General Intelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 79, 13 January 1876, Page 6

General Intelligence.

There.are apprehensions of a serious loss by; drought m:_le'w ;SputhV 'Wales.'

A lad, aged about 14 years, nauied! Jbjin Small, was- drowned on Thursday' last, whilst bathing in ihe' Iriv^rpargill upper harbor. v '..,.- '.'/■!'- The Chinese merchants of Cool-town are about to subscribe LIOOO towards the organisation' arid main tenance -bf 'a Chinese Pplice; Force, for the protection of their countrymen rigaiist 'attacks 1 of blacks on the Palmer River.

Edward Liridsey"; Bull, tiie defaulting bank manager,; who. was recently- sentenced! at Bailarat to three| years' "imprisonment, is to, be sent to light work at Pentridge. v '>" In the evidence before the yoiuriteer Commission, Melbourne^ it was „re-j coraraended that the defence of the Heads should be by routes of two lines of torpedoes. It is' : expected- that the Wai taki bridge will be ready to open for traffic in February. Foot passengers pari : nbw walk, across.

A new road is about to.be formed by the Provincial .Government- from Lawrence to Dalhouise/ via Clark's Flat, through the late Mr Grundy*s property, which has so long 'been under dispute: V According to the ;' Southland News,' sore throat of a very inajigriant form, combined with sick headache, weakness and debility, /are unfortuba'toly .prevalent at the Irri-iigration Barracks, Invercargill. «

A University scholarship of £50 a year*. has" 'been'. thrPw'n open 0 in; Melbourne to young men intending to study for the Presbyteriah Church. V A medallion portrait of the Austra<. lian navigator, Matthew . Flinders, has been presented to . the : : . -'Melbourne Public Library by Mrs Ann Petrie, his daughter. V ;. A man named John Crowlie was found' dead in. a tent on' the Esplanade, Oairiaru, on Wednesday last *£wo other men, drunk, were in' thb tent when the; body was found. Deceased; is supposed to -be a pensioner lately, from Home.

A; testimonial has been awarded to .Joseph Day by tjae^pji{l.vH^triape/ , Sbeiety for saving, the life'iofVtheVbov Morton, when a boat " eapsrsed 1 at 'Sum- ; ncr, Canierburyi ] _nd" ! three": mci* were" drowned. It was' presented to Mr Day'by the Superintendent. " ■ ; ■ Walter vM'lvpr,' settler, of Waikaia; plain, has. been 'cbmmitted'.aVthe-;'_i:',iii.' .Court, Swit'zers for Sheep-stealing. The ',' Spu,thr_rid ; Nbw_' gives rthe ''following: partibuiars :— As Mr Gillariders^ runhplderj yftis Tiding' along on his; way' to ;the Waikaia races hpsa/^'a; ri'unibbr of sheep^37 in 'allV-bearing;Vhis v brand, bn'clbsed iha paddpckpp theVfarm' 1 bf a r well" known' arid apparently I*1 '* prosperous ' -settler, who has lived in the, neighborhbbd for the last 12 or. li years. Mr [ .Gillarid.rs satisfying himself 'that 1 the ariiriiais. were his,; gave informatiprir tb the p r olice;but on going to ib_e;farrii ; it 'wasVfpurid that jthe;^P'p^e'tbr r wate' : hbt r " at ' home." Inspector Thoriispn', •bf TuapekaV and a detectlye^weht after the fu^tiye^whpm' they affeste'd/a^^witzers on Sunday lastY*

TheV "■ Sari : \'-iFSiibiscdj;Mkil : , Service, accordingvtp '.tiie * Evening;-^ost 1 ' is ' a' costly and comparatively useless one; in a.cbmmerciarpoint: of yipw; either 5 to' New Zealand „pr -. NewrjsjoutV.?^ales|; and' shpuldV th*» present contract break: down, it bb w^eli /that _he' cdlpn£ should aba-don .the scheme "altogether. In - the present; . circumstances: .of the Colony >retrenchhient is; necessary, and : this Juxufyi wbich posts; the r ta_-payers L_5,000 a year, might very- well be* dispensed 7 withv [ ' : ' 7 J ' '*, '_-'- : ■ ' ' - t : : • : ';; V^T-fl^est'. Cba.stV Times '-. states Vthat th e Hokitikaf A.gricul tural- ! and' __ Prti'cultural Society; h£yp receiyed'a; case of flower, shrub, and, tree Vseeds ; rrprii /Dr Hooker* curator of : the' -Royal' Botanic . Gard_ns v Ke^ .^cpri^istiiig of 606 varieties^ of European j> ; __riiericari, and: Asiatic seeds. '' r '' ! 'V" X " / ";-.'"" -.- ; -

