NEWS OF THE DAY.

Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 40, 7 August 1888, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

♦ The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ormondville Town Board will be held this evening at the usual hour. The meetings of the Matamau and Ormondville school committees lapsed through non attendance of the members. The great will case lias advanced another sfnge, His honor having yesterday granted probate to Mrs Donnelly. Notice of appeal was at once given on behalf of Mr Broughton, who was condemned in costs. Parishioners of the Church of England at Makotuku held their annual meeting last week, the Rev. A. S. Webb presiding. After the statement of.aocounts had been read and adopted tiie following office bearers were elected :— Minister's Churchwarden, Mr Hall ; People's Churchwarden, Mr J. Brabazon; Vestry, Messrs A. E. Plank, G. Plank, Robinson, Pike, Nielson, Sugden, and Andrews. There is a small debt remaining on the Church and it was decided to mftSe aa eflprt to Qlear it off,

Mr G*. Beatty, of Mataniau, has sought ,t|ie protection of the Court. Close on £70,000. has been expended on harbour works at Dunedin. For. keeping a gambling den in Wellington, a Chinaman haß been fined £15. "The Midland Railway contract has been sighed and sealed by the Company. Nine thousand people visited the exhibition on the second day. Four hundred ironworkers in Melbourne have .struck for higher wages. A couple of earthquake shocks were felt in Danevirko at 10.20 on Saturday night. The subscribers to the Ormondville Public Library hold their annual meeting this evening. Messrs Roythorne and Rearden are the successful tenderers for working Mr Allardice's Mangatera- sawmill. It is said that Major Campbell, the Clerk of the House, is to be called to the Upper House. Mrs David Cary, the first white woman settler at Waikouaiti, died on Saturday. She landed at the Bluff in 1840. In Sydney a woman named Louisa Collins has been committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder for poisoning her husband with arsenic. The Loyal Danevirke Lodge, M.U., 1.0.0. F., held their first ordinary meeting last night, and got through their work in a very successful manner. The compiler of ** Burkes Peerage " proposes to issue a work entitled " Burkes Colonial Gentry." The Neios last night gives this sriobocratic proposal a proper ■■ slating." Mr G. Wyatt, a storekeeper at Kowerau near, Hokianga, was drowned on Friday. He was conveying gum in a boat to Hokianga and it is supposed he. was lost in the surf. Mr C. Davies, tailor, Woodville, will make a business visit to Danevirke on Friday next, when he will be at Wright's i Restaurant to " take the measure of his patrons for clothing. During the time the Melbourne Exhibition is open a file of the Advocate will be at the disposal of. the visitors at the ■ Bureau of Messrs Gordon aud Gotch, the ! well-known news agents. i ln our report of the meeting of the . Ormondville Road Board we made Mr Packer say that after paying the Clerk's I salary there would only be £14 of rates • available. £14 ahould have been £74. We (Press) are informed that an action ! for slander is going to be brought against i a resident of Wellington, who is alleged i to have made accusations of improper conduct against two little girls attending a public school. ■ We remind our Makotuku readers that '. Mr Herman holds his sale there to-mor--1 row, when he will offer a quantity of trees » from Mr Sturm's nursery; also a large ; assortment of general goods. The Danei virke sale will be held next day, when the . furniture, etc., of Mr J. Pearson will be ' submitted. Entries can.be made with Mr ' Essex, Makotuku, or Mr Barrow, Dane- " virke. 1 Settlers and intending settlers in the i Matamau district will be glad to hear that the Gazette of July 26 contains a notifica- . tion that 1283 acres of land in Blocks V. and X., Norsewood survey district, will 1 be open for selection or sale at the expir- '• ing of the usual time, forty-five days, after the first notification. The land is distant about three miles from Matamau railway station. Te Kooti has taken to preaching and prophesying. At Opotiki lately he prophesied that a dreadful epidemic, in the form of a skin disease which would affect almost everybody, would come over the land sometime between now and next New Year's Day. He exhorted his hearers to pray fervently to Jehovah, as nothing else would avail or would help to ward off this disease but prayer. Messrs Campbell and Scott, auctioneers, Woodville, announce a sale of Govern- . ment stores at their auction mart, McLean street, Woodville, on Saturday next. It will be seen by reference to another column that the lots to be offered comprise a great variety of plant used by contractors', and as the articles aye of the useful every-day sort they should find ready purchasers. Some hundreds . of fruit and ornamental trees will also be offered. Mr Walker's Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885, Amendment Bill (No 2), provides that County Councils or Road Board's may petition the Governor for formation into a hew district under the Act,' such petition to be gazetted, and against it a counter petition may be received. In default pf coiirifer petition the new district may be proclaimed, but when there is a counter petition a poll df the ratepayers must be taken. If no hospital exists in the district petitioned for, the