Evening Post. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1887. THE POST OFFICE TOWER DEPUTATION.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 68, 17 September 1887, Page 2

Evening Post. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1887. THE POST OFFICE TOWER DEPUTATION.

The deputation to the Postmaster-General yesterday on the subject of the Post Office tower and clock was very unsatisfactory in Us results. The manner of its reception was oAso unsatisfactory. In fact Sir Julius 1 Vooel appeared £o.£reat tho representatives of the pnblio bodies of W^pgton with ill-, disguised contempt. Throughout ke sneered! at them, their request, and those they re-! presented. He made it distinctly under-: stood that if they conld possibly have avoided it, the Government wonld not have

rebuilt the Po»t Office at all, and that their only reason for rebuilding it was that they themselves conld not well do without it. He, however, avowed a determination to rebuild in tbe most economical manner, utterly regardless of appearances. The restored building would, he admittpd, look very ugly He implied, if he did not actually say it, however, that it was quite good enough for Wellington. All the money the Government have available, be said, was appropriated to other places, and he might well have added, "from which we expect to get something in return." In fact, read between the lines, the PostmasterGeneral's reply yesterday plainly _ meant that as Wellington declines to give the I Government political support, the Government will give Wellington nothing which it can possibly withhold. It is just as well that this should be clearly understood. Sir Juliur "Voqei.'b affectation of surprise at the statement that it wonld cost a great deal more to add tho tower hereafter than to build it now, was altogether too transparent. He must know, and have known all along-, that to take the roof off a building would necessarily bo a very expensive work, and that to build up a tower in the middle of a completed and occupied building must, necessarily cost a great deal more than to erect such a tower as part of the original plan of restoration. It is perfect nonsense —retrenchment run mad— to say that the colony cannot afford tho JjllOO or JJ2OOO required to restore the building to its original form. Tho Government fritter away_ far larger sums on much less necessary objects every month, and Sir Jolids Vooel's newborn pretended zeal in the interests of economy will deceive no one. If the money had been asked for by Christchurch it would have been found without demur. When Wellington wantß it, excuses, however poor, have to be Bought for. The citizens of Wellington have offered to meet tho Government most fairly and liberally in this matter, but their wellrneant overtures have been treated with contempt. The Postmaster-General says he cannot put up the tower without the sanction of Parliament, but he will not even promise to ask Parliament to sanotion tho expenditure. He knows well that if he mads the request in earnest it would at once be acceded to by the House. All that Welling\on can now do is to hope that before it is ;x)0 late for the work to be undertaken, the duty of asking Parliament to make provision for it may have passed hands of men who will view the ease from a different standpoint to Sir Julius Vooel's.

" Vigilant's " sporting notes will bo found on our fourth page to-day. Several letters to the Editor are held over We are glad to hear that Sir George Grey is rapidly improving in health. Among the passengers by the San Fran, cisco mail stoamer Zealandia, which arrived at Auckland this morning, is Sir William Fitzherbert, one of the representatives of New Zealand at the recent Colonial Conferonco m London. The San Francisco mail is coming down by the steamer Wanaka, which left Onehunga at 11.35 this morning, for Wellington, ¦urn Taranaki. Should she arrive here before 7 p.m. to-morrow, thoro will bo a delivery of the mail over the counter at the Post Office two hours after she oomes in. It is stated that at the request of thfPremier of Victoria all the Australian Governments and the Government of Now Zealand have consented to observe 2Cth January as an Australasian holiday in commemoration of the Australian centenary. Although tho Government will not afford any railway facilities to onable town residents to vote in either of the electoral districts on the other side of the Eimutaka, the Wolling-ton-llanawato Railway Company, having no : political interests to servo, and looking at the matter in a purely business point of vifiw, is willing to afford every opportunity for town electors to visit and vote iff the dis- j tricta which its line serves. If a sufficient j number of voters desire it, the company is willing to arrange tr*inp sp jthat electors leaving town at 10.30 a.m., after having voted in