> ' „The ; Grey Bivet ; Argus vlaysv that " some ov6r-zealpus friends of theEFori.: '^V - .. H.^Rey nbids in •[ (jreymputh ,imy e taJsen the .very ,uriwHrrabtable Jfberty of suggesting to hio* that; he jnight ir ,PUe : of !lH|"sea^s^br : ;t^;Grey ; 'Yailßy;"Mr Reynolds telegraphed that -freqms£! torn tohim.was in course ; Pf'_fgriature ai , and Yi-rit^he^hafV finally decided what tovdp^with-regaf d / tb it- hb'cPuldv^npt; rebly^^d^nitely fp the; telegra^^ Ar^us adds ;! thatif*he ; ;s_ouJrdV<fespT ill. ! ;^vis|Ba|a^p^_^ihw^ most' assuredly be defeated. ■'.*: r --]y -^-'

. The road from^^■Greferilsl-rid'ihfo'ugh I Brighton is abputto be fprme,d, pitched ! and metalled; ...,.-■ ■ :

. r Marg;aret Wall, the Thames murder- ; pss/ who Ifill^vhefVtMrp 5 children with ' an axe-VhaSabeeri declared iris'arie. !s_ c I js ordered fer: imprisonment- during the '> Queen's pleasure. ' ' : .Scarlet fever is iraging VatVChrist- ' church. One doctor is attending seven ; cases; two of which" are 'very bad dries. I v \4 : ' ! Qify Oburicitlbr Vat:^Christchurch I has given riodc.Vtp. allow the Mayor ofl that city £300 for extraordinary ex- i penses; during his -present* " year -*• ofl office. ' : ••■'•• . >

The Edinburgh,' witli lthe i shore .ends I of the /cable, arrived 4 at Adelaide orii Monday week. ' '' V' ■•'•''"'"■"'• ;

. Chinese .lotteries appear to flourish 1 exceedingly in Melbourne. According to |t_l^inerirmade bjy the Chief Corii-i missiorieV'of'Pdiice, there are 'ton regular Chinese ; lptteries. in theXJity, and some 400 persons 'getting a living < by' s ?)A in _* ]p#e>y tickets^ ;.Iri some bf'thecountry district's^ 'lChlnpse ' gari-biing is; is carried on to a grpat extent;' :

i A tolegram'fVomTimaruiays:^--The bpdy'pf ; a : man nairied 5 Hannah : was ; | found' en W_dne_day in' TemuM River. The coroners inquest was adjourned to ! :the l.th. .In the a farmer named' ; Carr and his wife aridVa man [ najned Sjpratly Vhaye .beeti ''• arrested 'on I suspicion of riiurder; They were brouo-y i befbVe Mr- W;aken'erd, J.P.,; arid : Te- ! marided' for' eigKt days. ' V

A man^ named Peter vClarkei" said to haye 4 been a 'detective m' "Meibpurnel and to have served a term of imprisonment in ' Duhediri; •has- been;- chafed with obtaining. money under false' pretences at Tibaarrir He wa^ remanded, as ; the police have other charges to bring. •.-.:■,:-.. ... ... ;

Two brothers named Abraham 1 and William Jones, were', sun 'Btrubk ; whil6 engaged mowing, ajt Ran^ipra;the btli'er; day. William was' dead- when l'discovered, while' Abraham ' was 'iricbriscibus and past all hopes of recovery.; ; Mr Alexander H;utophi , ejr was jjhb successful teriderer fdr the: building of the; manse at - HavelockV The amouhit of the" tender ' was ' £#00.' ! ;

