LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2387, 26 July 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Sudden Death. —Mr David H. Anderson, aged 70 years, died suddenly at South Dunedin, of heart disease. Tjemuka Stock Sale.—The fortnightly sale of stock at Temuka takes place to-day. A number of entries are advertised in another column. Sale of Property.—Messrs Guinness k LeOreu sell a cottage and section, on account of Mr Thos. Gibson, at the Temuka Saleyards to-day. A Heavy Deal. The McArthurs (Auckland) have arranged to purchase the whole output of the Onehunga Woollen Mills for live years. This involves a total of £120,000. Social at Temuka.—A social under the auspices of the Temuka Good Templars takes place in the Social Hall this evening, commencing at 8 o’clock. All are invited. (The Lodge meets at 7 o’clock. ) Fire.—a lire destroyed a house of ten rooms owned by Wadsworth, a cab proprietor, Parnell, Auckland. The building was insured for £2OO and furniture for £ 100, both in the New Zealand Office.

Theft.—At, Napier on Saturday Harry Burns was brought up on two charges of stealing about ii!) sacks of barley, valued at about £ii2, and a quantity of tobacco, and was committed for trial on both charges. A Caution.—A prisoner named Pratt, undergoing a sentence of three years for forgery, who escaped from Mount Cook on Friday, and was recaptured next day, got six months at Wellington yesterday morn-

Arbor Day.—We are glad to notice that a public meeting to discuss the subject of tree planting on “Arbor Day” has been convened by the Geraldine Town Board for Thursday evening next. Gardeners are specially invited to be present. The Elginshire. Arrangements for attempting to float the Elginshire are now complete, and the effort will be made the first favourable opportunity that occurs. It was intended to make a trial on Sunday, but the weather was unfavorable.

This Lost Found. —About a year ago a storekeeper of Poraugahau. Hawke’s Bay, named Jensen, reported that a sum of £2OO in notes had been stolen from his house. The money has now been found by Mrs Jensen between the drawers and the back of the chest of drawers.

A New Zealand Oarsman.— Keefe, the Auckland amateur oarsman, leaves for Sydney _ shortly in order to compete with Australian oarsmen, including Stansbury, Sullivan, and Kemp, in the professional sculling handicap to be held on the Paramatta in September. An Artistic Visitor.— The Hauroto, which arrived at Wellington from Sydney yesterday morning, brought 27 saloon and S 5 steerage passengers. Among the passengers is Mr Pod way Barnes, the painter of English landscape, who intends devoting a few months to the delineation of the beauties of New Zealand scenery. Personal. —We learn* that Mr R. Mackay, who for many years has managed the Rainclift' Station, has now retired from that position and gone to live on his own farm in the same neighbourhood. The many friends of Mr J. D. Richards, erstwhile manager of Dinda Farm, Waitohi, will be glad to learn that he has been appointed as successor to Mr Mackay in the management of Raincliff,

Geraldine Prohibition League. The Geraldine Prohibition League, at their last annual meeting, decided to invite the Rev. L. M. Isitt, of Christchurch, to attend a tea and public meeting to be held at Geraldine. We understand that Mr Isitt has agreed to come, and that a Mrs J. L. Wright, lady evangelist, of Wellington; will also be present. Full particulars will appear in this paper later on. Church News.— At St. Alban’s Church, Pleasant Point, the services on Sunday last were conducted by the Yen. Archdeacon Harper, and the Rev T. A. Hamilton officiated at St. Mary’s, Timaru. At St. Saviour’s Church, Temnka, it was announced the Rev. Mr Gillum, the newly appointed incumbent, was expected to preach his first sermon on August 21st, and also that a special baptismal service by the Rev. T. A. Hamilton would be held shortly.

