LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1690, 26 January 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, A Hahtbst. The Admiral’s squadron spent £2OOO during their stay in Auckland.

; Postal APPQlhtmhkt.—Mr, S. Trevalla baa been appointed Postmaster at the Oars.

Sale at Temuka»— Mr K. F. Gray will sell cattle, sheep, and pigs at Temuka to-morrow.

TaktCEA Runts.—-A daylight Government parade will bo held in the Volunteer Hall on January 31st, at 7.30 p.m.

Ministeeial Rsbidbnobs.—-Government have finally decided to sell the Ministerial residences in Wellington, and .tender* are called for purchase. ■ J Sale at HiM’bw.—Oa Tuesday next Messrs J. Mundell and Co. will submit to the hammer at Hilto'n a quantity of household furniture on account of Mr G. Milford-Taylor, who is leaving the district. The Railway 'BoAKDi—The subject of: Commissioners of the new Railway Board has been: discussed, by Cabinet, and the Agent-General has been instructed to invite applioantion for the office in England and America.

A Raba Avis.—A curiosity is to be seen in the Geraldine Bush just now in the shape of a white or cream colored-sparrow. It is One of a flock that frequent the road leading through the bush, and is very conspicuous among its brown mates.

Accident at Alfoed Fobest.— While Archibald McCormick, a contractor, was loading a dray with shingle in a pit at Alford •|'orest on Tuesday, morning a fall of earth and stone took place, and ha was buried, bis fight thigh being badly fractured. He WM removed to the Ashburton Hospital, The ’Fhisco Mails. —The a.i. Mararoa, with the English mails to December 28th, left .Sun Francisco for Auckland,,op inst., three days late. The with, the colonial mails of the 2ntl strived at San Francisco from Auckland en the 21st inst., oneway early. >■’;/ • ; i ' Parish Festival and Sunday School Treat'. l — The annuo! parish gathering and Sunday School treat in connection with St. Mary VOlmrch’will take place in the Public Park, Geraldine, to-day. The children are requested to assemble at 3 pirn. Pleasant Valley School.— A, special meeting of the above School Committee was held on Jan.uary 24th, all members being present. The business was the consideration of the tenders for the annual school treat, which it was decided to hold in the school ground oo the 31st inst. The tender of Mr Riordon was accepted. Open Lodes.—An open meeting of the I. Lodg», Ho. 44, Geraldine, was held on Monday evening last. In the unavoidable stwencs of the W.C.T., Bro, Bro, T. Sherratt. "A jgood firdgftmme'of -sotfei/ recitations, and readings waa got through,, items being given ; aa follow* s—Song* .by' 1 Misses Andrew* and Oaltman and. Messrs Logan, Stonehouse, and Holme* j rtadingi, by Mesira Fergunon and Eowbory. A couple of glees were alto rendered by the membtn it the Geraldine Glee Club, During ,th# evening the umal bun and eoffs* were dia* pemed. New ZilLlNDill it Btd*«y.—We learn from tbe Australian Star, a Protsotionist journal, that m view of tba Paddington diction a large lumber of old -Hew Zealander* resident in Sydney, and favorable to the Protectionist oauss, held ft meeting on January 11th at> the old Tattersall’s Club, 265 Pitt etreet. It was-prepbsed by llr J. 8. W. McHeill, and aeooided by Mr Morgan Morris, “ to form' a Union of all New Zeelanders holding Protectionist principles to combine together and assist the cause in this colony,” There is svery probability (adds the Star) of the Union becoming a very strong one, ts there are now several hundred? of New Zealanders resident in this colony, WebikyaN Contbbbnoe.—The stationing Oommittee ef the Wesleyan Conference at Wellington sat on Tuesday morning. Fraternal greetings were received and reciprocated from the Primitive Methodist and United Methodist Churches, The second reading of the station sheet occupied the Conference in the afternoon. Several amendments were proposed, and the sheet recommended. The Revs;' A, C. JAwry,' Bv F. Roth well, and T. J. Wallis passed unsm* monsly the third year of their probation, and the Revs. T. A. Joughin and J, Blight in tbe first year. The Rev. T. W. Nowbold was permitted to retire for the present, on account pf illrheffth, Hi* examination was highly Satisfactory, apd mpeh rpgret is expressed at fris temporary retirement. In pf J,p evening fpufof) (fje Rey. Mr was prdfti.ned to the offlee apd ST° r k a Christian minister. The Rev. Mr Oliver, pxyPresident of the Oonfersßoe, delivered tbe charge,

