The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1478, 11 March 1886, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Splendid Yield... — Mr Crompton has threshed 23 acres of wheat which has yielded 75 bushels to the acre. Entertainment at Winchester, An entertainment under the auspices of the' -Blue Ribbon Army takes place at Winchester this evening. The Grain Season.—Up to the the 6tb m5t.11,534 sacks of the new season’s grain arrived in Timaru ; 6384 sacks being received by rail, and 5150 sacks by dray. The ’Frisco Mail. —That portion of the San Francisco Mail consigned to this district arrived by special train on Tuesday night at half past 10 o’clock. Held Over. —Pressure on our space compels us (to again hold over our leading article, our report of yesterday’s meeting of the County Council, and other matter. The Weather.—The thermometer on last Tuesday at noon registered 110 in the sun, and yesterday the meroury went nearly as high. This is extraordinary beat for this season of the year. Sl'auqhtbbino License,—At the Geraldine County Council, yeeterday, Mr E. THanupond, -Geraldine, was granted a slaughter house license, subject to the usual conditions, being complied with, ■ ■ . Temuka Bulbs. —A contingent of the Temuka Rifles went yesterday afternoon to the rifle range to fire for the clock which Captain Hayburst has offered as a prize for the highest score. Just as they arrived ou the ground the wind, rose, and greatly interfered with the firing. Corporal Levons was top scorer with 30 points, Private Egan being next with 28. Clerical Changes.— The Bey. Mr Clark, who has been for over two years in charge of the Primitive Methodist Churches at Teraldine and Temuka, leaves this morning for •Feilding, in the Manawatu district, North Island, where he takes charge of a Church. His successor, the Rev. Mr Boothroyd, from Auckland, is expected to arrive here about The 23fd-instant. Wesleyan Soiree, — The anniversary soiree of the Wesleyan. Church, Temuka, takes pjace next Tuesday evening in the Volunteer-Hall. Among those who are to address the meeting we notice the names of the Revs. Fairclough (Timaru), White (Pleasant Point), and-Thomas (Temuka), amj.MrJluxton (of Rnngitata). We hops to see the gathering a great success, • Geraldine Drillshbd.— A commencement has been made with the fre'iminary works in connection-with the erection of the drillshed. The fl is has been cleared off the section, and yesterday a man was engaged in taking down the fence around it. A number of the piles have been •carted oh to the ground, arid in the course of a few days we expect to see the work put into full swing. R.M. Court, Timaru.—At the E.M. Court, Tiroafit, on Monday, William Schafer, a 'Bavarian, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labor, for being illegally ou the premises of ' the Timaru Woollen Factory on the night of March 3rd ■and doing damage to thy amount of £2 10*. The’acoused was datected in the engine-room of the factory, in which the dampers of the engine had been rawed, and a quantity of oil >had been allowed’to flow to waste. The accused said that be was passing the factory .on v the night named and hearing something running went in and found the oil running. H* slopped it, and just then a person came in and accused htm.—J. McDonald was charged With stealing a horse valued at £6, the property, pf Richard Chute, of Pleasant Point, and was remanded,. Three Tads named -Julia Barker, John Scott, and Benjamin rJohnson were charged with, stealing crackers from the prem ses of a Chinaman. Johnton was committed to the Industrial School till be is 15 years of age, Scott' was sentenced to ' three months’ imprisonment, and Barker to 43 hoars. I

Roasted to Death. —The trite old siyin ß about the weather being so hot that it would roust a pig, proved literally true as regirds yesterday. Mr H. Oldfield was driving 60 pigs from Geraldine to Temuka yesterday, and when about half way down he res'ed them, a* the weather was excessively hot. On again starting one of them dropped dead, having evidently been killed by sunstroke. The pig fell on the ground as it was being dliven along with the others, appeared to gasp for breath, made a movement or two. and tnen died. It was worth about £3.

Rifle Match.-—The following ia the the team selected by the Temuka Rifles to do battle tor them in the match with Geraldine at the Temuka butts on Saturday : Lieut. White, Lance-Sergeant Smith, Corporals Levons and Lnrcombe, Privates Whitehead, E. S. Smith, J. J. Heap, A. Harrison and Cleaves, and Bandmaster Harrison, with Sergeants Wood head and Guy, Corporal Hobbs and Privates Reid, Watt, and Carr as emergencies. These are requested to ba ft the range not later than 1 p.m. in undress uniform. The names of the Geraldine team appeared in our last. A close match is anticipated.

