LOCAL & GENERAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 1106, 12 February 1891, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

duriS haS LL\ e \ne!r me]y Warm yeai ythe hottest es Pe«eucedfor the p^t fu ntt ; ,e s ir '. about tli ee years of age the daughter of Mr. Strode, Kyeburn, died this morning. The little thing was staying y. itu her grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. 1 larsli.i), and was apparently quite well on luesday morning. l) U ring the day she became ill auu was pat to bed, passing away, as already stated, this morning. The cause of death is said to have been sunstroke. Messrs. Retd, Maclean and Co. will sell at Dunedin on Saturday that - fine farming property lately occupied by Mr. P. M'<_laskey, Eweburn. The risco tnail will leave Nasebv on Tuesday, 24th inst., at 8 a.m. The S.S. Touganro will leave Wellington on Feb. 19, and- R.M.S.Afowa on March sth from Lyttelton. Tongariro's correspondence to be specially addressed. Sergeant Conn* was not allowed t-o stay long with us. He left the other day for Lawrence, and will he succeeded here by sergeant Green, of that town. Constable Bullen is also under orders to leave Naseby. A very large number of young people left Aaseby this morning bound for Taieri River, where the annual bachelors' picnic is to be held, ine number will doubtless be greatly increased on their arrival by representatives of the surrounding districts, and as the weather is perfect for picnicking, the affair should prove as successful as in former years. A dance takes place st the Masonic Hall this eveuing. Mr. John Law, Gimmerbnrn, notifies tha he has 350 fat sheep for sale. Tenders are invited by the copnty engineer in this issue for several contracts, lenders are to be lodged not later than Wednesday, March 4th, at eight o'clock. Mr. James Hore. of Ida Vale Farm, has determined to let that property for a term of seve.i years, having resolved to leave the district. The farm consists of very good laud, and tiie improvements are complete and substantial. Tenders are to be lodged by February 27th. As will be seen elsewhere, the property of Mr. J. T. B. Hickson is to be sold by public auction on Thursday, Febraary 26th. The sale will be a very extensive one, and will comprise a number of valuable articles. Mr. Hickson having resolved to leave the district, the goods are for absolute sale. The sale of Mr. R. L. Clements' household furniture is announced for Saturday, February 14th. A vkky important sale of mining property is to be held at Blacks on March 4th, when 24 shares in the Undaunted W.R. G.M, Company, Tinkers.' and fivtf shares in the" Scandinauian Co. St. Batbaus, will be As both these companies possess undoubtedly valuable properties, there probably be spirited competition for the shares. The competition for the medal presented to the Naseby Rifles by Mr. R. Nicol wilf bake place uext Thursday, commencing at 3 p.m. The conditions are:—2l shots at 200 yards; N.Z. Rifie Association's target; two matches. Twosigh ting shots will beallowed, the ammunition for the same being provided by the company. The range will be open J till half-past five. Mr. Logan, telegraph inspector,, visited the district the other day for the purpose of estimating the cost of extending the telephone to Gimmerbura. The Defence Department has written to l Lieutenaut Colonel Sumpter, asking for in- ' formation regarding the site, etc., for the Easter Encampment. On the report sent to headquarters by Lieutenant Colonel Sampler will depend the locality ot the encampment.. At the conclusion of last parade the officers, called together by Lieut.-Colonel Sumpter, met to discuss the subject, and it was unanimously decided to suggest that the encampment be held several miles from town, and also away from a railway station, so that the timeof the men might be more wholly devoted ■ to carrying out their military duties. The following are the liabilities and assets in the estate of Silas Hore, of Naseby, storekeeper : Liabilities—Satgood, Son, and Ewen, L 10 0; R. Wilson and Co., L 100; Liggins and Gibson, LSO; Colonial Bank, • LSO; A. Bruce and Co., LIS ; W. G. Neill and Co., L 25 ; M. Jones and Co., L4O; Butter worth Bros.. L 25 ; P. Hay man and Co., L2O; R. Hudson and Co., L 4 ; N.Z. Drug Co., L 7 10s. ; Mills, Dick and Co., L 4; W. Gregg and Co., L4O ; N.Z. Hardware Co., LSO; Nelson, Moate, and Co., Ll2 10s. ; Irvine, Stevenson, and Co., L2O; W. Guthlie and Co., L3O ; Kiugsland and Co., H 8 ; Mount Ida Water Race Co., L 7 ; Jas. MitI chell, L(j3 ; John Moore, 150; Mark Roberts, L2O ; Maniototo Flour ilill C 0.,. L 23 ; Jas. Dawson, L 7 13s. 6d. ; Mr. Ida Chronici.E, L 5 ; Naseby Town Council, L 6 ; Nenthorn Public Battery, L 35 ; total, LS4O 13s. 6d. Assets—Book debts, L4lO ; Cash in R. Wilson and Co.'s hands on account of creditors, L4O ; stock-in-trade, L7O ; farniture, L 2 5; surplus from security held by Bank of New South Wales, LlO7 4s. lid. ; three caws, L 6 15s. ; 8 acres of Crown lands, Lls : store and part of section at Nenthorn, Ll2O. Total, LS33 19s. lid. Deficiency— LG 13s. 7d. At a meeting of parents of the children attending the Macandrcw Road School, South Dunedin, it was decided to decline to provide children -with Whitcombe and Tombs' school books, and a deputation was appointed to wait on the Education Board in reference to the matter. It was also decided that if the children brought home these books they should be taken from them. Mr. • Earnsliaw, M.H.R., who was present, said that when the education question came up he would try to force the Government to provide uniform school books free of charge. —The Hon W. P. Reeves, Minister of Education, has opened a correspondence with the Education Board on the subject. The Minister for Defence has approved of the new undress unifotm for volunteers. The color is brown and the material similar to the Kharkee. Wancanui is only a small town, bntithas earned a good deal of distinction. Three times it has been represented by the Premier of the colony—first by Sir William Fox, then by Sir Julius Vogel, and now by Mr. Ballmce." Four times it has produced the champion rifie shot of the colony—Lieut. Owen : in 1863, Private Churtoa in 1884, Sergeant Remmington in 18S6, and Private Kruse in 1891. Says the American Exporter New Zealand—the magnificent island continent, as we may call it—has always been a favourite theme of ours, not only lor its great trade • possibilities, but for its progressive inhabitants, whom we long ago designated as the yaukees of Australasia, coming nearer to tho American people, in business, dash, national i ambition, aud general goaheaditiveness. We - have noticed, also, that every American Consul who is appointed to this mission I seems imbued with the same spirit, and writes with more enthusiasm that his cooflicials in other quarters of the globe. The following is from the " War Cry " : " It is well known that the Salvation Army believes in pressing into the service every kind of musical instrument. Tho latest is a musical frying-pan, the property of Ah Moy, a converted Chinaman, in Warracknal beal, Australia. Oh, what must it be to be • there !"

