The Clutha Leader BALCLUTHA, FRIDAY, FEB, 24, 1899

Clutha Leader, Volume XXV, Issue 123, 24 February 1899, Page 4

The Clutha Leader BALCLUTHA, FRIDAY, FEB, 24, 1899

The , mayor has called a public meeting for Monday nigHt to consider what steps are to be. taken to support the presentation it is proposed to make' to the Hon. John M'Kenzie prior, to his leaving on his trip to the Home country. It is .to be hoped there will be a good attendance and that a hearty responsiß to the invitation to contribute will, be made from the Clutha. Although it may naturally be expected tnat the supporters of the present Government will show themselves the more active Vin this matter it must be borne in mind that Mr M'Kenzie was a prominent public man and rendered the country goo^ service, both ; in the , late Provincial Council, and the General Assembly many years, before the present Ministry came into existence. ; M6reover, the present question, is one the Government do not, deem it necessary to declare a party question.. Persona of all shades of political opinions are therefore free to contribute and we hope will contribute liberally so that the Minister may have a good sendoff.' . -

A crfcket match will lie played on the lower reserve on Saturday between the Balclutha and Milton clubs.. - The following will represent Balclutha :— Valentine, Simpson, Gow, Beveridge, Stewart, Nicol, Deaker, Bishop, Bentley, Butlin, Paterson. Play to commence at 2-30 p.m. sharp. The German liner Prinz Regent Luifcpold was quarantined on arrival at Perth, as- one of the crew, a Cingalese, was suffering from smallpox. General Booth is amongst • the passengers and his detention upsets all the plans for big tour of the colonies. ;: Mr Eyre Kenny, S.M., in Chambers' at Wellington yesterday, granted a maintenance order on the application of the wife against George Fisher, M.H.R., whose conduct recently has been eccentric. It is supposed that he has gone in the Tutanekai to the islands. Two Clutha young men recently licensed 'by the Presbytery to preach, have already been inducted into charges. We refer to Keva J. C. Jamieson, and Thomas Tait, Waiwera. In the beginning of, this month the former was inducted by the Dunedin Presbytery into the pastoral charge of the Strath" Taieri congregation, and last week the latter was inducted to the pastorate 'of the Cromwell congregation. We are informed that both are .very harmonious and hopeful, settlements. Latest Cablegrams. -Sir .George Bowen, ex-Governor of New Zealand, died' at Brighton, of bronchitis, after tw.o days' illness. —Anxiety prevails in Paris as to possible trouble at M. Faure's funeral.. /The Judges of the Court of Cassation fear, to be recognised and desire to goto the. Cathedral,' yrhere the funeral services are to be held", in ! closed carriages, and not to proceed' to the ; cemetery. During Sunday night's disorder an attempt was made to burn the Church of the Sacred Heart at, Paris. Some very pertinent remarks as regards libel cases were made by Judge jGauhf at ihe j County Court, Maryborough (Vic), lori'the 13th inst., in an actidfr brought against the proprietors of the local paper. His H6ndur, in giving judgment for the 'defendants, said the inference of the plaintiff was riot justified. There was a growing feeling in matters' of I this kind that ' pe6ple, ! instead of ■ resenting paragraphs, should write and correct them. I The feeling of, the,. best judges , recently,, was that,even if .the publication contained of was a libel, the question was, whether it was punishable as a libel. It : might 'be merely • censure. • The Press existed for that purpose, and it was : . desirable such should be allowed in a proper maimer. ." The many, friends , of Mr • and ,Mrs John Kinder of Stoney Creelc .will learn with regret of the death of, their son' James, which took place at the Fi'ankto'w'ri HdspitaU Qtteenstowh, on Friday last. » Janfes JhaaV been., suffering from ,ai complication ,. of, troubles, beginning with influenza and! culminating' in brain fever.', He went fid, Queenstowh seeking' a recovery,' 10 days' ' previous to his death. Deceased had a splendid scholastic, career, and. was. studying for the, law .with >every promise of , a successful future. His remains were interred in the Balclutha cemetery on Monday, the funeral being largely 'attended. A number of I deceased's late comrades, and chums { acted as >,pajl bearers., Th,? Reys, , P. B. Frazer and,S. W., Currie officiated at the grave. " '" '■'•'••■• ■'> !.'