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Timaru Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 1508, 28 August 1876, Page 3

StrrisJ Maii-.^— This mail arrived at Timaru on SaMirdny lust.

BkSIDENT MAGtSTItATE's CotFRT, TIMABU. — At this Court, on Saturday, one inebriate, Dennis Tobie by name, was fined ss, or m default 24 hours' imprisonment ; and Jamqs Mackay, obargcd with lunacy, wa3, on the certificates of Drs Maointyre nnd. Hammond, committed to the Sunnyside Asjlum. ; CHBiSTCHUBcn Hospital. — The Provincial Secretary advertises m our columns for a legally ;qualified inedipal: man; as Resident House Surgeon for the Chrijfccburch Hospital. The salary is £300. a year, •with.residence r &o. CONFERENCE OF ChAIEMBN OV ROAD Boards. — A meeting of the Chairmen o£ the various Road Hoards m Canterbury will be held, at Warner's Hotel, Christohurch, tomorrow morningi (it 11 o'c'ock, to further coueider the Counties Bill. The Chairmen of t\ie I Mount Cool:, Goraldine, Temuka, and Levels I'oad Boards intend to be present; but we have not heard whether the Chairmen of the other two Boards m South Canterbury pufpoie attending. Fibe AT Temuka. — On Sunday (yesterday) a.fternoo.n a fire broka out m a bedroom m Mr P.Wareing's store at Temuka.. It was firs); observed by Mr Robert Friedlander who with great presence of mind extinguished the flames,. which had only got a slight hold, with some blankets, getting a- severe scorching' m doing so. The fire-bell was rung, but thorp was fortunatoly no occasion for the B<r vices of thUerfgirtei."' Damage was done to the amount of about £20. The fire was supposed to huTO been caused by one of the children who had been playing m the room some- little tinae pre^ viouily, treading on a match. . . Dn. Ttoneb.— This interesting individual suooeeded on Saturday morning m taking French leavo of the Addington gaol, where ho had been confined on suspicion of stealing . another coat. It is evident from this, thnt-ha did not find his quarters there, during his first resideuce, 'quite to Jh^s' liking. Wo have not heard by what means he managed to wriggld out of his net ; but ho lost m> time m making himself scarce, as up to last evening no clud had been found to his whereabouts. Wa trust it will not be many hours beforo we henis pf hia recapture, as lie is too valuable a specimen of the genus rogue to be lost to the world, until his suspected peculiarities have been studied a little more closely. : LO.GLt., Libbboat -Lodgß; — On ~ Friduyj evening the Lodge was opened m due form by. Bro. J. C. Binskin, W.O.T. Afterthe usual ceremonies, 'Beverai.peTsonrwere proposed for initiation. - Four rrmles and one-female were! duly initiated, and one Brother was reobligated. -Qnei member. applied, for his clearance; card, which was granted ; and one member' was admitted by clearance card. Bro. Bruce,' P.W.C.T., informed the memhprs that thoyi could get the anniversary tickets for the tea| meeting, and concert from Bro. Padget, the' Entertainment Secretary. Sro. Allen, D.D.,' said it gave him great pleasure to see so many; able ihembers';present ; andthatas the' sessions wero close at hand, he hoped a good man wpu'd be picked.tp attend. The Lodge then opened for harmony ; after which votes of thanks were returned to the ladies and to all , the . Tisitprs. . Tho. Lodge .closed m due 'form at i 9.45 p.m. ■ Footbau. Match.— Tho-.match of the Old College-Boys v. Temuka, wfiich -was projected curly iv the season, came off at Temuka on Saturday last. The Old College Boys were— F. Barker (captain), B. Moorhouse and S. Barker (backs), R. Bdtherfdrd (half-back), W. Baker, ; E ; Rutherford, G. B: Hall. A. j Rhodes, E. H. Dobsdui W. W. Beswicb, and L. Mcßeady. The Temuka team was composed of tbef following men, viz. — C. D. Fox (captain), T.'Moßratney (back), G-, W. Watspn and.. W. Craig (half .backs), E. P. Jones, Rl pTdrpoint', A. Wilson, R. M. Buchanan, P. Buchanan, John Paterion, James Paterson, H. Forward, and — Tavender. Fox played bacjt And F. Barker- halftback- .on r their respective i Qdes; The Old I ' College 'Boys thus started with elevep men and $emuk» irith thirteen,

