fchntfc n subscriptions arenow duo Mr A, B. G. R des M.H.R., will open the Show at 2,30 p’eloek on Thursday afternoon.

The Rangitata:, RiveA —Last week's flood at Rangitata has caused water to flow down a riverbed near the Rangitata Station which had previously been dry for years. Suicide.— An old man named George Wadsworth died in Christchurch hospital from the effertts of “ rough on rats” taken while he was di|i nk.

Hailstorm.— A destructive hailstorm passed over a small part of the Oamaru district on December 3lst., Windows were smashed, and the oats crops suffered severely.

Accident. —Two lads named McKenzie and a third named McKay were severely injured on New Year’s Day by a gunpowderexplosion at Port Chalmers. San Francisco Mall. The letters, newspapers, etc., for this district by the San Francisco mail boat, came to hand by the first train from Christchurch yesterday. Ineluenza. —At New Plymouth Chew Chong has been successful fa two or three cases of la grippe. He is sending to Sir J. Hector some of the parasites taken from one of his patients. Board Meetings.— The monthly meeting of the Temuka Road Board will be held to-day, that of the Geraldine Town Board this evening, and that of the Temuka Town Board to-morrow evening. Personal.— We are glad to-learn from a cablegram received by his friends that the operation Mr J. Page recently went Home to have performed has proved successful, and that he is doing well. A Lucky Investment. —At the Waikouaiti races On Saturday last the Maiden Plate was won by Dundonald. A solitary backer on the totalisator received a dividend of £122 Bs. Caledonian Sports. The Caledonian Sports at Dunedin and Oamaru on the Ist January were marred by showery weather. At Oamaru H. Urn won the wrestling (any weight) with W. Thynne second.

Sporting. —At the Auckland Summer Meeting on the Ist January the principal event, the Great Northern Derby of £SOO, was won by Mr Bobbetfs Morion, with Mr Lunn’s Clanranald second. The dividends amounted to £5 2s and £5 7s. At Tattersail’s Meeting at Sydney the same day the principal event was won by Trieste, with Attalus second. Accident at Timaru. A rather serious accident happened on the sports ground in Timaru on Saturday last. During the wrestling contest, one of the competitors, J. Hoskins, got a nasty fall, and was rendered insensible. He was attended on the spot by Dr. Morris, who ordered his removal to the Timaru hospital, where some hours later he recovered consciousness. The injury sustained is to the base of the skull, and the upper part of the neck, butl it is expected that the sufferer will be al right in the course of a week or two. The Salvation army, Geraldine.— On New Year’s Day the Salvation Army and their friends held a field day at the small park, Geraldine, when a good day’s enjoyment was provided in a quiet way, and a collection was taken up in aid of the Brass Band. In the evening they met in the Oddfellow’s Hall and a musical evening was held, sacred solos, etc., being rendered by members of the Army. On this occasion the Army were indebted to Mr T, Sherratt who accompanied the singers on the harmonium, Timaru Hospital. The following is the return of patients in the Timaru Hospital for the month of December’ 1891: —Patients under treatment at date of last return: Males 8. females 8, total 16; admitted during month ; males 8, females 8, total 16; totals treated: males 16, females 10, total 32. Discharged during month :—Cured : males 1, females 5, total 6; relieved, males I, females 1, total 5; dead: males 0, females2, (Louisa Vesey, Margaret Slater), total 2 ; totals discharged: males 5, females 8, total!3. Remaining under treatment: males IJ, females 8, total 19. Out-patients treated during the month ; males 3, females 8, tatal 11. The Paiiaihua Poisoning Case.— All those poisoned at Pahiatua, Wellington, are reported to be doing well. The report that a child of Mr Naylor’s had died is incorrect. This fact was wired by the district constable last Saturday night. He states that the first information was obtained from one of the family. The Inspector of Police in now in the district making inquiries. The funeral of the late Mr Dickson, one of the victims, was attended by upwards of 1000 people.—A telegram to hand yesterday states that all the victims of the Pahiatua poisoning case are doing well. It is said that Dr Davenport, and Mr Reid, the chemist, agree that the poisoning was due to stale eggs or other delete: ions ingredients used in making the pudding. St. John’s Church, Winchester. —Mr Gladstone who has been uuable for sometime to fulfil his duties as lay reader of this church owing to illness caused in the first place by a severe attack of influenza and who has just returned from a visit to the Hanmer Hot Springs, last Sunday resumed his duties by conducting the morning service. We trust he will long be spared to take the same interest in church matters as hitherto. In the evening the Rev. T. A. Hamilton preached, selecting for his text Acts; 20th chapter and 22nd verse, “ And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem,” etc. The sermon was a fitting one for the first Sunday in the New Year, urging all to give up sin, and pesuading those who had led unholy lives during the past to become Christians from now. A Dangerous Spill. —While returning from the Good Templars’ Picnic on New Year's Day Mr J. Pearse, of Woodbury, who was in company with two other cyclists had a nasty spill from an “ ordinary.” The cyclists were passing a large waggon of children when Mr P« r-e, wh i was riding oa the side nearest the waggon was seen to topple over and fall at the feet of the two waggon horses. The driver immediately drew rein, and fortunately for Mr Pearse, the horses, after a few prances, became quite still. Gaining his feet again Mr Pearse found that his machine was safe and sound and beyond a good shaking and some scratches on the left arm he (Mr Pearse) was unhurt. Mr Pearse being an expert rider it is hard to say how the accident happened unless it is that the small wheel of his machine brushed, a stone However, he can consider himself lucky that we have not anything more serious to record. Caught in the Flood.—Mr W. Fleming, junr., of Geraldine had a rough time of it while attempting to cross the Rangitata river on Thnrsdy last, when it was in flood. His horse was swept from under him and soon after he found himself sticking to a small island in the centre of the river. Not wishing to act the part of Robinson Crusoe he took a header for the river bank and after being washed down with the stream for about 300 yards lauded in safety on the opposite side just in time to see his horse land successfully on the side where he had first entered the river. Mrs Buck, living close at hand kindly provided him with dry clothes and a horse, and he again attempted to cross the river for his own horse. This time he was again washed a way, but managed finally to land both himself and the horses on the right side. Mrs Buck’s kindness again helped him, and with another dry outfit ho was enabled to proceed to Geraldine,