> v- ••■• , It is generally understood 'tbia/fc the:JKaitangata Miners dispute is progressing satisfactorily towards a settlement/ add ; thatthere is hardly, a probability— nqne ;in . fact if present indications , are to, be relied upon— of its coming before ihe Conciliation .Soard. Of course' there has been a 'certain' amount of give and take ott both 1 sideß,- but the' men, have beeri granted some.very important concessions. ■ Mr Lee. has met ;thg i^ ,a .yery" fair and liberal spirit,, has, in fact opposed nothing that he, could reasonably ( cionbeße. Ori' tlie other hand i he meh'throngh' thei Union, have of course, done their ,pa>jt ; points ha.veibeen waived on both; sidles.,., fit. is sincerejiy be hoped Jihat a settlement having so far progressed; satfefacidfliy, in'af be ; -brottgfit Wan'issueentirelysb'. I '^ "'<!;• oir-'-.tHt ih

Since the office 1 of the offiical assignee wM opened in Auckland 16O0^persbns have been adjudicated bankrupt. Halcombe, a towrt3ifiSWfelHngfen>^o«ince, ' has a population of 370, Anty nog^ba than Benevoli||£g££jpnitutioo have granied pensions irnaer the Old Age E^sio^Agt. 4;| It ia reported that in addi£!&o iil^son dangbJfers'^haye been^a^b^, wU^tpfeoi| f^ Bourie district . stock statistics -show* the appalling effects of ;« the.;. droughts Approxk; mately l|000;(M)0 Bheep perished. ! ni -r The Nprth ' Ota|rf Tunes "s^tes ' thai com-, plaints are rife I ' inlfie r "cbuntry : disfridis regardirigscarci^dllahotin l ' ! : ' 7T7i "''' r The cint^HMk^abMFeiuyis m#f airl£ underlay.';' The races will be 1 held 7 oh Friday April 2ist:^; ; -::.- .wz^'/z >..*. ru-^-v./, A Wellington ! tb:a I t; the; Wei- . lington Trades Council have decided to recommend " the * Traded fConf elrenee * to? urge " the Government to remoW'tn'e duties' otf the necessaries of life and increase the land tax. the Bight Hon. Dr Seddon, who was then at Cromwell, telegranhe<J tc^his Excellenoy^the Governor, requesting fhjni to ea^ble, %r;bughj the Secretary for State for the Colonies, a message of sympathy and.condolence to ithe French people on the loss they had suffered. A» %a'p jer) ipach jgf^gsntißeJcase,, Enjily ' French against F. W. Eobjohns, excited a large amount ot interest for Several days last week. It concluded ktjir o'clock on Fiiday night, when the jury returned with a verdict for the plaintiff for L1500.:: There was;, a great demonstration by the spectators in court in favour of the plaintiff when the Tetdictewas dpelaired. •: i^'-Fi" fi, ; ! ?,± r v ?.'~ *.-■■• . .'' i /Tm \.i r-'-i i « i"i •.,> \ The Old Age Pensions Bill provides that, where a pensioner is "maintained in ' anycharitable institution, the reasonable cost of. such maintenance shall be paid out of the pension. ' As therefore theS: 'Otago Benevolent Institution : will be r a -*boardingihouse ; under the Act, it is found that the aged inmates will? be able to pay their board out of their pen-, sions and Have L250 of pocket money' over. ',''-' i. ■>- - - '•••■'■■ » ■ r ■ , ,'...;.-. At a meeting at 'Wellington on' Tuesday night to consider the proposal to make-a^'pre-. sentation to the Hon. John . M'Kenzie, Sir Robert Stout mov,efl: the g following re^bliitiojti which was passed Y—^ That this meeting expresses its 'high, appreciation ; of tbemany public services of the. Hon.. John ( M'Kenzie, and pledges itself to support the address and testimonial proposed to be presented, to him prior to his departure on a visit' to the mother country."" . call pur. readers attention to.-anniver-, eary se'rviceVtb be held in Warepa* and Kate' hiku on Sa,bbath first. .The Rev. J. A. ' Somerville, M.A., Waihola is to preach at all the services, and doubtless, a goodly number will avaiJ themselves of this opportunity of hearing him. Then the annual soiree at Kaihiku on Tuesday ( 'next. promises a very ; •profitable , evening to :all who can attend. Judging from the 1 array of speakers adyer- ; tised, and Mr Ayson's well-known ability with ' the baton, the seating ' accommodation of the little church is sure to be tested. .Miss Violet. M._ Greig, daughter of Mr Robert Greig, Glenomaru, has been informed that Professor Hales, the Home examiner, has awarded her the Tinline scholarship for English language and literature. Miss Greig was dux of the Otago Girls' High School in 