Governor shall .prescribe a time within which suoh accommodation shall be provided, . A narrow escape from drowning occurred on Sunday last ,to a shepherd employed on the Mangatoro run. Being anxious to return to the station, he left Danevirke and attempted to crosß the Manawatu, which was then, and still is, in flood. Tha current was too strong for his horse* which, with it's rider, was washed down stream fbr some 300 yaMs, and it was only with the" greatest difficulty that a landing was effected on the Danevirke side of the. river. The shepherd returned to the township in a half -drowned state, and heartily thankful that he had escaped a watery grave. As showing the urgent need of a bridge over the Manawatu it may be mentioned that there are about a dozen peo, le waiting for the water to go down so that they can get across. Until a. bridge is erected the traffic to and from the district _ lying across the river will only be of a limited nature. compared with what it would be if a safe passage across the Manawatu were pvovided. And yet, in spite of the difficulties and dangers attendant on the journey, the traffic between Danevirke and the district referred to is considerable. Can nothing be done to improve the present state of affairs ? Since Mr Bierre commenced operations as an auctioneer he has been pretty well employed, and with very satisfactory results to those who have placed their business in his hands. One client wrote a very nice letter to Mr Bierre, acknowledging ",very prompt receipt of account sales and cheque," and expressing his " entire satisfaction with the price and charges." This expression must be very gratifying to Mr Bierre, as a man new to the business, and it will also serve to show the public that in placing business in his way they may do so with confidence that it will receive every attention. For the past •three days Mr Bierre has ber-n at Makotuku disposing of Mr A. C. Webber's stock, and we are glad to hear that the sale has been exceedingly satisfactory in every respect. On Saturday next there will lis a sale at Danevirke, when a large quantity of drapery, clothing, boots, etc., new goods sent from Wellington, nrp to be offered. In addition there will bo a fine collection of trees and shrubs from Mr Gilberd's nursery, and these will be sj ecially taken up for this sale. Another entry is a quantity of jewellery and miscellaneous goods forwarded by Mr Napthnli, who is relinquishing this branch of his business, and who instructs the auctioneer to sell •' absolutely without rer serve." Further particulars may bo seen in the advertisement. The sale wll com* mence at 10 a.m. and continue throughout the day, with an hour's adjournment be--1 tweet*, 12 md 1-

i A lost buggy whip and bottom of carriage lamp are advertised for. Frbm a return presented to Parliament, it appears that there are no fewer than 130 " incurables " among the patients in the hospitals of New Zealand. The Bishop of London has risen to be a wit. As he was taking leave of a parishioner with a very large family the lady said : " But you haven't seen my last baby." " No," he quickly, replied, i *' and I never expect to !" The French Government is about to i build an absolutely unsinkable nian-of-war. This will be accomplished by the use of celuose amorphe, a product of cocoanut fibre, so elastic that if pierced the hole closes itself. The New South Wales Government intend to consider the question of extend- ! ing the penny postage system to the whole colony. They will also take steps to establish an agricultural college, with which experimental farms will be affiliated. The number of live stock in the Australasian colonies for the year 1887 was : —New South Wales, 49,195,319 ; Victoria, 12,516,319 ; Queensland, 17,779,405 ; South Australia, 8,043,000 ; Western Aust ralia, 2,156,373; Tasmania, 1,776,270* ', New Zealand, 13,130,279. During the June quarter 5726 new Post Office Savings Bank accounts were opened and 4245 closed. The amount deposited was £417,529 6s Bd, as against £312,369 10s 7d in the corresponding quarter last year. The withdrawals amounted to £337,568 Bs. 2d, as against £286,751 ,2s 1 lld. Mr G. Randal Johnson, M.L.C., and an old Wellington resident is (says a contemporary) going to England almost at once, for a long time, perhaps for good. Mr Johnson is a member of a good Nor--1 folk family, and owns an estate in that 1 county. It is rumored that he will possibly be asked to be a candidate for a seat [ «i the House of Commons. 1 According to the ' Wanganui Herald, 5 not only do the village settlers send to the 5 ex-Minister of Lands many pledges of their gratitude in the shape of the fruits . of the earth, but '* in a quainter and more 5 touching fashion they have expressed 3 their feelings, for it is an amusing but 3 positive faot that a large proportion of the children born in the se'tlements — and they are not a few — have been christened 3 in the name of John Ballance !" r 3 The Era states that one of the tenors 3 in the new operatic company, which Mr Simonsen is organising at Home, is Mr Henry Atkinson, a native of Christchurch, 1 New Zealand, and * who left the Civil , Service four years ago to study under the 1 best masters in Italy. The great Rossini r was his instructor. One who knows him -> writes me thusly :— " Voice fine, style very good *, twenty-seven years old, and fc handsome; moreover — rara avis — a - thoroughly educated gentleman." 