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Temuka Leader, Issue 3835, 24 December 1901, Page 3

At Woodville William Prattley received a mouth's imprisonment for parading the street without his clothes on Saturday. An Ash burton telegram of yesterday's date says :—Raiu is still falling here. There has been no d.iy without rain for three weeks. The prospects of the tennis tournament are doubtful. A lire broke out at 3.30 on Sunday morning, and completely destroyed the residence of the late Mpjor Brown, at Henui. A serious fire occurred in the Avenue Wanganui, between 6 o'clock and 7 o'clock on Saturday morning. Tha Jarge twostory premises known as Victoria House, occupied by Mr Buckrell (draper) and Mr Crichton (boot and shoemaker) were completely destroyed. At Tapanui, in the Clutha district, J. O'Dowd was convicted of.selling grog, and the Magistrate inflicted the maximum penalty of three months' imprisonment. Notice of appeal was given. A charge of exposing liquor for sale was dismissed. The police withdrew the remaining charges. The New Zealand Literary and Historical Association prize for the best New Zealand poem sent in foi their literary competition has been awarded to Miss Dora Wilcox, of Christchurch, for her peoin entitled " The last of the Forest." The making of 600 tunics for the men of the Eighth Contingent is being entrusted to Messrs Ballantyne, of Timaru, and the firm's numerous staff of tailors and tailoresses is now busily engaged upon them.' At the inquest into the fire at Mrs Brown's shop, Newtown, Wellington, the jury returned a verdict that the premises had been wilfully set on fire by some person or persons unknown, and added a rider expressing the opinion that the method adopted by the insurance company in valuing Mrs Brown's stock for insurance deserved severe censure, and was a direct incentive to incendiarism. The stock was insured for £2OO, and valued by a commercial man at .£79. ,

The amount of cargo tak'in from New Zealand to Sydney by the boats leaving Wellington direct is diminishing eaeh week. The Talune sailed on Friday with only 34 tons in her holds. The average cargo carried when Sydney was a free port was 900.

The corporation of Christchurch has adopted the " sealed pan" system, and the first loads of the new pans were taken up last week. The council have had four waggons built for the purpose, three of them carrying 92 pans each, the fourth 73. Each vehicle can make two trips per night, though as there is no smell there is no reason why the work should not be done by day. The pans are taken to the railway station, and placed in trucks accommodating over 200 each. They are taken out to the reserve at Chaney's Corner by the six o'olock goods train in the morning, the contents buried in the sand, and after being thoroughly cleaned the pans are brought back to town by the evening train and used again. There are a little over 4000 services in the city, and about half have been supplied with the new pans. Mr Justin Pratt, a oarpenter, was driving his wife and family from Crofton to Wellington on Saturday afternoon, when the blinkers came off and the animal bolted in Kaiwarra drorge. The vehicle struck a fence, and its occupants were thrown out. Mrs Pratt sustained concussion of the brain and some internal injury, and a child named Myrtle Pratt, aged 11 years, was killed through the rail of the trap falling across her chest. There was no change in the mother's condition on Sunday afternoon. Mr Charles Edward Heatley, a traveller for orders for enlarged photographs, was thrown from a bicycle on Beaumont Hill, Otago. He was picked up and taken to the Tuapeka hospital, where he died. It is supposed that he lost control of the machine when riding downhill. At the Magistrate's Court Christchurch, Harold Vivian Harriott was charged with criminal assault at Burwood on December 14th on a little girl aged six. Prisoner reserved his defence, and was committed for trial. Bail was allowed in one surety in £IOO. Harold Johnson was charged with stealing £258 from the Christchurch D. I. C. on December 3rd. John Guillemot was charged with receiving, £IOO cash of this amount, with £SB 7s lOd in cheques, knowing that they had been dishonestly obtained. Both pleaded guilty, and were remanded to the. Supreme Court for sentence. The best medicine known is Sander & I Sons' Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colde, influenza, the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be fchey wounds, burns, scalding, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis inflammation of lungs, swelling, &c, diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. Sander & Son's Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over tho globe; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy: crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition Amsterdam Trus* in this approved all others.

The secretary of the National Mutual Insurance Company, has received the following message from Melbourne: —" The thirty-second annual meeting was held in Melbourne on Monday. The chairman proposed the adoption of the report and balance sheet, which showed that during the jrear 6000 new policies assuring £1,365,000, were issued; the premiums amounting to £55,000 being a record for new business for the Association. The revenue from all sources now exceeds half a million. The rate of interest earned was £4 15a 7d per cent; and was more than sufficient to pay the whole of the death claims. Notwithstanding the large amount of new business the written expenses of management show a substantial decreass. The Assurance Fund now stands at over £3,265,000. An actuary is now engaged in making bonus valuations.