j A reppft of an Jipipbrtant' deputation to !the Colonial Secretary^ relative to subsidies ;to local bodies,1 appears on our fourth page
|to-day. ■ r j The Rev. Dr. Somerville and his son, Mr (W. F, Somerville, who are so well known jin Auckland, [aud who since leaving Auck-, latid in February last, have made a tour of ;the colony, Hobart ToSvn and several places in Australia, are expected' by the s.s. Australia on their way to San Francisco. Their arrival may be expected about Mon- '. day, 20th July. A young man named Charman was arrested by the Onehunga police early on Saturday morning for an alleged indecent assanlt.on, a girl,, aged 12 years, on the pievious night.' "The girl was returning to her mother's house ; having been sent on an errand..and she asserts that she was accosted In the street by the accused, who Ithrew her down. Her cries brought assistance, but the assailant: ran away. Charman was subsequently-arrested by Sergeant |Greenejand was arraigned at the Auckland Court this moniiug Jon-he charge;-- and (remanded to Onehunga; on Wednesday. ■''' ■ I aln answer to our notice on Saturday,'re^f specting Mrs Laird, several benevolent per-' sons have called at the .Police Station, and the'folio wing deposits have been given in* her behalfr:~Mr Burslem, 2s 6d; Milne' and Choyce, 10s; and Messrs Fisher ?and Co., 20s. a ,-.:< ' '-ooift > Sergeant Sanderson, stationed at' New. r castle, brought in two native prisoners by; railf-this afternoon, Wiremu W&at"_, acpm.< Quitted for seven days for stealing 3s from' the till of Emil Simmelhae, hotel keeppJjf khd" Rawere, for,two months* for 30s from the pej^dnjof Jphn Fitzpatrick. . 1 !Above 160 seatsj in.tlie'dress-circle, _jgWfr sold by auction for Mr Hoskin's. benefit at jChristchurch, and realised from ''£§ *to f£it each ;' the remainder were all disposed of at 5s e&'ch.: V-AMI ■f a. .>•
I As-several witnesses cannot be present, ito'-'day at the Provincial Hospital, the inquest on the ,bpdy of John Callaghan, ■ before Dr. Goldsbrd',' is postponed until to- ! knorrow (Tuesday), atl2 o.clock. r'' jMr Ewington desires-us to acknowledge jthe follpwin^subscriptidns.,paid to him',to^ ( liay,, in "aid of Mts Thompson, whp_n r t^e Ladies' Benevolent Society are trying to' t send: to America. '. She ha^ four children; te I _dr_aken by her bus band, arid utterly des-' titute, and is an entire stranger. £45 will be;required for their, passages; arid^as _h_; ' base is, a mpst d?s*(E!rving and'distressing 5 one it iShoped'the.amount will" be forthpoming - before the 20th inst., -when:. -the~ steamer will leave Auckland for America V-f C.' R." Taylor, £1 ; A. H. Shipley, £1 ;< Arnold, Hines, and'Go; ■;'£2-;>"G; W. Gyren, ■ hhd "Co., £1 -;■ Edward -p e rkins;olOs; W_ . Buttle. 2s"'6d; W.H.S., 2s 6d; Fort, ; 2s.6d:WfirF:F a a,.,a,i ■y-—y:y---A^^ ; | 'Spine anxiety wasexperieneed^this^drriF J . at eleven 6'clpckj ;_<s_ . the .IVfercer up-train,* due in Auckland at' 9.47.:'1 ' The:detention was owing to a"speci_l ; cdali'train;, being expected' aldn^^the!, U4j?>! .' and,the passenger--tiaih 'was kept waiting! ht"Manurewa until a man was despatched '. on fp^dt|o Papatbitoijfdr orders to proceed I | The vqnarterly.-report of/the Executive Committee of Loyal '-'Pioneer Lodge of the Natiotial Independent, Order of Oddfellows' wilj^be read this.eyenuigin the Alexandrastreet Bchool-room.;ar a '•_ ..-'.- . ■:•'; <T iaa-'ow. j A conversazione; with music, singing, and scientific-exhibition,Twillf be, ,hel_L„th_is eveningr by the members of .the Remuera Musical and Literai-y .'Society,'.cpmmenciti^: ..thaif-past seven o'clock. Fa AAA A.'. j A telegram was received by the AucklandTimber Company thisjmprning, Inforpiing them that the cutter' .Bessy,which' was reported 0to • be.ashore on i the coasfrcaboutTairua had safely, arrived,at Katikatij.tf. whichpprt'she:was;bpune.^ ~;'; f,yA<AyA*A i' Blues of Newmarket will holda , Purble Arch f meeting I at' eight -'o'eldck ihf! he Newmarkpt.Ora^gdlEfall.,, } . membei-.'"pijtheVj'Aucklarid Institute ; Will hold^ their t,hi'rdnuou_hly meeting in the : Museumlbiiflty.r_(s -^heri several papers Pfj; interest will be read. Mr C. A. Robertson , T/M'gi. eP his"' second __?seburie. priJF^Educa':; : tion as a science." .:..,., y- : fA-AAyA : A'jAA'A '_ j An interesting ebUdreri's service was held yesterd&yOafternoon )iri"SF-Padl's - Ghufcli.' ' Ariuri-be-ib^-hymnsr wer.e,..v|ery creditably, -juugjuby^th^'childferi. The Rev. C. M 7 . jkelsoii addressed the children:bri.the'charac.^ ; pi__phet_Elisha,__af teii_w_hic____the... r|uv.eniles contrihuteiL their ppnce tQyvavds. the*- Home - .Vlissiomyjjm .Lr amounting |p| i if teen shillings. «iBiJ- ■""• -'• , r . r .. r „.AAA \m ifePWgj/'^r .isp^iiilen^Sele,-:;, , .i^B%ab.QutWft>jj&tum^ "was orderedctdtbe'dd-tl'oyed.sdidi-'hbt'Ciome*: frgm.BQ._tr establishment, a -rTfae reason we irii&k- the -statement isfa'bedarise-iVou'dd'HPti . m&ifioA any names/ai_l J'%jxt,'i&yi%§Wnfl^l ■ Jwej supply; neaßly lV th-: ; d| fih.s_itiamfii_.\ ' [butchers it iS-possible some of our customers, .hfeh% <think w_b;t&.'d:<_d, .in, c suchmeat." . Y§ui£, $ec~ Fisher SsdtCp., K „ ___■_ _~,,.r{ oi S d_ _s . ho-nym m '-; - ■ ..' fd. ''A^i^yf^^i I .oaneCiZS' Tina'uij m ii_.'.,ioac,:-:...i b-jooi i Jlu
