LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2533, 25 July 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Stock Sale,— The fortnightly sale of stock at Temuka takes place today.

Bankrupts. —At Wellington, yesterday, Mr Justice Richmond suspended the discharge of two bankrupts for 12 months on various grounds.

Found Drowned. The Rev. James Watt, who for many years occupied a parish church near Aberdeen, was found drowned near Anderson’s Bay. As he was of intemperate habits the evidence points to suicide. Weather Predictions.— Captain Edwin says that there are likely to be strong northerly gales with rain in most parts of the colony between noon of the 2(sth and midnight of the 28th inst. Missing. —A young man, A. J. Gapp, a sheep farmer at Waimata, near Gisborne, is missing. He had to ford rivers on his way home on Tuesday last, and has not been seen since. His horse, saddle, and bridle were found. The river is being dragged.

A Favorable Impression. The Spanish training ship Nautilus, sailed from Wellington for Lyttelton on Sunday afternoon. Her officers declare New Zealand, or what they have seen of it, to be the finest country in the world, and the captain declares that should he abandon the sea, he will return to New Zealand and take up his residence.

“ What I saw in America.”— -By advertisement the Rev. W. Morley is announced to lecture in the Wesleyan Church to-night, on “ What I saw and heard in America.” To-morrow evening the annual Home Missionary meeting will be held, when Mr Morley, who is the organising secretary, will be the chief speaker. Mr Morley is a splendid speaker, and a large audience should hear his story. No charge will be made for admission.

Primitive Methodist Church. —At the Temuka Primitive Methodist Church on Wednesday evening next a musicnl entertainment, in aid of the trust fund, will be given by the members of the Geraldine Primitive Methodist choir. The admission is fid, and the entertainment commences at 7.45.—0 n Thursday, at Mr Maslin’s auction rooms, Geraldine, a gift auction and sale of work will be held, opening at 3 p.m. Admission will be free. Embezzlement.— John D. Jones, exartilleryman of New South Wales, was •arrested at Wellingtou charged with embezzling £SO belonging to the funds of the canteen of the Victoria Barracks, Sydney. He was handed over to Constable Nolan, who arrived from Sydney, and the pair left by the Waihora. —A young man named Davies has been arrested at Wellington on a charge of absconding from Auckland, with £125 of the Mutual Assurance Society.