Geraldine Obkktbbt Board, —On Monday evening last a meeting of the members of the Geraldine Cemetery Board was held in ths caretaker’s honse. Present—Mr R, H. Pearpoint (Chairman), Dr Fish and Messrs J. Mundell and J. Huffey. After the minutes of she previous meeting had been read and confirmed, the Chairman informed.the ing that he hadj arranged to haye the notice board painted and let'ered for the sum of lid per inch. The Chairman's action was approved. It was resolved that the nocessar; b ands be obtained fi r numbering the pegon the now section of the Church of England burial ground, and that the Chairman engage the necessary labor for pegging out the ground. After the transaction of other routine business the meeting terminated. New Zealand University Senate.— At the University Senate on Tuesday at Christchurch, the Hon. W, Rolleston proposed “ That so eoon as arrangements can be made, the examination for the B.A. pas* degree be conducted by examiners within the colony.” To this an amendment was propoasd by the Hon. R. Stout and carried by 11 against Bas follows ;—“ That in the opinion of the Senate no fresh appointments of examiner* shotild be made until an opportunity has been'giyen to consider whether it is possible to obtain suitable examiners in the colony,” The report of the examiners for the Bowen prize essays recommended that the prizo be awarded for the essay distinguished by the motto " Cayendo tutus”; the writer of which proved to be Edward Hay ter Cox, an under graduate of St. John’s College. It was decided that the Senate, on its rising, adjourn to meet in Wellington on the last Wednesday in February, 1887. The regulation regarding the English language and literature was adopted as follows ;—English language and literature (two papers), (a) 1, the origin, history, and structure of the English language; 2, selected portions of one or more authors; (b) 1, an essay on some subject arising out of the portions selected under (a); 2, or an account of one period of literature.”

Narrow Escape From Fire, —On Tuesday evening about half-past nine o’clock a fire was discovered by Mr Raine, cordial inaufacturer, to be burning in the back wall of Mr R, S. Cook’s chemist’s shop, Geraldine. An alarm was at once raised, and the fire not having had time to get a very firm hold was speedily put out by those who came on the scene. Mr Cook left his shop at nine o’clock and went home, and all was apparently right then. The fire, for the origin of which no due has yet been given, had evidently commenced under the wall alongside the doorway. The weatherboards were burned away, making a hole about six inches square, and the flamea had begun to light the lining and weatherboards up the inside of the wall. The fire must have been smouldering in the weatherboards some time before the flames bad gained any strength and risen up the wall. The discovery was, fortunately, made in ttmh, for had the flames broken through the liningboards nothing could have saved the building, or those adjoining it, viz., Mr Lawson’s, butcher, and the Grown Hotel block. It will thus be seen that the escape from a serious conflagration was a narrow one. Many arc of opinion that incendiarism is the cause of the Are, but it may have been the result of carelessness. Anyone passing through the right-of-way between the shop and the Crown Hotel might have thrown down a lighted match. A circumstance that leads to a suspicion of incendiarism is that a small fire «as discovered some time, ago at the rear of a portion of the same building, which was unoccupied at the time.

The Law’s Delat. Some inconvenience was caused to litigants in Temuka yesterday, owing to no Magistrate being in attendance at the time the Court ought to have been opened. It appears that during the previous night Mr Beswick took suddenly ill and was unable to attend, and sent his daughters out to inform the Clerk of the Court of the fact. Wheu Mr Wills got this information he set about getting Justices to sit, but not one with the exception of Mr Gray could be got. He dispatched a constable in a buggy to Winchester for Mr Inwood, but he was not available, and next Mr F. H. Barker was asked to come. Mr Barker happened to bo at home and came, and a Court was constituted at 1 p.m. There was a large number of farmers from the country summoned on account of having unregistered dogs in their possession, and they were very loud in their complaints at having been thus kept away from the harvest field. There were other cases in which the amounts were beyond the jurisdiction of the Justices, which had to be adjourned although Timaru lawyers were engaged in them. Such vexatious delays were of almost weekly occurrence once, but recently there has been little cause for complaint as Mrßeswick has been most punctual in his attendance. And of course in this instance the fact that he was ill excuses him. Another question freely asked was; What about the rota of Justices that was appointed some time ago ? With regard to that we learn that the Justices represented to the Minister of Justice that the Resident Magistrate presided at each weekly sitting of the local Court, and that consequently there Was no necessity for themselves to attend. On this ground the Justices were exempt from attendance at the Court unless specially required to do so. This explains the reason they were not in attendance yesterday. They expected Mr Beswick would have been able to come and they would not be required.

