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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 282, 27 November 1891, Page 2

With regard to the settlement arrived at between the Bank of New Zealand Eetates Company and the natives interested in the Now Zealand Native Land Settlement Company, we learn that the arrangement come to was as follows :—Two-thirds of the Eatatos Company's claim with interest to date will be paid in cash. The balance to stand against bhe unsold lands for a term of fivo years, carrying intorest at current rates, the mortgagors having the right of paying off the mortgago and redeeming the lands any time within the period. This, as we before while securing to the Estates Company the whole amount of the money advanced upon these lands, with interest, liberates to tho natives properties valued at about £70,000, and removes all complications to title which have proved a bar to profitable occupation. Some valuable blocks cleared by tho adjustment that has been made were nob under mortgage to tho Estate 3 Company. The following letter has been sent by the Auckland City Council to the Honourable the Postmaster-General:—Sir.— I have the honour, under instructions from the City Council of Auckland, to strongly object to the proposal ot the Government to accept tenders for advertising on the telegraph and telephone poles in the borough. On a previous occasion, about a year or two since, when a similar advertisement appeared, a number of the loading municipalities objected on the score of unsightliness and undue work entailed by the refuse paper being washed off in rainy weather, danger to horsea from flying papers, also the use tna.ie to advertise patent medicines for nameless diseases, etc., and the Government, in deference to the opinions expressed, withdrew the application. lam to ask that,viewing these circumsoancesana the objections raised by the local governing authorities, the Government will be pleased to withdraw their notification.—l have the honour to be, P. A Philips, Town Clerk. James Colby was remanded until Saturday week this morning at the Police Court on the charge of having on the 25th of November assaulted Josiah. Mallett by kicking him and breaking his lee Inspector Broham stated that Mallett was at present in the Hospital. Bail was allowed, accused in two sureties of £10 each. Cr Forrell spoke strongly at tho City Council lash night in favour of putting on oxtra men to bar and sand the footpaths. He objected to the Council carting scoria for the footpaths and afterwards paying for it to be dredged out of the harbour. - Cr. Swales also supported the suggestion urging that it was much more economical. £■ n open-air demonstration is announced for this evening at the Three Lamp.?, PonBonby. Tho brass band of the Helping Hand Mission will play a selection of sacred airs. Various ministers in the district are expected to take part.

Mr J. B. Sboney, hon. secretary ot the Parnell Orphan Home, desires us to thank the committee of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club for.the invitation issueoVo the children to be present at the Athletic Carnival in tho Domain on Saturday laat. Fully 65 children belonging to the Home were at the spores and they enjoyed themselves immensely. To-day there was on view at the office of tho Northern Railway League, Victoria Arcade, a written rjlacard showing tho way the ono million loan for the construction of the . North Island , railway haa been spent and allocated to the 31st March, 1892. Tho documenb is a most interesting one, and has naturally attracted a lot of attontion from tho numerous pa3sers-by in the Arcade. A significant memo, was read at thy meet' ing of the City Council last evening. Applications were received to have various streets watorod, and the Engineer wrote to the effect that if the present weather continued, a month hence there would bo no fresh water available for that purpose The Mayor, however, said thore was no need for alarm, as water was still going to waste from tho Springs. Aa aoon as that ceasod, Bany purposes for which fresh water was afc prosenb used would require to bo stopped. Ab the Supreme Court this morning, in Judge's Chambers, before Mr Justice Conolly, probato was granted in the wills of John Alexander Lamb, Robert Hampton, John Fraser. A similar application in tho will of Robert llaynor (deceased) was adjourned, tho will being siguod by ii marksman, whoso signature required to be attested