LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 30, Issue 9186, 13 October 1899, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A TYi-HOOS in Japan killed 50 people. Thkkk labourers were sent from Wainvite | on Wednesday by the Labour Bureau for j thcOlugo Central Railway works. J Tim Premier has announced that the pro : rogation of Parliament will take place on the 21atinst. The Hon. J. G. Ward arrived at Adelaide on Tuesday by the steamer Polynesian, «* route for New Zealand. A merino ram, recently purchased by Mr Jus. Mitchell, of New South Wales, for 400g8, has cut 271b of wool. At a meeting of the Maniototo Jockey Club committee oti Tuesday evening a programme giving s* tikes to the value of £339, was passed. It will be published next issue. A cntAT scandal lias been cause<l in Manchester by revelations in reference, to police accepting bribes from brewers and puliHcaus. Nominations for the office of councillor for South Ward, liorongh of Naseby, will be received on Satuiday, the poll, if necessary, takes place the following Friday. Our readers are reminded of the Presbyterian Church annual social which takes place in'the church ou Monday evening, iGlh October, at 7.30 p in. Mr J. L. Salmond, architect, and Mr Drake, the contractor for the repairs and additions to" the Naseby Hospital, are expected to arrive here to-dav, when preparations for commencing the work will be mode. TIIK Daily Times has the best authority for stalhii! that Sir K. K. Green, of Abbotsford, hdS been appoint/id Inspector of Mines fur Olnpo and Southland, in succession to Mr J. H.iyes, who haj I«m promoted lobe Chief Inspector for the colony. A vorst! man named .lamas Scott, one of the workmen employed in dismantling ihc Maniololo dredge, m-t with a very unpleasant accident on Wednesday mornirg. Wniie using a hammer, a chip rf iron flew off the head and struck him on the eye, pHietratitig-through-the eyelid and into t-iic eyeball. Although the accident was of a very painful nature, and a good deal of difficulty w»s experience-! in removing the fragment, it is -not. anticipated th:it the sight will be affected. Mrs Ashwoith was awarded XUKW da.nages for injuries received in the Rakaiu accident. Her hnslraud received £SOO, the amount of expenses incurred duriuy her illness. The case of Pepper, who claimed £I2OO. was settled out of court for A'7oo. Mrs Stead was awarded I'7o<>. an.l her husband iTXK) as compeii-ati ■■ for eXjKjnses and the h>»« of his wife's »<>ctcly. Hanson was award, d i.4f>o for injuiies received iu tlic aociJeut. Tub Watkala has been wifely landed in Freeman till at. last. She was towed cl. be to jx>rl by the steamer Asloun. but, owing to the ton-line pitting, the t ov.iinnci.i tug Penguin had to bt jog her I e test <,f Hie w.iv. Tl>e vessel driflc-l 4450 miles before being picked up. and when picked up by (lie Asloun the ticiresl pott worf 2(KHI miles nnay. The Waikalo is nearly twice- tbo .size of the Asloun. and the w» U i,f towing tnr w«s therefore a-very, jliflietik task— a task which *»»"< tendettd more difficult pari of the time by very rough i:<4.!*..r. "

A CHKiSTCiirRCH tinii has secured another from the Imperial f'ovMiinient for 30,000 sacks of oats, which will lie shipped at Lyttleton, Timaiu, ami the. P/.uff. Mr G. Lonerg«n cf Kaitawa, Puhitua has fi.r the t n mouths eude-i June 3(Rb, a return of £7 2s 9«1 pir co%v, < r including lyeproducts, £'9 11 3>l per head from his herd of 30 cows. Can a-iy settler beat this ? At Waikaia on Tuesday, 30th inst, a ' constable named. Herlihy was arresting a: man named Early, 'when the latter struck him a heavy blow with a bottle, knocking h'm senseless. According to lnti-st accouiKs Herlihy is in a very.critical c-.-nilition. Ex-Issi'ECTOR Hicks-t n died on Sunday morning, at Auckland, at the age of 64. He came f mm Victoria to join the Canterbury police in 1855, and continued hWconnection -i -with' the Force until 1898, when no" was retired on the recommendation of the Police Commission. * "The repoit of the murder of-missionaries at Tauua tnrrs out to be incorrect. There has been fighting in the island. A native fired at the Rev Frank Pat.m, bnt a native teacher stepped in front of him and received the shot, dying next day. A large warehouse in . Melbourne was entiiely gutted by fire. The damage is estimated "at £50,000. Irsurances amount to £4OIOOO. 'I here was ?cwt of powder in the building, but-it was g< t out before the fire readied the spot. A box of cartridges exploded and for half an hour there was a continuous fusilade.

The Railways Committee declined to make any recommendation in regard to the petition of James H->\» ell, of Waipiata, who 'asked for compensation for the loss of a cuantity of grass caused by the spread of fires lit by the enirloyes on the Otago ■■: Central railway, the matter havirg already been dealt with by the courts of the colouy. On work commencing on the Eweburn Reservoir after the winter, the rate of pay ■.'." was reduced to 3£ per load, being a reduction of £d. The men finding that they could not make wages at this rate, demanded a return to the old prices, refusing to work any longer at the rsduced scale- The overBeer consented to the demand, and the men working at the facp now receive 4d per load and the gravel gang 4£d. Labour Day (Wednesday) was observed as a close holiday in Dunedin. The usual variety of amusements were provided for the pleasure-seekers. The tradei' procession was the chief feature of the occasion. In point of numbers the procession eclipsed those of the past two or three years, but the display of the variouß crafts seems to have fallen off of late years. The annual Labour Day sports were' held in the Caledonianground, and were well patronised, while the Tahuna Park trotting races also attracted a large number. Fob a long lime past considerable annoyance and inconvenience has .been caused to • members of the athemajum by some person or persons carrying away papers from the ..tables in the reacing- room. The lihraian informs us that lately the pilfering has become greater than ever. Ever since the Chronicle has been enlarged one of' the •.--.; sheets has been abstracted every week. Attention has been drawn in these'columns at different times to the meanness of this thieving, but the culprits seem entirely in- , . . diiferent to the claims "f other subscribers oo a perusal of the papers. The committee are determined to make an example of anyone lo whom the charge can be sheeted home, the'libtaiaii hu\ii'g been authorised to place the matter in the hands of the police. - ■,-.■ Mr J. Lundon. manager of the Naseby branch of the Bank of New South Wales, bus received intimation oi his transfer to the North Islam!. This announcement will >" '■• i 'l;«f' received wirh regret not only by the patrons of the bank but by residents generally as during his term here,'extending over a period of l.etween eu/hl and nine years, Mr Lui lion has proved himself not only an efficieut and obliging officer of the bank.bnlhas identified himself with all those social institutions which go so f.ir to enhance the pliasure and well being of a , community A gap will be caused by his departure in the musical circle of Naseby which it will be hard to fill, his cuinic songs having been quite a feature of all concerts. In this phase of the social life of the town will rs Ltmdon's loss also be felt

very keenly, her skill as a pianiste having greatly added to the success of many au V entertainment. Mr Lundon leaves for his new appointment durini! the. first or second week in Xo» einber. His successor will be j\.r Lightfool, of Ophir.