■ Accidents. —The infant son of a settler j named Cope, at Kaitara, Auckland, was y scalded to death by the capsizing of a pail ’ of b filing water.—A young man named _ Langley, met with a serious accident at j New Plymouth on Friday. He was staud■7 ing on a plank which slipped, when he was j thrown into the air, falling on his head as I he descended. It is feared thatthe injuries V will prove fatal. —A lady fell off the plat* a form of a railway carriage at Timaru on y Saturday evening as the express train was s Paving for Christchurch. Fortunately some bystanders caught her as she fell and r prevented her being dragged under the j wheels, and she escaped with a few bruises 3 and a severe fright. She fainted as she fell. 3 District Court. —A sitting of the 3 District Court will be held at Timaru today, by His Honour Judge Ward, when the following business will be dealt 0 with: —ln bankruptcy, orders of discharge 3 will be applied for as follows: —G. Braces field, by Messrs Perry, Perry & Kinners ney. E. Melton, C. Campbell, P. Stratford, r by Mr White ; F. Scoringe, by Mr Postle--1 thwaite. The Deputy Assignee will apply to be released from duty in respect of twelve old bankruptcies. Re Gracie & 3 Maclean, application for Deputy Assignee’s 1 costs, by Mr White. Re D. M. Ross, for 1 settlement of cases (two) of appeal in re f Joseph Hume Bower and'Josephine Oswald ) Bower. Mr Postlethwaite for the Bowers, . Mr Kinnerney for the Assignee. Probate—--1 Mr Salmond will apply for probate of the r will of the late William Christmas, farmer, 1 of Milford. Mr Raymond will apply for probate of the will of the late Andrew McCormack, contractor, of Timaru. Finding on a Skeleton.— -Last Monday, * the 17th, Mr Tyson, a farmer near the Styx, 3 in the course of ploughing over a sandbank ; on his property, found the skeleton of a 5 man of apparently about sixty years of age. Mr Tyson’s plough turned over a skull, and with the aid of his son he excavated the , remainder of the bones, which were in an j upright position. The remains have the * appearance of having been thirty or forty years underground. Mr Tyson has been on the farm for eleven years, and previous to his occupation Mr Bailey had the lan 1 as a 1 sheep run for about thirty years. Enquiries have elicited the fact that some r thirty years ago a man named Howard, a cattle dealer, camped at the Styx on his I way norfh, asd was afterwards completely lost sight of. It i# surmised this man projjabjy Ipsjb' his' way, and fhat these are iyo pnj&iffi 'A.' deep hole wgs dug £he yeye discovered, bijt , -"■Hd.fOi ffre sJtejeiiqn was no furthex - OsWtft&l t'9 fae placed in a box ax... Wiis Christchurch police station, where examined on Saturday by Mr R. Beetham, as coroner, and ordered to be buried.—Lyttelton Times. Be lit eld School Committee.— The ordinary monthly meeting of this Committee was held in the schoolrom on July 15th, when the following members were present: —Messrs Ford (chairman), Ellery. Brenton, Willy, and Greenaway. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence was read from the Board of Eiucatiou, regarding religious instruction in school room; also from Board, re Arbor Day ; also a leaflet show i g Canadian thistle, to paste in guard book. The teacher’s monthly report was read, showing 5!) children on roll, 33 boys, and 25 girls, strict average 19.3 boys, 'j-irls 20.5, total 38.9. The master complained about the low attendance, and asked the committee to take steps to make parents send their children to school. The master also asked for a fresh supply of fuel. Mr Watson Willy reported his visiting the school on the 13th day of July, and finding , the attendance to be 41 on that day. Mr 1 Greenaway was elected visitor for the ensuing mouth. The committee directed the chairman to sec the school master, and 1 ask him to furnish the committee with the 5 names of children of school age that have 1 not attended half time, notices then to be £ sent out, and if that does not have the ' desired effect, summonses then to be issued, a The committee arranged for a fresh supply 1 of wood to be brought to the school the t following week. This being all the business t the meeting terminated ( 1

The Measles. —Several more deat from measles are reported at Wellington The schools are still suffering largely in measles. The epidemic is much the worst ever known.

Football. —The return match between the Queensland and the New Zealand Rugby Union team was played at Brisbane on Saturday. The weather was very warm. About 7000 people were present. The following represented New Zealand; — Full back—Wilson; three-quarter-backs— Gage, Wynyard, and Jervis ; half-backs — Rutland and Bayley ; forwards —McKenzie, Mclntosh, Ellison, Lambie, Cockrof t, Stuart Hiroa, Speight, and Murray. Wynyard, scored three tries, from which two goals were kicked : Butlandscoredtwo triesfromwhich onegoal was scored; Jervis potted a goaland scored a try, and both McKenzie and Cockroft scored a try each. The game ended— New Zealand, 85 points ; Queensland, nil. — The following will play for Temuka 2nd against Union 3rd on Thursday at Temuka : Full-back, D. Grant; threequarter-backs, Morton, Robinson, and Radford; halfbacks. Sheen and Hooper ; forwards, Carr, Mulhern. Barwell, Lilburne, Barrett (2), Collins, Erwood, and Spillane. Emergencies, S. Bryant, J, Collins. Town Improvements.— Mr J. M. Keane, formerly of Pleasant Point, the new licensee of the erstwhile Geraldine Bush Hotel, has wrought a great change on those premises since he has taken them over. The building has been repainted throughout the interior, and exterior, and with the new business-like sign above the door, viz, “Commercial Hotel,” one would scarcely recognise it as the building which stood there a few months ago. The bed rooms, dining room, commercial room, passages, etc., have all been nicely re-papered, and doors and other woodwork varnished. Most of the rooms have been refurnished, and everything now looks “as clean as a new pin.” The work of renovating the premises was entrusted to Mr T. Sullivan. Mr Keane has also made other improvements about the place, such as the planting of microcarpa fences, and the adding of greater stable, and general hostelry conveniences.