Dastardly Conduct.— A painful feeling was created in Ternuka yesterday nfrernoon by the spreading of the news that a mother living in a certain part <>f the district had murdered one of hot children by cutting its throat. Credence was given to the rumor, because the family had been visited by a (orriblo Affliction recently, and it was thought this had affected the mother’s head, and that it had led her to commit this terrible deed, On the newa spreading Constables Morton and Guerin took a buggy and proceeded to the place, which is 8 or 9 miles distant, and found it was all a hoax. They at once proceeded to where the person who had spread the report lives, and on being accused of it he at once confessed. He appeared very contrite for what he had done, and offered to pay for the buggy and all other expenses incurred. He is a young man of about 20, and ought to know better. It is the meanest, the moat dastardly, and the most unmanly act any person could be guilty of, and we sincerely the persons he thus s’andered will institute proceedings against him, and that he will be punished with the utmost vigor of the law. N.Z. Rifle Association Meeting.—At this meeting on Monday, the team match whs fired. Twenty-three teams competed, the conditions were—Carbine and Rifle Teams, comprising five men each, ranges 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards; seven shots at each range. The following arp the;,winning teams; Wanganui Rifl-P, £SO, 5'22 points; Thames N iva’s, £3O; 519 ; Wellington Guard-, £2O, 500; Riverton Riflesj£l2lo«, 498; Oluilni Rifles, £8 Vis, 496; Taranaki Rifles, £5, 539. The twenty highest aggregates in mutches No. 3,6, find 9, then fired off fo 1 the Union Company’s Cup, Lieut, Ross, of Napier, winning with 275 j Gunner Webster, Auckland, 271, second; Sergt. Kunohen, Wellington, 366, third ; Capt. Somerville, Wanganui, 263, fourth. The scoring has been very low throughout the meeting, and the firing uneven. The Southern men did comparatively nothing,.some of the bestshots failing to carry off the smallest prise. The poorness of the shooting is attributed to the heat, which was phenomenal, and the ha*y state of the atmosphere. The trial of the Auckland ammunition was' very unsitisfactory. Three shots were fired by “cracks,” and in each case the weapon was injured. It is supposed that the casing of the cartridges is too weak. The next meeting takes place at Christchurch, when doubtless the Southern Volunteers will be more largely represented, Messrs Findlay (Temuka),and King (limaru) returned home on Tuesday evening,

Temuka Dairy Company. The usual monthly meeting of the Temuka Bulter, Cheese and Bacon-Curing Factory Limited, was held last Tuesday. Present —Messrs Guild (Chairman), Brown, Paterson, Austin, Cain, and Barker. The minutes of the previous meeting were were and confirmed. The usual monthly report showed that 17,370 gallons of milk had been received during February, for which £240 8s had been paid. The average of 14 of the milk suppliers being under 10 per cent, only 3d per gallon was fpaid in these cases. Accounts amounting to £4O 14s lid were passed for payment. The Secretary reported another shipment would go by the Wakatipu, and was in-structed-to inform the consignee that the the quantity of cheese would not be so great as was anticipated owing to dry weather and consequent scarcity of milk. The following le'ter was read: —“Temuka February, 1886. " To The Directors. Gentlemen,--My average'of milk supplied during the past mrSnlH was stated at 9| per cent. I procured a testing glass and placed tha milk to be tested in a bucket of cold water— within four hours the cream had risen considerably above 10 per cent., and from this 1 am led to believe that the place where the testing glasses are placed is not sufficiently cool, and the cream does not rise. Last season the tests were placed in. a cupboard and the' averages were higher, with a worse season for milk, Edwin Wapdel A deputation consisting of Messrs Oldfield, Gibson, and White waited on the Directors with reference to the present system of testing the milk not being satisfactory. Mr Bowman, the manager, was in attendance. After considerable discussion it was resolved to procure a box for the purpose of. locking up the testing glasses, and also to enter in the supphers* pass books the percentage obtained, ft was also decided to write to the Geraldine Dairy Company, inquiring as to how the system of taking percentages there worked, and also asking all information on the subject.