North Island Railway.— Mr Jackson Palmer met the Northern Railway League at Auckland, yesterday, and explained the present 'position with regard to the Stratford route and of the possibilities of a select committee to consider the route being appointed. The members of the League as ked Mr Palmer to bring under the notice of the Minister of Works the present condition of the Pororataro tunnel, the approaches to which were falling into ruin through the recent heavy rains. It was suggested that the best way to preserve the tunnel works would be to place It in use by completing the northern portion of the main trunk line to Pororataro.

Football. —At Timaru on Saturday afternoon the cup match between Timaru and Waihi football clubs resulted in an easy win for the visitors by 10 points (2 goals) to 2 points (a try). The Waihi club stand a good chance of being the premier one of the seasqu.—At Pleasant Point on the same day a match was played between Pleasant Point and Pairjie teams. Pairlie played two men short, hut won the match by 14 points to 2. —Arrangements are at present pending for a match on Thursday next at Temuka between Tempka 2nd and Waihi ;ird. in tjhe event qf pq match being played a practice will be held in the Park at i> p.m. between members of the Ist and 2nd fifteens, to which all are requested to attend, with a view to future engagements.

Drowning op Three Men.— At!) a.m. on Saturday the Mount Stewart Fishing Company’s boat attempted to cross the Katikati bar. When on'the bar the boat was seen by Faulkner, a ba|fcast,e, to broach to, and the sea swamped her. The crew consisted of George Stewart (a son of Vessy Stewart, founder of the settlement), Frank Anderson (son of T. Anderson, a respected settler), and Robert Erwin, fisliof map. They tqok' to the rigging and apparently lashed themselves to the mast. Several seas covered them. They remained in that position about seven minutes, when all suddenly disappeared. Search parties have been out since, but found no trace of the wreck or the bodies. A hat supposed to belong to Andersen was found on the beae’d near the scene'.' All were married.'

A Musical Prodigy.— -Mr Cheek, a teacher of music in Blenheim, has brought over to Wellington his four-year-old son to submit him to the notice of Mr Parker, Mr Hill, and other musical authorities there, iiud confer with them as to the best way qf deyejopipg ' gify which thQ child possesses.' The child (says the Evening 1 Press) has gifts precisely similar to those of Mozart, in even a mqire wonderful degree. ’At four years he cap'tell in what key a piece is being played, can strike any note, and distinguish things in music which hia father apd (eacher cannot. Those who hay 6 hea:pd jffie child ip Blenhqirfa are amze 1 at his powers. " One lady| writing to a friend in Wellington, says “the child is certainly a living miracle —that is the only word that can describe him.” Wtauvld go I’here is a terrible pathos (remarks the Pall Mall Gazette) in this observation of a juryman' at the recept inquest qn a dqcker’s’infant whq' had died from “ want of fqqd and badly-developed lungs." The fai-he); had practically dopepQ work for a long time because he could pot get it to do, and there was no lire dr food in the place when the baby was born. The relieving officer had been to the house, but the dread of the workhouse was so deep rooted in these poor people’s minds that no one dared to tell him they were starving. And so it came about that with a ’l}d borrowed from a neighbor to pay the doctor’s fee, the infant was taken to a surgery when it was too late. That human beings, as another j uror put it, should be “ takeu ill and allowed to die like dogs ” is sad enough ; but that slow starvation should be endured by so many with sealed lips is surely one qf the hios.t touching of characteristics iu all the dreary annuls qf jjhc pbor’. ' 1 '

Suicide. —A woman named Hulse, wife of a gardener residing at Kingsland, Auckland, committed suicide last Friday evening. Deceased was subject to fits of melancholia, which lately had increased in frequency. Her husband found her hanging dead in the scullery on his return from work. Deceased had been married three years and leaves two children. She left a letter bidding farewell to her husband, and asking forgiveness.

Pkoeessor Mason. —While the Salvation Army at Reefton were conducting their services in front of Dawson’s Hotel yesterday, a shower of silver coins fell upon them. At first they thought the shower was direct from heaven, and many eyes and pious ejaculations of thanksgiving were heard. The genial face of Professor Mason however was seen at one of the upper windows. In a moment of approbation he threw them the silver, of which they recovered the sum of £4 16s. Needlessly to say the Professor’s soul was devoutly prayed for with many hallelujahs.—Exchange.