but later on m the gsune each side was made up to the full number. Play began about 3.30 p.m., the ball being kicked off by Tomuka, who for the first twenty minutes kept Iho ball well down m their opponents quarters. Several go >d runs were mado by Watsnn, Craig, and Mcßratney for Temuka, nnd'thn ball was passed along several times m a way that showed how well it had practised this year. Several hard scrimmages took place, too, m which, despite the weight of the Old Collego Both, who must liavo areraged nearly Hi stone, the Temuka team mora than held th*ir own. At the end of twenty minutes goals were changed, the game as yet having been all m favor of Tumuka. During the next spell the Old College Boys strove to make some points to set off agiinifc their opponents score, but did not succeed, while Temuka kept iteadily adding to its points by touches and force-downs. F. Barker and Dobson made good runs, but were collared before reaching the touch-line. Several go:iU were missed by Temuka, whose kicking, so far as straightness was concerned, was not good. At half-time goals wore again changed, and now tho O!d College Boys were strengthened by getting A. Barker and T. Condell to help them. Still, however, the play was all m favorof Tnniika, who got several more points by touches find force-downs. During this part of the gatno occurred a bit of play which surpassed anything of the kind we have ever seen m South Canterbury. Mußratney started off with the ball ; before getting fur he was collared by the Old College Boys, but he passed the ball to James Paterson, who got another good run, ag lin passed the ball on to Buchanan, who very nearly got it into the enemy'a quarters This passing on of the ball was dona without any hesitation or fumbling, and formed a marked feature of the Temuka men's play. At three-quarter time goals were again changed; and now tho Old College Boys teemed . determined to do something, and at la«t succeeded m getting a touch-down. F. Barker ran with the ball, but was collared by Craig before touching tho ball down. Both men fell, and there on the newly ploughed ground -behind the goal they rolled about, encli striving to. -get the ball. Barker's superior strength told at last, and he got a touch-down. Tiie kick was- entrusted to Mporhousa, who, however, failed to get a goal. When, time was called the score stood at five touch-downs and six force-downs, or 21 points, for Temuka; against one touchdown, or three points, for the Old College Boyg. Throughout the gam* every man played his best with heart and soul, the Temuka men especially playing splendidly. The want of practice among the Old College Boys, many of whom had not played together for years, told heavily against them, but still to the end they bravely fought a losing fight. Three cheers by Temuka for their adversaries* and three oheers m return for Temuka, wound up one of the best games played m South Canterbury this year. Federation at the Capb.— The Melbourne Argus is m receipt of Cape papers to the 17th June, which, explain the position the colony bus taken up with respect to the federation question which has so long agitated it. On June 8 the Government moved the following resolution m the House of Assembly : — " This House desires to express its approval of the action .taken by the Government — as signified m tho minutes of Ministers of the 14th March last— consequent on the resolution agreed to by the House m the special session of November, with the view of giving the counsel and assistance of this Government m settling the difficulties which have arisen out of the extension of British jurisdiction to Griquland West ; and the House further approves of the suggestion made m tho eamo minute that Mr Molteno, while m England, should also discu"s with Hie Ri lit Honorable the Secretary of State for tin: Col uic* ant further matters which might he coieidere I desirable; ani thus, uinong oth r adranla^es resulting therefrom, aUbrd her Majesty's Government the opportunity which Lord Carnavon states that he Jconsiders expedient of explaining ' more especially the general principles upon which they are of opinion that the native policy of the future should bo based, and the terms and conditions up. in which they conceive that a consideration might be effectively orginised.' " .Mr Maasdorf moved ah amendement to the effect that Mr Moltono should be accompanied to England by at least two co delegates, to be elected by the Colonial Legislature. Mr- Saver moved another amendment, which limited Mr Mplteno's mission to tho representation of the colony m the settlement of the di-pute between Great Britain and Griquland "West, and this was ultimately carried with