LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2326, 8 March 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Dance. —A dance will be held at the Scotsburn schoolroom on Friday next. Temuka Stock Sale.— The fortnightly sale of stock takes place at Temuka to-day. Messrs Guinness & LeCren advertise entries.

Property Tax.—The amount of property tax collected up to the present time is £357,000 or £2OOO in excess of the estimate, while there are several large amounts which fall due at the end of the month. Land Sale.—The sum of £4500 was jpaid during last week to Ngatimonawa Natives at Galatea, near Rotorua, who have sold a block of land containing 40,000 acres.

The Dairy Industry. The Government dairy expert of Victoria, Mr D, Wilson, has arrived from Sydney to enquire into the dairying industry- of New Zealand.

Fatal Accident. A man named Martin McMahon, single, and between 50 and 60 years of age, was killed near Epsom, Auckland, on Friday by the explosion of a charge of dynamite. Found Dead. —The dead body found in a creek at Avondale, Auckland, has been identified as that of Murdoch McKenzie, a patient at Avondale Lunatic Asylum, and son of a settler at Waipau. Fire — The Hawke’s Bay Timber Company’s fine mill at Tamaki was totally destroyed by fire on Friday night. Nothing was saved. The mill was insured, but the amount is not known.

Burglary, — On Friday night Mr H. D. Bell’s residence in Lowry Bay, Wellingtonwas broken in, and about £4O stolen. The theif endeavoured to fire the building but without success. Geraldine Town Board By-laws.— In our advertising columns will be found a synopsis of the By-laws which the Town Board propose should come into force within the town district of Geraldine on the 14th April next. Shooting Match. —The following is the. team chosen to take part in the shooting match, Geraldine Rifles v, Timaru C Battery, which will come off on Thursday next, commencing at 2. p.m. —Lieutenants McDonald and McKenzie, Corporals Coles and Fiefield, Privates Irvine, Turner, Thomas and Mines, Bandsman Sherratt, and Bugler Burridge. Emergencies Privates Ward, Fleming and Stringer.

RM. Court, Temuka.—At the above court, yesterday, before Mr Twomey, J.P., William Williams was brought up on remand charged with having set fire to stacks of straw belonging to Charles Story. Constable Morton asked for a remand until the following morning at 10 a.m. He had said he had tried to get two Justices of the Peace to try the case, but one whom he thought would have attended had to go to Timaru. He was prepared to go on with the evidence. The case was remanded accordingly.

Primitive Methodist Church, Geraldine. —The Rev. W. C. Wood preached his farewell sermons at Geraldine on Sunday to very large congregations. The text in the morning was Matthew xxiii 8, “ All ye are Brethern,” and in the evening he preached from the 53rd chaper of Isaiah, “ Who hath believed our report.” The sermons were the best the rev. Mr Wood has preached in Geraldine, and do him credit as a preacher. The Rev. gentleman left yesterday morning for Christchurch, before proceeding to Wellington.

An Oamaru Marksman. —Mr Robert Harding’s many Oamaru friends, says the Oamaru Mail, will be pleased to leam that neither eye nor hand seems to fail.him yet, for he can still make good shooting. On Monday last with seven shots (no sighter) he put on the possible at the GOO yards range, this being, if we are not mistaken, the first time such a feat has been accomplished in New Zealand. It may be added that Mr Harding has made the possible scores at every range up to 600 yards—a record that no other marksman in the colony can show. Labour. —The annual meeting of the Oamaru Branch of the Shearers and Labourers Union was held on Saturday night. A resolution was unamimously passed affirming the desirability of amalgamating the branches "in New Zealand into one central union, with local committees. Mr McDonald, delegate from New South Wales, addressed the meeting, and stated that the presidency of the New Zealand Union had been offered to Mr Kelly, M.H.R., and the offer was now under his consideration. Delegates were appointed to attend a prospective conference re amalgamation of branches. Alleged Fraud. —At the Auckland Police Court yesterday, the Hon. J. B. Whyte, sheep farmer, and A. F. Etherbridge, Receiver of Land Revenue, were charged that they did on the Ist October, 1880, unlawfully, knowingly, and deceitfully connive and agree .together to obtain and ac- ’ —selves by divers means and quire to mcu... ' "" the Queen, a sum devices from Her - _ J - +.O cheat of money, to wit £lO3, with mteuu and defraud. Mr Button appeared for tire . nrosecution, and asked for a week s adjourn- 1 ment Counsel for the defence concurred j and the adjournment was I Mr Whyte’s wn recognisance for 00 was j accepted.

