LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2382, 14 July 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Labor Bureau. —The In Imtrial Bureau at Wellington found employment for 00 men iasjb weekThe Compensauq* Question.—A large public meeting at Weipngto« passed a resolution eondomnWg compensation being paid to publicans for loss f)f licenses. | Sheep Breeding, rim Wellington A. and P. Association have decided to offer a prize of £IOO for the breeder obtaining the largest number of points in the Lincoln sheep classes at the November show. The FatlyeuT Co-operative. ~We have it on good authority £-ha£ Mr John Mundell has completed .a*?sngenpsnjs w ifch the Farmers’ (Jo-t.perafcive Association, uflder which he will conduct buaqjess as nrntioneei' for them. This arrangement will commence oil t*e tobcr ' rpi Alleged Husband Conlon poisoning case occupied t" p - Resident Magistrate at Kumara aJJ Tuesday, and was continued yesterday. The efforts of the Crown are directed to prove that Rough on Rats was purchased for the express purpose £>f killing Conlon. Temuka Rifled.—A- Government parade of the above corps was held night, when there was a fair muster. The co in nan y was exercised in the new drill under Sergeant-Major Jones, after which it was inspected by C.ojoncl Bailey. Captain Cutten and Liciitenaqiy Findlay and Whitehead were on parade.

Geraldine Public School. — The Geraldine Public School concert has been postponed till Friday, July ffiffid. We understand tefrt ,q. capital programme is in preparation, consisting fff items furnished by the children and by v>/e)I-known dramatic and musical amateurs. This programme will be published in a future fusne. Thu!,'if A. Parish. — On Tuesday afternoon the parochial nunj.iimtors of Tcmuka Parish mot the diocesan at Cliristehurch. when the names of several clergymen were brought before the meeting for the selection of an incumbent for the parish ,of Tcmpka. the Lev. W. E. Giiiam, incumbent j&f Rangiora, was imair nv?UMy nominated, It wi>i be k.’fown in a few day,' 1 wlietUar h§ A iff accept fche charge of the parish. Fictitious Stamps. —Adolph Schlesinger, tobacconist, of Christchurch, who buys and sells old postage stamps, was charged at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, on the information of Mr J. S. Dick, Commissioner of Stamps, with a breach of the Post Office Act of ISKI Amendment Act LS.S7, by dealing in fictitious stamps. In conscqvience of the non arrival of witnesses from Wellington for the prosecution, and pressure of business, the ease was adjourned till Friday.

Ahowhenua Town Board.—The meeting of the above called for last night was adjourned for a week.

Aurora Australis. —There was a display of the Aurora Australis in the southern sky lash evening. Belfield School.—A concert and dance in aid of the prize fund of the Belfield school takes plane to-morrow evening. Horse Sale. —Messrs Guinness & LeCron announce that they will hold a special horse sale at Timaru on Saturday next, for which thve are now booking entries. The Levels Road District. —At the last meeting of the Levels Hoad Board it was stated by the chairman that the ad litiou to the valuation of the district, after allowing for the reductions, was about £235,001).

Sale of a Farm. —Attention is directed to the sale of a farm, situated at Gapes’s Valley, by Mr W. S. Maslin at his Geraldine salerooms to-day, on account of Mr McCaskill. The farm is a compact one of 100 acres, and in addition there is adjacent to it a bush section of 25 acres.

Narrow Escape. —A seaman named Frederick Smith had a narrow escape of drowning at Auckland yesterday morning. He fell over the breastwork into the harbor, and was sinking a second time when lie was pluckily rescued by James McMillan, who, fully dressed, brought him to the stringers of the wharf, where a dingy picked them up.

A Native Burial.— At the funeral of a native woman at Waikawa, recently, the service was conducted by a native minister in the Maori language, and after deceased’s body had been lowered into the grave, her earthly possessions, in the shape of a sewing machine, bedding, clotaes, &0., were placed on top of the coffin. The funeral party afterwards returned to the pa, to hoi 1 the usual tangi.

Tre Late Sir H. Atkinson.—At their meeting yesterday the Selwyn County Council passed a resolution—“ That this council desires to place on record its sense of the loss which the colony has sustained by the death of Sir Harry Atkinson, and their high appreciation of the valuable services he rendered to the country as a statesman and a soldier; and also to express their sympathy with Lady Atkinson and family in their bereavement.”

