LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2391, 4 August 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The Compensation Question. At H.astertoi *aftd Oamaru public meetings have passed resolutions in favor of Mr Joyce's Bill. Vital Statistics, —During the month ended July 31 st 11 births and 4 marriages were registered at Temuka. No deaths were registered. Football. —The match arranged to take place to-day between Temuka and Pleasant Point has fallen through owing to Pleasant Point being unable to muster a team. Football Social.— -Every arrangement has been made to make the Geraldine Football -ocial to-night a success, and a large gathering is anticipated. Sali; AT Geraldine.— Messrs J. Mundell & Co. hold ail extensive sale of furniture and effects, at Geraldine, tomorrow. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Concert at Kakahu Bush.— A grand concert, followed by a dance, will be held in the Kakahu Bush School to-morrow night, in aid of the school funds. A firsti ,vaf,p programme has been prepared. 1 Tub j'lyuT Ramsay,— A fire broke out on bd n rcl U' ls ,)»net Ramsay at 3 a.m. on Monday wMlst she was lying at the wharf at Wellington, but- after hard work it was put oitfc. Not much damage UA3 clone. Accident. —-A little son of Mr N, C. Nicholas, of Temuka, about eight years of a«-e, had his collardX/ne broken while returning home from school .on_ Tp.esday afternoon. He was attended by HR’ Wijliam Blnnden, and is progressing favorably. TEMPERANCE Demonstration. —We remind those Interested of the temperance demonstration, whisk wUI he held at the Volunteer Hall. Geraidipe. tfofflorrow evening. The tickets are one shiliipgpaob, and admit to both tea and public meeting, or to public meeting only. At the present time, when so much is heard of prohibition, no doubt many Good Templars and their sympathisers will l).o gjad to hear Mr Isitt on the subject. Exchange on Cheques —We ara given to understand that che banks agreed to some new arrangements under which an alteration has been made in the exchange on cheques. After a certain date per cent will be charged on all the cheques pf any daily lodgment drawn on banks within a provincial district, and j per cent, on cheques drawn on banks outside the provincial district. Under this arrangement one will not pay exchange on every cheque, but ou the total value pf the cheques he lodges ou any day. Rounder Match.— A rounder match will be played in the Park at Tcmnka on Saturday next between the Temuka High School and Timaru Main School. The visitors will arrive by the 13 Iff tram. _ the Temuka team will be composed of Grace Greaves (Captain), Florence Bryan, Nellie Fenton, Lottie Henry, Mabel Ackroyd, Ellon Edgar, Louisa Radford, Edith Oliver, Fanny Ardell, Bessie If, ev/bpry and Jennie Fenton. The game will comnM co at half-past one sharp. Timaru Hospital.— The following is the return of patients in the I imam Hospital for the month of July, LSffiJ : —Patients under treatment at date of lust return •> I; admitted during month, :'3; totals treated males :>B, females )«. toius4. Discharged during month :—Cured . males i), females 3 total 17; relieved: malest', females 3. total 5; dead: males 2. (Frederick Evens and John Eaton); totals discharged : males IS, females ( : , total if. Remaining under treatment: males 30, females 10, total 30. Out-patients treated dqring sho month: males 3, females 1.1. total 1 4. Arbor Day.—a mgef.ijjg pf the Bigaldiue Arbor D;:y Com mitres w.-y; !i--J I on Monday evening, when the following -anp-ements wore made lei tliool)>oi.\ancc ilay: —School children, members of tVie TV;\yn JVpvd, ami other bodies, will meet at Messrs Duujmp A, Co s corner and march in procession through (dm town to school ground. Tree -planting befog higj'.shed UI •' : : !0 speeches will then be made by prommeut citizens, and, if the schoolground ds slifiiciffljtly dry, sports wdl be h eld for the child*cm If the school ground is not dry. the sports will i/e I*6s m the small parii. Three gardeners each have n-iveu IDO trees, amt q; has been left with tliese three gardeners to i.ui?J, v ly the otner : throe hundred trees required. fcUnwhere j appears an advertisement showing that .storokqcpegs and others will observe to-day !,‘ s ■: close UoJidav, and it is to be hoped that Arbor" fyy will become an annual atEali'.

r Blind —The new building for the -institute lor the Blind was formally opened at Auckland on Tuesday by Bishop i owio. Land .Settlement. During the past month 1 (!(! selectors have taken up ;•!(!,000 acres of Crown lauds, and 15-1(51 acres have been sold,* in the Auckland district.