The ' Tuapeka Times'; correspondent writes regarding the recent fatal' acci-, dent at Tuabeka Vmputfi': ~Aripther 'sad • calamity has befallen us,' throwing! a' pall over the festive sfeasbn 1 of nhe year*. ' The insatiable; KPl^rieUi has added, another victim to the long, list of casualities occurring herewith r tbp ■ rritiph' frequency^ The lasrtime^ifs.Vviptini was a man advanced in?' life (and -that yp-as only a few months ago); "this tithe its sacrifice is a young boy bf fromeigh't; to' nine years old, son of Mrs Taylor "of. the' hotel.".T he ; ing with some smaller children Von -the bank pri tbe" stream "on - M on d„y ; afternoon near his ; mother's door, arid being intent on fishing out : some; timber, brought down the streamy he .cached so* far/and.-feU' into the 'wa^r"; and T as he* ,was hurrie'd' (ori'.by 1 ; theVctir^ent ! : he .had;the presence.' ofrmind: to call out to another!'bpy 'abputvhis^pwh* age '*'< to^'teU' some !pf the irieri tp ! fetch hiiriv"'!Jlt.wasonly the other 'day j that*- this: little! boy * ; /aste'riished^ the] public;^ atTthe '.chp.r.x* lammntipny shy' his ririderstahdirig/and'answers/ andwas .deservedly a" general? favorite in f he, schpoUY NeyeY/..Msf.th l e'; Molyneux tak-uuntp its deadlyem b race a ;mpre,'precibtis geml; Weall^mbiirh 1 -the fate; 'of little*? 'Haryy^'arijipursyTO-V pathy is r with the twice 'widbwed-mothcir for this ad ditipnal stroke'; laid; upbii' heir. I trust this painful di.pen.atipn !may;; awaken' in uiothers a 'more 'careful oversight of jiheif : child ren, '; and Iri pi allow them to sport with death- as with- a- • toy; Vat theirl'Verj^ dbPrV ~ *•_';' '':*' V' 1 "'""VV '"'; '• '"' The' pul)HcWould'.dpVii^eil;to'' be ,bku^ 'tiotfed against* indulging' in _ ea-bathirig . near ! Tbmah_wkjas it -p^ear|- frpm/tlie 5 evidence adduced at the "inquest at'the" . Hpspii !al' yesterday, tftere.is . a.d_ngej> :ous- undercurrent in- tbat- particular lpcalityi'whj'ch re'rideres'itf ye^y .u_is£'& jtobathers." -V This fatal p^ecaiurai^p^,'^. ! place appearip to have been' the cause 'of* ; the untimely end of ;,the v who were; drowned; there bnV (3hrisit-ib_' P&f', dp.."'theit , s s a^fyear- 1. be'the p'rily ''easej. as ? '.#_£., q'rVij^ ease 4 'of :drowriing; are said tofhave occurred at' Various' f iioe£ , Accordifl*'tp'tb'p'st'afe-menf-of pne pf tile jurymen,; tfrerevis; acurrent.of betwe'en ; tfiree' and four miles ■ ;ari vho_r* p fill; along :tHe i cbast.;;bet^e6fi here and Irivercargiil-^Guardian. ;, '■ ' J^-rV Hursthbusej M'pfcuek:ais_: Nelson, wfrb has j ust ! beepV .lepte^^'^'Wo^eK » gives a very: g-ood account of vhimseif ; (sap- the ' Cpfonisfy :^" -He , has;' tteVer r been; in Parliamerit,,' but! ' hlej ' .te)'U|< ; f t_e '■ electors not to f6ar:forhis ? shortcbmin^'s because ;of his _n bx'peribn c cv r ' _Ks;'uncle; ' Major . Ajtkinson, and „gir 1 Donald MfLean, wnoVknew: him frorn r iri„tn<iy/ V wpulcl be r ablec tof instructYhim. ; r in ; the . forms pf the opu.e^!; vOf cpurisbp^i|_ght up at the feet of such Gamaliels as these, th. , 'cl^idbtQ''wpul'd''; .indeed;bebbriie ! a : burning arid a shinirig., .iight -!'|__e ! is a working^man: and hw ; gen'tiemair,' therb^is /ript'a .ho^^\^^^p^ji^^ t : .W \ the owrier ricb^pr.ppbf,. in wmbj^hehad once beeri -fp^hich- hevwoiil'd 3 rib'fr !bV : ! ;a^Hi'n;^lbp ! rii^'v;|By*dM as' : as ne would bef dprie 'Joy/'^andvkeepirigiav l Vet vil; rtpn^ue got (bnlwitii hisj^ejgjibp^ itv wfisi* Suchi _Sfe Mr - Eichmond^ [jhouse^s.^.SMP^ '.'S^S^-4f^]W^r- K'^ will beVinfere^ingf p of! ■tthe^^"electbrs^wU-^ccbptitas^theaeboririt 1 ;6*|7ft^|^e'f&:^t^h--i;; fi^'the'-iolbela ßeat* v " ' ' !^£j '. "l