LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4900, 16 October 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

At the monthly meeting of the Mt. Stuart Rjod Board on Monday a general rate of J«i in tbe £ over all rateable property wUblt> tbe riijtriofc w&a struck on the motion of Mr R. Craig. JAMES CROFT, forwarding agent and b(,ardiug-heuße keeper at Wedderbnro, commuted suicide by hanging himself at Blackstone Hill railway camp on Monday morn* ing. NIVA, & Victorian cyclist, won tbe 165mi!e Warrnsmbool-Melboarne road race on Saturday. Kilston, the New Zealander, was fifth. He was tbe scratch man and put up tbe fastest time— 9br 3Gsec. The Coalfield Guineas, run on Saturday, was won by Ibex (4 to 1 agst). Six started. H&utvilliers was a rod-hot favorite at 10 to 1 on, and finished second last. Wakefnl is favorite for the Caulfield Cup at 4 to 1 agst. THE twenty.fourth annual entire horse parade will take place to-morrow (sale day) ' - afternoon at Mr Thompson's aaleyards. Tbe parade is under the patronage of the Tuapeka and Waitahuna Agricultural Societies. The Lawrence Cricket Club open their season with a game on tbe Recreation Ground , i his afternoon. All members and intending members are requested to attend. Teama will be chosen on the ground at 2 30 p ( m, M'LAUCHLIN, Tf.Z. champion sprinter, on Saturday easily defeated M'Manus, the Australian crack, at Newcastle over half-3-mile. The winner had 10yds start in the matoh and covered the distance in lmin 593e0. M'Manua was favorite at 5 to 4 on. The Adelaide cigar factories have olosed permanently and the tobacco factories temporarily owing to tbe Federal tmriff, M th.JT CftQQOt oomnetifi with otae&D Manila and Garoaau cigars. Three hundred men, besides women and youths, are idle. The investments on the totalisator at tbe lan Wingatui races totalled £8,147 as against £9.503 10s at the same meeting last year— a Mling-off of £1356 10a. The Club paid out on first and second horses in fields of over four, and were favored witb-iine weather.

A NOTICE appears elsewhere of (be death of Carl Klingsfc, a very old identity who bad been in the district since the early sixties, having been for many years a abepherd on Greenfield Station, and was respected by all who knew him as a straightforward, industrious man. One hundred and eighteen members of the various contingents from tbts colony were killed in battlo or died from diseaso in South Africa. Of that number the First Contingent lost 16, the Second 22, the Third 25 t | the Fourth 17, the Fife a 25, Gao Sixth 4, and I the Seventh 9. ! The Maori songsters (members of the Salvation Army) who are touring the colony in the interest of that body, appear in the Town Hill to-morrow evening. They are all high* c'ass vocalists and have been receiving a cordial reception in all the southern towns visited, and it is scarcely probable that Lawrence will prove an exception ia this respect, THERE was Only a moderate attendance at the Wcsleyan Church last evening when Mr Gittos, the Wealeyan Maori missionary, who was deputed by the Conference to bring the claim of that Church's Home Mission work before the people, delivered an address on mission work in connection with the Maoris. A report of the meeting will appear in oar next issue. THE Tuapeka Mounted Rifles 1 parade at the Volunteer Hall at 3 o'clock sharp this afternoon and proceed to Waitahuaa where section attack practice with ball ammunition will take place on the local range. Tbe signal jquad will take flags with them. In the cvonijga concert will be beld ia the Good Templars' Hall in aid of the corps' funds, at which all the leading talent of the district will take part. Mr John Hutcheson, M.H.R., when Old Age Pensions were being referred to ia t.he House of Representatives, cited the following case. A. woman was left by her bus* band, at his death, a dairy farm of 1?5 acres, fully stocked, and with a milk business att»ched. When the Pensions Act came into force abe gave tbe property to her gcowa-ap son, took a trip Home, and after 12 months* absence returned and claimed and obtained the pension. She ia now living on the property in comparative affluence ! At the Farmers' Union Conference beld at Ash burton yesterday, Mr W. S. Maslio said tbat the TJuion bad already done a considerable amouDt of good, and had pat money kito tbe pocket of every farmer. At some present expressed doubt on the question, Mr Maslin said if he had time to go in* to the matter be could prove it conclusively. Oqo way ia which it showed its existence «m cbe influence its name had exercised on tbe Premier, us shown by the amendments he waa proposing to make in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. Mr Philp, the Qeeensland Premier, addressing a meeting of commercial men, said that he had fought to secure a majority vote for Federation, but if be had the same question to decide again he would be a strong anti-Federalist. The action of the Federal Government from the first reflected no credit on the gentlemen who pretended to be statesmen. He appealed to the people to resist to the utmost any interference with tho 9tlg&* industry. Ho did not advocate oiril war, but they should follow the Bill from the

