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Clutha Leader, Volume XVII, Issue 834, 11 July 1890, Page 5

Mr "W. C. D;ilc of Tapamri has bought the butchery business formerly carried on by Messrs Hislop and M'Donald at Clinton. Tho ninth annual meeting and social gathering of the gaehc society of Ofcago will lie hold in tho Garrison Hall, Dunedin on Friday, 25th inst. The financial debate still continues very much to monopolise the attention of the people's represenatives in Parliament. Dr FUchett, and Messrs Goldie, Fisher, Fcobie Mackenzie, and J. M'Kenzie spoke on Wednesday. Mr Thomson (Marsden) moved the adjournment of the debate which is expected to be kept going till to-night. Business on the order paper in the House of Representatives has already been allowed to accumulate to an alarming extent. On Wednesday night it contained 101 questions to be answered, and 49 bills, ony on& of which has reacbed the second reading. The Popotunoa Lodge, 1. 0.0. P., held their first anniversory ball on Monday last in the Athonieum Hall, about 40 couples putting in- an appearance. Mr W. Cheyne supplied first class music on the violin, assisted by Air Garforth at the piano. .Mr W. E. Sanderson officiated as M.C in a very creditable manner.. Abundance of refreshments were provided and a most enjoyable evening was spent. ' ' . . The Clinton Town Board met on Monday last. There were present — Messrs Geddps (chairman), Muir, Moffat, and Pollock. The minutes wero read and confirmed. Mr linnge wrote, on behalf of the meat preserving company, asking whether a site could be got on the town reserve. — The board. expressed their willingness to lease a portion* — ■ — Mr Joseph Wilson applied fora transfer of section 4, block 1., to W. Pollock.— Granted. It was decided to erect a street lamp at junction of George street and luvercargill' rbad.TTr-A.ccouuts amounting to L2B 18a 7d were passedfor payment. At the annual tea ;rn£eting on Wednesday on behalf of the StV-Qlair Congregational Chiirch Suuday school, winch was largely attended, occasion was .taken to give a hearty farewell to the Rev. Edward {Walker, who has resigned pastoral oversight" of the church to preach, lecture, and organise &r a', time on behalf of the New Zealand Alliance 'for' the suppression of the liquor trnffic. At the recent monthly meet- "" ing of church members it was unanimously resolved — " That this chxtrch sincerely regrets Mr Malker's resignation of the pastorate, and trusts he will he abundantly successful in the important work to which he has been callod." Congratulations were expressed that the newiengagement would not involve Mr Walker ceasing to he a resident of St Clair. Mr Walker's field of operations will bo Otasro and Southland, and he i will work under the dieection, of the committee of the Dnnedin auxiliary of "the alliance. The following cases were heard before the R.M. Court here on Tuesday last : — H. Kerr v. Lyders. — Mr D- Reid appeared for the plaintiff, who was non-suited with costs LI Os tid. — — Mr and Mrs C. Sheehan v. A. Anderson. — Lls damages sustaiued through defaridant assaulting and beating Mrs Sheehan. Mr D. Reid for plaintiff, Mr D. Stewart for defendant. Alter hearing the evidence of Mr and Mrs Sheehan, Mrs Vial, senr., Mrs Vial, jr., and Messrs Tait, Donnory and Dr Smith for plaintiff, and defendant, his wife, and Mr Jarvis on behalf -of defendant, his Worship considered that no assault had been proved, that ho was inclined to believe defendant's version — namely, that Mrs Sheehan'" had slipped off the verandah by accident;- Judg-^ ment for defendant with costs of crtllH, '3s ; witness, 10s ; solicitor's fee, 2ls. Anderson v. Sheehan.— L3 14a Id, goods supplied. -^JVIr.D. .Stewart for plaintiff, Mr D. Reid for defendant. Judgment for amount claimed without costa. -

