LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2114, 21 October 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temdka Stock Sale.— The fortnightly sile of stock atTemuka takes place to day. Attention is directed to the entries advertised by Messrs J, Mundell and Co. arid Mr A. B. Uox.

Death of an Old Settler. —Mr Henry William Packer, who arrived at Christchurch in 1857, died on Saturday, aged 59. He was formerly proprietor of the old Albion Brewery, and was widely respected for his high character and benevolence,

Asylum Changes. —Dr King, medical superintendent at Auckland Lunatic Asylum, retires at the end of the month on account of il’-health. Dr Hasaall, of Wellington Asylum, succeeds him, Dr Fooks, assistant at Seacliff, replacing Dr Hassall.

Nasty Falls. A sailor named E. Isaacs, belonging to the steamer Aorangi, fell from the crosstrees of the mizenmast to the deck, a distance of 40 feet, at Wellington, on Friday, and received serious injuries.—-A man named w illiam Tyler fell down the hold of the steamer Dingadee, and broke four ribs, besides sustaining other injuries.

Magisterial. —At the courthouse, Ternuka, on Mondav, before J. T.' M. Hayhurst and M. Quinn, Esqs., J.P.’s, Robert Fenton, who had been arrested the previous day, was charged with being drunk apd disorderly in a public place. After hearing the .evidence the bench severely cautioned accused, and fiped him £5, or in default 14 days’ imprisonment,

Fatal Accidents.—At Christchurch on Friday afternoon Helen Miln, a two-year-old child of Mr John Miln, farmer, Lincoln road, fell into a bath of hot water, and was go badly scalded that she died four hours )ater.=-Oaniel BirrelJ, aged four? teen, got in the vicinity of a coal pit near Invercaigill on Friday while a blast waa fired, and rendered insensible. He is dying. Shearers’ and Laborers’ Union.— The Temuka branch of the Amalgamated Shearers’ and Laborers’ Union at their njeeting on Friday evening last resolved to impost? a levy on members to assist families of unionists op ‘ gtri|p. 'jL’wo members volunteered to canvass‘for aubr sojiiptio.is. It was also resolved to call a public meeting to farifn a local branch of the People’s Political Association,

Supreme Court, Dunedin. Judge Williams yesterday gave judgment for defendant in the case Pol ock v. Equitable ' Insurance Association, and for plaintiffin Powerman v. Grieve, an appeal from Invercargi'l against the Magistrate’s decision in a Picturesque Atlas case. I Accident. —On Sunday evening laal l Mr S. Hayes, who was driving in a gig, I with a friend, from Temuka to Timaru, , was thrown out of the vehicle at Maor j Hill. He landed on a quantity of rougt broken meia!, and was considerably cu 1 | and bruised, and he lest a considerable quantity of blood, but no bones appeared k to be broken. 3 Government Pbinting Office Fire.— ■ A more precise estimate of (be conten's ol j the old printing office shows the loss (ex t elusive of the amount due to the hoepiia j trustees) to be £9600. Included in thii } is the full value of certain lithograph)! work which would have had to be replacec J in any case, and the total loss is tbuf “ reduced to a little over £IO,OOO. 3 Scene at an Aemy Meeting. A i young mao named Woledge was sentence! 1 to ten days’ imprisonment at Gbristchurcl yesterday for using obscene language anc resisting the po ice. The affair arose ou ’ of skylarking with young girls in tin Salvation A'my barracks ou Sunday even 1 ing. This led to a disturbance in wind 3 about two hundred young men anc » larrikins took part. . The Weather. —Moat welcome rah l commenced falling in this disuict or . Saturday evening,accompanied by a strong wind from the north west. The rain con tiuued to fall Heavily till wall oU toward Sunday morning and will do an iimtiaosi ' amount of good. On Sunday night * sharj t frost set in, there being ice on ihe wate 5 on Monday mining as thick *s a peony The result was that most of Ihe oarlj « potatoes were severely frostbitten, j SuioiSß ok Hoax —A cap was picket , up on Custom House Quay, Wellington * on Friday night, containing a piece o ' paper inside, dated October lith, or I which was written—“ I have drownec > myself owing to my hopeless passion foi Mary. Joseph Strode.” The police hav« i not yet been able to discover anything r that would give a clue as to whether the t reported suicide was true or not. It ii generally believed that the affair is a hoax, ’ Temuka Wesleyan Ohubch, Oii ' Sunday last the Rev. Mr Gray conducted 1 special services in the above Church in aid of the Home Mission Fund. There was i a fair attendance in the morning and a , large one iu the- evening, and those present were well repaid. In the evening the rev. gentlemal&fpijaached a very eloquent sermon frodPs - '. John iii., 36 : “ He that believoth in the Son hath everlasting life.” The services will be continued this and to-morrow evenings. Show and Race Privileges. —At Tirnaru on Saturday last Messrs Gracie, Maclean and Co. sold the privileges in connection with the forthcoming Timaru Show. No. 1 general license booth was bought ,by Mr Riley for £B6. No. 2do was passed in at £5. Messrs Faigell and Shewan bought the refreshment booth for £23. Messrs Collins and' Co. sold the Trotting Meeting’s privileges, Mr E. Sullivan buying the luncheon booth for £l6, the gates, £25, going to Mr Bargin, and cards, £3, to Mr Townsend. The Weather. —On Friday the weather, which had been threatening for the past week, took a decided change, and a smart shower of ram fell, principally about the bills. On Saturday evening there was a capital rain, which fell with little intermission throughout the night, much to the relief of farmers who wore beginning to despair. The ranges are now covered with snow, and as a consequence there have been sharp frosts at night. Early potatoes, beans, and so forth have suffered, but the fruit trees have apparently escaped as yet. Now that the weather has once broken we may expect an occasional shower. ‘ A Peculiar Circumstance. Two gentlemen who were with a picnic party at Gapes’s Valley one day last week, after climbing the bill to get a good look round threw themse yes down on the grass to rest. While lying ou their backs they saw a skylark ascend to a great height, and as they lay watching it. till almost lost to view they suddenly observed a star gditering in the sky. When the bird moved away from the line of the star the latter became invisible, but so long as the dark body of the bird was almost in a Mae with the star the latter could be seen quite distinctly although the sun was high in tho boa vena.

