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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 13, 16 January 1894, Page 4

This morning in Judge Conolly'a private chamber at the Supreme Court, Mrs Eliza, beth Yates was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace by virtue of her office as lady Mayor of Onehunga. Mrs Yates is the first lady to be sworn in as a J.P. in the British Dominion, therefore moro than ordinary importance is attached to this morning's proceedings. Of course, Mrß Yates is now fully empowered to perform all duties connected with the honour of being a Jußtice of the Peace.

During the lasb week real summer weather has been experienced in Auckland, although the thermometer has nob registered above what may be expected at this time of the year. Complaints also come from the South of tbo great heat. For several days at Invercargill the thermometer registered 85deg in the shade, and on Saturday and Sunday 92. This extreme temperature has fortunately been followed by rain, which was greatly needed both in the suburbs and for the turnips in the country. In Dudedin the hottest weather foryears has been experienced, 82dee in the shade day after day. Also from Wellington reports come of the extreme heat, on several occasions the thermometer reaching 80deg in the shade. A Wellington telegram says : " The thermometer went up to 83 yesterday, the highest reading since February 21st, 1883. Some surprise was expressed at this, as ib was certainly not as hob a day as several experienced since then."

A young girl, named Kate Cleary (whose parents reside in Oamaru), and who is employed as a nursemaid at Mr B. O'Noill'a hotel, Kurow, met with a painful accident recently. While sweeping out a room in a detached cottage she picked up a dynamite cap, and as she was throwing it out of the room ifc is supposed to have struck againeh the handle of the broom, with the result thab ib exploded, shattering her hand very badly. The middle finger and'f'fche top joint) of the thumb and first finger were blown off t and the hand otherwise injured.

Says the "Taranaki Herald:" "A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by a perfecb deluge of rain, passed over the inland portion of the Waihi North occupied district lasb week. When Mr Rolfo's children wenb to get their cows for milking they found two of them lying dead close to one another. The hair was singed alongside one side of one of the cows, and the ground close to the cows was torn up. There is no doubt bub thab the cows were killed by lightning."

The funeral of the late Mr William Freeman, who died in the District Hospital, was largely attended by the brethren of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows on Sunday afternoon last. The cortege left the Oddfellows, Hall, Cook-street, ab 2 o'clock, and proceeded thence to Waikomiti. The burial service ab the grave was administered by the Rev. Mr McFarlane, after which the Oddfellows1 funeral ceremony was rendered by the District Grandmaster, Bro. John D. Gow.

During the past four weeks two hundred and six tons of butter have been shipped from tho Taranaki breakwater en-route for England. This is the largest quantity of butter exported from there during a similar period.

Two first offenders were punished for drunkenness at the Police Court this morning. Annie Moody confeeaed to a similar offence, but begged to be leb off, averring that she would never again make her appearance in the dock. The presiding Magistrate, Mr Northcrofb, counting up the number of times ehe had been found guilty before, said she had made the eama promise twenty times previously. Ha ordered her to pay 10s or to go to prison for 48 hours.

Lovers of flowers should nob miss paying a visib to the Albert Park just now. One of the leading attractions is an immense hearb shaped bed containing phlox drummondi, situated near the Lodge. The bed is one mass of bloom, ranging from pure white flowers to dark scarleb, and the whole has a charming and most beautiful effect. The Mayor and Park Committee deserve the thanks of the citizens for the manner in which the appearance ot the Park is kept up all the year round.

The Onehunga "Borough Council met last night, only the usual routine business having to be entertained. The meeting wab not of general importance. A meeting of the butchers of Auckland was Held at the British Hotel on Monday evening eying lasbj when ib was decided btf those present to hold their annnal picnic on Wednesday, February 21sb.

Mr J. Hescott, of Napier, has presented to the Free Library a copy of the " Napier and Hawke's Bay Directory, for 1894."

While prosecutions have taken place in the South under the Licensing Act against persons supplying liquor 60 children, either such offences are nob committed in Auckland or else the police are not just at band when they do occur; for bo far no such case has been reported. At the same time, quite recently in one stroeb a child wag being severely chastised for having fallen and spilled some liquid oat of a jag. It certainly was not milk, bub although there was an hotel near at hand, it is posiiblo that the jug might have contained cold tea*

Two men, George Storey and 3. Mellor* were caught in a thunderstorm ab Charleville, New South Wales, a few days ago, when adog and a horse near them were killed by lightning. Storey's clothes were torn to shreds and Mellor was also a track. Both men were rendered unconscious, but are now recovering. I

Three hundred and eighb application* have been received tor 24 sections of first" class land on the Cheviot Estate, and 73 applications for 18 sections of second-class land. The ballot takes place on Wednesday.

