The Southland Times.

Southland Times, Issue 3324, 14 February 1879, Page 2

The Southland Times.

1 : : l Z tV FRII)AY7 FEBRUARY 14. ;. ::'•:'.;;-■: .\'\W'..'Z> ■•'-'%'. p : ..j.*-"- As :A«AV<- rf ■.'--..* : -.-8i?: ?.•/:; •>". :; T^TT :^-''' : ' f T i :T' ; 'TT : "^;''^^ a> : "-7 » :Tr'.-__.!s' ?/ g6]C^ setrdo^'f or hearing ■ I .drunkenness, .Which were ; id^alt .with Tusuial manner; T^. 7Za,> 7"Ar7Z -^7 : Ai7. r A.7c--TThe Fibe at WboDENI>.T-With reference to the f_re'a£M*r Murdqch/s' ; ;pn < the , Bluff road, we are inf ormed that an .inquest ' wUI be held bri Monday fhext'at'the scene -of : the fire. . „ A^yAA '■:..■; TMb ConyebsT- - WeThear, on' exceUent authority- that-rMr. TConyers has'vso far recovered as tp^be in a cphditipntq be removed to -his home -'at Christchui-ch^i'jHe was out twice yestej-day^ and was to leave for. Christchurch by^speclai ; ti-am; at 6 o'clock this mbrmngJTTT TT ':. :J T- : ';' v.-'TT,^' T' ' "'' T Cases; bpJTRESPASS.r-TThe R.M.JOourt yesterday, was.'occupied all day. with the.cas.e',ofT Coster v; MclntoshTTa:claiin pf damages for trespass/; There was<aiso. a cross action, the amount of heing involved in the actions between,; the .parties; .;, The. 3 cases. were- not cbncludedriwhenithe^Gpuft rbs^.,-.-Lost.-^A lad Ih'ahiM- : Thomas LOckerby, aged 13;yeiu-s,,'hasbeeni missing since -Saturday morning. -His parents applied to the police, but no traces have' yet' been discovered of his whereSboufeiT 1 tis. supposed' he may have gone tP,see,some friends , at a. distance, though 'he never expressed ah intention- • of doingsp.; Ax-AAAA^AA -'.■.-#/."' AA.-Ali.U-A Found a.Ho^ie.-— The*-bpy Thomas Wilson,^ who appeared before 1 the ' Magistrate a fewflay-s agoias^afneglected child, has found a coh^oftabiehbme. Mrs Murdoch', it appears^ ' 'rather than jpart with the lad, of whom she had had charge tor 12 months,, consented to adopt i_in> Little Tom has therefore found, abetter home. than; he would have obtained'at the Industrial' School. ' ;. "' [: ' -T The MAILT-The San Francisco mail , wasr delivered.. f;atTAuckland,/ by the steamer' Australia yesterday, morning. A badly com r . piled summary, of news' was f prwai-ded by. the Press Association's .".special wire last night, and appears: elsewhere. The wire was workJing. from .eight till 'pne ; o'clpck,. and "then.' .the-. ! summary was not completed." ."We certainly' think that.on inward., :mail,..days;' the 'special wire time might be,ex'terided by , commencing: an hour pr ; two earliCT.TT' T k T-T : ,rTT'- : ;/ , De -STUART.— AU^wUl; regret .withes' an accident ywb'ich; happened to -the, Rev., Dr. Stuart oh; Wednesday^T He had been-official"-irig'afcaimartiag&at Half -Way 'Bush, and was on Ms way-home""%ain:- when the ..horse he waariding. sMeduancLthrew.. Mm... .The, accident was' seen fro^ had just J left, to which he was at once carried back, and when he recovered a little from the shock was conveyed home- His -injuries are not very serious, but his medical atteiwlant orders complete rest for "sonfe idays. -. : T t i i}l Maesh's Habvesteb.— The Marsh's "harvesting and binding machine that we men**tionedthe other day was put to a rough trial yesterday in ; a. heavy- paddock of green pats J at 'Appiebyi * It -wais* atrial -'but hPt .' a" fair ■* test of the machine's capabUities, the ground . being exceedingly rough in places, and the ■ horses provided not being used to the work, : ; The machine worked "with marveUous rapidity, and where the ground was at all level, and when the horses puUed steadily, it cut j - evenly and well, and., threw off a capitally { bound sheaf. On '^Monday next' there "Is to "i be a public exhibition' of the machine at -Mr 'l * Kingswell's paddock, Waikiwi. | Wqat WAS MeA&t.— Mr . Kinross writes i asking us to correct an error that "occurred in j printing a motion of thanks, proposed by him at Mr Schneider's meeting. We cannot sub- i titute that gentleman's -recollection of what he said as a correction of our reporter's notes, since the wording is entirely different from that which Mr Kinross actually used on the occasion referred to, but we may publish it as an explanation of what that gentleman meant to say. It is as follows:— " That the meeting thanks Mr Schneider for his address, and considers that every man who tries to make' the people 'take a 'greater interest in poUtical questions is deserving of support." L'ECTtTEE. — Mr Short, the agent for the Australian Mutual Piovident Society, and the well-known, able, and interesting lecturer on" the branch of social science known , as Mutual Life Insurance, is announced to give one of his popular lectures at Sloan's ' new Theatre. Dee-street, on Tuesday evening next. The lecture will take the very pleasing ! foim of '-courtship 'and marriage, 'and happy homes and how to make them," and should attiact a large 'attendance of the fail- sex, for'l it is the ladies who aie particularly interested j in this question of providing against destitution when the winner is called away. ! The lecturer ""wUI- introduce' sdme^staitiing facts relative to the business and stability of the Society. We need hardly say that the lecture will be free. The Diorama. — This exMbition was largely pationised last evening, and those present seemed to thorougMy enjoy themselves. Shows of the kind under notice have to be really good to ** run," as it is professionaUy called, with any degree of success, and the reception accorded to Mr Rainer here and elsewhere may be regarded as the best evidence of the merits of Ms Diorama. At the same time, we do not forget the undoubted attraction presented by the distribution of gifts every night, which, together with the vocal and insti umental -performance, 'imparts to the exMbition something of the variety usually found wanting 'in picture'"entertainments, no matter how intrinsically good they may happen tb be." And whdst speaking of this gift business,, we .think it only just to say that it is carried on with strict fairness. It is we know in any and every sense what it is lepreoented to be,' a legiti&ate "gift" distribution, a fact which unless vouched for on some other authority than that of an ordinary play-bill, might, be doubted, for the very simple reason that, certain unscrupulous shpwmen haye been,, known to wprk the system.unfairly. ] Last evening a^ number of gifts were" distributed, among which, may be enumerated a g°}& W{ U < P 1 > n a l<J rm clock, a workbbx,, andj otjiQv' useful ' "articles! As stated before, the entertainment was also varied by vocal and instrumental effects, which mep with a, laige measure of commendation from the audience, arid generally speaking ,those present "had evej?y r reason to gp, hothe tweU pleased with,. their 'evening's 'amusement, t l 1 y Gross Inhumanity.— A Masterton tele? gram in the WeUington Post of the 6th inst. says : — Yeste.day afternoon Thomas J)_cLennan. had .his and ribs Jractured, also

