Local and General.

Clutha Leader, Volume XVI, Issue 832, 27 June 1890, Page 6

Local and General.

The Eatl of Gnslow has informed. Ministers that there is no truth in the >rumour that he intends to leave '-the K3olony at 'the end of the year, and 'lt is if ully expected that he will remain his 'if ull term in New Zealand. Lord. Ofnslow has forwarded a gold, ■medal to Mr Acland, of the .Canterbury' •Agricultural and Pastoral Assooiation, tfov Mrs Russell, whom the judges in 'the small farms competition •recom•niended for some prize for her homes?stead and dairy, managed by herself and daughter. Principal Brown on Dr l^ods. — Brown, at the close of Aber■"'deon. Free Church College, asked was •every- truth of God's Word in its right tplace in their Confession of Faith?; $Ie was sorry to say he must say no., OLn the Confession the truths laid down were put inexactly the -reverse of -i>he » Scripture orller. The Christchurch Press stateß that •on the arrival of- the express train at -Ashburton on- Friday morning tho' 'police arrested one of the passengers, *iT E. Hyde Harris, a solicitor, on a '-charge of obtaining goods by false precteneos, ■ The alleged ofifmice is stated to 'have taken place afc Maliakipawa, Marl- 1 "borough. Accused was brought beforeJ Mr Alfred Harrison, J.P., and roH -manded to Blenheim. f Mr Carroll, secretary of 'the Welling-'' ton Chamber of Commerce, lias received •a, better from Messrs James Morrison •'and Co., of London, stating that thoy iiad ordered a consignment of flax of 4 good ' quality, which, on arriving, did .liet even come up to ' fair.' They lost X2OO by it. They have determined to •stop importing, and warn their friends •against doing so. They complain ■strongly of the behaviour of exporters. 'sMie negotiations were conducted •^through a Wellington firm. In an article regarding the bill expending the farnchiso to women introduced in the Parliament of New South Wales, the Bruce Herald writes : — ■' Of. all the political reforms carried into effect or proposed of late years none has been or can bo of a more valuable character, or prove more likely to purify the atmosphere of parliaments than this. The female vote would tend to nullify the injurious effect of manhood suffrage;; it would undoubtedly assist in tho passing of sound legislation, 'On those social subjects v/hich are ilatterly so much to the front-; it would 'Cortainly result in tho exclusion of many undesirable men from parliament, •and moreover it would secure, what •does not exist now more adequate and ■uniform representation of all classes and all interests. We sincerely hope that in this respect New South Wales •will take the lead, and that the other •colonies will follow. Some little time ago a public meeting was held at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Invorcargill, whereat it was ■decided to form a farmers 1 agency for •Southland, a committee being appointed to arrange preliminaries. This committee met on Friday last and adopted a prospectus to the following ■effect :— Capital, L 50,000 in 10,000 .shares of L 5 each ; 10s payable on and 10s on allotment; no 'Calls to bo made at intervals less than sthroe months, nor to bo more than 10s any one time. Only 5000 shares to ibe issued in the meantime, and business ito be commenced as soon as 1000 have 'been taken up. Liabilities of shareholders not to exceed amount of their •subscribed shai'es. Objects of fche com•fPany:: similar, to those of the South 'Canterbury Company — namely, to act .-generally as agents for tho members in tthe sale of .produce and live stock, the iprocucing -of agricultural requisites, and generally the condaeting of financial arrangements on the members' 'behalf. 'Provisional directors : Messrs W. Halliday, G. M'Leod, W. Ronald, J. Grant, A. M'Kay, R. Coupland, J. aSlakio, W. M'Pherson, and A. M'NeiL *Q?he committee- adjourned for a moia>th to obtain further information as to details in connection with working the •company, and to ascertain what sapiport was likely to be received. Tho Post is responsible for the following : — l A Wellington baker discovered that he could profitably bake fereacl and sell it for cash at 2|d per loaf over tho counter. Ho did so, and a large demand ensued, but he was j soon, informed by the merchants or .millers from whom he bought his flour :for cash, that they could no longer sup,ply him unless he raised his price, as df they did they would lose the custom •of others in the trade. This difficulty, show ever, was got over by supplies being 'Obtained from other places. The baker .had a relative in another part of the :town, whose wife kept a small grocer's shop, while the husband was employed an a mercantile house. To extend his trade the baker got the grocer to sell •his bread at the reduced price, allowing :a small commission for doing so. The bakers appealed to the grocers^ and together they appealed to the mercantile ifirm, the result being that the employe was given, his choice between shutting up his shop altogether or resigning his situation, his employees expressing regret at having to offer him the alternative, as if they continued to employ him, and he continued to sell at less than the established price, the firm would lose the custom of the trade generally. The employe had to go.'

A'bacera curing con\pany, in which the shareholders arc principally^farmers, has been definitely established at Belfast, near Christchurch. Operations > begin at once. A serious outbreak of the Cumberland disease has occurred, in Tasmania, and the infection is spreading rapidly. Healthy sheep once attaekeeldied within! a few minutes. It is understood that a breach of promise case is likely to occupy the attention of the Supreme Court, Duuediir, shortly, in which a young lady will seek to recover L2OOO damages' froih the fickle swain. David Hastings Brown, of tho firm owning the Bel'ford flourmills, Tknaru has been arrested on a telegraphed charge from Christchurch of embezzling 31*124 6s, .the moneys of the Bank of, New Zealand, in January, 1889. . A. serious accident occurred to the train from Lumsclen to Invercargill onSaturday morning on the south side of I)ipton, when the engine was derailed through' running over a cow. There were, eight passengers on the train. They and the driver got off safely, but the fireman (Angus Cameron) got entangled in making his jump, and he got his log nastily twisted, although no boiips are broken. He also struck his heaSKancl back against lumps of coal, ■Ma MWhMi i u r ies are not serious. Two; 'Otf^HHbre derailed, and the line was 7jfljHßp..p -for 20yds. Prompt steps for the resumption of ( traffic. - The same engine ran down a hope a fjpw weeks ago., and was lifted oflrhe; rails, but came to a standstill over the carcase. A,- meriting of the temperance party in thwllouse of Representatives was held Jn Monday morning to consider the draft of the Licensing Prohibition Bill prepared by tho Government. A copy Of the bill has been sent to the headquarters of the New Zealand Alliance in Auckland, and the opinion of this body will be awaited before any steps are taken. The bill provides for ; thc taking of a triennial poll of the I ratepayers in each licensing district to .decide whether any licenses shall be 1 granted within tho district during the trionnial period. Should the vote go against .prohibition under the present licensing laws, a second poll is to bo taken on the question of whether there shall bo a decrease in the number of licenses. Another clause provides that in ' special districts ' if a vote has gone in favor of licensing, then a petition sent to the Government by a majority of -the adult male and female residents will nullify the vote. — This seems a very full measure of local option, and should be satisfactoi'y to the temperance party al] over the Colony.