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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 2234, 18 November 1881, Page 2

Mb Johv Hayhubst at Wiwohestsb. — Mr Uay hurst will meet the electors of Geraldine m the schoolroom, Winchester, at 7.30 o'clock this evening. Wr*B Desebtiok. —A man named William Gardiner was yesterday arreated m 'I imaru by Detective Kirby on a charge of deserting his wife and family at Dun«din. Ebbatuk. —ln our return of the pol ing at Waahdjrko on Wednesday, published m yesterday's issue, the number of votes for Mr Acton was stated to be 8 instead of 86. The Wbathbb. — A sudden change m the weather took place yesterday. A fresh sou - west wind sprang up about 12 o'clock, and during ihe night a good deal oF rain, which is much wanted throughout the district, fell. NOETH OtAQO AqkICBIiTUBAIi AND PaStoeal Association's Show. — Ihe eighteenth annual show of the North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held at Oamaru yesterday. A report of tho (irst day's proceeding* appears m another part of this issue. But few limaru people visited it yesterday, but ire understand a considerable number intend going down to-day. KnsiDßtrr Magistrate tor Gsbaldikb. —According to our Wellington telegrams, Mr Richmond Beelham has been gazetted Resident Magistrate for Geraldine. We pr'SUtne from this that m addition to his magisterial duties m connection with Timaru and Wai mate, he will m future have to preside at the Temuka and Geraldine Courts. The G-beaxdini Election. —Our Temuka correspondent wires : —lhe general election, as far as the district of Geraldine is concerned, premises to be a moat exciting affair, for m additiun to the four gentlemen who are already before the electors, another gentle man who ia well known m the district >md highly respected, will, it is stated, be brought forward m the Liberal interests. Acoidekx. —Mr Alex McLean, manager for Mr Macdonald, at Orari, met with a serious accident whilst attending a chiff cutting machine on Wednesday afternoon laat. It apears thitoneof the teeth of a cog wheel broke, and Mr McLean was examining the wheel without stopping the machine, when one of his fingers on the rig t hand by some means was cut off. Mr McLean, accompanied by Mr Bedham, came to Temuka to Dr. Campbell, who attended to the injuries. Mr McLean was very weak on his anival at Temuka through the great loss of blood which resulted from the wound Bmnmr of the CANTEEBtrar Voluktebss. —The Canterbury Volunteers were expected to leave Opunake for home yesterday evening, the steamer calling at Nelson and Ficton, with the- contingent from those places, enroute. Our local companies may therefore be expected to arrive here on Mond y morning, when we trust they will be accordrd that hearty and fitting reception which their gallant conduct deserves. We hone His Worship the Mayor will ies his way to arrange the preliminaries for this, and that other lei ding citizens will waist him m providing something more substantial than an ovation of words. The Timaru and Temuka men, by being amongst tho first to offer their services at the front set an example to Volunteers m other parti of the colony which cannot fail to ha»e a Listing moral effect. A Folding Boat. —Then is now on view at Mr 'Ilist's shop, m the Main North Road, one of Colonel De Lassla'* recently patented folding boats, intended for use m cue of shipwreck, which hai just come to hand by the ship I imaru to Mr Triit's order. I' is niude of very light wood covered with oiled canvas, and is fitted with a movable seat and >n air chamber on either aide which renders it additionally buoyant. In appearance it is similar to an ordinary flat-bottomed punt, its length bo ng about 7ft, but when folded up it is little more than half that length, and about 2ft Gin broad. - By loosening a cord which runs around the top tides of the boat, the ends are lowered, and it can be then used as a hammock, loops being fixed m the sides for slinging purposes. The boat was tried inside tho Break water on Thursday afternoon, when i> proved a thoroughly watertight and safe craft, and was easily and quickly propelled For sportflmon ono of fcncoo boats would do found very useful for shooting on lagoons, and as their price is very moderate, orders should be forthcoming. The West Wangahoi Coal Mike. —The Collingwo d correspondent of the Nelson Evening Mail telegraphs as follows regarding the fissures at West Wanganui: —Litest advices from West Wanganui state that there is a marked diminution of smoke issuing from the fissures, while the heat has greatly increased. The largest fissure is about 60ft m length with a visible depth of about 20ft. All along the chaam whioh at the top is a'out 3ft w de, and gradually narrowing as it go> s down, the heat is sufficient to kimlle wood into a flame immediately on being thrown into it. There are several fr«oh smaller rents m the hill, all running parallel, and about 6ft apart from that from which smoke with a strong ht-at its issuing Ther' it every indication of coal near, but, whether it is a coal >oam or other combustible material spontaneously ignited, it is certain that there ia a fierce fire burning underneath which is gradually undermining the hill and thereby causing tha