3 It is stated (says the Post) that a bare--3 faced robbery was recently committed iv one of the offices in the Government 3 Buildings. One of the. clerks had just 3 converted the cheque for his month's L salary into gold, which he placed in the pocket of his office coat. This coat he left hanging in the office while he was 3 temporprily absent, and on his return in t a few minutes the coat was there, but the - money was missing, and although the . matter has been placed in the hands of I the detectives no trace of it has yet been ■ discovered, 1 James Tyson, the richest squatter in 5 Australia, was originally a coachman. 1 Ho saved a ■ little money and invested in stock, whicli turning out 'profitably left 1 him the proud possessor of £504. With • this sum— not a large one for the purpose ! — he commenced grazing, and as he ' worked hard he never spent anything. In > a few years he counted his wealth by , many figures. He started oh 15s a week, i and to-day, if he is worth ' a penny piece, ; he is worth over £3,000*000, and owns ' more sheep and cattle than any other two squatters in the world, and still he spends no more than he can help. The « « Glads tone ' ' property, about 8800 aores in extent, is in Flintshire. It consists of the family estate of Hawarden, ■ bought by Mr Gladstone of his late brother-in-law, Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, in 1852, and a smaller adjoining estate purchased from the Dundas family a few years ago. Both these have, however, been legally reconveyed to tho exPremier's eldest son, Mr W. H. Gladstone (formerly M.P. for Whitby), and Mr W. E. Gladstone, if a landowner at all, is only so to a very small extent. The property is ordinary, farming land, but there are on it seyeral small collieries, and valuable beds of clay. The rent-roll is between £18,000 and £19,000. The undertakers of New York reoently gave a ball, which is described as one of the most agreeable receptions ever held in ' that city during the season. The mottoes in evergreen about the hall were not thoae meaningless nothings which are so common on such occasions, but they had a point and taste peculiarly their own. Just look at this— "From grave to gay," " Our absent friends • they are embalmed in our memories." There is a delicacy of touch about that that shows the artist and the poet, "Let all animosities be buried;" see the point ? Everybody who was anybody in undertaking ciroles was there' and the entire affair Was voted a brilliant success- The opening toast had a delightful business flavor* it was — " Our Assooiation i we always succeed in Whatever we Undertake" A shocking accident occurred reoently in Melbonrne at the works at the TowHall portico. A youth named Thomas (Prospect) M'Lean, son of the contractor, had been in the habit of coming to the place and assisting in any way he could. On the day of the accident the men were erecting a crane on the top of the girders which have been placed over the finished part of the work, and the lad went to assist. The men wore hoisting the upright into its place and M'Lean was standing on the girder watching the operation. Before the huge beam which forms the upright had beon raised any distance the tackling fixed to the jib gave way and the beam fell. In its descent it struck young M'Lean and knocked him off the girder. He fell head foremost a distance of 30ft on to a heap of undressed blocks of granite and was killed instantaneously. His skull was terribly shattered, and several bones in his body wer 9 broken. At the inquest a verdict of 'i Accidental death" was returned. The following, showing how foreigners arc dealt with in several European countries, will bo interesting • — The British workman, who object** to being rated and taxed to support impecunious foielgners, will do well to read the report on laws of 'foreign countries respecting tho admission of destitute aliens. In Austria, a man who cannot show means of subsistence is turned out at once. Belgium insists that all foreigners are bound to show that they possess means of livelihood, or go back ; Danish law is that all foreigners who possess no claim of maintenance in that country are to be expelled by the police ; French rule is that no foreigner shall be allowed to settle without an authorisation ! Germany permits no destitute aliens, or aliens looking for work, to enter the empire ; Italy permits entry under permit and residence during good behaviour ; Holland refuses admission to people who have not visible means of subsistence ; Russia allows no one to enter without fully viseed passports- Switzerland demands that permits to enter fcliall be obtained by people intending to live in her country, No oountry allows vagabonds and tramps to enter as they please oxoopt Englapfl,

