LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1932, 20 August 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

J Temuka School Committee; The monthly meeting of the Temuka School Committee takes place tHifc evening. Gbealdine Stock Sale.— This 'sale, takes place to-morrow, and numerous choice lines are advertised by Messrs J. Mundell & Co. and Messrs Webster St Macdonald. Withdrawn Fbom Sale. —ln opr advertising columns Messrs Gray & Mont-, gomer'y announce that the sale of furniture,; etc., advertised to take place in'the Temuka Volunteer Hall to-morrow will not be held, 1 the bill of sale having,been settled. i , . . Temuka Road Board. ,Mr W. G. Aspinall was the only candidate nominated on Saturday for the vacancy on the Terinika Road Board caiised by, the retirement of Mr J. T. M. Hayhurst, and was declared duly elected -by the returning officer, Mr W. Wills. Temuka Town Board. —Tho following tenders for ,formation of footpath, etc., in Fraser street, Temuka,. were opened and dealt with on Saturday morning ;C. Bateman, £10; H. Elkers, £6 15s; A. Webb. £6 ; G. Latimer, £5 15s; Douglas and Washington, £5 10s; Davis and Melvin, £4 18a (accepted).’ Dance at Milford. The dance at Milford on Friday evening in aid of the school prize fund proved very successful, there being a large attendance, and everything passing off as harmoniously as could be wished. Mr Bissett made a first-rate M.D. The music was supplied by Messrs Levens and Colville, and the refreshments, which were abundant and good, were kindly supplied by ladies residing in .the district.

Absentees.-—One of Sir George Grey’* proposals is to enforce nn Income or Property tax on landholders, whether living in the colony or elsewhere. He would enforce this also on local bodies, making them deduct the tax from their bond-holders. This would give £20,000 a year Property tax and £170,000 total from lind-bollers.

Supreme Court, Timaru.—The following cases are set down for hearing at the criminal sessions of this Court, which commences to-day, His Honor Mr Justice Dennistono :—Regina v. Martin O’Halloran, larceny from* a till; Regina v, Arthur Freeman, alias Fraser, larceny from a dwelling; Regina v. Joseph William bVancis, larceny at Tiraaru; Regina v. George Pearce, alias Smith, burglary at Tiuaaru ; Regina v. Walker Thomson, unnatural offence ; Regina v. Peter Birrell, forgery (two charges). Football.—At Timaru on Saturday, a match between Mackenzie County and Timaru resulted in a win for the latter by 9 points to nil. At Christchurch the Natives plajed Canterbury, scoring a win by 2 goals and 9 tries to nil. At Wellington a match between Wellington and Hawkes Bay was won by the former by 3 goa's and 3 tries to nil. At Dunedin the match between the Alhambra and Taieri Clubs was won by the Alhambra by 2 points to nil. Downes, Otago’s best centre three-quarter, was severely hurt by a Taieri man falling on him.

Expenses op Parliament.—A return has been laid on the table of the House, on The motion of Mr W. J. .Steward, showing the,average cost per, w.eek of the sitting of Parliament, in respect of items, the outlay on which depends upon the length of the session, us distinguished from fixed exp ires, anch as officers’ salaries, &c. The total amount is £32 7s lid per day, apart from the cost of printing Hansard (not reporting), which is £B2 Gs 81 per diem. The working expenses 'of the electric-lighting system amount to 4s ijd per hour'.

‘.A Case for Parliament.— An interesting and peculiar casti was heard in the R;M. Court, '’Blenheim',' bn Friday. A country settler sued a town 1 driver for damages to a trap in,'a collision, The circumstances are- as followln April last .the settler was. asked by the .police to assist in r bringing in ,a lunatic. from ( the country. He did‘so, and gave the reins to the constable, who took the . lunatic with him on the front seat, the owner sitting behind. In the middle of the town the lunatic tried to get the horde simultaneously became restive. In conr sequence a collision occurred. The. affair proved to be accidental. Plaintiff had failed to get any satisfaction from the pbli’ce department, and, as on Friday negligence on the part of defendant was not proved, it seems plaintiff will get no satisfaction-at all. The R.M. reserved judgment for. a week.

