THE Temuka Leader. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1893. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2525, 6 July 1893, Page 2

THE Temuka Leader. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1893. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Dismissed. —At Timaru on Monday the charge against a lad of of 10 of criminally assaulting a little girl of years, on the Levels Plains, was dismissed, the evidence of identification being weak. four-roomed house at Upper Port Chalmers road, Dunedin, owned and occupied by George Walker, has been totally destroyed by fire. Insurance £225 in the Victoria ; the loss is stated to be £IOO above that. The Orari-Geraldine Coach.—The old red Orari-Geraldine coach, which J has been laid up for sometime past for repairs, has reappeared on the scene with a moat brilliant green coat. Long life to the green. Roman Catholic Schools. Bishop Luck has applied to the Auckland Board of Education to authorise the inspection of Roman Catholic day schools by the Board's inspector, they being private sohools within the meaning ; of the Act. Consideration of the request was deferred. Oue Police. —The Minister for Defence has promoted thirteen third-class oon- tables in various parts of the colony, who have completed seven years service with credit, to the second class rank. A similar step will be taken in respect to second-class constables. Assaults and Robberies. Violent pCJsoaal assaults, frequently accompanied by robbeTV, are becoming unpleasantly frequent in "Wellington. On Sunday a man was robbed and had an eye kicked out, and in another instance a man had his leg broken in a street row. Bequests. Sir William Fox has bequeathed Dr Barnado's Homes £100; the girls school Berout £o0; Mrs Hilton's creche, Stepney Causeway, London, £SO; the Sailor's rest Devonport, £SO; Mrs Gratton Guinnes' mission (Palestine exploration), £SO ; New Zealand Alliance, £2UO. Important to Residents at Geraldine. —Dr Fish has taken a portion of Mr J. Dean's house at Geraldine, where he will hold daily consultations between the hours of 11 a.m. and noon. This should prove a great convenience to the suffering portion of the community. Business Change.—ln our advertising columns Mr G. Judson announces that he has bought Mr J. Cunnard's coaching and carrier's plant. He will continue to run a coach to Timaru every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, carrying passengers, parcels, etc., at lowest rates. He will also carry on a general carrier's business, and no doubt will be accorded a share of public support. Ordination of Priests.—Four priests, the Revs Hickson, O'Sullivan, Fe-rier, and Bowden, all of the Marist order were ordained, by Archbishop Redwood, at Wellington on. Sunday, assisted by ten of the cler "v f. WPi varioa.3 parts of the colony. The service was" °£ t^ e impressive character, usual in the Roman 1 Catholic Chwcb on such occasions, and lasted hours ' Spanish Warship.—The Spanish tnu** trig ship Nutilus arrived at Wellington on Monday afternoon from Newcastle, New South Wales, and was towed into harbour by the steam tug Duko. On coming to an anchorage she fired a sa'ute of 21 guns to the British flair. The salute was returned- by a detachment of the Permanent Artillery, under Major Messenger, from the Thorndon saluting battery. A Missing Goose.—The Supreme Court at Dunedin, was occupied on Monday with a case in which William Reihs claimed £SO damages from Mrs Silk. Plaintiff had been boots at defendant's restaurant. One out of 11 geese which had been given to him to hang up ;yas missing, and he alleged that the defendant caliivl him " a thief and robber." Mr Justice Williams gave a verdict for 40s and costs on the lowest scale. Direct Veto Meeting at Geraldine. —A meeting to consider the Direct Veto question has been couvened for Tuesday evening next, at 8 p.m. in the Oddfellows' Hall, Geraldine. Addresses will be delivered by several prominent speakers, and, as the question is a momentous one, which will in the near future be brought before Parliament for settlement, there is sure to fc>a a. la&gq m^eftn.g,

