LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2426, 17 November 1892, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Death of an Old Settler.— Captain F, G. Moore, one of the earliest Wellington settlers, died on Monday, aged 70, from bronchitis. Anglician Synod. Bishop Nevill, in opening the Anglician Synod in Dunedin, emphasised the need for establishing a cathedral in Dunedin. Another Apple Pest —The apple trees in Masterton have been attacked this season by a foreign insect resembling the flea, which is doing much damage. Rival Steamers.— On Tuesday night large crowds visited the Mararoa and Warimoo, lying at Dunedin wharf. Both steamers were brilliantly illuminated with the electric light. Ministerial. —The Premier will not return to Wellington before the end of the month. The Minister of Lands returns about the same time. The Minister of Public Works is expected next week. Assault and Robbery.— A man wearing a mask assaulted Mrs Bacon at Pahiatua, Woodville, on Monday night, and robbed her of a watch, rings, and £6 in cash. So far the police have been unable to discover the perpetrator. Geraldine Literary Institute. —At the last meeting of the Geraldine Literary Institute Mrs M. Smith, of Dunedin, was appointed librarian in place of Mrs Boswell, who had resigned. Mrs Smith takes up her position aftqp December 21, Sports at Winchester.— A meeting of tbosj interested in holding sports at 'Vinehester on Anniversary Day will be ■ . ' tuo Public Hall, Winchester, at . " Saturday evening. The eight o clock on b n ß a mogfc meeting in previous yea.. ~A li .„ by successful one, and there is no rea.. 'f, this year it should prove otherwise if it dakeu up heartily. Court of Appeal. —At the Appea l Court, Wellington, yesterday morning judgment was given in Sharland v, the Commissioner of Trades and Customs, the appeal being allowed and the new trial gi anted, Mr Justice Richmond thought that application for the new trial had been properly dismissed in the court below ; but Mr Juslice Williams and Mr Justice Dennistoun were of the contrary opinion. Costs on the highest scale were allowed. Mr Gully gave notice to move for leave to appeal to the Pyivy Council. Cricket. —The following teams meet in Victoria Park this afternoon .- —Colonial C C.: Bussell, Wake, Gudsell, Thompson, Macintosh, Grey, Kennedy, Boys (2). Rice, Finch ; emergencies, Fraser, Allen. Roper Temuka C.C.: Aspinall, Anderson, Brown. Brosnahan, Cayley, Cutten. Dann. Di-man Gillespie, Hay hurst. Low ; emergencies, McLean, Buxton. Play will begin at 2.16. The team to play agaiist the Timaru C.C. on Saturday next will be selected this

evening. Geraldine RM. Court.— Messrs C A Wray, R.M., and H. W. Moore, J.P, presided at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Geraldine, on Tuesday, The only case set down for hearing was Mrs Mcjlraith (Mr Postlowaite) v. J. Mundell (Mr F. Wilson Smith), a claim for the return of a horse aud £-t damages. Mr Fortiethwaite said that his most important witness was prevented from attending that ■day, and he asked for an adjournment so that he might be present to give evidence The Bench adjourned the case till next Tuesday.

Social —A most eujoyable social wa giveu on Monday evening last in th c South Rangitata School by the masterMrR. Irwin, to celebrate his 21st birthday The room was gracefully decorated with evergreens, and with a good floor, excellent music, and amongst genial people, a very happy time was spent by all. To show the esteem in which Mr Irwin was held, visitors were present from far and near, from Rangitata Island, Rangitata Station. Orari, Rangatira Valley, and Temuka. Dancing, singing, and parlour games, were indulged in freely, and nothing was wanting on the host's and hostess’part —ably assisted by Mrs D. Taylor—to make all “at home.’ The following ladies and gentlemen gave their assistance as vocalists .• Mesdamcs W. Glanville and Hawkes, Miss Meredith, and Messrs Hawkes, Winter, Glanville, and Irwin. Before the merry little company broke up Mr W. Hawkes, in a suitable manner on behalf of the guests, thanke 1 Mr Irwin for his kind invitations, expressed pleasure at the character of the gathering, and wished him many happy reminders fit “ one and twenty.” Mr Irwin suiyibly responded, and expressed pleasure qt seeing so many present and hoped th(jy might have many u oro such jeuoipas,

