LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2470, 28 February 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Crown Lands Sale.—The total area of Crown Lands disposed of since April Ist is 1)1,872 acres. Death of a Royal Personage.— News has been received that King George of Tonga is dead. Geraldine Stock Sale.—The fortnightly sale of stock at Geraldine takes place to-morrow. Sheep erom the North.—About 12,000 sheep in all have been purchased lately in Wellington district for the South Island. Restrictions Removed. Restrictions on the importation of New Zealand stock into Queensland were removed on the 11th inst. Our Volunteers.—We are informed that Colonel Fox will not visit Geraldine and Temuka to inspect forces till after Easter. 'Frisco Mail.—The mail matter for this district, per the San Francisco boat, came to hand by the first train from Christohurch yesterday. Collision. —The mail steamer Alameda collided with a small coasting schooner, The Queen, outside Auckland harbor on Saturday morning, but no damage was done to either vessel. The Archduke Frederick. The Governor will remain in Wellington for some time, in anticipation of a visit from the Archduke Frederick of Austria, who is on his way to the colony. An Old Robbery.—A painter named Robert Edward Andrews nas been committed for trial at Blenheim for stealing a quantity of silverware from the Criterion Hotel in that town in 1887. A Contradiction.—The secretary of the Christchurch Meat Company contradicts the statement that the Unristchureh Meat Couipay have sold the Islington freezing works to Messrs Nelson Brothers. A Visitor. —Mr Schnadhorst, organiser of the English Liberals, now on a visit with his family to this colony, ha 3 had an interview With the Hon. Mr Saddon. He seems greatly pleased with what he has seen of the colony. Gkkalihnk St. Patrick's Day Spouts. —Entries for these sport* close on March 7th, and a notice appears elsewhere showing bhat the Association has the exclusive use : of the Domain on St. Patrick's Day, and \ can charge for admission. R-ANGIT4TA. Jsland School.—The school committee held a speuia/ meeting on the 21st inst., for the puqwsc of voting for .members of the Education Board. Tae " •- r iag gentleman were duly nominated : folio Moore, and Imvoo.l. —Messrs o„. „ :^lt „ oa3h floll j crs =- Bettino- ■'-- Duaodin were ordered off the course at ia. . "" Races just concluded. Among them was x. ! Barnett. an official of the " Bookmakers Association, who persisted, and was at last removed. Other " bookies " were cautioned. Acclimatisation Society. The annual meeting of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society will be held on I Friday afternoon in Mr A. M. Clark's office. Among the business will be the adoption of the report and balance sheet and the election of officers. The Fine Arts. The new gallery of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts at Wellington was opened by Lord Glasgow on Saturday afternoon. A large number of pictures are on exhibition, including one recently painted of Lady Glasgow. Lord Hopetoun.—The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun reached Wellington on Saturday afternoon, and were met by the Governor and a large party of friends, officials, and spectators. The visitors will be the guests of Lord Glasgow during their stay in Wellington. The Labok Department.—MrTregear, head of the Labor Department, who has been up north, speaks well of the condition of things, which have improved since last year. The only place in the colony where there appear to be any unemployed at present is Westport, and Mr Lomax visits it next week to see what can be done. Mr Tregear found the feeling at Auckland to be in favor of the compulsory closing of shops, large and small, on half-holidays.

Clearance Sale.—A very large and important clearance sale will take place today at Dinda Furin, Waitohi. The sale will be conducted by Mr J. Mundell for the farmers' Co-operative Association.

Faulty Building-.—The front wall of a brick shed wniuh is being erected lor Bing, Harris and Company in Victoria Street, Wellington, Ml out on the footpath about U o'clock on Saturday night, apparently through faulty construction. Fortunately no persons were passing at the time.

Loss of a Horse.—ltecenfcly a Tiniaru butcner had a horse die suddenly, and suspecting bot fly to be the cause of death, got a local vet to determine the matter. The result went to snow that death was caused by the animal, while hot, having been given a drink of cold water. The loss should be a warning to other horse owners. Serious Accident.—A boy named Rogers, 12 j ears of age, met with a serious accident at Jackson's wool works at Saltwater Creek on Friday. He put his hand througn the spoke of a cog wheel in motion to pull out some wool, and his arm was dreadfully orusiied at the wrist. He was taken to tne Hospital, where the hand was amputated.