the city_, may vote at Paiuaksriki for the Foxton district, at Palmerstou N.orth for the M/swawatu district, and proceeding to the Gorge by trap, vote thero for the Woodville district, reaching town again shortly after midnight. Tboea who only wish to vpte for the Foxton district will be enabled to go out to Paikakariki by the ordinary afternoon train, and the in-train will be delayed to ,«n«,ble them to return immediately after voting, Top company understands its business; th» Government apparently doea not. The Returning Officer f°F Thorndon adopted a very improper an 4 inconvenient course to-day in calling upon the electors to voto by show of hands before they had heard the candidates' addresses. Judgment in tho compensation ca«e« of Telford v. the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company and Howell v. the Wellington and ila.na.wata Railway Company was given this morning by Mr. Justice Richmond and Messrs. Amea and Lockie, assessors. In the ease of Telford, the freeholder of the land leased by Howell, a majority of the Court awarded the claimant £4>i as compensation and £88 15s as the cost of maintaining half the fence, and gave him the option fit accepting the latter sum, or allowing the comp&ny U> maintain the whole of the fence. The claimant wm prdered to pay the costs, .£l7 17s, including £J 7s each for the nssessors. Tho claim was J2J.O/)Q. In the oaso of Howell, who claimed *660, a ißjijority of the Court awarded .£165, and ordered each party to pay their own costs. The fee for each assessor was fixed at £1 7s. Mr. Justice Richmond will preside at a sitting #f th.c Bankruptcy Court on Monday. Applications for d/^jhargo will be made in the estates of Fersson # Hayes, W. W. Pointon, Wm. Fletcher, C. W. E^jhujize, ana 1 A, A. Taylor. The appeal against "ihe ,de» eisuro of tho Official Assignee in rejecting the proof of debt <jf the .City Advance Deposit Company against the .estate of W. R. Waters will also be hogrd, A very successful ophthalmia operation has just been performed by Dp. M&oKenzie, of this city. About 14 years ago Mr. Thomas Brosnan, of the Upper Hutfc, contraoted a cataract in one of his eyaa, Tho other eye became sympathetically affected, and for some years past Mr. Brosnan has been unable to follow any regular occupation, owing to failing sight. TJle pain which he endured for years was very groat, and all the remedies applied failed to give relief. A few days ago he camo into town and placed himself in the hands of Dr. Mackenzie, who decided to remove the cataract. The operation was performed with great BUCCQ3B,"ih.e patient being subjected to little or no pain, and hjuyjnp the sight of tho eye restored. Mr. Bresnan ip naturally very thankful .to Dr. HaoKenzio toy i^o service which that gentleman has done him. fllr. W. H, Lovin, who has bqen President ! 0/ the Welliflgtojfii Cricket Club for some] years, took .occasion at ihp annual meeting ' last evening to explain wfay he fiad accepted tho presidency of the Phoenix Cricket Club, He said that whop he received, a few dayß ago, a letter from the Fh&nix Club asking him to become its President, the fact was pointed out to him that epery cricketer in his firm belonged to that club, and on that account he was urged to accept the position. The fact that he was still President of the Wellington Club escaped his memory at the time, and it was not until he bad consented to become President of the Phoonix Club that ho reoollocted he still oocupiod the presidency of another club. Had ho recollected this fact when he received the letter from the Phconix Club he would have consulted the Exeoutive of the Wellington Club before sending a reply. As it was, ho was now President of two clubs, a position rather unique, he believed, in the history of Wellington cricket. However, ho did not think the interests of either cln,b would suffer. A football patch took place at Newtown . yesterday 'afternoon between teams repre- 1 seating the Mohawk Minstrels, npw appear- 1 ing at the Opera House, and the New' Zealand Times. Klein captained the 1 theatricals, and Marter tho pressmen. The ' play was fast, but rough, and 'the game ended in thfl defeat of the newspaper men by one poijit, # tpy 'obtappd by Gus Lynch. ' Messrs. Jtfarryfi&t an,<jl Daniels a.cted as urn- , pires, and Mr. Taporall was rofbr.e.o. The annual smoke concert of the Phconix Cricket Club, which was held at the Post Office Hotel last oyening', proyed a most successful affair. The attendance was very large, and the arrangements wera oarried out very satisfactorily by a committee, consisting of Messrs. A. Motley, E, WilsonDuret, S. Waters, E. L. Widdop, J. R. Riley, H. M'Kean, and J. Varnham. An excellent programme of Bongs and instrumental selections was gone through , and in the intervals the toasts of "The retiring President" (Mr. J. Duncan). •' The President " (Mr. W.H.Lovjn)" The Phcenix Club," " Visiting Members," and "The Press," were proposed. Amongst those who contributed Bongs and instrumental selections wote Mpssrs. WilsonDuret, W. I). Lyoji.J.'Maeinnity, jun., W. Goddon, A, R. N jcjiolls, S. R. Dransfield, M. Fox, J. B. Riley, and W'¦ Hardwioko. During the evening the following presentations were made :— Mr. A. Favmar'a bat to Mr. Motley, for the highest average (32 6) in senior cup matches ; Mr. Gully's bat to Mr. F. H. Morice, for tho highest score (61) in the match against the first eleven of Wellington Club; Mr. Wilson-Duret'B trophy to Creeks, for the best bowling average in senior cup matches ; The CluVs trophy to Mr. F. Taylor, for the best bowling average (46) in junior cap matches ; and Mr. Sheriff's bat to Mr. E. 8. B. Bell, for the best batting average ir junior cup matches, Mr. Duncan, Vice-Preßident. ocenpied the ohair nntil 10 o'clock, at which hour Mr. Levin, the President, arrived and took the position of Chairman. The Mohawk Minstrels appeared at the Opera House last sight in a new programme and attracted a fair attendance. The company will repeat yesterday's programme ta-nigb*. About 70 gntries haye/been received fori the annual sports of {he Wellingiton Football jj Club at Newtpwn Paxk next ' Saturday. The'; handicaps will probably be deolarcd byi Messrs. P. P. Webb, T. S. Ronaldson, and W. R. Holmes on Monday evening. The establishment of Mrs. Walker, Lamb-ton-quay, was brilliantly illuminated last, evening for the purpose of enabling the' public to inspect her large and varied stock; of spring Sfid summer novelties. The premisei were throws dpfin for promenade at 7 o'clock, and betwgea ' fcfaftt hour and 10, o'clock the plttce was thronged', principally 1 with ladies. The Rodds on view wore] spooially selected in the London and Paris, markets by Mrs. Walker's Home buyer, and ; include the Litest novelties in millinery, mantles, costumes, sunshades, &c. The display was superior to any previous exhibition in Mrs. Walker 1 b establishment, and was very favourably commented upon by the visitors. Matilda Blue pleaded Guilty at the Magis-' trtte-VCourt' to-day" to a ohurge of drunken3689/and "wis fined 10s, or in default 43 ionrs' imprisonment. "stfr. JfLnchman wks ihe presiding Justice. ' • "" * v

The telegram giving tho result of the ' Australian Derby, which ia run to-day at Randwick, is expected to arrive about 7 o'clock thiß_ evening. It will be poßted on our publishing office window as soon as it comes to hand. The attendance at Messrs. T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co.'s land sale yesterday was fair. The following is the result of the sale :— The property in Frederick-street, on which is erected a four-roomed house, the land part of town acre 231, having a frontage of 33ft CJin to Frederick-street, by a depth of 49ft, with a width at the rear of 3Cft, was sold to Mr. Leslie for i! 14 0; 14 acres 3 roods, near the Kaitoke Refreshment Booms and Railway Station, having a frontage to the main road, being sections 8 and 9 of original section 419, sold by order of the Official Assignee in tho estate of John Pownceby, to Mr. George Webb for .£ll ; the eight-roomed family residence in Nelson-street, erected on part of town acre 288, having a frontage of 40ft to Nelßon-Btreet by a depth of 90ft, by order of the executors of the est&te of the late William Miller, was sold to Mr. George Webb, as agent, for £475. The course of lectures on sick nursing and hygiene, delivered by Misa Godfrey at the Girls' Friendly Society Lodge, which concluded last Tuesday, have been so greatly appreciated by the numerous ladies who have listened to them, that the lectureßS is to be asked to deliver another course at an early date. Special thanks are due to Miss Godfrey for her efforts in her new sphere of usefulness, as her time is fully occupied at the Hospital, and her lectures must be prepared at considerable inconvenience. The Wellington Harmonic Club had undertaken to supply the musio for to-night's free concert, and an excellent programme of part songs and solos was prepared, but as several members are suffering from the prevailing influenza it has been decided to postpone the club's performance for a week. For to-night's entertainment, howover, the Rev. Mr. Isitt has secured the services of Mr. S. M'Bnrney, who appeared in this city two or three weeks ago, and gave some enjoyable performances at St. John's Schoolroom. Mr. M'Burney's musical and literary programmo for to-night is entitled " Scottish and Americaa Humour," and will be illustrated by selections from various popular writers. Prof. Driver, the well-known illusionist, announces in another column that ho will give his entertainment in the Oddfollows' Hall, Petone, next Thursday evening. He will be assisted by Mrs. Drivor in his spiritual seances, and she will also appear