LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2505, 20 May 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Primitive Methodist Church —The services for to-morrow in connection with this church will be found in our advertising columns. Geraldine Fair. —Owing to the Queen’s Birthday falling on Wednesday, the usual Geraldine fair day, it has been decided to hold the fair on Tuesday next. Dunedin Races. —ln our advertising columns will be found the excursion fares arranged by the railway authorities for the Dunedin races on May 24th and 27th. The Weather. —Captain Edwin states that hard westerly gales are likely to be experienced over that part of the country southward of Napier and New Plymouth between midnight on Friday and noon on Saturday. Retrenchment. —lt is stated that a Cabinet minute has been circulated amongst the heads of Ihe Government departments that no increases of salary are to be put on the Estimates except those required by law or regulations, such as the annual increment to cadets. The Otago Central. —The Otago Daily Times of Thursday says that the great obstacle in the way of the Otago Central is ignorance. We are not surprised to hear that. Ignorance is the cau-e of almost all our troubles. Ignorance is what makes 97 per cent, of the world slave for the benefit of the other 3 per cent. Ignorance is doing a lot of mischief in the world. Pleasant Point. —On Wednesday next (Qu?fm’ s Birthday) sports will be held at Pleasant in aid of the Library. Horse and foot races, wrestling, and a football tournament for junior teams will be among the events, and a dance will windup the dav. So fat as we are a,ware this is the only fixture in the district on the holiday in question, and if the weather is fine taere will doubtless be a largeattendanoa. The programme is published in another column. Sudden Death. —In Auckland Richard S nMI, the well-known amateur boxer, dropped dead in his shop on Taursday morning, after a friendly tussle wlfch a young man named E lwar.l Burke, over the BOSSSSSiOU pf a packet of cigarattcs. " • --nsed was a god 2.9, was married, but , ue - •' XiiuduU O? of sbe nad no children. - - * ia*g £a|al defendants in the case of tne glove fi rht. Female Franchise. —ln Dundiu the annual meeting of the Female Franchise L ’agu3 was maxked by considerable enthusiasm. Sir R Stout, Mr Bolt, and other speakers, spoke hope’ully of the massage of fie reform this session The president made a feeling reference to Mr BalUnce, as one of the most consistent and loyal supporters pf the reform in the colony. Our Educational System. —lt was stated at a meeting that the prevalence of measles at Dunedin would entail a loss of £IOO this quarter on the Otago E location Board. It was decided that a d(mutation should wait on the Minister of E function to a k him to return to the system of the working average instead of the strict average. Suicide. —On the 13th a steerage passenger named David Croal, booked for Auckland on the Waiboia from Sydney, committed suicide by jumping overboard. The steamer was immediately stopped, a boat lowered, and the man was picked up, but all efforts to restore animation proved futile. No cause is assigned for the deed. The man was a resident of Newton, Sydney, and was in the employ tie Railway Department. Overcrowding. —The alleged overcrowding of thesteamer Rotomahana, which left Wellington for Lyttelton on Monday, has been brought under the notice of the Minister of Marine, and steps are to be taken to prevent the overcrowding of passenger steamers in future. Enquiries made by the Minister of Marine as to the overcrowding of the steamer Rotomahana show that she has accommodation for 37(5 passengers, whereas only 230 were on board on Mon,day night, I

Held Over. —Correspondence and other matter are unavoidably held over. Excursion Train.— Mr Moss Jonas, of Timaru, has given the Railway Commissioner a guarantee of £IOO to run a special train to Christchurch on the Queen’s Birthday. Ministerial.— The Hon. W. P. Reeves went south by express yesterday, and the Hon, Mr Ward went north. The Hon. John McKenzie is in Otago, where he will remain for a couple of weeks. Mrs Jarley’s Waxworks. —This entertainment, given at the recent bazaar, is to be repeated at Winchester on Thursday evening next. The tableaux vivants which wore so much admired will also be shown at the same time ; vocal and instrumental music will occupy the intervals. Washing at School.— Mr T. Mackenzie, at the Education Board of Otago, while expressing satisfaction that provision was made in some schools for teachidg washing, suggested that it would be a good thing if children were also taught to wash. The Cheviot.— The sum of £SOOO has been authorised for the formation of roads to open up the Cheviot Estate. Surveyors are engaged in laying off and the work will be done on the co-operative principle. It is expected that a batch of the unemployed will be put on the ground next week, Temuka Rifles. —On Wednesday next the Temuka Rifles will hold a Government parade at 8.30 a.m. and afterwards proceed to the range for the annual prize firing, fn the evening the annual social will be held, double tickets for which can now be obtained. On the 31st May the corps wi l ! be inspected by Lieutenant-Colonel fox. Suspected Burglar. —A man, Samuel Trudreon by name, appeared at the Court, Wellington, on a number of charges of stealing a horse from the Hurt, a saddle, bridle, and gun from the Royal Hotel, and others. A bunch of skeleton keys was found on him and other property which leads to the' suspicion that he is the man who has been trying hard at burglary lately, though Mr Beetham cannot be quite sure that he is the man who entered his house. The Dunedin Hospital. —With reference to the removal of bodies from the