The secretary of the N.Z. GurlingProvince (Mr. H. Wilson) received by last mail from the Royal Caledonian Curling Clul) oue district and two local silver medals for competition l>y the various clubs Bext season. The Hon. J. G. Ward stated, at the informaLreception accorded to him at Livercargill the other day, that two members of the Government, the Hon. Messrs. IvpKenzie and Seddon, would soon visit the south. The Premier had many important and pressing demands upon his sinie, but lie too might be expected a little later od, as he was anxious to visit all the important centres in the colony. The correspondent of the " Taieri Advocate states that there was considerable laughter in Wellington over the case of certain gentlemen of the Upper House who arrived " a day too late for the fair." They reached the seat of-. Government after the prorogation, and have actually been endeavouring to secure their honorarium for the session. At a meeting of representative Freethinkers, held on Thursday night, Sir Robert Stoat presiding, the following resolution was passed :—"That this meeting of representative Free thinkers of Dunedin and suburbs, ha ving heard of the death of Charles Bradlaugh, desires to express its sorrow at the news, its affectionate sympathy with his daughter at her sad bereavement, and its deep regret at the irreparable loss the Free thought and Radical parties have sustained in the deatli •of such an able and noble advocate." The chairman.requested to forward the . resolution to the National Reformer of England, and to Mrs. Besant. The Solvation AVmy publishes twenty-six editions of tfce " War Cry " simultaneously, with a-total circulation of 31,000,000 annually for the different natioualities. An Austrian physician, Dr. Terc, who seems to have made extended experiments for a number of years, asserts that a person stung by bees acquires thereby a relative immunity from the consequences of subsequent stings ; in other words, that the virus of the bee sting acts like a vaccinal inr.ocuhi.tion against its own paison. The immunity lasts six months, sometimes less, prob-.ibly according to the number of stings inflicted on a person. ' Persons suffering from acute rheumatism require a large number of bee stiugs to feel the usual effect of the poison, but as ■anon as by innoculation of a sufficient •amount of virus they have acquired immunity against its effect, they will—as long as this immunity lasts—be free from rheumatic attacks.