ChEISTOHUBOH UNKMPIiOTBP. A mail meeting of the unemployed and their sympathisers was held on Monday night in the 0 Idfailow*’ Hall, Christchurch, which was crowded to excess, Mr D. Reese, M.H.R, for Stanmoro, presided, and the following resolutions were passed ; " That in the opinion of this meeting no man can maintain himself and family on less than 5s per day, and, further, that this meeting desires Government to pay as much to men on public works in Canterbury as in other parts of the colony “ That a deputation of seven cilisens of Christchurch be appointed to meet the Premier on Tuesday at 11a.m., with (he Chairman as one;” “That we deem it absolutely necessary, in view of the approaching winter season, that permanent employmont should be provided for the laboring classes, and to this end the establishment of a Slate Bank, entirely unconnected with any British or Foreign institution,-for the isiue of New Zealand currency as a circulating medium, is imperative and pressing, and that Parliament should bo immediately assembled for the purpose of authorising such permanent work and the establishment of suoh Bank of Issue." The deputation, headed by Mr Rees?, wailed on the Premier at Christchurch on Tuesday, and presented the resolutions passed at the public meeting. Replying, Mr Stout said that the rate of wages offered new was higher than in 1881, that) all were sharers in the depression, and that farmers hud to work longer hours and for smaller proportionate returns than the laborers. The deputation urged that the rate should not be less than 5s per day, but Mr Stout replied that at Dunedin it had been found that men had left work on farms voluntarily and taken the Govern? ment work at 4a 61 per day, in order to get into the city, Mr Stout stated that some fifty of the unemployed would be taken to Napier. A great rush was made to the Public Works Office. Fifty men put down their names to go to Napier, but many of these afterwards changed their minds, and put their names down for work on the Hokitika-Grey mouth railway. Altogether a bout forty-five men put in for this work, which is expected to be paid at §3 a day. In addition to the fifty men at the Drainage Board Reserve, fifty men are to be employed on the smallpox reserve, near the cemetery. Their wages will be mostly 4s, with a fsw young m«n at 8g Bd,

The Queen.- -A special telegram to the Melbourne Age, dated London, Feb. 26, states tlifit fhe Standard, in a leading article of that date, declares that the continued seclusion of the Queen must prove disastrous to the monarchy. Illegal Ahehst.—At the District Court Christchurch, on Monday, Oscar Johnston, a pupil teacher at the Lower Heatbcote School, sued P. McGill, a constable, for £IOO damages for illegal arrest and unnecessary violence connected therewith. The evidence showed that the constable had arrested the plaintiff without any charge having been formally preferred, but acting on the presumption of plaintiff’s guilt in consequence of having been shown a letter from a doctor stating that a girl plaintiff was supposed to have assaulted was in a precarious s’ats, The constable had handcuffed the plaintiff in the presence of a number of children and other teachers at the school, notwithstanding a remonstrance from the head master that the plaintiff would go quietly. Johnston had since been entirely exonerated before the Resident Magistrate’s Court. For the defence it was pleaded that the constable had acted under the belief that he was justified by the Police Offences Act. Judge Ward pointed out that the Act was much calculated to m'sleaß, as it provided a special penalty for a constable not performing his duty, ‘hough in this case the constable had acted under a misapprehension of his duly. The jury found for the plaintiff, and awarded £SO damages. A telegram from Wellington says Government will enquire info the circumstances of the arrest of Oscar Johnston at Christchurch, and if they consider the constable’s action within due limits they will hear the charges of the action against him. It was intended to try and compromise the esse, but the action came oefjre the Court. to > quio'sly.

Woukibg Mkk Before vou brgln you' ifßvy epfiug work after a winw of relaxation your system need* oleansin; ana strengthening to prevent an attack of bilious or spring fever or sickness that will ut.fl. you for a season’s work. You will save time, sickness, and expense if yon use one bottle of American Oo.’s Hop Bilkers in your family this month. Don’t wait. Bead Advt.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

In Bankruptcy—Ro W, J. Gibson. Blue Ribbon Meeting—At Winchester tonight. Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Anniversary soiree on Tuesday next. Tenders—For painting St, John’s Church, Winchester and the Winchester Hotel close to-day. J. Mundell and Co. Sell 40 sides of crossbred mutton at Mr W. R. D. Lawson’s shop, Geraldine, on Saturday afternoon.