LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 24, Issue 1227, 1 June 1893, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mb W. Thuelow, jun., St. Bathans, has a notice, re picking up poisoned rabbits in this issue.

Messes Duthie, Bbos. announce the last week of their great clearing sale in the Drill •shed.

MATES Sot Hamiltons and Sowburn will, for the future, be made up at the local Post Office on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30 p.m.

Mb S. J. Evan3 warns owners of fowls and dogs, &c, that lie is poisoning grain ou Jus premises, and will not be responsible. We have received a letter from Mr J Law, 'Gimmerburn, on the Rev. Mr Smith's sermon, which, will appear in Saturday's issue. A NOTICE, which will interest shareholders in the Croesus Consolidated Q.M. Company in liquidation, appears in another column. Dse Premier has been received with great J enthusiasm all along the line of his West Coast tour. At Reefton the "band played " See the Conquering Hero Comes." The -committee ©I the Xaseby District School desire ns to acknowledge, with thanks, the annual donation of a load of coal from Mr Scobie Mackenzie, M.H.R.' Ox- Monday, 29th May, before Mr E. Rawson, clerk to the District Court, George Herbert Brent, late bank manager at St. ISathans, was adjudicated a bankrupt ou a creditor's petition. We have seen in the 'store of Mr James Rrown four turnips, of the purple top class, the total weight of Trhicb. is exactly lewt. The turnips were grown on the farm of Mr H. M'Cloy, Gimmerbum. Mb Robert Ikdeb, auctioneer, submitted the Union Hotel, together with the household furniture, &c., therein, also the section npon which the hotel is built, to public auction, at Hamiltons, on Tuesday last. There was a good attendance, but, as the offer did not reach the reserve of the vendor, no sale was effected.

The Natives, considering that in a pension from the Government Tawhaio had seriously comprised his position as head of the Maoris, have raised the amount of the pension (£56 6s) by subscription, and that •sum has been sent back to the Hon. Mr Cadman.

We learn from Mr Murray, the manager of the Government Head-race, that the apper portion of the race is now being ■cleaned out and repaired as speedily as he ■can get men to do the work. The first 10 miles from Johnstone's Creek is now nearly completed.

At the regular meeting of the Masonic Lodge, held last evening (Wednesday, 31st Z. J ult), Mr W. Ball was elected Worshipful Master for the ensuing 12 months, Mr Richard Lawer was elected treasurer, and Mr R. Hosie, tyler. It was also decided to hold the annual soiree in the first week in July.

Cai-tai* RrssELi, addressed a meeting o* his constituents at Napier on Saturday,"the 27th ult. He subjected the recent speeches of the Premier to severe criticism. Referring to Mr Seddon's statement that 14 persons in New Zealand owned over 200,000 acres ench, he said that the returns showed that not one person owned as much as 100,000 acres. Certain companies might own such areas, but he could not find that it was so from the returns ; and if so, these companies represented thousands of shareholders. Captain Russell received a vota of thanks and confidence.

We have tieen requested by the Committee of the Atheuieuai to tender their sincere thanks to the Kaseby Dramatic and Musical Society for the very valuable assistance rendered the institution by the entertainment recently given by then!—" Lady- Audley's Secret."

At a special meeting of. the Naseby Borough Council, held last night, the 31st ult., an-estimate of the receipts and expenditure for the year" ending 31st March, 1894, was considered, and "the council a ! so decided to strike a rate of 9d in the.£ior the current year, and that a meeting .for the purpose of confirming the rate be held on the 22nd June, 1893, at noon.

Our attention has been drawn to an error that occurred in our report of the "public meeting, held at St. Bathaiis, which appeared in our issue of the 20th ult. In the resolutions dealing with occupation licenses the 13th and 14th lines of No 2 should read" for any reason other than would prevent a licensed holding " &c, "- being granted," and not " for any other reason that would preventa licensed holdinp " &c " being granted." We would again remind bur readers that the Marian Willis Dramatic Company open at the Town Hall to-night with the famous comedy drama " Erma,' which we under-, stand is exceedingly well put upon the stage by the company and as equally well played by them. We anticipate a bumper, house.' The company will appear in the sensational: piece, " Ma lam Mi las " to morrow evening, l by Mr Hume, formerly of Dunedin, and l on Saturday, " Wom-m against the World " will occupy the boards A meeting of the Hospital Committee was held on Tuesday evening last, when correspondence was read complaining of conduct of the matron of the Hospital, also, the doctor's report. The wardsman also wrote asking the committee to define his' duty in regard to cases of parents of children remaining in the institution with their sick children. The whole matter was remitted toacommittee consisting of MessrsM'Carthy, Mitchell, and Hosie, with power -to take evidence, and report to a meeting of the i Executive Committee next Monday evening.

