LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2592, 9 December 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Geraldine Road Board. — This board meets on Monday next. Ten Per Cent. —The Gear (Wellington) Meat Company declare the usual dividend of 10 per cent. Damage Wanted. —Mr H. D. Bell, M.H.R., claims £3Ol from Fair Play for alleged Ibel. Wesleyan Church, Temuka. The services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. Licensing. —There being nothing for the Temuka Licensing Committee to deal with yesterday, the quarterly meeting was adjourned. Larceny. —A young man named James Low has been committed for trial on a charge of the larceny of £l6 from Mr Boyd’s station, Middlemarch, Otago. Fatal Bush Accident. William Sydney Fox, aged 25, whilst felling the last tree of a large bush felling contract near Gisborne, was struck by a bough and killed. Breach or Promise. —In the Auckland brtach of promise case, Rachael McGregor against James Bowling, of Opotiki, claim £2OO, a verdict was given by consent for £2O damages for plaintiff, with costs on the lowest scale. Caledonian Sports Privileges.— At Temuka on Tuesday Messrs Webster & Co. sell the privileges in connection with the forthcoming Caledonian sports. The privileges will be sold immediately after the stock sale. Potted Butter. —lntending exhibitors of potted butter at the forthcoming show of the Temuka F. and H. Society are reminded that their entries mu.-t be left at Mr E. C. Daan’s dispensary, Temuka, not later than Tuesday next. Illness or Dr. Stuart. —A telegram from Dunedin on Thursday night stated that Dr. Stuart was again in a highly critical state of health, and might not last the night. At 11 o’clock, however, there was a change for the better. A Dear Stamp.—Ar< the Christchurch police court a youth named George Oakley, charged with having posted a letter bearing a postage stamp which had previously been used and defaced, was fined £3 and costs, the amount altogether being £llßs. Direct Veto. —At the Wesleyan district meeting at Auckland, the following resolution was carried opinion of this district meeting, steps should be taken to effect an immediate repeal of the Alcoaolic Liquors Sale Control Act, and to bring into force the Direct Veto Bill proposed by Sir Robert Stout.” Government Holidays. —lt is notified in to-night’s Gazette that Saturday 23rd, Monday 25th, and Tuesday 26th December 1 893, and Saturday 30th December 1893, and Monday and Tuesday Ist and 2nd January 1391 will be observed as holidays in the Government offices throughout the colony. A Snake in Wellington.— The Press state? that a snake, measuring about 16in, was captured on the Wellington wharf byMr H. Wynn Williams. It was among tbe bananas brought from Fiji by the Tavinni, and was about to escape, being at the edge of the wharf near the road, when it was seen by a wharf labourer, who drew Mr Wynn-Williams’s attention to it. The latter immediately secured it, and it is now in his possession. Southland Frozen Meat Co. —At an extraordinary general meeting of the Southland Frozen Meat Company it was decided to increase the capital from £IO.OOO, the present amount, to £IOO,OOO, by the is me of 12,000 new £5 shares, the New Zealand Shipping Company and Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co., having agreed to take £20,000 worth of new shares. The result will be that the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamers will in future call at the Bluff. The Institute ror the Blind.— Mr Robinson, of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auckland, paid his annual visit to Temuka last Thursday. He is canvassing for subscriptions for the institute. Mr Robinson is totally blind, but the inconvenience is not so great as may be imagined. He can read and write in his own style very rapidly, and is a good hand at playing a game of euchre. He has the name of every card marked in the corner of it, and knows well what card to play. The Licensing Act.— The first case under the new Licensing Act came before the bench at Wellington on Wednesday. The licenses of the Albion Hotel was charged With supplying liquor to a child under 13. Counsel said that there was a general impression in the trade that the Act did not come into force till March. The Resident Magistrate said that he would not enter up a conviction, but the defendant must pay the costs, and the trade could take this as a warning. Quinlivan Fatality. —Mr Stevens, M.H.R., Messrs Ivess and Gardner, as a deputation, waited on the Premier, asking for a compensation allowance to the Quinlivan families, four of whom were killed by a slip on the railway works near Ohingaita. Mr Seddou said these people had been warned that they were not safe, and the Department was in no way legally responsible. He would, however, recommend the Cabinet to grant the little girl £SO per annum till 21; Quinlivan £2OO, and P. Quinlivan £IOO. N.Z. Rifle Association. —The range on which the meeting of the Rifle Association takes place is sitnated at Hillsborough, in a gully where the Rifle Association meeting of 1887 was held. It will, however, be arranged differently. The firing will be towards the south-east. A 700-yards range can be obtained, and qwingto the nature pf the ground there is no necessity to construct mounds at the firing points. The fijlj, on which the Lyttelton reservoir stands protects the targets and range to a ••"at extent from the prevailing easterly KV--, 1 at no time of the day will the yvmus, nnu face the sun. inarkstntffi lifiTe n*,. » The Halr-Mo’RKW demonstration on Wednesday atreeb the premises of a draper m W ililiS street-, Wellington, who had biokeu the agreement to observe the Wednesday half-holi :ay, culminated in the arrest of three one for striking the Sergt.-Major of Police on the back with his fist; one fpr throwing rotten ejrg's; unrl on© for inciting 1 too others to commit a breach of the pea.ee. As the crowd increased in size the police had considerable difficulty in keeping the thoroughfare clear, but it was not until rotten eggs and sticks to liy about that they took extreme measures _to preserve order. The crowd, numbering several hundreds, principally lads and young men, followed the constables to the police station, keeping up a continual chorus of hoots, groans, and yells. Outside the police st diem, they kept up the hostile demonstration for a short time, but soon afterwards quietly dispersed. In the meantime the draper who was the cause of the tremble hftd plogpd his peaces,

