Local General.

Lake County Press, Issue 693, 30 January 1896, Page 2

Local General.

Lake County Council. —The nex.t ordinary meeting of the Council will be held on Monday, 3rd February. Meeting.—Mr H, Graham, Mayor, calls a meeting of those interested in the formation of a Miners’ League for Saturday nigth. Excursion. —As will be seen in onr advertising columns, Mr E. T. Wing, managing director of the L. W.S.B Co., advertises the date of an excursion to Half-way Bay. fijhis is a charming, spot, and, as the fare is exceedingly low, no doubt a large number of people will take advantage of the trip. Comparisons.— During the Christmas and New Year holidays, 50,000 more passengers were carried on the Government railways than were carried in the corresponding period of the previous year ; but owing to the cheap excursion rates the.revenue from fares was £2OOO less. Ip spite of these oopcessions the railway revenue is fully up to the estimate. Ghastly Sight, — A, ghastly sight was seen by the crew of the origan tine Handa Isle. On the voyage from Kaipara tp Sydney, the lower hplf of a human body, supposed to.be that of M'Leod, a steward who Jumped oyerboard from the Rotomahana, was passed 250 miles east of Sydney, with a flock of seagulls screeching and fighting, over it. Peculiar Accident. —A most peculiar accident occurred at Wendonside on Thursday last. Two settlers hadbeen.to the bush with a four-horse waggon, owned by Mr Nugent Wood, for firewood, and on returning with a load of scrub, they discovered the load to he on fire. Tire men unyoked the horses in time to save them from injury, and in a few minutes nothing was left of the vehicle save those portions made of iron. A Remedy.— The fact that a publican cannot sue for debt on account of drink is frequently adverted to, but a Reefton hotelkeeper has evidently found his remedy. He advertises : “ Debts of honour.—A number of book debts owing to the undersigned if not settled within two months from date hereof will be published to let the public know where honour is nil.” A Query !—The Hon John M'Kenzie made the mistake of allowing himself to be seen walking arm-in-arm with a large landed proprietor at one of the South Island shows, at which hia supporters take serious umbrage (writes an exchange). They consider that character of the Minister suffers by the contact. But what about the character of the other man ? A Pertinent Question, —In the case of the boy in Dunedin who got drunk on elderberry wine, the police sergeant said he had the greatest difficulty in taking the boy to the lockup, The boy was between 13 and 14 years of age, apd it might be a pertinent question, to. ask the age and size of the sergeant of police* An ordinary policeman would, be expected to carry a boy of that ago in his arms with ease, and a sergeant is expected to bean extraordinary policeman. —North Otago, Times. A Sad Fatality. —A man named John Bcllon, employed as night engineer at the Fe'dirwagery, at the Belfast Freezing Works Christchurch, was found lying across the engine; dead. His right hand had got caught in the machinery, while he was in the act of oiling the engine, and the body had been dragged round the shaft. Deceased was aged 26, and has a wife and three children in Dunedin. Lake County Jockey Club.— A committee meeting of tfie Lake County Jockey Club waa held at Eichardt Hotel on Friday evening last Accounts for the last annual meeting were passed for payment. The committee’s re th,a disputed Trot race was. hold, over pending some correspondence between the secretary and Mr Rattray of Chustchuxch, This was all the business done.. Stone’s Directory.— Stone’s Otago and Southland Directory for 1896, is to. hand. The volume which, is excellently bound,, is as full ot valuable and reliable information, as of previous, years, and contains several special features, the most notable being copicsof the new Fencing anrt Impounding Acts, and the notorious Tariff of 1895. Mr L. D, Prcstou is the local agent.