rent. Nabbow Escape fbom being Bubht to Death. —A narrow escape from a horrible death is reported by our (New Zealand Times) Greytown correspondent. Whilst Mrs Pole, the wife of a resident m that town, was emplayed near a large fire m the open air at about firs o'clock on Saturday evening, her clothca caught alight. Uttering loud cries of alarm, she rushed towards the house, m which, fortunately for her, her husband happened to be, at the same time tearing off such parts of her clothet B»gave way to her exertions. Mr Pols helped her to get indoors, and having beaten out ihe flames .with his hands, he pulled off the still smouldering dreas, burning his hands seterely m the operation. Mrs Pole was also severely burned about the legs, and is aaid to be suffering from a severe at'ck to her nervous system, it was fortunate that aasistanoe was at hand, for without it-thi remjt would probably htv» proTtd fat«l to kw,

and there was also a great rilk of the house being burned down. Patmeict op Fbks bt Stamps. — We (Wellington paper) referred Dome fen days ag > to an important Order m Council haying refer ence to payment of feei t>y stamps, such ord r announcing that any fees chargeable under the Stamp Fee Act 1075, and t c *tamp Fee Act 1880, might be paid by the use of any kind of stamps issued by the Government, except Beer Duty Stamps; furthermore, that pos age stamps might be used for st mping receipts unrler the -fcimp Act 1875 A little misconception has, however, urisen m the public mind to tho extent of supposing that duty payable under this last-named Act might also be paid by the use of any kind of stamp This v not the case ; the use of Lair Court or land and deed stamps is not per mitted on promissory notes, hills of exchange, or similar documents, although at the Ke^istrv O'lice bill stamps are accented m payment of office fees. Ihe defect m the Order of ouncil under notice is the aisumption that every one u-ing stam> a knows the distinction between the ' Plnmp Fee" Acts and the "tamp" Act, mid might thus aroi'l jumping to the conclusion that any kind of statni a would do for use m any case where stamps are needed. What should b- done is the recall of the present issue of s'araps. on I the making of a new issue, including all prices, from Id up wards, and usable for all purposes where stamp! are required without any distinctiun as to Acts or regulations. A Paiwjul Accident. — A little boy, fire yean old, the som of James Geddes, Green Island, was (says the Dunedin Morning Serald) severely burnt to death on Monday. It appears that Mrs Geddes left the house about seven o'clock m the morning to obtain some milk, tearing the hoy m question and a younger child- m bed asleep. On returning shortly afterwards she met the deceased at the door completely enveloped m flames, his night dress baring caught fire. 'I he mother immediately extinguished the flames and sent for Dr Fletcher, who was soon m attendance and did what he could for the little sufferer, but the injuries prorcd too severe, and the boy succumbed at 11 a.m. From the circumstance* surrounding the occurrence it seems that the youngster got up during his mother's absence and wont too near the fire, causing the night dress h.wore to ignite. A " Tall" Yabh — An ex-member of the police fore m Taranaki had the other day an extraordinary experience of what a gun can do. He saw a pigeon m a rata tree, and ran to an adjii ent hut and borrowed an ancient fowling piece. He pointed it at the unsuspect ng bird, and pulled the trigger, but there was no report. He put another ca >on and made another attempt, but failt-d again. A third cap was wasted with like results. He then flung the gun down m disgust. Meanwhile a number of men had gathered round him, and o c of these picked up the • betinate old gun, capped it, pulled the trigger, and immediately a most extraordinary re port was heard, and presently tho pigeon, who had begun to despise tho efforts of her would-be murderers, dropped to the ground dead. Then the folks about be. an to inquire why the report of the gun had been so peculiar and the cause was soon dincovered. The lock of the gun had been blown twelre yards away, the nipple had disappeared altogether, the stock hud born shattered to match-wood, nnd the barrel burst. ETery one then began to wonder why the gun had not killed others besides (he poor pigeon. Ikjobkatiok pob Elbctobs — The NZ Times says : — >n i 'ea appears prevalent that it is illegal t > exhibit bills, addresses, or notices relating to the elections. This is wrong, as a moment's consideration of the clause m the Corrupt Practices Act relating thereto will show. In the -cuedule of the Act defining legal expenses is included " expenses of printing, and the expenses of adrertising m newspapers " Clause 13 defines, among illegal expenditures, any payment 'for ixhibiting bills, addresses, or notices, or for the ute of any house, building, erection, place, board, or thing for the purpose of any such exhibition :" but it doe. not prohibit the exhibition of auch printed matter, provided gratuitous permiss on is gi-rn for the use of thy places of rxhibition. Similarly there is no prohinition of conveyance of electors m Teh cleo, the me of bands, torches, flags, banners, cockades, ribbons, or