NEWS OF THE BAY.

Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 3894, 15 January 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE BAY.

• Boabd op Education. —A meeting of the Soard of Education will be held at the (formal School at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Stohbmb Cofbt.—The Court will eit in te divorce and matrimonial causes jurisdicrfon this morning, when the case of Todd v. Codd for judicial separation will be heard. Pupil Tkachebs , Examination. — The jxamination of pupil teachers under the Board of Education commences to-day at the Sorm&l School at 10 a.m. Political. —It ie stated that it is the intention of Mr De Lautour, member for Mount Ida to resign his seat, as he finds it impossible to devote half a year to Wellington. Pbick of Gas.—At a meeting of the directors of the Wellington Gas Company it was decided that the price of pas should be reduced from 12s to lie per 1000 ft. from the Ist instant. Lydia Howabdb Company.—This company will open at the Gaiety Theatre on Thursday evening next for a short season. They have recently been playing in Wellington. Count Dβ Zaba.—We remind our readers that the lecture by this gentleman on the method of studying universal history, will take place this evening at the Congregational Schoolroom. Mr Inglis will take the chair. Hbathoote Road Boabd.—The nomination of candidates to fill the extraordinary vacancies on this Board took place yesterday at noon. Messrs T. J. Moule and J. Sandford being the only candidates nominated, these gentlemen were declared duly elected by Mr G. l>. Lee, the returning officer. Nbtv Zealand Shipping Company.—An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the New Zealand' Shipping Company will be held this day at noon to repeal amended article No. 5, and to substitute in lieu thereof a new article granting certain powers to the directors in respect to the issue and securing of the debentures of the Company. Mkbchasts' Employees' Picnic—lt will be seen on referring to our advertising columns that this picnic will be held o» next Monday, the 21st inst, at Cashmere. Shoifld the weather prove favorable, it may be anticipated that all connected -therewith will spend a my pleasant day, as, besides cricket and quoits, there are to be several other minor sports. — Thbatbb Royah.—" The Woman in Red" wee repeated last night at the Theatre RoyalThis evening "The New Magdalen" will be played, and on Friday Miss Ward will take ier farewell benefit. On Saturday the. per ■ formaoaM vJID be under the especial patronage of the Australian Eleven, they having intimated their intention of being present. Eybbton Bailway.—The five miles and ninety chains of formation and rails having been laid from West Eyreton to Bennett's Corner, on the Oxford line, it is understood to be the intention of the railway authorities to commence the running of through trains on and after February Ist, when another alteration in the time table will be issued. Ohoka.—A public meeting was heH on Saturday evening last»*t the Junction Hotel, Ohoka, to decide npon J *he appointment of trustees for the BecreaHen Reserve. M*GBailey occupied the chair. There wa» » feed attendance of persons interested. Oorre-, spondence was read from the Gemgment, whioh showed that, in reply to a metoonal from the public, through thennfluenee of Mr C. 0. Bowen, M.H.R., it had been decided to hand over the reserve to the management of three trustees. Messrs G. Bailey, B. Hopkins, and T. Tiord were unanimously elected trustees. It was decided that the result of the election be notified to the Colonial Treasurer, and steps be taken to ntilite the reserve for the purposes of recreation. Pbesbntatioh. —A number of the friends of Mr A. R. Inwood, who haft, earned on business as a solicitor in Akaroa for the last two years as a partner of the firm of Messss Nalder and Inwood, met in Bruce's Hotel an Saturday evening last for the purpose of presenting him with a souvenir of hie residence amongst them. Mr Justin Aylmer made the presentation, which consieted of an elegant clock in black marble on behalf of the subscribers, remarking on the loss that Mr lawood's leaving would be to the district, and hoping that success would attend him in Ms .new field of labor, which hi* numerous friends there wished him. The rest of tne evening was spent in the manner which obtains on each leave-taking occasions. Mr Inwood, we understand, proceeds in a few days to Christchurch to resume the practice of his profession. Fibs nr Antigua after nine o'clock yesterday morning the washhouse situated in the rear of Mr Inglie's house, Antigua street, was discovered to be on fire. In a few minutes the building was inflames, and as it wm situated only five Set from the dwelling house, there was considerable danger at one tame of a large fire. Eprtunately Mr Inglis wee at home at the tifce, and he, with the assistance of several men who were