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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 13, 16 January 1905, Page 4

Captain Edwin's weather forecast for the 24 hours from i) a.m. this morning is as follows: —"Moderate to strong westerly winds; glass little movement." Mr John Golsborough. contractor, of Tuakau, was thrown from his horse in Queen-street on Saturday night through the animal slipping on the asphalt. When the horse was struggling to recover itself it struck Mr Golsborough, who was badly bruised and had one of his ribs broken. He was taken into the Thistle Hotel, and attended by Dr. King. A fire broke out on Saturday evening in Mr H. Swales' tailoring shop in Victoriastreet- The alarm was given, and the Brigade on arriving on the scene discovered a quantity of material smouldering under one of the benches. The outbreak was extinguished by means of a few buckets of vVter. The damage is estimated at about £40, which is covered by insurance in the New Zealand office. A barnacle encrusted bottle, sealed and containing the following message, was found on the West Coast near Aratapu on New Year's Day by Mr A. Jenkin:—"3/4/"03. Captain Simpson, 7 Billister Square, London., s-s. Moldavia.— This paper was thrown overboard in lat. 45.06 S., long. 54.44 E., for the purpose of tracing ocean currents. Anyone finding please send to above address, and thus reap a just reward. —J. Harvey, 2nd officer." The spot where the bottle was thrown overboard is in the Indian Ocean, in the vicinity of the Cnwets, to the S.E. of South Africa. The message has been forwarded to London. The annual session of the Senate of the University of New Zealand will be held this year at Auckland, commencing on the 25th ins*. I

We learn that the manager of the Electric Tramway Company, Mr. Hansen, intends making application to the jCity Council for the purpose of se<niring next Good Friday as a general holiday for the Tramway Company's employees. In anticipation of this holiday boon being secured, Mr. Hansen has suggested that the subscriptions already raised and promised towards a supper or picnic, as proposed by a correspondent a short time since, should be devoted to the purchase of various prizes to be contested for at the forthcoming picnic. A few leading firms also have kindly promised to donate sundry prizes. News arrived by last San Francisco mail of the sudden death at New York of Dr. Ed. C. Collins of pneumonia at the comparatively early age of 43. Dr. Collins was the sixth son of the late Mr S. V. Collins, of this city, and was born ir Auckland and educated at the Auckland Grammar School. He served his articles as a chemist with Mr Graves 4ickin, and left for American two or three years after his apprenticeship. In the States he studied medicine and took his degree as M.D He P~*ised his profession in New York up to the time of his death. On Friday evening, *t Te Aroba, a very sad accident occurred, when the infant son of Mr W. Hartley fell from a swing and broke his neck. The child was found dead by his mother, with his head resting on the swing and the hands and feet touching the ground. Dr. Jvenny was sent for, and he found that the child's neck was broken- Mr forrest, coroner, held an inquest on Saturday, when the jury, after hearing the evidence of the mother and the doctor, returned a verdict of accidental death, no blame being attributable to anyone. There were 181 males and 21 females in Mount Eden gaol on Saturday. There were on remand 4 men; awaiting trial. 10 men; undergoing penal servitude for life, 2 men; undergoing hard labour, 160 males and 20 females; while there were received during the week 17 males and 4 females; and discharged 21 males and 4 females. The inquest on the unfortunate man Frank White, who died in the hospital on Friday afternoon, was conducted by the coroner on Saturday afternoon at the institution, and no new facts weie adduced. A verdict of accidental death was given by the jury. The medical evidence was to the effect that deceased had died from fracture of the spine. The coroner drew attention to the fact that the official police report stated that Dr. Walsh, one of the resident surgeons, would give a certificate of deaih. Thh>. the coroner averred, he might not legally do before the inquiry, pointing out that in Dr. Luffs well-known work on "Forensic Medicine" it was laid down that no medical man should give a certificate of death if he had any reason to suspect or believe that the cause of death was not natural or if death had resulted directly or indirectly from accident or injury of any sort. The V.M.C.A. Rambling Club's first excursion of the new year took place on Saturday afternoon, when about sixty young men left for Orakei and Remuera. A reception was held at the Hon. E. Mitchelson's house, "Waitaramoa," when Mrs Mitehelson welcomed the young men. Mr P. E. Cheal returned thanks on behalf of the Club to their host and hostess, and the ladies who had assisted in making the outing a success. Short addresses were also given by Messrs. Brown. T. Buddie, and H. W. Wilson. The ramblers spent a most enjoyable afternoon, and before leaving heartily cheered their kind entertainers. Some of the heaviest seas on record have been experienced along the coast during the past week, writes the Herbertvdle correspondent of the Dannevirke "Advocate." On Wednesday as Messrs. J. Neal and C. Palmer were driving their teams along the beach about a quarter of a mile from Cape Turnagain a very heavy sea washed over the bullocks' backs, and they were unable to proceed further. The bullocks were unyoked, and the loaded wool waggons were left there for the night. In the morning Neale's waggon, which had contained twenty bales of wool, had been swept clean of wool, although not a chain or a twitch stick had become unfastened- Nineteen out of the twenty bales were recovered, but one was swept out to sea. The waggon was carried a considerable distance down the beach, but the other waggon still had its load intact, although the sea had swept over it. Very interesting is a description of her travels by Miss Jessie Ackerman, who, in the interests of the Peace Society, has now made six journeys around the world from London. Much of what she has seen relates to Australasia, more particularly to Oceania, her journeyings among the islands and communion with the islanders being really fascinating. Touching upon the South Seas, and referring to the cannibalism which was once so prevalent, Miss Ackerman says: C l can tell you a particularly interesting story of the cannibals of the South Seas, and the old Maori missionary. Kakala, who went out to New Zealand to preach to them. The savages captured the mate of an American sailing vessel, who had incautiously ventured ashore in search of water." They were about to make a feast of him. and all preparations had been made in front j of the unhappy victim's eyes, when the news came to the Maori's ears. He rushed unarmed into the meeting, and after a long and desperate argument with the cannibals persuaded them to abandon their horrible plans. For this the brave missionary, now a very old man, was sent a watch by President Abraham Lincoln, and when I saw him in Honolulu he showed mc the dead President's present with much pride." One of the guides at Whakarewarewa on AVednesday, while conducting two ladies of literary note over the ground, created some little amusement when commenting on the vagaries of Wairoa geyser. The ladies in question—at least one of them—is said to be engaged by 'he Government to write a description of this wonderful thermal district, and was naturally anxious to obtain every little detail in connection with the various geysers, blowholes, and hot pools brought under her notice by the cr U ui e Coming to Wairoa geyser. whicrf was iboutto be soaped at the time in order to afford the Governor and his party an opportunity of witnessing an eruption t,lc explained to the ladies that Wairoa did not always respond to the soaping, and gave as instances two occasions where the geyser, although a plentiful supply <Jf soap had been thrown mto its mouth—an additional bar—bed refused to play for Mr Seddon, but sakl the guide it very seldom declined in the ease of a Governor or other notable person. Queried by the ladies as to why it would not play for Mr Seddon, the guide replied, ''Oh, he's not a rangitira.' r Rather rough on the Premier, but probably very innocently uttered. n Y ° U n underwear. Geo. Fowlds', Victoria Arcade.—Ad. You know—Gentlemen's underwear. Geo. FowidV, Victoria Aamds kd