Farewell Sermon.—The Bev. E. D. Cecil, who lor some time olhciated ao the Temuka Presbyterian Cnurcn, and who haa for some years Deen in charge of the Tiinaru Congregational Church, preached his farewell sermons on Sunday last to large congregations. The rev. gentleman is leaving the colony shortly. Fatal Accident.—Donald McLaren, a well known sheep farmer near Martinborough, Wellington, was injured by his horse falling on him, and died on Tnursday night..—David Anderson, aged about (5-3, formerly a master mariner, died suddenly on Friday night in Queen street, Wellington. He had been in indifferent health tor some time, and ruptured a blood-vessel.

Prison Labor.—Mr Cadman explains that his reference in his Thames speech to the more profitable employment of prisoners dia not allude to the generally recognised public works, but to such avenues of labor as tree planting on wastes like the ivaingaroa plains in the pumice country, straightening sharp curves on railways, etc. Mas Clifford's Case.—The case of the Hon. Mrs W. Clifford, who was charged in Dunedin with larceny at Greymouth, has been receiving the attention of the Government. The woman was released and rrdered to come up for sentence when called upon. The Hon. Mr Seddon, in the absence of the Minister of Justice, caused enquiries to be made into the matter through the Justice Department, and also through his own Department of Police. Reports are now to hand from the Resident Magistrate and police, and the matter is receiving the consideration of the Minister and the Cabinet.

Fatal Boat Accident.—Three men named H. Osborne, portmanteaux manufacturer, his foreman, Burgess, and W. Buvteau, sfcoreman in Sargood and Sons, hired a pleasure boat to proceed to Soames Island, where Osborne, who was a dog fancier, had several canines in quarantine. They experienced a light southerly breeze in the run across. The boat not returning enquiries were instituted, and as the night was boisterous it was feared that a mishap had occurred. On Sunday morning the constable at Petone, found the boat and the body of Burgess on the beach. There is no doubt that all perished. Osborne was a married man with no family ; Burgess, who only arrive i from Melbourne two months ago, leaves a wife and four young children ; Burteau was also a married man with four young children under five years of age.

Inqukst.—An inquest was held on the body of Leonard Ivan Donnithorne, aged one year and eight months, at the residence of the deceased's father, Winchester, on Saturday last before C. A. Wray, Esq., Coroner, and a jury of six, of whom Mr W. Delienzy was loreman. The evidence of Mrs Donnithorne, the mother of deceased, and her sister, Mrs W. Donnithorne, was to the effect that the child was playing about the house at about '.) a.m. They missed him shortly afterwards and went in search of him, and Mrs W. Donnithorne found him in the creek. She called her husband, who took him out. There were about 2i- feet of water in the creek, which runs close to the house. The child was no more than two or three minutes out of their sight. When found, life was extinct, and though they did all they could to restore animation the child never breathed after being taken out of the water. The jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.

