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Temuka Leader, Issue 3746, 30 May 1901, Page 3

Mr William Bryant, who arrived in Canterbury by one of the first four ships, died at Ly ttelton on Tuesday morning ; aged S 3. Mrs Mather, wife of Captain Mather, died suddenly in the north train, between Papanui and Addington on Monday night, it is supposed from over exertion in running to catch the train. London, whose population was not more than 1,500,000 when Queen Victoria came to the throne, has now as larg« an aggregation of human beings within its boundaries as the whole of Ireland.

A young man giving the name ef "Wilson was arrested at Oamaru on a charge of breaking and entering a hut at St. Andrew and stealing therefrom a cheque for ,£l9 19s and other moneys. Ha was remanded to Tirnaru.

In order to attract marriageable women to Queensland it is officially intimated that in the north division of that colony there are 04 males to every 35 females ; in the central, 59 males to 40 females; and in the south, 53 males to 47 females. Out of a population of less than half a million there were last year 314!) marriages.

Wade's Teething Powdees for babies are soothing, reduce ft-ver, prevent blotches. Price, Is. James Abiatsar Martin Metherell, a farmer at Eangiora, left his house on Monday with a double-barrelled gun, containing one cartridge, to have a shot at a hare. Afterwards he was found dead by a fence. The gun was in the fence, and the cartridge had exploded, the shot having entered the man's left breast.

An accident to the goods train on Tuesday at Henley resulted in blocking the railway line. A truck attached to the 9.50 a.m. train from Dunedin became derailed south of Henley, and not beingr noticed 1-1 other waggons were derailed, blocking the liae. A special train was gent from Dunedin, which brought on the passengers. No serious darnags appears to have been done. The case of Long Lee, who was charged with having indecently assaulted a girl under 14 years, whom he had since married with the consent of her parents, was before the Wellington Court on Monday. The police elected to proceed with the prosecution, and the Magistrate committed accused for trial, though he said ho would refrain from expressing an opinion on the whole circurnstancas. The wife was not in evidence.

A man named Joshua Jones, employed as a rabbiter on the Hon. J. D. Ormond's Wallingtor station, H. 8., was drowned on Sunday in a somewhat peculiar way. Jones in company with another, was driving in a wild beast to kill as food for his pack of rabbiting dogs when the animal ran into a creek, and on being followed it stuck Jones up. He dismounted, but was eventually kicked into the water. His companion got him out quickly, but life was extinct. An age as great as 5000 years has some times been ascribed to the giant trees o California. Professor Charles E. Bessey, of the University of Nebraska, regards this estimate as very much exaggerated, lie says that he once" counted with great care tbe rings of growth of a tree felled in 1853, and which was fully 24ft or 25ft in diameter, so that its stump served as the floor of a daneing pavilion. The rings numbered 1147 and "that number would represent the age of the tree in years. Professor Bessey adds that he gravely doubts whether any of the existing trees approach the age of 2000 years. On Friday evening a very successful entertainment was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Pleasant Point, in aid of the public school fund. The following was the programme : —Duet the Misses Acton ; tableau ; song, Mr Mcßride,' Then bringto me a pint of wine',- tableau, 'Wiseand Foolish Virgins' ; song, Miss McLood, ' The song I'll ne'er forget'; tableau, * She wore a wreath of roses,' with song by Mrs Dalgleish ; pianoforte duet, Misses M. and K. Olliver; hornpipe, Mr Lynch; song, Mr A Acton; Mr J. Acton; step dance, MiLynch ; song, Miss McLood ; pianoforte solo, Miss R. McKibbiu; step dance, Mr Lynch ; song Mr Dalgleish ; God save the Queon. The accompaniments were artistically played by Mrs Hinson and Miss A Acton. The committee will nett about £lO.

A Village Blacksmith Saved His Little Son's Life.

Mr 11. H. Black, the well-known village blacksmith at Grahamsville, Sullivan Co., N.Y. says: " Our little son, five years old, has always been subject to croup, and so bad have the attacks been that we have feared many times that he would die. We have had the doctor and used many medicines, but Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is now our sole reliance. It; seems to dissolve the tough mucus, and by giving frequent doses when the croupy symptoms appear we have found that the dreaded croup is cured before it gets settled." There is no danger in giving this remedy, for it contains no opium or other injurious drug, and may be given as confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by J. 0. Oddie, Temuka, and Morrison Eros., Geraldine,

The Timaru Borough Council has resolved to prosecute medical men for failing to report cases of infectious disease Wo cases of scarlet fever and two of typhoid having recently boen unreported. _ The Midland Railway Commission met at Wellington yesterday morning to hoar the final addresses of counsel, but as the Government have not yet considered the matter submitted by Mr Bell, their representative, an adjournment was made. Several disbandments and reformations of volunteer battalions are gazetted—amongst others the Canterbury Battalion of Mounted Rifles. In place of the disbanded battalion, there have beea formed ' three new battalions—First and Second North Canterbury and First South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers. Tha First South will be constituted as under :-A.—South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers (Timaru) ; B—Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers; C—Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers ; D—Studhokne Mounted Rifle Volunteers; E—Geraldmo Mounted Rifle Volunteers. A. Wanganui telegram states that Judge Robert Ward, ex-Native Land Court Judge, is dead; aged 61. Deceased came to the colony 57 years ago, with his father, the first Primitive Methodist missionary to the North Island. He served in vauous capacities under the Government, as -Native Government agent, clerk, aud resident magistrate, taking up his permanence in the"latter capacity at Wanganui in In 1889 he was appointed permanent Judge of the Native Land Court, which position he occupied until September last, when he retired on a pension. During ms term of office as Native Land Court Judge, he gave titles for over 800,000 acres of land. He leaves a widow and family of nine, four sons and five daughters.

Ned Kelly in his suit of mail, Was proof against all lead, And how he laughed when all did fail, To lodge it in his head. Then let us all be on our guard, While long life we assure, For coughs and colds have some regard, Take 'Woods' Gbeat Peppermint Cube