by affidavit of a witnests. Letters of administration were granted to executorsin tlieeatatesof Margaret Gray (or Grey), Eliza Jano Gilbert, Thomas Hingston (renewed). In tho bankruptcy of Henry Louis Possonniskio a deed of composition was submitted and formally approved, and tho bankruptcy annulled. A rcspoctablo looking man hnniod Alfred Ashendon was charged at the Police Court this morning with having on tho 25th of November stolen certain articles of wearing apparel, belonging to Mary Tubberty. Prisoner said he had been drinking and know nothing about tho occurrence. Evidence was given by the owner of tho goods, also by Mr Ball, to whom they were sold by the prisonor. "The Bancli, Messrs J. Anderoon and J. Gordon, sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. Alfrod Ashendon was also sentenced" to threo months for having stolen one clock belonging to Mrs Hannah Williams, the sentences to run concurrently. A deputation of the Dunedin unemployed, waiting on the Minister of Public Works, stated that since the Catlins River works wore stopped about 100 men were idle. They wished to know if other works would be provided. The Minister, having listened to the statements of the men's earnings, said the average earnings of the men at Catlins River had been 63 10-Ad per day and the averago cost of living 9s per week, which was not extravagant. It was only productive works that they could be omployed in. They must not expect tho Government to interfere always or to provide thorn wifch work. What, the Government wantod was for these mon to tako their wives and families up there, and in that way the country would be proporly settled and oponed up, and his (Mr Soddon's) advice to them was that instead of hanging about Dunedin they should go into the country and look for work themselves until such time as tho Government were prepared to go on with work. The Government would from time to time be opening up railway works under the present system, • and opportunities of employment would in that way be provided. He wae very glad to have seen the deputation, for it proved to him that no prions at all were leaving their ordinary employment and flocking to the co-opera-tive works. Such a statement had been largely circulated and had done a deal of harm. Ho had never for a moment bolieved that statoment. He might tell them that work on tho Soaward Bush Railwaj would be opened presently. The plane and specifications were almost complotecl, and the work would be thrown open as soon as possible. Cr. Swales deserves fcho thanks of tho Ponsonby ratepayers in the carrying out his schoine of tarring tho paths. The men were hard at work yesterday along Jervois Road, and considerable progress was made. We hope they will tar right up to the tram stables", and along Wallace-street. This latter stroot haa a very great traffic of pedestrians, who go for a promenade to tho wharf. The cost is very small, and will bo a great saving to the' Council, instead of putting on scoria. The tairing will practically hindor all grass and weeds growing on tho paths, and will be a boon and a blessing. Mr A. Bell, clerk to the Pakuranga Road Board, haa called upon us concerning our paragrapli respecting tho bad state of the Mangaroa Road. Mr Bell says if the road were in tho Pakuranga district it would be immediately attended to, but he declarei? it is in the Turanga or Paparoa Road district, and that in this respect our paragraph was in error. About 3.30 yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a washhouse on property owned by Mr J. Hannan, draper, it is supposed from hot ashes being placed close to the woodwork. The City Fire Brigade, under Superintendent Hughes, and also the Karangahapo contingent, turned out promptly, and although the shed was burned to the ground, the fire was prevented from spreading further. The occupant of Mr Hannan's house is Mr William Moore, and the premises are insured in tho Colonial lusurance Company for £140. The damage done is estimated ab about £20. Mr Parrish, of Wiliow Grove, announces that his strawberry beds are now ab their best, and to-morrow ho v/ill havo one of the largest and linesb supplies of the season. The attendance ab these gardens on Sunday afternoons is exceptionally large, the inducement of fine fruit with rich cream and a pleasanb brip across the harbour attracting hundreds of people ot both sexes. Visitors to the Okoroire Hob Springs and Sanatorium :—Mr Geo. Gilmer, Rotorua ; Mr