A Solicitor’s Estate. The first meeting of creeitors in the estate of the late J. M. Alexander, solicitor, Auckland, was held on Tuesday morning. Creditors, representing about £30,000, were present. The report presented by the accountant appointed to investigate the deceased’s affairs showed that the system of bookkeeping practised by Alexander was most peculiar and unreliable. The meeting resolved to realise all assets in the estate. Wage Earners of the Colony.—The Oamaru Mail works out from the census returns that out of a gross female population of 293,781 in the colony, 15.4 per cent, are bread winners, that is to say, entirely independent, self supporting, ami no doubt contributing in many cases largely towards the support of the lords of creation. Of the males of the colony—the recognised bread winners—only (>2 per cent come under the category. Of the total bread-winners of both sexes 18 per cent are females. Of women over 20 years of age, 22 per cent are bread winners. S.vla and Love Young's Dream.— When I was a young man, says George A. Bala, I was usually in love, and wrote the usual number of silly letters ; but I cannot remember ever having put crosses for kisses at the bottom of my ‘ billets dotix.’ Once, I think, I lilled a pepper castor with warm water aud sprinkled the contents on the last paragarph of my epistle—it was a deeply pathetic one —in order to induce the inference that I had been weeping bitterly while penning the declaration that I would die a thousand deaths sooner than surrender my Emmeline—ox - was it Louisa .’ But the fraud failed to fetch’ the inflexible fair one. w-ho married somebody else. They always did.’ Temuka Caledonian Society. The Temuka Caledonian Society are still to the fore with their winter entertainments. They have determined upon giving another social on the 21st instjanda fancy dress ball on the 28th August. At the last social it was suspected that entrance was obtained by parties who were neither members nor been introduced by members, and the committee have determined that if required all persons wishing admittance must show their members tickets at the door, or be introduced by a member of the Society. Members will distinctly understand that the committee have pcs.oj.ved ivpon tins lor the purpose of keeping their social gatherings us select as they have hitherto been.

A Hot Mistake. —An English exchange says: A young barrister, occupying chambers in the Temple, -was taken by an ol 1 fyiepd fo a dinner af the house of two la;ijts—qua a widow, fae other the hostess, the latter’s husband being in India. It so chanced that at this especial dinner the widow had cast off her weeds, and the young counsel found it difficult to distinguish the married lady from the widow, they being very mp.oh a]ike, as he thought. “It’s very warm," the lady remarked, fanning herself. “ Yes ; but your husband has gone to a warmer climate,” responded the guest. The lady stared at him over her fan. ’* My husband ! ” she retorted, “he is dead.'’ “fiff tep |Uopsand pardons! ” replied be, J pjis£bo| yon for yqup fpfey, whose husband Jlftg gfyng fo Jjjdiij.

Fatalities. A man named. James Bruce was killed on Monday evening at Sawyer’s Bay by being run over by a train on the Port Chalmers line. Nothing is known as to the circumstances, bnt it is presumed that he was walking on the line. | Bruce i-etidcd at Deborah Bay.—During the i voyage of £he barque Alcestis from Newcastle, fffie cook, g. man pained Chitties J. Miftcjr, aged ‘5(5 yeajes, Ayhile drawing a bucket fif Jfajey himself, fell overboard, and wua —The body of Howard Fitzgerald, late second cook of the steamer Ohau, was found floating in the river near the sfaiths at y/G.sfnqrt, on Sunday morning. Fitzgeral i bfls fteejj. inisgjjjg sjjice early morning pf ‘ June 2qcl', ‘ wli'ep ft is snpnofmd befell into ilha jjvey ,-ATh'e daughter of Jas. Mcplymoui', lijtvejroiiji’gill, Was accidentally burnt to doaih in the ab -effOC tff the mot er. A burning stick fell from the fird, malting the clothes of the (jhild, who seized the chamber jug of water to extinguish it> b «t fell, breaking the jug. She ran across the sjj-oef f.a Ijer grandmother’s, but was terribly burned. uu<i died a few hours afterwards. • The Weather. —On Friday and Saturday last |he weather was quite summerlike, and it was hard jf;g psaliso that we were in the middle of wmitv. Qn Monday King Winter reasserted himself, and since then has held undisputed sway. On Monday a cold sou’-wester, accompanied by raw, prevailed during the greater part of the day, and since the;;, though fine, the weather has been very cold.' Sn*,w lias , fallen heavily on the ranges. —At Christchurch there was a heavy snowfall on the Port Hills on Monday night. Wehiffgtoß telegrams state that the rainfall there bus been exceptionally heavy since the beginning Qf the mouth. On Tuesday it was stitcd that it h:j I been raining almost continually since Sunday afternoon, and showed no sign of abatement. The rivers were all flooded, and several slips had taken place, but no serious damage' ‘is reported. Th" weather was the worst experienced for some considerable time. In the country districts similar weather prevailed. Heavy rain had also fajfeij .at Auckland. The Waipa i-iyejc overflowed, ajud f#f mapy places the township of Ojfcorftflanga was qnder wafer. Settlers fn 10'v lying’ Lffds 111 t‘ he Kll ? lk i district had to w'Cl’k fliU’d Mi WP their sheep and cattle. A part of in 9TO Kuiti railway was washed away, the train _ being thus delayed foy three hours until the damage could be repaired. The water rose so high at Otorohanga as to enter several houses and extinguished the Ayes in a timber ijiill, a quantity of timber being washed away.

