District and General.

Bush Advocate, Issue 353, 14 August 1890, Page 2

District and General.

y <■■ ■ > >•■' ' '. i -ui — '.■ » ; — •—. • • " The Danevirke Debating Society holds its meeting to-night in' the Town Hall, at 7.30 p.m. The business- set down for this evening is a debate Hope ycrsus.Realisation. i The Society iia ; s been; fortunate enough to obtaih the set-vices of two of its pjostable^ebatonstolpad the discussion', Viz./^lessTs Arigua McKay and the Rev. E. Robert^hawe. Mr McKay h^r^'onto believje that the 4 ' pleasures of hop?" :are : far greater than those of Vrealiaatibn, and from vrhat 'We know' of. this geji't}em.9,n.'s ability aa a 'debater we,. 'anticipate hearing a clever and logical defence of his views. ■H« lias, however, a very tough antagonist in the Rev. Eobertshawe, who, strange to say, pins his faith to "realisation," and no doubt the eloquence of this experienced .orator will go a long way towards, convincing the Society that he is right,, and his 'opponent altogether wrong.' claims of the Society se'eni to have taken a firm hold upon the sympathies of our citizens, and judging from the success of the last few meetings^ and the excellency of to-night's " bill of fare," we have no, 'doubt to-night's meeting will eclipse those that haye gone before. A meeting of those interested in, and desirous of forming a Temperance Society in Danevirke was held in the Presbyterian Church last night, when it way decided to postpone any definite action until after Mr Knott's lecture which is to be delivered in the Town Hall on Monday evening next. The 'choir has been assidiqusly practising some very pretty pieces to be sung in the Hall on Monday night at intervals in the lecture ; and those will not be the least pleasing portion of the evening's entertainment. We hope to sec the Hall well filled, for Mr Knott is .undoubtedly tha best lecturer we haye had upon our local stage. A committee meeting of the Napier Park Racing Club was held on Tues- • clay evening, when the programmes for the spring, summer, and autumn meetings were agreed to. The stakes to be given at the .spring meeting, to be held on October 14th and l&th, amount to £950; at the New Year meeting, .£5lO j and the • autumn meeting on March 24th and 25th, I.BQI, £1340. . 'Mr'G. Ellis lias resigned the office of Mayor of Hastings. Our lady readers in and around Ormondville will be glad to hear that Madame Annette, rmlliiier a-nd 1 dressmaker, late of Waipawa, arrived in Ormondville to-day. ' Mr Tripe, the dentist, is now here upon a. professional visit, and may be cpnjuulied at th'e Railway Hotel,

