HOW CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.

Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 45, 22 August 1892, Page 2

HO W CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.

In regard to Legislative Council appointments it would seem that the Premier does not believe in tho application of the rule that what is sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander. When he was the embryo Leader of the Opposition, which was then without form and void, he made indignant protest to Lord Onslow against the acceptance of His Excellency's Ministers' advice to make certain appointments to the Council. Now he as indignantly resents the action of Lord Glasgow in refusing similar advice. _ It is, of course, to be said that the Ministers who advised Lord Onslow were not supposed to be supported by a majority in the House, while Lord Glasgow's Ministers are so supported, but the Premier has put himself beyond the power of using this argument for what it might be worth in strengthening his present position by contending, theoretically and practically, that tho question at issue between himself and the Governor is not one of that character in which the acceptance or rejection of Ministerial advice by a Governor involves the official existence of the Ministry giving the advice. On Mr. Ballance's own showing, neither Lord Onslow nor Lord Glasgow had any right or need to trouble themselves about the Party strongth of tho Ministers whoso advice on this subject was tendered them, as the acceptance or rejection involved no direct Party consequences. The weekly report of the Reefton Mining Exchange, and several letters to the Editor, appear on our fourth page. Mr. D. M'Kellar, the newly-appointed Collector of Customs at this port, arrived by the Waihora from Auokland yesterday. It is announced that Mr. Chantrey Harris, for a number of years proprietor of the New Zealand Times, hoe purchased the Bruoe Herald, and has assumed active control of that paper,

Dr. Chappie has forwarded a lengthy letter traversing Mr. Higginson's statements in reply to his former letter on a (suggested Drainage scheme. Dr. Chappie defends his claim in regard to the initial and annual cost, and quotes largely from recent authorities to prove that the most modern precipitation works cause no offence, even in the most populous localities. He compares the success of these works with that attending sewage farming. Wo regret that the length of his reply, which won'd "ccupy about two columns, prevents us giving it space while Parliament is sitting. The police are contemplating a campaign against various city publicans for keeping extra bars on their premises . The Licensing Committee recently intimated that they would regard any place in the hotel where liquor was sold as a bar, and subject to an extra fee, and the police are accordingly acting upon thi3 ruling. Five informations will be laid. Judgment in the recently-heard theatrical case of W. S. Gilbert v. the'Dobson-Kennedy Dramatic Company, which was to have been given by Mr Robinson, R.M , tbi<s morning, aas been held over by the Court until Thursday next. Early ypsterday morning the body of a man, which was subsequently identified as that of William Scott, was found floating in the harbour, opposite the Thorndon Esplanade, by George Norton, boatbuilder, and. another person whose name is not known. The body was afterwards removed to the Morgue, and an inquest was held there this morning by Mr. H. W. Robinson, District Coroner. From tho evidence adduced at the enquiry, it would appear that deceased had for the last 15 or 20 years been a marine fireman, but had mostly been doing odd jobs ashore and afloat. So far as the police have been able to learn, the deceased was last seen alive by Mr. John Black, storekeeper of the Post and Telegraph Department, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, at which time Scott was m liquor, but apparently able to take care of himself. Deceased was then on Thorndon-qnay, near Pipitea Point, and spoke about some work, and Mr. Black advised him to go away home. This was the last Mr. Black saw of deceased, and the supposition is that Scott, who was caretaker of the p.s. Colleen, in going to lintio the painter of his dingy — which was yesterday morning found fastened to the breastwork of the Esplanade — fell over into tho water and so met his death, which, as proved at a post-mortem examination by Dr. Rawson, was caused by drowning. Denis Driscoll, an old shipmate of the deceased, stated that deceased was 46 years of age, a single man, a native of the Highlands of Scotland, and had no relatives in the colonies. George Norton and Constable J. J. Johnston having given evidence, the jury (of which Mr. Patrick Ritchie was foreman) returned a verdict of Found Drowned. Mr. John D. Morison, who for tho past five years has occupied tho position of cutter in the tailoring department at Tc Aro House, and who is about to start in the wholesalo lino on his own account in Wellington, was presented by tho employes on Saturday with a silver-mounted walking cane, a golc watch chain, and a Maltese cross in gold, as a slight token of their respect. Mr.M'Hcnry, tho foreman, mado the presentation, and Mr Morison suitably replied. Tho health of Mr. Morisou was afterwards drunk. A deputation from the Wellington Band Contest Committee, consisting of Messrs. J. T. Webber, F. L. Dean, and W. Foster (Secretary), waited upon