THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1892. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2394, 3 September 1892, Page 2

THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1892. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wesleyan Church, Temuka. -—The services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. The Christchurgh Fire.—The loss to the insurance companies by the fire at Kempthorne Prosser's, after allowing for salvage, is £7500. Primitive Methodist Church. — The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns. Gored by a Bull. —Frederick Halford, a boy fourteen years of age, was gored in the groin by a bull at Pelichet Bay, but the wounds are not serious. Salvation Army Gealdine. The Salvation Army hold special meetings tomorrow, at Geraldine, when Major Veal the chief secretary will be present. In the afternoon a Hallelujah wedding takes place. Suicide. —An old man named Edward Linton, 62, committed suicide at Auckland on Thursday by hanging himself from a rafter in his bedroom. He had been in a melancholy state for some time. Deceased had a Post Office Savings Bank book in his room, showing £7O 3s Id to his credit. Sudden Death . Sydney Hiorns, a prominent footballer, and member of the Canterbury College Club died somewhat suddenly at Christchurch on Thursday morning. He had been ailing for two or three days, but his death waa unexpected, Over training is believed to have partially been the cause.

Supreme Court. —At Auckland on Thursday Robert A. Burgess was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for larceny as a bailee. At Wellington on the same day William J. Simmons was sentenced to three years imprisonment for obtaining goods by false pretences from a Chinese storekeeper at Palmerston North. Fatal Accident.—A boy of IC, Bertie Bright, whose late father was a jockey, was standing on the bank of the Graham river, Nelson, when the bank, having been undermined by the floods, gave way and he fell into the river. The accident was observed, but no assistance could be rendered and the lad was carried •down stream and drowned. Customs Revenue. The Customs revenue collected in New Zealand for August was £161,844, as against £121,743 for the previous month and £155,081 for the corresponding month of 1801. For five months of the financial year the total is £661,099 or £484!) above the Treasurer's estimate for that period. The beer duty last month was £4301, against £3756 the previous month and £8955 in August 1891. For five months the total is £24,160, being £2692 under the Treasurer's estimate. Wellington Meat Export Company. —The annual meeting of the Wellington Meat Export Company was held on Wednesday. The report showed that after writing 10 per cent, off the value of the Waterloo Quay building and plant, £2712, and placing £2645 to the reserve fund, there remained a sum of £4085 to credit. The directors recommended an eight per cent, dividend, absorbing £3122, leaving £962 to be carried forward. The output for the year was 121,694 sheep or 40,689 less than the previods year, 3560 lambs or 2650 less than last year. In addition to the above the company stored 421,707 lbs of butter.

Hunt Club Steeplechases. The steeplechases under the auspices of the South Canterbury Hunt Club took place at Saltwater Creek, near Timaru, on Thursday last. The weather was miserable and the attendance only moderate in consequence. The Maiden Steeplechase, of 15 sovs., was won by Miss Allen's Blue Boy; the Hunt Club Cup, of 40 sovs., by Mr J. Shaw's Iroquois ; the Bracelet, of 20 sovs., by Mrs Hamlyn's Kinsgborough ; the Haudicap Steeplechase by Mr Shaw's Iroquois ; and the Consolation, of 10 sovs., by Miss Millais' Pembroke. A fuller resort will appear iu our next issue. The Midland Railway. A general meeting of the West Coast and Nelson Railway League was held at Christchurch on Wednesday night. Thirty persons were present. The foLLowiug resolutions were carried: requested to arrange the conditions by way of a three per cent, guarantee in exchange for a land grant or otherwise under which the company might be enabled to construct the Nelson line to Motueka valley and complete the main line between Canterbury and the West Coast;" " That it be recommended to the Government to open up mining on the lands at present locked up, so that colonisation may proceed hand in hand with the construction of the line." Tejiuka. Appeal Case.—The Press reports that Mr Justice Denniston on Wednesday heard the appeal from the judgment of Mr Justice Ward, in Bishop v. Brown, an action for malicions prosecution, in which the now appellant was plaintiff and the xespawtanb detewWii. T-k Jucjge j!n fhe below found for defendant. His liono>i)r now gave judgment, and after reviewing the facts of the case went on to say that when plaintiff abandpned, as be had done, all claim arising out of or dependent on the arrest and imprisonment in the present case he practicaly abandoned his right .of action. His Honor said he bad not had fche advantage of seeing the reasons of the learned District Court Judge, which might have materially influenced his judgment, but on the material before him he felt bound to allow the appeal with £lO 10s costs. For appett»flt. Mr Saluiond; for respondent, Mr Kipp'eskprg-er. TemuKA Ru'&Ktf.—A special parade of the above corps was held on Wednesday evening when the commanding pfficer of the district, Lieut. Colonel Bailey wag. pre, sent There were on parade M rank and file, and Captain Cutten and Lieut. Findlay. After inspect by the Colonel, a meeting of the company ,w*s held, when Sergt. Levens proposed "Th,as tfig Rev. W. L. Gillain be asked to consent $9 M If ans " f erred as chapkin from the Rangiora to the Temuka Rifles." The motion was seconded by Lieut. Findlay and carried unanimously, the necessary requisition being filled W and signed later on. The overcoats. lately purchased by she company, were then served out. The material was highly approved of, but the fit to commendable. In the course of the evening Colonel Bailey himself exercised the company in the new formations.