Kemp and O'Connor have signed J articles for a match in America in March next for £500 a side and the championship of the world. A most amusing development of the la.bor movement occurred at Wellington on Monday night. When the Evening Press runners were called on to take out papers they struck in a body for higher wages, and assembled in a mob in front of the office. Any Jad who stuck to his work.was.trejated in approved Union style, and hustled about as a " blackleg. In one instance the strikers caught a Tartar, as a " blackleg "youngster turned on, his assailants, and after bestowing several black eyes with liberal hand the remainder of his assailants were glad to get rid of him. The proprietors of the paper refused to give way, and did not seem to find much difficulty in filling thf places of the boys, aud the delivery of papers wa« effected but little later than usual. A very curious mode of trying the title is practised in Hindostan. Two holes are dug in the disputed spot, in which the plaintiff's and defendant's lawyers put one of their legs, and remain there until one of them- is tired, in which his client is defeated. In. this: country it is the client; and not the lawyer, who puts his foot in it. The Elderslie, from; London, has arrived at Timavu. ,She has on board 60 tons of machinery for the extension of the freezing, works there. The buildings are completed, and the plant will be at' work by the middle of Octobdr- : , The creditors of the Rangitikei Fibre Company have resolved to. expend' £100 on proceedings for the recovery of £900 from certain directors, and for the setting aside of the security held by the Loan and Mercantile Agency for .£1,670 and £1,500 held by the Bank of Australasia. Mr Jelliooe will conduct the case for: the Creditors; : .'•- ■'- ■-' i "„ The cautious, frugal policy .which the. Government of New Zealand, says a London correspondent, have, been practising now for some years is 1 beginning to attract favourable attention -from the financial press. The Statist 'congratulates the colony on having at length emerged, from one of the longest, and most severe periods of depression to which it has ever been subjected.. It has done penance for its folly, and comes out of the trial stronger, more self-r.eliant, and more prudent for the 1 ' discipline endured. The Statist contrasts' the exports of New Zealand with those of Victoria, and expresses the opinion that when all allowances are made; it is more than doubtful if the bona jiue exports of Victorian industry veally exceed the actual value of New Zealand exports. • Speaking of the effects of the late gale, the editor of- the Charleston Herald thus humorously discourses: " The town of Chariest? n got a good shaking, and we regret to.haye to saythat our institution suffered considei- , ably from the fury of the gale. The beautiful Gothic porch at the front entrance, which was looked upon as si rare specimen of architecture, anl against which every vagrant horse and cow in tbe district used to scratch its back, detached itself from tbe main structure at 10.45 a.m., and fell with great force in the middle of the next street— a total wreck. The main building also suffered to some extern', seyeral portions of it having come so grief,, there being nothing left of tie chimney but .the framework,, and tje massive, wooden pillars of the corridor leading from the editor's luncaroom to ;tlie bullion vaults were knocked considerably out of plumb, and to add to the misfortune tic paste pot is missing. If ever a long winded subscriber had an opportunity of . performing , a meritoriois action,- that. time has, now arrived." Tirailleur,, it is stated, has bean heavily backed for the. Caul field Cup, and with Prince Consort has betn supported, for £12,000 for the double, Provisions in South Wales are *t famine pripes. Meat is at ,2s per 1.b. , ; A man named James M'Caul w»s arrested at Auckland on Monday night by Cpns^able Young forbeir.g, drunk. The police were alarmed; it his :; condition, and conveyed him lo tbe hospital.' On the Way he died. He is believed to have swallowed the. contents o£ a bottle of whiskey. • ; At a" meeting of" the Tailo'resses 1 Union at Dunedin, Mr Millar, seefs,tary of tine. '.Maritime Council, ; wts .appointed, a, life member, and- a vole oV confidence ih him, ftß. a leader of tbe labor movement was passed. A sum of £25 was voted to support the miners 6n strike at the Grey Valley Coal Company's mine. s The attention of the Government is about to be called by Mr Ward to the extraordinary allegations'- of Mr Justice Windeyer, of New Routi Wales, reflecting ■ upon the honor cf j this colony .in reference to the 'Sao ! Francisco, mail service. Mr Wad intends td'as.k Ministers whether. they will take sfe'ps to 'refute' the calumny. The dead body of George Hobson, a selector on the Barron River, Queensland, lias been found. Yh had evidently been murdered by hi* black boys with a scrub knife, which was found alongside the body.. • The fishermen of Auckland made a, demand upon the fishmongers for an increase in the. rate ot pay, threatening to strike if it was not granted. The demand was complied with, and an increase of sixpence per dozen for schnappers is being given. A collision occurred on Tuesday night at Johnsonville, five miles from Wellington, on the Wellington-Mana-watu Company's line. Some trucks were being shunted when they got •loose and dashed into the carriages of a waiting train. The guard's van was smashed, and the mail van upset. The latter caught fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt, and the damage docs not exceed £300. A novel mode of treating strikers is reported from Ashurst. An employer there had a difference with his inen, wb,o refused to work. Some employers try the lock-out to solve labor difficulties, but this one, being a man of original ideas, tried the "lock-in" and turned the key on the two mutineers. Then he went away for a day, and on his return went to see whether hia prisoners had developed a. better frame of mind. The room was provided with very small windows, however, and through these the .strikers, had managed to force their way, taking with them all their .worldly possessions, So ended this experiment,