Life Insurance. —In a recent issue we referred to. .life insurance as the best investment for money., Another instance of its usefulness has just’ come under our notice,’ Iffr N; 0. Nicholas’/ of Tetmika, insured in the Australian Mutual' Providence Society in 1880, and has beec paying since £l3 16s 8d a year, making in all during,the nine years £125. In the meantime there has been ;added to his policy £ll7 Bs, sp that the addition to his policy Is nearly as ipuch as he has paid in. ‘ Last year he paid £l3 16s 8d and received as a'bonus ‘added to his policy £l6 10s, or nearly £3 more than he paid. He thus secures £SGO piyable at' d'eaih and also the amount he i pays in, with more than .compound interest. Such a result ought to be sufficient to induce anyone to insure, and those who intend doing so ought to remember, these results ere obtained in the * Australian Mutual Provident Society,'and there only. It is the best office in the world to insure in. New Plymouth Harbor, —At a public meeting at New Plymouth on Friday night to discuss the harbor matters, presided over by the, mayor, the following resolutions were passed:—“(l) That as the harbor board is unable from want of funds to protect the harbor works from serious injuries' by drifting sand, and as the financial position is mainly due: to the operations of the land hws of recent years, the Government be applied, to to,grant immediate assistance to the board to enable 'it to keep the harbor open to its large and increasing traffic(2) “ That a commission of ratepayers be appointed by this meeting to act as a committee 1 of advice on harbor'affairs; and to confer with the harbor ' board in ' bringing before’ the Government the foregoing resolution, and to appoint two delegates,, to proceed to Wellington to interview the Government thereon.” It was stated that all the Union Company’s steamers would soon cease to call at the breakwater unless Government gave more assistance to dredge away; the sand, which could be done for a few thousand pounds.

SirsoiißT Lav.—A considerable amount of Created in, Court proceedings which took,,place in Temuka yesterday, Mr . Charles.. Bishop, of Winchester, came to Temuka' ! yesterday morning to‘ get. some money coming to him as the proesds of a sale conducted for him by Messrs Gray and Mon fcgomer. JJe got the amoupt due to him, and, it haring leaked out that he was going to leave the district,, his creditors madsappli-; cation to him tor payment. He offered them 10s in the £, but they refused to take it and at once decided to issue forthwith summonses against him. A difficulty stood in the way. | Constable Morton, who is also Clerk of the! i Court, wa’d away on duty somewhere else; hr compasy with Detective Hail, and thora was i no one to issue the summonses.-' The Justices of the Peace were ready to do their share of I the work, but no Clerk could be found, and; the unusual sight of l 'd group of business; people standing at the Posteffioe waiting for Mr Morton: to turn up . excited some little interest.and mirth. At.last the absent Clerk turned up, the summonses were issued and ! served on the delijquent, who'had all this time Waited patiently in the vain hope that his creditors would accept 10s in the £. Messrs A.M.- Clark and J- T. M. Hay hurst, took their seats ojii the bench about 2 p.m., and gave judgment for plaintiffs in the eases of J. W'. Miles v. C. Bishop, claim £10; J. Blytk v. Same, claim £4 8s 7d ; W. Ackroyd v. Same, claim £ll 16s 8d ; and J. Brown v. Same, claim 15s 2d. The defendant did not pay the amounts, and judgment summonses, returnable immediately, wore taken put. Again be was brought up, and refused to stale what amount of money he had received that morning. In the case of Mr Miles he was ordered to pay forthwith, or go to gaol for four weeks j in the case of Mr Ackroyd six weeks was the alternative; in Mr Blyth’s four weeks, and in Mr Brown’s one week, The defendant still refused to pay, and was taken into custody by the police. The sentences are to run concurrently, so that it all amounts to six weeks’ imprisonment. Mr Salmond conducted the oases on behalf of the plftintiffa,

