LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2528, 13 July 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Personal. —Sir George Grey is still ! unwell and unable to leave Auckland for I Wellington. Small Debts.—ln the Dunedin Magistrate court complaint is made that tradesmen are making it a practice to set the criminal law in motion to recover debts. • Newcomers. —The Wairarapa from Sydney to Auckland brought 61 Austrians, who proceed direct to the northern gumfields. Twelve Chinamen are on route for Wellington and Westport. APPOiNXMENT.-^Mr' H. S. Smith, formerly of the New. -Zealand Postal Department, and now resident in San Francisco, succeeds the late Mr R. J. Creighton as New Zealand maitagent. Pkohibition Asked Fob. —A drunkard who was before the Wellington court, with tears in his eyes begged the Magistrate to isiue a prohibition order against himself, which Mr Martin, the Resident Magistrate, immediately did. Serious Accident.—Miss Annie Warnoll, daughter of Mr Warnoll, hydropathic practitioner at Lake Takapuna, Auckland, wa> thrown from her horse, and dragged hanging by her skirt till it gave way. She is suffering from concussion of the brain. A Wreck. —The steamer Waitara, belonging ,to the Waitara Harbour Board, was to i diiy wrecked #n fche bar when going out •* the Mokttii river on Monday last at 3.40 0 ,"""•-» ateanier went to pieces at once, p.m. liu. ; -- washed up on the beach, find the boiler wa., *■ No lives were lost. Caijle ltiwunNS.--The cable returns continue to show a large increase. Under the new rar.es last month the number of international messages was more than doubled, while the intercolonial messages i'orwar.led showed an increase of M per cent., and received (55 per cent. Toll-Gate System.—The Hutt County Council have confirmed their decision to adopt the toll gate system, acid as the last attempt to erect gates l'ailod, the structure being 4 demolished, have instructed the chairman to wait on the Government to ask for protection for the new gates.

Tiiievks at Work.—At a social at Wellington to celebrate the opening of the Working Men's Club some thieves went through the ladies' oloak room, aud about a dozen of the most valuable cloaks are missing. The front windows in the shop of Mr Campbell, a jeweller in Cuba Street, Wellington, were broken at half-past ■! o'clock on Tuesday morning, and gold and silver watches abstracted. The 1033 is over £IOO.

Temuka Cricket Club.—A well attended meeting of the above was held at Mr E. C. Danu's on Tuesday evening, Mr Hayhurst being in the chair. After considerable discussion it was resolved to get the new material required for the coming season from Home, Mr Hayhurst undertaking to sond the order Home at onoe, so that the things may be out here by the end of October. Several members spoke of the desirability of forming a South Canterbury Cricket Association, to include all clubs from Ashburton to Waimate, the chief function of such association being the arrangement of all inter-club matches. Mr Dignan moved a resolution in this direction, which was carried. The secretary was instructed to write to all the clubs interested to try and arrange a meeting of club delegates to discuss the. master,

Fatal Accident.—A man named John Mooney fell off a rock while rabbiting near Cromwell, and was killed. The Rolls.—The rolls for the Pareora and Timaru electoral districts are now printed and open for inspection. The former contains 2408 names, and the latter 2196.

Samoa.—The Upolo has arrived at Auckland from Samoa. She reports that no lighting had taken place when she left, although the relations between the factions were greatly strained. The Gekaldine Lamp Breaking Cask. —TheGeraldine Town Board elsewhere offer a reward of £5 for information leading to a conviction of any one that removed and destroyed certain street lamps in the town. Abbor Day.—The Department of Agriculture is seeking to make August the sth, Arbor Day, a colonial function, and is iseuing a circular inviting people all over the colony, and especially local bodies, to plant trees. Geraldine Racing Club. —The Geraldine Racing Club met on Tuesday evening and decided to hold a one day meeting on September 28th next, and a programme was drawn up, which will be published in a few days. Satisfactory.—The committee of the Otago A. and P. Association in their annual report state that as the result of increased attendance there was a surplus of £lB2 on the year's operations. There is a balance of £2B due to the bank.

