LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2501, 11 May 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The Late Mb Ballange.— The Welling ton Liberal Association decided to heartily support the Ballance Memorial and forward ft jotter of condolence to Mrs Ballanco. Fire Brigade. At the last ?neeting of ihg Geraldine Fire Brigade Captain Walton presented firearm Pizzey with a three. years’ service certificate. The Weather.— Captain Edwin says the present indications denote that the weather will continue fine everywhere until noon of the i 2th last, whm b&ri westerly gales may he expected at most places of Napier and New Plymouth. The Late Premier,—lt has been decide! to hold a public meeting at Wellington on h;-'hfb~7 .night in support of a memorial to Mr Ballaixca?, The Mayor will be asked to take the chaff. 3fisisters and local members will be invited to atfeefi-d and address the meeting. False Pretences. —George James E len was charged at Dunedin with obtaining by i'ajse pretences. A remand for a week* wc« grsfi-iM. It was stated that prisoner had arrived i atsy from Melbourne and had victimised people to th? orient of hundreds of pounds. Political. — Dr Newman addressed his Wellington constituents on Monday. He iwpiic sympathetic reference to the late ■°temiof, " ne pjffl.ngly urged the GovernL jr 0 iu fop buying and opening up meat i.- t.Ue best thdfeg that could Native lands as the colony. He t help on the progress o* ’ -•'■nfideuce, | received a vote of thanks and Ou*-, | Theosophy. —Mrs Oakley’s ad vena . Auckland has brought the public controversy about Theosophy to a white heat. I’he most rigorous champion of orthodoxy 10 far is Canon M‘Murray, who handles Mrs )akley and Miss Lilian Edger, M.A., vithout gloves. He conclude a trenchant etter by saying:—“ I cannot forbear adding hat I see in Theosophy the same temptation vhich was presented to Eve: ‘ Ye shall be as rod. ’ ” Mr Draffin, on behalf of Mrs Oakley, las issued a challenge to the Auckland lergy to discuss the subject ou a public fatform. New Zealand Workers Union. —The 1 leraldine Branch of this union met on ] aturday evening last in the Oddfellows’ 1 tall. Before commencing the ordinary 1 usiness Mr Hammond, the chairman, i lade mention of the great loss the country 1 ad felt at the death of the late Hon. Mr i lallance. It was finally resolved that a j 3W words of condolence he sent to Mrs i ftllance, and that £5 5s be subscribed to ( ae memorial fund. After reviewing the 1 ■ork done at the last Conference, a vote c E thanks to the chairman terminated the « looting. ]

_ Parliament. —The Government have decided to summon Parliament to meet on June 22nd. Late Train. —The trxin from Ashburton to Timaru to-night will run 1 hour 45 minutes later. Pleasant Valley. —A concert and dance will be held in the Pleasant Valley school to-morrow night. Groundless Charges.— ln the Wellington Police Court both charges preferred by second-hand dealers against Detective Ede were dismissed. Personal. —We learn from our exchanges that Dr Hayes and his wife arrived at the Bluff on Monday. They may, therefore, be expected to arrive in Temuka at any time now. Licensing Committees. The annual meeting of the Geraldine Licensing Committee will be held on the 6th June, that of the Raukapuka Committee on the 7th June, and that of the Temuka Committee on the 9th June. Sale op Farm Stock.— Attention is directed to the sale of sheep, horses, farming implements, etc., at Mr R. Taylor’s Homestead yards to-;Jay, on account of Mr R. O’Neill. 111-health has compelled Mr O’Neill to give up contracting. Appropriations.— The Cabinet on Tuesday' passed the following appropriations : Upper Makuri. North Wairarapa, £IOOO for roads; Otago Central, £SOOO for further construction ; Waitotara, £6OO for roads ; Porirua Asylum, £665 for heating apparatus. The Inangahua Seat— Mr O’Regan, a candidate for the Inangahua seat, delivered an address at Westport on Tuesday night. He said he would support the present Ministry though he would not be led by the nose by anyone. He received a vote of confidence. Found Dead. —Charles Cook, aged twenty-three years, day porter at the Metropolitan Hotel. Christchurch, was found dead in Hagley Park with two bullet wounds in bis bead, In a letter found on the body, Cook stated that it was in consequence of drink that he had determined to take his life. Successful Sale. —A most successful sale of Mr Davie’s horses was held last Tuesday at the Temuka yards. There was a large attendance, and the bidding was very spirited. Clydesdales sold at from £2O to £2B; the trotting stallion Brazil was sold at £56, and the 2-year-oli Honduras was passed in at £3O. Football, —The following is the team picked to represent Waihi against Ashburton First Fifteen on Saturday, May 13th, to be played in Ashburton :—Moore (2), Stewart (2), Hart (2), Opie (2), Shallard (2), W. Lewis, J. Ford, G. South, 0. Eiisor, aud Campbell. The team will leave Winchester by the 8.30 a.m. train on Saturday morning.