Messrs Stone, Son and Go. are preparing for the 1891 issue of their directory, and all are requested to bu sent to their office, 79 Princes street, Dunedin. Four cordial manufacturers of Dunedin are charged with breaches of the Patents Designs, and. Trade Marks Act for applying false trade descriptions to sarsaparilla made by them. . Margaret Wilkina, a married woman, and the mother of six children, committed suicide at Nelson on Wednesday night. She had been suffering from melancholia for some time, and left her husband (who .is a gardener) in the bedroom, where he found her a few minutes later with her throat cut. Medical assistance was obtained immediately but was of no avail and she died six hours later. • The Balclutha Literary Society met on Tuesday evening, Mr Ourrie presiding. There was a full attendance. Mr J. W. Wilson read a paper on Socialism, which was criticised by Mr Day, Dr Fleming, Rev. Mr Dodd, Mr Thomson, | and others. This, with a aolo from Mies Rooney, I comprsed the proceedings of the evening. These meetings continue very popular and fill up the long evenings both profitably and pleasantly. Until lately there haa -been great depression in everything except the bankruptcy line, which has had a regular boom ; but now we have the encouraging news that there has been so great a depression in the bankruptcy business itself, that the deputy-assignee in bank- . ruptcy in Invercargill has resigned his position. His payment is by fees on business transactions. and there have been so few failures there lately that he can't make it pay. Mrs Bennett, residing near the Caledonian Hotel, Wellington, died on Tuesday night from the effects of a dose of strychnine administered by mistake for morphia. Mr Fitzgerald, the chemist who made the prescription up, says the poison must have been put into the bottle when filling it from the store. This was done by a former assistant, who has been telegraphed for to eive evidence at the inquest. Three doctors attended Mrs Bennett, but were unable to save her life. A. rather unfortunate gun accident happened, at Catlin's River on Friday evening to Mr Patrick Haugh, one of the perpetual lease settlers. He was going through the bush after rabbits when the muzzle of his gun got entangled in some lawyers. He put out his right hand to {ree it, when the gun, which was at full cock, went off, and some of the contents were lodged in the back of his hand which was considerably shattered. It is believed, however, that he will soon recover the complete uso of his hand. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Inch Cluthn River and Road Board was held on Thursday evening. Thero were present- Messrs Rutherford (chairman), Mosley, Hendorson, Hastings, and Anderson. A memorandum was received from the commissioner Property Tax 'Department enclosing form with reference to subsidy. The clerk stated that the matter hnd been attended to.— Mr Hastings reported that the road loading to Mr B. Boyd'a property was very badly rutted, ■ and would requiro to be surfaced. It was pointed out by other members that the most of the roads were more or less cut up, and that if one portion were to be surfaced the whole of -the roads would require to be gone over. It was resolved. — "That no action bo taken in meantime ; that the work of surfacing bfi held over till the spring."— lt was moved by Mr Mosley — "That the county council's attention be drawn to the dangerous state of the Matau Bridge,"-- seconded by Mr Henderson, and carried. The Kaitangata bachelors annual assembly took place on Friday evening last in M'Govern's Hall, which w*s tastefully fitted up for the occasion by the committee. The arrangements made by Mr J. T. Blackmora, the secretary, were nlso of a very satisfactory character. The weather was very unfavourable, being cold and showery. The young Indies, however, did not allow it to interfere with their style of dre=»s, which on this occasion eclipsed all their past efforts, and although many enquiries were made as to who was entitled to that envious honour— the belle— none appeared to give a decisive reply, for to do so would be an injustice to others of equal merits. The music was supplied by Mrs Duff (piano), Messrs M'Kinnon (cornet), Kelly aad Bisset (violins), and Kelly j (piccolo). Messrs T. Gray and J. T. Blackmore were efficient M.C.'s. Songs were excellently I sung by Miss. M. Aitchison and Messrs Black- | more and Dobhie, The catering of Mr Pasco? was of his best style. Edward Palmer, clerk in the Farmers' Agency Company, Dunedin— formerly in the employment of Messrs Reid, Maclean, and Co. — attempted suicide on Thursday evening. It is sail that Palmer had been paying his attentions to a Miss Gray, Moray place, but that some months ago had been