Primitive Methodist Church. —The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns.

Raukapuka Licensing- District.—The police report on the houses in this district is that everything is working satisfactorily. The committee have granted a transfer of the Rangitata Bridge Hotel from W. Wheelband to Joseph Bryan, junr.

Shipwrecked Sailors. —The survivors of the shipwrecked crew of the Spirit of the Dawn left Dunedin on Wednesday by the Hinemoa for Wellington, where a nautical enquiry will be held into the circumstances connected with the wreck. Colonel Alexander Lean. —Volunteers in the Canterbury district are making an effort to have a memorial erected to the late Colonel Alex. Lean. Subscription lists are circulating amongst corps in this district. Colonel Lean’s work amongst volunteers extended over a quarter of a century.

Geraldine Brass Band. —On Wednesday evening the Geraldine Brass Band gave the public an exhibition of their playing in the open air, and showed that they have greatly improved since their last appearance. Mr E. Robson, the leader, should be congratulated for the advancement made, and it is to be hoped we will hear more of their open-air play in the future.

Election or Water-Race Committees, —Ratepayers in the Waitohi Flat, Geraldine Flat, Orari-Waihi, and Woodbury water-supply districts arp reminded that the election of committees of management and advice for the ensuing year takes place next Monday evening. Places and time of meetings and other particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Confirmation Services. — Confirmation services will be held at the Geraldine St Mary’s Anglican Church on Tuesday, December 12th at 7 p.m., and at St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, Woodbury, on Wednesday, 13th December, at 7 p.m. All parishioners desirous of meeting the bishop are invited to the parsonage, Geraldine, between 3 and 5 p.m. on Tuesday next. St. Saviour’s Church, Temuka. —The Right Rev. the Bishop of Christchurch will celebrate the Holy Communion at this Church to-morrow morning at 8 o’clock, conduct a Confirmation service at 3 p.m., and preach at the evening service, which will be held in the Parish Hall. The offertories at all the services will be devoted to the reduction of parish debts 1 His Lordship will preach, at morning service at Winchester.