I.O.G.T.—The members of the Welcome Retreat Good Templar Lodge, Geraldine, mustered on Sunday morning at their Hall for church parade. The march was made from the Hall to the Primitive Methodist Church, where a large congregation had assembled, and service was conducted by the Rev. W. Woollass. The rev. gentleman chose for his text Romans xiv., 5, " Let every man be persuaded in his own mind," and preached a forcible sermon on prohibition. He spoke of boys of 13 years of age drinking whiaky and gambling, and said it was high time something was done to take temptation from the young. The cause of temperance was the cause that made for rightousness, and though it did not manifest any great strength as the world judged, yet by its inherent devine power and sense of right, it would bring itself to the front. Some people who sadly wanted backbone, objected to prohibition on the grounds that there were other subjects of equal importance that required attending to. The Timaru Herald—that wonderful organ—had taken objection to prohibitionists because they wished to get a pledge from every candidate who puts up for Parliament that he will support the direct veto. They should remember that those leaders are written within a few inches of che whisky bottle. He held that the question of prohibition was the great question of to-day, and every man should be fully persuaded in his own mind on the question, and not allow any uadue influence co keep him from voting for what lie considered right. State Farms.—The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times says :—The prospects of the State farming in the back llmgitikei country (in the neighbourhood of a place called Pemberton the chosen site is located), are not, I learn quite colour dc row. The report handed to the department by the experts entrusted with the work declares the country to be high and coJ.d. and far away from railway communication. The latter circumstance was understood, and the site selected provincial of.course only, with that knowledge; but the report of the coldness of the climate wad unexpected. A suggestion has been ' • *u« department to give up the idea made to . „. n( j fci ie unemployed to of a State farm, - - « tu <j rcwri so work clearing bush lands o. ~,, . as to prepare them for settlement, has been, as you have been made aware the subject of settlers' petition before now. It is not improbable that work may be f ound for the unemployed in this direction. It I has, in fact, been found already on a large scale but as far as 1 can see this will not be allowed to interfere with jbte Sfafce farm plan. It is not every man who is &% for bush-felling, aud the object of a State farm is to give agricultural experience and expertness to men who are afc present unfit, by reason of their unfamiliarty, for the work of settlement. The Pemberton plan. is just now in abeyance until the Minister for Lands returns ; but the plan of State farms is by no means abandoned.—The Press Association says:—"The site of the State farm at Wellington is not yet settled. Pemberton has beep, reported against owing to coldness and distance ff.'om a railwaj r . It has been suggested that instead ,c£ .establishing a permanent farm, the unemployed difficulty, when it arises from time to time might be met by setting the men to clear bush lands of the Crown, and thus make them available for settlement, as was asked by a petition of special, settlers during last session the additional cost oeing added to the rent. Mr McKenzie will probably settle the matter on his return from the South."

Election.—Ratepayers are reminded that the election of a member for the vacant seat on the Temuka Road Board will take place next Thursday. Concert. —We again remind our readers of the grand concert in aid of the funds of the cricket club, which will be held in Temuka next Thursday. Great preparations are made for the concert and a treat may be expected. The Wicked Three.— The Bailway Commissioners have a queer way of doing business. A year or two ago (says the Wairarapa Star) they opened a side station on the Eketahuna line and called it Mangaraahoe. Now they have named a station on the Hunterville line Mangamaho. The complications which will arise from the similarity of these two names may be easily imagined. Cricket.—The following are picked to represent Geraldine Ist against Temuka Ist on the 2nd March:—G. Bethune, P. W. Fish, B. R. Macdonald, W. K. Macdonald, H. W. Moore, W. M. Moore, It. Morrison, R. 11. Pearpoint, E. Robson, F, Wilson Smith, and W.P. Studholme —The following will represent Temuka in the above match.—Cayley, Dignan, Hayhurst, Cox, H. Lovegrove, Brosnahan, J. Ji. Cowan, J. McCaskill, Gillespie, and two others.— The return match between the Town and Country teams will, it is expected, be played at Temuka on Thursday, March 9th, and as both teams will be strong ones the game will be well worth seeing. Supreme Court. —At tne Supreme Court, Napier, on Friday. James Reardon charged with assaulting Robert Docherty with a tomahawk, was acquited, as was also Benjamin Goodman for larceny as a bailee.—A peculiar point was partly argued on Friday. On Thursday a man was charged with stealing a cheque for £2O. When he stole it he bought some boots at Hannah's getting the balance in cash. He then went to the office of Mr Wastney, solicitor. He was out but the man told the clerk that he would be arrested for the cheque and deposited £lO for his defence, leaving instructions for Mr Wastney to see him in gaol if he were arrested. Mr Wastney tnought he had better not appear urnler tne circumstances, and another solicitor was engaged in the Resident Magistrates Court. The Justices admitted the evidence of Mr Wastney's clerk, despite a legal protest that the communication was privileged. In the Supreme Court the prosecution again tendered this evidence, and the Chief Justice ruled that it was not privileged and decided to admit it. The prisoner thereupon pleaded guilty, On Friday Mr Sainsbury on behalf of Alexander Grant, drawer of the cheque and from whom it was stolen, applied that the £lO in Mr Wastney's hands and the balance of the cash found on the prisoner should be handed over to Grant. His Honour said that if the cheque had not been cashed, he would have made an order, but it was now questionable as to whom the money properly belonged, and the application, was adjourned.