Arrivals and Departures. During the last month the number of arrivals in the colony was 1B83; departures, 1183.

Timaru Borough Valuations. Th e total valuation for the year for the borough of Timaru is £36,731 10s, or £238 5s less than last year. The Licensing Act. —The Mornington Licensing Committee have been informed by the Justice Department that it is not intended to introduce next session any amendments to the Licensing Acts. University Senate.— At the University at Wellington on Friday, it was resolved to call a special meeting of the Senate on the arrival of the examiner’s reports from England, to consider this report and the conferring of degrees, honours’ and senior scholarships. Hop Harvest. The hop harvest at Nelson has been disappointing in some parts of the distaict owing to the presence of the red spider. Some growers, it is stated, intend to burn their hops. From other parts of che district good samples are coming in. N.Z. Drug Company, The New Zealand Drug Company’s directors report the net profit for the year as £8244, making with the balance brought forward, a total sum available of £16,950 16s Id. It is proposed to pay a dividend of per cent to the Blst January, absorbing £3285 3s, placing £IOOO to the fire insurance fund which will start at £2OOO, and carry forward £12,665 13s Id.

A Royal Acknowledgment. The following despatch is published in the Gazette: Street, 22nd January, 1892. My Lord, I have laid before the Queen your telegram of 18th inst,, expressing the sympathy which in common with the whole people of New Zealand you feel upon the sad occasion of the death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. lam commanded by Her Majesty to request that you let it be known that Her Majesty and the Royal Family find much consolation in this and numerous other messages of condolence which have reached them from the colonies. I have, &c., Knutsford.—To Lord Onslow.”

Wesleyan Conference. —At the Wesleyan Conference on Friday, Mr Morley moved for the appointment of a committee to consider what shall be the future policy of the church in regard to higher education. Speaking to the motion Mr Morley said he was glad that they had so good a system of National education in this country; that so liberal a provision was made by the Government and the various bodies in the way of scholarships. At the same time he regretted that the system was completely divorced from the Bible. It behoved the church to take this matter into serious consideration, as it was hardly creditable that they should be so long lacking in such an important matter. After some discussion the motion was carried unanimously. The report of the foreign mission fund showed that £568 was raised during the year. The total amount for the supernumerary and widows’ fund was £1162, and for the children’s fund £l92!)'. At the Wesleyan Conference, at Wellington, on Saturday, the Rev. T. Burrows, aprobationer of the fourth year was very heartily received into the full ministry. Mr J. A. Crump, a candidate for the ministry, was accepted for training at Three Kings’ College.

Timaru Licensing Committee. —At the quarterly meeting of the .Timaru Licensing Committee on Friday last the police reported that only two of the hotels strictly complied with the act as regards Sunday closing, but they had not obtained sufficient evidence regarding the others to warrant a prosecution. The committee stated that if any of the licensees were convicted of Sunday trading he would stand a good chance of having his next application for a license refused, and if it came to a question of closing any of the houses in the borough the committee would certainly take the fact that Sunday trading had been committed in any licensed house, as one of the first indications that the house was not required. The licensee of the Empire Hotel, Mr Moore, was given 14 days to thoroughly furnish the hotel, and to brick up an entrance to a tobacconist’s shop, which formed part of the building. In the event of the Act not being strictly complied with within that time the license would be cancelled.