From an American paper we ("English Mechanic") learn that Mr. Edison, when askecl whether he thought the present style of telegraphy would soon be done away with, replied, yes, but not until old-timers have disappeared. The operators now have a deep-seated prejudice against any invention rtfaat will simplify telegraphy. But some of ; ihcijiwfitions have already been made, and it is only a question of time when a man can rush into a telegraph office, scratch off a note to his wife in Chicago, and the exact ■duplicate of his note will be delivered over the wire to his'wife. This will .not be-all by any means, but maps, newspaper .pictures) will -be transmitted promptly by "wire. These new inventions will be for the coming generation to see in' practical use. While thcme-nory is green of one of the 'deepest thinkers of the nineteenth eeutury, 'Cardinal Newman, a little dramatic story in connection with his name may interest some rreaders. It was before the days of his elevation :to the .rank of Prince of his church. He was travelling from Edgbaston to some station along the line. He was seated in-a 'third-class carriage, when a poor old Irishwoman took her seat in the train opposite to 'Newman was not one who ever gave •mnuh thought to his personal appearance, and his black clothes may have had a threadbare and neglected look. His face, worn and thoughtful, evidently suggested poverty and pinching to the warm heart of the.Sister Isle, for, as she was leaving the carriage, she slipped a small coin into his hands, saying—- " Get yourself something to eat, my good (Ran. You look tired and hungry." The -cardinal prized that lowly gift quite as highly as many honours that were afterwards ,j avished on him.

The " Army and Navy Gazette" says : The magazine rifle, of which about 120,000 have been manufactured, has already been considerably improved upon, and new- issues, to be designated officially Mark IT., will possess the following advantages : —l. The magazine will contain ten instead of s°.ven cartidges, the ten lying in two rows of five, lying on top of each other, and coming t'o the action alternately, one from each of the the two rows or files of five. 2. The buttT>late will lie of bras 3 instead of iron, and is without a trap. 3. Oil bottle and pulltroughs are abolished.. 4. The dial and aperture sights are abolished. 5. Safetybolt and safety-bent in the cocking-piece a.-o , done away with. 6. The foresight reverts to the "barley-corn" as in the MartiniHenry, the Major Lewes sight being abandoned so far as the foresight is concerned. 7. A longer sword-bayonet is contemplated. To clean the weapon the soldier is to carry a piece of whipcord in his knapsack. The rifle will be sighted to 1900 yards. The " Daily Times " of Saturday says : The news of the death of Mr. James ClarkBrown, for many years M.H.R. forTuapeka, will come as a surprise to all but the intimate friends of that gentleman, for the latter only were aware of the gravity of his condition during the last few days. Mr, Brown was born in 1830, and for over 20 years was a prominent lignre in New Zealand politics. He was first elected a member of the House of Representatives in 1869, when he was returned without opposition forßruce, and he held his seat uninterruptedly as member for that constituency and for Tuapeka, with which his name was most closely identified until the general election of last year, when he was defeated by Mr. "Valentine in the contest for the representation of the extended. Tuapeka district. Though he did not frequently speak in Parliament, he was one of the most successful members for bis district that the colony has known ; and even when politically opposed to the party in power, he generally succeeded in getting the wants of his constituency satisfied. During the last few years Mr. Brown was much worried in various ways, and, at the commencement of the election campaign, was confined to his bed for some weeks with a serious illness, through which his wife, with unwearied devotion, «nccessfully nursed him. Though still weak tlic deceased gentleman exhibited a great deal of energy during the contest, and addressed a large number of meetings. Last month, however, his health a"ain gave way, and it was in the hope that tho sea air might benefit hiin that he cime down, with Mrs. Brown, from Lawrence to St. Clair. This week his illness assumed a critical form. On Thursday he seemed to rally, but he was unconscious the whole of yesterday, nnd passed quietly away in the evening. Ho leaves a widow but no family.

jlit, Hodgson, lheNclson Sclioollnspectar, says 'The system of examining for individual passes is vicious in the extreme, and productive of disastrous, results. It Eels up n paradise of dunces, on whom is now best ■wed— I with little p ofit —the inordinate attention formerly paid to clever children.

A late cablegram says:— Mr. TarnoU claims the right to . the -rioirination of a majority of the candidates in Ireland at the general election.—Over 50 of the followers of Air. Gladstone who are dissatisfied with Mr. Pnrnell fear that the latter's retirement is a subterfuge, and will be only temporary.