The death is recorded of Mr W. H. Teschemaker, a well-known South Canterbury runholder. It is said that some of the courts at the Melbourne Exhibition will not be thoroughly ready befoie the beginning of September. Sir Robert Stout, in a letter to the Dunedin Evening Star, asserts that, by not adopting the policy of the StoutYogel Government, the colony has lost hundreds of thousands of pounds, and thousands of settlers. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, who has been a great drinker of beer for the last 10 years, has (says the London Star) recently received a presept of 1000 dozen of various bottled ales from an English brewing company. It is said that railroads in America are returning to lemon colour for the body of passenger coaches. The Providence and Worcester and the Philadelphia and Reading roads are making the change. Experience shows that yellow outwears any other colour. ' A very fine stone monument has been erected over the grave of the late Mr David Kennedy, Scottish vocalist, in the Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh. The monument bears the following inscription : — "David Kennedy, the Scottish singer, born at Perth, 15th April, 1825 ; died at Stratford, Canada, 13th October, 1886. ' We'll meet and aye be fair in the land o' the leal.' " Miss Helen Blanchard, now a resident of Philadelphia, is a Maine girl, who has made a fortune through the invention of a simple " over-and-under " attachment for sewing machines. When she discovered the device she had to borrow money to pay the first patent ofiice fees. She now owns great estates, a manufactory, and many patent rights that yield her a large income in royalties. Our {Otago Daily Times) Melbourne correspondent, writing on June 25, gives the following personal items : — " Mr J. Aitken Connell, formerly of Dunedin, has arrived in Melbourne bringing with him an invention for lacing boots Dy a single motion. Mr Montague Pym has paid £1500 for a seat on the Stock Exchange of Melbourne, and begins the sharebroking business full of hope. Two men of Christchurch have applied for a patent for an invention for making the spout, bottom and body of teakettles, teapots, or other vessels of a similar character, in any metal, of one piece, instead of soldering the spout and bottom on to the body, or making the spout, bottom, and body of the vessel in three separate pieces as heretofore. This is a clever notion, and it will be good practice for mechanically inclined men or boys to puzzle out how it can be done. On Saturday lovers of boxing will have • an opportunity of seeing an exhibition of the " noble art " at the Town Hall, Danevirke, Mr R. Matthews having determined to give an exhibition of his powers against several local men. There is nothing of the " fight to a finish " business about the entertainment to be given on Saturday, Matthews will sin* ply shew his science in endeavouring to tire his opponents, and as large soft gloves will be used there is not much probability of the combatants hurting each other. The North Otago Times says : — All advices from the interior agree as to the deplorable state of stock owing to the continuous fall of snow and severe frosts. For a time every effort was made to keep sheep out of the snow, but latterly that had to be given up, as there was no place to put them, the whole surface being covered. Cattle and horses gathered round the homesteads looking wistfully at the fast diminishing haystack. It is almost certain that the loss of sheep will be the heaviest ever known on the Upper Waitaki. Under the heading of "Liberty in Ireland," the Temuka Leader has the following : — A mother, who lives in Ireland, has written to her son; who is in ,New Zealand, and who figured as a candidate at the recent eleotions, warning him to be very careful of what he says, for fear he would be sent to gaol. Of course it is a common thing to send Irish members ol Parliament to gaol, and also Irish candidates for elections, and the old lady believes tho same class are equally liable to be imprisoned in this colony. Liberty is a thing unknown in Ireland. It is suggested that the Government shall, during the recess, devise some scheme whereby returns can be obtained periodically by which Parliament and the country generally can ascertain the benefits or otherwise which may accrue in the following directions from the adoption of the present tariff : -(1) lacrease (or decrease) of the number of hands employed in local manufactories; (2) increase (or decrease) of prices to the consumer of articles upon which extra protective duties have been imposed ; (6) increase (or decrease) in rates of wages current in looal manufactories since the adoption of the tariff; (4) increase (or deorease) in amount oolleoted by Customs Department on artioles whioh are partially manufactured in the oolony. This idea is to be brought forward by Mr Oadman, The British Textile Warehouseman says s— •• Woollen manufacturers in America are in a very bad way. Many mills, with their plant, have recently been thrown into the market, and those disposed of have fetched only a small proportion of their original oost. A correspondent of the Nett) York Herald expressed the belief that an advertisement asking for woollen mills at half -price would elicit even more replies than an announcement that a bull pup was in request. The cause of this depression is the impossibility of working at a profit with wool at the price to which it has been forced up by protective duties. Native American wool is not produced in sufficient quantity to meet the requirements of the trade, notwithstanding that it has the advantage of a practical bounty in the duties imposed on foreign wool ; while, at the same time, these are inadequate to countervail the , superiority of British goods. Thus, the American people have to pay excessively high prices for cloths, blankets, and all other kinds of woollen goods, without . even the satisfaction of knowing that they are thereby supporting their own manufactures. As a matter of fact, they are only swelling tho surplus of public revenue, which the Washington Government is sorely puzzled to know how to dispose of."