[BY Telegraph.J [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 50, 1 March 1883, Page 3

[BY Telegraph.J [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Niclson, This Day. Captaift Holmes, of the W&naka, reports that at 0.30 p.m. yesterday, while on the passage between New Plymouth and Nelson, he signalled 4jho ship Cingalese, bound from London to Lyttelton, all well. She wished to bo roported. Greymouth, This Day. ' Vital statistics for February :— lO births, 6 deaths, 4 marriages. Auckland. This Day. Mr. W. C. Mulfield, settler, of Eanriowhift, Waikato, fell from a dray yesterday. The wheel passed over, his head, causing instantaneous death. Dunedin, This Day. All the caaes of alleged broach of the Copyright Act were dismissed in the H.M. Court to-day.

Cornolius M'Elwain, bootmaker, of Kaikonra, has been arrested on a charge of wife desertion, and will be brought ap at the R.M. Court to-morrow. Willliam Douglas Shaw, of Wellington, ironmonger, convened a meeting of his creditors at the Supreme Court House today, but it lapsed for want of a quorum. The liabilities are filed at .£212, the oreditors for the moit part belonging to Wanganui and Potea. The assots oompriao £50 { worth of household furniture The following telegram was roooivod today by Mr. L. Davies from the manager in oharge at tho Anatori Gold Mining Company s works at West Wanganui :— " Strnok detached blodk good gold-bearing stone ; oxpeot reef any day." - The quarterly sitting of the Epuni Liconsing Committee was held this mornintNfwhen there were present Messrs. Milno fuhairman), Wffldna, M'llvride, and Knfght. The business transacted was of an unimportant character. An application for tho transfer of the license of the Railway Hotel from E. J. M'lntosh to C. W. Sohultze was granted. The question was submitted as to whether it would not be advisable to fix a uni'orm fee for permitting extensions of licenses to raoe-meetings, &c, and it was decided that in fnturo .£2 should be charged for every suoh pormit. Thia was all thei business. Tho Union Company's new steamer Tarawera will not visit Wellington until the Kith as sha will tako up hor regular running from Melbourne on tho 6th instant, replacing the Binnrooina, whioh has beon taken off the trade. The Hauroto is now laid on regularly for fortnightly trips from Wellington to Sydney, and vice versa, alternately with the Wakatipu in this service. Tho Hero and Rotorua will perform the fortnightly service between Auckland and Fijf this month. The Lady Superintendent of the Hospital desires through our columns to acknowledge with thanks the receipt during the month of February of gifts of fruit from St. Poter's parish, through Yen. Archdeacon Stock ; cut flowers from the Presbyterian Church, Nowtown ; plants in pots from Dr. King ; and parcels of books and linen from Mrs. J. B. Nathan, Mrs. Jamea, J. C. Collins, Mrs. Kebbell, Mr. Thos. Glew, and soveral parcels through Mr, J. B. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Moore requests Tls to mention that gifts of fruit, *0., *Bent to .the Hospital for the use of the patients, and addressed to tho Lady Superintendent' will be gladly received, and duly distributed where the sanction of tho Resident Medical Officer permits, but a private gift to any patient is striotly forbiddon, and the rule will be rigidly enforced. Mrs. Moore also boss to mention that though old linen and oalioo are of the greatest use, older outer olQthing is not neodod. An alteration has been made in the arrangements of the New Zealand Shipping Company with respect to the direot stoam service. Instead of tho British King, the pionoor steamer, being followed by her sister ship, ¦ the British Queen, as t hitherto announced, it is now decided .to run a. smaller boat, the Fenstonton, of 2400 tons gross, as the second boat, and to send her to and from Fort Chalmers, tho smaller size being evidently eolocted to suit tho vory limited capabilities of that harbour, and with a view of keeping the Dunedin people in good honour. Tr o Fonstanton being but slightly larger than tne Hanroto, ought to be able to negotiate the Port Chalmers dangers and difficulties in safety. The Fenstanton is to leave Port Chalmers in April, and the British Queen v to follow her is May, from Lyttelton, as No. 3 of the new line. A gentleman who had engaged a berth on board the ship Lady Joeelyn, for London, narrowly escaped losing his passage through a discreditable proceeding on the part of his Wife. It seems that prior to taking a berth he had made an arrangomontwith his bettorhalf whereby he was to be allowod to visit England and tako with him three or four of the obildron, he causing a certain sum weekly to bo paid towards the maintenance of herself and infant child. This was agreed to by the wif«v»and the huiband and ohildren accordingly proceeded on board tho vessel. Just when the ship was on the point of sailing the woman had nor husband arrested on a speedy summons, and he was charged late in the afternoon with desertion. The man sneceoded in convincing tho Conrt that his wife had consented to his departure and showed that he had made duo provision for her maintenance, and his Worship consequently dismissed tho information. Fortunately for tho husband tho Lady Jocolyn was unable to leavo the port when expected, and he was enabled to board her in time.