Bad Characters. Two men named Cresswell and Miller, who had been discharged from gaol on Saturday, were on Wednesday committed for trial at Wellington for the robbery of money and jewellery from the bedroom of Major Harris, a lodger, and McGee, the billiard-maker, at the Albert Hotel.— A young man named Harry McDonald, who recently served a sentence in Lyttelton gaol, was caught in a room of the National Hotel, Lambton Quay, Wellin. ton, where the landlord keeps his valuables, and was committed for trial. Another charge has been preferred against him, of theft of a cashbox, irom the Ng&hauranga Hotel.— Mr Justice Connolly’s residence at Auckland, was entered on Thursday afternoon, and some money, jewellery, and plate taken, but the thieves having apparently been disturbed, the goods were found in a fence in the garden, in a sack.— At the City Court, Dunedin, William McPhei and Henry Holland were committed for trial for housebreaking.

Mb Rees Scores. —Mr Rees addressed the Auckland electors on Wednesday night re the Cadman-Reea episode. The followingl resolution was carried : —“ That this meeting, having heard Mr Rees’s statement and considered the finding of the Napier jury, is of opinion that in laying the charges against Mr Cad man, Mr Rees was only performing his duty as a representative of the people in Parliament; the omission of Mr Gadman to apply for a committee of the House to enquire into the whole matter grounds for a very strong suspicion that he was afraid to fa e a tribunal, which is, under the circumstances, the only body able to clear his name.”—The Auckland National Association have passed a resolution, condemning the appeal of Mr Cadman ami Mr Rees to the city electors as improper, and inconclusive and deserving of the severest condemnation of the electors ; the time also is inopportune for any other condidate to come forward, the question before the electors being the definite one of approval or disapproval of the action of the late Native Minister,

Convenient Weights. —Many are the uses of money, but Mr Joseph Newton, late of the Royal Mint, points out there is at least one use which is not generally known. This is the availability of coins for letterweighing when the ordinary postal weights do not happen to be at hand. Commencing with the sovereign, this weighs a very safe quarter-ounce, for foreign postage, two equalling, of course, a half-ounce, and four one ounce. The next denomination, the crown piece, is just on the right side of one ounce in weight, and the half-crown of half-ounce. Five separate shillings, or two shillings and a sixpence, for the ounce and half-ounce, will do as well. Descending from gold and silver to hard-working bronze, it is found that either three pennypieces or five halfpence or ten farthings will respectively make up one ounce. Another peculiarity in regard to the halfpenny is noted by Mr Newton. This is its diameter, which is precisely one ince; so that by using it as a measure it will be seen that twelve halfpence laid flat and in touch are equal to one foot, and thirty-six to one yard. Wellington Burglars Caught.—Two burglars named Potter and Clements were captured on Saturday. They flsrt entered the White Horse Hotel at Ngahauranga, about 2 a.m., but being surprised got clear, having made retreat safe by unlocking the doors to the street before making the raid. Mr Waddington, the landlord, at once telephoned to Wellingtin, and Detectives Herbert and Gantley set out for the village, which is three miles distance. At Kaiwarawara, a mile out they met Mr Waddington. who had lost trace of the burglars. The trio set out for Ngahauranga, but noticing a light in the Rainbow Hotel, Kaiwarawara, the deteciives crept up quietly to the hotel, and peeeping through the windows saw Potter and Clements hard at work inside clearing the shelves of liquor and cigars. The burglars soon came out, and the detectives attempted an arrest, but it was no easy matter, as accused fought hard and a desperate struggle resulted, Potter vainly attempted to use his jemmy, and at one time Detective Gantley was nearly choked. Eventually the handcuffs were got on the men, jfpd they were conveyed to town. It is Ijelxeypd' that ’ thg ipien afe cqpcerned in seyepql robberies ip the city. Better onjy fggently came put qf gaol, after serving a waitSHSg fOF qffepcq of a similar nature, = - flukeats is ÜBtowwa to the police but so far o. . « (bramp Another Pest. —The ble) is becoming a great nuisance - Waikato country. At a recent meeting of the Waikato Farmers’ Club resolutions were proposed urging the Government to pass a law compelling land-owners to eradicate the briar. The birds are passionately fond of the berries, and carry the seeds into out-of-the-way places, and from there again back on to arable and pasture lands and into hedgerows. One gentleman reported that he was compelled to cut down a large hawthorn fence with a view of trying to get the blackberry briar exterminated. Furze is nothing to the briar for spreading. The mover of the resolutions said he was persuaded that if some prompt and decisive measures are not adopted to prevent the very rapid spread of the blackberry briar much of our grand country will not be worth owning, for with our exseptionally grand climate the bramble jro vs so rapidly and strongly that it actually ties up sheep, and where the land s at all broken the, task of even keeping ;hem in check will be ruinous. “I look ipon the briar as infinitely worse than the •abbifc, for you can kill and fencethein off, >ut you cannot prevent the birds from potting' the place all over with those vretched berries.” Another said that there vere two varieties of blackberry—one bore argo fruit and the other small. It was ho latter that the birds distributed over he country, ap,d it was called the bastard lackberry.

