LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2561, 28 September 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Floods.—AH the streams in Central Otago are in flood, and considerable damage has been done to mining property. Temuka Caledonian Society.—Members are reminded that the annual meeting takes place at the Teinuka this evening. Claim to Enrolment.—On our fourth will be found a •' Claim for Enrolment" form, which anyone desiring to enrol can cut out, fill in. an I forward to the registrar. Anglers' Society.—Th.-. annual meeting of the Geraldine County Anglers' Society takes place in the Crown Hotel, Teinuka, to-morrow afternoon, when it is hoped there will be a full attendance of members. Burglaby.—The premises of Scott Hros.. jailor Place, Dunedin, were broken into betwfcbl! Saturday and Monday morning, and ;Jolbs or stolen. The burglars, who picked the ottoi! 8 lock - could not Set into the office. The Wellington Stabbing a.: 1se -— Coyne was committed for trial for stabbing Woodward with a bayonet at Wellington on Sunday morning. Both Woodward and Striples strenuously denied that they were the men who assaulted Coyne, but that the latter had been badly handled by someone t)v re can be no doubt. Womens' Meeting at Temuka.—By advertisement it will be seen that the meeting for the enrolment of women, which was to be held on Monday evening, is now to be held on Friday in the Volunteer Hall. It is to be hoped that every woman who values her privilege will be present and register her claim to|vote. Ladie9, hurry up, as time is short. Geraldine lown Boakd.—A special meeting of the Geraldine lown Board was held on Tuesday evening. Present—Messrs A. White (chairman), J. Williams, J. M. Sufcherjand. R. Taylor, and It. Y. Ferguson. Mr J, was appointed town scavenger in place o£ Mf Sanger, and a resolution was passed that the (&ew scavenger be authorised to empty all waie*-cjLose|js in the town. j Winchester School Committee.—The meeting of the above commitee was. held an -feesday evening. PresentMessrs 2- Smith (chai«Ji*n), Philp, Stewart, and Peßenzy. 80ffl W habit of going throu».. fenc", iaatead of using the damaging young trees, it was decided xm ask the master to insist on the children going through the gates. Accounts amounting to £1 3s were passe 1 for payment, and the meeting terminated. Gebai/dISE Raciss— Given fine weather, the Geraldine Races, beinor a one day's meeting this spring, shoul 1 be largely attended to-day. The course is in splendid order and the fields are good, especially in the Cup race, which is favored with tome of the New Zen land Cup candidates. A specia 1 train will be run from Timaru to Orari for the convenience of visitors, reaching Temuka at 11.51 a.m., Winchestesat 12.4 p.m., and lea\ing Orari on the return journey at 0.15 p.m. The club, we understand, intend to prote -t themselves against inroads on the totilisator revenue, and will t ject both lnyi;r«j and taker* of totalizator odds. Our Sporting Editor tips the following to win : —Squatters', Jack; Cup, Prime Warden, with Specton bei-t outsider; Trot, Our Maid, with Te Watiahu second; Welter. Fir<> Kiutr; Selling, Quibble; Flying, Galtee; Celfiel', Fweborn,

Rescue Homes.—Mr Seddon has promised a deputation of members, including Mr Hall Jones, to plaoe a sum oil the estimates in. aid of the rescue work done by the Salvation Army Rescue Homes. T. and G. A. and P. Association.Tenders for the lease of the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral Association grounds at Winchester were considered at Winchester, and that of Mr James Mabin at 22s 6d per acre was" accepted. Timaru Trotting Club.—Owners of horses intending to enter them for events at the forthcoming trotting meeting of this club are reminded that nominations close with the hon. secretary, Mr F. C. Wilson, at Timaru to-morrow. Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns.

Sale of Farming Plant.—Attention is directed to the sale of horses, harness, waggons, drays, seed sowers, etc., by Messrs Guinness & LeCren on account of Mr Jas. Walsh, at his farm, Levels Plains, at 12 o'clook to-morrow. The sale is an. unreserved one, Mr Walsh having given up contracting. Fires.—An eight-roomed house at Maori Hill, Dunedin, owned and occupied by Wilson Bros., was burned down on Saturday night. Insurance, £3so.—The newlyfinished premises of Scott & Wilson, Venetian blind makers, Dunedin, were gutted by fire on Monday. The insurances amounted to £(350.