the consent of the Govornnient. This position was, after someopposition, accepted by the Legislative Council A Monster Petition. — On Friday afternoon, June 24th, a curio U3-looking bundle whs to bo seen outside the bar of the House of Commons. It was covered with what appeared to be bright American cloth, and was neatly tied up with broad red tape. Through its centre there was thrust a slip of wood, which projected, from either end, for the purpose, as it afterwards turned out, of being used as handles, to iift the bundle. What c'cmld it be? ■ That was evidently the first thought of those who ne n-ly stumbled over it m eii.tering the chamber. Curiosity was provoked, and m a short time members gathered around and quizzed it through their glasses. Somo of them, indulging the curiosity natural lo man, even ventured to- touch it,, but apparently without receiying the. reward of gratification, Presentlywhat nijs'ei'y hung around it was solved by Mr Bu t, who rose and said he had a petition to pivse it, signed by 102,000 signatures, praying Parliament not to give any more grants t > the Koyal Family until a state' ment of their inoonie had been received. Nothing-was, of course, said, but the idea has got abroad that tho Duke of Connaught is about to take unto himself a wife. Whether thakbe tl?o c.ise or no,. Mr Burt and Mr Macdoniild left their places, and amid the i 11---coneeijed' jeeri ot the House, carried the questionable-looking bundle up to the table. Whilst they staggered uuder the burden, & ■whisper, went rjund that they looked bb if they were takins home the week's washing. Weai/hi op the Ashantees. — The wealth of the Ashantees (says' a recent Home paper) is very great, but o "ring to tha circumstance that though the King is the legal heir of all his subjects, he generally contents himself •with taking such unwrought gold as may be found: among the deceased's effects, almost all the precious metal is converted into ornaments. It is asserted that at Cootnassie the chiefs are almost weighed down by theije ornaments, and sometimes require a sl&re to support there bracelet-covered arms. Bow- . ditch, wheu lie visited Coo.massio half a century ago, saw bue man who carried on his persou no less than jOOOoz. "of •wrousjat gold. Notwithstanding, however, this device, the King accumulates enormous treasures, for he levies a tax of 20 per cent, on all manufactured gold, and a heavy percentage on all gold found m the mines. Disco veby of Anciknt Canoes.— - The Inverness Courier says : — Tiro ancient canoes have been found m the bed of * lake at St Columba, lale cf Skye. The first va» dug put m 1763, and was described by the Bey. Alexander Macgregor (now of the West Church, Inverness), in/ the new statistical account of the parish, the particulars having been derived from an old man who. had "seen it, Mr Macgregor .was' able; to supply "Mr Jolly ,with fresh detail", from which it appeared that the boat had been imnk very deep m tho; mudi and was all of one piece, about fourteen feet long: and three feet broad. Very thick Iron rings were fastened, m the- end of it, which were afterwards converted into stipkets for the cat chrom.or wooden ploughi, The ha&b was soon destroyed by . people taking pieces "of it/a^ray.' A fragment of another, canoe -yras found m 1874 by two men digging m a deep ditch on the west Bide of the old lobli. They came upon the iiteyii-'rtcut font feet m, lengtb.-rpr©jsctinj

into the ditch, and cut it off with their spades, throwing it on the bank without further search or enquiry. There it was accidentally seen a year afterwards by Mr Jolly, the parish clergyman, and the schoolmaster. Mr Jolly was anxious that search should be made for the rest of the canoe, an 1 ths proprietor, Captain Fraser of New on, kindly g-ive instructions to his ground offiwr to employ men to dig for it. Only one of the men who had found the stern, however, was at home ; he failed to indicate the right spot, and the search proved fruitless Mr Jolly expressed the hope that the Antiquarian Society would resume the work. The portion of the boat already found is m possession. of Captain Fraser. The boat seems to have beeii of the usual kind of ancient canoe, hollowed out from the trunk of a tree. The stern was about two and a-half feet wide, and fully six inches high ; and the bottom was three inches thick. The kind of wood has not; been determined. " St Columba's Loch," taid