The Deputy Assigneeship. —Mr D. M, Ross, of Timaru, has resigned the position of Deputy-Assignee in Bankruptcy.—The firm of Ross, Sims & Co., of which Mr Ross is a member, has been declared bankrupt. Mr Ross filed a declaration of insolvency yesterday.

Black Star Minstrels at Temuka. — We would remind our readers that the Temuka Black Star Minstrels give one of their variety entertainments in the Temuka Volunteer Hall this evening, and they have issued a programme of more than usual excellence. They promise that everything will be new, and the “ plantation scene ” that will be pourtrayed is said to be well worth seeing. The Minstrels have never been behindhand when their services have been required for a charitable purpose, and on this occasion they fully deserve a crowded house.

Contempt of Court.—About a month ago Alexander NcNaught, of Oamaru, was ordered by the District Judge to be imprisoned for contempt, until he submitted to the Court, for refusing to answer certain questions in the course of his public examination under the Bankruptcy Act. A petition praying for his release was forwarded by the residents of Waitaki County to the Governor. The Minister of Justice has just advised the Hon. Mr Shrimski that His Excellency sees no reason for interfering in the matter.

0 rangEiSJt.— The Orange Societies held their annual celebrations on the 1:1th July. At Timaru a tea and concert were hell. At Christchurch social gatherings were held in the Oddfellows’ Hall and Baptist Church. Both were attended by crowded audiences. At the former, under the auspicef of No. 1 district, a motion expressing sympathy with Ulster men and the Protestants of Ireland in the struggle against Home Rule, was passed unanimously. At the Baptist Church the chairman, Mr J. T. Smith, asked those who were against Home Rule to stand up. About half did so. Some one expressed an opposite opinion, and for a time there was a tendency to disorder, but the proceedings soon became orderly. A resolution, similar to that mentioned above, was passed.

M. Pasteur’s Researches. Considerable interest has been excite 1 in medical circles by the report that M. Pasteur, the famous chemist, had discovered an anti-epileptic vaccine. According' to the Figaro, this vaccine is simply a remedy for the treatment of convulsions. M. Pasteur, it is stated, applied the new method in the case of a child aged 10, which since its second year had been subject bo violent fits of epilepsy. The child was in the first place brought under che notice of Dr Charcot, and to him its malady seemed to be incurable. Now, however, after a fortnight’s treatment by M. Pasteur, the fits are said to have entirely disappeared. On the other hand, the Eclair publishes the report of an interview with M. Pasteur on the subject of the new cure. He declared that he was in fact studying cases of epilepsy, but there was nothing up to the present to authorise him to announce that he had obtained an anti-epileptic vaccine.

The Whitechapel Exhibition. —The plucky conduct of the Archbishop of Canterbury in sanctioning, by his presence, the Sunday opening of the Whitechapel Exhibition, led (says the St. James’ Gazette), as might have been expected, to bis being heckled at the hands of the “ Lord’s Day Rest ” people. In reply to one of these, who apparently tried to frighten the archbishop out of going, His Grace said that “ the Sunday opening at Whitechapel does not appear to me to be a reason why I should refuse to take part in the opening ceremony of an exhibition so goo 1 and helpful to the people of the East End. But by doing so I committed myself to no opinions upon the subject of the opening of museums, Ac., on Sunday.” Now, it is not the business of an archbishop to “commit himself”—or rather it is his business not to commit himself. But actions are more important than expressions of opinion ; and, whatever Convocation may have to say on the subject, the archbishop’s action in extending his personal patronage to an exhibition of which the distinctive and essential feature is its Sunday opening is a fact with which the Lord’s Day Rest Association most put up as best they can.