Cricket.— Owing to rain the cricket match between the All England eleven and the Australians was abandoned before the second innings was started. In the match Somersetshire v. the Australians. Somersetshire made 116 runs in their first innings, and 64 in their second. The A ustralians made 106 in their first innings, and in their second 78 for the loss of 4 wickets, and thus won the match by 6 wickets and 2 runs

Early Lambs. —At Addington yards oh Wednesday there was a novelty for this part of the world at this season of the yeaf, in the shape of a number of fat lambs of this year’s production. The lambs were bred and fed on Mr Acton Adams’ Templar Island estate, under the management of Mr W. Watson. They were from a line of four-tooth crossbred ewes, bought by Mr Acton Adams last September, and subsequently mated with Shropshire Down rams. The result was a large percentage of fine healthy lambs dropped about April 1 of which those marketed were a sample. The ewe i were well cared for and will lamb the second time within the twelve months. Such an occurrence is unprecedented in New Zealand sheep farming, and it is only with exceptional breeds, under exceptional conditions, that two crops of lambs in thd year have becen obtained in England. Thei lambs were sold by Messrs H, Matson and Co, at from 13s to 15s each. —Lytteltod Times.

Sir Harry Atkinson and Mr W. P, Reeves. —The Home correspondent of the Otago Daily Times recently gave ah account of an interview he had had with Sir William Jervois, in which Sir William stated that in 1887 he recommended Sir Harry Atkinson to offer a portfolio in his Ministry to the Hon. W. P. Reeves, having been struck with his debating powers, And that Sir Harry Atkinson appeared favorably impressed with the proposal, and took time to consider it. Finally he informed Sir William that it could not be done. The Hon, Mr Mitchelson writes to a Wellington paper in reference to the subject, and says: —“I have no hesitation in saying that there is no truth in the report. I was in the late Sir Harry Atkinson’s confidence from the beginning, and among the names of those considered that of Mr Reeves was never mentioned. It is, of course, possible that Sir William Jervois may have suggested something of the sort to Sir Harry Atkinson, but, if so, it could never have been entertained by him.” Disturbing a Meeting,—A persistent and apparently organised attempt was made on Wednesday night to obstruct and break up the meeting held in the Auckland City Hall under the auspices of the Female Franchise League. About 40 or 50 persons were distributed over the stalls who, by hoots, jeers, and offensive interruptions, 1 1tempted to stop proceedings and embarass th i lady who occupied the ebair. It was evident that out of an audience of not less than 800 people at least four-fifths were strongly in favour of the resolutions moved by members of the league, but the noise created by these outbursts of Hrrikinism rendered the chairwoman’s voice quite inaudible in the dress circle. When she attempted to put the first two motions there were cries of “Go home and mind your kids,” “ See to your old man.” She retorted that she could see aud name men in that hall who would do well to go home and mind their children, as their wives were the breadwinners of their families, instead of sojourning where they did nightly. One citizen, Mrs Shakespeare," jumped on a form and told the disturbers if they were men they would behave themselves decently in the presence of women. Conspicuous in promoting disorder were the larrikin “ pushes,” who, when the doors of tne hall opened, rushed in and entrenched themselves in the pit. The ladies hit upon the happy expedient of sending round the collection plate to cover the expenses incurred in connection with the meeting. Tnis move annihilated the enemy, who beat a hasty retreat from the hall, some 600 of the more thoughtful and orderly part of the audience remaining. The pr oceedings thereafter went on harmoniously to the end. Apparently the disorder was caused by those who believe that when the women’s franchise is accorded the liquor interests will be jeopardy.—Otago Daily Times.

