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Southland Times, Issue 12459, 24 November 1892, Page 2

Cablegrams. — The German Emperor gives the usual reason for increasing the army. The charge against the Panama Canal directors could have been brought against directorates in these colonies hundreds of times. One of the Pan-Britannic Committee has a poor conception of the spirit of colonists. The Kanaka labour trade is now open in Queensland, and under watchful public scrutiny is being satisfactorily conducted. The French have got Abomey : they have a knack of acquiring useless places. There is to be no " scuttle " out of Uganda: the Gladstonian "let go the painter " was not palatable. A Port Melbourne bank accountant has left his accounts unbalanced. Some pretty accusations are made against French politicians. North Ixvercargill. — Messrs Couling and JRiddell were yesterday nominated for the mayoralty. Invkrcargill Mayoralty. — The nomination of candidates for this office takes place at the Council Hall at noon to-day. The N.Z. and A. S.S. Company.— An approximate time-table for the Christmas excursions in connection with the steamers Wartimoo and Miowera are announced in another column. The Minister of Lands. — The Hon. J. McKenzie arrived from Dunedin by the expresa yesterday, and will meet the Land Board to-day on matters connected with his department in Southland. Ocean Beach Freezing Works. — Mr J. G. Ward has purchased the wrecked Elginshire's refrigerating machinery and electric light plant for the Ocean Beach Freezing Works. The refrigerator is the largest machine in the colony, and is in perfect order, as it escaped being touched with water. Preparations have been made for the immediate erection of the plant, and when finished about the beginning of January the works will be capable of dealing with up to 2500 carcases of mutton a. day. The electric plant is a very complete one of 250 lights, including three arc lights. Mr Ward evidently means that the Ocean Beach works shall be second to none in the colony. Nightcaps. — The erection of a Wesleyan Church for Nightcaps is proceeding rapidly, the frame- work being now completed. This building is the outcome of the refusal of the school committee to grant the use of the school without charge for religious services. The committee's action was considered by many to be very selfish, and as several of the leading religionists promised support, subscription lists were issued and sufficient money was collected to warrant the commencement of the work. Mr Guttrey, who is assisted occasionally and gratJ3 by several residents, is the builder, and it is hoped that the church will be completed early in the new year. — Own correspondent. A Minister on Temperance. — The Presbyterian General Assembly now sitting in Melbourne has bee.n discussing the. temperance question. The debate was only noticeable for the refreshing plain-speaking of the Rev. P. J. Murdoch on total abstinence. He did not think it rational to suppose that a whole nation could be made total abstainers. Doubtless total abstinence societies had done a great deal of good, but looking at the increasiucr drink bill, it could not be said that they had coped with the evil. They did a great deal of good and a great deal of harm. Personally he always avoided total abstinence speeches made by total abstinence orators,. They alvyays contained so n^uch un : charity towards temperate men, and of unedifying allusions to other branohes of Christian work, that they set him against total abstinence more than anything else he knew of. More ministers would be total abstainers if the total abstinence societies connected with the churches were more temperate in their expressions. Winton. — The meeting of the Council on the 18th inst. was attended by the Mayor and all the councillors. The Mayor intimated that the agreement between the Council and Messrs Pearce and Knight had been completed aiid returned tq tlje solicitors ; also that the bajunce sheet for the six months ending 30th September had been certified by the Auditor General. The Engineer waa requested to lay off a footpath on the main North road in front of blocks 22 and 23. Accounts amounting to L 79 19s 2d were passed for payment.— 'The hours of worship in the Presbyterian Church have been altered from the afternoon to the forenooD and evening. Forest Hill, Springhill, and Hokonui have been .nade a church extension charge, and Mr Mackie a divinity student, has been placed in charge of it. — Shearing has commenced, and I have noticed a few bales coming to the station. — Own 6c<rres^ou4eht ?