Reminiscences of Parliament. Saturday last was the fi.lth anniversary of the New Zealand Hansard. The Wellington Evening- Post says .- —“ The session of ISfiT commenced on the !)th of July, and on that date the first ‘ note ’ for Hansard was taken in this colony. The. original staff consisted qf Mr Barron (as chief), and Messrs J. L. Kinsella, G-. MTutyre, William Mitchell, E. T. Gallon, and A. J. Dnllas. With the exception of the last named, all survive. Of the ;>0 members of the Legislative Council of that session there are only some 10 qr Jl alive nqw. The recentlyelected Speaker (Mr Miller) apd Messrs Aclapd, BaUlie, Holmes, Mantell, Pollen, and Sir G. Whitmore still retain their seats. Mr J. D. Lance, and Mr A. P. Seymour, who were also in the Council at the time, and have since sat in the other House, are no longer in either, although alive and well. Of the 70 who sat in the House of Representatives of 1807 Sir J. Hall is the only one who is a member of the House ; Messrs Dignan, Ormond, Reynolds an 1 Stevens, who were members of the Hquse qf Representatives then, now sit iu the 'Legislative Council. Some 1(1 or 1J Others are still aßve, amongst \yhqm may he mentioned Sip J?. D. ReR, Sir iff. O’Rorke, Sir J. Vogel, Sir Edward Stafford, Mr Curtis and Mr Travers, who are no longer in Parliament. Of the whole of the members comprising the Legislature of 1807, upwards of three fourths have passed away during the quarter of a century.” Market j;qb Surplus Fowls, Etc.—The Taranaki belaid publishes the fo]lo\ying epraet'frq in ap. English lettep received by Mr J'. C. Q’e.qpge“ I propl-d like to draw your attention to the tact that large quantities of frozen chickens are received from Russia. I do not know what the position of New Zealand is as regards poultry supply, but if fowls are plentiful i ana cheap a trade could be worked up iu tilese : insf as welj. as’with frozen Rqr ybpr information 1 ihay't’ell you’ that ihe, R< t sdap chickens cpme packed in'bcixes of 80 to 100 6aoh. v Rack fqWi isplucked apd fie entrails drawn, the heart and glzzird cleaned and replaced in the fowl. -The head is left on the bird and is, wrapped round in paper ; each fowl is also wrapped in'papej. apd packed iu the box. The work point of tli’e It’ttssian ttadc j|o attempt is made to select the fowls anti pack them acordiug to size and quality. If there is a supply of fowls in New Zealand available f.o/expyrt, th/}» I certainly consider it well worth while to give tbu; business a trial. The season in which the fowls should arrive here is from January to May, inclusive. I shall be very pleased to hear what you think of this matter, but I must repeat that the prices obtained would greatly depend bn the care xyßh which the fowls were selected aud packed on your sftle, I would also mention that a consignment of hares was received this season from Australia. The hares were packed and frozen fiv their skills, (lie entrails having first been removed, apd' the pjHce obtained was about .’is cacb, which, no doubt, gayo tho shippers an excellent return.” The best medicine known is Sander and Son,s’ Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects iu cougbs, colds, influenza*! the - relief ij instantaneous. Ip serious cases, and accidents of till kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —uu ipflgipniation. Like surprising effects • produced m cfopp, diphtheria, bronchitis inflammation ' o‘f diiu-!.‘]ia:a, dysOJlteßG diseases of tRb kidneys and urinary organa, in uso at hospital and , medical clinics all over the globe; patron- \ iscd by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medal and diploma it ] International* Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this' approved if,rticie, ipud reject j all others ' J

Special Offer of “ Star ” Cycles.— No. 7 Star with one-inch solid tyres, £IG 10s; No. 8 Star solid tyres,£lslos. Send for catalogue. Star Cycles on Hire Purchase from 5s per week. Adams, Curties, & Co., 70 Manchester Street, Christchurch.— Advt. SYNOPSIS OP AO VEP-TISEMBNTS Henry Hearn—Wants a man cook, William Ashby—Turnip land to let. Nalder Bros. —Have KiO acres to let for crop. Mrs Twomey, Temuka Wants a girl about 11. Geraldine Public School—Entertainment postponed. Edward Prouting—Funeral notice re late Mr James Gaby. Belfield School —Concert and dance tomorrow evening. Music—Last week of great sale of music at Mr E. 0. Dann’s. Guinness & LeCreu —Hold sale of horses on Saturday next. A. G.‘ Cox—Wants feed for 1000 ewes in Geraldine district. G. 11. Mogridge, Temuka —Great sale of stock in assigned estate of G. H. Mogridge, bought at 7s (id in the .C, will commence on Saturday; great bargains.