Edward Holmes, a well-known coachdriver was killed last Friday, the 26th ult., at Porter's Pass, nine miles from Springfield, and 49 from Christchurch. Holmes was driving the second coach, and had no passengers. The horses took fright when at the bottom of the pass and bolted, Holmes being jerked off. He is believed to have been killed instantaneously. The front of the carriage was torn off from the coach, but otherwise it was not damaged, and the horses were practically uninjured. Holmes lived in Hokitika.

We have received from the Government Printer " The Index to Principal Resolutions Passed by, and Motions Negatived, Withdrawn, and Lapsed, in the House of Representatives from 1554 to 1592." This little work has been compiled by H. Otterson, Clerk Assistant, House of Representatives, and must have entailed a vast amount of labour on his part. It will doubtless prove very useful to members of the House who may wish to refer to any particular motion or resolution, as the page of the " Journals of the House" for the year in which the rnotioii was dealt with is given as well as what was the fate of such resolution or motion.

A stack of straw and a qnantity of chaff, belonging to Mr P. M'Cluskey, of Pigburn, was burned on the evening of Saturday last, about 6.30. Mr M'Cluskey had had the threshing mill at his farm on the 18th inst. and on the following day he himself gathered up the chaff in heaps, having previously completely extinguished the embers left by the engine fire. While engaged with the chaff he found a tobacco pipe immediately under where the elevator had been placed, and as there had been nobody near the stacks from the 19th, Mr M'Cluskey has no doubt that matches must have been dropped by s irae of the mill workers, and that they were tired by vermon. The straw and chaff were uninsured, and Mr M'Cluskey estimates their value at £2O.

A bathes serious accident, which might have had a worse result, happened to Mr James Hore last Friday evening. He started from Naseby for his farm in company with his daughter (Miss Beatrice Hore), driving a young horse in the buggy. The animal was very restive, and, soon after starting, set off at a gallop, and when crossing a waterchannel in the road, opposite MrM'Latchy's residence, Mr Hore was thrown oat. Miss Hore, with admirable pluck and presence of mind, managed to secure the reins, which were dangling on the ground, and after a four-mile gallop managed to bring the runaway to a standstill. She immediately turned round and went to meet her fatber, who had received a severely sprained ankle, besides being badly cut and bruised about the head and face. Since the accident Mr Hore lias been confined to his room, bub is progressing favourably towards recovery. The Taieri Advocate says :—We notice that the Dunedin correspondents of various country papers nearly all insinuate that there is great doubt as to who wili be the Government candidates for the Dunedin seat, and some of them think that Mr Hutchison will be " dropped." We have not the slightest doubt on the matter. The candidates on the Government ticket will be Messrs Pinkerton, Hutchison, andEarnshaw. Of course, there may be other candidates in the Government interest, but they will, as the saying has it, be "on their own hook."" The same paper gives the names of Messrs. Barron, Samson, Lee Smith, and Arthur Morrison, (who is a working collier at Green; Island) as probable candidates for the Caversham seat; Mr Larnach for Wakatipu, and! Mr A. J. Millar for Port Chalmers.

0> T Thursday evening, the 25th ult., at I Lower Kyeburn, a number of the local residents were kindly invited by Mrs Maisey to meet Miss Annett, who leaves Kyeburn to take charge of the Lnggate school, near Cromwell, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. Some good songs and instrumental music were supplied by Miss Harris, Messrs Duckworth and Baldwin, and others. After some excellent refreshments were served round, Mr C. K. Douglas, in a few wellchosen remarks, presented Miss Annett, on behalf of the residents, with a very handsome gold chain and locket (with a suitable inscription) as a mark of their appreciation of her services during a period of five years. Mr John Annett, in responding on behalf of his sister, thanked the ladies and gentlemen who had so kindly contributed towards the testimonial. At the conclusion of a very pleasant eveaing's enjoyment, all those present shook hands with. Miss Annett, and wished her every success in her new charge.

The Taieri Advocate holds very decided opinions on the Woman's Franchise question, and this is, according to it, the latest phase of the question in Dunftdin :—There is a movement on foot which may have a considerable effect upon the result of the elections. Among3t the male portion of the electors there appears to be a considerable feeling against woman's suffrage. A great j»any men feel very keenly upon the subject and they are quietly forming a league, their bond of union being a pledge that they will not vote for any man who supports woman suffrage. There can be no doubt whatever but that the vast majority of men nro ntterly opposed to the woman's rights craze, and a league such as we have mentioned must have great influence in deciding the result of an election. One of the organisers of the movement informs us that Messrs Pinkerton, Hutchison, and Earnshaw will probably be interviewed upon Uiis, question and asked if they will agree to a proposition that the whole question of woman suffrage be allowed to stand over until the country has given its voice upon what is admittedly a vast constitutional question. The prime movers in the matter are mthusiastio Liberals, but they maintain that woman suffrage is no part of the Liberal programme.