Ardor Day at Dunedin.-—A Dunedin telegram says; Great preparations are being made for Arbor Day, and considerably over COO trees will bo planted by the school children. A Dishonest Partner. —At the Dunedin Police Court William Charles, late of Wellington, a theatrical .agent and medicine vendor, was sentenced to a month’s hard labor for larceny, as a bailee, of a watch, the property of a young man who supposed he was joining Charles as a partner. Midland Railway.-- -At a large public meeting at Nelson, the Midland Railway Company was strongly condemned for the miserably slow manner in which it is carrying out its contracts, and the Government were urged to insist on the company carrying out its contract in its entirety without any alteration whatever. Fire. —A fire at llecfton on Monday night destroyed the Club Hotel, occupied by Patrick Ryan and owned by Hans Jacobsen. The inmates escaped in their night clothes. Adjoining storekeepers had their stocks damaged. The hotel was insured for £750, but the others were uninsured. Assaults. —At Christchurch on Tuesday James Duncan was committed for trial on a charge of assaulting G. W. Morrison by striking him about the face, and also on the head with a screw-wrench. Morrison was nearly killed. William Heenau and William Solomou were committed for trial for assaulting and robbing a man in Cashel street. Serious Charge. George Whitfield, postman, was charged at the Resident Magistrates’ Court, Christchurch, with stealing a letter containing £3, the property of the Postmaster-General. Accuscd had been in the employ of the Government for 1(5 years. He was remanded till Thursday, as a second charge is pending.

Customs Revenue, —The amount of r ustoms Revenue collected last month was £121,742, as against £115.033 for the previous month, and £144,826 for the corresponding mouth of the previous year. For the three months of the financial year the total is £490,253. The Treasurer’s estimate for that period was £525,000. leaving a deficit of £25,74(5. Beer Duty. —The beer duty yielded £3757 last month. The amounts collected at the chief ports were as follows :—Auckland £BSO ; Wellington £415 ; Christchurch £784 ; Dunedin £842. In July this year £4150 wascolleeted and in July 1801, £3814. The Treasurer estimated the amount for the three months at £10,333, but as only £17,175 has been collected, lie is below the mark by £2,158. Fatal Accidents. —A man named Carl Kilnast was killed on Mr Booth’s estate, at Belvidere, near Carterton, Wellington, on Monday while engaged in bush, falling.—An inquest was held at Napier on Monday, on Henry Galvin, aged 23, who was found dead on Petone bridge. He had evidently fallen off his horse and been dragged a considerable distance. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Pedestrianism. The twelve-hours’ walking contest at Dunedin on Monday resulted in a win for Scott, who covered (57 miles 3 laps. Bowen retired at the expiration of 9 hours, when he had covered 51 miles 9 laps and Scott 53 miles. Scott was loudly cheered at the conclusion of the walk. The deciding event, which will be for 24 hours, will probably come off on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Death oe a Veteran. The death is announced., at Wellington, of DrumMajor James Phillips, late of lI.M. 78th Highlanders. He served under Sir James Outrani in the Persian war of 1857. He was through the Indian Mutiny, and took part in many important engagements, including Cawnpore, the relief of Lucknow, and the final capture of the latter city under Sir Colin Campbell, receiving for that campaign the medal and two clasps.