Weeds ik the Side Channels.— While the subject of asphalting the streets of Timaru was being discussed at a recent meeting of the local Borough Council one of the members stated that the Gas Engineer of j that town, Mr Courtis, had informed him i that an oil from the gas tar could be prepared which would prevent the growth of vegetation in the side channels, and at the same time act as a deodorising agent. Strange Tenants. —While Mr George Batty was bird-nesting near Winchester a few days ago he came across a deserted sparrow’s nest in a tall tree. While taking down the nest he found that, though deserted by the sparrows there was something still alive in it, and; on examining it fdurid it full of humble bees. This is thtf more extraordinary as the humble bee invariably builds its nest under ground, and how it got up into a bird’s nest in the branches of a tail tree is unexplainable. If in addition to inoculating clover the humble bee hais takeil upon itself the duty of destroying sparrows 'by driving them out of their nests, and thus preventing their increase, it will indeed deserve the name of the farmer’s friend. Property Salks in .Mblboumb.— The inilsa of real/property ;in ‘ and, around Melbourne for the year 1884-85 was approximately at £10,000,000. This was an exceedingly afliive ;fearin dealings in and subdivision of suburban land. The sales in the year 1885-86 were approximately £*,000,000. Last year there was the enormous increase of nothing less than £10,000,000, or a gross total of sales £13,000,000, which by the imperfect sources of information ayail can be actually accounted for. The freedom with which operations, been conducted does r.pl arise from vast amounts of .English and foreign capital having been brought into the colony. This is the popular idea, but it is not borne out by-Thi man of. business who have conducted the tfthsections in property, especially during the past six months, when sales have been most frequent and of large amount.

,Tk WHMir.—The following ia (says the Taranaki Herald) the latest story from Parihaka, and it ii true 1—“ A country storekeeper, who was about to giro up business, went there the other day to collect a debt from Te Whetu, who einoe his release from prison has been living in seclusion—that is, from Europeans. When the storekeeper got there he eould not liarn where Te Whetu was, -m the Maoris evidently guessed, his mission, Bo he. had to te the expedient of putting his mission just the other way, for he, told the natives that he wanted to pay Te Whetu some money. He w»s at once conducted to the whare where Te Whetu was, and to whom he stated his real mission, but Te Whetu was obdurate, and would not “ stump up until his visitor informed him that be would go to law over the debt. Thousand not, till then—was the money forthcoming. Te Whetu apparently has had enough a, 4 gaol.. ' Sahtation Abut, Tbmbka.—On Tuesday evening last a farewell tea-meeting was held 1 in the barracks, <> •'tain Kisasll being about to take his departure Jo another station. Over rOd sat down to tea, and appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The provisions were provided by Mr T. Barr, and nothing was wanting. The tables were ably presided over by. Meadames; McCann, Charter is, Oden, and King; and'tue Misses Benbow and CbarteHsi After tha tables were cleared away a meeting was held, which was largely attended, a number of officers,-'soldiers, and friends from Timaru being among those . present.. Cfoptain Haryey, of Ashburtpn, led the meeting; "" Addresses were ' dehveflsd during the evening by Captain# Harvey and William*. { (Timaru)' and Captain and Mr# 1 Kiasell. Captain Kiisell, in an impressive address, urged the soldiers to live true to God, and live a whole-hearted life in the service of their Maker, and thus show the unsaved the reality of religion. He referred to their sis months’stay in Temuka, and said that though times had been occasionally very hard and rough, still it had bad the effect of bumbling them and making them more determined to work. Their stay bad been blessed with good results, and he urged his bearers to go on in the good fight. Mr Buxton, M.H.R. (of Bangitata), delivered an address, in which he spoke about the necessity of the heart being right. If the heart was right the whole life would be right. A number of soldiers gave their testimony, and the proceedings terminated with a most success- . ful- coffee -supper. . Captain,, KisseU . loaves tp-day .-for Port. Chalmers, and the many frjentlfhe has U&de in Temuka will wish him all sffeoess. The- new officers appointed to the charge Of the station, Captain Kkte Buick and Lieut, Aspden, arrive; '" ’ ■ No LiiEi/.—The proprietors of thtl jlviening Post were defendant in an, aoHon.ifor libeliwbioh,was heard in the .Supreme Court, Wellington,.,on Tuesday; ;Plaintiff, .lohn Martin, late licensee of the Oity Hot»‘l, sbdghl to recover £IOOO damages for injuries-alleged • to "have been sustained in;conseqiienop pin the publication of an article in, the Post, pf • the Bth Novsmbsr last with reference to the death ~o£ the wife' of plaintiff, who committed suicide in November last. Plaintiff alleged that the article imputed to him that ha was a man devoid of ordinary humanity ; that plaintiff was an habitual drunkard; that plaintiff was not a proper person to hold a publican’s license; that he was callous, besotted with drink, of drunken habits, devoid of humanity, and an unfit person to be a licensed publican j that the publication was false, malicious, and defamatory - to. plaintiff; that in consequence plaintiflV interest in the City Hotel was depreciated, and the plaietiff; other Wirt; in jarsd in the business. Defend anti admitted publication, but denied that the wordi ef the article had any other ar farther meaning than the ordinary and natural sasaning of.taeb words j .that plaintiff had not luetainsd any ipeeial damage. The proesedingi ia eonneotioa with the iaquest were' then let oat, aad it wee pleaded that the matter wee eae ef public iaierest’} that: the artiola wu » fair, and heneit comment ipoa the eridenee, aad that it was publish#* without defamatory intsat, Defendante farther pleaded that the article was and ia tins ia eubstanoe and ia fact according to the true aad natural meaniag of the words used, end that the report of the preaetdingf al the iaqnsel aad the publication thereof were made fairly aad hona fide far the pnblie good, withoat aay sinistsr or malioions motirs, and ia the hona fide belief ef the truth thereof and of every pert thereof. After an hpuc's eoniideratioa, a spseial jury gave a verdict for the defendants with posts on the highest Male.

