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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 82, 7 April 1894, Page 2

Two columns of reading matter appear on the fourth page, including particulars of the Hawkes Bay - Wellington cricket match, sporting news, and letters to the Editor. Lady Glasgow is to pay her proposed brief visit to England immediately on getting back from i<arotonga. Durinsr tho past year thero were 027 applic itions for patents, 124 being from tho Wellington dist.iot. The Department of Agriculture has roceived eight collections of grasses and lorage plants, and four collections of n xious weedd, in competition for the prizes offered. Mr. John Harding, of Mount Vernon, Hawkes Bay, who spoko at the public meeting in Wesley Schoolroom on Thursday night, landed in Port Nicholson on Ist March, 1842, which makes him a colonist of over half a century's standing. The Oamarn Harbour has been for some time managed by the Railway Commissioners, who colloct all foos and dues, and charge 2\ per cent, for doing so, but there is also a Harbour Hoard, with an expensive stuff, and tho appointmoiit of a Receiver on behalf of the debontnre-holdera will lesult in economy in this direction. Tho l'ai'way Commissioners will still continue to manage the harbour, merely substituting 1 the Receiver for tho Board as tho person to receivo the moneys oolleotod. _ The first sitting of the Bankruptcy Court since the Enster vacation will bo hold on Monday. Tho business includes applications for discharge on behalf of several debtors, whose names havo already been published. Iho Official Assignee, under tho provisions of tho amended Bankruptry Aot, will make an unusual application, viz., to have John Windloy committed for contempt of Court for failing to apply for his discharge within fonr months of his bankruptcy, as provided for in tho Act. An application will also be mado to delegate power to tho Registrar at Nnpier to oondnct the oxamisiniion in re Hyman Naphtaii. In view of tho protest made by the Newtown Sohool Committee against " As Yon Like It," it was amusing last nijht to notice that the family circle at tho Opera House waß well filled with school boys and gMa, and that Mrs. Swainson's scholars were in force under their Principal in the dross circle, and thoy joined iv the general delight expressed. Evidontly thoir teachers did not find it. as did tho Sohool Committee, " wholly nnsnited on moral grounds for tho study of children," but took this opportunity of piying thoir charges an intelLgent grasp of its meaning, Tho dispute between Mr. J. H. Mayer, builder, and Messrs. C. Keea & tion, iron merchants, &c , with referenoo to tho construction of the firm's now p emisos in Ghuznee-stroo , has been referred to aibitiation. The arbitratorsare local architects — Messrs. T. S. Lambort and J. Anderson. They met in Messrs. Nees & Son's pr- mises yesterday, and arranged preliminaries, and on Monday evidenco will be taken. The amount in dispute is £200. News comes from Sydney that the Samoan rebel chief Mataafa and his snite were at Jaluih, in tho Marshall Group, when the steamer Aroher called there en route to Sydney. Mataafa, it will bo remembered, was deported af tor tho Samoan war last year. Uo was detained soveral months at the Tokelau Group, and subsequently convoyed to Jaluit by the German warbhip Sperber. The king is allowed his liberty on the island, bnt a strict watoh is kept by the German authorities to pi event his leaving Jalnit. The Anckland Star oommendH the resolution of tho Wellington branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute that arithmetic is already taking np too much of the school children's time. With reference to the refusal of tho Government to send a steamer to search for possible survivo s from tho Grecian Bend, the Ministeriol«paper at Napier, the News, expresses itself as strongly as wo did. It says :—": — " A more disgraceful case of neglect it has nevor been our lot to listen to, and, while wo cordially join ouv thanks with those of others in tho community, and tender them to Mr. G. E. G. Richardson for his act of kindness in sending tho Fanny on hor errand of mercy,- we must condemn in the strongest terms tho inaction of tho officers at Wellington, to whom the Customs Officer at tho bpit wired for instructions. Tho Government ow.fi tho pnblio an explanation, and nothing less than a sharp reprimand, publicly made, can satisfy tho peoplo whoso 801168 of pity lias been outraged. That an appeal was