in an entirely new series of thought-reading experiments. There will be a select dance after the entertainment, which should be well attended. Several lady and gentlemen amateurs have promised to assist at the sacred conoert to be given by the Mohawk Minstrels at the Opera House to-morrow evening. A feature of the concert Tyill be a 'oello sojo by Mr. Chas, Wand, acoompapiod by Hew Mosch. W. Murphy issues a challenge to L Fake which will be found in our advertising oolumns. Fake's reply is also advertised. To-morrow night the Mohawk Minstrels, assisted by several amateurs, will give a sacred conoert at the Opera House, Mr. Andrew Wylie advertises a book and stationery business for sale in our advertising columns. Tho quarterly meeting of Court Robin Hood, No. 4428, A.0.F., is to be held on Monday evening, when important business will bo brought forward. Our readers are rominded of Mr. Wakefield's lecture on " Tho Poetry and Prose of the Nineteenth Century," which is to be delivered this evening at the Museum, admission being by ticket. We are reqnested to Btato by Mr. R. Someryilje that the Island Bay 'Bus will not run at 2" p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, on account of the difficulty in passing the steam ston,e crusher on the Iglspd Bay-road. The Rev. H, H. Driver -will preach both morning and evening at tho Vivian-street Baptist Church to-morrow. Evening subject, " Busy candidates for ih.e noblest election." The eerjrioas at tho Courtenay-place Free Methodist Church will be conducted by the Roy. C. Penny to-morrow. Subject at 6.30 p.m., " Can a tradesman bo a Ghristianp " Tfce soryices in connection with the Congregational Church will be conducted in the Athenaeum Hajl to.raorr.ow morning and evening by the Key. W. H. $yest, Subject ef the evening sermon— " Man, the maker of bjs own world." The Rey. H. 11. Driver hopes £o conduct service in the Oifivf) Bap^fct tomorrow, at 3 p.m. Mr, PavfcJ Jfall, city missionary, invites all the sailof a and strangers jn port to attend the Bethel sepvige to-p)Ofrow morning at No. 9 j-oom, top story, Ajthenaaum, at U o'clock, and also to ilw singing meeting ajt ?.3O this evening. As the mission-room has been reseated, the accommodation in now qujtp ample. We are asked to announce that there will bs a appojal display this evening in tho windows of To Aro Hojise of now ribbons, and some extraordinary bargains in the olotliiug department, flislop & Co. Lambton-qnay, announce tho arrival of their first shipment of the celebrated Jubilee Watches, and tuoy guarantee the correct time, day and night, for lls Od. Truly this is an age of progress when a watch, which is warrantod as a perfect timekeeper, can bo supplied for such a small sija. 'fho articles in question are of French manufacture, a#d lire worthy of inspection. Messrg. J. H, Bethuue & Co. will on Wednesday hold an important s&te af plectroplated goods, particulars of which are advertised.

uur sprint; ana summer lasnions, just reqeiye^ j?y the steamers Doric and Tongarirp, are 'npw ah yiey at tiie Wholesale Family Drapery VVarehouse, Tp Aro House. It is no idle saying thai our Jmjjoriviions for the present season are on a large' scale ; that" the choice is yery extensive j .that the taste nionjfe^ted caftnqb be surpassed, if equalled ; anji t^af o^ipg; jto %c exceptional qualifications anjd keepniess jjuyfng of our special renreseptative in tjie HQme markets, the prices jyifl b.o lower than in any previous season at To Aro Jfouse. Ladies in want of Jress fabrics, of any and every description, wiil find bore n variety that cannot be had clsowhere, while wo haye the additional attraction of firstclass drsEgmaking on the premises. Our millinery-room contains tho choicest styles from tho most eminent Parisian artistes, whilo we are also showing 1 all the latest outcomes of fashion in walking, visiting, and evening costumes, with an equal display of taste and a large variety of the most fashionable mantles, at Te Aro House. I? is impossible to enumerate all the novelties now on view, but we would respeotfupy BolioUi an early visit of inspection, when it will ,bo found that for firstclass selection) immense 'variety, and actual wholosale prices.' there is" noplace 'Superior, if equs,l, \o tho WBoleßale Family Drapery Warehouse, Tp Ar/j House.— AjbyT. Baxter's Ljtng PpEsERyEH.-c-" In oaseß of asthma, jt quiokly .cuts shorjb i^e yjajroxysm. In chronic bronchitis or winter cough it is useful 1 the disabapgp of roncus is greatly assisted, and tho wheezing and diffipul^y of breathing are greatly relieved by jt. In acute bronchitis it is 7 also benofioial, and whilst it tends to check inflammation, it promotes expectoration, and thus relieves the laborious and difficult breathing so general in these attacks. As a cough medicine, for persons of all agos, it is excellent." Book for every home. — Advt.