LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 24, Issue 1227, 3 June 1893, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. Thurlow, jun., St. Bathans, has a. notice, re picking up poisoned rabbits in th : s issue.

Messes Dutiiik, Beos. announce the last week of their great clearing sale in the Drill shed.

Mails for Hamiltons and Sowbnrn will, i for the future, be made up at the local Post Office on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30 p.m #

Me S. J. Evana warns owners of fowls and dogs, &c., that he is poisoning grain on his premises, and will oot be responsible

The San Francisco mail will close at th« Naseby Post Office on Monday, the 12th inst., at 10.30 p.m. A notice, which will interest shareholders in the Croesus Consolidated Q. M. Company (limited), in liquidation, appears in another column.

The Premier has been received with great enthusiasm all along the line of his West Coast tour. At Reefton the band played " See the Conquering Hero Comes." The committee of the Naseby District School desire us to acknowledge, with thanks, the annual donation of a load of ooal from Mr Scobie Mackenzie, M.H.R.

On Monday, 29th May, before Mr E. Basrson, clerk to the District Court, George Herbert Brent, late bank manager at St. Bathans, was adjudicated a bankrupt on a creditor's petition. WBhave seen in the store of Mr James Rrown fonr turnips, of the purple top class, the total weight of which is exactly lewt. The turnips were grown on the farm of Mr H. M'Cloy, Gimmerburn. Me Robert Inder, auctioneer, submitted the Union Hotel, together with the household furniture, &c,, therein, also the sectionupon which the hotel i 8 buflt, to pub lie one tion, at Hamiltons, on Tuesday la*;. There was a good attendance, bnt, as the offer did not reach the reserve of the vendor, bo sale was effected.

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

We learn from Mr Murray, the manager, of the Government Head-race, that lh« " upper portion of the race is now being' cleaned out and repaired as speedily mhe ~-i can get men to do the work. _ The first 10 miles from Johnstone's Creek is new nearly - completed.

At the regular meeting of the Masonio Lodge, held last eveuing (Wednesday, 31at ' - nit), Mr W. Ball was elected Worshipful Master for the ensning 12 months, Mr Richard Lawer was elected treasurer, and Mr R. Hosie, tyler. It was also decided to hold the unnual soiree in the first week in July.

Captain - Rhsskix addressed a meeting of 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 Now Zealand owned over 200,000 acres each, he said that the returns showed that not one person owned as much as 100,000 acres. Certain companies might own such areas, but ho could not find that it was so from tho returns ; and if so, these companies represented thousands of shareholders. Caplain Russell icccivcd a vote of thanks and confidence.

We bfcve been requested by the Committee bf th«) Athenseum to tendei- their sincere thankjs to the Naseby Dramatic and Musical for the vetr.y valuable assistance rehthe institution by tne entertainment raHptly given by them —" Lady Dudley's Seftfet."

A't a special meeting of the Nnseby Botongh Council, held last night, the 31st" nit.,.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 £ for 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. Bathans, which, appeared in oßr issue of thfe 20th ult. In the resulntipns dealing with occupation licenses the 13th &Sd 14th lines of'No 2 should read '• for any reason, other than would prevent a licensed holding " &c., " being granted," arid not " for any other reason that would pre▼enta licensed liuldiri? " &c " beings^ranted." We would again .remind our readers that the Marian Willis Dramatic Company open at the XoWii Hall to-night with the famous comedy dfeina " Erma,' which we understand is exceedingly well put upon the stage by the company arvd as equally well played by them. We anticipate a bumper house. , The company wilt, appear in the sensational piece, " Madam Midas " to morrow evening; by Mr Hume, formerly bf Liunediri, and oti Saturday," Woman, agaiiist the World " ■will occupy the boardi A meeting of the Hospital Committee was held on Tuesday evening last, whea correspondence was read complaining of conduct ol the matron of the Hospital, aiso, the doctor's report. The wardsman also ■wrote asking the committee to define his duty m regard to cases of parents of children remaining iiv 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 Executive Committee next Monday evening. Edward a well-known coach'driver was killed last Friday, the 26th ult., at Porter's Pass, nine miles from Springfield, and _49 from Christehiireh. Holmes was •driving the second coach, and had no passengers. ...The horse 3 took fright when at the bottom of the pass and bolted, Holmes being jerked. oE.. 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 3lved in Hold tiki.

