Local and General.
Clutha Leader, Rōrahi IV, Putanga 227, 15 Whiringa-ā-rangi 1878, Page 6
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Local and General.
7 r - ,-r"- 1 ,??' .'.A'f „ A."*,." r ■>■'•- ■ ?'-■-- f junidr, are candidates' 7%f7th^e TMayoi^lty" of DunedinV «'" ! flr ''™ ' !l^' f,!; ;- '^7; A telegram from Auckland says'!— Mr { J.., .S.L.^acfarlanej .s:M>H*.it;7l *liasy; given his. honqrarium. for, a schopl.library.^. - ..A,.; . Th e ; t'ender" f pf, . ;MrA, Wjlliani Mils, . of : Waikduai|i, has been accep^cAfof "the erection of 'thVte'mporarv Lunatic Asylum at ; Seacliffr, ; The ; amomikis7L3o4Bdosjrancl the, .work ...is tQ. f be,'; completed 7,in,,:four" months.; r.,. .;'.'..,.-•. :-.Ji.J-,J -■,- .-•-' ;-.■-.■. 7 >. ■A, cablegram was receiyed Jn, : Dunedin on Monday ' stating that Wheeler and Wilson V <"riew f ' straight 'needle^' 1 sewing machines had taken tlie grartdpfize at the' Paris Exhibition. •- ,= . : , ..: - : We- have received the ; second volume of < the New Zealand .Country. Journal. It contains a large amount of 'interesting, information' for those ' 'engaged' in' agin cultural and pastoral pursuits'." : '-•■' An official of" the ' Native Department having obtained -a block of 10;000 acres of Native, land north of Auckland, the Government have ordered the :Crown grant.to, be .put -aside an inquiry. The .Gazette, contains ar notification. of a Jand grant, to the , Corporation . of Queenstown, and of. .a reserve of 43,000 acres of land at Tapr-hui, Mbkarita,' Waitawa, an?l Otatifoiy the' railway Afrom Edendale to 7Fortr6se; ' '"" - j The Rev. Fathers O'Malley ; and j McEnroe, of the Society of Jesuits, arrived) in Dunedin ori- Tuesday iri6rning by the, s.s. Arrawata.from : M'elbotirne. ! It is ; 'their intention • : to establish a' Catholic College ther.e. ... ..... It is understood.that. the. increase to be made to the pay of th,e ; police by the Government wjll be. Is per day .. for .sergeant-majors,, and . 6d per day ..for,, alt. other grades downwards, ' including the armed constabulary. ». .. Brogdeh and Son will shortly proceed with their case against 'thAGovernment; Mr Barton has been retained as counsel for the plantiffs. :It is also stated thatthe case, will not be tried in Wellington, but it has 'not transpired where it will be tried. - - . ,y It was. recently announced thatthe Rev. . John Giithipe, D.D,, the eminent.Scotchdivine, .Was; about to pay' a visit to. New Zealand for the benefit 'of his -healthy We now • learn that the ' Doctor ' died at London on September 18, Awhile 'on his way to New Zealand. He was 65 years of age at the time of his ; death. A great- fuss was ; made recently (says the Timaru Herald) about a quarter-acre section, with trifling improvements, in Cathedral square, Christchurch, being sold for LIO,OOO. We are informed, on the best authority that, first LSOOO and then LIO,OOO has been offered for a quarter-acre in Timaru, but that the owner stands out for L 15,000, and is likely to get it. It is impossible to say what the value . of land is in the town or neighbourhood progressing as Timaru is just now. ' In an article on "The ßible in Schools," the " Christian Record " says : — The secular system is already felt. to be thoroughly godless, and strongly despotic, and unless concession is made in time to the religious feeling of the community by permitting" the introduction of the Bible into our existing national system, we venture to predict that it is' doomed to speedy overthrow. Instead of it we shall find a denominational system with its great expense, its probable inefficiency and its widespread rivalry and heartburnings. Dire results have attended a discussion by ihe Wanganui Mutual Improvement .Society on the advisability, of admitting ladies as members. The argument on the motion, says the Herald, trespassed so freely on impropriety, '..an'd waxed so passionately rash, as to induce the ladies present as visitors, of whom there were about a scoi'e, to rise in a body and leave the room, one ancl all. As they passed out of the door, the oppossers of the motion were guilty , of an. unpardonable breach of good manners in signifying their approval by applause.. .As might . have been expected, the result was a" general 'smash. The, motion .was put to the meeting, and lost by 14 votes to 10. Then the president handed uA his resignation the secretary handed .'in "his" resignation, and members handed in their resignations wholesale. ' ' A" A The San FranciscoAPost' says a. single woollen mill in the city. of Lawrence, produces every week 1,000,000, yards' of dyed or printed cloths. It pays ,L 32,000 a' week as wages. It employs 5300 persons, -paying them on average rate of 90 cents a dayto -vyomen and girls, and Idol, and 40 cents a day to men. * It consumes 500 tons of starch <and expends < 400 jOOOdols. .for printing and dyeing materials every year. The wool it requires calls for the fleeces of . 100,000 head of, sheep.. It secures food, clothing, and usually respectable savings, to -5300 persons and their dependents— not less : than 10,000 souls altogether. This, with the frieghts paid for transportation of its .materials and products, Shows what one mill contributes to the wealth, power, and : prosperity bf tbe country.- . -The woollen industry ofthe whole 1 country amounts td more than .200,000,000 a year.'- There are nearly a thousand woollen mills in 'Ohio and other Western states'.'- A A- A ' .'•" '■"' AA London telegram .to,'" the Times of. India-gives the following important particulars "regarding-, the failure' of, the City of Glasgow Bank :—^' London- 4th October. In connection with the; suspension of the City of. OlasgpwSank,-. the; city article; in to-day's, Times says . that . Smith , Fleming, and Co; rare ., liable for cash advances amounting, t0 ..L8.53,'00p,, ; aiid -for acceptances to theLyalue of ; L90p,000,. sterling. Anofhei'"nrm owes Lthe .'"bank L^O'JOO'O', for advances';; and Dl ,600,000, f0r acceptances/ A third 'figures' in the.list for Ll,2oo^ppd, for cash 'afid acceptanbesAA "fourth ex ; - Jiibits'ai debt of Lso'o,oooA sterling, making a • total 'of ■- &s ,B2f3;ooo,^lerit by ; the bank ; . directly - r 6;rLindirebtlyfo7'four ; fifmsA the reputation ;of bne^or, two*df which has been anythirrg.-but good. for. some! years backJ The{a,dvancp.s. grimied to.iliese four firms j .coupjed „ negligent, .i.system •. of • gen eral -mismanagem ent^ is the direct call se -bf- AtlAe'=susp'ensib'n"A { aird J is%ard]y7ghßft { 6f is. : !liow Ilsti1 lstim < a^(l7ihai; ilie 1 baijkA^ill;^h;Hw'; a^defibiV of,lj3;Poo jOOd', ™hi<s ptpjtjhe^knpyie^ge^bf theA directors"|ahd managers ia'stbeenacc^mulatiiigifrom ,ye&.Htosyear.< « ¥et4he ?di^derids ' -^teadilv-'