(Jekaidink Literary and Debating Society. —The last meeting of the present session of the above society will be held in the library of the Mechanics’ Institute to-morrow evening. Some of the meetings held daring the session have been very interesting and enjoyable and that of to-morrow evening bids fair to be exceptionally so, A moot election is to be held. A Liberal and a Conservative candidate will be run by the opposition parties. They will be duly nominated, address the electors, reply to questions, canvass, and go through tbs whole formula of a general election, A considerable amount of fun is expected to be got out of the proceedings. A large attendance of members and their friend* is requested. Sporting. —At the Victorian Turf Club’s Spring Meeting at Melbourne on Saturday last there were about 25,000 persons present, including the Governor and suite. The Maiden Piate was wen by Aoushla, the ISiursery Handicap by Submission, the Selling Race by Doncaster, the Steeplechase by Acrobat, and the Windsor Handicap by Newton. The Caulfield Cup, 1J miles, was won by Vengeance, 6st 151 b, Loyal Stone, 7st 1 b, second, and Enui, 6st 81b, third. Time, 2mias 48secs. The race was well contested, and only won by a head, a couple of lengths separating the second and third

hordes. After passing the post Plenty, one of the starters, fell, and Uafdtigh fell over him, inflicting rather severe injuries on his rider.

Gla-s Dresses.—Next winter, if all goes well (says a lady correspondent m a Home paper), 1 am going to be attired in

a broken glass dress, and for that purpose have prdered all the empty nine bottles to be carefully preserved for me, lam afraid my determination has a barbaric

sound about it, but you will think me not quite so mad if I explain what I shall reaally wear is a cloth dress the materhl

for which can now be made from waste glass. It is said to be as soft as silk, and much resembling a silk*faced cloth in appearance. It is quite incombustible, apd tjapnot uodsp any circumstances be burned. Whether it is also brittle does not transpire, but it can be made in all colors, and of any thickness.

Illegally Impounding.— At th« R.M. Court, Timaru, onFriday, Isaac Hill, poundkeeper, was charged with illegally impounding five cows, and also demanding and receiving excessive fee for same. Mr White, who appeared for complainant, stated that on the 16th September com-.-plu'naht had ten cows depastaring on private land (Cramonct’s gully) under the charge of his father. Tho c iwa were lying down, and complainant’s fa’h»-r was sitting down near them. Defendant came, roused up the cows, took them in charge, and, in spite of protests from tbs tnan.in charge, drove them away to the pound, losing five of them on the way. The other five he got to the pound. Before he got there the, complainant overtook him snil offered ;to pay whatever: was demanded, in order to get them at once. The defendant refused to give them up until be got them to the pound. After getting the cows to the pound the defendant released them on payment of lOe, 5a for driving and 5a for poundage. Thii amount was excessive. The defendant held that he itnppnnded tho cattle off » street partly formed. He did not release ' the cows on the way to the pound, as bo was only asked what the fees were, and ha was not quite certain. Other evidence having been' taken His Worship said if tlie poundkeeper bad given up the cattle as he ought to have done, on this road,.the proper charge would have been Is ; if the driving fee was not tendered, then the total proper fee would be 3s fid. It seemed that the person appointed as poundkeeper was totally unfitted for his work, or at any rate was grossly ignorant of his duties. The : Borough Council should see that the persons they appointed as poundke-pera were acquainted with their duties, so that they should not impose on the public. Sometimes cattle were impounded through accident and it was bad enough to have to pay fair charges without being mulcted m .improper ones. He was willing to take into account the ignorance of the defendant, and to believe that he had no intention, in making the overcharge, to extort money. If he thought that it wae a case of extortion he would impose the highest penalty, £SO, but-he did not think it amounted to that. There was n doubt whether the driving fee was properly tendered on the road, and no penalty would be inflicted on that complaint j but on the other, that of charging an excessive fee, ha would impose ! a’ penalty of 40s, and costa in both cases. This would be n warning to the poundkeeper to make himself acquainted with .the law under which he had to work. s

SYNOPSIS OF A DTE RITBE MB NTS'

Geraldine Rifles volley firing on Thursday next. Guinness and Cox—Advertise additional entries for Temuka stock sale.

Geraldine Literary and Debating Society —Notice re election of an M.H.R. Geraldine Domain Board— Invites tenders for cutting grass in parks, and gorse fence. : Melville Gray, Timaru, — Agent for Fison’s celebrated Turnip Fertiliser,, the result of half a century's experience ; quotes prices.

N.Z, Bible, Book and Tract Society— Have opened a depot in Temoka for 7 days only in premises lately occupied by J. H, Jackson, bootmaker.

Booth, Macdonald & Co., Carlyle Implement and Iron Works, Christchurch Advertise prices of Lough’s Patent Wool Press, a farmer’s press for greasy wool, 700 made within'the last four years ; complete illustrated > catalogue of agricultural implements sent on application. J. Mundell and Co,—Sell valuable freehold property at Geraldine on Friday next; hold clearing sale at Mfom on the 30th iost. ; are prepared to make liberal advances on wool, held regular wool sales during the season ; have woo'packs and all station requisites on band.