Colliery Disaster. —By an explosion in a Cardiff colliery 50 miners were killed. Th ; rty-eight were rescued. Changes. —Constable. M‘Rae, of Dunedin, and Constable Jones, of Queenstown, exchange positions front Monday next. The Heat Wave.— The Government have decided to grant free railway passes to sufferers from the excessive heat in the inland districts who are unable ta afford the expense of getting to cooler regions. But in Another Way. —A country visitor paid £274 ss, to witness a circus performances in Wellington the other night. His pocket was picked of a cheque for that amount. Gaol for Preference. —Mary Jane Law-, son, who, a short time back was fined £2O, in default three weeks’ imprisonment for sly-grog selling at Preservation Inlet, has gone to gaol. Music Tuition. —Mr M‘Laughlin started his weekly classes yesterday, when a goodly number of pupils received tffeir first lesson. Those wishing to job) the classes are requested to send in their names as early as possible. Late Jay Gould. —The estate of the late Jay Gould, who died nearlv three years ago, has been appraised at 82,900-,000 dels. The whole of this enormous sum will fall into the bp of his daughter, who was married not long since to the Comte de Gastlelane. Messrs Mills, Dick and have received, from Mr W. T. Smith, local agent, a copy of Me«ars Mills, Dick, and Co’s Otago, Provincial Almanac and Directory for IS9G. This year’s edition contains the usual amount of valuable information so highly appreciated by all classes of the community. An, Unfortunate Case. —It ia.said that the Lady Munro who has been making her appearances in, the Dpnedin Police Court (says the Taieri Advocate) to answer charges of drunkenness is in receipt of an income of £7OO a year. It is but a short time baqk that she became.almost a dlpsomanic. Arrow Borough, Council. —As will be seen in glancing through the report of this body’s proceedings in this issue, the Council intend to sumpons “-right and left :i a*the next Court for the recovery of outstanding rates, which have been in. arrears as far back as 1882. A very large proportion of the defaulters are the “ Heathen Chinese.” In fact some of the Councillors themselves will have to stump up or they will otherwise receive their share of blue paper. Serious Charges, —The People makes the astounding statement that “ certain police officers in different parts of the colony are iu the pay of, or rather levy blackmail of, spielers,” and asserts that the charge amounts to £5 a day. It declares that it has “ the very best authority for drawing attention to serious charges which show that the recent story of police corruption and blackmail in New York is repeating itself in New Zealand.’’ Slightly Perplexed. —“ Woomera ” in the Australasian : —“ An American visitor called at a country house a few days ago, but was told that Mr and Mrs Dash—who. are musical—had gone down to Melbourne to. heqr. “ Messiah ” at the Town Hall. “ Oh, indeed,” said the visitor ; “ I haven’t heard this Miss Ire of yours, but I cal’clate ■she’s a great singer. Have heard this Madame Melba of yours, though. She’s largo beaus and ten in, a pod. ” Heavy Squall. —On Saturday last one ofthe heavy squalls on Lake Wakatipu was the cause of breaking the chain and draggii g.the anchor off the sketch, Mystery, The waves drove her broadside on, to. Boyne’s Jetty, breakipg down the piles ol the jetty, and the bulwarks.of the Mystery to such an extent that she is a complete wreck. Ihe boat was built by the late Mr J. Fraser, for the late Captain John Miller, who for many years traded with her in the wood aud coat line on the lake, and. was purchased by the present owner, Mr A. Boyne, some few: mentis back. The wreck; was the cause of some exas, a larue number or tourists, among whom , were some of the Governor's family witnessed the unusual sight of seeing a boat getting wrecked on the Lake. Worth Knowing, —By the Rating Act of 1895, section 5, it is provided:;—ln every case where (a) any dwelling house or oth-r building remains actually vacant or.uuoecupied for a period of not less than six months in any rating year, whether continuously or not ; and (b) the person rated .in respect thereof gives to the local authority within 14 days after the expiration.of such period notice in writing of the dates on which such house or building became vacant and unoccupied, and on which it.again became occupied, then such , pirson shall be liable to pay only half the amount which would bo payable for the year’s rate . . . and shall be entitled to a refund:” etc. Surely a Record.,— -Perhaps the most extraordinary father who ever lived,(writes a Home paper) was Ivan Wassilief, a Russian, who was presented to. the Czarina some years ago. He was married twice, and was the father of 87 children. Ills first wife comm need with fours, which she had four times in succession, and than had .triplets seven time in succession, and wound up with 16 sets of . twins. His second wife had six sets of twins and two sets of-triplets. Ivan must have exhausted the list of Christian names before the 87 were baptised. No Savee. —A Chinaman in Auckland will probably surprise his friends in the Flowery Land when he tells them of an experience of his in the Land of the Maori and M,oa. He was charged with having unlawfully killed alien pheisant out of season, and said lie shot the bird because it was rooting up his garden. He shot at it, but did not kill it—ouly wounded it. The Magistrate told the almond eyed Son of the Moon that ho was .liable to a fine not exceeding £2O for shooting a hen pheasant.. He was fined £5, and costs £ls? 6d. He Held Him. —Ajiropas of the Gore races, a good thing happened on Friday last, writes the correspondent of the Waimea Plains Review. One of the jocks who considers he knows a thing, or two,, and is generally considered to be in the.front rank of the “Ay P“ s hj ” felt aggrieved at the amount of tb? fine Inflicted upon him, and challenged one of the stewards on the unfairness of the fine, asserting it was impossible to hold thc horse so . hard-mputhcd was he. The steward pooh-poohed this and loyal-like stood by the decision of his costewards. One word brought another, until a challenge to ride the horse was accepted by the horologist steward. |ln a few minutes q.iite a crowd collected near, the town dull, and the steward mounted amidst tlie.laughs and a few jeers of the “ fly push.” The laugh was turned on the “ Glenkenichrepg.,” a,ud they admitted the steward knew more about riding than they gave him credit for. The fine of £5 will be paid, as the less said about the hard-mouthed J.H. the better. Bank; Competition. —Kamara is threatened with being reduced to the tender mercies of one bank. The Lyttelton Times correspondent writes i—There are two at present—the New Zealand and the New South Wales. The latter will close at the end of the month, under arrangements with the New Zealand, who close their office at Am- , herley, in North Canterbury, Atone time it was good for us to have several banks, the cost, petition between them beingof service to the customers, especially those who rejoiced in overdrafts. In these degenerate days we don’t much care. Overdrafts are becoming a memory of the past, deposit ra„cs arc fixed with sqch cast iron bounds that an additional J per cent cannot bo squeezed out whilst the unholy compact even extends to gold-buying, and bjack sand has ceased to possess a commercial value. At the same time, although a bank, more or less, makes but little difference, I am told that the National has some thought of occupying the Kumara pastures. It is not to open an office but may try to, buy gold, through some of : the storekeepers, PEOPLE WHO KNOW The merits of Wolfe’s Schnapps are re- ! quested to assist the proprietors and others to stamp its the vile imitations. Destroy empty bottles.

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