1895, having previously gained a junior and senior Education Board scholarship. She has highly distinguished herself as a student of English at the University. Last session she took the second place in senior English and the first place in advanced English. Three other pupils of the punedin Girls' High School have won the Tinline scholarship — Miss Pearce, in 1892 ; Miss Rutherford,, in 1894; and^Missßauchop^in 1897.. \.; \}\ An accident oeenrred on the Maiau branch of the Glutha River, Inch Clutha, on Saturday evening, whereby Mary Smaill, aged 17 years, daughter of Mr James Smaill, was drowned. No one saw the accident, and she was not missed/ for some little time. It appears however, r that she went to Ithe river for a bucket of water and that she overbalanced^herself, bi"' slipped, and fell into the river. The following day (Sunday) the bucket was found in the bottom of the river." The body has not yet been found, though a persistent search and watch has been kept up by a large gathering of willing hands. Very great.sympathy is felt for. Mr and. Mrs Smaill in their 'great 'sorrow. ; ' ; ; • * • On Monday Mr T. Allen was threshing grass seed for Mr A. Browning at Mossburn. Rain coming on in the afternoon the mill was being cleaned up to stop work when the governor belt came off. Freed from control, the engine got up great speed suddenly, and broke ; up the drum in the mill, throwing the feeder, the band-cutter, and another man completely over the mill. They all luckily escaped with a few bruises. Mr Allen was only a few yards from the engine and ran as quickly as possible to shut off steam* but the smash came so suddenly that he had only<time to -make two i strides and the whole thing was over. To hear the crash and see, the '.wreck it seems marvellous that no one sustained bodily injury. — Southland Times.. .. „ ; Mr Donald Reid, solicitor, returned to Milton from his Home trip on Monday evening. He was met at the railway station be the mayor, town clerk,, councillors^ - and prac-. tically the whole inhabitants of the township. •■The band: was in attendance,. and on the arrival of the train struck up " For he's a jolly good fellow," while the company gave three hearty cheers. The band accompanied him home playing " Home .'sweVt' 1 home," followed by a large, crowd of people, .On ar-, rival at his' "house the' mayor 'publicly welcomed him home. Mr Reid heartily thanked them all for their very warm welcome. He declared that he had never had an unpleasant five minutes all the time he was away. After three ringingcheers for him and one, for Mrs Reid, the £ crowd*, dispersed. Mif Reid h'ste thoroughly "got quit of his ;f late trouble arid is looking the picture of health. Rev. F. W. Isitt held a meeting ih.%h&\ Milton Presbyterian Hall on Monday. There was a fairly good attendance, though, unfortunately, three important wer,e held in connection with the PresJ)ifte^am^urcte the same evening. Rev "H&unstftl^-occupietl* the ? chair,, v The ..Bruce v Herald r sa.v.s :— The lecturl was s listened td J with close' atte'htiori,' and Isitt was £ f recently applauded. ( The } customary vbte of thanks' was' a'ccofdM at the clpse.^- r On. Tuesday ,a,gopd meeting was .held at Owaka'. 5 Mr Dibih'ett "pi-ending. Mr' Isiit' se.e.med^toJbeoyer tirecLand^wag not|up ( tp;his< usual form; ; though 11 the 'audience' Were" ap--formed at the close of the meeting, and arrangements were made for active work: — A capital meeting was held at Romahapa on Wednesday, Rev. Dalrymple in the chair. A large number remained at the close to form a League for South Molyneux. Rev Dalrymple was appointed President, and M, M'Neur (Secretary ,J

has been collected, so far in Auckland for the Grey memorial fundV The Mataura Presbvtery has sustained the calltf^ltivlrs'rale^ the 'Rlv. A. D. Kirklancl,rand^he ordination and induction are fixedgfor ls||tfapi!li| p'^if ,#?«— A l #We learr|i > on|M«|Herald ffiai@tnl Si|electi.6h i^fa coi^e^pon^sjitpf the vacario^lif talSST;pkdteairio] P^pMs|rian , Chmh §a gßtffrtf® rttl any deci^on progress ha^gel|been .made tovravds filling the pastorate. "^l^l :-Mr GJu>. Inglisfbf the Farmers' Associa- ; tibny Tiniarii, has beerf appdirited mttri^ger bf " the London officeiof the. Cfiinterbury Farmers' Co/bperatiye Assbciatib'n, 1 ' Timarti,'^and the 'New 'Zealand ■Farmers' 'Co-Operative Associatipn .Christchurch, ? vice Mr Thomas Mackenzie/resigned. " ■■-■'■:'•■ •-:-.