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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 21, 26 January 1898, Page 4

A marvellous escape from a fatal acei lent occurred in Pieton-'street, Ponsonby, in Monday last, a horse and cart belongnJLf to Mr King, baker, together with the 'river and a son of Mr King, being precipiated over an embankment about sixty fee: ccp. The horse was grazing, the drivei ud lad both being on the cart, about t< uike a start again, when a pigeon (lev. list and frightened the horse, whicl lied on to the footpath. . The only pro .ction there was was a barbed wire, tvhiel. orse and vehicle broke through and thi hole concern rolled over and over to tin .)ttom. The cart was a good deal kuocke bout and the lad will be confined to bea- some days at least With the injuries h ustained. The driver escaped unhurt, i'lus seems to be a dangerous place, re airing better protection than has beeI'ovidetl hitherto, An indignation meeting; in connectk itli the rejection by the Legislati* mneil of the Old Age Pensions Bill w s held at the Grey-streetfirebell at S/p.t i Saturday. The meeting is cynveu. ; the Auckland Liberal Association, su. . .rangements have been made for speechc y representative men.

An inquest to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Ebenezer Henry Neil I Was held this morr* in»- at the Central Hotel before Dr. Philso.n fooroner). . Mr J. M. Morran Avas chosen f neman of the juiy, and Sergeant Treanor and Constable Mc^amara represented the police. Dr. Coom deposed that, deceased came to him professionally last October. His complaint was a small ulcer of the left leg. He made a post mortem of the body, and found that his heart ■was enlarged ami overspread with fat. He thought the cause of death was fatty infiltration of the heart, causing syncope and almost sudden death. Henry Win. Napperj storeman, stated that he had known deceased for 39 years. He was born in Devonshire. He was unmarried and had a cousin named Gilpin living at Featherston. Deceased had been trading on the coast. Henry Sergeant, restaurant keeper, deposed that deceased was sober and regular in his habits. He had boarded in his house for the last four weeks. Constable McNamara, who took charge of the personal effects of deceased, also gave evidence. The jury returned « verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.

The half yearly general meeting of ' the Taupiri Extended Coalmining Company was held yesterday afternoon at the Company's offices, Fort-street. The balancesheet for the half-year ending December 31st, 1897, was read'and approved of. The profit and loss account for that period, after writing off £788 16s 9d for depreciation on the mining property of £10,059 12s 3d, showed a net profit of £1,828 15s sd. The balance brought forward from last half'-vear was £758 I7s 9d, making a total of £2,587 13s 2d, which the directors recommended to appropriate as follows: — £1,200 to payment of a dividend of Is.per shafe, the balance of £1,387 13s 2d to be carried forward to new account. The retiring directors, Messrs Robert Walker and J. Friar Clarke, were re-elected. The dividend will be payable on the 26th January.

The charge against Mary P.amsbottom, alias Ramsay, of abandoning her infant child at Coromandel will come on forbearing at the Police Court to-morrow.

Thursday was a day which will linger in the memory of the " oldest inhabitant ' for years to come, says the Timaru " Mail " of January loth, as one of the most atrocious, from a climatic point of view, ever experienced in Oania.ru. People were awakened in the morning l>y the triumphant howl of a tearing nor'-wester which was making hay of everything that came within' its reach. In the earlier hours of the forenoon the air was thick with driving dust and debris —a regular sirocco with the detritus of a city to replace the .sand of the desert. The sea was almost obscured for a time with the thick cloud of dust borne seawards, and it was only after the streets were practically cleaned out that the dust was minimised. Even then the wind continued tugging at everything, movable. The blast was like the breath of a furnace, and people simply "stewed in their own juice." The. thermometer registered over 90 degrees in the shade, but the heat, of. course, was worse : than that represents owing to its nature. . A great deal of damage was done in both townand country. In the latter the crops, already weak and sparse, were thrashed, and shrivelled and wilted, and the damage .must be simply appalling. In the town the fruit crops were decimated, and . not content with thinning the fruit, the heat actually baked a lot of it on the trees and ground. It is no exaggeration to say that apples in many places were actually roasted soft, the skins cracking and the fruit burning pulpy. On . the open ground windfalls weie siitiply liakod. Apples, pear,l? and apricots suffered the most, the plums sticking on well. The fruit was none too good before, but after this visitation it will be even worse. A number of fences, etc., were .also blown down in" town, and Mr Ui'ltnour had one of. the large', windows of his confectioner's shop in .Thames-street blown in. The wind.moderated a little in the afternoon, though it still remained uncomfortably high". Towards seven o'clock it dropped" altogether. At Toka-rahi the forward crops were being badly shaken.