Killing a Grey Duck out of Season. —At Rangiora on Tuesday W. Livingston was fined £l, with £3 6a costs, for shooting a grey duck out of season. Wellington Hospital.—At a meeting of the Hospital Trustees on Tuesday it was stated that, owing to the want of accommodation at the hospital, the doctor would be compelled to refuse admission during the summer months to all fever cases except of an urgent nature. The Wellington Asylum Case.—Dr, McGregor, inspector of asylums, has held an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Ah Ching. One of the attendants declared that the deceased climbed on to the window-sill and threw himself on to the floor of the cell, and it is thought that his injuries were inflicted in this way. The attendants deny that any of them placed their knee on his chest or fell on him. Dr. McGregor in his report to the Government exonerates the asylum officials from blame in connection with the death of Ah Ching, but admits that it was an error of judgment in not placing the patient in a padded cell on admission to the asylum. A case of such uncontrollable and paroxysmal violence as this seldom occurs in ordinary asylum experience, and therefore he cannot blame anyone for the error of judgment. A General Scatter.—Some little excitement was caused in Temuka on Tuesday morning by the boltingof Mr H.Nicholson’s horse with a gig. The horse, after a brief run towards the pound, was stopped, but the energetic conduct of some of those who tried to bar its passage served to start Mr McLeod’s horses off, which were standing yoked to the meat waggon in front of his premises. They travelled pretty smartly in the direction of the bridge, but apparently tried to turn into the right-of-way by the Star Hotel. In this they failed, and the pole of the waggon struck the ornamental work at the side of the door. The horses’ career was effectually stopped, and the hotel only suffered to the extent of a broken board or door. Considering the crowded state of the street on sale days, it is a wonder no further mischief was done. Japanese Superstition.—The Choya Shimbun tells a terrible tale of an incident said to have occurred recently in the province of Bungo, Japan. A farmer named Kono Gihei, of Yasaka, was much troubled about his mother’s eyes, the sight of which was gradually failing. Having heard that the liver of a human being was efficacious in such cases, he resolved to give his own liver. It occurred to him, however, that an experiment on himself would be useless unless he could contrive some means of conveying the horrible medicament to his mother. Unable to think out any plan, he conceived the idea of killing his child, and explained his purpose to his wife. The woman would not hear of it, but, seeing that he was much concerned, offered her own life. Kono could not persuade himself to kill her until she tied a rope round her neck and bade him strangle her, which he at last did. The noise awoke the household, and Kono was banded over to the police. The Choya adds that; the deluded man was an exceptionally devout Buddhist. An Old-Time Suicide.—A very extraordinary discovery (says the Bush Advocate) was made in the Danevirke cemetery on Monday. During the course of an excavation for a grave the digger came upon a body in an excellent state of preservation. An examination showed it to be the remains of a man named Samuel Henry Kent, who committed suicide 13 or II years ago at Heretaunga, by blowing out his brains with a rifle. Kent was at that time working at a camp on Mr Wall’s section. He had formerly been in the navy, and often told the other men that he would kill himself, as he suffered from some internal complaint. Mr T. Miller and other old residents remember the circumstances well, and how the body was carried to Tahoraite (there were no roads then) and an inquest held by Mr G. D. Hamilton. Kent was buried by Mr Allardice at 12 o’clock at night, and the unearthing of his remains after this lapse of time is somewhat extraordinary. More extraordinary also is it that although the coffin had long since decayed the flesh was well preserved, and the finger nails and hair had grown to a great length. Crofter Colonisation,—By the return to England of Major Clark another stage in the crofter colonisation scheme has been reached (says the Manchester Courier October 4). He has completed the negotiations with the commercial company which, in conjunction wih the British Columbia Government and ithe Treasury authorities at Home, is arranging for the transfer of 1000 families from Scotch and Irish congested districts to the Pacific coast of Canada. According to the arrangements first made 500,000 acres of Crown lands are ultimately to be placed at the disposal of the new comers, and the companys’s business is to see that the crofters shall be able to start in a fair way of business immediately upon their arrival. One of the most interesting features of the scheme is the proposal to include in its working a number of Royal Navy Reserve men, and if possible, to retain their services for the Empire in their new homes.

