LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2540, 10 August 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

A Bad Year.—The Auckland Racing Club's annual balance sheet shows a deficit of £635 on the year's operations. Queensland Frozen Meat.—Both the Tekoa and Otarama proceed to Queensland to load frozen meat for the English market. Damages —A baker at Mosgiel recovered £5 188 from the owner of a dog which frightened the baker's horse, causing it to bolt. Tax Eetorm.—The Commissioner of Taxes is proceeding against threo wellknown Dunedin citizens for failing to make proper returns. Valueless Cheques.—At the Dunedin Police Court, William Richardson was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for passing a valuqless cheque. Settled. — The long-standing lawsuit between T. K. Macdonald and the Colonial Bank has been compromise! by the latter taking £ISOO in full payment. Blood Poisoned.—One of the nursing staff of the Auckland hospital, Miss Ann Suiitli. diedoi: blood poisoning, contracted in the performance of her duty. Thieves Sentenced. At Wellington,

Arthur Edward Ryder und Leauder Harris, well known to the police, were (sentenced to 12 months' hard labor for a series of impudent thefts. Ballance Memorial— The Wellington committee have closed the lists with £26!) for the Ballance Memorial. The total for the colony is not known, as the outside lists have yet to come. The Electoral Rolls.—The electoral rolls for the districts of Timaru and Pareora are filed at the Temuka Post Office for public inspection. Registration forms are procurable at tne office. Attempted Suicide.—Mary Ann Glover, wife of Mr W. A. Glover, a cauvasser, swallowed matches, and was sent to the Auckland hospital. She stated that she had swallowed two small boxes in consequence of worry. Suspected Murder. —A Maori named laheke has been arretted at Hokianga on suspicion of having caused the death of his wife. She is alleged to have been beaten, and it is thought that the consequent injuries had something to do with her death. Help to Farmers. Seeds of a fodder plant of a new variety, Wagner's Lathyrus Sihcstris, have been obtained by the Agricultural Department for distribution among farmers. The plants are said to be good on barren sand hills, moors, and drift sands. The seeds of a river oak, a shelter tree of rapid growth, are alao to be distributed. Assistance Wanted.—Since the landslip at Birkenhead, Auckland, on Saturday, over 100,000 tons of earth have been precipitated over the road and lower lands, thus placing the adjoining house property in imminent danger. At a meeting it was decided to ask the Government to open up the road for traffic, and it was suggested that the co-operative woris system might be adopted. Alleged Larceny.—At Christchurch Earnest Dyer, eighteen years of age, was charged with the larceny of jewellery of the value of £ll 23, the property of Mr Sandstein, his employer. Thomas Vangioni, nineteen years of age, and William Collins, eighteen years of age. were charged with receiving the goods knowing them to be stolen. All the accused were committed for trial. Government Land Purchase—Tho Government (says the Lyttelton Times) has just completed the purchase of a block of s(io acres, part of the Waimate estate. The land is situated on the Waihao end of the Waimate Gorge, and comprises some drained swamp land and good downs. The land is intersected by roads, and the Waihao railway line passes through it, two sidings being on