LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2562, 30 September 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The midday yesterday, a heavy gale accompanied by a hailstorm of great violence was experienced and the day was extremely cold. Hotel Case. —At Wellington yesterday, Stephen Daley, licensee of the Panama Hotel, pleaded guilty to selling after hours and was fined £lO, with costs. ,7 -‘puka Licensing Bench.—At an hack.* • 5 -v„ c £ bench, the adjourned meew cu„ of the South transfer of license of the o .... +„ j Rangitata Hotel from J. Wendelken Bryan was granted. Angleks* Society.—The annual meeting of the Geraldine County Anglers’ Society, which should have taken place on Friday afternoon lapsed for want of a quorum. Due notice will be given of the next meeting. The Milton Case.—A Wellington telegram says:—“The Salvation Army authorities have declined to agree upon the terms that the Government agree to release the batch of prisoners, as they consider it would be a sacrifice of principle to pledge themselves to not hold open-air meetings.” Wesleyan Chuech,—The services in the Wesleyan Church for to-morrow are announced in another column. The Rev. J. Dellow will preach a special sermon to young people in the evening upon “Self Conquest,” All young people earnestly and cordially invited. Sankey’s hymns will be used. St. Saviour’s Church.—“ Cunningly devised Fablts, or what Infidelity says of Christianity ” is the subject of the Rev. Mr Gillam’s address at St. Saviour’s Church tomorrow evening. This is the fir t of a series of addresses to young men which the Incumbent is announced to deliver on Sunday evenings. Burglaries.—Martin & Co.’s grain merchants’ premises at Auckland were burglariously entered on Tuesday night, and a safe containing £4O was drilled half way through. The would- ie thieves melted the words m candle grease on top of t&e safe “No time!”—Horsburg’9 bookseller’s premises at Dunedin were entered on Wednesday night and £4O abstracted. The railway stations at Sawyer’s Bay and Rave isbourne were broken into and £9 and £4, respectively, stolen.

Sly-Grog Selling. —W. Coffin, has been fined £lO and costs for sly-grog selling at Okuiti, Auckland. The fine was paid. Diphtheria.— ln consequence of the prevalence of diphtheria, the Gisborne school has been closed. There have been three deaths. The Tog-Dredge.—Mr John Darling, the Timaru Harbor Board’s representative at Homo, cabled that the tug-dredge left for Timaru on Wednesday last. Supreme Court. —At the Supreme Court, Invercargill, Mary Eliot recovered from Joseph Martin, a police constable, £75 damages for the seduction of her daughter. Would-be Missionaries. —At the close of Mr G. Nicholl’s lecture at Wellington, on China, two young men and three young women expressed their willingness to go to China as missionaries. Parcels Post. —It is gazetted that the parcels post is extended to New South Wales at the samd rate of postage as to other Australian colonies, namely, 8d first lb, with an increase of 6d for every additional lb up to 111 b, which is the maximum weight. A Would-be Levanter. —The statement of assets and liabilities in the estate of Alfred J. Kirk, of Hawera, who was arrested in Auckland on the eve of his departure for San Francisco, shows th it his debts, all unsecured, amount to £1498, the total assets being £728. Fishing Season.— Anglers need hardly be reminded that the fishing season for trout commences on the Ist October. Licenses can be obtained from Mr Bobt. Pinckney, Temuka. The fees for the various forms of licenses will be found in our advertising columns.