■.'. . ;A xepprt haying been circulated in Wellington, to .,. the,' effect, .that,; Captain Russell in.tended re|i'griing,..the je'adershipof ihe.Opposi•tion, •'•thatJ gentleman'' lias • explained 'tnat the repdrt is" absolutely hhttue. The; illness ;in !his ," ', family, ; will ; only delay, ; his bpe.riip^g the proposed campaign for two or three weeks; ' Mr Thomson has inyitedV the , electors, ,\o r meetv?hiin' -tKis'i^veriing: in; the shall, Tap'ariur, 'when he" will' reply to the speech of the Right Honorable Dr Seddon. Tapanui asv thevpjoly -i\place at,-, which ..Mi\>. Thorns son intends to speak at present, although he will, of course, speak at other places through'Ou'fcHhe Gluthkbyind byVI .':, \ ' The Balclutha School Cricket Team got rather badly beaten s by the Milton School on Saturday. Milton ' batted first and got 30; Balclutha responded- with 19, ,InJ;heir,second iitinings the Visitors* got 121 for rthe ldsS-bf six wickets . (Marryatt 60) arid declared their innings ' closed. Balclutha in 'the second innings- were Ss all disposed of for 18, the visitors winning by 114 runs. , Mr J.' R. Shore, of Kaitangata, now Presbyterian missionary stationed atMillburn, ,who was,recently.,flnnpunce r d as hayingpassed ,'itne' final'isectibn; pf }• the,^ .A. degree^, v.has received further notice that he has also won ,the'New Zealand University senior scholarship in mental science. -Mr Shore on entering the. University was awarded the Muir. scholarship by the Presbyterian 1 Cburch 1 of Otaga. ; . ..:;•.-• A list has just been published of those who have just' ; passed the junior civil service examination. The number .is , 373 and amongst' these we' notice the following: — Balclutba, Thomas Milroy; Waitabuna. Lars Fulsets ; Milton, James Adam, George Littletjphn,; Eaitangata.,, W.aHerr- ; 'Hislop, Thomas Johnston, Margaret Garry V Lawrence, James Hendry, Garnett Uren, Peter. Sherrat, Jessie Dwyer, Harriet Hendry, Samuel Henry, :Martha Ralston, Francis Byrne,.Robina Rae ; Stirling, Rosa Ay son. There was a fair attendance at M'Kenzie's, Hall on Friday evening, when the Rev F. W. Isitt delivered a lecture 0n,." Some heroes of •'the I ' Emancipation Movement." Mr D. Stewart, occupied .- the chair.. The, emancipation referred to was that of the American slaves, .with the iriiany incidents of which movement and the heroic action of the leaders Mr Isitt was evidently quite familiar. The lecture • was a'ivery interesting and instructive one and was fully illustrated „ with incidents, .both .humourous and pathetic, of slave life and the '- struggle for freedom. At the close the lecturer was accorded a hearty vote of thanks and the usual compliment to the chair brought the meeting to a close. We have to acknowledge receipt of Messrs Nimmo and Blair's catalogue of choice New Zealand grown bulbs, tubers and flower roots for spring, summer, autumn, and winter flowering. The experience of those who have dealt with this firm proves that they supply only the best hulbs and true to name, and as they are thoroughly acclimatised or are of New Zealand growth the best results are obtained. For those who are not well acquainted with " the different sorts of bulbs, the firm have compiled* collections ranging from five shillings upwards, and are said to be splendid value, consisting of a large number of varieties. They .request that orders may be sent early so as to ensure the particular kind wanted. From Hillend comes a somewhat amusing incident. A well-known local resident noted for his,, loquacity was delivering a loaf of bread at a neighbours place, hooking the bridle reins of the ; hack, which he was riding, over the fence at the entrance gate, while he ditl so. The news of the day, local and general, formed the topic of an' interesting conversation for 20 minutes or more, and when our friend returned to the road the first thing he noticed was that, his horse was 'missing. ' "Off up the road after him he set at top speed. About three quarters of a mile on he.rflet a rider whom he asked "Did you see anything of ahorse?" The rider replied in the negative. Then after, some minutes consideration and' cogitation it dawned upon the troubled o'ne that when he went in with the loaf he entered by the big gate, and when he came out that he returned by the little gate. sOff.he set back down the road again and there was the poor horse standing waiting