the property. Limestone and coal abound in the district, and altogether the block is a most suitable one for a small-farm settlement. Fire. —A fire occurred in a seven-roomed house, Ferry Road, Christchurch, on Tuesday night. The building was totally destroyed, and nothing was saved. The children, who were in bed, were with difficulty rescued, The fire is supposed to have been caused by a Rochester lamp which was left burning in the bedroom to warm it. The house was occupied by Mr Tovy, and owned by Carmichael. builder, who is at present in Wellington. The house was insured for £175 in the London and Lancashire ; the furniture was uninsured. The Highwayman.—Wallath, "thehigh* way man," escaped from gaol at New Plymouth on Tuesday morning. He scaled a wall 12 feet high, and was fired at by the galor and Dr O'Carroll, but they did not hit prisoner, giade for the river, where he was caught by men working there.—Mr Harold Thomson, who caught the highwayman, was presented with a gold watch and chain and address by the inhabitants of New Plymouth. Mr Holmes, who assisted Mr Thomson, received a diamond rinsr. Wallath was brought before the Resident Magistrate yesterday charged with trying to escape from gaol, and was sentenced to be kept in irons for thirty days. School Buildings. A retrrrn asked i'nr by Mr George Hutchison has been laid on the table of tV House, showing that £ T io amount- asl<e 1 for last year bv each lii,«eu<ttQi; ' Bo'ird for building purposes K<'f« as follow f—Auckland £23 404, Tararwlci £/>99S. Wanganu' £13.009. Wellington fill i).S(i. Hawke*sßay£ll,so({. Marlboroueh '•* Nelson £0589. Grevmouth £3BIO, & I J!-..... - North Canterbury £34.314. Wetland £... ■ A2QOQ, Qtago £32.931. South Canterbury -~, -*™ made hv Southland £6388. The P»ide bj the boar is to tlie credit of budding a , ount from <ther aocounti .jverenfl follow :- Aufklaml £3OOO, Tnranaki .W J, 'ViV Wam-anui £2OOO. North Canterbury fr>>' k 0 17s Id, Otago £1213 17a 10.1. Sudden Deaths.—A domestic servant named Ellen She.eby, 40yrars of aye, died suddenly at Christchurch on Monday. At the inquest, a verdict was returned that there was not sufficient cause to show how Bhe came bv her death. Dr Symes, who made the po'rf mortem- believed that death was caused by an overdose of a sleepm-T draught or a poisonous drug. He did not know what wi-re the contents of the bottle marked " Poison " found in the woman's room, but the internal organs showed that she was in the habit of using intoxicating liquors.— John Anderson a stoker, aged 40 years, married, with eleven children, dropped dead from heart disease I while working as a stoker at the City Gasworks, Dunedin, on Tuesday morning. Fatal Accident.—A man named James Miller and a boy named Harry Rains were milking cows in a shed on the property of Mr W. Rains, at Pahiatua, Wellington, : when a larire white pine tree fell across the structure killing the man, boy, and two cows. Miller was formerly resident at Timaru and Palmerston North. The boy Rains, who was seven years of age, followed Miller into the shed, Miller had just got two cows bailed up, ready to commence milking, when a tremendous white pine tree, eight feet in diameter, fell right on top of the shed. Miller was smashed to pieces, and his brains were scattered all about. The bov was struck on the head and had both legs broken, and death was instantaneous. A north-west gale was blowing at the time. The tree was living, but the ground was rotten, from excessive fain,