treea^i'Taueru. He v was forwarded .to the x Masterlon Hospital, but that institution being 1 unfinished* he was sent on to Greytown by 1 Dt^Hoskins, but died on the road. There | appears to have been gross inhumanity shown ' him at Masteiton, from which place he was sent away with lacerated wounds undressed ahdfaiteraUy bleeding to death. '^* * T"*^ ' n \ _•''"' v ' Messrs Curtis ami Harvey, of London, E.C, publish an announcement relative to their gunpowder. jarMfcA. ,A» .Qameron, , of Dunedin, has . "hiß "annual consultation" on the ChriatchurchT Great Autumn Handicap, to be run in April. ' ' '~ Ai meeting of, landholders in. the Hokonui RabWDietricfc wiU be held at 'tfi_. r store of^Mr Peter Hanson, Lumsden, on the 21st inst., to nominate five persons to_eerve as trustees, for the 'ensuing year." "Should" a poll be 1 necelsary, it" will be taken on theOlst March. .~ , The butchers have leduced the price of meat. r • Mr R. P. Anderson, who has taken over the business of MrHerman'Rose, Clyde street, publishes a business announcement elsewhere. Several additions have *been made to our , " wanted " column. &.. • 7 - tf . Messrs Macrorie and Onthberjbßjtm wiU dispose of a number of freehold propertiesjpn the 13th prox. A property in the Toi ToiS^District will also be submitted' to^auction next month by MoArdell and Co. )T and Messrs'D..Reid and Co., Of Dunedin, will offer for sale the Henley estate,' situate,in the, Taieri plain. ,