hospital to the university, the chairman of the hospital trustees stated that last year only two bodies had been removed. When a pauper died every effort was made to find his friends. As to the charge against Dr Hogg, he did not consider him to blame, as he had only followed the precedent which had been carried out for years. This refers to the practice of taking bodies to the university for the students to cut up. Church of England. To-morrow, being Whitsunday, the services will be of a special character, and the offering! of parishioners will be devoted to the Melanesian Mission Fund. The Rev. Mr Gillam officiates at Temuka in the morning and Winchester at night. The Rev. Mr Butterfield takes the services at Winchester in the morning and Temuka at night. There will also be service ac Rangitira Valley schoolhouse at 3 p.m., at which the incumbent wi l l preach. False Statement.— ln Nelson S. W. Reeves was committed for trial on Thursday for having made certain false statements. In a statement of receipts and expenses filed in the District Court of Nelson on the Gth of April, 1892, the said , statement being one which he was directed by the Mining Companie’s Act to make, to wit, that he had paid away the sum of £122 3s 7d on account of the Extended vVakatu Goldmining Company, when in truth and in fact he had not done so. Divining Rod. —A farmer in Victoria recent y spent a good deal of money in digging for water without success. A squatter’s wife from the back country, who was on a visit there, tried the divining rod, and was successful. This is a most extraordinary thing. The divining rod is merely the forked branch of a pear tree. The lady caught the two branches of the fork with her two hands, and when she reached the spat where the water was to be found the other end turned towards the ground. This is hardly creditable. The Unemployed.—A deputation of unemployed saw Mr McKenzie at Dunedin on Thursday morning. They asserted that there are 200 m-n out of work in Dunedin. The Minister promised to send some to Gatlin’s bushfelling almost at once ; also to telegraph to Mr Seddon asking if he can authorise another section of the Otago Central; also to send some men to Cheviot in about a fortnight. It is understood that 25 leave for Gatlin’s on Wednesday. The Minister left for Shag Point on Friday. Wesleyan Church, Temuka.— The anniversary services of the Wesleyan Church will be held on Sunday (to-morrow) and Monday. The Rev. C. E, Beecroft, of Timaru, will be the preacher, and will also lecture on Monday evening. Mr Beecroft was for some years resident in London, and can describe its sights and scenes and busy life with telling effect. His well-toll stories are racy, interesting, and highly amusing. A splendid evening is in store for all Freeman Kitchen. —The case against Freeman Kitchen fell through. Hr Hislop, who appeared against him, add the proceedings had been taken without consulting Mrs Kitchen, and after consultation it had been decided that the present action was not likely to bring satisfactory results, aud steps more to the advantage of Mrs Kitchen could be taken otherwise. Inspector Pender complained of the expense the police had been put to for nothing, but no order was made. The Resident Magistrate said that he could not detain the man under the circumstances, and if the case was not to be gone on with, he must dismiss it. Defendant was d soharged accordingly. It is understood that divorce proceedings are contemplated. Highway Robbery. —ln New Plymouth, a man named Charles Thomas was brought in from Inglewood on Thursday, charged with nailing up Henry Olsen on the public road at 11.30 Wednesday night. Thomas caught hold of Olson’s horse’s bridle, nearl/ unseated the rider, and siiid ,l I am a highwayman.’’ Qlsen told the man to let go, when other settlers coming on the scene, the man decamped. Olsen knew the man’s voice, and had him arrested. On being brought up af the Police Coqrt, Thomas admitted catching fie horse, but denied that he had any evil intent. He was remanded till Monday next, to enable the police to rqajje inquiries re peering him- - tiUHim Qm—-Mr Giles, R.M., Th.. * - defoadmil; in the oases gave judgement io, -~M<m with Natives v John Lundon, in the Kaita purchase. The claim was for £BOO, alleged to be a balance of purchase money due to the natives by Lundon, who acted as Government agent in connection with the purchase of some Native lands. The magistrate said it had not been proved that defendant was guilty of fraud. He had not made his balance out of t ie natives, but out of the Government, and that was not a matter for him to go into. Lundon made a handsome profit out of the Government ; 4s Sd an acre was a good price for land. The co.ts of defendant amount to over £IOO. Timaru High School — At a meeting of the Bo .rd of Governors of the above school yesterday, Mr Burke, lessee of a reserve on Geraldine Flat, sent plan aud estimate for a house ho proposes to build. —lt was resolved to approve of the plan, and consent to build was given, but in the absence of specifications the board suggested that heart of totara should be used for ground plates. The encroa ffiment of the river on Burke’s reserve was repofted on by Mr Gibson, who recommended that willows be planted along the bank where the river is now attacking it, to form a defence in the future when the river changes its point of attack. It would cost £4O or £3O to do anything effectual at the two points where the bank is now being undermined.—lt was resolved to adopt Mr Gibson’s recommendation as to willow planting, the committee to see it carried out; the dealing with the worst places to be held over for the present, Mr William Priest, Timaru, was elected a member in place of the Rev, Mr Williams who has left the district.

