LOCAL & GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2460, 4 February 1893, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

School Accommodation.—Some of the Wellington city schools are so overcrowded that they are refusing to admit any more children.

Electric Light.—The Wellington City Council intends to erect a 7000-candle power arc lamp at the entrance to Queen's wharf.

Primitive Methodist Church.— The services for to-morrow in connection with this Church will be found in our advertising columns.

Maintenance. —At the R.M. Court, Timaru, yesterday, Duncan Fraser, a drover, was ordered to pay 10s a week towards the support of his wife. Matriculated. The following South Canterbury students have passed the University matriculation examination : R. M. Baxter, J. McLeod, J. H. Mathews, A. Balfour, G. P. Wake, J. 0. Gillies, and C. Buchanan.

Gone for a Holiday.—Mr T. Finch, postmaster, Geraldine, has been granted two or three months furlough, and has gone to spend his holidays at Auckland. Mr Missen, of Timaru, is appointed to take charge at Geraldine during Mr Finch's absence.

Church op England..—The services for to-morrow are announced in this issue. A service will be held in future on the first Sunday of each month at the Milford Schoolroom. The first service takes place to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, when the Rev. Mr Butterfield will officiate.

Stabbing Case.—A man named Robert Bartlett was charged at Dunedin on Thursday with maliciously wounding George Finch. The case was remanded. Finch was stabbed during a quarrel. The wound is at present not dangerous, but the doctor is not certain what course it may take.

New Zealand in Favor.—A Masterton resident who has just returned from NewSouth Wales informs the local Star that New Zealand is in the mouth of nearly every working man in Australia. .Articles concerning the effects of Liberal legislation are eagerly read, and the cry of those possessed of small capital is " New Zealand is the place for us ! " Cycling.—A twenty-five mile handicap bicycle race, promoted by the Otago club, came off oa the Dunedin Caledonian Grouud on Thursday evening, when S. 11. Stedinan lowered the record, covering the distance in lhr. Khnin. l'Jaec. The best previous record was Kerr's at Christchurch —]hr. J7min. 4fseo. The race was won by Wilson, who had lOmia. st.irb, by three-quarters of a lap. Festival.—Tne weather being very threatening on Thursday morning the GeralJine Church Of England Parish Festival and school pionlo was postponed till yesterday. It is rather a pity that the postponement was made, as by midday the rain had cleared and the afternoon was qtiiiD <me enough for the picnic. The consequence was that a good number of country people intojbown and had to o-o home disappointed. Besides this, the school committee granted the public sokowi children a half holiday for the occasion "aftd j;he postponement could not have benefitted the festival.— A report of the fifl'-MJ wilj. be published iq. our nest issue.

Masonic. A larsfe «»4 influenzal meeting was bell on last 171 fbe Masonic Itooms on the occasion o- " Je iusj.ajltition of the W.M. and officers of the St. Geoige i f .c;lge, Temuka, by the Grand Master of New Jtaajand, Bro. Niccol, assisted by the Grand Sacretairy, IW. Mr Ronaldson, Ero. C. A. B. Hardy. G L. 0., and Bro. Knye, G.T. The Board of Installing: Masters consisted of sixtesn •Jt\M. ! s. There were a considerable numoer of visitors, representing' lodges from Auckland, Dunedin, lavercargill, Timaru, Christchurch Geraldiii3, Rakaia, etc., present. The following officers were installed for the ensuing year : —Bro. J. Findlay, W.M. ; Rev. W. E. Gillam, S.W. ; Bro. J. T. M. Hayhurst, I.W. ; Bro. D. Ferguson, Secretary; Bro. H. Lee, Treasurer; Bro. F. Archer, J.D. ; Bro. G. Mason, S.D. ; Bro. D. McCallum, 1.G.; Bro. B. Smith, Tyler. A r ery impressive addresses were delivered by the Grand Officers, after which an adjournment was made to the Crown Hotel, where a banquet was held, for which Bro. H. Lee catered in his usual first-class style, and a very enjoyable and instructive time was speut,

Wesleyan Church, Temuka.— The services for to-morrow will be found in our advertising columns. Bequest. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Dunedin has received its first bequest, Mr Joseph Clarke, of Blue Spur, having left it £2O in his will. Interest on Deposits. —lt is understood that the announcement will be made in a few days by the banks in the colony of a reduction by half per cent, in the interest on deposits.

Natives Association.—A meeting convened at AVellington for the purpose of forming- a branch of the Australasian Natives Association was poorly attended. Those present decided to establish a branch if sufficient support was offered.

A Freak of Nature.—There was in the yards at Addington on Wednesday a merino wether having four horns. One pair had grown from the usual place but were curved forward instead of back. The other pair, smaller in size, were a little further back, about half way between the front pair and the ears.—Press. Fires.—A six-roomed house in Cumberland street, Dunedin, owned and occupied by Mr Henry Box, and an unoccupied seven-roomed house, also owned by Mr Box, were destroyed with their contents on Thursday morning. Insurance, £32O.—A seven-roomed house at Devonport, Auckland, owned and occupied by Mr Edward Whitehead, furniture dealer, was burned ou Wednesday night. Insurance, £550.