Colonial Bank op New Zealand.— The half yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand was held at Dunedin on Wednesday. The Hon. George McLean, who presided, said that it was with satisfaction. that they were able to lay before them a recommendation to pay a 7 per cent, dividend, besides placing £SOOO to the reserve fund, and carrying forward £6434. N.Z.L. & M.A. Co.—The Londpn cablegram published re the Loan and Mercantile Company is contrary to advices previously received by the Auckland office, that the creditors and debenture-holders had agreed upon the reconstruction scheme. The general manager has received no advices since tending to throw doubt upon this belief. The basis of reconstruction is satisfactory to all parties. Sydenham Licensing! Cases.—An appeal from the decision of Mr Beetham, R.M., in the Sydenham licensing' cases was set down for hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. When the Court opened the solicitor for the appellant applied to have the cases sent direct to the Court of Appeal. This was refused, and argument was adjourned till after the next sitting of the Court of Appeal. Female Teachers’ Salaries. The Wellington Education Board have decided to raise the salaries of femal teachers 10 per cent., and also to increase some of the male salaries to the amount previous to the reduction effected six years ago. The extra cost will be about £I4OO, but as schools in country districts not now paying are rapidly increasing in attendance, it is expected that they will before long afford some relief to the strain on the board’s funds. Waitohi Flat.—A most enjoyable entertainment, conei«ting of a concert and dance, was held in the Waitohi Flat School on Thursday evening. Long before the appointed hour the room was filled to excess. The chair was ably filled by Mr John Talbot. The programme consisted of songs by Miss Donn, Miss McCollough, Mr Philp (Timaru), all of whom had to respond to enthusiastic encores. Miss Ross, also of Timaru, played the accompaniments in a tasteful manner. These were ably assisted by Messrs Goldstone, McCaskiil, Burn, Buckingham, and Messrs Pierce 1 (violins). Mr McCaskiil iairly brought down the house with his character songs “ Killaloo,” and “ Eniscorty.” Hearty votes of thanks were given to the performers and the chairman for their services, which brought to a close the most successful concert ever held in the Waitohi Flat school. A dance followed, and was kept up till the small hours of the morning. Mr Lee made an efficient M.C. The Midland Railway,—ln the debate on the Midland Railway after 2 a.ra. on Friday, Mr Hall Jones said he differed' from other Canterbury members on this matter, and would vote against Mr Guinness’s motion. He would rather see the colony raise a loan and construct the railway itself. The Premier said in the event of Sir Robert Stout’s amendment being negatived he would move a further amendment to Mr Guinness’ motion, granting an extension of time to the Company for five years, and permitting the substitution of debentures for a land grant, the debentures bearing 3£ per cent, interest, the land grant to be immediately realised, less a quantity equal to the value of the work done by the company. In view of the importance of his proposed amendment he would agree to the adjournment of the debate. The debate was adj turned till next day, and the House rose at 3.20 a.m. Fatal Accident,—A man named William Cook, 40 or 45 years of age, was killed on the railway bridge at Pareon on Wednesday last. The man was seen by the driver of the train proceeding from Timaru to Waimate when he was about 200 yards off, and the driver at once sounded the alarm whistle and shut down the brakes. The man, who was carrying a swag, took no notice of the alarm, and was struck on the legs by the cowcatcher, and knocked down, falling on the sleepers, and thence off the bridge on to the riverbed. He was picked up in an unconscious state, and was at once removed to the Timaru Hospital, where it was found that he was suffering from a fractured skull and a broken leg. He lingered for an hour or so, and then died without recovering consciousness. Deceased was a cook, and a comparative stranger in the district. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Kilts. —After the business of the annual meeting of the Temuka Caledonian Society was transacted last Thursday evening several toasts were drunk, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. In proposing a toast Mr Ferguson said Irishmen and Scotchmen could legitimately combine together in Caledonian Societies, as both came of the same stock. Scotland was peopled by Ireland, and so the two nationalities were -'~>ually one and the same. Mr Twomey oii„. ‘ ‘ •‘■''ideal facts given to them by said the ‘“•’•ect, Scotchmen Mr Ferguson were cw*. • « w k o were the descendants of Irisnnu/ colonised Scotland, and both nations belonged to the same race. Ireland was proud of her Scotch children, and Ireland only regretted one thing in connection them. That was that her children had emigrated so young that they hod not learned to wear breeches, and that was the reason Scotchmen had continued to wear short clothes, or kilts, as they had called them, ever since. Liberal Association.—The following is the political platform adopted by the Liberal Association at Wellington. They will endeavor to secure electoral, educational, labor, and social reforms. They urge the granting of voting power to every adult householder in municipal elections, and the abolition of plural voting ; that the election of local boards be conducted on the same franchise as parliamentary elections; free and secular education, and compulsory education up to 14 years, children passing the 6th standard before that age, excepted; one universal set of standards and one set of school books for the colony; the finding of work by the State for those uuable to obtain it themselves, such work to be carried out under the co-operative principle; a statutory eight hours or 48 hours per week for all workers ; compulsory arbitration; State ownership of land, railways, mines, and the coastal marine service; State bank ; abolition of the Legislative Council, and the institution of the referendum,; abolition of grand and special juries; payment Of common jurors 10s per day; control of the liquor traffic by the people; ftnd a land tax only.

Winchester.—A social will be held in the Winchester Public Hall on Thursday evening next.

The Female Franchise.—The ladies of Temnka have been unfortunate as regards the weather on the evening selected to hold meetings to register their names on the electoral roll. The first evening was one of the most stormy experienced during the whole winter, and last evening wub again stormy and cold, and consequently the attendance was not large. However, between twenty and ehirby ladies registered their names, Mr George Dyson, the Revs. Messrs Dickson and Dellow, and Mr Hugh Monahan officiated as clerks, and witnessing names. No meeting was held, and no addresses given, and after finishing the registration of names the ladies returned to their homes.