The Thomson— Wylie Divorce Case. —ln the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on Tuesday. application was ma le to Mr Justice Williams, and an order was granted, that T. K. Wylie, co-respondent in a recent divorce case, Thomson v. Thompson, should pay the £ISOO damages awarded against him to petitioner into court. In the afternoon an application was made for a warrant for Wylie’s arrest under the Bankruptcy Act for concealing property. An affidavit was filed that within the last few days he had realised assets worth between ,£3OOO and £4OOO but had declared that he had neither money nor property to satisfy the writ. A warrant was issued and Wylie was subsequently lodged in gaol.

Forester's Society. —At the halfyearly meeting of representatives of the various Courts of Foresters in the South Canterbury district, held at Waimate last weejf, if iyas resolved to recommend the Courts in this district to alter their by-laws so as to make it legal vo ai'lQw sick pay foxaccidents arising from football or cycling. It was recognised that these were standard sports, and withholding sick pay wouid.no doubt dgbar young men from joining the society. The n?Pf’c advanced in years and also the }fpfpptpna|,e ones were not forgotten, for it was resoj.yec], fhat funds should be instituted for the relief pf members who might become permanently disabled either through sickness or old age. The membership of the district is now 110. of an Old Settler. — Mr William \yilsun, whoso death took place at No. 7, Walker street, uii Ffiday morning, (says the Lyttelton Times}, xyas an old resident of Canterbury. He arrived hep in the Blue Jacket over a quarter of a centu*v figd- Thence till the time of his death ’the deceased jrept(cmau Jed a most useful and houourabli Ufa. li if deajdi was due to complications arising out oL a severe attack of influenza. Under Mr E. G. Wright,’ Mr Wilson superintended the construction of several of the important railway bridges in Canterbury, and also supervised many works Jor the Government. In South Canterbury Mr Wilsons name will be remembered by many old residents, especially about Temuka, where he spent some time, eighteen or twenty years aga, during the erection of the Opihi and Temuka biidgsj, He was a generous, large-hearted man, ever imady to lend a helping-hand to those who needed it, and his kindly face will be missed in Christchurch and Lvttelton by a large circle of old fuepds. ‘ife was a native of Haterford, Ireland, &*?.d wip.s in his litty-fir-st J ear at the time of his ikath. He leaves a widow and four children to inoii’S his death. Railway Servants Conference.— At the annual meeting of the Amalgamate 1 Railway Servants Society at Wellington, among other badness transacted, the rules were considered, an 1 mi alteration njado in one to the effect that contributions to tee death benefit fun 1 be increased from (id to Is (subject to the approval of the local branched), that mem!) rs who leave the railway u 'f dc 1 m-y ivmnm nunno ■ r.a of ti“ so defy and participate in the death bencht fund no long as they continue their contributions. A committee was appointed to consider the question of emponsatiou to employees. The insurance scheme was considered at length, the following resolution being carried: —“The conference disapproves of any scheme of insurance affecting xailygy employees being dealt with by Parliament tliq same has been previously examined audajpppved of by a majority of the represeutives of the oinuloyees duly and freely elected by themselves uf. p. pieoting iu coiiterence, such conference p<f ci/mdsf of society or nonsociety men as the emplqyeCv may elect; this conference therefore protests against legislation in this direction, until the foregoing conditions have been fulfilled. ’ It was decided to forward the resolution to the Premier and Railway Commissioners.

Fatal Debauch. —W. A. Hogben, Newmarket, Auckland, was found dead in bis bedroom by his wife. The verdict of the jury was that he was suffocated by food getting into his windpipe while vomiting after a debauch. 1.0.0. P.—A mooting of the Alexandrovna Lodge, 1.0.0. F., was held on Tuesday last. After routine business, the lodge was closed and re-opened in the first degree. Bro. ,T. Blyth, P.G., then conferred the decree on three candidates.