Revenue Returns.—The Customs revenue for January was £127,248, against £134,807 in January last year. Auckland contributed £23,555 ; Wellington, £26,317; Christchurch, £22,476; Dunedin, £32,676. For ten months the revenue is £24,735 in excess of the estimate. The beer duty for January was £50(56 against £4BBB in January, 1892. Auckland contributed £1075 ; Wellington, £533 ; Christchurch, £822 ; Duuedin, £1277. The revenue for ten months is £475 above the estimate.

Accidents, Etc. A two-year-old boy, named Rowell, was drowned at the Taita. Auckland, by falling off the bridge while crossing the stream.—A young man named McNab, aged 18, was drowned whilst bathing in the Karamea river, West Coast, on Sunday last.—The death is announced at Dunedin t of Mr William Mackay, aged 1)0, father of the Rev. Mr Mackay, of Oamaru, and Mr Mackay, of Proudfoot & Mackay. William Addison, an old resident in the St. Andrew and Makikihi districts, died suddenly in an epileptic fit on Wednesday night.

A Shootikg Cask.—As the outcome of a domestic quarrel in a cottage on Parliament Steps, Wellington, on Thursday morning. James Grainge shot his stepfather, George Love, in the shoulder with a revolver. The parties were quarrelling on Wednesday night, and Love got the worst of it, it is said, and had been thrown outside by Grainge. Early on Thursday morning Love made an assault on the house, breaking some windows, and Grainge ran upstairs, procured a revolver, and firing at Love shot him in the shoulder. The wound is not dangerous, and Love was able to give depositions at the police station. Grainge fired a second shot, but ifc did not take effect. Grainge appeared at the Police Court charged with snooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and was remanded.

Land and Income Tax.—The following regulation under the Land and Income Assessment Act, 1891, is gazetted as an Order in Council:—" If the Commissioner shall not be satisfied with any return of land and mortgages furnished by any person or company, and if the Commissioner shall at any time desire further information in respect thereof, he may in writing require such person or company to amend such return or furnish further particulars of any land or mortgages or of the values thereof, respectively; or if the Commissioner thinks fit he may require any such person or company to produce for examination by the Commissioner, or by any person appointed by him for that purpose, at such place and time as may be appointed by the Commissioner in that behalf, any books, accounts, papers, documents, writings, or instruments, that the Commissioner may consider desirable or necessary to enable the true value of any land or mortgage to be ascertained for the purpose of the Act. For any breach of the regulation every person or company shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £30." Arundel School Committee. A meeting of the above committee was held on Saturday, January 21st. Present Messrs Campbell (chairman), Woodley, and Charles. It was decided to close the school, for the harvest holidays, on Friday 27th, and re-open on Monday, February 20th. It was thought the attendance would be better then, if not, it was decided to write to Mr Willoughby asking him to call upon the parents of absent children, and if they do not attend after school opens they will be summoned without further delay, .as the attendance was considered very bad, and for the future strict attendance must be enforced. The Inspector's report was read and considered very satisfactory. The committee are highly satisfied with the manner in which the school is conducted. The following is the report:—" Presented 27, absent 1, failed 1, percentage of passes 48, percentage of failures 7, percentage on class subjects 61, additional marks 68. Remarks —The infant pupils are receiving a careful training in all their work; the school has passed a very satisfactory examination; the order, attention, and manners, are very good.—James Gibson Gow, M.A., Inspector." Mr A. W. Campbell was appointed visitor for the month, and, accounts amounting to HG 12s Id being passed for payment, the meeting terminated.

Coukt of Appeal.—The Court of Appeal at Wellington on Wednesday unanimously dismissed the appeal of the Sydenham Licensing Committee in the case Isitt v. Quill, with costs on the highest scale. His Honor the Chief Justice did not consider that the refusal of the three renewals in 1592, which had been granted in 185)1, although there was no charge in the circumstance, a sufficient ground for concluding that the committee did not proceed oa proper consideration of the matter. Certain expressions of opinion in the Court pf Appeal in the former case sufficiently accounted for this change of attitude ; but consideration of the evidence as a whole now led him to the conclusion that the committee had acted on general principles, that under no circumstauoes ou ;ht licenses to be granted, not upon proper consideration of whether, under the circumstances, the licenses in question were required. Mr Justice Richmond regretted to'say that the ia:ta taken togetaer led him to the conclusion tibnt fihe committee hid not fairly exercised any discretion, but that their action must be referred to previous pledges and notorious .bias. He had nq X-'i'sti {'9 sa >' anything to cause pain to 'yorscrjs endeavoring tjq abate an undoubted tosiai eVii. buj; in hi§ opinion the appellants wd mingled with the aeal 9 f the reformers a little of the passion ol the partisans. Without in the least imparting conscious perversion of the truth he could not accept frheip exposition of their own motives. The invincible wb;ch blinded them as judges disqualified them as witnesses. The judgments of Mr Justice Williams and of Mr Justice Conolly were read Mr Justice Williams held, that looking at; all the facts, the appellants had, beyond made up theft minds be,prehand on the ground that the sale Qt liquors was immoral, and ought to be prohibited, and had acted on that predetermination. Mr Justice Conolly concurred in the judgment of Mr Justice lliehmond and Mr Jrstice Williams. The Court considered the respondent .entitled .to the .quashing of the refusal of the renewaj; whether he could get benefit beyond this was beyond the control of the Court. Mr Atkinson obtained leave to appeal to fche Privy Council on the usual terras,

Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show.— A meeting' of the Temuka Floral Society was held last night, the president being in the chair. The sub-committee brought up the prize schedule, which was adopted. It was decided to hold the show on Thursday, May 11th, and that 5500 schedules be printed, and distributed, in Dunedin, Christchurch, and other towns.

Cricket. —The team selected to play for Temuka ajainst Geraldine to-day will leave at 1 p.m., the game starting at 2 p.m. A match will be played at Temuka next Thursday between "Town and Country" players. The former team will be selected from the Timaru. and Colonial clubs, the latter from the Geraldine and Temuka clubs. This match should be an interesting one to witness, and a good attendance 6f spectators will no doubt be present. Lunacy.—A woman named Lambert, a passenger by the steamer Manapouri, with an invalid husband and several children, developed signs of insanity after leaving Melbourne. One of the officers was persecuted by persistent attentions, and the mania manifested itself by singing, etc. The family are on their way to England, per Arawa. Upon arrival at Wellington, however, the woman was arrested and committed to the asylum. It was said that at the same time one of the sailors on board had also some aberration of intellect.

In Bankruptcy.—The first meeting of creditors of James A. Gracie, bankrupt, was held at Timaru yesterday. The following is one of the debtor's filed statements £of his affairs. A—General statement of assets and liabilities. Dr :To unsecured creditors of J. A. Gracie as per list B, £IO4O ; to unsecured creditors of Gracie Maclean & Co., £lsl IDs 3d ; total £ll9l 19s 3d. Cr.: By assets as per list D, £355; cash in hand, £39; assets of Gracie, Maclean & Co., as per list D, £llO ;by books debts, of Gracie, McLean & Co., £3500, estimated to produce £550; by promissory notes in the hands of the firm for collection, £llO ; commission to become payable by Messrs Wright, Stephenson & Co., Dunedin, to Gracie, Maclean & Co., £SO; surplus from securities as per list C. £ll4B 15s 7d; total, £2362 Jos 7d. Surplus £ll7O 16s 4d.

A Licensing Case.—At the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on Thursday, in the case Heffernan v. Begg and others, the Prohibition Committee at Roslyn, Mr Justice Williams gave his decision in favour of the committee's action in closing all houses in the district. He held that the present case was distinguishable from the Sydenham one, and that the Court ought not to interfere with the decision of the Licensing Committee. The question in the present case was one of fact, namely, as to whether the cornmittee,in refusingHeff ernan'slicense on the ground of it not being needed in the neighbourhood, had or had not exercised discretion. Here that, at any rate, was open to fair doubt, as three of the members of the committee were unconnected with any Prohibition Association, and as the other two, although connected with such association, did not appear to be persons of extreme Prohibition views, it was conceivable that they might have been able to consider the application with judicial minds. The distinction between the Sydenham case and the present one will be best appreciated by a careful persual of the evidence in each case. The motion was dismissed with costs of £3 3s to the committtee.

Among the wealthy classes of Japan it is considered undignified to ride a horse going faster than a walk.

SYNOPSIS OP ADVERTISEMENTS. Church of England—Services for tomorrow. Mrs R. Pinckney—Wants a general servant.

N.Z.L. &M.A. Co—Sell stock at Temuka on Tuesday.

Primitive Methodist Church —Services for to-morrow.

Wesleyan Church, Temuka—Services for to-morrow.

Temuka District High School—Pupil teacher wanted.

J. Higgins Funeral notice re late William McCann. C.F.A. Association —Advertise entries for Temuka Stock Sale. Temuka Road Board—Will sue for unpaid rates and rents.

Guinness & LeCren Entries for Temuka Stock Sale.

Geraldine Rifles—lnspection of arms, etc.. on Thursday next. J. E. Beckinghani —ls now holding a great clearing sale of furniture, etc., prior to stocktaking. P. W. Hutton & Co., Tiinaru—Have nowremoved their business to new premises; books at job prices. J. W. Miles—Notice re bespoke tailoring, having engaged a first-class cutter; satisfaction guaranteed. G-. H. Mogridge—ls about leave Temuka, and intends to slaughter his entire stock of drapery, clothing, etc, during the next 21 days.

Lister and Barrie—Funeral notice re late Mrs Charles Hewson; will leave Timaru at 9 a.m. for the Geraldine Cemetery, arriving: there at 1 p.m.