The Taxation Martyr. —Some time ago Loud expressions of hearty applause we stated that a gentleman in South Canter- marked the conclusion of a neat bury who had borrowed £36,000 from a , llu i happy speech—a speech couched in Melbourne firm-no doubt one of the language which had the ring of genuine bankrupt institutions —found it difficult to f ee ]j n g j n raisethe amount mentioned above to payoff M r Inwood here intro duced the Rev. the old mortgage He was, therefore, held _ . „ .. , , c up as a frightful example of the effects of Hamilton, who, on behalf of o the new taxation. We are glad now to vestry and congregation of St. Johns announce that he has been able to raise Church (and by kind permission of the the money, and is, therefore, no longer committee), read the following address to pointed to as the great martyr. Mr Gimson on the occasion of his retiring Fire. —An extensive fire broke out in Lom the office of Churchwarden :

Gray street, ■ Auckland, on Saturday, by which six two storied shops were destroyed, and a seventh gutted. It commenced in the resdence of Mrs Ella Hadfield, upholsterer, who had only time to escape with her three children in their night dresses, and saved nothing. The flames spread rapidly to the shops occupied R. Halloran, grocer, T, Hand,

G: Augustus, Bryant, secondhand dealer, W. H. J. Partington, photographer, Hugh Webber, dairyman, Davy’s boot factory, also an empty shop. Four of the shops were insured in the South British for £6OO. Partington’s stock was insured for £IOO in the Phoenix. Mrs Hadfield was not insured. A Narrow Escape. —On Saturday nearly 7000 persons went by rail from Invercargill to the Bluff, where a regatta was held, but bad weather spoilt it. The trains were running to and fro all day. Through some oversight in the preparation of the time-

table, passengers on the 10.50 morning train from Invercargill got a serious fright and those in the next train, which left town a quarter of an hour later were delayed nearly an hour at Woodend. There were nearly a thousand passengers on the first, and nearing Greephills those on th e front trucks were astonished to see another long train empty and returning to town approaching them from the Bluff. The whistle of the Invercargill engine was repeatedly sounded, steam was shut off, and the brakes were screwed down promptly. The other train continued to advance and the passengers in the front trucks, fearing a collision jumped out, while others in the crowded carriages endeavoured to get through the windows. The only accident was to an infant whose mother leapt from the truck; it was but slightly injured. Owing to the train’s length the passengers in some compartments were not aware of the danger, and thought the engines pulled up to avoid cattle. The Bluff train eventually drew up some distance from the down one. The officers of the department are naturally reticent as to the cause, pending an inquiryi; but it is believed the occurrence was due to a misunderstanding in respect to the crossing at which the trains had to meet. Bad Boys. —At the R.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, before C. A, Wray. Esq, R.M. Thos. Bianchett, aged 14 (who had been thrice previously charged with petty offences), John Watts (15) and John Tomlinson (13), were charged with breaking into the shop of George Pearson, Stafford street, on the 14th December, and stealing therefrom fishooks, lollies, and oranges to the value of os. Bianchett pleaded guilty to taking oranges and fishooks, the other two admitted taking the three kinds of goods. From the evidence given by Detective Livingstone it appeared that Mr Pearson had at various times missed a number of articles from his shop, and the detective was set to watch. On Sunday he arrested Bianchett, and a key was found on him which opened the , back door of Mr Pearson’s shop. He then .ponfessed that he had by its means entered the shop on one occasion when the other two boys were with him. After evidence had been given the charge of house-breaking was withdrawn, and that of simple larceny substituted. His Worship said this kind of thing must be put a stop to. Bianchett had been before the court three times before, and it was quite evident that he required some kind of restraint. He would commit him to the Industrial School till he was 15, and order him to receive 12 strokes with a birch rod, to be administered by a constable in the presence of his father; the other two boys also to receive 12 strokes in the presence of a parent. The Repairing Department of the New Zealand Cycle Works is specially organised for the prompt execution of repairs by skilled workmen. Adams* Curties & Co., 70, Manchester street, Christchurch. Cycles from £5. —8 SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Blyth—lnvites tenders for erection of store. Temuka Floral and Horticultural Society —lmportant notice to intending exhibitors. W. Fletcher Thanks to those who assisted his son when he met with recent accident.

Priest & Holdgate, Timaru —Draw attention to seasonable lines of cutlery and E.P. Ware.

D. Owers & Co., Temuka —Are about to clear out, and quote prices for balance of stock ; business for sale.