Same discussion is going on in the South as to the correctness of the decision giving Lawson not out when caught on a boundary hit in the Auckland-Wellington match. From a press association telegram ib appears that in giving Lawson not out the Wellington umpire adhered to the rule which has always been followed on the Basin Reserve. In a local match a similar instance once occurred, and the catch waa disallowed. Since then ib has been determined bo follow the precedent thus seb. From Dunedin we learn that Mr H. H. Massie, the well-known Sydney batsman, hardly feels justified in giving a positive opinion, but is inclined to think that under the circumstances the batsmen should have been given oub. Mr Maesio told a "Star" reporter that he had never seen an incident ot exactly the same nature, but) once, while playing at Oxford, he made a hit over the bowler's head, waa caught behind the canvas screen, but inside the fence, and was given out. Some players questioned the correctness of that decision, inasmuch as the canvas is generally regarded as a boundary, bub the point was not formally raised* There is no doubb, of course, that if a batsman is given not out in such a case aa that) which occurred at Wellington, he ii entitled to score as fora boundary hit, even though^ but for the interference of the fieldsman, the ball would have dropped outside.

The Otago Pastoral Association have received two handsome silver shields of the value of about fifty guineas each, which ate to be competed for by the best managed farms, one to be for farms between 100 and 400, and the other 400 to 1,000 acres. Eleven entries have been received for the first competition. The shields have to be won three times, not consecutively, Thff Society has also formally received John McNairn and Co.'a Cup for the besthall* ton of New Zealand Cheddar cheese, to ba competed for at the winter show. This is open to the whole colony.

A preliminary meeting was held at Christchurch last night to make arrangements for a memorial to the late Bishop Harper. A large committee was appointed. Nothing was decided as to the form the memorial should take, but the general impression will be in the direction of corn* pleting the cathedral. At the Bible Christian District Meeting, at Christchurch yesterday, the final draft? of stations was passed. The previous re* solution bearing on Methodist Union wfla rescinded, and a motion carried expressing regret that) the Primitive Methodists had, after giving their bodies to understand thab they were anxious for union, declared against it. Ib was decided that-for tha future no action should be taken towards union until such time as the different Churches were united in their request.

A '' willy willy," or hurricane, visited Roeburne and Cossack (Western Australia), lately, causing about about £4,000 worth of damage. At Roeburne the English Church, was wrecked and many buildings were* blown over, and the telegraph line waa broken. The Cosßack tramway was also injured. Seven inches of rain fell at Roe-\: burne and 3in at Cossack, where two email boats were sunk and a portion of the sea* wall was washed away. Reporta from tha, north-western inland districts stß.te thaft-, 13in of rain fell at Boodarrie during thf storm. The blow was the heaviest Bince the storm of 1882.

We have received a copy of the " Napier and Hawke's Bay Directory for 1893-4/' published by George Heecott, Napier, antt printed at the Auckland Star Office. Tha calendar is a handsomely got-up volume o! over 300 pages, containing a vaßb amount of useful information on all sorts of topics. One ot the chief features of the work is tha

Napier and country alphabetical directory, the town directory having beeu carefully revised. Tho tide tablels, sheep returns arid the statistical returns will be founft full and accurate. It is intended to issuq the work annually, and ib will no doubt bef found very acceptable by those who havej v business or other interests in the Hawkoa Bay district. The calendar circulates largely in the Auckland, Wellington Hawke's Bay and Wairoa districts. C; A first-class social gathering took place\. last evening in the Public Hall, Okahuhn, in honour of Messrs R. Todd and A. Davidson, who are leaving the district. After dancing and supper, a testimonial expressing the good wishes of those present/ was presented.

The election of a councillor for the Ponwnby Ward was proceeding ab the Oddfellows' Hall this morning. The candidates for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr C. S. Wright, are Mr R. Tudebope, plumber and Mr G. Sbichbury, valuer and agent, both old residents of Ponaonby. Mr S7 Brooking is Returning Officer, and Mr W. F. Brooking poll clerk. Mr R. Speight was acting aa scrutineer for Mr Tudahope, and Mr Gough for Mr Stichbury. The ooliing is from 9 to 6, and was proceeding wry steady all the morning. The reaulb will probably be announced ab aboub 8.30 tbjs evening.

Captain Edwin telegraphed from Wellington ab 1.25 p.m. to-day:—"Strong garth-east to north and west winds, with Increasing tides. Glass fall."