An Unfortunate Man. A Dunedin bricklayer named Eason, who has been blind of one eye since childhood, had the misfortune to lose the sight of the other eye recently, through a chisel breaking and striking him oik the other eye. Post and Telegraph Offices. —According to a recent Gazttte the salaries paid to ollicers in the Post and Telegraph Offices in Soutn Canterbury amount to £4214. Of this Timaru abso;bs £3053, Temuka £451, Geraldine £21)0, and Waimate £330. JSasty Accident.—While assisting in loading grain on board the steamer Queen of the .'south at Timaru on Monday, a sailor named George Galliard was struck by a bag of grain and knocked down the Hold. JS'o bones were broken, but Galliard received a severe shock to the system.

SALE AT GEUALDINE. Attention is directed to the large sale of drapery, clothing, furniture, timber, firewood, etc., by the C.P.C, Association (Mr J. Mundell, auctioneer), on account of Mr R. Morrison, at Geraldine to-day. The sale will start at 12 o'clock, ani luncheon will be provided. The Railways.—A petition to Parliament is being signed at Auckland, praying that when the Government Railways Act Amendment Rill is under discussion, Mr Samuel Vaile may be heard, and his evidence taken, and tnat with that view he be summoned to appear at the bar of the House.

Lightning. A heavy thunderstorm passed over Auckland on Monday afternoon. While standing under a veranah in Jervois road, Ponsonby, Edward Egan, a City Council labourer, was knocked sense - less. The lightning struck one of the verandah posts. The man was unconscious for two hours.

Fire.—By a fire in a storehouse attached to the Cass Hotel. West Coast road, on Thursday, Mr Hewett, licensee, lost £IOO, and Mr Hibbi, the Mechven storekeeper, who had a quantity of goods there, £l5O. Later on in the day a young man named John Thorpe, was arrested at the Bealey, on a charge of setting fire to the place. Church of England.—At a meeting in Timaru on Monday of clergy in the Archdeaconry of South Caterbury, it was decided to support tue appointment of a diocesan inspector of Church of England Sunday Schools, and those present also declared themselves in favor of the introduction of the Bible into the State schools under what is known as the London School Board system. The Revs. Gillam and Butterfield were among those present. Football. A Sydney cable message says:—Mr George Campbell, manager of the New Zealand Rugby Union team, has received a cable from his Union, asking him to endeavor to arrange another match with New South Wales. In the course of an interview with the Daily Telegraph reporter, Mr Campbell said that it was impossible to do this, pending the result of the Queensland trip. He said that their experience in New South Wales, playing live matches in 10 days on hard grounds, had been a severe strain on the physical resources of the team, and the excess of work had told materially on its members. The following is the Waihi team picked to play against Timaru, on Saturday 15th, in i'imaru :—Moore Opie (2), Stewart (2), Hart (2), Henderson (2), Shallard (2), Fish, South, and Campbell. The Australian Banks. The Sydney Bulletin says:—The knocking out of so many bank bottoms has so increased the Bank of New Zealand's Australian business that twenty extra clerks are being brought from Maoriland to the Australian branches. Deposit receipts in the suspended or reconstructed banks are now much in the market. The figures are curious as showing the relative value of each bank in public estimation. Federal, 7s to lis iu the & : National of Australasia, 13s to 15s ; Commercial of Australia, 18s 6d; London Chartered, lis 3d to 15s; Australian Joint Stock, English and Australian Chartered, each 14s 3d to 15s 3d; Bank of North Queensland, 15s to 18s; Commercial of Sydney, 17s 3d to 18s; and, last of all, Queensland National, offered at Us (sd, apparently without buyers. The Seamen's Bill.—Mr Millar, secretary of the Maritime Council, being interviewed at Dunedin, said that the Seamen's Bill only contains amendments required in the interests of the travelling public. One discharge from every ship instead of continuous discharges, only assimilates ours to the practice in other colonies and England; likewise discharges and engagements through the Customs. As to the men , being four years at sea before they can be rated as A.. 8. he pointed out that this has j been the law here since 1885. The rating of 'firemen is new, but he contended that there are dozens of small boats running on the coast carrying one engineer. On these boats the firemen also look after the engines. He challenged Mr Mills to prove .'■ v *t.tUo now legislation required the Union fc" •■* Ainploy 124 additional hands, Company t. «..*■ undw . as some of the no « -aa -'vfnir manned. He contended that it is om„ * BM where seamen are convicted of an offence under the Act that they should be paid the svages due up to the conviction.