The New Plymouth Highwayman.— The police have obtained evidence 'clearly identifying the prisoner Robert Wallath with the person who appeared as' the "highwayman” on former occasions: also of his being connected with several burglaries recently committed in New Plymouth. He was employed by Mr Furlong, hairdresser, to secure the door of his shop by fixing a heavy iron bar inside, and a, few days aiterwards Furlong’s place was broken into by someone boring through the weatherboards and removing the iron bar. The police found some of the things stolen from Furlong’s in the prisoner’s bed-room, thus indicating that prisoner was the man who committed the burglary. He was afterwards employed by Furlong to repair the damage which the evidence now shows that he himself committed. It has been discovered how the highwayman managed to escape so often before being caught. A boy found an overcoat, a pair of dungaree trousers, a soft hat, and a spur in the yard adjoining Cottier’s hotel. It would appear that the highwayman got into the rear of the hotel, stripped off his coat, dungaree trousers, and hat, which covered his uniform, and then went in the back way to the hotel, so that no one saw him until he entered the door. Had he been successful he would have gone back to where he had stripped, put on his trousers and overcoat again, and appeared amongst the crowd. This is what he must have done on former occasions, when the White Hart Hotel was bailed up, as it has now been proved that he was amongst the crowd. A few minutes after the highwayman had left the White ■ Hart on that oceasion he stated in the crowd that if he found the highwayman he had two pistols on him. On another occasion when the highwayman scare was on a lady asked Robert Wallath (the highwayman) to take her sister home, as she was frightened of the highwayman. He did so, and was talking of the highwayman all the way, saying what he would do if he caught him. The best medicine known is Sander & Sons’ Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation, hike surprising effects produced ip croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, &c., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospital and medical clinics all over the globe ; patron- • »«ed by Ilia Majesty the King of Italy; -—uala and diploma fit, orowued with i**.. b International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reject all others.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. N.Z L. & M.A. Co.—Entries Temuka stock sale. Guinness & LcOren—Additional entries Temuka stock sale. Tong Hang & Ah Hoo—Notice re accounts duo by Ah Sue. Geral line Primitive Methodist Church— Gift auction on Thursday. Temuka Primitive Methodist Church— M usical entertainment to-morrow evening. Board of Education —Invite tenders for repairs to Pleasant Valley school buildings. Importing Company, Temuka—Price list of some of the goods now offering at their cheap sale. Dresden Pianoforte and Music Saloon, Tiraaru, R. & C. Wood, Agents—Notice re pianos and organs on sale, music books, etc, 0 F.C. Association —Are booking entries folr horse sale at Tattersall’s on Saturday; will continue saje at Beehive Stores, Geraldine, on 3rd August. J. M. Keane, Commercial Hotel (lgt3 Bush Inn), Geraldine —Has completely renov .ted hotel, which now offers superior accommodation at moderate charges,