made to Wellington for help when it was thought that by prompt action the lives of some of the poor follows from Iho wrocked schooner might havo been saved, and that appeal wa3 ignored, 13 nothing short of scandalous. It is nothing to do with the question that the search which was made proved of no value. Common humanity prompted a search ; that search tho Government departmont thould have ordered immediately. Whoever is responsible for tbe disgraceful neglect and sheer heartlcssnoas, we trust, will be promptly exposed and fitly punished." Mr. Martin, S.M , was engaged part of yestorday afternoon in hearing an information sworn by the Collector of Customs, charging A. \V. Gollatly with eonding dangprous goods (explosives) by the s.s. Waitapu without marking tho nature of the goods on the outside of the package, ard notifying the carrier of the contents. Mr. Baldwin dofendod tho oijso for Mr Gellatly, who pleaded Not Guilty, on tho ground that the offence was committed by an inferior clerk again- 1 tho orders of the defendant. His Wo-Bhip, however, held that the firm was responsible in law for tho errors of its employe's, and fined tho defendant 5s and costs. Mr. C. H. Izard appoarod for the prosecution. Mr. E. Withy, formerly M.H.It, for Newton (Auckland), delivered an address at the Exchange Hall last evening upon the question—" Why Should we Nationalise Ground Kont?" The Hey. C. H. Bradbury presided. Mr. Withy'endeavoured to show that there wero two great blots upon the prosent system of land settlement— (l) it was wrongly assumed that land was a marketable commodity ; and (2) under tho State leasing system it was assumed that town aud country lands wera diverse. Mr Withy claimed that land nationalisation, or the reform proposed by Single Taxers, would enlarge ihe area of employment, reduce competition for employment, and prevent one seclion of tho community from monopolising the iucreased value whioh was produced l>y the whole community. The lectnrer was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. A peculiarly impudent theft, committed under remarkablu circumstances, was oharged in the Magistrate's Court to-day against two young men who have frequently been in the hands of the police for thefts and assaults. Their names were Robert Wickhani and Fredoriok Windsor, and they pleaded Gnilty to the larceny of a bonnet, an umbrella, and a pair of boots, the property of Mrs. Durio, of Lower Hutt. Mr. Poynton asked that a fine might be imposed in tho case of Wiokham, for whom ho appeared. Inspector Pender said thit Mr. and Mrs. Durie a night or two ago missed | tho last train to the Hutt, and being unable to obtain a bed, although they tried several boardinghouses and hotels, they determined to camp out in the Basin Reserve. Accordingly they eaoh selected a compartment in the public latrine, where they made themselves as comfortable as circumstances would permit. The lady divested herself of her bonnet and boots, and laid her umbrella by her side. During the night a man, who represented himself as a a policeman, visited the compartment where the woman was, and told her he had a great mind to look her up, but that as she was evidently a respectable woman he would not arrest her if she promised to leavo the place by 5 am. Mrs. Durie gave this assurance, and the man left, b«t took her pair of lioots, bonnet, aud gingham. Next muming a description of the thief w supplied to the police , with the reßnlt that Detectii c Campbell ai rested Wickhim, in whose possession a port on of thi stolen property was found, whil.-t the balance wna traced to Windsor. Mr. Marh"n, S M\, sent tho pri soners to gaol lor threo months' hard labour Tho well-known barquentine Kllinor Vernon, which has traded for several years between New York and New Zealand ports, has been sold to Mrf John Mill, a leading stevedorn of Port Chalmers, for between and She is intended for a coal hulk at this port, aud it is probable that the purchase is on behalf of tho Blackball Coal Company, whose intention to obtain a suitablo vessel was mentioned in our colnmns recently. Tho barque Joan Pierro, now lying in the stream, w-ilh in that case, be sent on to Lyttolton to do hulk duty there. The competition in the class for fat bnllocks suitable for shop trado at the next Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Show promises to be of a very interesting character. Mr. Jam os and Messrs. Freeman K. Jackson & Co. have already promised prizes respectively of .£5 5b and £3 3s in the class.*