Mr Jolly, " contains the remains of different nges, from that of the early artificial islands, to common m the loches of the Hebrides, and especially the the Long Island, to the latter structures of the Caldees and mdrii modern Christian times. But the fact that these canoes so closely resemble thoso found m connection ■with the early prehistoric times of the stone and subsequent periods, would seem to afford a strong presumption that they bulons; to such c-irly agtss. The extstanco of the irou rings m the canoe found m 1763 wou'd seem to show that it bolongpd to a later age than the stone period, and to a timn when iron, and good iron, was m use. But St. Columba's Loch, if thoroughly explored, would most likely yield examples of the remains of a long series of i>go*, and of very diffiirwifc types of men and styles of workmanship." Mr Jolly specially recommends tho parish of Kilmuir as being full of interesting and valuable materials for the archaeologist and (he antiquarian.

Roguish: Trick. — The Olago Daily Times of Friday last says : — There is roguery m all trades, and m would appear that m pushing the sale o' the "' patent alluminium pens " there is no exception to thi* rule. AMr Jacobs visited Duiiedin, whither he had come via Melbourne, some short time back with a newdescription of pen. He represented himself as a member o£ the firm of Colgate and Co., London, and his mission to the colonies to be for the sale of his patent pens. He sold a considerable quantity of his pens here, estab-i lished an agency, and went on his way north. We now hear of him from Wellington, » telegram from which yesterday informs us. that "a man namod M. Jacobs recently ■ from Melbourne, via .Dunedin, has b«en selling pens here at a high price, alleging them' to be of. superior quality, a> patent aluminium, but on being tested they have been : found to be nothing but common steel pens." The Government were about, to purchase a largo quantitj, but of course the otder is now countermanded. Jacobs has been warned by tho police, and to those who hiive purchased his pens he is now handing back their money; Messrs Forgusson and Mitchell, who took the Dunedin agency, write to us as follows: — - " By the Wellington tflegrams, we learn that a Mr Jacobs has been selling pens called aluminiiim, that nre found out to be simply steel pens. As we were imposed upon by Jacobs m purchasing a large quantity, and have been advertising them m your piper, will you kindly etrike but advertisement, and intimate our. regret to the public that we have uncon^ sciously been the means of parading these pens." The pens which have caused all this excitement aronold m boxes marked "J. Colgate's patent, London." The boxes are also labelled " Best Aluminium Pens." On inspecting the box m our possession last niffht;, we noticed that t'lo lab-Is, " Best Aluminium Pens," were not got up with the same degree of eletrance as tho re.-t of the box, «nd on nibbing one i>f tho lnbds off we found an explanation uml'Tiieith. Under the label were the worda " Suner'or Steel "Pens." The pc-is nro of a lisjht grey oolo'-, and arc of Vf.ry superior quality. After a two days' trial, we. spoke very favourably of them, and after u-<in<: tin m for fourteen days,weare confirmed m our good opinion of them. We should rei-ommend Mes-rs Fer^usson and Mit-chi-11, if they emnot get a Aonre./trfengencyfor the alum'iiiuin peii9, to get one for Colgate's steel pans. Th« Government could cerlainly secure a quantity wiih aHvuntngn for the hoon of tho publio patronising tho Tele »m.ph Office, and for othur places where pos are exposed to rough usage. We do not "know if Mr Jacobs is travelling m advance of Colgate's agent, but he must be a gentleman who knows his way about pretty well. Had Colgate's pens bei!ii nlr.ady m use m this colony, he would no doubt have been pretty soon detected, but lta had a discriminating agency which enabled him evon to impose not only on tho public but 011 the trade. He is now called upon to refund, and it g'ievcs us exceedingly to find that this amiable elderly gentleman, who said he cam© from England to supply a benighted colony with an aid to enlightenment, is — like many m an age which is not what it seems to be — a fraud. We hear that Mr Jacohs did business with one New Zealand firm to the extent of £300, and the wholesale value of the pens would (be worth somewhat less than a quarter of that amount.

