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Clutha Leader, Volume XXI, Issue 1055, 19 October 1894, Page 5

The Clinton Caledonian Sports have been fixed to take place od January 1 when L7O will be given away in prizes. The Legislative Assembly of New South .Wales has affirmed the principle of local option by 30 to 27, but as less than half the members Toted ibe result cannot be regarded as decisive. The Melbourne Wool Sales were opened on Wednesday. There wasn good selection, and a large Attendance. Competition was keen, but prices ruled 5 to 10 per cent, below last yeni's opening rate.=?. Six shearers were tried f<>r rioting at "Wellmoligle, New South Wales, and for abducting a number of non-unionists. Five were sentenced to two years' and o:>o to 15 mouths' hard labour. The Balclu'ha bowling season will be opened on Thursday first when a match, president v. viee -president, will be played. The green having been i-eturfed, is now in first class order and a good game is anticipated at Ihe opening. The Bruci Herald reports that Mr Koulstcn's farm in the Table Hill district, that was sold last week, was bought in at under LI per acre. Sixteen veare ago the late ownergave L 6 15s an acre for it, and has since effected many improvements. At Christchurch on Wednesday a numWr of grocers were each fined 20s avd costs for selling finger wine without a license. Professor Bickcrton, Government analyst, said Ihc wine contained 11 par cent of i pure alcohol. The C.-.stie Hill Coal Company, Kaitangata, have now connected their workings With the air shaft, and have commenced the erection of as air furnace. Its completion will probably occupy three weeks, after which the company will h« in a position to supply coal in unlimited qualities. The following resolution was carried at a meeting of Dunodiu Assembly of thts Knights Of Labour :—'' That this assembly protests against any addition to Ministers' salaries and the exorbitant salary to the hank president while so many of our fellow citizens are in a state of starvation." In addition to the entires referred to last week in rerun ction with the horse parade the tiioriughbre.l stallion Enchanter will also travel the Clutha district this season. EncLanter is a stiong upstanding, well made hors9, wilh fine symretry and splendid action, and will doubtless command the Jittention of breeders of light horses of a g?od stamp. About half-past three o'clock on Wednesday morning smoke was seen issuing from the steamer Mararoa, which is at present laid up for rerairs and is lying at the Bowon wharf, Port Chalmers. The alarm was at once given vhich speedily brought the local fire brignde and a number of the company's people on the scene. The brigade soon had a plentiful supply of water playing on the fire, which in the course of an hour was suppressed. It was found that the fire had been confined entirely to the men's quarters ; the dan:nge is estimated at L'iOO. The steamer being laid up, there was no one present by authority at tho thug of the fire, and ir.cendarism is suspected. Shortly after the fire brigade bad commenced operations to cxtiuguish the fire, Alfred Shake! by, foreman of the brigade dropptd down dead, the cause being he;>rt disease. The report of the Waste Lands Committee «wi tl.e purchase of the Pomabaka proppity lias been published. 1 lie verdict of the Ceniiniltcc exonerates the Minister of Lands and and ever} ore the fiom blame in the matter. It says there is no ground for the grave charges made by Mr Fcobia M'Keczio, and *' neither the Minister nor any member of the Lai ds and Survey Department or of the Board of Land Puicbase CominiF.'.ioiiers is any way affected, either as to integrity or capacity." The evidence taken by the Committee has also been published and reveals facts as to how the sa'e had been " managed" that casts but little credit on some of these who took part in the transaction. These fp.cls ceitainly do not tend to inspire a confidence (hat the large contemplated land purchnse transactions of the Government will greitly prove f..r the good of the public. Mr C. V. Lcdebur, Masseur and medical electrician, is at present in Dunedin and a3 announced elsewhere may be consulted at the Coffee Pal see. Fiom.i long list of testimonials from perrons resident in the colonies it appears Mr Ledebur i 3 very extensively patronised and that ns applied by him the curative power of massage combined with electricity has proved very effective in a large .and varied class of diseases. Thi", it seems, is not now a new method of erne as mechano-therapv may bo s.iid to have received its formal consecration by scientists of high standing throughout the world, and me«3ical men frequently recommended patients to Sir Ledebur for treatment. It is not contended that he can in every case efftct a complete cure but his advice and aid have been sought by large numbers of city and country residents and in a majority of instances cures have resulted.

The Rev. Mr Fairmaid will officiate in tho Presbyterian Church hore on Sunday first. In the forenoon he will proaph a sermon to tho children, and in the evening to the young people: The Premier intimated yesterday that a resolution on the Pomahaka purchase would he submitted to tho House during tho afternoon, and that the Banking Bill would nlso he circulated during the afternoon. Latest Cablegrams stato that the Czarewitch will consult the Czar only on important questions. "Four doctors who are in attendance on the Czir have issued a bulletin thnt the disease of the kidneys has not improve!, and big strength is diminishing. It is sail the Government have abandoned the intention of asking provision for the appoiutment of pnrliiunentry under secretaries this session. Probably they deem ifc unwire to risk further defeats. Besides, to keep the offices unfilled, .will secure the support of numerous expectants for next session. Agricultural operations and spring work generally are now about over throughout the district, but on all hand* we hear loud complaints of the Wiint of rain. B)th tho yoan? crops and the grass are feeling its effects severely while the land for green crops is very difficult to reduce to anything like a fine tilth. A good night's ram would do a world of good everywhere. The question of the appointment of Miss White, a 1-Loman Catholic, to the Mon, Creek school was discussed at tho meeting of tho Education Board yesterday, when on the motion of Air llamsay, acting chairman, Mis 3 White was instructed to popcaed to Moa Creek and open the school. This was carried on the casting vote of the acting chairman. There voted for it —Messrs Kamaay, Cohen, and Fraser; and against it — Messrs Stenhoußs, Clark, and M'Kerrow. The acting chairman gave his ca-tmg vote in favour of the motion. A further slaughter of the innocents has been decided on, and the following Government Bills has been discharged from the Order Paper : Workmen's Wages" Amendment, Distillation Act Amendment, Betterment, Undesirable Immigrants' Exclusion, Supreme Court Act Amend* "ment, Public Reserves Sale, Animals Protection Act Amendment, Kewspnper Libel Limitation, Debts Recovery Limitation, Shearers' Accommodation. The following local' Bills have been dropped : — Patea Foreshore Vesting, .Waimea and Jnnngahua Counties Boundaries Alteration, Dunedin Public Abattoirs, In vercargill llacecourge Trustees Empowering. . The concert given by the Gore Wesleynn Choir in Bin's Hall hero on Friday evFiiing attracted a. fair audience, and, us was loth promised and expected, the .entertain* nient proved a. "grand musical treat." The choir paid Balc'.utha a similar' compliment ' ; ist year, and we trust ifc will now prove an innual pleasure. Mr E. G. Macpherson is still conductor of thp choir^jvhicli he has worked uo to a' s'ats of efficiency, such, as is ; .-seldom attained outsido the larje centres of population. As we previously noticed the p^rformmc s : of the members of the chair in detail it-is unnecessary to do more on this occasion than to say that the programme published last; week altered, was* carried out in a manner that delighted the audience and called forth very hearty applause, fnquent encores having bten insisted on and responded to,, At the close the. Rev, Mr Jory, in a few appropriate remark^, thanked the choir for the. treat they had aft'or(l9d,