ot'>er marks of d stinc i>n. The illegality consists only m payment, or contract for payment, for such serrices as & means of promoting the election of a candidate, The TJllLiSiTioif ov Niaoaba. — In an address lately delivered before the Banker's Conrention of New York an estimate was made of the large amount of hono-p >wer ob tamed by damming up the following rivers — viz., the Passaic at Patenon, 1000 horsepower; the Merrimao at Lowell, 10,000; the Mohawk at Cohoes 14.000 ; the Connecticut at Hardley, 17,000; the Mississippi at the Falls- of St. Anthony, 16,000 ; the Androa coggin at Lewiston, 11,000 ; the Housatonic at Canaan Falls, 3000; and the Oswegoat Oswego, 4v.00 The sum total of these is 75,0 K> horsepower, as estimated at a given point m each rirer. But this ia used over again on an average not less than three times, showing a larger total of 225,' "00 horse-power. There are also many smaller streams m all tht hill sections of the cou .try which are utilised, and would furnish an aggregate equal to the last-named figure. This great force of water-power is likely to be thrown altogether m the shade by the proposed plans to utilise Niagara, by placing three turbines, 4ft m diameter, with 80ft of head, fed by a tube 7ft m diameter, each turbine tiring 1000 horse-power, with the whole st engih of the great lakes and the Niagara rirer to reinforce them. 'I he arerage flow of the riror aboro the falls is 10,000,00.) cubic feet per minute, Converting this int'i horse power under a head of 200 ft, a grand aggregate is obtained ot 3 ' 00,000 horse ponnr — a mighty f ree sufHc ent to supply the economic wants of 200,00 ,000 people. CABTELAB OF S?JLIV AKD GrARIBILDI.— Our. (New York Timet) Madrid correspondent sonds the following : — " Among about a thousand letters and telegrams of c^ngra 1 illation, received by Serior Castelar for his recent election at Huesos and BarceloDa, and among which he got kind messages of sympathy from a grent number <>f foreign statesmen and literary cele brities, I find s> telegram from Qaribaldi. It reads as follows : — 'As a friend of jour noble country and as a fellow democrat I congratulate you as an illustrious representa celona and Huesca. 1 remain for life yours, most derot dly.' Castelar's reply is aa follows: — 'Dear and respected friend — The efforts of my correligionnaries to bring me into Parliament could not find me better reward than a pleasant recollection and a sincere congra 1 uliition of \ou whom we are wont to call the Achilles of liberty. So many struggles m life, so many tr als of adversity hare not hardened my heart yet that' l can yet receive these lines inspired by your affeotion and written by your own hand m my mother tongue with an emoti n so dt-ep that my ey-s fill even > ow with tears of gratitude. Your bold hand writing has reminded me of those deeds that will appear m history, more like the offspring of pure fantasy than mere facts m the stern reality of life. To my memory camo rushing the recollection of your e<peditions to the rivers and seas of America m defence of a Bepublio ; that siege of Montevideo, that I would fain comparo to the siege of I roy, m the splendid epopee of the emancipation of Hio do la Plata; the travels you made from the N«w to the Old World to support and save the holy revolution of 1848 ; y^.ur noble defence of -Borne; your retreat to Venice, wonhy of tho retrest of tho Ten Thousand ; those bold surprises m the Alps durin your war of independence, worthy of Spanish guerilleic, thut know how to soar like eagles and attaok like wild beasts ; your expedi--1 tion to .-ioily, where you forever destroyed the crown and sceptre of the. most odious of tyrannies ; your protest against foreign interventi n m the fields of Montana ; the sublime holocaust for France m tho campaign of the Vosges ; the unforgotten efforts tn which appear, as m the soenes of Raphael, those a gels marshalling the Christian hosts to the battles of the cross, going bsfors yon or with you, the lonls of Arnsldo, of Prooida, df Savonarola, the souls of all the heroesand all the martyrs of Italian freedom Immo tsl legend, that will bo read some day m Buropflin silt Djbliff* by the onion of future

generations, qu^te amazed, m the same w-iy as before the gate o 1 the Ol mpic I'-mple were rear! the talcs of Marathon and Plataca.orjuat a- tho n m>i of Militisdes and Themietocles used to bo invoked. And yo»r friends, humble and obscure as T am, we shall hare as a compensation, to make i>p for the little we have achieved m the cause of liberty, m the cause of the Republic and of the Fatiierland, wr shall have the eternal consolation of having lived m the immortal century th >t saw a man like you I remain your faithful admirer and c.i-religionary.— (Signed) Emilio Castelae.' " memoranda. Mr Robert W«lk«r. renetlan blind m«kcr, notifies bj adrertisement In another column that he hai remored his place of business from Bamtt's buildings to opposite Mr Jouai' Auction Mart, Uain North Koid. Liberty amounti to no more thin thia— That wo hare the liberty to act whan wi hare the pow»r. Ia prerious circumstance T If io f the circumstance goierna the will. Splendid rarietj of wbita Oxford I and regatta, shlrU, cheap, at J. Strachan'n.— (Adrt)