LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2308, 21 January 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Poisoned. —On Saturday a little girl, named Rose Irene Wilson, daughter of a farmer at Southbridge, got hold of some of Cooper's sheep dip powders, swallowed them, and died from the effects. Missing. —An infant child of a settler at Henderson, Auckland, named Newall, has been missing for a week, and though a search was maintained it has been unsuccessful, and has now been abandoned. Ministerial. —Mr Seddon, Minister of Public Work\ reached Lawrence on Monday night, and was present at the meeting ' which was addressed by the Minister of Lands, and at the banquet tendered afterwards to Mr McKenzie. The Pahiatua Poisoning Case. Inspector Thomson and Detective Herbert have returned to the Pahiatua district, to resume inquiries into the Boxing Day poisoning case. The inquest will be I re-opened on Thursday. | Native Affairs. —lt is stated that the j Uriwera natives, who have for many years j isolated themselves from the Europeans, j have given permission for the survey of : 200,000 acres of land in their territory, at a

) point inland from Ruatoke in Whaktane j district. I Smallpox— The Unvoti, barque, from i Maritius, arrived at Port Chalmers on Tuesday. Dr Drysdale, the health officer j at Port Chalmers reported that she has j smallpox on board. One man is convalesent and another died on Tuesday morning. The vessel was ordered into quarantine. An Impoverished Church. Canon ■ Howell, referring to the diminishing ! revenue of St. Matthew’s, Dunedin, said j that if it showed no signs of improvement j by Easter, he wonld place his resignation in the hands of the Bishop, in order to

allow the parish to obtain an unmarried incumbent. Wellington Election. The official declaration of the poll gives Mr McLean 3388, and Mr Bell, 3245, reducing Mr McLean’s majority to .143. Thirty-two votes for Mr McLean and 23 for Mr Bell were disallowed. One vote was found which had not been counted for Mr Bell. Twenty-jive cases of dual voting were detected and it is expected that more than one prosecution will follow, Land Settlement Return. The return of land taken up for settlement under the various systems for the nine months of the financial year isCash, 3(56

selectors, 30,820 acres; perpetual lease, f t 7i> sejecjors, 204.965 acres; small areas, (i'selectors, *27l Vfe§; agricultural leases, 2 selectors', 90 acre's ; village settlements, cash (57 selectors, 180 acres ; ditto, deferred payments, IS selectors 13.8 gepes; ditto, perpetual lease, 553 selectors, 561 acres; village homesteads, 71 selectors, 1260 acres; homesteads, 66 selectors, 790 acres; pastoral leases, 50 selectors, 198,226 acres; small grazing runs, 85 selectors, 65,379 acres, '■"V* pr" Tub Lyttelton. — On Tuesday morning last, ahouf; M f P as t 11 o'clock, the blast intended to shatter the r e , : '“iiis of the ship Lyttelton, lying outside the Timaru was fired. The wharf, mole, and cliffs were Hud 1 - 1 e ’ assembled to witness the spectacle. -. ur mines were laid, each consisting of 460115 gun cotton. Two were laid at the bow and two at the'stern. The effects of the blast on the wreck was unknown on Tuesday, although Captain Falconer, who had the carrying out of all the arrangement/, expressed himself as well satisfied with the explosion. As a “ spectacle ” the blast was g failure. A volume'of water was hurled to a height of about 50 feet op a little mope, and that was about all. Pish of all kinds were soon floating on the surface of the ■ water, either killed or stunned, and large quantities of wreckage, such as bits of wood, lumps of pork and tallow, wool, etc., also floated about. The sea in the vicinity was dyed finite black with the mass pf mij I churned up. It is to be hoped that the bias); has? beep, successful in breaking up the wreck. Rjf/MfTjvii Methodist Conference. — At the Primitive Methodist Conference at Christchurch on Monday it Was reported that during the year 11315 had bepu cceived on account of the jubilee loan fund and £2OO had been lent to various trusts. Au offer ffoui the Otago and Southland Presbyterian Synod to purchase the Bluff church was deeliiid'l; 4 deputafcmu flQin the Christchurch attended and welcomed the Conference t-9 * this city. On Tuesday the Superanuated Ministers, Widows, and Orphan’s Fund showed a value of 1:400. A convention was held on Monday evening - when various ministers gave addreses The following is the final draft of stations : —* New Plymouth, Revs. Nixyu, upd .Can? I Wellington. Ward. Wood, Dumbell, and Dean (super* numerary); Auckland 1., Guy and one to bo obtained, Long (supernumerary); Auckland 11, Potter ; Invercargill, Boys ; Bluff, Williams: Timaru. Woodwnr 1 ; Thame-, A'plmrl ; GpoenJalo. Clement ; Christo uicciu ])aws.(pf. : 4 shhurtou, Corker; danawatij, Lyon ‘an Toue'jLo be obtained) Genii line, Wool!ass' ; Dunedin,' Sohe* ; VVaiiuatj and Oaunu'u, Harris; X'oxtou. ( flaiit'.' : Stnittord, (.'lover ; Wesport an I i JPeuiwMou. Luycock and GriiiMcy. 1

Bush Accident. A settler name! William Jordan, living near Inglewood, has been killed whilst bush falling. 1.0.0. F., Geraldine. A meeting of the Victoria Lodge, 1.0.0. F., Geraldine, will he held this evening,-for the election of officers, etc. The Late Fatal Accident.— The search for the body of the late Mr Bowles, the victim of the fatal accident at Milford Lagoon on Sunday last, has been assiduously kept up, but up till a late hour last evening had been unsuccessful. Mount Peel Road Board Election.— An election for the return of a member to fill the vacancy caused by the Hon J. B. A. Acland’s retirement, will take place on the sth February. Candidates must be nominated with Mr D. Macfarlane, Eeturning Officer, before noon on January 28th.