Temuka Schoo£. Committee. —A special meeting of the above was held last night. Present —Messrs W. Storey (chairman), C. Bates, A. Russell, P. McCaskill, A. W. Surridge, F. R. Oldfield, F. Hooper, and G-. Levens. The chairman stated that the meeting had been called to consider the question of the head master’s absence. Mr Edge had not attended school for the past three days, and the only intimation he had received was a telegram from Mr Elge, dated from Ashburton, which stated that be (Mr Edge) had been called to Christchurch, but would return the following 1 day. He had not heard from him since. After some consideration, the chairman was requested to lay the matter before the Education Board at its meeting to-day. The meeting then terminated. Black Star Minstrels. —The Temuka Black Star Minstrels gave an entertainment in the Temuka Volunteer Hall on Tuesday evening, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the repairs of the clock at the Roman Catholic Church. The reputation of the troupe, as well as the object for which they performed, was sufficient to ensure a good attendance, and although many of those present had witnessed the previous performance their enjoyment did not seem one whit the less, for applause was frequent and prolonged. The programme was practically the same as that given at the opening of the season, with the exception of the introduction of a chorus for a fiuale and a lot of now jokes. The stage was again capitally arranged, and, the performers having acquired more confidence, everything went off very smoothly, The soloists acquitted themselves well, the pathetic songs being sung with taste, while the choruses were evenly snug, Messrs Higgins and A. Clinch put any amount of spirit into their delineations of the eccentricities of Tambo and Bones, and the former was vociferously .applauded for his character singing. Nearly every item on the programme had to be repeated, and it was not until a late hour that the curtain fell upon the last farce. The financial results should be good, and the company are to be congratulated not only upon the performance itself, but upon their public spirit iu coming voluntarily forward to assist in a really public cause. In our advertising columns the Rev. Father Fauvel returns his hearty thanks to the Black Star Minstrels for their kindness in getting up the entertainment, to the public for their attendance, and to all who assisted in making the entertainment the success it proved.

A Totalisatok Case.— At the H IM. Court, Tiratiru, yesterday, the case of Caro v. W. Collins, claim £ll !)s, judgment summons, was heard. The evidence showed that Caro gave Collins £1 to put on the horse Enfiel'% who won the Post Stakes. As Collins did not pay over the dividend Caro took out a summons, and obtained julgment. Collins then filed his schedule. Mr White contended that notwithstanding the filing the defendant was not relieved from liability under a judgment summons if the action arose out of a fraud. The only difference was that the leave of the District Court (the Bankruptcy Court), must be obtained to make an order available. W. Collins, the defendant, now swore that he did not invest the money on the horse, or give any one else themoney to do so, neither did he receive the dividend himself, nor did anyone for him. It was an accident that he did not put the money on the horse. Thos. Deavoll, a butcher, swore that Collins gave him £ 1 to invest on Enfield and that he did so, and gave the ticket to Collins. His mate, Taplin, saw the whole transaction. Collins afterwards denied seeing witness on the race course, or giving him any money to put on the horse. Witness, however, swore positively that he got AI from Collins and put it on Enfield for him. Mr Hay raised the point that the sanction of the District Court must be obtained before the case could proceed, and the case was therefore ordered to stand over for the purpose of obtaining permisssion.

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SYNOPSIS OF ajl> /ERTISEMENTS. Geraldine Rifles —Church parade postponed. A. White Notice re Arbor Day at Geraldine. J. McCullough—Has mangolds and tnrnips for sale. Church Parade—Notice to members of Geraldine Rifle Company. Crown Hotel, Temuka—Tenders invited fpr deepening drain. Rev. Fattier Fauvel —Thanks re late entertainment. N.Z.L. & M.A. Co.—lnvites tenders foxcutting, grubbing, and burning gorse at Newlands. In Bankruptcy—Re Michael Spillane, of Apwhenpa Hotel; first meeting pf creditors in Timaru on Monday next.

St. Jacob’s Oil—Useful on the farm. Waterbury Watches —Have no equal. Luxene—The new safety light. Dr. Scott’s Electric Hair Brushes—Will last a life time.