The Tengawai Bridge. — 4t the last meeting of the Levels Road Board, on the motion of Mr Mee, seconded by Mr Campbell, it was resolved, after a long discussion :—“ That this Board write to the Geraldine County Council and ask them to widen the Tengawai stock bridge, so as to make it suitable for light traffic, such as spring carts and light traps and so that fat sheep may be driven over it without injury.” The mover said that if they could not get justice from the Geraldine County Council they must either form a seperate county of 'their own or join the Waimate County. Missing. —On the arrival at Lyttelton of the Manapouri'frora Wellington, it was reported that A. Beaumont, a well known runholder of the Marlborough district, was missed the previous night between 10 and 11 o’clock. He had apparently fallen or jumped overboard. He was going Home by the Kaikoura with his wife and three children. He had been subject to melancholia. On the trip from Picton to Wellington he showed an inclination to do away with himself. He gave his wife considerable trouble then, but she said nothing of this to the officers of the Manapouri. At her urgent request they were given a deck cabin together. When he was missed a strict search was made.

h Bowled Out, ■- nounced that Mr William Freeraai l- Kitchen, at one time editor of the Globe i- at Dunedin had died in Launceston, anc k later on a death notice appeared’ giving I acute inflammation as the cause of death / Mr F. Temple Vane, a theatrical agent whc arrived at Dunedin last week, bore a re , semblance in many respects to the reporter , dead man. His features were a good deal altered, the change being made greater bj ° his beard and moustache being shaved ■ leaving only short side whiskers dyed black d But the voice and handwriting were unu mistakeable. Though taxed with being n Kitchen, Vane repeatedly denied it unti iy be was cornered on Tuesday afternoon a His disgmse was not complete enough. \ Court of Appeal, —The Wairarapa Lake h case occupied the Court of Appeal on Mom (j day. The Chief Justice and Justices Rich- ! mond, Dennistun, Connolly, and Ward * presided. The case was one in which Piripi Te Maari and others sought to re--8 strain Alfred Matthews and Robert B .rton 8 as representing the South Wairarapa River % Board, from opening Lake Wairarapa. It h was removed from the Supreme Court bj r the parties. Mr Menteath appeared for y the natives, and Mr Bell for the board, i The question involved is one, of title and t native rights, and of the effect upon title of statutory powers vested in the River Board. The matter has been the cause of ” annually recurring trouble in Wairarapa for forty years, where, owing to the natives ' preserving their fisheries and refusing to allow the Wairarapa Lake to be opened at the spit, the low-lying lands of settlers j around it were made liable to flood. The plaintiffs ask (1) for £49!) damages for tresa pass by defendants and their employees on ( the occasion of their entering npou the 6 spit claimed by the plaintiffs for the pur- ' of opening the lake; (2) for an injunction , restraining defendants and any other " perse;;.? from interfereing with and f dest-eying fishery rights ; (3) for costs of , action ; and (4; for such pjjhgf relief as the f Court may may see fit to grant. The Harper Bamcruptcv.— Further | njepfcings of creditors in the estates of i Georg# BP-d Leonard Harper and T. W. • Maado were hejd at Christchurch on , Monday. Ito the meeting held in Maude’s estate, Mr Wilding, for , the Official Assignee, submitted a long report, detailing the resulfs the investigation which the Assignee had instructed him'fco make into the circumstances attending the idVerativ.n pf the articles of association of the Lyttelton Tiu+qa Company (Ltd), and into the dealings of the hank- , rupt in connection with the shares held by i Ijfax p e F and Go < and himself iu that company. ty'ith regard 4a mortgage by Maude of bis Shares to Mrs Maude's |rqstees, who had made a claim OB the estate for £1407 (Is lOd, Mr Wilding reported that after a conference with the supervisors although doubts existed as to the validity of the I mortgage as a whole, upon various grounds S it was yesolved to admit the claim of the I trustees/aft?* Redacting the items which ' coir“ WLolred ’c&afitlyu* wexo . Me ]aw, and for which no to the bankrupt, ’ -<* by tho ostate. He equivalent was was therefore authorised to pa,,.. ■ LU - trustees the sum of £750 os Id upon luc mortgage being released, and on the option claimed by Mr Malet to purchase 100 of the shares relinquished. The asset thus recovered amounted to £507. The report stated that it was hardly likely that the Lyttelton Times Company would raise any serious obstacle to the Assignee being regi-tered as the holder of the shares owned by the bankrupt, but it was anticipated that by reason of the alterations effected in the articles of association some time ago, difficulties would arise on an at- 1 tempt to register persons who buy the shares from the Assignee by auction or public tender in accordance with the Bankruptcy . Act. A motion to allow the bankrupt his ( furniture was not seconded, and another to ] defer the matter till the English creditors had been communicated with was withdrawn. In the estates of George Harper and Leonard Harper, no motion wag pro- ( j)Qse<ii , 1