SoHOXiABSHUS.— I The Minister of Education hag at last agreed to the alteration of Scholarship regulations, so t hat pupils attending country schools will not for the future compete with those from city schools; who have special advantages ia the way of training. The decision will give very general satisfaction to country schoolmasters, who will, doubtless, have more heart than formerly in undertaking the preparation of children who are intending competitors in scholarship examinations. ' ■ n

Tan Pbotbett TAX. —The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton. Times of, yesterday says;—“l understand that Mr Ballance has decided to give notice to-morrow-of an amendment to the Property Tax Bill, to the effect that all agricultural improvements up to the value of three thousand pounds shall be exempted from Property tax. The Opposition seem in good heart, and determined not t 6 let the Government rush all their ‘ little swindles ’ through without discussion, on the plea that the big fight is over, and that it is time 1 to wind up the session. I fancy that if the Government persist in urging the House to carry through certain matters, there will be a bigger fight in the next week or two than we' have yet had. The lobbying tactics of the Hori. George M‘Lean and - the Hon, Robert Campbell and other Councillors haye so annoyed the Opposition that there is some talk of bringing their conduct up in the House.” •

Good Tempearv at Winchester 5 , A Good Templar Lodge was opened at Winchester on Friday evening last. Bro. D. 0. Cameron, t G.S,, occupied the chair, and the following officer's were present from the Welcome. Retreat Lodge, Gsral-dine-Siefter B. Pye, Y.T. ( ; Bro. J. Rennie, acting P.d; B,ro ( . Q. H. Patrick, Secretary; Sister -A*. Dunlop, Chaplain; Bro. E. Stringer, M, ; Sister, Herduaan, D.M. ; Bro. E. Smith, puaid ; Bro, J, Herdmnn, P.C.T, Relief of Peel Forest Lodge, Bro. W. Johnstoun, D.D.Q.C.T , for the Geraldine district. Twenty-two candidate# presented themselves, and were duly initiated as members of the lodge, which was named “Advance Winchester.” The following officers wars elected and installed . for the present quarter: 0.T., Rro., W. Stewart; VT., Bro, F. Shallard ; Secretary, Bro. J. Jones ; T.S., Bro. A. Shaliard ; Treasurer, Bro. W. Oarston ; Chaplain, Bro. W. Moore ; M., Bro. E. Wagstatf; , Guard, Bro. D. Lquden; Sentinel, Bro. W. Whepny; A.S.* Bro. J. Giles ; D.M., Sister R. Gimpaon, S.J., Temples ; P.0.T., Sister L. Shallard. Bro. J. Philps was recommended as D.D, The above officer! ivere installed by Bro. W. Johnatoun, D.D;G,O.T. Votes of thanks were 1 accorded to the G.S., Bro. D. 0. Cameron, and also to the visitors. Bros. Cameron, Johnstoun, and Patrick responded, and urged on all present to stand firmly by the cause they had that evening taken up, the hope being expressed that the membership of the lodge would continue to increase greatly. Refreshments provided by the members were handed rouad by the ladies, after which the meeting terminated. The next meeting was announced for Friday, Aug. 23rd.

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SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS. J. A. Youncr, Winchester—Has accepted Mr W. Hawke’s tender, 0- W. Gimson, Winchester Notiee re slaughter-house license. E. P. Sealy, Timaru—lnvites tenders for grabbing, trimming, and burning gone at Hilton, Gray & Montgomery—-Notify that sale of furniture at Temuka, advertised for tomorrow, will not take place. Wm. Wills, Returning Officer Notifies that Mr W. G. Aspinall is elected a member of the Temuka Road Board. Vivian's Dramatic Company—Will appear in Temuka Voluntaer Hall to-night for the last time “ Sad." i J. Mundell & Co.—Sell bankrupt stock of drapery, also furniture, harmonium, saddles and bridles, and a quantity of groceries on Thursday next at I o’clock.