Found Dead.—The body of the young man, A. J. Jopp, sheep farmer, Waimata, who was drowned on the 18th (ultimo), on Saturday floated to the top at the spot where he entered the river. At. the inquest a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned.

The Mails.—The Mariposa with the London mails of Bth July, left San Francisco for Auckland on the 22nd July, two days late. The Monowai with the colonial mails of the 15th July arrived at San Francisco on the 3rd August, due date. Alleged Malpractice. The woman Caroline McGoverin was on Tuesday morning committed for trial at Wellington on a charge of performing an illegal operation on the woman Coleman, who was a witness in the caße. She had been promised a free pardon and gave evidence freely. Burglary. Burglars carried off a quantity of jewellery on Sunday afternoon, from the house of Mr Ritchie, Chief Inspector of Stock, at Wellington, in the absence of the family. All the stolen property, except one watch, was recovered at a pawnshoup on Monday afternoon, but there is no clue to the thief. N.S.W. Rifle Association Meeting.— The programme of the New South Wales Rifle Association meeting has just been received by Major Somerville, chairman of the New Zealand Rifle Association. The meeting opens on the 16th October, and the programme has been framed on liberal lines, upward of £2OOO being offered in I'rize money.

The Excited Bakers.—The recent disturbance at the Wellington Bakers' Union banquet was made the subject of a Court case, when four men appeared on complicated charges of assault. Three were each fined £4 or 14 (lays' imprisonment. The remaining man, who had got decidedly the worst of the was dismissed. His Worship remarked that men should not conduct themselves like beasts and cowards, when they assembled to celebrate a social affair among themselves. A Good Result.—" Self-denial" seems to have been pretty rigidly exercised during the Women's Hospital Fund week (says the Melbourne Age) when we find that the sum of over £6OOO was raised by dropping some of the few luxuries in which the community can afford to indulge in these times. At a meeting held recently of those interested in the self-denial fund, a report was presented, which stated that the total sum collected amounted to £6064 17s Id. Geraldine Races. The Geraldine Racing Club have issued their programme for the Spring Meeting on Thursday, September 28th. The programme comprises eight events : —Squatters' District Handicap, Geraldine Cup, Handicap Time Trot, Welter Handicap, Selling Race, Flying Handicap, Hack Race, Belfield District Handicap. The one-day meeting will no doubt be a very successful one. The Coal Creek Leases.—An English syndicate has purchased the Cobden railway and the Coal Company's property at Coal Creek, near Greymouth, and intend to begin work at once to construct a line of lour and a-half miles to the mine. The property consists of 500 acres, and £BOOO or £OOOO has already been spent in the developement uf several seams. The coal is of excellent quality, and it has been discovered that the largest seam is 15 feet thick. 1.0.G.T —The installation of officers of the Welcome Retreat Lodge, No. 44, 1.0.G.T., took place on Monday evening, when the following were installed:—C.T., Bro. E. Robson; V.T., Sister Denoon; Secretary, Bro. W. Maslin, jun.; Assistant Secretary, Bro. T. Shcrratt; Chaplain. Bro. W. C. Woodward ; F.S, Sister Bowkett; ML. Bro. C. Pye; D.M., Sister Wallach; Treasurer, Bro. Sutherland; 1.G., Bro. E. McKenzie: S., Bro. F. Taylor; Organist, Sister E. Sherratt. The installing officers were Bro. Baxter, L.D., Bro. Dalton, D.D., as Marshall, and Bro. Patrick, Deputy Marshall. Five new members were taken into the order on Monday evening, and the Lodge membership now stands at 68. The Colonial Treasurer.—The Lyttelton says:—" Telegraphic information has reached here, that Mr Ward, the Colonial Treasurer, is suffering from soma injury to one of his legs, which threatens to prove serious. It is not known how the injury was sustained, but the leg is much swollen, and two medical men who have examined it declare that fourteen days rest is absolutely necessary. With a view to attending to his ministerial duties, Mr-Ward intends leaving Invercargill for Wellington to-morrow morning. If rest seould be necessary he will take here instead of at home." Mr Ward has been to Invercargill to open the new post office.

Preserving Potatoes.—ln France a money prize of 2000 f has been awarded to M. Schribaum for the important discovery of an effective method of preserving po* tatoes. Tubers are plunged in water that contains 1£ per cent Bulphuric acid. For tubers with thick skin a solution 2 per cent of acid has to be used, and the potatoes are allowed to remain longer in the water. After their immersion the potatoes must be allowed to dry thoroughly before bein? packed away. It is alleged that by this process tubers can be kept sound for more than a twelvemonth. Any kind of tub or receptacle can be used for the treatment without danger. The Licensing Question. —At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, on Monday, Richard Hadfield, of the Crown Hotel, Sydenham, was charged with having sold liquor while not properly licensed to do so. The hotel is one of those in respect of which the proceedings against the Licencing Committee were recently taken in the Supreme Court. The present prosecution is instituted by private persons. Tho defence was that the decision of the Supreme Court had simply ordered the license to b'j quashed, but as a matter of fact the license had not been quashed yet. The proceedings were not yet completed, and the -committee intended moving further. The Magistrate reserved his decision.

Gas Explosions —A serious escape of gas took place at the residence of Mr S imuel Brown, in Hansen street, Wellington, on Sunday evening. After opening the windows, Mr Brown endeavoured to find the leak with a ligh. The consequence was that ;m explosion occurred, and he was thrown from the sfc'p ladder on which he was standing, and was burnt abou the hanis, head and neck. His son was bxv, Mvn through the doorway and out of a window" iMt did not sustain a scratch, the glass to \m Wißdow was smashed to atoms. Another siigH explosion of gas took place at Barrett's Hotel on Friday, but no damage was done.