on the spot, managed to cover the lean-to with wet blankets, and thus saved it from catching. The wind was blowing from the east, otherwise all their efforts would have been unavailing. As it was the mam building was much scorched, and was at one thne actually on fire. On th* arrival of the fire engine, the flames were speedily got under. The fire is supposed to have been caused by some.firewood accidentally falling from under the boiler. ■ Maobi School Tbbat. — One of Jhe scholars attending the St. Stephen's Native School, near Kaiapoi, sends us the following account of a picnic to the beach, near'tbe mouth of the Ashley :—" We Etvted away in the morning. I (Te Hira Mutu) took the lead with a four-wheeler full of children, and we had the Union Jack flying. Then came W. Naihira'e trap, that of my my father, Rev. G. P. Mutu; then other buggies and traps with the ladies. We made a grand procession and most of us had flogs. Wβ kept our flags up with joy, and continually gave , hurrahs. We paeeed through Woodehd. On arriving at the place for picnic same of the people collected wood and made the kettles boiL We enjoyed ourselves with sperts. Cakes were given out and other good things.. Our trip was a good one and we came home at four o'clock. In the evening there was a wind-np tea meeting,.which was provided by Mr and Mrs Wirihana Kirikaa; after which we went home." The writing of this fittle report ie very creditable, and shows thetproficiency which the Maori boye may attaint Abhbubion Wath* Supply.—On Tuesday, the Bth instant, the question of a water supply for the town of Ashburton was again brought under the notice of the Canetv Council by Mr Bullock, who spoke etrengly of the necessity of *ueh being obtained.as soan as possible, for fire prevention and Mher purposes. The Council took the mattir up with the utmost prompiitude, and discussion, it was decided to offer a premium of £100 for the best scheme for this putfose, the advertisement of which appeared in the first papers published, clearly showing that it is the wiah of the Council to consult the interests of the town as well a* those <? the country. Too much cannot be said invavor of an abundaut enpoly of water for a 'town which will, in all prohafcflitT, in a few jyears be very thLkly inhabited, if one can judge by the progress made during the past twelve month*. The sanitary condition of the town will be improved, and eventually a system of drainage which will stall further benefit the inbibitante and increase the valae of property. All praise u> due to the! Aahburton Fire Brig*fe*w bringie* thie matter forward, and also to Mr Bullock for tfce able manner in which he supported it when btfore fcfu» Clnnnr-il

Chows Bbkwl—it Compait——The annual Fo: general meeting of this Company will be held at Th this evening at Badc_ffe's Hotel. cumsl G—* Ci—3.—A meeting of the members of V°jf* the Canterbury Gun Clnb will be held at the *™ Garrick Hotel this evening at 8 o'clock. • jeyax B _ ing ci Amalgamated Soc_nra * or Caspki—irsis -jwell AHD Joikbes.— A .meetiogof carpenters and "j^ joiners was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Rangiora, on Saturday, with the object of j ngpe forming a branch of this society. The chair- jjislo man, having opened the meeting by referring -g^ uc to the benefits of the society, introduced the |f B delegates from Christchurch, each of whom « -g— gave his experience, extending over many menc years; Mr Bodgers, president, stating that he c^ftn , had (while acting in the capacity of treasurer Tj t in a London branch) paid over the £100 acci- g^^m dent benefit in three cases. He also explained g {^, that the funds of the society belong to all Qrifi branches in proportion to the number of m j M j members, the differences being remitted from eT branch to branch each year. Mr Wilkins, jr, district secretary, explained the objects of the on society, with especial reference to the Sick c j and Funeral and Lost Tool Benefits. A reso- 0 f _ lution was passed that a branch of the society should be formed, and, after the enrolment of several members, Mr W. Pollock was chosen ipj secretary pro. tern., and Mr W. Thomson, g nm treasurer. The thanks of the new branch hear were heartily accorded to Mr _*. Bodgers, c y_ t president, and Mr 0. J Wilkins, district a _^ secretary, delegates from Christchurch. if jj _ EIEFDS OF L_BO —I LOAN AND IHTEST- find —BNT Sooibtt.