The Government steamer Hincmoa leaves for Wellington via East Coast lighthouses tbis evening. She is duo here again early in February with the Governor, Lady Glasgow and suite, who intend to remain in Auckland for aboub a month. During this time tho Hinemoa will visit Westport and the Bluff, returning to this port direct, and will then sail hence with the vice-recal party on the long-contemplated island "cruise. The steamer will call first at the Kermadec Islands, and then proceed to the Hervey Group, where the various islands will be touched ab. She returns from Rarotonga to the Waitemasa again to lond her passengers. .-..■•

To-day, Mr Udy, the Chairman of the Board of Education, accepted the following tenders :-Painting school buildings at Otongo, A. Service, £6 ; painting school buildings at Kaitara, Ruatangata hast and West, B. Ytttes, £15; painting Waipu North River School, A. Service, £12 9s; painting Waipu Upper School, r. H. Sloane, £5 19s. Roofing teacher s house at Kawakawa: Freah tenders to ba called for.

The second meeting in connection with the New Zealand Championship Swimming Carnival takes place at the Calliope Dock to-morrow afternoon, and promises to be as greaO a success as the first gathering. An excellenb programme has been arranged, and the first event starts at 3 o'clock. Three important contests are to be decided. Tie, 100 yards and 440 yards championships and the inter-colonial polo match between the representatives of New South Wales and New Zealand. The ferry company will run a fast service for the conveyance of spectators to the big basic, and everybody will be enabled to return to town aba convenient hour. The following. beam has been picked to represent this colony:- Messrs C. H. Fox, D. H. Casbolt, C. W. Marsh, C. J. S. Smarb J. M. Wabson (Christchurch,) H H. Dacre and F. Pullen (Auckland); Reserve: E. S. Gittos(Auckland). Yesterday our natatorial visitors visited the Sugar Refinery ab Chelsea, and this morning they drove to Lake Takapuna.

A telegram from Nelson states:—" The lynch family of bell-ringers concluded on Saturday evening one of the most successful seasons ever known here at the Theatre Royal. Another visit is promised on the Company's return from Auckland. The bellringera left here to-day en route, for Blenheim and Wellington, Wanganui and Auckland."

f ' The ordinary meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board was held this afternoon, there being a full attendance of members, and Mr VV« Crowbher, M.H.R., presiding. No business of importance was transacted. The application of Mr W. H. Brown, shipbuilder, that docking concessions should be granted to yachts cleaning and preparing for the regatta, was granted, provision being made, however, that trading vessels needing to dock would be given the preference. The Board referred back to the Finance and Legal Committee the question of providing a sceam service between ships and the shore for the use of the harbourmaster, with a view to calling fo tenders.

The caHe of suicide of the man Charles Hanry Dowsetb ab Napier is a very singular one. Ib appears tbab the unfortunate man was preparing to shave, having obtained the hot water and covered his face with lather, when he was overcome by a sudden impulse to commit tbe rash act. He wa9 the son of a wealthy farmer in South Africa, and he and his brother were in receipt of regular remittances of money, and, so far as is known, deceased had no trouble of any kind to worry him, except pains in the head, for which bo was under treatmenbi

Ab tbo meeting of bhe Auckland Harbour Board this afternoon a letter was read from Mr W- H. Brown, shipbuilder, asking the Board if ib could meet the wishes of a number of yacht owners by admitting yachts cleaning for the annual regatta together whose total tonnage would not exceed 100 tons, for the sum of £5 per day, as there was no suitable place for cleaning them except the 'lock. Mr Brown pointed out that the expenditure on these yachts during the season was considerable and without returns to the owners.

In referring to the cricket team that ia to play Auckland on Friday and Saturday next, 19th and 20th, last) Wednesday's " Sydney Referee " says:—"lt ia a very powerful combination, aa may be seen from the annexed namos —A. C. Mackenzie, L. Moore, J. Searle, A. Noble, E. Noble, D. Miller, J. Gould, 0. Cowley, S. Austin, S. Waltord, J. Davis (captain) and M. Collins. Save the captain, nob oa6 of them was a member of the last team which tcfured Now Zealand, bub it ia a stronger all-round combination. S. Austin, A. Noble, Miller, Gould and Moore, are all very fair bowlere, the two named first being the most deadly. There is a good deal of variety in the bowling. The batting is very powerful, and unless the New Zealander9 have improved a lot, the team ahoald prove too strong for most opponents."