R. D. McLachlan and Miss M. W. Morrison, Southland ; Miss Sandes and Miss N. Sandes, Hamilton; Mrs and Miss Murray, Thames ; Captain and Mrs Aloxandre, Auckland; Mr E. W. Wells, Gisborne ; Mr W. S. Cunningham, Auckland ; Mr T. V. Wilson, Sydney ; Mr R. C. Jordon, Taurangn ; Mr O. T. Hillyard, Queensland : Roy R. Dempster, San Francisco; Mr F. J. Sanders, Cambridge; Mr and Mrs Longdill, Auckland; Mr J. L. Tennant, Dunedin ; Jas. Cturie, Auckland; Mr and Mrs E. Bevan, Sydney; Mr W. A. Garnett, Cambridge; Mr and Mrs Paas Farlow, London ; Mr and Mrs Bentley, Sydney ; Mr R, Burden, Adelaide; Mr T. Bouthiax, Noumea; Mr and Mrs Wylie, Glasgow ; Mr J. Hamilton Dobbie, Sydney; Mr Walter Buchanan, Mr and Mrs F. Cook, Mr E. B. Dufaur, Auckland; Mr Harry Bayly, Taranaki; Mr S. Gerrish, Cambridge.; Mr M. Corcoran, Auckland ; Mrs Keenan, Auckland ; Mr Laurence Bayly, Taranaki; Mrs Graham, Wairakei; Mr and Mrs L. R. Greville, Melbourne ; Mr J. J. Swinnerfcon, Auckland ; Mr W. A. Garnetfc, Cambridge ; Mr John Somervi'lle Auckland; Mr John Harrison, Ashburton ; Mr John McCaw, Auckland ; Mr Geo Harrison, Ashburton ;Mr Jas. Mitchell, Lichfield ; Mr H. R, Hyatt and Miss Hyatbi Cambridge ; Miss J. Edminston, Ponsonby ; Mr John F. Faulkner, Auckland. . Oliver Bryant Waymouth, accountant, o 1 Auckland, has filed his schedule in bankruptcy.

Auckland is about to receive an addition to ita musical practitioners in the person of Mr Arthur Towsey, late musical director of the Dunedin Exhibition. _ Mr Towsey has been for long resident in the City of the Hills, but was for awhile settled in Christchnrchj where he held the post of conductor of the Musical Society and acted as the first conductor of the Christchurch Opera Club and Liedertafel. Mr Towsey received his early training in England, where he was a pupil of Sir Frederick Gore Onseley, and is one of the most accomplished organists in New Zealand. Curiosity to see a man so notorious as H. M. Stanley, combined wifch the sanguine hope that "ho would provo an entertaining narrator of his doubtful doings on the Dark Continent, attracted four lurge, seriouslooking , audiences to Melbourne Opera Hoii3O last week. A Sydney paper thus refers to Stanley : —Unprofessional critics and unprejudiced listeners, however, will find Stanley the dreariest of bores, reading in measured, monotonous pulpit) tones, a 6ermon that contains little to iix one's attention, and much that explains why society after a few dinner party experiences of the explorer ceased to lionise him. One of his discourses deals mainly wifch latitudes, longitudes, square miles, and the number of cubic feet of water discharged into fcho sea by the Congo, which is "a broad - fast (low - ing-river-oi'-a-rieh-brown colour." Tiieawfulabsenceof "go,"humour, or anything like real pathos in Stanley's lectures (which are mercifully brief) is as noticeable as the obtrusive pains lie takes to adopt a subdued manner of sounding his own trumpet. The work accomplished in the Conga region, " where 3,672 jjoliee and 37 military stations" (with power to add to their number) are the outcome of Stanley's visits, and the result of Ills purchasing a large chunk of continent for two pairs of stockings and a bootjack, stamp him as a born missionary of the deepest dye. The performance at the Opera House last evening was quite as successful as on the previous night. Applause was .frequent, and at the end of each act the actors were called before the curtain to receive ovations from the delighted audience. As usual, all the characters wore admirably sustained, and the i'unnyisms of Mr Eland Holt and Mr IT. R. Roberts evoked frequent bursts of laughter. The " bully," Mr Beelzebub, also came in for an amount of admiration, although his merits were not recognised by showers of bouquets. This evoning, "London Day by Day," by Honry Pettitt and George R. Simis, will bo porformed for the first time in this city. The characters are unique, and, as might be expected, sensations are abundant. A judicious admixture of the sublime and ridiculous serves in this melodrama the object of appealing to bne varying emotions of the audience. "London Day by Day" has been a great success elsewhere, and will, no doubt, draw immensely in this city. Ab Sfc. Paul's Church lasb night , tho lantern locturo upon "The Life of Christ," by the Roy. J. Ilaselden, was given to a large audience. The pictorial illustrations consisted of fifty-two splendid limelight views from the great masters, depicting