Mr. Wallace, Goneral Manager of tho Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co., this morning, to ask for concessions in fares to bandsmen attending the contest. Mr. Wallace undertook to lay the matter before his directors, who moot on Thursday next. Liberal concessions havo already been promised by the Union Steam Ship Co. and the Railway Commissioners. The committoe havo every reason to anticipate a highly successful contest, bands from all directions having intimated their intention of competing. Mr. Tallis Trinmell has boen elected sole judge, and bis Worship tho Mayor expects to receive copies of the test selection from England by the next 'Frisco mail. The police business dealt with at the Magistrate's Court this morning was very light. A first offender, {charged with drunkenness, was discharged with a caution, and a seaman, who had been apprehended for using obscene language in Willis-street, was also dismissed in consideration of his having been in custody since Saturday night. Mr. Robinson, R.M., was on tho Bench. Tho Garrison Band, by permission of Lieutenant-Colonel Newall, performed a splendid programme of sacred selections yesterday afternoon on tho Esplanade. It must bo gratifying to tho conductor and members of the band to see their efforts appreciated as yesterday's largo attendance shewed them to bo. Tho collection in aid of the band fund amounted to .£6 2s 3d, bad coin and buttons being conspicuous by their absence. Three lads, of whom two are namod Claude Banks and Alfred Penty, were capsized in an open sailing boat opposite the Star Boating Club's shed on Saturday afternoon. Thoy were rescued by a boat sailed by another youth, namod Stephen White, with whom they were racing at the time, and wero none the worse for the misadventure. M'Lean's Young Australians had a largo audience at tho Opera House on Saturday night, when tho extravaganza " Solim and Zuleika" was repeated, with oven moro success' than attended its first production. The variety business with which the extravaganza abounds was carried out with great vigour on the part of the youthful players, who appeared to be quite at home with their audience. Tho principal honours fell to Miss Bolla Adair, who was in capital voice. She received an encore for her opening song, "My Dream," and for the topical verses in " Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay " Bhe was recalled several times, as woro also tho other members of tho company who wero associated with her in this piece of vocal and terpsichorean absurdity. Misses L. Breakwell, Violet Murray, and Lillie Bodman wore also exceedingly amusing in their several songs and dancos, and the sanie may also be said of Masters Arthur Glyn and Frank Lynch, the only male members of the company who have yet appeared. Tho programme will be repeated this ovoning. The annual meeting of the Wellington Typographical Society was held on Saturday evening at the Trades Hall. The attendanco of members was large, and Mr. E. Thornton, President, occupied tho chair. The Board of Management, in its report, which was generally satisfactory, expressed regret that depression in the trade and the almost exclusive use of boy-labour in many establishments throughout the district had been the means of flooding the market with compositors in search of work, who had been temporarily provided for in the Government Printing Office. The supply of compositors seemed to be increasing at a rate not justified by the ordinary requirements of the trade, and the Board feared that many of the rising generation of printers would at tho end of their apprenticeship find their occupation gone. During the year 24 new members had joinei the Society, making the total number on the books 167. The balance-sheet showed the receipts for the last half year to have been .£399 13s 8d and the expenditure .£369 18s Id, leaving a balance to credit of .£29 15s 7d. A sum of J371 10s had been expended during tho year as unemployed, travelling, and retiring allowances. Tho Society's delegates on tho Trades Council eulogised that body for the good work which it had performed on many occasions during the year, and satisfaction was also expressed at the manner in which the delegates had discharged their duties. The meeting passed a vote of thanks to Messrs.' Sandford, W. Hutchison, and Earnshaw, M.H.R.'s, for their efforts on behalf of the welfare of the craft in Wellington. Tho following were elected officers for the ensuing year :—: — President, Mr. J. Rigg; Vice- President, Mr. H. C. Jones ; Seoretary, Mr. W. M'Girr. The appointment of tho remaining officers and some other business was deferred until Saturday next. Mr. Sandford, M.H.R., attended tho meeting by invitation. Mr. W. Hntchison, M.H.R., delivered an address at the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Service yesterday, whilst Mr. W. Haybittle gave a song and Messrs. Young and C. D. Mackintosh performed a clarionet duet. There was a good attendance. An open meeting of the Flower of Levin Lodge, 1.0. G.T., took place on Thursday evening, the Lodge Deputy (Bro. R. D. Worsfold) in the chair. Songs, recitations, and readings wore given by Bros. Baker, Bennett, Dean, Howell, and Worsfold. After the programme was finished, addresses were given by Bro. F. Peterson and the Chairman as to the progress and stability of the lodge, and it was announced that the business of the next meeting will be a debate on the question, " Is