Ashore. The barque Freetrader, Captain Bowden, from Hobart to Wanganui with timber for the Wanganui sash and door factory, went ashore on the spit at the Wanganui Heads on Monday. There is a possibility that she will be saved. The vessel is owned by her captain.

Geraldine Rifles. The members of the Geraldine Rifles compete in the Medal Handicap to-day. The handicaps stand as under: Colour - Sergeant Stonehouse, Sergeant Fifield, Corporals Bethune and Irvine, scratch; Corporals Coles, Colbert, and L. M. Heatley, 3 points ; Private A. Scott, 4; Sergeant Brown and Private Turner, 5 ; Private H. Scott, 6; Private 0. B. Heatley and C. H. Scott, 7 ; Bandsman Logan and Sherratt, and Privates J. Irvine, Pizzie. Ward, and Wood, 8 : Bandsman Winefield, 9; Bandsman Kraus, and Privates Beckley, Erskiue, and Thomas, 10 ; Bandsman O’Brien, and Privates Bryant, Evans, Ferguson, Howe.?, Lawlor, H. McLeod, D. McKay, McKenzie, and Taylor, 12. Temuka Caledonian Society.— The first “Ingleside ”of the Temuka Caledonian Society this season takes place in the Volunteer Hall next Thursday evening, 18th instant. Members must present their annual tickets to secure admission ; those who have not yet received them can obtain them from Mr J. A. McCaskill, or the secretary, Mr F. Archer. The committee in whose hands the necessary preparations for the ingleside have been placed, intend to make the affair as enjoyable as possible. Falling Building. —The great sensation in Timarn yesterday was a building ut the corner of Stafford and Beswick streets which threatened to fall. The building is that in which Mr Radcliff, cabinetmaker, carries on business, the upper storey of which is built of brick, and the lower storey of stone. Some time ago' a building at the corner between itself and Stafford street was burnt down, and yesterday men were laying down there the foundation of a new building. Just about 12 o’clock, when all but one of the employees, as well as Mr Radcliff himself, had gone to dinner, it was noticed that Mr Radcliff’s building was falling, and in a very short time the wall had split open from bottom to top, while the end wall was considerably out of the perpendicular. Over the upper storey window the rift opened to between six and nine inches, and it was thought the end of the house would come do >vn immediately, but a prop was put up to it, and it was still standing when the writer left Timaru. Half Timaru was before long on the scene, and amongst th- m was Mr Arthur Perry, who kindly told Mr Radcliff that he could remove his furniture into an empty shop at the other side of the street. Willing hands lent assistance in removing the stock, and within a couple of hours the building was empty. The cause of the building giving way was that when it was originally built no foundation was sunk, the stones being simply laid on the ground. When the men yesterday sunk down a foundation for the new buil ling in its vicinity there was a subsidence of the ground under it, and those who were working there had a narrow escape, as if it had gone an inch further it would have toppled over.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. R S —Wants situation on farm. C.F.O. Association Entries for horse sale at Tattersall’s on Saturday. J. H. Taylor, Temuka Hotel—Notice of. application for publican’s license. Temuka Caledonian Society—First ingleside on Thursday evening, 18th inst. Mrs Longshore Potts. M.D. —Particulars re lectures in Theatre Royal, Titnaru. J. C. Harrison, M.D. Particulars of lectures in Theatre Royal, Titnaru, etc. J. Brown, Beehive Stores, Temuka—ls now offering bargains in drapery, clothing, boot* and shoes, etc., etc. N.Z. Clothing Factory, Titnaru, R. Foster, manager—Call special attention to large stock of hats and caps, ties and scarfs, woollen underclothing, etc., etc. H. B. Webster & Co.—Unreserved clearing sale of contractor’s live and dead stock at Temuka yards on May 26th, on account Mr A. Mitchell.