Poe Sixpence Worth of Coal. —At the Dunedin Felice Court a middle-aged man, named Edward Langley, was sentenced to two month•>’ hard labor for being found in possession of 6d worth of coal, which he said he had found, but which it was believed he had stolen. He had been convicted before. Messrs J. Elmer and A. Bartleman were the presiding justices, A Destitute Chinaman.— Among the applicants to the Wellington Benevolent Trustees for relief was a naturalised Chinaman of (17, who had been 43 years in New Zealand. He had lost ca-te with the other Chinamen by cutting his hair, and had a wife and daughter dependent on him. The Trustees gave him rations for a month, and the man said that if he had not got work by then he would go up country to look for it. The Bishop’s Visit. —A social gathering will be held on Monday evening in the Parish Hall, Temuka, at 7.30, when the Bishop of Christchurch will meet the parishioners and deliver an address. Refreshments will be provided, and musical selections given during the evening. Tickets, to admit parishioners and friends, may be obtained from any of the Church officers. Tnere will be a collection for the funds of the parish.

Hotel Cases. —At Dunedin the licensee of the Prince of Wales’ Hotel was fined 20s and costs for supplying drink to a prohibited person. Eliza Sinclair, licensee of another hotel, was fined £2 and costs for supplying drink on Sunday to men who represented themselves as travellers. The same defendant was also fined £2 and costs for supplying drink to a prohibited person, and the “ prohibit ” was fined £2, with the option of seven days, for obtaining the liquor.

Oatholig Concert.— The annual concert given by the children attending St Joseph’s school, Temuka, will be held this year on Monday, the 18th inst. The 16th of December, which has always been kept as the anniversary day of the province, falls this year on a Saturday, and as it would be inconvenient to have that day as a holiday, the anniversary will this year be held on Monday, the 18th, and hence the reason the concert will be held on that day. We understand that great preparations are being made for this year’s concert, and that a most interesting programme is being rehearsed. The dresses, too, are being particularly attended to, and it is anticipated the concert will bo much better than usual.

Water- Rage Case.— At the R.M. Court, Timaru, on Wednesday, Mr J. W. White applied for a rehearing of the case Geraldine County Council v. Bank of New Zealand, a claim for water-race rates and charges, in which judgment was given for defendant on November Ist. Mr Kinnerney appeared for the bank. Mr White stated that this was an application for a rehearing of a case which had come before the Court in October last, when the council claimed £36 Os Id for water rates and charges, and in which His Worship gave judgment on No vember Ist in favor of defendants. Mr White said that it was within the jurisdiction of the Court to grant his application, and, in an important case like this, ha thought that it would be doing no hardship to the bank to grant his request. Documentary evidence showed that Mr A. M. Clark, the bank’s agent, not only signed the petition to the council for the formation of a water-supply district in May, 1891, but that he also signed informal applications on September 26th, 1882, and January 25tb, 1881; and that when the council granted the applications Mr Clark requested that lots 6381 and 2915 should be left out of the district and an equal area of section 10022 taken in. This could not be done, as the council had to fellow certain lines, but it was arranged that only JOO acres of section 16022 should be rated, although there were altogether 360 acres acres in this section. In regard to the contention by the defendants that the land was already well watered, he had evidence to prove the contrary. On these grounds principally he asked Ills Worship to grant a rehearing of the case.' Mr Kinnerney spoke at length against the application, in conclusion summarising his case:—-The application was too late ; if the evidence bad been incorrect it would be no ground for a rehearing; it was not alleged or shown that the new evidence was not in the plaintiff’s possession at the time of the original hearing, or could not have been' foreseen or discovered with due diligence; the new evidence was not conclusive, but was capable of rebuttal and explanation ; the additional ground was not available, not having been raised at the hearing j if available it would afford no answer, as section 37 is inapplicable; lastly, the def<ilid al 't w fis not the “owner ” of the land within tile meaning of this ground. Mr Wlrte replied, and His Worship gave his decision against the plaintiff,

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