Dismissed.— At the Resident Magistrate*# Court, Timaru, yesterday, a man named R. Swan was charged with the larceny of a swag belonging to D. Muir, From the evidence of Muir, an umbrella maker, It appeared that be and the accused had travelled from Dunedin, aqd they had been reading in Tieearu lately. On Tuesdey, as lie intended to leave for Temuka, .lie made ap his ewag, and also putabmiof Swau'a' things in it. Be then left the hous% and on his return the swag wa* gonw, He then gave information. He and Sergeant Hallet then went and searched for the accused, whom they found along the Main South Road, and he at once told them where the swag was. In cross-examination by the accused, the witness said the property in the swag belonged £6 them in common, and he did uofnow believe he (accused) intended fe)

steal it. To the Bench the witness said that wh«n lie , wished to withdraw the information Sergeant Livingstone told him if he did not keep bis m mth shut he would lock him up too ; that he could not withdraw the charge against accused, but that he had better turn up in the morning; and did he (the prosecutor; think the police had nothing else to do but find lost articles and hand them over to the parties losing them 1 Sergeant Hallet deposed to the arrest of accused, and that he used b;d language to the prosecutor on his nay to the police station. Prosecutor then said he would give the prisoner the law for it, but when he arrived at the station he wished to withdraw the charge. The Bench said the case should never have come before the Oourl, and dismissed it. Captain Woolleombe and Mr H. /. LeOren, J.P.’s, were [oh the Bench. Baxter’s Lttno Preserver has gained great popularity in this district as a speedy and effectual remedy in the treatment at Oottohs, Colds, Bronchitis, and other chest and throat complaints. Read advt. and try it.

SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

In JJankruptoy—Ra Samuel Gould, Wotd bury, farmer.

Temuka Rifles—Daylight Government parade on January 31st. K. F. Gray—Sells fat and store sheep and cattle and fat pigs at Temuka to-morrow. J. Mundell and Co.—Sell valuabl* household furniture at Hilton on Tuesday next. John Collie, Winchester—Notifies that, he has accepted, the tenders, of John Martin and P. Dierek for stocking and carting. ’ W. G. Rutland, Architect, Temuka Notice re tenders for the erection of a dwelling house in Arowhenuu. P. MoOaikilJ, Temuka or Winchester. — Invites tenders for cutting and stooking TOO acres oats at Gleutui Farm, Gapes’s Valley.