Mr James Watkin Preece, Native Lands Purchall' Agent, died at his residence,, Grafton ftoad, on Saturday evening, in th® -iSltiethiteear oifchisjage, l^ing &W.31 S&d'ili_lifehii™v#^r-l_is«-%was bom tig fie coMy, aljvffa -P-eecefiie of W Spchists #1^ #HB ilissioifey SjSbtfli The cf|W#i ..ofll ll_iich«- PreeWda'd'Vas i_ffla^imation;pfIhe luSgs, brobghtVon by aMievere cold, which overtook him while in pursuance of J_JJUfc___-_-^^^ *long"bee_r engaged" in native land purchases, Mil algoM Maori scholarjihd wasFnoted *i of lufjja^cijntidu^^ -H_^__. .ree_r_rc_ee^^ the-completion-of-native-lands-purchases at jthe Thames, begun by Mr Jamep Mackay, and was in a fair way of getting the cases 'settlea.TFThe /fimeial'" will ftake> place' totmorrow, starting from his late rdsidence-jn iGrafton^Road^, for the. Church of-.England !Cemetery, at three o clock. j i Messrs Made an rand Col's renowned bull Duke of Newcastle, was brought back to Auckland'per s.s. Hero, whicn arrived last night. --Thja splendid : animal—won first prize in its class, and the champion prize of New South; .Vales. Its t-w;6 ; conipamons have been sold, but we • learn-that the owners hay some very 'handsome dffera fbrlihe Diike of Newcastle, preferring to keep.himfor breeding purposes. It has been urged that he-should be sent to the Melbourne Show, as it is thought he would add further laurels to those gained iatelyin Sydney, though his owners have not yet decided to run the risk necessarily entailed by such a venture. Mr Payne came over with the bull.
-faThe fourth ot Mr Josiah Martin's popular lectures Jor _ .the.. people was delivered On Saturday evening in the lecture-room of the Young Men's Christian Association, but-the audience was not so large as the subjects deserved j still there was a number of inteiyctual* listeners arid school teachers. The subj^btea'were "Colour and Light ; their causes; with illustrated experiments. The exordium or introductory address was especially interesting, even eloquent ; but in the experimental portion MjLMartin was riot; .quite soTiappy. I Still, this cpraparatfve failure was. due to the* inefficiency of the apparatus rather than 'to .belabours of the lecturer. v Mr^Martin sustained his position in developing the causes of colour with much abUity? explaining the,th6dries ot Sir Isaac Newtonandsubsequentphilosophersin a familiar manner, by. the aid of .chromatic experiments-1 '' He aliio showed several beautiful rotating discs, in illustration of the generally*febeived, andFlate_t "theory in ;relation to culour, .but ,the,! dis,cs,^were too large to be reflected perfectly on the screen, although Mr1-. Joneffdid his best.with.the imperfect me_£nsat coinmarid. ,J Professor Morton, of New Jersey, who has*uccessf ully illustrated Er .Young's .theory^ .communicated -certain-information^ to "Mr Martin; and told hin^ where he could<get < the necessary plates, which were-exhibited. The lecturer!_'ga.e an outline of the life and labours of Dr Young, showing the pe-|e*cutions to /which he)was subjected^ in his* endeavours ;to serve -mankind. Dr Young's. of * tight -Colours,.", jarid nis "Experiments and calculations jrelating tp,ph^isic;Bfl!Ppt^-.,""are; among the jmost valuable .ebritri^utidns, to' scientific IknQwledge, afiad Fins' cViewa .have been ■universally .^adopted; The lecture on Saturday next will'be on "The Eye;" experiments by*Mr Pond. ...,, : , ! The Theatre services^were well attended llast night, considering the .state aof the 'weather, about !300r being .present. Ad-dresses'-.erejdeliyered by the Rev. JJXaw,. lofOhehuriga,1 and ajMyriuin. ' Thd hon. 'secretary pecupiedathe chair.,a..'Amount of contributions in the-boxes £1 2s.
' A meeting of the Domain Board was held this morning;: F. D. < Fenton",! Esq., in the chair.' The plan of MrAitken.was accepted for £6, and that of Mr WeUs for £4 for the hew carriage drive' ih the Domain. With tcspectto thexutling down the trees by the bricketgrotmdj a letter was read' from Mr Hamilton,:: stating ' that
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