dismissed by her. Miss Gray left by the Monowai for Melbourne on Thursday afternoon, but of this Palm.er seems to have been unaware. He went to her rcsideuce that evening, and after some conversation with her brother at the door, the latter entered the house. A few seconds later he heard the report of a pistol, and going out found Palmer on the verandah with a revolver by his side. Tt was -found he had shot himself in. the left breast. Drs Jeff coat, and Coughtrey were at j once sent for. Chloroform was administered, and after a search the bullet was traced and extracted. Palmer was thon removed to his mother's residence. The wound is not considered a dangero\is one. The revolver contained six chambers, all of which had been loaded. A fatal boat accident, occurred off the Neck, Stewart's Island, on Saturday last. It appears that three young men were beating round from Half- Moon Bay in a .sailing boat when it capsized. One of the three men swam ashore, but the other two— Geo. Joss and Fred. Neill— were drowned. The young men drowned .wore relatives, and on their .way to visit the ''mother of two of them at the Neck. They were all members of the crew of the Janet Ramsay. NeilFs mother resides at Henley,, in tho Taieri ; he was a youth of 19. George Joss was 25. They seemed to have recognised -the necessity for caution as they pub the boat ashore and took in ballast, but got into the rip on opening out of fchobay with an easterly wind, and the boat filled. All the lads could swim and Walter tried to encourage :hi 3 brother and cousin to reach the beach, buc the current was strong and contrary and they were carried outwards and "drowned, •Walter Joss had a hard, struggle for" life, and i would not have reached the shore but for the Isupporfe the oara gave him. '

On Friday evening v the compositors of the Leadeh office met Mr J. S. _ Algie and presented him with a handsome gold pin, as a? parting gift on the occasion of bis leaving the* office. , Mr. "Wilson "Wright, in making the! presentatioa, referred to the happy and .har-j monious relations, that had always existed" be-? tween Mr Algie and the compositors under him. Mr Algie,' in acknowledging the gift and thanking the compositors for the kindly feeling iti evidenced, said that in one sense he regretted leaving an office with which he had been so long and so pleasantly connected, but he had left mi the expectation of bettering his own DositionJ and lie wished them all possible happiness anq| prosperity under their new overseer. ■ fj ; . An action for false imprisonment," brought by Thomas George. Savage, of Mata, Tauranga, against Henry Robert Burt, of the same place, has just been concluded at the Supreme Court, Auckland. The cirenmstauces are that in April last Wm. Havage, brother of the plaintiff, eloped with Burt's daughter Laura, ; aged 16, and tbey lived in the biish for a f ort- , night. Hurt suspected the Savages, who are half castes, and wheu Tom Savnge refused to help to find the girl, Burt had him arrested. At the Police Court Burt asked for an adjournment, but it was refused, . and the charge of abduction against Wm. Savage was dismissed, and that against Thomas Savage withdrawn. Thomas Savage theu served Burt with a writ claiming L2OO damages. The case was heard before Mr Justice Conolly, who gave .judgment for the dofendant, with costs. Latest Cablegrams. — In the House of Lords, Lord Salisbury said that the Grenadiers' disturbance was unimportant and accidental, arid intimated that Mr Stanhope (the secretary for war) was inquiring into . the circumstances.— There is to be a great naval display by the German and English fleets when the cession of Heligoland takes place. It is probable that an English squadron, commanded by the Duke of Edinburgh, will formally band over Heligoland to Emperor William in person. — By a cyclone at Muscot (Tu«key), 700 persons are reported to have perished. —Giving evidence before the colonising committee of the House of Commons, Mr Parnell advocated immigration and the encouragement of the Irish fisheries by means of subsidies. — Lord Salisbury was very reticent in his replies to a deputation that waited on him for information as to the African settlement — The potato blight has made its appearance in Ireland.