Mention was mado in our lasb evening's iseuo of a conceit given on board the Bteamor Rotomahona by the blind musical students from the Ormond Hall of Music, Melbourne. This remarkable company of vocalists and musicians, nine in number, have arrived here to make a tour of New Zealand, and will open at the City Hall on Monday naxfc. The entertainment is one whiob, apart from its musical excellence, has large claims upon public sympathy. All the Btudontß are totally blind. They have been trained in the School of Music established through the munificence of Sir Francis Ormond, and hold certificates attesting their qualifications as teachers. The proficiency which they hnvo attained proven how much may be done to ameliorate the condition of the blind, and to qualify them for earning their own living. They do not play merely from ear. but are thoroughly versed ia the technicalities of high-class music, and execute the most difficult musical compositions from memory. The main object of their tour is to realise funds to enable them to Ptarb in life in the particular branch of »u»io to which they aspire. The Company vising New Zealand under the management 0{ Mr R. G. Webb, who conducted their Australian tour.

Messrs John Earle and Co., tea merchants, ?i Queen-street, have just issued a series of "luatr.'tted circulars of their prices, which Ch" ij had on aPP'ication. The pictures should prove amusing to both young and

A novel point in law came before His | Honor in the Supreme Court to-day and I was argued for a considerable length by Mr 1 Button and Mr Jackson Palmer in Chambers. i v The question really was, " Was Mr Palmer entitled to see all the papers that Mr Monk and bin Committee had in regard to the election." This is the u'rsb application of the kind ever hold in New Zealand, and so the case was a tesb one and one that would be a precedent for the colony. The Judge decided that it required both himself and the Chief Justice to have jurisdiction to order Mr Monk to make such a discovery, and that one Judge alone could not do so. Consequently he could nob grant the request. This does nob in any way affect the hearing of the petition which will go on as usual and be beard on the fifth of February. The crew of the well-known clipper Bhip Hesperus, which arrived at Melbourne from London on Friday last, had a somewhat extraordinary experience during the voyage. On November Ist, when the vessel was in lab. 17deg. 56min north, long. 26deg. 20min west, the shock of a submarine volcano was felt, and the ship trembled from stem to stern for about TOsec. The surface of the sea was not much disturbed, nor was its ordinary colour changed, and a tesb showed thab the temperature of the water was 76deg. Fahr. On November 4th the ship Crown of India, from Cardiff bound to Rio Jj.noiro, was signalled, and reported having felt the earthquake severely when about 100 miles east of St. Antonio. The ship Ochello, from Liverpool, followed che Hesperus into Hobson's Bay the same afternoon, and reported having felb a submarine shock, la3ting fully three minute*, on her voyage out. This happened on November 1 in lat. ICdeg. 33min. north, long. 26deg. 25min. west. The ship trembled most violently, and two other slighter shocks were felb within an hour afterwards.

We have read somewhat aboub the symbolic meanings which some writers have attached to the great pyramid at Gizeh, and we did nob rind it very edifying or satisfactory reading.. Possibly we were too sceptical. Possibly the subjecb was too high for us. Ib is 484*4 feet high. Mr Fred Leith ha 9 nob found the same difficulties which we did, however. In his pamphleb on "The Universal Deluge and the Great Pyramid as the Foundation of Masonic Symbolism," he appears to know all about ib, although, unfortunately, he fails to marshal his arguments and figures with the necessary precision. Should the Auckland public, never incurious as to any matter that deals with signs and wonders, demand a second edition of the pamphlet we would in all good faith recommend JNlr Leith to revise it so as to simplify ib to the minds of those who are not conversant with the subject. There are certain irregularities in the English, too, which might be amended, and the opinions of the author—to most people bo novel —might be presented in a less ••promiscuous " form. A word aboub the object of the pamphlet. The author states that ib has been written " to make known the fact that his father has a book in MSS in London dealing with the whole subject," and he furthor states thab he has. printed this pamphlet " in the hope that a generous public will ba induced to pay for the book (his father's) in advance to enable 'his parent' to prinb . and publish it." The filial spirit here displayed is most commendable, j,

The Awitu annual regatta took place last week in the waters of the Manakau and proved very successful. There was a good attendance and among tho«e present were some 150 visitors from Onehunga, who were" conveyed by tho Bteamer Manakau. The weather was fine, bub was accompanied by a stiff norleaster which doterotl several of the smaller crafts from competing. The Onehunga Band contributed a number of musical selections which added to tho enjoyment of the proceedings. The following wero the results of the various events .—Decked yachts : Akaraua, 1 ; Daphne, 2. Open Centreboard Race : Imogene, 1. Open Keel Boat Race : Foam, 1. Dingy Race :H. Willis, 1; D. Evans, 2. Greasy Boom : C. Muir, 1. Swimming Race : Napoleon, 1,