Tin DiscovEur.— Tin oro has been discovered »t Tapanui, says the Tuapeka Times. A specimen sent to: Dunedin for assay is expected to yield a large per centage of pure metal to the ion. We have not heard the precise locality m which the tin was found, but the. discoverers imagine that they have made their " eternal j>ile>" by the find. A Neat Swindle. -The newest thing m the way of swindling was told to me lately says " Alticus" m the Leader. A man placed the sum of £100 for a year at a fixed deposit m a Melbourne bank at which he had likewise a running account. After a little while he received permission to overdraw his account to the amount of, £80, which he at once proceeded to nv-iil himself of. He next went to a money-lender, and oa the deposit receipt succeeded m raising the loan of another £80, making a clear gain of £60 by the transaction, -with which he cleared out of Melbourne. The money -lender, is the victim m Ihe matter, as the bankers have agoneral lien over tho moneys and securities of their customers m their hauds. My informant was emphatic m condemnation of the swindle. It was ingenious, he acknowledged, but mean. A man with such an idea as that ought to have made a fortune out of it. Starling with £1000 m one bank, he could speedily have turned it into £1600, which he could hare deposited m another, and so on till he had exhausted all- the banks m Melbourne, increasing his capital at, each operation. And the worst of it is, he says, that through the thing becoming known no man with more exalted views will now be able to work it. A regret m which the money-lenders will hardly share.

A Chinaman m Love.— The Inglewood correspondent of the Bendigo Advertiser sends the following: — A. comical incident occurred at one of our churahes last Sunday evening at the termination of service. A Chinainun had been m the habit of attending the church lately, having apparently been struck with the beauties of the Christian' religion as compared -with the barbarous practices of his own ; but, from what occurred on Sunday evening, it appears John must have been struck with something else ; for ■when the congregation had left, tie reinanined, and when asked the cauee thereof, said, pointing to a lady whos j duties required her presence for a short time after other people had gone, " Lady love 'em me ; me marry her!" and he was so persistent m his determination to enter into the holy bonds that he had to, be forcibly ejected. Nothing daunted, however, the love-sick Celestial ran round, and again hod to bo turned out ; and even after the lady reached her home., the impudent fellow went there crying out, "Me want to marry. lady ?" „ England's Mimiahi Position. — The Paris Cotutitulionel m a recent issue gives a foreign view of England's position:-— " England is continuing h«r military prepare

tlons as if war were going to break out. m twenty-four hours ; but the English are a p-actical people. Si vh pacem para bellum. Such is the rul-? of their present conduct; and as they passionately lon^ for peace they are eagerly preparing for war. It is a mistake to suppose thut England's p wer is waning. She is formidable, fi-arles*, and clever. Wb^n she undertakes an expedition it succeeds, no matter at what cost nor by what m j an«. Those who f«il to see how threatening England reall y is, and what danger Russia, who is now reorganising her army, would incur by offending her, must be blind. All this is as well known m Rmsiaas m England. The firmness of the Cabinet of St. James 1 irill, as an immediate consequence, moderate the attitude of the St. Petersburg Government. In our opinion,, the gravity of England's resolution goes further towards ensuring the peace of Europe than hesitation or weakness could have done. As to ourselves, who are placed altogether outside the quasi ion, let us be coutent with watching events, and endeavor to find consolation by strengthening our forces, grateful to Marshal] McMahon, whose firm and wise protection procures for Ms ptace and quietness."