—The third general half- jew< yearly meeting of the above society was held pros last evening at the Market Hotel, and was be s •very.numerously attended. The secretary, moi Mr Otley, read the report and balance sheet, said from which it appeared that the society con- to n tinnes to progress very favourably, and now tect numbers 181 members, holding 392 shares, chai with a capital of £985 15s. During the past dett half-year loans have been granted to members who to the amount of £1283 10s, and principally the in loans of £20 and under. The amount of to a profit now in hand is £132 5s 9d, and the and secretary recommended that a dividend of 10 hus per cent, for the half-year shall be declared, just and added to members' stock. This will amount to £85 6s lid, leaving a reserve fund rp' of £46 18s lOd to cover risks on loans now J out. The report and balance sheet were received and adopted, and the meeting proceeded to elect officers for the ensuing halfyear. Mr Menzies was elected as president, [sp Mr S. Alpe as cashier, and Messrs Brooker, Graham, Hood, and Taylor were elected aa 1 committeemen, and Mr Collins was elected as trustee. It was resolved—"That a special general meeting shall be called on Monday, January 28th, to take into consideration the scale of salaries now paid to the officers of the society." The meeting then ■ closed with a vote of thanks to the retiring officers. i CoNSTABUiAEY. —It is officially announced that the office of Inspecting Superintendent . of the Armed Constabulary Force is abolished. i Hansard. — The Wellington " Argus " , 1 acknowledges receipt of the 39th number of 1 "Hansard" for last session, which brings 801 ' proceedings down to the debate on the In- Ni " scription of Stock Bill, and the " Argus " adds : —" There is more of the printed rub- £„ 1 Dish to come." ani 5 Dbowhbd. — Tlhe "Manawatu Times" wa t records the death by drowning of Mr John ' Calvert Aubert, who, a few years ago, was a ' resident in Nelson. He went with two others aDI * to bathe, and while gwim—ing aero_ the of * river was heard to exclaim, "1 cannot come * any f art—er,' ( * and immediately-sunk. On the following day the body was recovered. Osmah* Pasha.—lt wi—'be remembered that t '• the reported death of Osman Pasha by his c own hand was contradicted, but that a subse- P*--8 .quent telegram stated that he was to be is- of " taxed at Moscow. The confusion has ap- !• parentry arisen from the substitution ef an t v X «*_" fc*r aou."n." She telegram is thus . printed in the M—b«—_e f Argus," from w A whose correspondent it came:—" Osman to g Pasha, who was mad* a prisoner at the cap- at '■ ture of Plevna, has arrived at Bucharest. He ti< ;o will be i&lierned at Moscow." bo Rabbit Shooting.—A shooting party con- . m sisting of Messrs S. and A. Austin, T. : and.G. m %• Maidm—it, and C. Umpjielby, had an excellent day's* sport among the —.obits at Barwpn tt _ Park,on Boxing Day. A start waa noade at ,i 10 a.rh., and shooting was kept up till 6pm, ft j J} when the respective bags wer0 —151,183,102 -j. 122, aad HJ, making a total of 669 rabbits. Ji Not a had day's.work without beaters, and no preparation made for keeping the rabbits 14 . out of-tfife burrows. At times the firing was & l so rapid that the sportsmen had to stop for a j r while in order to allow the barrels to cool. p to FAL—.e Peetenoes.—The following were a: of the remo—u of Mr. Justice Prendergast on in, the subject of passing valueless cheques:— —i There is a class of cases about which I may ™ of say a few words. There are several cases on a- this calendar of obtaining money under false _ ye pretences by pawing valueless cheques. You have been told before, I dare say, that false q pretences may be made without any words m being uttered. False pretences may be made **' . simply by the doing of an act. Now, it may _ appear to you that in some of these cases U m there have been no false pretences, aa no * ~ words have passed on' the part of the person j » whq. is accused to induce the person who _ l_ parted with his property to believe that the * : cheque issued waa a good one by verbal reprek aentation. It is quite sufficient for the pur- ' pose if tbe accused, by an act, put forward a -j bad cheque as a good one. -j_ AYkabs op Peatillbncs.—ln a letter adIg jftcssed to the "Philadelphia Star," Dr. B. „ Ie :—" We shall not wait long •l ftt-tlhlMPpearance of the expected pestilences, r r fat we ere approaching a very pestilential , w - ptMod. Jupiter, 1000 times as large as the gg earth, revolves round the Bun 'every 12 years. Saturn, once in about 30 years; Uranus, once in about 84 years; Neptune, .. iet o nce in 16$,- years. • The perihelion of all *: 'h* these planets does not occur at the same , *' B time more than once in thousands of years. he i n the sixth century, and again in the six- , f™ teenth, the first three' were coincidently in P 6 * 1 perihelion; and these were the most pestilen- »""• tial periods of the Christian era. The peri- 3 W" helion periods of Jupiter and Saturn coin- , Be » cide with the extensive prevalence of nlague, . * n cholera, and other epidemics But in the ihe future, from even now to 1885, we are to ** ifc have what has not happened for 1800 years, . lm viz., the nearest approach to the sun of all , "Id loxu of these large planets coincidently. The I * n obvious deduction from this fact and theory J ,ne is, that the changes' of the earth's tempera-; '*** c ture, and the changed condition of its atmos- ] ! 