Political—Mr McKenzie, the Minister ’ of Lands, addressed a meeting at Stratford on Thursday night. He claimed that the recent changes made by the Government were in the interest of the colony, and said that the icare about the exodus of capital was groundless. The Government had effected retrenchment to the extent of £15,000, and had had to find money for expenditure incurred by the previous Government. In the Lands Department he had saved £BOOO, which had been previously spent in officialism. He had put more people on to the land during the last ten months than his predecessors had in any twelve months. It was difficult to find good land, and it would take half a million of acres to meet all requirements. The land question was the greatest of the time. He would be prepared to bring down a scheme next session to get over the difficulty. The policy of the Government was to further the welfare of the colony. A hearty vote of thanks to Mr McKenzie, and of confidence in the Government, was carried unanimously. Creditors’ Meeting. A meeting of the creditors of Byrne Bayley, lately a farmer near Geraldine, was held at the Deputy Assignee’s office, Timaru, on Saturday. There were present the Deputy Assignee, Messrs Hawkins. White, Mundell, Webster, and Inglis, and also Mr Knubley, who had acted for Mrs Bayley. Some time ago the proceedings in this case were provisionally closed, by the bankrupt W. L. Byrne (his real name) and Mrs Bayley signing a bond undertaking to pay the Deputy Assignee for the benefit of the creditors the sum of £3OO, in ten equal half-yearly instalments. The first instalment fell due on the 16th January, and has not yet been paid. The deputy assignee called the meeting for Saturday to decide what should be done. He submitted a balance-sheet showing receipts and disbursements in the estate —the latter including £l2O 12s, a dividend of 2s 6d in the £, to the creditors, and £67 8s lid paid to solicitors—and there was a balance in hand of £49 12s. It was stated that the present whereabouts of Mr Byrne and Mrs Bayley are unknown. They were last heard from in Sydney, when they wrote that they were about to leave for Home. It was also stated that both had property at Home, one in England the other in Ireland, and it was decided to endeavour to make a claim against these properties by obtaining a judgment on the bond here and transferring it to the English courts, to be dealt with there as opportunity may serve, the creditors present agreeing that that would be the best use to make of the small balance in hand. It was resolved on the motion of Messrs Webster and Mundell —“That the I Deputy Assignee obtain a judgment in the I Supreme Court on the warrant of attorney and take sllCi further steps thereafter as I he may consider ftdri sable in the interests of the creditors, and that the money m hand be available for this purpose.” Th«j mating then terminator, ' *

Football. —The annual meeting of the Darktown Football Club will be held in Mr McCaskilTs shop this evening. Salvation Army. —On Saturday the Salvation Army at Dunedin took possession of the fortress which has just been completed. The flag was hoisted by the wife of the Hon. W. D. Stewart, M.L.C, and Colonel Bailey unlocking the doors formally handed over the key to Captain Wilson. The meetings were largely attended. Sporting. —The Autumn Meeting of the Victorian Racing Club concluded on Saturday. The All-Aged Stakes, 1 mile, was easily won by Mr Wilson’s Strathmore in Imin lOssec, the Unplaced 2-year-old Stakes by Urith, the Place Handicap by Reprisal, the Steeplechase by Jack’s-the-Lad (a New Zealander, lOst 31b) with Shanks second, and Freeman (a New Zealander, 12st 21b) third, the Loch Plate hy Zalinski, and the Farewell Handicap by The Workman. A Racing Case. —The stewards of the Dunedin Trotting Club having considered Mr T. Kett’s conduct in withdrawing his mare Jane from the track in the Carisbrook Handicap against the orders of the stewards after she was in the starter’s hand’s, thereby causing inconvenience and annoyance to a number of totalisator investors, it was unanimously resolved that Kett be fined £2O, and that the maje. and rider be disqualified until payment is. made.

St. Patrick’s Day Sports Associa-’ tion. —The committee of this association have made post entries of the 100 yards maiden foot race, and 2 mile and 3 mile bicycle races. Entries have been coming in well, and the secretary has received some from as far distant as Oamaru, Waimate. and elsewhere.

Bishop Grimes. —Bishop Grimes arrives at Orari by the express on Saturday next, where he will be received by members of St. Mary’s Church, and on arrival at the Church, will be presented with an address of welcome. On Sunday morning the ' l ' Bishop will preach at the opening of the church, and also at four o’clock in the afternoon, when a Confirmation Service will he held. At these services admission will be free, but a collection will taken up. Breach of Faith.— A large number of residents assembled at the Winchester Public Hall to attend the concert announced to he given by two gentlemen from Timaru. The two per* formers, however, did not appear, and so those who intended going had to return home. We have not yet ascertained the reason for these gentlemen’s non-appear-ance, which as yet remain a mystery. All we can say is, that there is plenty of means convenient by which to forward an explanation ; and that in Justice to the people one should have been sent.