fc Labouohekb’s Fatheb.— Apropos of the ’ death of Lady Taunton, which occurred the London correspondent of the ft rather good story. Lady , ' -->«rubl9 ladyt of benevolent i Taunton, a ve*.. ■of mimic, • disposition and ot the cm- ’Wuflhere,. diinic-tif was an aunt of Mr ij«, > having married his father s brother. iUx Labouchere’s father’s name was John, and that of the late Earl of Taunton was Henry, and a good many people misled by i che similarity of the first name, fell into an error of supposing that it was Lord Taunton who was Mr Henry Lnboucher’s father. Among these the Argus correspondent tells us was a genial old M. P., now deceased, who once met Labby in the Hall of the Reform Club, and said to him kindly, “ I’ve just heard your father make a long and able speech,” “ Where ? ” inquired Labby, with eager and mournful interest. “ In the House of Lords. I looked in for a while to hear the debate and—” “ Ah, yes, thank you,” interrupted Labby. “My father lias been dead and buried for many years, and until now I never could exactly make out where he had gone to 1 ” Consequences on an Elopkmbnnt.— As a couple of residents of Ballarat were going fishing at an early hour one morning recently they discovered a man and woman lying on the margin of Like Wendouree with blood flowing copiously from wounds apparently caused by revolver bullets. The man was not seriously injured, but the woman is not expected to recover, though she was able to talk. She gave her name as Lavinia Harding, and stated that she was the wife of a butcher at Tooboorac near Poowong. H. r depositions were taken, and according to her statement, the woman is 2o years of age, an I had only been married about six weeks, and three weeks ago she eloped with Johnstone, who was an old lover’ to Melbourne, where they lived as man and wife until Wednesday last, when they came to Ballarat and put up at the Royal George Hotel. After tea on Sunday night they were seen at the Saxon Paddock, and they apparently proceedc 1 to the lake reserve, where the attempt at suicide took place, during the night. In her depositions Mrs Harding stated that after they had been some time at the lake Johnstone took the ( revolver from his pocket’ and saying, “This is a weary world, we had better leave it ' together,” shot himself. She picked up J the revolver which had fallen from his 1 bands and shot herself two or three times. ’ "in Johnstone's pockets were found two letters, woich wore shown to the woman, < and which she admitted having written. ] These bore reference to a projected elope- ’ ment, and would seem to indicate that she , had married in a pique, and immediately ( afterwards desired to leave her home with j her former lover. It is surmised that Johnstone purchased the revolver believing ■) that Harding might follow his erring wife. One of the bullets was extracted from the ' woman’s forehead, but she is rapidly 0 sinking, and will probably die.J— Otago c paily Times. ft

Sudden Death. —A gumdigger named John Bord died suddenly at his wbare at Mangawai, Auckland, on Monday. Foundered. —lnformation has been received that H. Guthrie & Co.’s brigantine Camille, Captain Woebling, foundered at sea on Monday on her way to the Bluff. The crew were all landed at Pahia Point, near Orepuki, in Southland. Captain Woebling states that he left Eocky Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the 2Sth August for the Bluff, with about 300 tons of guano. She met a heavy gale on the 2nd November, about 150 miles south of Tasmania, the vessel straining and leaking badly. The pumps were kept going all the time. The gale moderated on the sth, and the leaking was less serious, but he experienced a terific gale on the 11th. 350 miles of the New Zealand coast, the vessel running under the top-sail only, labouring seriously and making water very fast. On Sunday, the 13th, it again moderated, and he did not expect anything serious to happen, but at 2 o’clock on Monday morning the boatswain reported something wrong with the pumps. The captain at once went on deck and found guano coming away with the water, showing a considerable depth of water in the hold. All hands were called and set to work pumping, but they could make no impression, so the boats were got ready without delay. Then pumping was resumed, but with no effect, and looking over the side in the darkness, he could see the vessel was settling down fast and all hopes to save the vessel were gone. The captain and his wife and four men took to one boat, and three men the other, and they pulled for Forveaux Straits, with the intention of making the Bluff. Three-quarters of an hour later, they saw the vessel go down. They sailed and pulled alternately all Monday expecting, to land in Tewaewae Bay, but could not, owing to the heavy sea on the beach. They lay off the beach in a drenching rain all night, no one having more than the clothes they stood in. On Tuesday they tried *o make Centre Island under sail, but the wind changing they put in at Pahia Bay, near Orepuki, where the settlers treated the shipwrecked crew with the greatest kindness. The vessel was 22 years old, and built of French oak, and the captain states she never showed any signs of weakness. He believes the hull is insured for £l5O in Dunedin, and the cargo is fully insured in Australia.

Machinery. —The appliances at the New Zealand Cycle Works are unequalled. Come and see where “ Stars ” are made; they are the best. Adams, Curties and Co., 70, Manchester street, Christchurch. —[Advt.]

SYNOPSIS OF AD VERTISEMENTS.

L. Newport—Wanted an improver. Seward Bros., Orari—Sheep feed to let. W, W. Campbell—Wanted an improver. F. McDonald, Woodbury Tenders wanted for addition etc., to cottage. Smithfield Flax Mills—Boys, for taking off and feeding Anderson’s stripper, wanted. Geraldine Domain Board—Tenders invited for cutting and grubbing gorse and broom. Geraldine Board of Health—A public meeting re pan system and sanitary matters, Adanr Edgar, Rangitata—lmportant notice re light bay unbroken draught mare, strayed into his paddock. Meeting at Winchester —On Saturday evening re annual sports meeting.