Intemperance a sin of ignorance only?" A Temperance demonstration was held on Saturday evening, the affair being organised by tho Salvation Army and tho Good Templars as a mark of sympathy with tho Bill which Mr. Joyce, M.H.R., has brought forward, to givo the people power at the ballot box to prohibit the liquor traffic without compensation. The Army and tho Good Templars assembled at the foot of Cubastreet^ and after some addresses had been given in the open air, an adjournment was made to the Barracks in Taranaki-street, where another meeting was held. Mr. T. W. Glover, who was the principal speaker, urged all present to put forth evory effort to suppress the traffic. He_ was glad to be able to say that the Prohibition vote in New Zealand was free from Party altogether, and that there were good men on each side of 'the House able and willing to support the scheme of assisting men to become sober, by giving them the power to remove temptation without a heavy fine in the shape of compensation. The Liberal Party at Home had adopted such local option, without compensation, as a plank in their platform, and he noticed that there were a number of direct veto members in the new House of Commons. The Rev. A. Peters, Mr. D. Hall, and Mr. C. M. Luke also addressed the meeting, which was bronght to a close with prayer offered up by Captain Coombes. Several musical selections were given during the evening, and the proceedings were of an enthusiastic character. The Bright Lights Company, who concluded the fourteenth week of their present season at the Exchange Hall on Saturday night, were again well patronised. The singing of Misses Devoe and Levy and Mr. Davys was warmly received, and the comicalities of Messrs. H. Thomas, Leslie, Brown, and Magee were exceedingly well received. A new programme is promised for this evening. The usual meeting of the Weßley Church Young Men's Fellowship Association (inaugurated a few weeks back) was held yesterday morning, when an essay on " David " was read, evoking an interesting and profitable discussion. The Society meets every Sunday morning, in the church vestry, and all young men will be welcomed. The latest number of the New Zealand Graphic contains portraits of Sir John and Lady Hall and Mr. E. Tennyson Smith, views of Picton town and harbour, the Wairan Fall, a political cartoon, and other illustrations.

The s.s. Talune arrived at the Bluff from Melbourne, via Hobart, at 8.30 o'clock this morning. Her mails will probably not arrive here before Friday. At the "capping" ceremony at Canterbury College in Christchurch on Friday last, Miss Maria Elise Allman Marchant, of the ¦Wellington Girls' High Schcol, received her diploma as B.A. Tho progress of the work connected with Messrs. Cronin and M'Grath's contract for extending the railway to Te Aro has not been so great as was at first anticipated, the wet weather during the past few monthß having interfered with opeiations, and the period allowed for completion has now expired. It is expected, however, that the contract will be finished in about six or eight weeks from the present date. About 20,000 cubic yards of earth havo been required to fill in the boat harbour, and men are now engaged in laying down a stone facing to prevent tho stuff being washed away by tho sea. Dr. Newman has secured tho establishment of a telegraph office at the Telephone Bureau at Ngahauranga. The initiatory step has been taken towards establishing a Wellington Society of Architects, having for its chief object the bringing of members of the profession into closer communion, and promoting the interests and raising the Btatus of the profession generally. The Association is to be composed of architects practising or resident in the Wellington Provincial district. At a well-attended preliminary meeting of local architects, held a few evenings ago, the proposal was unanimously affirmed, and a committee was appointed to prepare a draft of rules, &c , for consideration at a future meeting. Mr. F. Penty was appointed to act as Secretary pro tern. According to a picturo of Epsom in the N. Z. Graphic, it is the custom for Auckland ladies to sit on the off side when on horseback. In other parts of tho colony, sidesaddles have the crutches and stirrup on the near side. The second deposit of £5 in connection with tho four hours' walking contest for J215 a-side arranged between Lyon and Leslie, which takes plo.ee on the 10th of September in the Skating Rink, was placed in tho hands of the stakeholder, Mr. W. H. Morrison, on Saturday night. Mr. James Doyle will act as referee in tho match, full particulars of which will be duly advertised. On the civil side of the Magistrate's Court to-day, plaintiffs obtained judgment in the following undefended cases : — Bell, Gully, & Izardv. Christian Nelson, J227 3s Bd, costs £4 18s ; Hoffman & Sons v. Alexander M'Minn, .£29 11s, costs £3 13s (execution to be stayed for 14 days) ; Nees & Sons v. same defendant, .£lB 5s Cd, costs 15s ; Hodgson Bros. v. Mrs. Ann Robertson, ,£2 13s 7d, costs 15s (to be paid by instalments) ; Jas. M'Donald v. Charles Anderson, 10s, costs 9s; Geo. Bradley v. Jno. Smith, 11s 9d, costs t>3 (to be paid by instalments). Jeremiah Jones sued John C. Fulton on a judgment summons for .