Fatal Gun Accident. —A young man named James McCaa met with a fatal accident while out shooting at Totara Valley on Thursday evening. He was in the employ of Fraser Bros., and at 6 o’clock in the evening went out shooting, accompanied by Paul Fraser. No one saw the accident happen, but from the position of the body when picked up. it is surmised that he got through a wire fence and was dragging the gun after him, when the trigger caught in a piece of projecting wire, and the charge of . shot was lodged in the deceased’s head. Dr Morris was at once sent for, and he found that the charge had entered the head a little behind the ear and penetrated the brain. Deceased lingered until 2 o’clock on Saturday morning, when he died. Alleged Fraud. —An information has been filed against Sharland & Co., wholesale druggists, for an alleged breach of the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882. The particulars oft the claim allege that four cases imported per Tainui and entered as druggist’s sundries of the value of £BO, were discovered to contain proprietary medicine *— Mother Seigel’s Pills —of the value of £653 6s 8d; that cases ex Doric entered as Mother Siegiel’s Pills and valued at £4O, were- of the value of £32613s 4dv that defendants were guilty of fraudulent evasion of the Act and were liable to pay. duty on'treble the value of the said goods. The firm claim that their defence will show that no evasion was committed, and also that they merely acted as agents for thp manufacturers. The case comes before a Jury of twelve. Supreme Court. —At the Supreme Court, Dunedin, yesterday William McPhee was sentenced to J2 months for housebreaking ; William Stewart Lee to 2 years for forgery; George Harrington, a boy of 14, pleaded guilty to forgery, and was admitted to probation for 12 months. John Cowper Jowett, convicted of false pretences, was sentenced to 12 months at Lyttelton, to commence at the expiry of a three years’ sentence now current; Ah Poe was acquitted of false pretences.—At Wellington, yesterday,, the Grand Jury threw out the Bill against William Marten, charged with larceny; Herbert Mayers, at present undergoing 6 months for larceny, pleaded guilty to forging and uttering two cheques for £2. ' Prisoner had a bad record and Judge Richmond gave him 4 years penal servitude; Charles W. Hankey, convicted of stealing a set of billiard balls, also had a number of previous convictions recorded within the last live years, and was sentenced to 4 years. A second charge was withdrawn ; G. Mayers pleaded guilty of larceny of a watch and chain and was remanded on probation.

Ouk Supplement. —We are no longer in a position to issue our usual weekly supplement. This is not due to any.* fault of our own. The fact is the . supplement was partly printed in Melbourne, and we only printed the . heading, and the local advertisments. ' It would have been impossible for our staff to get up such a large supplement, and consequently we had to get it from Melbourne. This is a system adopted by . newspapers throughout all the Australian. Colonies : their supplements are generally printed in Melbourne in immense numbers, and'consequently they are produced cheaply. It was one of these supplements we have been issuing, but . owing to some law passed in two or three other colonies, wluch would not allow such supplements to be circulated through th“ir post offices, the Melbourne firm which was printing them has ceased to do so. The reason given by the Melbourne firm is that it is not worth its while to print them, since the other colonies will not allow them to pass through the post offices. It will therefore be seen that we could not help ceasing to issue them. The supplements are not printed now, and consequently we could not get them to issue. We have, however, = made the best arrangements we could to supply their place by publishing short interesting stories, not only on Saturdays, but on every day that we can find loom for them. This arrangement, however, will only bo temporary. In about ' two months we shall enlarge the paper, and then we, shall perhaps be able to give better and longer stories. We have ordered the larger size paper from. London ; it is in all probability on the way out, and as soon as it arrives we shall publish a much larger, and,we hope, better, paper,

Rifle Meeting. —The Hinemoa arrives at Lyttleton on Wednesday, and will take the Rifle Club representatives to Wellington. Arrangements have been made by the Defence Minister that the return fare by the Union Company’s steamer will cost the representatives only 15s each. Prisoners at Milford.— The Hinemoa arrived at the Bluff yesterday morning with Mr Seddon and party. Thirty-two casks of salt meat sent for the use of the prisoners at Milford were condemned. The prisoners were all in good health and made no complaints. The Hinemoa had delightful weather for the trip. Stabbing Affray.— At Wellington on Saturday morning a row took place between two brothers named Joe and Fred Windson, cabmen, when Fred stabbed his brother in the back of the head and arm with a small pocket knife. The wound in the head is only a small scalp one, but that in the arm is more serious. The offender was taken into custody. Wrestling. —A wrestling match for ±,25 aside, came off at Dunedin on Thursday night between Eugene Kneebone of Australia, and Harry Dunn. The match was two out of three falls in three styles. Kneebone won in the catch as catch-can style, and secured one fall in the Cumberland style. Dunn, however, secured the two other falls, and also won the collar and elbow style and the stakes. ■ The Rabbit Pest.— A meeting was held at Sandhurst, North Otago, on Saturday night to receive the report of the Chief Inspector relative to proclaiming .the Waihoa and Hakataramea district a rabbit district. The Inspector reported unfavourably on the proposition. The meeting passed resolutions asking the Inspector to visit the district and see the bad state of it for himself ; also, that Messrs J. McKenzie,‘Steward, Duncan and Rhodes, M.H.R’s, be requested to use their influence in having the districts proclaimed rabbit districts. ' Land For Settlement. —The Government have completed the purchase of a block of Native land having an area of upwards 40,000 acres,and known as Heriuwi No. 4. It borders on the Uriweri country, in the Bay of Plenty district, and extends into the province of Hawke’s Bay. The price paid averages 2s 3d per acre. The land will be utilised for settlement as soon as possible. Another large block situated on the Waikato river in the West