Common Sense.—The Bulletin says : Maoriland can how count with reasonable confidence on a cash surplus of £500,000 at the end of March. The natural and immediate result is that the symptoms of a universal howl for reduced taxation are already apparent. It is the curse oil Australasian finance that always when a surplus appears—it is only a surplus of £lo.ooo—and very often when it doesn't appear, there is an instantaneous demand for less taxation. When the treasury is unusually hard up it means more loans to fill the gap, but when the treasury is affluent it never by any possible chance, means an attempt to pay off any part oil the national burdens. It* there is a shortage of £IOO,OOO or £200,000 it is generally carried forward in the hope that it will somehow or other contrive to square itself next year; as for the surplus it is never carried forward by any chance or possibility —there is an immediate rush to spend it twice over on the spot. The Ballance G-overnment has begun well; if it wants to keep on well, it should lay it should lay it down as a cast-iron rule that there will be no decrease of taxation until Maoriland has paid oft" every cent of its public indebtedness, and it should begin the good work by applying its £500,000 surplus to extinguishing as much .as possible oil the old high priced loans, which the province floated in the days when it first began its career of financial derangement. Maoriland is just now on the high tide of prosperity ; if it can do nothing now towards extinguishing its liabilities, what prospect is there when the inevitable depression comes back again, as the depression always does, sooner or later.

Bad Weather in the North Island. —Telegrams froni Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Wellington, and Blenheim on Thursday reported heavy gales and accompanied by rain, which in some cases did a large amount of damage. At Auckland during Thursday night's gale the railway works at Hikurangi were damaged to the extent of £2OOO. One hundred head of cattle were swept away at Okaihu, and at Te Aroha roofs were blown off houses. At the Thames a considerable amount of damage was done. Portions of the town were flooded ten or twelve inches. In town the damage was small, but in the country some settlers lost a number of cattle, in addition to their crops being spoiled. At Napier two large barques were in great danger, but they managed to weather the gale. Near Hawera much damage was done. The Wairau bridge at Opunake was wrecked and the river was impassable until the flood subsided. Edmunds' flaxmill was badly damaged 5 the Oanoi mill was washed out to sea. Water races were washed away, and it is reported that all the culverts on the Eltham read were also destroyed. At New Plymouth the gale did a good deal of damage to fencing, chimneys, and trees, and Shuttleworth's windmill was partially wrecked. At Blenheim the force of the wind did a good deal of damage, and many large windows in town were completely smashed, one in particular being blown clean out. A number of trees were torn up, and great damage was done to fruit in the district. Captain Edwin says the southerly gale was part of the same storm that caused the second big flood in Queensland. The flood in Kaihu Valley, near Durgaville, is the heaviest ever known. It made a clear sweep of the Maori plantations, houses, pigs, sheep, and poultry. One Maori child was drowned, and several people had to escape through} the roofs, and pass the night on rafts. The Kaiawi Railway Bridge is blocked with drift, but is not otherwise much damaged.

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SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society —Annual meeting on Friday. P. VV. Stubbs, Clerk G.C.C.—Notice re special order constituting Four Peaks a water-supply district. Guinness it LeCren —Important sale at Winchester on March iird. A If. Fisher, Geraldine—New season fruit on haiiil. St. Patricks Bay Sports—Entries close on March 7th; notice cq granting permission to Association to charge y»* sort's ay. J. Brown, Beehive Stores. Temuka—Announces great clearing sale of Bummer stock ; gives price-list for cash, reduction in boQV-s and shoes during sale,