We have received from the Government Printer "Thelndex to Principal Resolutions Passed by, and Motions Negatived, Withdrawn, and-Lapsed, in the House of Representatives from ISo-i to 1592." This little work has been, compiled by H. Otterson, Clerk Assistant, House of Representatives, «nd most have entailed a vast amount of •labour on his part. It will doubtless prove "very useful "to members of the House who m&y wish to refer to any particular motion or resolution, as the page of the "Journals of the House" for the year in which the notion was 1, dealt with is given as well as "What was the. fate ol sack resolution or "motion. . . .

A STACK of straw and a quantity of chaff, to Mr P. M'Cluskey, of Pigburn, ■was burned on the evening of Saturday last, «bout 6.30. Mr M'Cluskey had had the threshing mill at his farm on the ISth 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 tinder, where the elevator had been jdaced", fend-as there, had beea nobody near the stacks ■from the 19th, Mr M'Cluskey has no doubt fchat matches- must feave 2>een dropped bv 'some of the-mill workers, and that they were •fifed by vermon. The straw and chaff were Uninsured, and Mr M'Cluskey estimates their 'Value at r £2o.

A "RATHER, 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 datghter (Miss Beatrice Hore), driving a young hotse in the buggy. The animal was "very restive, and, soon after starting, set off at .a -gallop, and "when crossing a waiercharmel in the road, opposite MrM'Latchy's Mr Hore was thrown out. 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 imiuediatelv turned.round and went to meet her father, ■who had BEceiveda. severely sprsined-ankle, besides being ba£ly cut and bruised about the headend face. Since tfee accident Mr Hore has'ieen confined to his Toom, but is progpesaßtg' favesvrabiy towards recovery.

The Taieri Advocate says :—"We notice that the. Dfuneilin correspondents of various ■country papers nearly all insinuate that there isjyeat doubt as to who will be the Goveptiment£andidate3 for the Dunedin seat, and some of them think that Mr Hutchison "will be "propped.'" We have not the slightest doabt on the matter. The candidates on tho Government ticket will be Messrs Pinkerfon, Hutchison, andEarushaw. •Of course, there may be other candidates in the Government interest, but they will, as the saying has it, he " on their own hook." The same.pa per gives the names of Messrs Birron, Samson, Lee Smith, and Arthur Morrisofl,.(who ia.a working collier at Green Xsland) as probable candidates for the CaverMr Larnach for Wakatipu, and Mr A: J".'Millar for Port Chalmers. "On Thursday evening, the 25th ult., at Lower Kyeburn, a number of the local residents were kindly invited by Mrs Maisey to meet Miss Annett, who leaves Kyeburn to take chaise of the Luggate school, near CromwdL, and a very enjoyable eveniog was spent. .Sdue good songs and instrumental music were.supplied by Miss Harris, Messrs Duckworth and Baldwin, and others. After some excellent refreshments were served r6und, Mr C. Iv. 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 \ears. Mr John Annett, in responding on behalf of bis sister,-thanked the ladies and gentlemen who had so kindly contributed towards the testimonial. At the conclusion of a very pleasant evening'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 'Toman's Franehisequestion, and this is, according to it, the latest phase of t&e question m • Dunedin There is a movement' on foot which may have & considerable effect upon the result of the elections. Amongst the male portion of the electors there appears to be a considerable feeling aeainst woman's suffrage. A great Jlanv men feel very keenly upon the subject and they are quietly forming a league, their lx>nd : of anion being a pledge that they will not vote far any man who supports woman suffrage. - There can be no doubt whatever that the vast, majority of men are \ utterly oppesed to the woman's Tights craze, and a .league such as we have mentioned must <hav»e gneat cnSuence in deciding the result of an election. One of the organisers of the movement informs us that Messrs Pinkerton, Slntehison, and Eanashaw will probably be interviewed upon this question ■and asked "II they will agree to a proposition that the whole questiou of woman suffrage be tdlowed to st&nd over until the countiy has given its voice upon -what is admittedly a vast constitutional question. "The prime •movers in the matter are enthusiastic Liberals, but they maintain X'hat woman .suffrage is no part of the Liberal programme.