MISCELLANEOUS

Temuka Leader, Issue 3807, 19 October 1901, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

The store aud dwelling of Mr L Smith at Nightcaps were burnt on Thursday morning. The Press reports that the sojourn at Eotorna has greatly improved the health of Bishop Grimes. He is gradually getting rid of insomnia, and after a little time it is hoped his health will be fully restored. Mr A. H. Chapman, of Oamaru, whose process of thawing frozen meat has been before the public for some time, returned from London by the Gothic on Wednesday, and will endeavour to induce the Government, in the interest of producers, to assist in bringing about the adoption of his system. According to the Home correspondent of the Press Mr Thomas Mann the well known British labour leader, ha 3 determined to emigrate and settle in New Zealand. He saya he may go into business—he is an engineers turner —but will take the first thing that turns up in the way .of work. It is expected that the session will end on Wednesday, Nov. 5, enabling the Premier, the Minister of Education, and the Minister of Railways to be present at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show, and the concluding day of the Canterbury Jockey Club's Spring Meeting. At -Nelson,- two youths, Walker and Howard, pleaded guilty t) ten charges of theft, in connection with the discovery of their camp by police last week in » lonely part of Pelorns, and weie admitted to probation for six months and ordered to pay 30s, the value of the stolen goods cousumad aud damaged. The recovered property has been restored to the owner.*. At the Ashburton Trotting Meeting on Thursday the Maiden Handicap was won by Fairboy, District Handicap by Dopple ganger, Laghmor Trot by Vet. Bracelet by nlim'un, Handicap Trot by Whisper, Fairfield trot by Balmoral, and Dash Handicap by Barney o'llea. The dividends were all small, £3 19s on the Bracelet, and £7 8s on the Dash Handicap, being the only ones over £l. In reply to a circular from the Premier the Auckland and Christchurch Chambers of Commerce deprecate New Zealand Bhowing a spirit of retaliation in connection with the new Federal tariff, by the imposition of prolubitory duties. They advise that New Zealand should seek new and permanent markets for her produce. Meetings of sawmillers at Auckland and Southland advocated putting an export duty on bulk timber. •* r l!_II*l At the fortnightly meeting of the Fairlie Debating Society on Wednesday evening Mr William Gilmour was voted to the chair. The editors, Miss Fuchs and Mr Wallace, read the contributions to the magazine, which were numerous and of an interesting character. They were well written and were thoroughly discussed by the members present. Some of the subjects dealt with were " Friendship," •' Travelling," *' Danccing," " Skirts," and " Pig hunting." The next meeting will be devoted to the subject—"ls war j> stifial.le ?" Messrs Wallace and Burn will act as leaders. The session will close with a social on November 13th, The Education Department has decided to establish at Levin an institution for the reception of boys who are neglected or beyond the control of their parents. It will be the first in the colony on what is known as the cottage system. The home will consist of a main building capable of accommodating about 40 children and officials, and six cottages, each large enough for a dozen children and a icarried couple as attendants. The boys will attend a school established for the benefit in the main building, and will have their dinger on the premises, but breakfast and tea are to be served in the cottages. The boys will be taught farm work, and also some trades. The Department hopes to have the institution in working order within a year. A Noumea journal has discovered that labourers are obtained foi the Queensland plantations not by the efforts of Protestant missionaries, as was supposed, but by the exercise of a novel and amusing expedient According to this authority, the recruiting vessels are furnished with a phonograph, which had registered at Queensland interviews with so-called natives of the New Hebrides. When a native is taken on board the 7esspl and is still undecided about accepting an engagement, he 13 brought before the phonograph, when he is astonished to hear, in his ewn language, a voice proclaiming the high wages and the abundance of choice food offered by the English if he will only join his fellows in Queensland. The kanaka is stupefied and the trick is successful. Oue of the most revolting cases that, has come under the notice of ihe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal ■ at Wellington of late iB that of a cow belonging to Mr Anderson, of Island Bay. The animal was, it is clear, treated by pomebody to a shower of eome caustic fluid. The owner's attention was drawn to its condition by its mad behaviour, and on inspection he found the whole of oue side of the poor brute a horrifying mixture of blood and hair. Wow that the wound is partly healed, the cow's bide from the shoulder to the root of the tail is ai bare as a board, and quite black, while the skin is breakiug. A young man was charged with .the offence. Two justices heard the case, and after visiting the scene of the alleged outrage failed to aoree, and decided that the case should be reheard by. the Stipendiary Magistrate. For Failing Health, Nervous Diseases, Depression, Atrophy, Irritability, Sleeplessness, Weak Back, Headache, Heart Palpitation, Lack of Energy, Excitable Temper. 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