Timaru Borough OouNCjig.—Bather a cene occurred at a meeting of the Timaru Borough Council during a discussion on a motion voting the mayor a salary of £IOO per annum. The motion had been carried fcs a previous meeting, but as the town clerk was voted into the chair for the purpose, w hen by law a councillor should have filled the position, the matter was again brought before the council. During the discussion, according to the Timaru Herald, Councillor Burford made the invidious statement that •' it would pay to pay the mayor, and thus be sure that he would act honestly and not try to get any of the ratepayers' money by underhand means." Strange to say, he was backed np by one other councillor Councillor Hole —who, while regretted the attack, said there was no doubt there was some truth in it. Other councillors seemed to think there was no reflection on the character of the present mayor in such a remark, and only defended the reputations of former occupants of the mayoral chair. If the ratepayers allow their representativ 33 to make such attacks on their mayors it is only reasonable to suppose that any citizen with a character to lose will decline to accept the office, and the township will be in a very unenviable position. Another statement was made during the discussion that should receive the ratepayers' attention, viz., that the sum of £1)00 a year was raised in the borough by rates, and of this amount £BOO went in and about the office. The council have now voted away the odd £WQ

Serious Accident. Gladys Lynch a child eight years of age, was severely burned at Wood Ville, through her clothes catching while lighting a fire. Her condition is critical, Entertainment. —This evening a service of song, followed by a magic lantern show, will be given in the Oddfellows' Hall, Gerald ine. in aid of the Juvenile Good Templar Lodge. Sale op a Farm. —On Saturday next, at TattersalTs, Timaru, the C.F.C. Association scdl a compact farm of 100 acres, together with 20 a reß bush, situated at Gapes's Valley, on account of Mr P. McCaskill. End ov a Waif.—An old man who had travelled about Southland for some years repairing cloaks, was found in a destitute condition in a hut at Hedgehope, Southland, by a settler on Friday. He took him to his own house and put him to bed, but he died the following morning. A t the inquest on Monday, a verdict of death from exposure was returned. The man was generally known as Clocky, but some say that his name was Watt. A Sad Case.—A sad case of domestic distress caused by the measles is reported from Parnell, Auckland.. Fanny Brown aged 22, a member of a family of which she was one of the bread winners, the father being feeble, had to leave her situation through getting the measles. The attack proved severe and in temporary delirium she got out of bed, caught a chill, and the measles striking inwardly on the heart she died in half-an-hour. The eldest son employed on a local coaster, caught the complaint, went home, and for want of care, warmth and attention, the disease developed into bronchitis und pleurisy, from the effects of which he expired, and was buried beside his sister. A third member of the family, a girl of 17 years of age, is in a critical condition, and six other children are down with the measles. Moreover the grandmother of these children, an old lady 73 years of age, has also been attacked and her condition is critical. During all this time, the mother of the children, unaided except by the neighbours, has had to attend to the wants of the numerous patients. The Wellington Shooting Case.—At the inquest at Wellington on the body of Spr.at, who was Bhot on Saturday, the dead man's depositions were put in. He used most abusive language to the two brothers, and said that his temper, which v, as affected by the malady from which he suffered, had brought about the occurrence. He had an affection for Louis, and did not think that the latter had any ill-feeling. The affair was entirely his own fault. The evidence corroborates the account previously given. Spreat, after chasing the young men about with a table-Knife and a poker, ascended to the bedroom window by a ladder after Louis. Valentine below menaced him with a double-barrelled gun, but without avail, and Spreat getting into the room, threatened Louis, who stood with his back to the door, which he thought was locked. - Spreat used violent language.and continued to advance, though warned to stand back. Spreat, in his deposition, says that he felt the bullet go through his body, and it apparently crashed through a looking-glass, and went out of the window. The evidence so far goes to show that Spreat was a man of fearful temper, who made life very hard for those who had to live with him. Before the row he had thrown several buckets of water into the house in order, as he said, to give them something to do ; yet he had left his property by will to the Sanderson family. Further eviden-je showed that deceased had threatened the life of Sanderson's sister, and had been deliberately feeling the edges of knives. The jury returned a verdict of "Justifiable homicide." SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Butchers of Temuka and Winchester— Notice re rise in price of meat. Guinness & LeCrcn —Are now booking entries for horse sale at Washdyke. James Ppilp, Ironmonger—Draws attention to cooking ranges and tile register grates, etc. H. B. Webster k Co. —Particulars re cleariug sale of blacksmith's shop and tools at Hilton. Gerald ine Town Board —£s reward offered for conviction of person that removed lamps; also meeting re tree planting on Arbor Day.