I Marriage, Elopement, and Suicide.— A remarkable story was recounted to a Gloucestershire coroner recently. The body of Rosina Smith, 27, was found in the river Frome. Deceased had been engaged to a sailor, and, disappointed at his not returning as expected after a long voyage, she married a former lover. A fortnight after her marriage the sailor returned, and she eloped with him, but, repenting of this, she returned home and committed suicide. Terribly Bad Whisky. — The sea-serpent has again been seen a few miles off the Aberdeenshire coast. The crew of the fishingboat Harbinger, P. D. 120, state that while lying at anchor an extraordinary looking monster, with a neck like a giraffe, a long dark mane, a skin spotted like fancy linoleum, suddenly rose over the gunwale and placed one foot at the prow and the other near the stern of the Harbinger. The boat listed over nearly three feet, to the horror of the crew, one of whom ran up the mast, and the others dropped into the hold. The creature remained in sight for a quarter of an hour, so that ample time was afforded to thr fishermen to recover their wits, and take stock of the visitor, which they further described as having ears of extraordinary dimensions, teeth like a marble Btaircase, and jaws when open sufficiently wide to stow away an omnibus. Sailinu Race.— The first race for Mr Roope's trophy took place on the Estuary yesterday afternoon, and attracted a large number of holiday-makers. Punctually at 3.30 p.m. Hamilton's Ariel was despatched, and was followed by six other boats in the following order : — Francis' Plucky and Lambeth's Madge, 3.314 : Hatch's Iris, 3.33.^ ; Pascoe's Star of the South, 3.34 i ; W. Searle'a Irene and Craig's Wanderer, 3.39. A most interesting contest for supremacy resulted. The wind was rather light at first, but gradually freshened till there was a good breeze on. Owing to different causes, three of the boats dropped out at various stages. Three of the four that sailed the race out came home in a cluster, so to speak, thus leaving the -Issue in doubt to the very last moment. The Wanderer proved the victor, the finishing time being : Wanderer, 6.15 p.m. ; Star of the South, 6.15.£; Iris, 6.16^. Messrs Watson and McLean acted as judges, Mr J. R. Richards as starter, Mr A. M. Stack as time-keeper, and Mr A. Cross as umpire. Five more races have to take place before the trophy passes out of the possession of the Clvb — one to be held every month. During the afternoon Mr Hay's steam launch Ontario made two excursions down the river as far as Bushy Point, and was well patronised each time. Committed for Trial. — At the Police Court, Wyndham, yesterday, before Messrs J. Forsyth and J. Anderson, J. P. 's, Henry Budd was charged on remand with having stolen a gold watch of the value of L2O the property of James Telford under circumstances previously reported Detective Maddern conducted the prosecution and Mr Macalister appeared for the accused. Evidence was given for the prosecution by .las. Telford, Robert M. McKay, Geo. Sew Foo, T. Golden, and Constable Bogue. Sew Foo deposed that wheu he bought the watch from the accused on the Christchurch racecourse he represented that it had been given him by his father. He (the witness) subsequently tried to pawn the watch, and was then taken to the police station in Christchurch, but as it was ascertained that he could not have been at Wyndham when the watch was stolen he was set free. He afterwards saw Mr Golden, of Pine Bush, in Christchurch, and asked ..him for the name of the man he (witness) had been talking to on the racecourse. He told him, and this led to the arrest of the accused. — Constable Bogue deposed that when the accused was arrested he stated that he had bought the watch for LI from a man on the Christchurch racecourse. He did nob know his name, but could identify him. Just before the court opened the accused had made a further statement to the effect that he might as well tell the truth about the matter — that he had picked the watch up amongst the straw in the shed. — No evidence was called for the defence, but Mr Macalister contended that there was no criminal intent shown, which was necessary to sustain the charge of larceny. — The Bench thought a prima facie case had been made out, and accused was committed for trial at next sittings of the Supreme Court at Invercargill ; bail being accepted, accused in L4O and two sureties of L2oeach, Juat opened a shipment of Floorcloths, Carpets and Rugs at Thomsos <fc Beattii's, all direct from the makers and all Al value. WESTERN AUSTRALIA— BuiIding to aliments for sale in Perth ani Albany— the prin- 1 cipal cites—f rom £5 ; guaranteed land. Terms — Deposit, £l ', and balance 10s monthly Purchase™ need not improve or rsside on the land. Plans and particala s forwarded on. application. The Westarn Au<tralian Lands Agency, Octagon Baildinga, Dnnedin. His Maiden Speech— Way it please your Honorr : Thii is a stupendous question. Its dcoi-ion by yon this day will live in judicial history long after yo < and I shall have passed from thia 'ccne of earthly glory and snblnnary vanity. When the Tower of Pisa shall be forgotten, when Waterloo and Borodino shall grow dim in the distant cycles of receding centuries, when the names of " Mathieson," " Napolron," and " Marlboroush " are no longer remembered, when the Pyramids of the Pharaohs, when tven the buggies made by the AMERICAN CARRIAGE FACTORY shall hive ennobled iato dust— even then yons ruling «r all still survive, fresh, green and itrs perishable — The ca?e, your Honour, concern he cost of two new nils and an umbrella. What Whisky do you drtnk ? Bmws -Grown of course. Why ? Bicwse it is cknowledgtd to be snporior to all other rands.