Taupo district, and known as Ponakanui, is now under negotiation, and its acquisition will probably be completed at the end of the present month. It has an area of 42,000 acres and is about 20 miles distant from the trunk line of railway. The price to be paid will average 2s 6d per acre. Valueless j Cheque. At the R.M. Court, Timaru, on Saturday last, James Grieve was charged with obtaining £4 2s by means of a valueless cheque from Julius Siegert, storekeeper at Fairlie Creek. When charged he replied,“ Yes, I made a mistake.” He was remanded until Monday. It is said the accused went to Donoghue’s hotel at Fairlie Creek, and askedfor a blank cheque on the Bank of New Zealand, and was given one on the Union Bank. He Allied it up for £5 and asked Mr Donoghue to cash it but he refused. Accused then went over to Mr SiegertfS store, bought a pair of 18s boots, and received £4 2s in change. The cheque was returned to Mr Siegert, marked “no account.” Information was given to the police, and accused was arrested at Pleasant Point by Constable Stanley. S.C. Educational Institute, The quarterly meeting of the South Canterbury Educational Institute was held on Saturday at the Timaru Main school, Mr Hogben being in the chair. Mr Steven, the delegate to the New Zealand Institute, gave a I' report of the work done at the conference held in Christchurch in January. A conversation ensued on the new syllabus, members generally being of opinion that it was an improvement on the former one, though the drawing was unnecessarily severe in certain standards. • It was stated that the Minister of Education had promised to issue instructions to inspectors to modify their demands in drawing for this year, but no such instructions had been gazetted. The secretary was authorised to write to the Evecutive in Wellington reminding them of his promise. On account of the importance of the new drawing regulations it was decided to hold a special meeting to consider the same on April 9th. Mr A. 0. Blake then read a paper on “Physical Education in the Primary Schools,” in which he advocated more general attention on the part of > teachers to muscular training, which was in danger of being neglected. Mr Adams gave notice of motion that the history syllabus of the junior and senior scholarship examinations be modified. The sum of one guinea was -r-voted to Mr Steven, who represented this ; institute at the late session. On the motion of the secretary it was resolved “ I'hat this Institute place on record its appreciation of the services rendered thereto by Mr Thompson, late of Pleasant Point, and, while regretting his removal from the district, congratulate him on his deserved promotion.” The “ Star ” Bicycle, with tangent spokes to both wheels, aeolus ball bearings to both wheels and pedals, beautifully enamelled and nickel-plated. Price £l9 on terms, £l7 11s 6d cash.—Adams; Curties and Co., 70, Manchester street, Christchurch. Cycles from £5, —ll The best medicine known is Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, bums, scalding, burises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, &c., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs, In use at hospital and medical clinics all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approval articel, and reject other* ' SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

Scotsburn —Dance on March 11. Geraldine Road Board—Tenders Invited for works. Temuka Road Board for works. St, Patrick’s Sports Association —Notice re post entries. Lower South Rangitata School —Dan«e on March 11th. Geraldine Town Board—lmportant notice re by-laws. J. Ballantyne & Co., Timaru —Announce the arrival of new goods. Guinness and LeCren—Advertise entries for to day’s sale at Temuka. Office of this paper, or Mr C. Sherratt— Reward for return of lost pocketbook.

.H. B, Webster & Co.—lnvite tenders ~Wr 13 years’ lease of 132 acres near Orari Bridge. Roman Catholic Church, Geraldine— Opening of church, and confirmation by Bishop Grimes. N.Z.L. &M.A. Co., F. LeCren, Manager— Advertise entries for Stock Sale at Temuka to-day; have corn sacks, sewing twine, Vfbite’s Sheep Dip, etc., on sale.