salient features in Christ's lifo, from His birth to His death and ascension. The lecture and pictures are both instructive and entertaining, while the effect was greatly enhanced by the musical illustrations—" Nazareth," " Consider tho Lilies," "He 'Wipes the Tear," "Jerusalem," "Could Yo Not Watch With Me," " Calvary," " The Battor Land," and a couple of hymns by the choir. A collection was taken up at tho close in aid of tho Homo Mission and St. Paul's Sunday-school. The lady members of St. Patrick's Cathedral have decided on holding their Christmas tree on Tuesday and Wednesday next at the Catholic Institute, Wel-lington-street. Judging from tho results that attended their labours on previous occasions, there is every reason to beiieve that their entertainment, this year will prove equally successful. Tho tickets have been greatly in demand, and already close on ono thousand havo been disposed of by the Committee and friends. A3 each tickotholiier is entitled to a prize, some idea may be formed of the work which the ladies have had to undertake in providing the requisite number of articles during the last few weeks. A capital programme will be provided each ovoning by the pupils of the Marisb Brothers and Sisters of Mercy Schools. Among the items aro dumbell exercises for boys and girls, barn dance, grand march in costume, etc., etc. The proceeds of the Christmas tree and entertainment are to defray the debt on St. Patrick's nevv Presbytery. The Ark of Eden Lodge, No. 52, 1.0. G.T., has installed the following officers for the ensuing quarter:—Chief Templar, Bro. J. Constable ; Vice-Templar, Bro. if. Surman ; Secretary, Bro. J. Collings ; Financial Secretary, Sic. White; Treasurer, Sis. Williams; Chaplain, Sis. , ' Wright; Marshal, Sis. McKissack;Guard, Bro. C. Surman ; Sentinel, Bro. J. Williams; Assistant Secretary, Sis. M. Pocklington ; Deputy Marshal, Bro. McLanghlin ; P.C.T., Bro. Edwards. The now 5-rater yacht Toroa, whose launch by Mr O. Waymouth, boat-builder, from the Hobson-street Wharf wechronicled in our yosterday's issue, has been greatly admired by local yachtsmen and others. She was launched with her mast stepped, and fully rigged, and her sails have been bent on, so that she will be able to appear under cauvas in the harbour to-morrow on her trial cruise. The yacht has been built to the order of Messrs Clarke, Tripp, and Goodacre, and from her appearance she promises to bo a very comfortable little cruiser, besides possessing good sailing qualities. She i 3 of the deep-keeler type, with two tons of lead on her keel, and her lines are handsome, though there are one or two peculiarities in her build. She will come under the five-ton rating and will be able to race with the Tangaroa, Mascotte, Maia, and other yachts of that class. She is very well finished, and Mr Waymouth has put some good work into her. She is about the first yacht built in Auckland to take class under the new sail area measurement rules of the New Zealand Yachting Association. She is built on what is known as the hollow secoiou principle in order to lesson her displacement and give her hull less resistance to the water. She has fine shapely lines, tapering into a handsome schooner bow, and her dimensions are : —Length overall, 32ft sin ; 1.w.1., 25ft ; beam, 7ft 3iu ; depth of hold, 4fb 9in. She has a main keel 12in x 6in, and is constructed on tho diagonal principle, with three skins, her planking being kauri, with pohuluknwii bimbe'rs. Tho Toroa is extra strongly built, and all copper-fastened. She ha:s a roomy and comfortable cockpit and cabin, and will probably prove altogether to bo a handy litble cruiser. Her mast measures from deck to hounds, 20ft ; masthead, sfO; topmast, loft; main boom, 25 ft); bowsprit, lOtt. The Toroa was launched broadside on, and acquitted herself well on a short trial spin in the evening. The s.s. Despatch will run an excursion t° Lake Takapuna to-morrow afbernoom leaving the Queen-street Wharf at 2 p.mand returning to town at 4.30 in the evening. To-morrow Mr R. Arthur will sell at Victoria Avenue, P.emuera, the household furniture, tax cart, bay aiare, lirsb-olass chestnut pony, etc., the property of Mr Charles Buddie, who is removing to the city. A free 'bus will leave tho usart for Remuera at ten a.m. for the convenience of purchasers. For the choicest variety, largest stock, and best value in Gents' Ties, Shirts, Hats, etc., Men's and Boys' Ready-made Clothing try Smith and Caughey.—(Advb.)