The Deputy Assigneeship.— Mr James Rogers, of Oamaru, was appointed Deputy Assignee at Timaru on the resignation of Mr D. M. Ross. He, however, has given place to Mr Alex. Montgomery, who is well known in the Temuka district as a member of the late firm of Gray & Montgomery, auctioneers. Mr Montgomery has also been appointed Timuru agent for the Public Trustee, Judging by Mr Montgomery’s reputation as a business man the appointments should give every satisfaction.

Weather at Rotorua.— At Rotorua it rained continuously from Monday to Friday. The lake was much swollen, overflowing in places and covering some of the Native baths and pah. The main thoroughfare from the old township to the new, skirting the lake, was under water. Signs of increased activity were manifest in many of the springs. The dormant ones have come to life again, and this has accounted for the rise in the lake. When the water falls the springs will assume their usual condition. In the middle of the road at the base of Pukeroa, in the township, a spring with a good flow of boiling water has appeared. Personal . The Rev. Jasper Smyth, since going to Akaroa has paid several visits to the Maoris residing at the Kaik, and they feel very much pleased with this, and say he is the only minister who has taken an interest in their spiritual welfare tor many years. He conducted service in the little Maori church on Sunday last, and administered Holy Communion to several of the natives. The natives are so pleased with the kindness of the rev. gentleman that they have written to their friends in other places to acquaint them with the facts. They are most willing to allow their little church to be used, not only for their benefit, but for the benefit of those members of the church residing in and around the Kaik. They also promise to give every support to the Rev. Mr Smyth, so as to encourage him in his work amongst them. —Akaroa Mail.