Supreme Court. —At the Supreme Court, Invercargill, on Tuesday, David McKay, 16, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and to be sent to an industrial school until 21 for firing a straw stack of the value of £3 ; David Maitland, 15, was sentenced to six months' and 25 strokes of a birch rod for an indecent assault on a girl at Chatton.

Welcome Tea.—A welcome tea will be held in the Primitive Methodist Church, Temuka this evening, to welcome the Rev. Mr Hindes, who has lately arrived from England. Mr Hindes preached in Geraldine ou Sunday last and gave two stirring addresses. He takes up his work in Temuka next Sunday. The tickets for the welcome tea are Is each.

Suicides.—Kate Birley, 21 years of age, charged at the Dunedin Police Court with obtaining money by false pretences and reninn led, died on Sunday afternoon. She had been in delicate health for some time, and was not long discharged from the hospital. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict that she committed suicide, but that there was no evidence to show the state of her mind.

Drowned. —John Roach, a wharf laborer, aged forty, was found drowned in the Napier harbor on Tuesday morning. William Mardling, blacksmith, a very old resident of Hyde, Otago, was drowned in crossing the Taieri river.—On Tuesday t»vo young men, named John Loader and Thomas Berry, were sailing a boat near the western breakwater at Lyttelton, when a sudden squall capsized the boat. Berry was rescued, but Loader was drowned

A Larue Fortune.—lt i 3 understood that the late Mr William Levin has left a fortune of about £230,000. The executors are Mr Pearce, the Hon. G. McLean, Mr H. D. Bell, and the Rev. Mr Fitz Gerald. It is believed that Mr Levin was anxious to make some alteration before he died, as he manifested a desire to write, but the paralysis was too strong and nothing could be done. It is supposed that; he desired to make some bequests for charitable purposes, as the will was of old date.

Resignation oi<' a Bishop.—The Bishop of Waipu has resigned his position to become a missionary in Persia. He formerly hel ■ an important post in Northern India under the Church Missionary Society, but had to leave India on account of his health. His sojourn ot sixteen years in New Zealand had, he said, benefitted him so much that he was able to undergo a considerable amount of fatigue, and he felt it nis duty to return to the missionary field. He would leave New Zealand with the deepest regret.

Dummyism.—The Crown Lands Board at Auckland on Tuesday reconsidered the case of the alleged dummyism in the Awakino district in connection with Crown land leaseholds. At a previous meeting several sections and grazing runs were forfeited on various grounds. On Tuesday the board reheard one case and took evidence, after which the forfeiture of Mrs Black's section was rescinded, the board agreeing that there was no intentional act of dummyism by Mrs Black. The forfeiture of Bayly's grazing run, of 1100 acres, was sustained. In the case of J. McNeil, 885 acres, the forfeiture wis rescinded and the time allowed for the completion of improvements was extended. Christchurch Charitable Aid Board. —The Christchurch Charitable Aid Board is much exercised over the fact that the number of recipients of charitable aid is increasing. The following notice of motion was given at its last meeting—" That in view of the urgent need for improved legislation dealing with the growing evils of pauperism and its producing causes, the board trusts that the electors of the colony will in their own interests demand explicit assurances on the subject from all candidates at the coming General Election, irrespective of political party or creed." A proposal to start a farm on which to place destitute families and men out of work was left over for future consideration. Enrolment op Electors.—Mr E. C Dann has now forms in his shop, and will be glad to enroll electors. This is a good opp -rtunity for ladies desiring to have their names placed on the electoral roll. We have to warn electors that the rolls may close any day. Sir Robert Stout said last Saturday in Christchurch that it was possible they may be closed in seven days. We notice that in the report of Parliament Mr Rolleston complained of closing them on £Jl e 7th October. There is, therefore, no time to wait, for unless names are registered before the writs are issued, they cannot be ' registered at all. We learn that one side is straining every nerve to get electors, while others are taking no interest whatever in it. The result will be that the e'eotion will be very one-sided, and that the Liberal candidates will not have a fair chance. Women's Franchise.—Up to Tuesday night 3500 claims for enrolment had been received from women at Christchurch.— Four hundred women have been enrolled in Invercargill.—A monster meeting wa3 held at Nelson, presided over by the Rev. G. Bond, when among the speakers were several women, Mrs Atkinson, in the course of a, yery ablo spsech, said she lioped the women would so use theft privilege, and responsibility as to Justify the action pf the legislature. Not many wflmen knew as much of politics as men, but they cpujd support morality and honesty, and she thought that they could do good by raising the general tone of the community and maikf} men see that it was not necessary to be mean tmd but rather to think of the whole coimtey. They would respect upright honest men, remembe%g fchat they could not expect grapes f ; rom thistles. 'She urged Jihat going to the poll was nd m0 rft the, gendjng of a telegram. 1 ■ Tflfi' MfkTQN ,GAS]S.—fcop qf ty}o SalvaKnni,+« awing Sentences tar breach s of the »* *!**>, **?* liberated on Monday, ari? W*fl received with great demonstrations. In the ? tf ea» H £ the local corps paraded the streets, the procession bein-j: headed by the four men dressed iu imitation prison garb. The Army are now sending lapses to Milton Dealing with the Premier's the Milton by-law is ultra vires, the Aucklnnd Herald says:—" Section 3, sub-section 24. of the Police Offences Act contains almost the same language as that contained in the by-law, and the borough tould have elected to proceed the statute, s-tve for the cogent fact that uader the by-law the fines go to the borough, while under the statute they go the Government. The following is the sub-section referred to : ■ Wnntonly or maliciously disturbs any inhabitant by ringing any door bell, knocking atanvdoor, blowing any horn, or beating any drum, using any other noisy instrument in nny public place, or ringing any fire beH.'"