Tbmuka. Cricket Club.—A general meeting, at which a full attendance is requested, takes place at Mr Dann's office, tomorrow evening. Milford.—A grand variety entertainment by the Black Star Minstrels, followed by a dance, in aid of the school prize fund, will be held in the Milford schoolroom tomorrow evening. The Weather. —The severe frosts, we have been experiencing during the last three weeks have now broken up, and yesterday there was a pretty heavy rainfall. The roads are now in a very sloppy state. Football.—A team of Geraldine players will try conclusions with a team from Pleasant Point to-day. The Geraldine team will be a pretty strong one if the men picked all turn up, although they will be somewhat out of practice and short-winded for want of training. Tejiuka Presbyterian Church.—The Timaru Presbytery sat at Teinuka on Tuesday afternoon last, nnd in the evening a public meeting was held in the church, when addresses were given by several ministers. Pressure on our f.pace compels us to hold over our report until next issue. The Geraldine Streets.—The tender of W. G. Sherratt has been accepted for three asphalt street crossings at Geraldine, one at J. Albert's corner, one at the Post Office, and one connecting the footpath in front of the Geraldine Hotel with the footpath at the sale yards. _ In the present slushy weather these crossings would be a great boon to the public, and we hope to see the contract gone on with immediately American Salesman. The great American salesman, about whom we have been hearing so much lately, is about to pay Teinuka a visit. He has taken the Volunteer iiall for to-morrow (Friday) evening, and will give a variety concert free of charge together with selling his goods. His Way of doing business is, we believe, novel, but of that we shall be better able to judge after we have seen him. His advertisement appears elsewhere, and we recommend it to the attention of our readers. Important Decision.—Mr Martin, R.M., gave judgment at Wellington on Monday in a case of considerable interest to bankers. The tax commissioner, Mr Crombie, sought to make banks furnish a return of mortgages held by them, and to answer questions as to the position of of customers, for the purpose of enabling him to check their returns. Legal advice was takeu, which led the banks to refuse, and a test case was tried. Mr Martin held that the Commissioner had no such power, and dismissed the case without costs. Mr Gully gave notice of appeal. Timaru Hospital.—The following is the return of patients in the Timaru Hospital for the month of June, 1893:—Patienti under treatment at date of last return : males, 11; females, 12 ; total 23. Admitted during the month : males 22 ; females, 16 ; total 38. Totals treated males, 33; females 28; total 61. Discharged during month : cured: males, 9; females, 9 ; total 18; relieved : males 3 females, 0 ; totals 3; Dead males, 0 ; females 1 (Mary Gibson) ; total discharged : male 3, 12; females 10; total 22. Remaining under treatment : males 21; females, 18 ; total 39 : out patients treaeed during the month : males, 5 ; females, 13; total 18. Shooting Case.—Mr W. Lightoller, first mate of the barque Carnarvon Castle, had an unpleasant experience at Timaru on Sunday night. He went to the Wesleyan parsonage to visit the Rev. Mr Beecroft, who U a friend of his, and on arrival there noticed a man trying to open one of the side doors. On being challenged as to his business there the man ran away, and was followed by Mr Lightoller. On being presse-', however, the mau turned roundj and fire i a pistol or revolver at his pursurer, and Mr Lightoller felt the ball whistle past his leg. The surprise caused him to stop, and enabled the man to escape. A very vague description only could be g'ven of the man, and the police were unable to find any trace of a man answering it. Fatal Football AcciDEST.—A shocking football accident happened at Gore on Saturday. John Masson, 23 years, unmarried, playing in a scratch game, collided with another p ayerv He went home complaining that he was unwell, went to bed, gradually.sank, and died at ,3 o'clobk on Monday morning, having never regained consciousness since Saturday night. Deceased was a son of Mr Masson, of the wellknown engineering firm of Masson, Scott, and Bertram, engineers, London, and only came out three months ago to supervise the fitting up of the new and massive machinery supplied by that firm for the Mataura paper mills. He was a cousin to the Rev. Mr Greig, of Portobello. The sad affair cast a gloom over Mataura,

Sale op N.Z. Stud Sheep.—At the sale of sheep at Sydney on Monday the Lincoln rams shipped by Mr Goodfellow, Waikato, averaged £4 12s 9d ; Mr Riddiford, Auckland, £3 9s ; Mr Pickering, Waikato, £1 7s 2d ; Mr Baker, Wanganui, 2 rams 7 guineas apiece. The highest price for some of Mr Hill's, of Auckland, was 10 guineas j but others averaged 4| guineas. Those of Mr Boag, Canterbury, averaged 6| guineas; Mr Hunter, Waikato, £2 10s 6d. Mr Overton, Canterbury, sold several at 15 guineas, and the lowest at 6 guineas, Mr Grey of Milburo, Otago, sold the Leicester Young: Champion, at 10 guineas, and a number of Leicester hoggets at £5 5s each. Henry Overton sold 3 at 15 guineas, 2 at guineas, 1 at 14 guineas, 1 at 10 guineas, 2 at 9i guineas, sat 1\ guineas, and 5 at 6 guineas. More Larriicinjsm at G-eraldine. The Geraldine Town Board have cause to complain of more larrikimsm at Geraldine. Since the case of removing one of the town lamps was heard last court day, three more street lamps have been tampered with, and this time one has been found shattered to pieces, having been made a " cock-shy " of, and the other two are not to be found. The matter was brought up at the town board meeting on Tuesday evening l , when it was decided to offer a reward of £5 for the conviction of the person or persons implicated. Whoever the culprit is the board intend to make it pretty hot for him this tim*', and Captain Wray, as he warned the last offender of this kind, will have very little mercy on the next one brought before him. The offence is supposed to have been committed by some person or persons non-ressident at Geraldine. If this is so Geraldine youths should do their best to expose the offenders, and thus remove the stigma which at present must resj; #ppn themselves. The offence is a very wa#tog. ,on©, and as it affects the public generally it should.'.'fee' put down at once with a rigid application of the Jaw,

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr If ayes—Reward for lost bangle or braced- ,„ , , 1 St. Jacob's Oii and Watches—- ' -'•o.ts e£. Parfcicu. * Glut— General meeting Teniuka Cn..~ ": . , to-morrow night. ' "* t oca Great American Salesmau—At Tei~. to-morrorw evening. Direct Veto—Meeting at Geraldine on Tuesday evening July 11th. Dr Pish, GeralJiue—Notice re consulting patients at J. Dean's house. C b\G. Association—Sell valuable farm on account Mr P. McCaskill, on 15th July. Allan Macdonald, Geraldine, —Tenders wanted for cutting and burning gorse. H. B. Webster & Co.—Sale of live and dead stock at Mr A. White's farm, Winchester. Alex Montgomery, Deputy Official Assignee—Notice re filing statement of accounts in various estates, etc. Chas. Johnson —Has taken over the working of the Kakahu Bush, lately carried on by Mr G. Clark, and solicits orders. N. Dunlop &c Co., Geraldine —Will commence great clearing sale of drapery and clothing, etc., on Saturday next, inspection invited, G. Jmlson—Has purchased J. Cunard's coach and carrier's plant, an& intends carrying on a coaching line to Timaru as usual, an,ij do geaera] wqrji,

D. McKinnon—Reward for lost E.L rams. J. Ballantyne & Co. Timaru—Great salo of atock of high class drapery, clothing, etc., commences to-morrow ; see advertisement and catalogues issued with this paper.