Our Population. — A return, laid on the table of the House by the Representation Commission, shows that the total population of the colony in 1891 was 626,658, of whom 228,127 were comprised in 65 boroughs and one town district, each containing a population of over 2000, excluding the residents of Chatham and Kermadec Islands, numbering 200 persons. There remain, therefore, 308,241 as country population. to which 28 person having been added, the total nominal population for the purposes of the Representation A ct became 738,165, The increase since 1886 has been greater in the North Island than in the South Island; the nominal population of the former was 330,032. and of the latter 407,823, entitling the first to 31 members and the other to 39. Shipwreck and Loss op Life.— The barquentine Edith May, Captain Jass, from Dunedin, anchored in the roadstead about 3i} miles north of Wanganui river, was totally wrecked about half-past five o’clock on Sunday morning, The vessel struck only 150 yards from land, but it took the men nine hours to get ashore, and it was accomplished at last by floating a line attached to a plank ashore. Their signals of distress were unnoticed. While ■attempting to launch a boat the first mate, Mr Alfred Reynolds, was drowned. The vessel had been lying in the roadstead a week waiting for an opportunity to enter the harbor. She belonged to Mr John Taylor, of Sydney. The hull was valued at £1750, audit was insured for £I6OO in the New Zealand Insurance Company (Sydney branch). The cargo, valued at £2500, chiefly flour, was insured for £6OO in the Standard, £SOO in the Globe, and £llOO in other oiflees. The freight was insured for £2OO. A Betting Case. — At Dunedin on Saturday an important decision affecting betting was given in the appeal case against the decision of Mr Carew, R.M., in the case of Police v. Barnett, who was found guilty of gambling by laying totalisator odds. Mr Justice Williams said he was not prepared to follow the case of Porter v. Connor. If the accused had conducted a totalisator without a license he would have brought himself within Section 18, but he did nothing of the sort. What he did was to lay bets at totalisator odds. Now, there was nothing illegal in making a bet or the giviugof odds. If the parties were not able to agree as to odds he saw no reason why they should not, without breaking the law, resort to chance for the purpose of determining what the odds were to be. In no sense can such a transaction be a scheme by which prizes of money are competed for. Each bet is a distinct transaction. The bet is a contract, though not enforced at law,and a contract with one person has no connection at all with one made with another person. The conviction would be quashed; no costs were allowed. Sunday Trading. —At the President Magistrate’s Court, Timarq, on Friday last, three charges of Sunday trading against publicans were held. The evidence in the three cases was very similar. A man named Carruth, a resident of Sandie<own, a suburb of Timaru, visited the Old Bank, the Timaru, and the Ship Hotels, in rotation on Sunday morning and got a drink at each place. The selling of the drinks was not, denied, but the evidence for the defence in two, of the cases went to show that the drinks were supplied by persons who had been forbidden to serve any person with liquor on Sundays and in all fhree cases that he (Carruth) had represented himself as a “ traveller.” Carruth denied that he represented himself as, a traveller at the Timaru, ai\d Ship, Hotels. In the case against the Ship Hotel, however, two others were supplied with drink at the same time—two tailors named Robert Reed and John Tunny, the latter a prohibited person. The tailors denied that they were asked whether, they were travellers. The drinks in this case were, served by a' grocer nam,e.d Geo.. Hazelhiirst, who, boarded at the hotel, an,d who was cleaning out the bar foy the barman, who was sick. He admitted that i he was cautioned nqt to supply anyone with drink t ; Counsel fog the defence— Messrs Perry, White, and Hay—contended that as the drinks were supplied by unaqthorised persons and reasonable precaution had 1 been taken to, ascertain that the persons asking for drinks were bo/’/f ftja travellers, the cases should no dismissed. His TiyciaUip said ha would take time to look into the authorities quoted, and would give his decision probably next Friday.— Robert Reed, one of the witnesses in the above cases, was then charged with procuring liquor for John Tunny, q ‘‘ aie,hibi J (i ed person.” defendant admitted •that he did procure the liquor, and also that he knew Tunny had been prohibited, but he forget all about that at the moment, and was sorry for what he had done when he thought of it afterwards. SergeantMajor McDonald reminded His YGu'ship, that defendant had given his* evidence very straightforwardly ip the'previous' cases. His Worship decided to lot the' matter stand ovfcf. ■

The Harbor Board.— We direct our readers attention to our leading article. From that it will be seen that the Timaru Harbor Board are acting in contravention of the law. Our readers can see it for themselves by reading our article.

Magic Lantern.— To-morrow evening a magic lantern entertainment will be given in the Bangitira School, commencing at 7 o’clock. Views of Ceylon, Egypt, Palestine, Italy, and other countries, will be shown, and the Rev. J. Dickson will make the necessary explanatory remarks. The entertainment is sure to be both instructive and enjoyable, and should be well patronised. On Thursday evening the entertainment will be given in the Milford schoolroom, and on Friday evening in the Temuka Parish Hall. The Grand National Meeting.— The following have accepted for the Grand National Steeplechase : Whalebone, list 131 b, Ahua list 91b, Couranto list 6lb, Norton list 41b, Commotion and Sir Garnet lOst 81b, Lyndoora and Booties lOst 31b, Callola lOst 21b, Magpie lOst, Kaimanawa Dab 111 b, Chance 9st 101 b, Waitangi 9st 91b, Flintstone, Morok. Worth, and Smuggler 9st 71b, Grand National Hurdle Race: Norton list 121 b, Couranto list 101 b, Kulnine and Waterbury list 51b, The Idler list, Brin-go-Bragh and Magpie lOst 41b, Cajolery and Captain Webb lOst, Kaimanawa 9st 101 b, Iroquois 9st. The Factory Act. —At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, the factory inspector proceeded against a laundry proprietor for failing to register it as a factory. The defence was that a laundry was not a factory, Mr Robinson, R.M., over-ruled the objection, and held that washing as a matter of business was a handicraft within the meaning of the Act. Therefore, a laundry was a factory. Ultimately judgment was given by consent for la, Mr Izard, for defendant, stating that the factory department as well as the defendant were anxious to settle the point, and that the matter would be taken to the Supreme Court.