John Perry, a Dock-street resident, who was charged in the Police Court this morning with being disorderly while drunk near his house on Saturday, was ._ scathingly addressed by Mr McCarthy, ~ the Magistrate, who was very indignant when the short case had concluded. The prosecuting witness was Constable Hugh Cox, who said that every day singe Uiri'stmas Perry had been coming home. drunk and abusing his wife and daughters. They were so frightened of him that they sometimes remained in the street at" night until he went to bed. They worked in a factory, and th ß accused lived upon their earnings. Witness was called to the house in consequence of Perry's violence. He had thrown his wife down stairs, and then pushed her over an embankment upon a heap of timber. "Perry," said the . Magistrate, indignantly, "'you are one of - those human monsters to whom no, leniency should be shown. If I inflicted : a line it would be paid by your wife and . daughters, so you will go to prison for , three months, with hard labour." A rather amusing incident is related in connection with the Salvation Army Biorama Company's visit to Waihi. It appears that a dusky maiden from Tauranga way went to Waihi to see the performance, and, being interested in the Army work, a lodging f ith kind friends was* found for her. The lady of th« house, in order to make her just as comfortable as possible, provided her with night habiliments, but the young wahine. seeing so much lace trimming, etc., thought she had been given a white dress to wear at the biorama. With delight she "arrayed herself in white," aad proceeded to the Academy, where, of i. course, she excited the surprise of her fairer sisters. It was then necessary to explain to her that she had been a little premature in adorning herself with such a gown —that the latter was only meant for inside wear. She was not slow to take in the situation, and without loss of time did a lightning change, much to ber sorrow in having to discard such a "taking" dress. The Christian names of members of the present New Zealand House of Representatives show that the people have a ' special regard for William (states an'exchange). Of the eighty members who - constitute the Lower Chamber, no fewer than eleven have been christened William. The next on the list are Thomas and John, each claiming six representatives. There are four Georges, three AI- ; Freds, three Roberts, two Walters, two Fredericks, two Arthurs, two Alexan- I ders, two Franks, two Edwards, and two Josephs. There is only one Richard, and that one is the Premier. Mr. Arthur Knight's cinematograph, which is claimed to be one of the best in . the colonies, commences a short season in Auckland on Friday night next in the Opera House. It is the intention ot the firm to exhibit a large number of inter- •- esting and unique films of all descrip- | tions, from the siege of Port Arthur .. down to the comical subjects. You know—Neatest ties. Geo. 3 Fowlds', Victoria Arcade.—Ad. Curtains at very special reductions insample pairs, ecru and white lace. Call vnd see them.—Tonson Garliek's sale.— ■•' Ad. You know—Boys' clothing. Geo. Fowlds', Victoria Arcade.—Ad. You know—Neatest ties. Geo. ■ Fowlds', Victoria Arcade.—AdYou will find the "Taniwha" carbolic I sand soap the most effective and last- I ing. Better weight and value than any .i, other on the market.—Ad. You know —Boys' clothing. Geo. Fowlds", Victoria Arcade.—Ad. You know—Men's clothing. Geo. * Fowlds', Victoria Arcade. —Ad. Do you want to save money? Then furnish from Tonson Garliek's sale. All goods geniunely reduced from 2/ to 4/ in the £. —Ad. You know —Men's clothing. Geo. Fowlds', Victoria Arcade.—Ad.