LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXVIV, Issue 4412, 16 January 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

The Government have received' private offers of £20 au acre for the improved pirt of Levin State Farm. / MB H. SMITH, clerk in the Marlborougb Education Uoarii t flice, bavin^ died, bis sister wns appuiu e<l tbe other day to the vacant positiuu. THJiKE were five patients in tbe Tuapeka Hospital lust eveuiDg— four male aDd oue Ltoale. Two were admitted into tbe iuatitution auriaK the week and three discharged.

It is rumoured that Mr Bolleston will probably replace U-ptain Russell (at .the latter 'a request) as leader of ibe Opposition iv tbe House of .Representatives. . **

At the beginning of next month — to be exact, about 5 o'clock on' the morning of 2ud February — tbeie will be an eclipse of tbe bud, which will be visible in New Zealand.

THE postponed meeting of the Tuapeka Couuty Uouucil will be held on Friday, 22ud lustant, and not on Tuesday, 26ch instant, as stated iv error in our last issue.

Mr Jahf,s DOWNES, of Tuapeka Flat, on Taeaday Jaat met witn a painful accideut to hia baud. He wuo clioppiug gorse with a sickle, when by accideut toe iusbrumeot struck a brauuh above his bead, tbe result being that tbe kuife made an extensive wound on ibe back of bia baud severing some of the tendons. Mr Downea proceeded to the Hospita 1 , where he wkb attended by Dr Newell. We are glad to leurn that he is now progressing satisfactorily.

A A3 aoki shearer at a slieii not a hundred m Irs from &l<'scrtnn got leave from the proprietor for m day <ff to hary h's child, which had died the night previous. Ue told a friend, "Me bury him quick and then go to races. 1 ' TOUIUSTS by Messrs Craig and Oo.'s coaches proceeding to the Likes, will be cra'ified lo h<ar that 'here is now a strain* r ruaning d;ily from Perabroko over L-kfl Wan: ka, ouo of the most picturesque and hnau'iful sheets of water in the Southern Hem sphere. WIIILK Mr Bissrt, storekeeper, Ross Place, was ou his way to Tnapeka West on Wednesday last, his borse shied ut some boulders on the roid at Tv <peka F at, uluuged »n_ broke tbe traces, throwing Mr B>siet out of tbe tr»p, dislocating h's thumb, but not otherwise injuring him. THE Brace Woollen Factory have decided to commence operations. Tbe m chinery has been ordered und wi'l sh'-rtly be landed. It will c >at neatly £10,000. The working capital, it was stited. would be £3000, and ibis being deemed insufficient it was decided to issue £2000 more shares. ( Our Millf rs Flat correspondent writes :— A considerable rise in tbe river c vied a stopp ge of some hours in dredging operations on Tlm-sday. The river has now, however, gone down a little. The Golden Treasure dredge I was on good geld when she was forced to shut dowu by tbe rise in the river. We would draw the attention of -intending tenderers for County works to the addition in this morning's issue of three contracts to those previously advertised. Thesa come under the heading of Government votes, and are lor r ai formation on the west h»nk of the O.uthtt River, near the Beaumont. We observe in the publishci list of c»ndid:ttes who were successful in pissing tbe pupil te chcrs' examination held on the 17>h December aid two following days (he names < f Miss L. F. Cameron and Miss Christina Sfe«>tihonse, of the L twrence District High School. B.>th ladies passed in the second dUss. Tub reason of Mvjor Goring'o retirement ' from the Defence Fo<ce is that his eyesight has seriously fails I',1 ', the operation which be uuderweut in England a couple of years ago producng i o benefit. It is understood that lit now proposes t<> live at Wbangarei aud follow the pursuit of orange growing. The current number of the " New Zealand Whuelmtu " is aa exceedingly creditable publication an-i contains a large amount of itiformatiuu of interest to wheelmen. With tbe present number is a colored supplement, produced by letterpress from potto-zinco u looks', of much artistic excellence. Tbe " Wheelman " should bo read by all cyclists Tub case of ibe Police against Mr J. Boyd, of Xv >xburgh, was heart before Mr S. E. ftl'Uarth.v, S.M., at R)Xlur K h ye te<d*y. The grounds of ihe prosecnMon alleged »r«» r « tbut Mr Biyd sold liquor ut the Rixburgb. Juuktiy Club's race meeting without haviog his conditional lioeuse signed by the Chairman of the Licensing Committee, in addition to two membeis of that bod;. Toe Magistrate re* served his decision. Mr John Jokce bus secured the right from the Tujpeka Jockey C nb io sell race cards at the C üb's meeting to be held ou Wednesday and Thursday next. Mr Joyce, who his been a pa itnfc iv Lhe Hospital fur some time, will find a substitute to dispose of the cards, and, under the circumstances, the public will, no doubt, be geuerous in their patronage. Tub other morning a squad of apprentice ironworkers dime aloug a street in Duneiin und saw a grocer washing bis window with a long-bandied mop aud a pail of water. One of the lads dropped an iron bolt into the pail, and stopped with his companions t<o s«e the result. Xbe grocer worked 00. Wbeo bo came nearly to the end of his water. and his work, he picked up his pail and threw the contents at his window, with disastrous results. The >quad bolted. The following nn'que communication ws reod at Friday's meeting of the Southland County Council : — ** I owner and ookepier of ace Doo B« By Protest Against tbe Council placing any obstruction or cause Too Placed on its Banks to loterfear with iv any way on The reserrve Hat the foot of my section which will cm so flood water -Tot to have free course in Time of flood and t hear by cause damage to my laud. I shall hold thfl Council respnnsable for any Damage caused theat by. I Ham Honorable Counclers yours prespectfully ." A vkry mean theft w.ts committed one night during the present week iv a part of tbe district which for the credit of the residents we refrain from locating raori specifically. On tho night referred to, Mr Bisset pat up at tbe local hostlery, and iv the morning found tl>at the canvas-covering of his van had been slit with a knife, so as to allow tbe thief to get his hand through and abstract a number of articles. One would hardly expect to find such a p-tliry thief in a small country settlement ; but it is some sa'isf action to know that tue identity of tbe guilty person is pretty well ku )wn, and more may yet be heard about the matter. Dr S. P. Preston, Lynohburg, Va M writes: — "I have- been v. ry mnch pleased with Sander & Sons Eucalypti Extract in tbe first stage of phthisis, using it as an inhalation from a bronchitis-kettle. I never used any preparation than Sanders', as I have found the others to be almost useless." Dr A. S. Roberta, La Cygne, Kansas, writes :—": — " I used Sender & Sons Eucalypti Extract in disorders of the respiratory track, diphtheria, dysentery, etc. Ir. is a favorite drug with me, and Sander & Sous preparation is the desideratum long wishe I for, the other different preparations of the drug being anything but satisfactory." — Insist getting Sender & Sons Eucilypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worthless oils.