Captain Kohn has called a daylight parade of the Auckland City Guards for tomorrow at 3.30 p.m. • An important matter for Ponsonby residents was brought under the notice of the City Council last night by Cr. Swales. It was that a footpath should be formed in order to. give access to the beach at tho foot of St. Mary's Road. Tho Mayor expressed surprise that the matter had not been attended to years ago. A petition In support of this work was referred to the Streets Commibtee for consideration. Ab the R. M. Court yesterday, tho greater part of tho day was taken up with tho case of Henry Quigley v. C. F. Spooner ; claim, £1 8s and £3 5s Id damaeres. Mp Theo. Cooper appeared for tho plaintiff, and Mr Baiimc for the defendant. Mr Cooper stated that defendant rented a shop and dwelling from the plaintiff in Hwanson-street. The claim was to recover £1 Bs, being rent in lieu of a month's notice, and also to recover £3 5s Id for injuries done to the promises while in defendant's occupation. Wm. Quigley (son of the plaintiff) stated that he conducted his father's business along with a brother. He gave evidence to the effect that the premises were lot to defendant in March, 1891, ab 8s per week, and it was understood that in case of expiration of tenancy, a, month's notice should bo given by either party. The defendant occupied the premises until quite recently, but only gave a week's notice on announcing his intention to leave. The rooms in the house were covered with printed bills, and windows were broken. Patrick Quigley stated he recaived tho rent every four weeks. He took the key from defendant under protest. A number of other witnesses were also examined. Di\ Giles gave judgment for the plaintiff for th*e sum of £2 11s, with costs. The Wellington Harbour Board, ab its meeting yesterday, had ita attention drawn to the fact thab tho Auckland Harbour. Board, with a view to making this port a port of call and departure for the 'Frisco steamers, had approached the Union Company with the offer of special facilities. Mr Heaton, one of the members, asked the Board, whether they were prepared to offer similar concessions in order to make Wellington the final port of call. The concessions were not stated, but the secretary to the Board said thab no Harbour Board had power to make a concession in the way of reduction of rate or charges. Hβ suggested that if the Postmaster-General would insert a proviso in the contract tha boats would escape harbour charges. A most unfortunate accident occurred last evening, which necessitated the postponement of the panorama-of-Onehunga entertainment until next Saturday evening. Particulars appear in our advertising columns. Mr Peglar, a well-known local photographer, ha 3 been to great expense and trouble in taking a large number of views of the principal places of interest in and around the suburbs of Onehunga and Mangere. Hβ has also taken some fine pictures of the local celebrities, footballers, cricketers, etc., making altogether a good series of pictures. Mr Pegiar intended to have shown this panorama last evening through a powerful limelight dissolving lantern, but just before the time for opening the doors of the hall, one of the seams in the oxygen gaa bag gave way, causing the oxygen to escape. This, of course, necessitated tho postponement of the entertainment until Saturday evening next. The Burns Club held their usual forf nightly social gathering last night in the Masonic Hall, Newton. Mr Alex. Murchie presided. The following programme was successfully gone through :— Recitation,, " Death" Doom," Mr Sandall ; song, " Land o' the Leal," Miss J. Moncur; song, "Death of Nelson," Mr Ryan; recitation, "Bingen on the Rhine," Miss Woolley ; song, "Smile Again," Mr Tait (encore, "Mary of Argyle"); song, "Auntie," Mrs