LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2394, 11 August 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

New Patent. —Mr H. AV. Lovegrove, of Gapes' Valley, has applied for a patent for a “ string-acting - knotter for reaping and binding machines.” 111-Kept Books. —At Dunedin on Monday S. G. Smith’s discharge was suspended for eighteen months, owing to his books being insufficiently kept. Fatal Accident.— Robert Sudwood, fifty years of age, a shepherd, was drowned in the Mararoa river at the ford near the Key Hotel, Otago, yesterday. Fire. —■ Carswell’s store, ArrOwtown, Otago, was burned down on Tuesday. The building was insured for £2OO and stock for £IOOO in the Standard. Football —The match Temuka First v. Colonial First takes place at Timaru today. The match will commence at 2 o’clock sharp. A drag will leave McCaskill’s at 12.30 sharp. Furniture Sale.— Messrs J. Mundell& Co. hold a sale of furniture at Temuka tomorrow on account of Mr AV. Wills. The sale will be held in the premises lately occupied by Mr hi. Money. Bush Accident —A man named James Smith, lately from Christchurch, was killed at Makiri, near Pahiatua, on Monday while bush felling. He leaves a wife and six children, who live at Sydenham. Found Drowned. The body of Geo. Vesey Stewart, one of the victims of the recent drowning accident at Katikati, has been cast ashore. At the inquest a verdict of drowned by mishap was found. Forgery.— G. T. Joss, master of the barque Edith May, which was wrecked at AVanganui, was arrested at AVellington on a charge of forging the name of M. O’Hara, a publican of AVanganui, to a receips for :C1 14s. False Pretences. —At AVellington a man named G. Titmus got six months for obtaining money by false representations. His plan was to travel the country as a doctor offering a cure for diptheria, cancer, etc., at £i), Fancy Dress Ball. —A grand fancy dress ball, under the auspices of the Temuka Caledonian Society takes place in the Temuka Volunteer Hall on the 25th August, and is expected to be even more successful than that held last year. Besting THE Government. —The Government having refused to incorporate the Auckland Ladies’ Benevolent Society, they have consented to become agents of the Charitable Aid Board, who will claim subsidy on the society’s contributions, and give an undertaking that the society will be allowed to disburse the contributions an d subsidy. Dangerous Visitors. —The Ilorowhenua Times, AVellington, says that a death adder (J feet long was found by a settler in the district sucking the milk from one of his cewsi. Tt was killed. The settler recently came from Victoria, and it is supposed tlxe snake found its way over with him in the straw packing. This is the third snake killed in.the North Island in the last few years. A Savage Dog. —On last Monday evening a lad named Mann, son of Mr Mann, Postmaster, Temuka, was set upon by his father’s dog and very much injured. The lad was gping round to the back of the house, when the dqg suddenly made a spring at him and knocked him dpwn, tearing his badly. The bqy was taken to Dr. Sir-■u-iiliam Dlnnden at once, and 21 stitches ~. f *’wit iii Ms -.yhich. will be more had to be a || U or less disfigure... - ' • . i , Seadown School Committee,*-'”-special meeting of the Seadown Schc°l Committee was held on August Stn lor the purpose of selecting an Assi&tciut Mistress for the school. The following members were prescnt-Messrs Campbell (chairman), Gain, O’Connell, Hedley, Taheu, McKenna and Hannifin. The four applications were read and considered at some length, when it was decided to recommend Miss Annie Beattie for the approval of the Lducatiou Board. It was at the same time resolved to hold the usual concert in .aid of the prize fund in September, the final arrangement! to bj decided Oil at the ordinary meeting at the cii I of tile mouth. Larriknism. —At the Du noil m I olico Court Josiah Stannaway and Donald Douglas, residing- at Morningtou, and John Boyd, of Kaikorai, were charged with an aggravated assault on AVilliam Carey. They belong to a larrikin gang, who set on the prosecutor on Friday night, and on his trying to catch the ringleaders they maltreated him, breaking one of his legs. An eight days’ remand was granted to enable the police to arrest others concerned. —Three young men appeared at the Auckland Police Court yesterday charged with unhinging garden gates in the suburbs. The Magistrate commented severely on their conduct, and said if there had been previous convictions against them he might have imposed a sentence of six months imprisonment. Under the circumstances he lot them off with a fine of 20s or 1-1 clays.