A new Lodge called the Loyal Mannkau Lodge of the Independent Order ot Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, was installed last night in the Masonic Hall, Onehunga, by the district officers, Bros. Edward Ley-don. (Prov. G. M.), Ballantyne(D. Prov. G. M.), and C. S. Wright (Corresponding Secretary), supported by P.P.G.M.'s. Bros. Leahy, McLeod, Gow, Rowe, Akers, McConnell ; P.G.'s. Bros. Wheatley, Thomas, Rider, Tyke, A. Wright, Curtis, Kyle, Glynn and G. J. Jackson, and P.P.G.M., Rothcrham, England. About GO members of the Franklin, Parnell, and Auckland Good1 Intent and Loyal Fountain of Friendship Lodges were present. After the installation the following officials wcro elected :—N.G., Bro. J. Kyle ; YicoG., Bro. A. .Moore ; P.S., LVo, W. C. Morton ; G.M., Bro. G. Akers ; Guardian, Bro. 11. Hyland ; "Warden, Bro. L. H. Martin ; N.G. supporters, Bros. F. A. Green and W. S. Turner ; Y.G. supporters, Bros. S. Kcogh and T. Barr. After the meeting closed the members of the new Lodge were entertained by the visiting members, .when a number of speeches and -musical items were given, the visitors leaving for home at an early hour, after spending a most enjoyable evening.

The current' issue or the New Zealand ■' Graphic" is as usual well up to date .and full of interesting matter and pictures. The downfall of the English cricketers is good-naturedly satirised in an amusing cartoon, which shows a perspiring John Bull getting very much the worst of it at the wicket. A very fully illustrated article on the BmUlist' hell cannot fail to arouse interest. The punishments for different crimes are illustrated by convincing if grotesque native drawings. Certainly the Buddist's hell must be a most unpleasant place to go to permanently, but it is vastly amusing to read about. Waiwera, which is again coming very Inuck to the front as a seaside resort, forms the object, of some nicely taken photographic views, while equal prominence is given to Akarca, the most popular of Southern holiday, resorts. Judging from the pictures in the ''Graphic" Akaroa- must be a particularly pleasant place to spend a week or two's vacation! Mr Kennett Watkinsj the well known artist, contributes a tine picture of a bush fire, ami this should, certainly he secured by those who' desire to show Mends across the sea something of what has lately been endured in New Zealand. A capital set of photos taken on board H.M-.s. Mildura show the ever popular "jack" at work. Social news, society on dits, cycling, sports and pastime are ably dealt with, ;ind there is an interesting series of short articles on the topics of the day.

A cricket match will be played at Dar;aville on the 29th inst. between the Northern Wairoa Cricket Association and lie Gordon Cricket Club. The Gordon aam, which leaves for Helensville by the 1 40 p.m. train on Friday, 23th inst., re.urning to town a few minutes past 9 a.m. ■n Monday, the "31st, will be composed of he following players :—Kallender, Pabst, iorris, Kyd, H. Moor-Jones, Hume, A. Seccombe, J. Beccombe, Stanley, Sawridge, Ball and Reed.

The clever child mimic Phyllis Perrier ill open in the Devonport Hall on Friday ight in the same programme in which she as appeared before the greatest people in >c land. The Perriers open in Ponsonby ixt Monday night,

The annual meeting of the Auckland aw Society will be held at the Magisate's Courthouse to-morrow afternoon, at p.m.

' -—-I^j A curious accident, due to the W ■'■' reported from Temuka. A yontO* driving a dray load of dry firewood- 7** , the load was found to be on fi£ °M* and vehicle were burred and tt,iv. d ! saved with difficulty i^Jt^T ! set on fire, and a 'field of Sy^i I and was destroyed. •* ca>W, I The necessity for some improvement;; l the water supply to the unnpr W,i- m i Parnell has S felt for JSi^"*^ the Borough Council have just Swi arrangements which shoukdlo awlT'X all complaints on the score .of W w J, pressure. The water supply f or th e «lL ?■ was formerly derived fKeSI ! reservoir, and during the hours of in • mum demand was very deficient; thkifo' j now been obviated by obtaining a 2 connection with the Kvber Passreser-n----through the Domain. In this way S1 sure of 60 b per square inch is now 1 tallied at Eishopscourt corner, where Z' merly the supply was very defective Tl | works have been carried out by k«l 9 Cole and Moody, under the superviin f Mr Boylan, C.E., the borough engin cc ? .° f Commissioner Tunbridge, . the recenfj. appointed police otficer from Lorido/ arrives in Auckland tomorrow, ft ( understood that he will pay "a visit of if spection to the various police districts £ this province. -' ' :

An accident which fortunately dicUoi prove serious occurred in Shortly/ street shortly after 2 o'clock this . a ffer noon. A horse and cart belofifcK to Mi- Alf Bray, carrier, of OnehtuW were standing by the Commercial Hotel' when a large waggon came down the Hill at a swinging pace, and catching, the shafts of the other cart, upset the horse. Part of the load in the. cart fell on top of the animal, but beyond getting badly the horse escaped without injury. The harness was quickly taken off; and the'horse helped on to it 3 feet again. The waggon which cansedrtlie upset dro.ve off without waiting to see whether any damage had been done. '?