Valedictory.—The members of she Welcome Retreat Good Templar Lodge, Geraldiue, and the friends of Mr George Taylor met afc the Good Templar Hull on Thursday evening to bid him farewell, Mr Taylor being about to leave fchb district for the North Island. The. meeting took the form of a social and coffee supper. Bro. McLachlan rendered ft song, and Brp. W. S. Maslin in a short address regretted the departure of Bro. Taylor, and hoped he would prosper in his new home. Bro Bowkett contributed a song, and Bro. Baxter, L.D-i on behalf of the members of the Lodge, presented Bro. Taylor with a silver pencil as a fcoken of their regard for him, and in recog&i&ion of the services he had rendered the Lodge. B;so. Taylor suitably responded and thanked the members for their kindness, and said he was sorry to leave them. He had much to thank the Welcome Retreat Lodge for. It had always been a great benefit to him, and he hoped it would continue to be the same to others. An expression of regret at the departure of Bro. Taylor, was also given by Bros. Patrick, Hammond, C. B Sherratt, Sutherland, and Newport, and more songs were sung by Misses ESherratt, Bowkett, and Messrs Baxter and 11. Hammond. A pleasant evening was spent and the meeting closed with the closing ode

Crowded Out . A quantity of correspondence, etc, is crowded out of this issue. Church of England.—The Rev. W. E. Gillam will conduct services at Temuka and Winchester to-morrow. Steeplechasing.—A fall from a horse does not appear to have any great effect on Mr Arthur G. Cox. In the Christchurch races recently, he fell and got hurt, but two days afterwards, he was in the saddle again in Ashburton and came to grief again. The second time he was considerably knocked about, but ic would appear that it had very little effect on him, for he was mounted again in the Timaru Steeplechase races in Timaru rast Thursday. At these races he fell three times, but on each occasion escaped unhurt, and was yesterday as fresh as a daisy, and doubtless as ready as ever to face the music if called on to do so.

A Cruel Fix.—Our reporter was in a cruel fix in the District Court, Timaru, yesterday. The lawyers on both sides spun out their yarns as long as breath lasted them, till Mr Hay wound up just on the stroke of a quarter to five o'clock. Our reporter was on pins ond needles all the time. The train was leaving at 5.5, and he had to come home or die; but to come without the result of the three days' investigation would not do. Mr Hay's eloquence' therefore, fell unappreciated on his ears as the hands of the clock moved quicker and quicker, and the time fled like lightning. If he had had a hold of Mr Hay's tongue at 20 minutes to swe feel sure Mr Hay would not have said another word. At a quarter to five, when Mr Hay sat down, the hope that springs eternal in the human breast made him feel that possibly it might be done. Judge Ward never prolix—he generally delivered his decisions in the fewest possible words—but the learned Judge departed from his customary rule. He began animadverting on the charges till five minutes to five was reached. Another minute and another, and the hands of the clock stood at at two minutes to five just as the Julge was about to deliver sentence, at which juncture one of the lawyers got up to argue a point. This banished all hopes of getting the full judgment, and our reporter made off for the train, which he reached just in time. We have ascertained since that Mr Ross was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labor, and that it is likely he wil be brought before the Resident Magistrate on other charges.

Great Benefit from Cycling.—C Hull, Esq., Lyttelton Times Office Christchurch says: The " Star," with clincher tyres, is practically perfect. I have practised cycling for but a short time, and I have already derived great benefit from the exercise. Adams, Curties and Co., Christchurch.—Advt.

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Wm. Frew, Temuka—Has decided to sell out and invites an early call at his drapery sliop. J. Findlay, Temuka—Has added an engineering l branch to his establishment; particulars re same.

J. Mundell & Co. —Entries for Temuka live stock market; also for private sale, Mr Wm. Kennedy's farm, Kangitata.