Maori Loyalty. —Steps are being taken I to arrange for an aquatic display by I Maoris on the occasion of the visit of the Governor to Auckland. It is proposed to have war canoe, small canoe, and canoe hurdle races. 'Frisco Mails.— The Alameda with the English mails of July 9th left San Francisco for Auckland on July 22nd ; the Mariposa with the colonial mails of July Kith arrived at San Francisco on August 4th; both contract dates. Found Dead.— The dead body of an old man was found yesterday morning in an outhouse in the Auckland Domain. The cause of death is unknown. The appearance of the body does not suggest exhaustion or starvation, and it has not yet been identified. Stock-Bridges. —Members of the Levels Road Board at their last meeting condemned stock-bridges as almost useless except in time of floods, and said very little additional expenditure would have made them wide enough for cart traffic. Thomson—Wylie Divorce. —ln the bankruptcy sitting of the Supreme Court Mr Justice Williams reserved his decision in the matter of the creditors’ petition to have T. Kennedy Wjllie, co-respondent in the recent divorce case, declared a bankrupt. On Wednesday Wylie was adjudged a bankrupt on Thomson’s petition. The Elginshire.— lt is understood that the attempt to float the Elginshire will be made on Saturday next, and if successful the steamer will be anchored in Caroline Bay to allow of some repairs being made. The pumping power now on board is very great. It is believed that no rocks .are through the plates, but some of the plates are buckled, and the rivets started. Postal Changes. The parcel post between New Zealand and Queensland came into force yesterday. On and after August loth the following will be the scale for ordinary telegrams : —Eighteen words inclusive of address and signature Is; each additional word Id; delayed messages, 18 words for (!d, address and signature inclusive, id each additional word. The public are warned by the department that addresses should not be compressed too much. N.Z. Iron.— Mr E. Smith, M.H.R., has received the following report from Sir James Hector upon the two samples of pig iron made from iron-sand at the Onehunga works : —“ Pig.—This is superior in quality to the sample melted at the Henui ironworks, Taranaki, in 1889, more finely granulated, and is besides homogeneous ; it is clearly a good pig iron. Bar. —The same is very close in texture, very fine in the grain, homogeneous, and perfectly malleable.” Release ok Maori Prisoners. —ln June 1887, two Maoris were sentenced to death for killing two old natives at Tologa Bay, who were accused of witchcraft. Their sentences were subsequently commuted to imprisonment for life, and the death sentence was not carried out. Lord Glasgow has considered the case, and having come to the conclusion that the ends of justice, under all the circumstances, have been vindicated by the five years of the sentence already served, has exercised the clemency of the Crown and sent the prisoners back to their people. Pedestrianism. —The final of the three walking matches between F. Bowen and Joe Scott, was commenced at the Garrison Hall, Dunedin, on Monday night. When the two men were despatched on their 24 hours’ journey. B wren had won the 50 mile and Scott the 12 hours. The winner of the present event takes £IOO. The track was laid off so as to give 22 laps to the mile. Both started punctually at 10 o’clock, and at the end of the first hour each had covered 5 miles 19 laps. At midnight the tally was—Scott, 10 miles 19 laps ; Bowen, 10 miles 14 laps. Shortly afterwards, when Scott had traversed 18 miles Ifi laps, Bowen gave up the contest owing to ill-health. Salvation Army, Timaru. The ceremonies in connection with the opening of the new fortress at Timaru concluded on Monday evening with a monster tea and meeting. There was a very large attendance. among those present being many visitors from Temuka. The new fortress is 66 feet long by 53 feet wide, inside measurement, and is built of brick, on concrete foundations, the plan, etc., being prepared by Mr Lambert, architect of Dunedin. At the back of the building is a juniors’ room, 22 feet square, and adjoining are two small offices, for the use of the captain and his officers. The building is nicely finished, and the interior presents a particularly pleasing appearance. The building looks most substantial. Geraldine Literary and Derating Society. —A meeting of this society was held on Monday evening last, when the attendance was larger than the society has had for some time. Mr H. W. Moore was voted to the chair. The evening was spent in the reading of a paper by Mr T. C. Farnie, on “Tennyson,” the poet, and his works. The paper dwelt mainly on Tennyson’s “ Idylls of the King,” “ Enoch Arden,” and “ Princess Ida,” and was a masterly and ably written paper, in fact, one of the best the Society has ever discussed at its meetings. It showed that the writer had spent considerable time and given the subject a great deal of study. After the reading, a short but favourable discussion took place, in which Messrs Orbell, Winston, Smith, Moore, and Archibald, took part. Several members spoke strongly against the postponing of