Complaints are made by a number of residents in Grafton Pioad that athers're. siding in that vicinity are in the practice of burying nightsoil in their back-gardens A visit by the Sanitary Inspector would no doubt be productive of an alteration of this sort of thing, in the interests of the health of the neighbourhood.

The question of providing an outlet "for residents on the seaward side of Ponsohbv at College Point will again come before the City Council to-morrow evening, when a number of those interested intend to bj present to impress upon the Council thj urgency of the work.

A meeting of the Women's Liberal League was held last evening in the Tailoresses' Hall, Mrs Shera (the President) occupying the chair. The attendance was .medium, and the proceedings .of rather more than ordinary interest.•■■' After routine, business was finished,.Va notice of motion, tabled by, Mrs McConnell at a previous meeting, to the effect, " that in the interest of both the Liberal Association and the League it would be desirable, to amalgamate th c two bodies,:) came on for discussion. Mrs Caradus moved as an amendment, "That the Idssgue go into recess from this time till the. opening of the House for the next sitting of Parliament." Later on Mrs McConnell agreed to withdraw- her proposition, in favour of the amendment. After a lively debate the proposition to go into, reeesswas carried. Mrs Johnstone ; next, moved, and Mrs Caradus seconded, "That-the Government be requested to extend the Advances to Settles Act to town and city properties." On Lhis proposition the meeting was resolved into Committee, and both members and visitors joined in the discussion. On the motion being put toilsW)\v of hands the resolution was carried unanimously. . ■ '•■•

Mr Andrew Johnson, who resides jn Alpha Road, Paniell, had a narrow escape from a fatal accident yesterday evening. About 11 p.m. be was cleaning a sixchambered revolver under the impression that it was empty, bnt one chamber, wan loaded, and the weapon unexpectedly discharged a bullet which struck Mr Johnson on the jaw and ear, making. a painful wound. The bullet, fortunately, did not go .through the cheek, and the injuries sustained wi.il not prove more than a temporary inconvenience, the wound having been, stitched up and dressed. , :;

,- A very good concert was given last night in the Public Hall, Mangere, in aid of the renovation of the Maori (stone) 'Church. There was a very fair audience present, and the following items were rendered.':under the leadership of Mr G. H Hardey in. a manner that elicited frequent encores:— Overture,.. ' Macedon March, orchestra; song (selected), Miss Crowther ; song, " May Morning," Miss M. Taylor.; violin' solo, "Gondoliers," Master J. E. Hardey, song (orchestral accompaniment), " The Deathless Army," Mr Schnakehberg; waltz,. "Twilight Shadows,"' orchestra; selection. " Olivette," orchestra ; song, " The Postillion," Mr.McCprmick j violin solo, "Alice, Where Art Thou," Mr F. R. Trevithick ; song (selected), Miss Crowther; march, "Minnie," orchestra. After the interval a very amusing farce was presented, entitled "Who is Who*' or, "All in a Fog." The entertainment is to be repeated at the Foresters' Hall, Onebunga, on the 4th of February in aid of the same object. . •'

A sale of work of the ladies of St. Peter's (Ta.vapuna) Church was opened in the Public- Hall, Takapuna, this afternoon at three o'clock. A special ferry steamer left Auckland at 2.30 p.m. for Takapuna, and will return at 10 p.m M when the. sale ot work closes. About 200 people left by the morning steamer, and the boat at half-past, two this afternoon has also been we" patronised.

The first meeting this year of the local branch of the Irish National Federation is to be held to-morrow evening in St. Pattrick's Hall. The meeting is of importance, and members are requested by advertisement to attend.

A special steamer will leave the Ferry Company's wharf at 8 o'clock this evening for Takapuna, returning from the Lake at 10 o'clock, at the close of the fancy fair and sale of work being held in the Public Hall. .

" Where areyou going to, my pretty maid! "For Arthur-Nathan's 'Reliable' tea/, she said, " To buy any other, mother's afraid. -Advt, (8) •

Carpets slightly damaged by fire, good patterns, from Is per yard upwards. A chance for economists.—Tonson GarlicK Co.—(Advt.)

Curtains—Guipure, climy and .'ac *- Newest designs and splendid assortment. Marked at clearing prices. Call* ana-P« them. Tonson Garlick Co., Limited.--(Advt.) .

Salvage bedsteads at less than half pn<* newly painted and in good condition. A great bargain. Tonson Garlick. Oi» Limited.— {Advt.) Those beginning housekeeping should call and inspect our stock of furniture. carpets, floor coverings, and furnishing drapery.—Tonson Gariick Co., Limited." (Advt.)