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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8776, 11 March 1897, Page 4

A writer in the -West- Coast Tunes, in complaining of the action of one of the southern constables, asks for an investigation, and aflirms that, if one were granted, the disclosures would quite put in the shade the Auckland polue-Soulh episode.

A meeting of the ratepayers within the Wainono drainage district was held at the County Council Chambers, Wuimate, yesterday afternoon, Mr A. Copeland presiding. The meeting was held for tne purpose of considering a proposal to raise a loan of £3OOO for drainage works. It was unanimously resolved That a loan of £3OOO be raised in terras of the resolution passed at the last nr eting of the Drainage Board,” and the secretary was instructed to take the required poll on the 24th March, Mrs O'Callaghan, of Cardrona, one of the first women on Fox’s rush in the Wakatipu district in 1862, died in the Cromwell hospital the other day. District Judge Kettle is of opinion that the .Legislature ought to pass without delay some law regulating the liability of bush settlers in case of fire, and to place the liability on a more satisfactory footing than at present, ‘•Who owns the land ? —the people; who owns the people ?—the politicians; who owns the politicians ?—the devil,” said Mr Bruce at the Newtown (Wellington,) “social” the other evening, and he slyly added, “ I am not saying that the old gentleman has got a mortgage on Mr Seddon, but if we go very much further along in the direction we are going he will have a narrow squeak.” The Wainono Drainage Board met at the Council chambers, Waimate, yesterday. There were present Messrs Came-

ron (chairman), and Messrs Copeland and Smith. The engineer, Mr Marchant, was also present. Notice was given of the Board’s intention to strike a rate to meet current expenses, of |d in the Ist class', id in the 2nd class, and i-d in the 3rd class, on lands within the district, such rate to be payable oh 30th April next. Two tenders were received for cutting miles of the main drain, and that of James Cartwright, at £3 7s 6d per chain was accepted. The meeting then terminated. As a rule lam opposed to proprietary medicines. Still I value a good one, especially when such is the source of relief from pain. As a topical (external) application I have found Chamberlain’s Pain Balm the best remedy I have ever used for neuralgia of any kind. I have conscientiously recommended it to many persons. William Hokne, M.D., Janesville, Wis. Sold by J. C. Oddie, chemist, Timaru.

In the District Court in Bankruptcy at Wanganui on Tuesday Mr District Judge Kettle gave some instructions to a bankrupt, who said he did not know how to keep a cash book, that may be of some use to other small traders. His Honour said (according to.the Chronicle) that an ordinary traders cash book, property kept, should, in his opinion, contain a full, true, and particular account of the trader’s receipts and expenditure entered up regularly. All moneys, received from whatever source, should be paid into the trader’s bank account, and all disbursements should be made by cheque. If money was required for payment of petty matters such as postage stamps, etc,, a cheque for “petty disbursements” should be drawn, and a “petty cash book” also kept to show how the money was paid away. The principal cash book should show bn the one side the moneys received, amount, f om whom received, on what account, and the date of receipt; and on the other side of the book should be' entered the amounts paid away, to whom, on what account, and the date of payment. This book, if properly kept, should agree with the trader’s bank pass book, and would, in the event of bankruptcy, enable the Official Assignee and. the trader’s creditors (assuming that the. book had been faithfully kept) to see. what money the trader had received;ap(L : how he had disposed of it.

A curious educational difficulty has, arisen in Queensland. At kangaroo Point, one of the suburbs of Brisbane, a lad belonging to a poor family there.was stricken with leprosy, and his removal to a lazarette was ordered. Naturally his mother paid him frequent visits / while he was quarantined. His sister, ; however, continued to attend the State i school, used the same utensils as the ' other scholars, and mixed freely with them. The School Committee, viewing leprosy as a loathsome and communiol * able disease, contended that tMg>s-' should not be admitted to the , 11 and appealed to the Education ' ,uool, ment to confirm their deolgj*-" * Bepartdepartment refused to <*" m. But the request, holding tha* jinply with the been shown to be , leprosy lias not it clear that , contagious, nor was tended to e- ae taint of leprosy exunfoytun' ay other members of this Pl’tye , t te family ; wherefore the decent decided that it was in duty and to see that the education of this girl was not interfered with by reason of the ungrounded fears of the local people. The parents are up in arms against the department, and have withdrawn their children from the school in large numbers. But the department shows no sign of giving way before local popular indignation, which runs very strongly.

A case illustrating the scarceness of cottage accommodation in rural districts is reported from Norfolk. Erpinghara Guardians received an application from a man named Curtis for admission to the workhouse. He had means to pay for accommodation and to support himself; hut had failed to find even a vacant room anywhere in the district. The guardians doubted whether they had power to receive “ a man of means,” and applied to the Local Government for advice. The Board replied that only exceptional circumstances would justify the guardians in acceding to such an application. As a general rule it was not right that people in a position to support themselves should be made paupers, nor was it desirable that the workhouse should be used as a lodging-house. If, however, the guardians were satisfied that the apulieant was, in fact, unable to obtain lodgings where his necessities would be properly provided for, the Board would offer no objection to his being taken in. The man was accordingly admitted. Sander and yon’ Eucalypti Extract—(Advt.j