House to the Senate, and then to the Imperial Government. We are informed thnfc Mr A. M'Millan'a Clydesdale stallion Southern Star (late Jamie

M 'Arthur), which be purchased at the recent Duoedin horse parade, is just recovering from a severe attack of inflammation and will not be able to turn out for the Lawrence horse parade to-morrow afternoon. This tine stal* lion is two years and ten months old, and is by Macarthur — Gyp, being thus withont any Salisbury blood on either aide, and he ought to prove very acceptable to farmers who with to introduce fresh blood into their stock. Southern Star will travel within a small radius from Waitahuna, and also stand at bis owner's stable. He will serve only a limited number of mares this season. On Saturday evening a Mrs Renwick, liv« ing in a right-of-way off Cumberland-street, Dunedin, entered the house of Mrs Pearoe, a next-door neighbor, and complained that (be latter bad soiled tome linen on a olothea line used by both of the vromea. An altercation was followed by a vicioas fight daring [ which Mrs Paaroe took a revolver loaded in six chambers from a dresser, and on Mr* Renwiok refusing to leave the house she fired point blank <tt her, the bullet striking her fa the face and emerging at the angle of the jaw. The injured woman was taken to the hospital and is not considered to be in any danger. Mrs Pearce was brought before the Magistrate and remanded for eight days on bail, In a recent issue of the " New Zealand Times," Mr J. St. Y. Jaxon, mining expert, CKago, who was lately in the employment of the Cromwell and Bannockburn Collieries Co. Ltd., has an article on New Zealand's mineral wealth. In bis opinion the coal* mining of the past in tbis Colony is respon* sible for two ton wasted for every ton a*ved. This evil is caused by the competition, which permits every small place to have several pits all competing for • limited business, and thus preventing the proper expenditurn necessary for a properly conducted mine. Mr

Jaxon considers there is no reason wby we should not get large beds of bituminous coal at depths of from 600 to 1000 fed, and re* commends boreholes to test to that depth. The United States Government recently sent 300 teachers to the Philippines, all un«

married, and aelected, among other reasOQf, because they bad do family ties, OdQ hUD> ired of these were ladies, and, with iadicroai luck of foresight, the entire party were ac-< commodated in one ship. The opportunities for flirtation were such that seven days on the Pacific resulted in 30 engagements, which were quickly turned into marriages at the. first siopping place, the Hawaiin Islands. The dusky Filipino children, who ere sap*' posed to be eagerly waiting for a chance ta learn the American lmgnage, seem likely to wait in vain for the spinster " Yankee echoei morm," so popular in fiction. It is not believed that one will reich the schoolhoura door ansnared. The voyage waa only a third over at the Sandwich Islands. General Babington, who h»» accepted the position of Commander of the New Zealand Forces, is 47 years of age. He entered the army in 1873 served in the Bccbntoaland expedition in 1884 5 (mentioned in despafc* ehes), became colonel in IS9L. was •ssu&anfe, Bdjutano-eeneral in the Paojanb 18% 93. Ha commanded the first oivalry brigade sent to South Africa at the commencement of the ' war, has been on active service ever since and n*s been mentioned in despatches. The N.Z. Fourth Contingent joined his column at Yen* teradorp in January last, and it was- under his command they made the capture of gana and the whole Boer convoy at Yaalbank on 24th March. Two of the oaptnred guns are now in front of the Parliamentary Buildings at Wellington. General Babington paraded the New Zealanders after the incident and warmly praised them. "You evidently e»w ' your opportunity." he aaid, •• and look it." The Babington column was broken up at Klerksdorp, as the general was taking op t» fresh command. He "paraded the Fourth, praised them for their good work all through nnd said tbat if be ever came near the New Zealanders he would do his best to get them under bis command. In conversation after* wards General Babiogtoo said tbat ha would take an early opportunity of visiting tbf colony. ' - *

Gknbkal Sir Hector Maodonald received a stirring welcome from brother Soots and the Melbourne people generally. He ii the guest of Lord Hopetouo, and. with him, attended tbe Cauifieid ragea on Sfttutdty.

THE Mnsgrove Grand Opera season olosed In Dnnedin on Saturday night with " The Bohemian Girl," and on Monday morning the company left for Melbourne. Tbe performances were very well patronised. Tbe last is stated to have been the worst performance of the lot.

A MEETING of the Havelcck Domain Board was held on Thursday evening, when there were present Messrs Garden (chairman), Ellis and York (secretary and treasnrer). An applioatlon was received for the use of a portion of the Domain for a tennis court. Tbe application was granted, tbe arrangements bein* left in tbe bands of Mr Ellis. Tbe treararer acknowledged the receipt at £3 19*, grazing fees. The secretary was Instructed to collect outstanding grazing fees.

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