patiently; where he had been left. ! A small but representative public meeting was !held , the Council ; Chambers, Milton, on Friday evening to, to take steps in support of a testimonial to be presented to the Hon. John M'Kenzie, Minister of Lands, on the eve of bis departure on a trip to the Home ' country. The Mayor occupied the chair and stated the object of the meeting. Mr Pyke read the proposed address to the Minister. After a number of those present had expressed their hearty sympathy with the I movement and thetr readiness to assist in i procuring subscriptions, the following resolu- \ tion on the motion of Mr Pyke, seconded by ' Mr F. M'Leod was carried :—" That this meeting thoroughly endorses the proposed national testimonial to the Hon. John . M/Kenzie, and that the following gentlemen be appointed a corhmittee to obtain subscriptions and, signatures to the address : Messrs H. Henderson, *W. ' Grey,' 'Millburn ; %,. Murray, . Clarksville ; R. M'Lepd, Fairfax ; W. Moore, R.' A. Pyke, F.' M'Leod, C. I>. Grant, and the Rev. Father O'Neil, Milton." Mr Pyke was appointed honorary secretary and treasurer. „ , e f I: Mr Js- Cj Bishop, of j Hillend, having driven some ladies over" on a visit to Mr Miller's, on Thursday"; afternoon, was in the act of i closmgs-Jhe'Sgite leading into the house, the ladies having alighted, and left the mare standing by in the buggy, while he did so. , Some of Mr Millers horses were grazing just ( !ttlongside.f jT/hes^ for some unaccountable reason; suddenly set off at a gallop round the .paddock,, and,, before Mrjßishop could reach the s "maVe in the' buggy, 1 she'ha'd seVoff after ,them, , first at, a,. ,tr,ot .and at .a.-.. galop. J After'-c'arfeering''r6uM ihe* padclbW several , times -without dping?apparently ? any^amkge;, she' gbt* into a" leading gully up which 'she ,headed.j Bu^as ,the , gplly, namfiyedj andvtlie sides became steeper, 'progress' got difficult, | and , very ■ spoij .the buggy: capped,: the tmare landing broad-sides in the creek. Strange'to say almost the only damage done to the buggy was a bent axle ; the mare, however, became very lame, though not a scratch was to be seen pn her. Mr Bishop managed to get thiogs pretty well to rights before assistance arrived, and drove home without further mishap.

I The N&W: Rwiway* CofrfmissiorlirV.haVe Ibeen given authority t©*-commence at once the s", conv.er.sion . of i the., steam,- r into , :electric trams.;— ;-'•-■..•■-■•' )>, iti-,^v.^,t<6^u -fj.-tt ».--■'<•■> ; At 'Deve'npbrt' ' (Aucklahd) '■ 13 f ']dogs were'' 'Wlsdned in one" day 'by poisoned' tnea^ TW Borough Council^offer f a'' sUbßtahtial' reward' i lor-the discoyefy 'Of !< th'e poispner. - " •<■•■'■■■■■'- i .T.hejPubiio .Works Departrrient are inviting tenders '. from local .tradesmen, for renoy.atih'g p.hd t . repairing, , the ; jlpfi^l Cp^rthou'se. . For';. some, Reason or- other tenders, ,are. not being', pajiled for'publicjyjn^jthe' usual iway., '!' , •'< ! ; i In Victoria in the beginning the weeki,,the' ; " heat- was -Destructive; bush, fire's-j---raged in , several , parts of < the ; country. A railway , employee <named Kellachy. was- surr founded by a; bush fire and. burned to death., ; The Premier stated at Invercargill that he had been deputatibnised by 'settlers of the ;Ta.panui district to knock off co-operative-labour in 'the meantime, as they actually ! f6tind difficulty in getting' hands sufficient -for ; harvesting purposes. ••' •'.' ' '; - a ] Th e Marine . Department t scandal ' has been further, intensified by the 'aquittai of Carjtain rAllman at the. Supreme Court, "Wellington, on ' Tuesday,, where he, was changed with making false representation for the purpose oi? obtaining a mariner's certificate .for Captain J.; Jones . of Wellington, Sir R,V; Stout' argued that ihe act never, cbntemplated, a criin^nal prosecution dri such a * case. ' Acicused ipjght have .done wrong, arid might, be deprived of- his office, but. he had not cpriimit' * ted an indictable offence. It was nothing ;more'thanan irregularity. , The Chief Justice decided that the act did not contemplate punishment for the act Allman had been, guilty of. He /could not be charged with 'obtaining the certificate, which was necessary, ;to .bring the case, within the section, consequently there' was no case, to go before Me. jury. A yerdict' of acquittal was returned by the jury by the judge's, direction. . ' '