Registering Votes.— -Mr E. Robson, Secretary of the Geraldine Liberal Association, was present at the ante-room of the Salvation Army barracks on Tuesday evening to enrol electors for the Rangitata district. After the tea-meeting Staff Captain Alderton announced that ladies wishing to enrol could then do so. In a short time Mr Robson had all his forms filled up, and could have enrolled many more ladies if he had had forms enough. The Liberal Association have telegraphed to the Premier, and expected 1000 forms yesterday or to-day, so that enrolment can then be gone on with satisfactorily. Great was the Fall.—At the horse sale at Geraldine on Tuesday, after the horse parade, a little excitement was caused by part of the gallery of the stock yard giving way to the wight of six men, who fell in a heap on the shingle beneath from a height of about ten feet. Mr Mundell was weilding his hammer at the time, and the gallery as usual was crowded with farmers and others witnessing the sale. Suddenly, in one act, the six individuals in question fell out of the scene, and got themselves into a tan vied mass of legs and arms in one of the cattle pens on the other side of the gallery. Although it was a very serious question as to whether someone had not received a broken neck, the sudden humpty-dumpty kind of a fall and the legs sticking up in the air was too funny an incident by far, and nearly everyone present enjoyed a good hearty laugh, Mr F. Dierck, however, who happened to fall beneath the others got injured in the small of the back to such an extent that it pained him greatly to stand up straight, and he had to be removed to his home in a trap. Mr D, Guthrie also got slightly injured on the right side, and said he was afraid one of his ribs was broken. The other men who figured in the affair escaped without injury, although they must have thought the world had come to an untimely end, and that they were falling into the unknown There is no harm in having a hearty laugh, but it would have been rather a serious matter if there had been any broken necks to record. Somehow or other the fatest and heaviest man of the crowd had the best time of it. The plank gave way only at one end, and this man happened to be at the end that did not give way, so that instead of having to fall backwards head over heels as the others had done he simply had to slide down the plank on to the poor unfortunates beneath, and his part of the performance was complete. Lucky for him, though, there was not a nail in that plank, or he might have been hung up high and dry, which would only have added greater zest to the laughter of those who felt mirthful over the matter. SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS. Temuka Road B sard—Tenders for works. F. Ruddenklau —Tenders for painting and repairing. John Love, junr.—Stud notice re trotting stallion Common. Primitive Methodist Church, Temuka — Welcome tea to-night. R. Skinner—Geraldine Dairy Factory property to lease with land.

T. Sc J. Thomson—Particulars of new goods opened up on Tuesday. Enrolment of Women—Postponed meeting at Temuka to-morrow night. Wm. Oarers—Will commence a violin class at Mr J. Davidson's, Temuka, on 2nd October. Geraldiue County Acclimatisation Society—Particulars of licenses for fishing season opening on Ist October.