Murchie; song, "I'll Take You Back, Kathleen," Mr Paterson ; song, " John Highlandman," Miss J. Bain; recitation, " Wooing," Mr Sandall; song, " Happy> Moments," Mr Paterson ; readings, Messrs Murchie and Home; song, "Robin Adair," Mi?s Moncur; "Auld Lang Syne." Miss Adams played the accompaniments. It was intimated thab the Club would hold a social gathering next Thursday evening to commemorate St. Andrew's Day. A very enjoyable concert and social eventuated in St. Mary's Hall, Howick, on Wednesday evening last. Monaignore McDonald, as usual, presided, and announced the items of a well-arranged programme to a good audience. Miss Babe, Miss Andrew and Miss Brady were in excellent voice. The Howick and Pakuranga Fife and Drum Band, under the leadership of Mr Smith, played selections during the evening in a very creditable manner. Miss Mulkere's pupils (neatly attired) sang with exquisite taste the morce.aux allotted to them, the audience manifesting their appreciation by frequent plaudits. Light refreshments were dispensed by two little girls during the interval, and this part of the evening's amusement afforded singular pleasure to one and all. The after music was satisfactorily supplied in turn by Miss Mulkere, piano; and Mr J. Brady, violin, the onerous duties of M. C. being ably discharged by Mr O'Halloran. The evening was really a gala one for the pretty and picturesque village of Howick. The following is the programme : —Overture, band; pianoforte solo, Miss Mulkere ; song, " In the Gloaming," Mies Finlay ; song, " The Song that Reached My Heart," Miss Babe ; pianoforte duet, " Home to our Mountains,' , Miss Kerr and Miss Brady; song, " Sit You Down by the Sofa," Mr Smith ; song, " When the Flowing Tide Comes In," Miss Brady; chorus, "Spring," pupils of school; song, "Rose of Allandale, 5 ' Miss Andrew ; selection, the band ; song, " Dream of Gilmour Hall," Mr Smith ; song, Mr Andrew ; concluding piece, the band. Some idea of the nature of tho influenza may be gathered from the following extract from a letter received from a lady now on a visit to Sydney :—The influenza is still very bad over here, but is better than it was. Up at Goulburn fifty people have died from it, seven in twenty-four hours. They have had to turn the Town Hall s into a hospital. Nurses were sent down to Sydney for, but were not to be had. It is like a plague in some places, and two or three have died in one house. In one family the father and seven children as well as the governess were in bed at tho samo time. Many have died through getting up too soon, An old woman 80 years old and her son 44 years of age were both buried at the same time. At the gaol the chief warder's wife died on Thursday, the warder died on Saturday, and their only child wae not expected to live. A gentleman who was Buffering sent for a nurse. He died in a few days, and the nurse shortly after. In Sydney itself we do not hear of so many cases now." The "mathematical centre" of Auckland was what the junction of Queen anri Grey and Wakefield-streets was designated when the town was first laid out, but better known now porhape as the " Town Hall site." It appears also to be rapidly growing in importance as a " commercial centre " for retail trade, that is if we may judge of the business now being carried on at Ait'cen's auction mart in the Market, and Mr Murray's Avondale Vegetable Supply, where a big trade is flourishing, and also Mr Bridgman's new drapery warehouse on the opposite side of the street. The two new brick shops (adjoining Mr Bridgman's) the alterations in which have ju3t been completed by Mr Ross, contractor, under Mr Edward Bartley, architect, are a great improvement to this neighbourhood, and, with the convenient house accommodation now supplied, ought to rind ready occupants.