£l6 Is 9d, and as the debtor did not appear an order was made for 10 days' imprisonment, should he not pay the amount owing by monthly instalments. The Wellington Loan Company, for whom Mr. Gray appeared, Bued Eleanor Pitt Porutu, who was represented by Mr. Wilford, for payment of w£l6, due on a promissory note drawn by Mrs. Black, deceased, and endorsed by the defendant. Plaintiffs wero nonsuited, with £1 14s costs, on the ground that there was no evidence to prove tho signature of defendant, who, on being called, said she was unablo to write her name. Mr. E. Tennyson Pmifch commenced his Gospel Temperance Mission in the Opera House last evening. The audience filled every part of the theatre, and before the proceedings commenced further admittance had to be refused. Upon the stage wero several ministers of religion, and also a number of prominent workers in the Temperance movement. During the evening a capable choir, under Mr. F. Billman, sang a number of musical selections suitable to the service. Tho Rev. Mr. Peters and tho Rev. Mr. Powell took part in the proceedings. Prior to Mr. Smith's oration, Mr. J. W. Copithorne, financial secretary to the mission, announced that the second meeting of the mission would bo held tonight, in tho Theatre Royal, when Gough's story of his misery and degradation, and of his ultimate restoration, would be given by Mr. Smith. The recital, it may bo parenthetically added, is said to be tho best and most graphic of Gough's lectures. Mr. Smith thon delivered from memory Dr. Talmage's service, " The Arch-fiend of the Nations." While Mr. Smith's style is dramatic, there is a total absence of anything like rant, his sole aim being apparently to enforce the lesson the sermon inculcates. For nearly an hour he held his andience in rapt attention, as the words of burning eloquence fell from his lips. At the conclusion of tho recital the Benediction was pronounced by tho Rev. Mr. Powell. Monday, 29th instant, is the date fixed for the nomination of candidates for the three vacant seats in tho Onslow Borough Council. Tho election will bo held on Thursday, the Bth September. A general meeting of the Philosophical Society is to be held on Wednesday evening, when Mr. Tregoar will read a paper on " Tho Extinction of the Moa," and Mr. G. D. Hudson will submit another on " The Antlike Parasitio in the Now Zealand Glowworm." Members of the Operatic Society are notified by advertisement that a rehearsal of "Rip Van Winkle" will be held to-night, and not to-morrow evening, as previously announced, St. Peter's Schoolroom being then engaged for another purpose. A fufl attendance is specially desired. A public entertainment is to bo given in the Newtown Wesloyan Sunday School tomorrow night in aid of tho Church Building Fund. James Smith, of Te Aro House, has several new announcements in our advertising columns relatire to a grand sale of remnants clurnifr the present week, and hopes that Captain Edwin will turn on a spell of fine weather for the occasion. For the remainder of this month, activity in opening new spring and summer goods will be the order of the day at Kirkcaldie & Stains' establishment, Loinbton-quay. The firm announce in their advertisements — over the leader and on our front page — that they commence opening to-day the largest shipment of goods ever received by them at one time. Tho shipment consists of the latest productions from the .English and Continental capitals. The firm also intimate that the dates for their special display will be published in a few days. A special sale of jewellery is a novelty in Wellington. A. Chisholm, of Cuba-street, has now one in full swing. His price list appears in our advertising columns. Noble Campbell & Co. will sell to-morrow, turnery, cabinet timbers, furniture, &c. Remnants of all descriptions left over from our big sale will bo in full force this weok._ The variety in lengths, material, and quantity will o,fford an ample range of choico. The pricos will bo such as to oommand a ready salo. We mean to clear them ont during tho present week, and would specially invite the public and all those who can appreciate indubitable bargains to visit the remnant sale at Te Aro House. Remnants there are in every department, but we would ask more than usual notice of those in our dress and Manchester departments, as being suitable for all seasons, and honestly worth investment by tho public of all the sparo cash they may have. The remnants are of various lengths, running from ljyds to 9yds, and are really cheap. Half-price is no mame for thorn, at the To Aro House remnant sale. Remnants of Crimean shirtings, remnants of flannelettes, remnants of flannels, remnants of sheetings, remnants of galateas, remnants of dress tweeds, serges, cheviots, foulo homespun, amazones, cashmeres, merinos, veilings, silks, satins, velvets, velveteens, plushes, &c, are all irresistible bargains at the remnant sale, Te Aro Houso. Remnants to be had for the asking by visitors, and specially for those who come early to the romnant salo at Te Aro House. — Advt. A new style of Boxing Glove ia now being shown in tho Manners-street window of Mossrs. Wilkins & Field's establishment. It is called the " Polican," after the oelebrated Club of that name, and should be a groat improvement on the old style. The whole hand is thrust into the glove, and there is a flexible bar to grasp. This does away with tho division between the thumb and fingers, and the attendant liability to scratch. It is well made, evonly padded, covered with soft tanned leathor, and well finished. We commend them to the notice of all interested in the " Noble Art." — Advt.