The Bank ov New Ziulaxd.— The Melbourne Argus recently contained the following complimentary reference in it* commercial cp'umns to the Bank of New Zealand :—" The continued recovery shown by the ' Bank of New Zealand since the resettlement of its affairs some three or four years ngo is decidedly in favour of the principle of banking reconstruction as the best possible expedient for tiding over a time of exceptional difficulty. Ihe Bank of New Zealand nasjip to date accumulated a reserve fund of £'Jti,woy, inclusive of a transfer of iC 10.000 recommended f>y the Board to the shareholders for their ap r nroval afc the annual meeting to be held in London on Tuesday next The dividend for the pass yea? Js at the rate of 5 per cent, and absorbs £45,000, h.ajlf of which was paid on ;5r I February last. The paidup capital of the bank is £1)00,000, and the reserve liabilities of the shareholders is : t],r>oo 000. The steadily-growing prosperity'of Sew Zealand is proving a safer basis for banking business than the borrowing and booking of some yea*s ag,o. The Bank of New Zealand throughout its troubles, which it successfully surmounted was supported by the practical sympathy and loyalty of the colonists in u rare degree. Panic influences never prevailed in Now Zealand."

Indignant Ratepayers.—An iudignant meeting of ratepayers in Hutt County, Wellington, have passed a resolution in favour of the imposition of a rate of £d in the £ rather than revert to the tollgate system. Flattering.—Referring to the lamentable condition of affairs in Australia, the Manchester Courier says : —" In bright contrast to the sa I evidences of the clouds which hover over Melbourne and other cities of Australia, we have very interesting reports of the onward inarch of prosperity in New Zealand." —Another tribute to New Zealand's improved condition and prospects is offered by the Financial Times, which says that " New Zealand is making rapid material progress," and after quoting in proof the increase of the colony's exports by 27 per cent, the remarkable expansion of her coal output, and the large quantity of wool consumed in her woollen factories, goes on to observe: " New Zealand is to be congratulated on the advance she has made since adopting a souad financial policy. There is a lesson here for some of her neighbours."

A Nefarious Traffic. —Attached to the detective force in Sydney is a Frenchman by birth, whose duty chiefly lies in the detection of criminals of his own nationality who may have found their way to Australia from New Caledonia. Through the activity of this officer (Detective Eochaix) a probable injury to a number of young Sydney girls has been averted, and the warning may fairly be given to others. A Noumean hotelkeeper was making arrangements to take a number of young girls from New South Wales, ostensibly for the purpose of filling positions as barmaids in the French convict colony The detective, from his knowledge of Noumea, judged all was not quite square, and as several of the girls were respectable and hard-working he gave them a timely warning, of which they gladly availed themselves and cancelled the agreements. Some women, who a couple of years ago went to New Caledonia under agreements similar to those cancelled through the agency of Detective llochaix, have returned to Sydney, and gives deplorable accounts of the lives led by young girls enticed from Australia to the haunts of infamy in the French settlement.

Water Kates. —At the R.M. Court, Tiinaru, yesterday, the Geraldine County Council sued Mr Walker ( Waitohi), for £1 2s 8d water rates —* interest and maintenance, for 1892. Delendant stated that he had never received any notice of the rate. Mr F. W. Stubbs, clerk to the County Council, proved that the notice was posted. Defendant said he objected to the wate- race. He did iot want the water, but had not given notice to that effect. His Worship told defendant he must pay for the past and current year, as that notice had nob been given; but he could free himself for the future by giving notice that he did not want the water That however applied only to the maintenance rate ; he would still be liable for the interest rate- Judgment for plaintiffs with costs, 13s. Same v. John Malcolmson, Wdtohi, claim 14s 9d, for water rates. Defemant asked for proof that water was supplied. Mr Stubbs said defendant occupied part of a section in the water district. Defendant said the water came down a creek that contained plenty of water. He had not given notice that he did not want nor intend to use the water. His Worship gave the same explanation as to the previous defendant. Defendant also complained that his land was valued too high. He had not objected to it, because he had something else to do than read newspapers to see what was being done, lie <ii I see one report that Mr White said those woo did not need water need not pay. His Worship said if the valuation was too high, defendant should try to get it reduced. Judgment for plaintiffs with costs, 7s.

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SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,

J. Murray—Tenders for roofing house. A. White—Tenders wanted for additions to a house.

Geraldine Domain Boajrd—Tenders invited for fallen timber.

E. 0. Dann —Just received large assortment of Howden & Moncrieff's seeds. Solomon Solution—Kernohan McOahon & Co., Timaru, added to list of agents. W. S. Maslin—Unreserved clearing sale of drapery, clothing, blankets, flannel, boots and shoes, etc., at Teniuka on 17th and 18th August, on account of the Drapery Importing Company.