—Belgium is acquiring the Congo. — Prince Ferriit-and was desirous of abdicating the Bulgarian Throne, but Premier Stambouloff has dissuaded him from taking that course. —Twenty-one constables of London have been suspended, and the others sullenly procee led to their duty. The dismissed c mstables petition the Commissioner to be reinstated. — The Porte demands the evacuation of Egypt by England, but proposes to grant her limited right to occupy in tho event of internal danger. —New Zealand prime frozen mutton, 4jjd per lb. : — The Grenadiers who were confined to their barracks in consequence of the alleged mutiny have been released. A new device in connection with crime has this week been brought to light in Dune din ami lnvercargill. A man named John -Moy Waters, an ex - inspector of distilleries in Queensland, wrote from Melbourne to the customs authorities in Wellington saying that he had seen a still at work in Invercnrgill and knew of one in Dunorlm* The Customs paid his expenses from Melbourne, and allowed him travelling expenses for a month while he was uriearthine illicit stills. Arrived in Dunedin he set to work to carry out his plans. He advp.rtised in the Dune'diii Star-for a man and engaged one named Elliot. He gave the latter to understand that he was employed by the Customs to detect breaches of the law. He was bound to secrecy, | and instructed to rlo simply as he wns told. . 1n.., Dunedin Waters ordered him to get a house with a boiler in it ; not to give his name, but to pay a week's rent in advance. This he did, and the house was fitted up with distillery apparatus. He told bin. that a merchant had a lot of things on which duty was unpaid, and ho wanted to catch him. Under Waters' instructions, he < (Elliott) brought a man named William Donnelly to the house nn>l ensjagod him for a short time to keep up a firo. Having seen Donnelly at hia post, Elliot left saying he had some business to do. It now turns out that this was to acquint Waters that everything wns ready. Waters then set the police on the tiack of " a man in Walker street with a illicit still." Of course Donnelly was soon in custody ; he was found in charge of the still i\s had been arranged. Donnelly told his story— that he knew nothing of tho matter — did not even know it was a distilling apparatus he had in charge ; had ouly been engaged for an hoxir to keep up the fire. In the meantimo Waters and Elliot left for Invercarspll, where the former gave out that he was an exciseman. Tho two at onca set to work to carry out similar schemes for entrapping business people on charges of defrauding the Customs. Their movements aroused the suspicions of the police who, seeing the report of the Dunedin case, telegraphed for descriptions of the m^n by whom Donnelly said ho had been duped. The descriptions pointed to the schemers in TnvercirgiU as being thej:nen. Waters and Elliot discovering that the police were watching their movements, Elliot left by the express train on Saturday morning, and Waters in the afternoon, both getting on at side stations. The former wnt arrested at Gore, and the latter at Dunedin. The matter is now being dealt with in the Police Courts. Elliot admits the whole thing, but contends that he was only the dupe of Waters. The Victorian Go%'ernment sent to Sir John Hall, as a present, a photograph of the members of the late Federation Conference. The New Zealand Government, to whom he gave his : services gratuitously, made him pay duty on the picture. The Wakatip Mail in its issue of Friday latft says : " The redoubtable Mr J. 0. Brown, member for Tuapeka, has just taken his seat at the present sitting of . Parliament. Mr Brown has, evidently, a very patient, and easily -pi eased constituency, who were conteutto allow him to stay away all one session, and at this one he is as slow in moving as, the ' whining schoolboy.'" At a meeting of creditors in the estate of S. Jacobstobacconi3t, held in Dunedin on Wednesday, it transpired that Messrs Gould and Beaumont held a mortgage of L3OOO over the Chrisfcehurch galace ,rink, the property of the "'debtor/- This- property had since been sold for LIOO and is bringing in Ll2 a week. . It was stated, that the rink was j worth/. L350Q'.. ; From this it would seem that values are somewhat, era tic in the city of the plain;