0 ' phere, consequent on the interference with or j * n abstraction of the usual amount of its light m S and heat, will be increasingly unfavorable to life and health on our globe from this pre- . he sent time to 1880, and from 1880 to 1885 the ' \ve influences will be the greatest; after n_ that they will gradually diminish." the Tbtjsteks in B_SKHO*Wcr. —At a recent j ' m sitting of the District Court in Hokitika the the Clerk of the Court made an application to his md Honor Judge Weston respecting the cases in ■ mc which he became trustee. In most of these ier > cases he stated that there were no assets, for ma when there was any property the creditors ro " appointed their own trustee. He was obliged e pt to make inquiries, and often to incur expense, ftve and it became a question whsther he had to On t{, e expenses out of his own pocket, or ( t ne how was n*e to obtain them. His Honor said ties kg -_, the clerk had mentioned this ' * 8 - matter, as J* gave him an opportunity of re- j l fS*-. ferring to what he considered an improper , ,oae principle in the Bankruptcy Act. On a man * a fling, his estate vested in a trustee, and if .-"7 there were assets they appointed their own ich trustee. If there was no trustee, the Begistrar c was bound to give the matter to an accountant. iro " in bankruptcy. In the event of an accountant refuting, the Act made a tool of an officer of ies- of the Court. This unhappy officer wae iter called upon to do all this at his own coat -at kin at a cost the credito— would not undertake aty themselves. He could not conceive how the «ly Legblature could place officers in such a de- - ,a* rogatory position. By and by, perhaps the lier Legislaturei would see the force of these reup marks, and appoint one or two accountants, »—c either salaried or Otherwise, to wind up lum estates, and who would be officers of the pse Court and responsible to the Court. He was the' met yesterday with the objection that because Ait creditors did not oppose, bankrupts should the get their discharges, and the Court appear a the mere tooL He did _ot think the learned ivor gentleman waa serious who propounded this jwn theory. He quoted ren_rks by hia Honor Mr Ban Justice Gillies on the same subject, and »by added—_he***TUstee-waSagen_en__ onwhom alve the Court should lean, but in many cases own trustees were *i_ue—ss. Yesterday a trustee •t o£ came into Court and stated that a certain Lher bankrupt was a respectable man, and that he slae had no objection tfe his getting his discharge. _ h- The first half a dozen questions, however, put titer to him, showed that, if a respectable man, he able waa not a respectable bankrupt. Unless the ■fore j Judge made a stand, the Bankruptcy Act was

FoKeKBT. —Two men have been arrested bred tt Timarn on a charge of forgery. The cir- shoi snmitancee are at present kept secret by the eavc police. "°" Postal.—Tenders are invited for the con- »» e reyanee of mails by a coach capable of carry- »" ng eight passengers between Foxhill and the omt LjeU, via Haxnpden. „ Educational. —The Dueedin Star ■* understands that Mr Petrie, the present Kei [nspector of Schools, ie likely to succeed Mr oar BMop *c Secretary to the Otago Board of aea Education. J* Nbw Zeaiand "Age."—The Dnnedin the " Evening News," on the occasion of the com- the mencement of its third year of publication, cou changed ite title to " The Age." Doa Bbttteb's Aerarcs , . —Amongst the pcs- so seDgeie who arrived at Melbourne by the -la' steamer Kent, a few days ago, wm Mr » Griffiths, secretary to Reuter. Mr Griffiths s eie mission is to inquire into the working of the «u> Agency in these colonies. Blin Kumara Gouo.—Miller, Warren, and party, gui on the Ross Lead, Kumara, are reported by een the local paper to have obtained 83 ozs. 7 dwte. of gold for three weeks' work ; and Miller, gui Aenew, and party obtained 37 oxs. for ten oft dave work, just before Christmas. "»< The Dotty op Dbtbcttvkb. —In the wa Supreme Court, Wellington, during the aui hearing of the case against Edward Tyler, sai charged with obtaining jewellery by means of thi a valueless cheque, the prosecutor stated that thi if Detective Farrell, who had been sent to we find the prisoner, had brought him back the Tt jewellery or the money, he would not have «n prosecuted. larrell had asked him would he fir be satisfied if he got back the goods or the pr money. On this hie Honor the Chief Justice Ot eaid that on a previous occasion he had had nX to make comment on the action of the detective in the preliminary stages of a criminal charge, and the caee against the English be detectives had excited public attention to the tl( whole question. It should be known tbat 10 the duty of police detectives or otherwise was w. to aid the prosecution of crime to the utmost, ac and not by the mere recovery of property to h< hush it up, and so frustrate the ends of a< justice. £!