the society’s meetings on account of other meetings, and said that this was the cause of the lack of interest displayed by members during this session. It was decided that the programme of the session be allowed to lapse and that the committee meet and select a suitable and interesting debate for the next meeting. The Totalisator Case. —At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Timaru, yesterday, Mr White, counsel for the plaintiff in the case of Caro v. W. Collins, a claim for £ll 9s, the amount of a totalisator dividend paid at the Timaru races on the horse Enfield, said that since the case was before the court Collins had paid the full amount claimed and costs. Collins was given £1 by Caro to invest on Enfield, and evidence was called to show that Collins gave £1 to another man to get a totalisator ticket on the horse, and that he did so and gave the ticket to Collins, but Gollius swore that he did not give the witness the money, and that he did not invest the money on the horse. Mr Postlethwaitc, who appeared for Collins, said the money had been paid by a friend. He still denied his liability for the money. His Worship said it wgs a very extraordinary case, and he thought some remark ought to be made gbout it. He was going to say with regal'd to Mr White’s contention as to ‘ Gia jurisdiction of the court that he very much uC n hted whether the matter was properly before court-whether he had jurisdiction. [Mr White said liO would have come prepared to argue that point if necessary, but gs the claim was settled he did not trouble any further with it.] His Worship said the reason he alluded to it was that it seemed to him a matter of very great importance. That was to say, had lie been satisftc-u vknf, the Court had jurisdiction. it sceme.l to bin; that under the eircumstmees there was rcatoo why he siunjM direct u;i lor, the Justice of Peace Act, that further proceedings shouid he taken. There was evidently false swearing ■—reasonable grounds for believing that there was false svvearing—rand he should certainly have considered it his duty to order a prosecution. But on looking at the authorities ho had come to the opinion, so far, that he had not jurisdiction, and of course in that case a charge of perjury may not lie. His Worship quoted from Roscoe that iu case of a trial caking place when the court has no jurisdiction a witness cannot be indicted for perjury, and proceeded; “ This seems to be a very disgraceful case, and I certainly, had I been assured of jurisdiction, stiouid have directed proceedings to bo taken. However, I suppose the police know of the case, and if there are grounds for a prosecution proceedings may yet be taken.'

The Salvation Army, Temuka. Captain Harlow and Lieutenant Tilbrook, who have been in charge of the local branch of the Salvation Army for some months past, will, on Sunday next, conduct farewell services prior to their departure from Temuka. Special presentation of children and enrolment, and other items of interest will take place on Sunday. The farewell services are to wind up on Wednesday next with a farewell supper. Temuka Rifles.— At the inspection parade of the above corps held last evening there were 35 present, including all the officers. Colonels Gordon and Bailey and Staff-Sergeant-Major Jones were also present. The corps was inspected by Colonels Gordon and Bailey, who expressed themselves highly pleased with the way the arms and accoutrements were kept, and also with the appearance of the corps. Lieut. Findlay was presented by Col. Bailey with a longservice medal, which he gained by 20 years efficient and continuous service. Lieut. Findlay has been 23 years connected with the corpse altogether, but owing to some informality three of them did not count, and it was only last evening he obtained the recognition to which he is so well entitled. The presentation was made in a few appropriate words by Colonel Bailey, who also added that he hoped all the corps would live to secure similar decoration. The presentation was received by the corps with applause, and Lieutenant Findlay also received the congratulation of Colonel Gordon. After - having been put through a variety of exercises by Captain Cutten, Lieutenants Findlay and Whitehead, and SergeantMajor Jones, the corps was dismissed. Special Offer of “ Star ” Cycles.— No. 7 Star with one-inch solid tyres £l6 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 OF ADVERTISEMENTS J. M. Barker, Woodbury Turnip land to let. Salvation Army, Geraldine —Lost music book. South Orari River Board—Notice of intention to strike a rate. Salvation Army, Temuka Farewell meetings and coffee supper. A. Hope, Woodbury—Has 36 acres land to let for cropping with oats. Temuka Caledonian Society Grand fancy dress ball on August 25th. Mr McS. Gentlemun — Invites tenders for lease of farm at Waitohi Plat. Jas. W. Pye, Geraldine —Particulars of great removal sale now going on. W. C. Roulston, Temuka.— Continues clearing sale for two weeks longer. New Zealand Portrait and Landscape Painting Co.—Next Crown Hotel,Geraldine. J. Mundell & Co.—Particulars re sale of furniture on account of Mr W. Wills; also further entries for Messrs Taylor and Fiatman’s sale.