AUCKLAND NEWS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4832, 4 February 1887, Page 3

AUCKLAND NEWS.

[SPECIAL TO DAILY TELEGEAPII.]

(OWN COBBESPONDENT.— BY TELEGRAPH.)

.; Auckland, Last night. JUSTICE WARD'S HEALTH. Justice Ward is still suffering from the nervous asthmatic affection which compelled the adjournment of the Supreme Court on Monday last. This morning he mounted the Bench with a slow and heavy step and infirm demeanor. EXPEDITIOUS BUSINESS.

As an instance of the celerity with wluch the business is transacted at the X.m. Court it may be mentioned that this mornin«- ninety cases were disposed of in seventyfiTO minutes, which is reckoned about the quickest time on record. It would appear that times are improving, for not long ago as many as one hundred and fifty cases were sot down for hearing in a week. ART COLLECTIONS.

The Mayor has given notice to move at the next meeting of the City Council, «< That the Council invite the trustees under the will of the. late MrMackelvie to de- ' posit in the Free Public Library and Art gallery, Wellesley-street, the curios, and natural curiosities left to them little .until they erect abuildnigin which to place the collection, the terms Trith reference to the safe custody and removal to he agreed upon between toe Council and trustees." It is supposed the trustees will gladly-avail themselves of this offer, as some considerable time is likely, to bT occupied in realising Mr Mackelvie's estate. -''■•.. A PITIABLE CASE. Here is a tale of real hardship, which is vouched for as a positive fact. A poor woman gave birth to an infant lately. At the time of its birth the mother was utterly destitute, but the little one was soon released from the troubles of this world., Not so, however, with the mother. The child lay dead in the house, and she had no means wherewith to bury it. She apphed to the local authorities, and was e f™\ a ~ border for a coffin. This she had to take ; .toMount Eden gaol: Thenshe earned the coffin to her residence, which was in the direction of. Freeman's Bay. She then plaood the little one in the coffin and carried ft herself to. the railway station, as she had only received 2a 6d wi* which to defray • expenses. The child was then conveyed to Waikomiti, and in due course buried. SIR ROBERT STOUT AND MAJOR

The Star expresses pleasure that Sir \.Bbberfc Stout and Major Atkinson are not Condon in company. It holds J thut the Eepresentation Bill would be, sacrithey went,, and adds, "If bir " St Stout wished to go upon this msr Son' to England, he ought to. have pushed &c Representation Bill through last session We regard Sir Eobert Stout's political Snor fs bound up with that Bill Therefore wo cannot believe that he will leave its •Dassinp: to chance, and to the colleagues who have only displayed their antagonism to the measure. Nevertheless, we have very - little doubt that the sudden return of Ministers, and the reported conferences between the Premier and Ma 3 or Atkinson have something to do with the representation of Se colony in London. We believe, however that Maior Atkinson is too old a bird to be beguiled into a mistake of having New Zeaiand on the eve of a most ™portarT*- session of Parliament, and we trust that ?S loSy of Sir. Robert Stout to his Pled-es 7 , and to the interests of the people ■ of New Zealand, who have awarded him tiie highest position in their gift, will ..'■: §Jeo&lly prevent him from falling under ' temptation,