The police are engaged investigating a curious affair which has occurred in the Gorge. It appears that a man named Walton recently started to ride through and has not since been seen. His horse has bee'h fqucd, and it is stated that, a quantity' of 'blood* was also noticed on the road. ' The account sales of an experimental shipment of butter to London by Mr W. G. Haybittle, of Feilding, has .recently come to hand. The butter consisted of 43 kegs which contained 26117bs,purchased at6d, which, with 3s each for the kegs, made a, total cost of jS7I 17a 9d. Add insurance £1 4s Id, freight and wharfage £15 18s 6d, fr'ejzing £1 17s 6d, premium for space in ship £3, warehouse brokerage and commission £4 15s sd, total £26 15s 9d or a total cost of £98 13s to land it in London. These forty-three kegs of butter, says the Feilding ; Star, weighing in all 23cwt. lqr. i3lbs, realised 44s per cwt, £51 8s Id, which deducted from £98 13s Waves' a loss of £47 '4s lid, to which has to be added £2 12s, the freight from Feilding to Wellington by rail. Mr J. 0. Davis, Makotuku, notifies that all cattle trespassing on the properties of Messrs Neale and Close, will be impounded. The jubilee of hoisting the British flag at Akaroa was celebrated on Monday. Many congratulatory telegrams, were received, including one from the Governor. A procession went to Green's Point, where, the Union Jack was hoisted on the site where, the flag was hoisted 50 year's ago.' A p'icriic was held in the Domain and a dance at night. The Lyttelton Nnvals, N..Battery, and adetachment ©f the Scottish Rifles took part ; otherwise the celebration was of a local character./ The Mayors! of Christchurch and . Lyttelton prt>-' iclaitned a holiday, and bome'offices in .the city and shops and qffices in port •were : closed. The Maoris predict a dry summer and a, bad. time of it for vegetation. A £5-npte ; waß lost on Saturday niglit, and a reward is offered to ,the finder. : . t , The Gisborne Supreme Court opened on Monday before Judge Conolly. His Honor in his address to the jury carefully reviewed the evidence against Williarn Black, who is charged with murder, and left it for the jury to decide whether the evidence was sufficient to send the accused to trial. Ihe jury returned a true bill. Venue in- this case has 'been changed tn Auckland, and September 2nd is fixed as the dato of hearing. A valuable mineral discovery is' reported in the Manawatu Gorge, where prospecting has revealed the existence of a reef of copper ore 20 feet wide, with a back of 500 feet. The reef is mainly composed of ore containing rich, copper sulphide, and is within 10 chains of the Gorge Bridge. Samples tested in Palmers- 5 ton give good results, and a, quantity is being sent to Sir James Hector for report. The Danevirke Town Board give notice of the establishment of a pound, and the whereabouts of same, and that Mr Christian Poulsen has been appointed poundkeeper. Pound sales are to be held on Wednesdays. Our Weber correspondent writes: — The roads in this district are beyond description. J. Sullivan had to give up his contract owing to the number of sline, in one place the whole face of the hill for chains has come down,, trees and everything, right across the road. — The Overseer got his bogged the other day. when going to clear a bridle track through a piece of bush by Sullivan's, contract, so that the traffic should not be stopped. And yet the Land Beard will give no money, nor yet the Government to open ,up ■ these roads. I wish the Minister of Lands and the Commissioner, or some of the members of the £,and Board, would take a trip from Danevirke to Wimbledon. I would make one to show them through. — The Tautane Rifle Club' fired a match at Wimbledon on th"e'2ricl of Aue., at 200yds and 300yds, standing and: kneeling.'. : Twefve : 'members turned , out,' and. the match resulted as follows j—t.' Lambert, 1, 53 ; G. Franklin, 2, 49 j G. Lovejoy, 3, 45. The scoringnvas better than expected, as it was the first; time standing 'and' kneeling was enforced. The next match, same conditions will be held in October,. .;'... ',','■'•:' It will be seßn,by an advertisement in another column that the first meeting of the Danevirke Quadrille ,As'semblyisto be held' in the' Town Hall next week, and judging by the small price of admission we expect to see a very large attendance. Mr T. Sullivan, the amateur champion sculler of New Zealand, who is now in Sydney, i? trying to arrange a match with Mr Gerald Kennedy, the latter being considered about, the best amateur sculler in New South Wales. Sullivan is now '.raining Matterson for a match with Charles Stephenson, Svhich takes place on the 18th inst. News has been received from Sydney by Mr Gallagher of Auckland that Peter Kemp and James Stansbury will visit New Zealand on their way to America, in about a fortnight. They will, if sufficient inducement offers, give exhibition races in this colony. The Eureka Company, Nenthorne, crushed 500 ounces of amalgam from 140 tons. : At a meeting of the shareholders of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, held at Christchurch on Tuesday night, at which over 4070 shares out of a total of 9000 were represented, the following resolution was unanimously carried : — " To the Secretary Maritime Council. The directors of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs (limited), after consulting with their shareholders, instructed me to advise you that, while at all times fully prepared to listen to any reasonable proposals in the interests of labor, they feel bound to decline to\submit to the assumed right of ynur Council to force them to arbitrate as to the manner in which their business is to .be conducted in the future, or as. to th,e .employment of women as compositor, The policy of the company has been to pay their employes fairly, and the directors have every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which the work of tho business has been conducted. They cannot therefore see any just reason why they should bo called upon to discharge those who have served them faithfully, for _ the purpose of {supplanting them with 'men chosen ;by the Association.— Whitcombe and 'Tombs, limited,": .. ..:■.■•'•" "' : •

We are pleased to slearn from the Examiner that the Rev. R. Stewart has decided, at the request of the Presbyterian congregation there, to remain in Woodville. The committee foaye, decided o£ bui'ding a manse on their sVctiotf on the syndicate block, and Mr McClymont has generously offered to advance £300 at 6 per cent, for that purpose. " My hands are a\yf ully coldj" said the pretty girl • suggestively, during the last quarter of a starlight sleigh ride. " Why didn't you bring a muff with you -?" asked the practical young man, prosaically. "I did!" she snapped.; but she wouldn't explain where the. muff had gone to, and^ lie has been wondering ever since just what she meant. ...',.-. ' The Auckland Seamen's Union are about to have a banner made, to be displayed for the first .time -.at the Labor Demonstration on October 28. The centre of the,. design will be 'a' picture of H.M.S. Calliope, leading Samoa .harbour in the memorable hurricane of March, 1889. # One result of the meeting at Wellington - against Chinese competition is that a deputation, will, wait on the City'Oouricil urging that bo'dy to take steps to established a public market for the sale of fruit, vegetables, , and other f produce. ,