Church Parade. —The Temuka Good Templars, headed by the Temuka Brass Band, will parade to the Primitive Methodist Church, to-morrow afternoon. Sale at Waitohi Downs.— Attention is directed to the important sale of live and dead farm stock on the farm of Mr John Stumbles, Waitohi Downs, by the C.F.O. Asso o : ation on Monday next. Mr Stumbles having sold his farm, the sale of stock is an unreserved one. Education. The Education Board of Napier took another £SOO from the general fund to meet requirements for buildings. The Board considered the circular of the Minister of Education, and decided to oppose inspectors being appointed by the Departmeent and periodically shifted, but ' cordially endorsed the suggestion that a conference of inspectors should be held to secure greater uniformity of standard examination. Confidence in Woman’s Suffrage.— A correspondent of the Dunedin Star : Wyoming—the first State in Ameaica to give women the right to vote at all elections—has just passed through its Legislature a resolution of confidence in womanhood suffrage, and directed the Governor of the State to send copies of the resolution to every English-speaking Legislature in the world. This item of news should be encouraging to all those who are striving to obtain the suffrage for the women of this colony. University Changes,— The strained relations between the Au-kland University Council and the Professorial Board, in' relation to an alteration in the calendar whereby eight hours a week are to be devoted to mathematics, has led the council to pass a resolution giving Mr Aldis, Professor of Mathematics, six months’ notice of terminating his engagement. Professor Aldis has been paid £7OO a year and fees about £BOO altogether. The council resolved to engage another Professor of Mathematics at £4OO or £SOO a year, and will ask the Agent-General to assist in the matter. Technical Education.— A deputation from the Canterbury Industrial Association waited on the Hon. W. P. Reeves and asked him to use his influence in obtaining a vote of £2500 from the Government towards an exhibition of New Zealand products proposed to be held in Christchurch: It was stated that they proposed to make the exhibition permanent and a place for imparting technical education. Mr Reeves expressed the hope that the Industrial Association would establish an institution for the advancement of practical technical education. In such a case he would be able to give them a subsidy, as he had to the technical classes Dunedin and Wanganui. With regard tc the exhibit! .m he could not promise anything definite till he had Consulted his colleagues, but he thought that at least they might rest assured of a subsidy of £1 for every £1 of any sum subscribed towards the object. Property TAx. The Property Tax Commissioner sued the Rev. J. O. Andrews of Masterton, for £33 7s 9d as absentee tax, and £3 0s 9d interest on 14,890 acres in the Oera district, Hawke’s Bay, belonging to Mr Robert Curling, of London, for whom defendant is agent. The defendant claim that he was not liable for the amount, principally on the grounds that he had been a resident within the colony for the period required by the Act, and that if Mr Robert Curling had been a resident out or absent from the colony for a period of three years, still he was not liable to the tax, as the Act only applied to such persons as had been absent from or resident out of the colony for a period of three years and had not left an agent to represent them in the colony. The defendant T further said that he did not admit that Mr Curling had been absent from the colony 1 for the space of three years. After evidence had been taken and argument heard, judgment was given for plaintiff with £3 13a costs, The defendant gave notice of appeal.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Sports at Pleasant Point—On 24th May. 11. B. Webster & Co,—Entries Geraldine fair. Church of England—Services for tomorrow. Caretaker Temuka Park—Willow stakes for sale. Temuka Good Templars—Church parade to-morrow. C.F.C. Association—Entries for Temuka stock sale. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow. Colonel Bailey—District orders to Temuka Rifles. Guinness & LeOren—Entries for Geraldine stock sale. Mrs Jarley’s Waxworks—At Winchester on Wednesday. Primitive Methodist Church—Services for to-morrow. Aspinall & SHmond—Notice re Mr T. Barr’s accounts. E. Brown, J. BUthand A. Russell—Close every Thursday afternoon. N.Z. Railways—Excursion fares to Dunedin for races on 24th and 27th. J. Ay son, Bull’s Head Butchery—Has taken Mr Duncan Wall into partnership. G. P. Wood—Has appointed Mr J. Sim Temuka agent for Phoenix Fire Insurance Company. Temuka Rifles—Government parade on Wednesday morning aud prize firing during day; particulars re social; inspection by Colonel Fox on 31st May.