Wellington Hospital. —A deputation consisting of members of the District Board and members for the Wellington provincial districts in both Houses, waited on the Premier on Friday evening and asked for a vote of £6OOO to enlarge the local hospital. The Premier said the Government were not disposed to accede to the request, fearing that if they did so similar applications would be made by other hospitals. He promised to subsidise any sum raised locally.—lt is about time the Wellington Hospital authorities adopted a self-reliant policy, and raised the money thev require for their hospital and charitable aid in their own district..

Local Bodies’ Views. —A meeting of delegates of district local bodies, held at Invercargill on Friday night to consider charitable aid and hospital management, passed resolutions to the eifect that the Act should be repealed, and the hospitals should be controlled solely by the Government and supported out of the Consolidated Revenue; that the duty of providing charitable aid be placed on district boards, who shall be elected by the ratepayers; that arrangements be made with the other colonies for the return of absconding husbands, and that a district liability for aid to paupers in another district cease at the end of six months from the first payment. The creation of Government industrial farms was also supported.

The Unemployed. A certain large landowner living in South Canterbury asked the police in his vicinity to write to the labor bureau in Christchurch for four men to cut, grub, and burn so many miles of gorse fences at seven pence per chain. The labor bureau wrote back asking how old the fences were, and the large landowner replied that two years ago they were all cut. On the strength of this four men came up by train, but when they were shown the work they found, to their astonishment, the fences in such a condition that they were worth three shillings and sixpence per chain. Some of them had never before been cut, and the gorse had grown in some places a chain to a chain and a half out from them. The men of course declined to undertake the contract, but the large landowner refused to give them more. Four of his ploughmen had left that morning, and the four unemployed offered to take their places, but the large landowner would not hear of it. They must cut the gorse, or leave the place. The poor men left, and made the best of their way on foot. They had not a penny of money, and had to sleep in an old whare on Friday night. They travelled all daj r on Saturday, and wet, and weary, they reached Terauka late in the afternoon, and applied to the stationmaster to pass them on by train to Christchurch. That gentleman had no power to do so, and they next applied to Constable Bourke, who was equally powerless to assist them. They asked him to put them in the lock-up, aud so he pub them in the police straw-ahed, He next brought them to Tombs’ hoarding house, and paid for tea and breakfast for them out of his own pocket. Mr Rudd, Insurance Agent* was staying in the boarding house, aud paid for their dinner on Sunday, and gave them some money to start with on. their journey on foot to Cnristchurch. They were big, strong, aud alde-bodiod men, and had all the appearance of good working men. Two of them were married, and the other two had aged parents dependent on them, so they were anxious to work if they had it to do. We do not know whether the law can compel the large landowner to make restitution to them for having brought them from Christchurch on false pretences. We should like to see him prosecuted and made an example of, and we hope if there is any means of doing so he will he made answerable for his actions. Bad as working men may be, no one can doubt but that if t ie donees were any way reasonable at all those men would have remained until they got enough money to take them back, but they said they would have to remain forever before they could make enough at the price. No doubt tho large owner thought He could get the unemployed to do the work for next to nothing for him* aud that was the xeason he sent for these men to Christchurch.

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SYNOPSIS OF Ai>YERTISEMENTS.

J. Beri—Funeral notice re late James Quade. Guinness & DeCren—-Entries Temttka Stock Sale. Geraldine Town Board—Public meeting go Arbor Day. N, Longney, Winchester—lnvites tenders for purchase of paddock. J. Radclift’e—Particulars of clearing sale of furniture and pictures, T. H. Heskcth ----- Tenders wanted forgrubbing and clearing gorse. Magic Lantern Entertainments At Rangitira, Milford, and Temuka. J. D. Richards, Rainclib—lnvites tenders for cutting, stubbing, etc., about 25 miles' of gorse fences