Crossing the Channel m a Canoe — Lieutenant Colville, of the Grenadier Guards, amused himself on Derby-day m an original niannor. Starting from Charing Cross on the Tucsrtny night by tho Dover mail, with a light summer c*noe — one of the Maidenhead "cockle-shells " — weighing about sixty pounds aud measuring about fourteen feet m length, with a change of clothes and a botfclo of cold tea, ho prepared himself for the fask of paddling across the Channel. There was no Mayor, no crowd, no special correspondents to sec him off, his only confidant bcinga coast-guard-man, -who had taken a rough forecast of the woather. At three o'clock— daybreak on Derby morning — he started from Dover harbor, and parldled himself into Calais harbor by half-past nine, doing about thirty miles zigzng across Channel m six hours and a half. As an effort of pure conrage, his voyage is equal to Webb's and BoyntonV. The Russians m the Pacific. — Concerning the Russians m Saghalien, the Yokohama Herald say a: — "Russia has lost no time m | con sideling how to turn her new possession, Saghalien, to a profitable Recount. A commission, instituted at St. Petersburg, recommondi the construction of fire eteacuers to ply between the soul hern shore of the island of Sughalien, the Russian Pacific Coast, and Shanghai. By sending Saghalien coal to Shanghai, anJ, on the return voyage, conveying tea, &c , to Nicholaieske and Viadivostock, it is expected (o establish a profitable, trade. The fine seams of coal m the island will prore of inestimable value for eteani purposes m the part Russia is destined to play m the waters of the Japan Sea. Japan; will probably have causa bitterly to regret that she ever exchanged these valuable deposits of coal for a few rooky islands capable of nothing better than for breeding and dwelling-places for sea otters. With respect to the steamers to be built, they will m all probability be so constructed, like the Black Sea vessels, as to be suitable for war purposes. These steamers will probably prove to be the nucleus of a Russian fleet, to be permanently employed m these ■waters.* , Turkish Journalism. — A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing fiom Statnboul on the reform of Turkey, gives the following amusing quotation from a local newspaper : — " Within the last few days one of the Turkish journals of this city has published an apologue, allowing how a former Caliph — a Caliph of the olden time— who was anxious to impose a fresh tax upon his people, applied to tho Sheikh ul-I*lam for the necessary fettah. Tho Sheikh-ul-Islam pondored and replied: 'O Caliph of the age; the feleah shall be written, but first I must know whether the Royal treasury is empty. 1 The Caliph at once replied thnt he hart not a sequin left. Then e.iid the Sh-ikh, ' O Light of the world, ihefetvdh shall be written, but. first, I must know whether tliou hast the jewels which were m thy hiirem.' The Caliph was forced to admit that he had still m his harem a large commodity of precious stones and much wrought gold. Then Sheikh-ul-Islam said : ' Vorily, O Wonder of our time, the fettah may not be written, for the Caliph may not tax the poor while he hath jewels and gold wherewith he can obtain coin.' Bear m mind that, thin story has been printed m a Turkish newspaper, that largo numbers of tin* Turks can read, that the new Sheikh-ul-Islam was chosen by the Elomns and Sof tas ; and then prepare for the result which assuredly will soon arrive."

Mark Twain on Bad Musicians. — The musical public and general readers are cautioned not to purchase Weston's Wizard Oil and Magic Pills, without carefully examining the ouieide wrapper — aud be sura that the words " None G-enuine without the Signature of the Peopeietoe, — Fbanx Weston, Sydney, N.8.W." are engraved thereon. Any other so called preparations of mine, are unauthorized by me, and calculated to mislead the public. Signed — Fhank Weston ; Sole Agents, Kejipthobne Pkossee&Co. Price — Half-a-Crown. [Advt.]