Soiree at Temuka. —The annual soiree in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Temuka, takes place this evening in the Volunteer Hall. Arrangements have been made for a first-class tea, some choice musical selections, and some noted speakers, so the gathhering ought to be very successful.

Flower Show at Peel Forest. —The annual show of fruit, flowers, etc., takes place in the Scotsburn Schoolroom tomorrow. We would specially remind intending exhibitors that their exhibits must be in the room by 11 a.m. The show will be open to the public at 3 p.m., and it should be largely attended.

Accident. Mr James Ferguson, of th firm of Ferguson and Meredith, Sawmillerf Waihi Bush, had one of his fingers com pletely cut off, another one nearly so, and third finger badly cut by a circular saw oi Saturday last. Mr Ferguson had his ham on a flitched log close to the saw, and ha some cause to turn his head away, when bj some mishap his hand came in contact wit the saw with the above painful results Dr Fish attended to the sufferer and ha hopes of saving the other two fingers.

Horse Training.—Mr Theodor Lichtwark taught another class his system of horse educating in Messrs N. Dunlop’s & Co’s slaughter yards, Geraldine, on Tuesday morning. This time he was provided with a 2-year-old Hanlan colt with a good deal of spirit in it and a nasty temper. In the course of an hour Mr Lichtwark coul 1 handle it anywhere, mount its back, and slide down over the tail without any fear of being kicked. On Friday evening Mr Lichtwark gives his final lessons at Winchester, and on Saturlay evening, in the old shop next to J. M. Sutherland's smithy, he appears for the last time in Geraldine. “New-laid Eggs” by Machinery.— The interesting intelligence has come to hand that the artificial manufacture of eggs is now an accomplished fact. Mr James Storrey, of Kansas City, has taken out a patent, and is said to be erecting a factory in view of doing a large business. Mr Storrey’s ingredients are lime water, bullock’s blood, milk, tallow, peas, and a few other things, including some secret chemical preparations. The machinery for putting the egg together is very ingenious. First the yolk is run into a mould to be properly shaped, and is then

dumped into a second mould, which contains the right proportion of the preparation which stands for the white. This being a gelatinous substance, encases the yolk very readily, then, by means of a special machine, the whole is covered with a shell madeof lime water andglue, which hardens after it is set. Mr Storrey guarantees his eggs to keep “ new laid” for a month, and he says that he can turn them out at a cost which will allow of their being retailed at the rate of 3 cents per dozen.

A Water-Race Case.— At the R.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, the Geraldine County Council sued W. Ashby for £ll3s SKI, for maintenance rate for the years 188!), 181)0, and 1891. at the rate of IJd per acre per annum, the defendant residing at Cooper’s Creek, and being the owner of 90 acres of land. Mr White represented plaintiffs and Mr Raymond defendant. F. W, Stubbs, clerk to the council, gave evidence of the steps taken to levy the rate, and put in copies of the special order, by-laws, etc., bearingon the water-race district concerned in the case. The defendant said that he

was not supplied with water by the council, none of it went over his land. He had never admitted liability on this claim. He had paid the water rate, but declined to pay the ‘‘maintenance” rate. Mr Raymond contended that under section 283 of the Counties Act the council could strike the maintenance rate, but that this maintenance rate had to be borne by persons who were actually supplied with water. In this case his client was not supplied with water. Mr White argued that section 282 was the one bearing on this case, and the council, having acted in terms qf it, wepe entitled to recover. Hif? Worship reserved his decision.

Mail Services. —Re the ocean mail services the post-office has been unable to arrange for a special intercolonial service to connect with the Federal steamers at Melbourne. The ordinary intercolonial boats will continue to be used for European mails to and from Melbourne and Sydney. Mails for transmission by the Federal steamers will leave the Bluff on the Friday following the departure of the San Francisco mail from Auckland with replies to letters received by the previous week’s Snu. Francisco mail from nearly every part of the 'colony, will also be taken of steamers from '•eJmgton anu Auckland for Sydney. Mails will also be despatched by direct steamers whenever there is a certainty that they will reach London as early as if sent by the Federal service. Correspondence will also be sent weekly for the Federal steamers if specially addressed. With regard to inward mails, the London Post Office wifi send by the Federal service. Correspondence posted during the first and second weeks following the departure of the San Francisco mail, will be forwarded by the Federal service; the succeeding two’ weeks’ correspondence will be forwarded by way of San Francisco, unless specially addressed to goby the Federal, or by some other route. The public will be timely advised of the despatch of mails by the Fedephl sepyibe direct steamers, and also of the probable dates of arrival in the cplpny of mails by the Federal service. Save Time And Money by learning to tide a eyeje. Riding School at 70, Manchester Street, Chpisjchutch. Adams, Curties k Co., Hew Zealand Cycle Works. Tuition free. Cycles from :W. Send for illustrated list. 3

QF ADVERTISEMENTS,

D. Owers Sc Go.—Have reserved space for advertisement. James Paterson, Winchester tenders fpr harvesting. D. West. Architect for erecting bakehouse and oven ; drawings ejic., at Mr J. Marshall’s. Pnwan's CJothJpg and Outfitting House, Timarn— I Cookhain, Crocodile, porpoise, and other boots lor sale.

Mount Peel Road Board.--Important notice re roads it is proposed to alter fie course of and do 6 ; election of member oa February r>th. W, C. Roulsttn, Temuka —Is now holding a clearing sale 'i'o mate room f<jr winter goo Is: gives quotations; quotation for?'