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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 83, 9 April 1894, Page 2

Cricket, bowling, and general nonrs, aiid also letters to the Editor, will be found on the fourth page. Tho Lyttelton Time 3, wo notice, quotes Mr. Thomis Bracken's fino lines upon Gladstone as f om the Dunodin Kvening Star. They appeared originally in the Evening Post, and they have, we regret to say, been copied without tho courtesy of acknowledgment to ns by many papers. It is rather too bad now to find them acknowledged to another paper. Captain Edwin sends us the following :— The depression from tbo west indicated on the 4th inst. as passing eonth of Foveanx Straits on the Sth caused a decrease of prossure of fully G-10th of an inch in the southern part ot the country yebtorday, and is now about 200 miles to the eastward t.f Stowart Island. Tho cyclone centre also indicated on the 4th has passed to the eastward without approaching nearer than 300 mileß. The Chiof Justice left for Wanganui this morning, for the purpose of presiding at tho criminal sittings of the Snpreme Court in that town. Important changes, it is stated, avo about to be made in the command of some of the Union Steam Ship Company's larger vessels. We have received a letter stating that on Saturday night a woman wrs assaultod in Cambridge ■ terrace by three men who gagged her with handkerchiefs, searched her pockets and took 15s from her, and finally attempted a more serious offet cc, biting the woman's hand severely when resisted. Tho police know nothing of the affair, and from enquiries wo have made we are not inclined to attach much crcdonce to the story. Wo are sorry to learn that Captain Hart, of the Shaw, gavill, and Albion Company's s f taff, is at present dangerously ill with paralysis. His many friends will hope to hear of his speedy recovory, Yesterday morning he was seized with a fit from whioh he did not emerge until 2 o'olook this morning. Wyalong, the new goldfield in New South Wales, is 350 miles from Sydney, the ronte being to Temora by rail 291 miles, thence via Barmeduian by coach 59 miles A telogram (29th March) from tho Police Magistrate to tho Under-Secretary of Mines says:— " For goodness sake do what you can to stop theiush. The field is overdone by thousands, and I fear starvation, poverty, and crime." Tho Oamaru Licensing Committee has refused to grant a permit for the sale of liquor at the North Otago Jockey Club races this week. A few weeks ngo we recordod a walking tour through the North Island by Mr. John Bray. Now we learn that hia cousin, Mr. E. L. Bray, of Kynnumboon, Tweed River, N.S.W.,has completed a similar tour. He left Auckland at the end of November, and after a railway, journey of 100 miles to Te Awamutu he mado for the King Country, and spent throe months there, walking throngh varions parts of that distriot, including Te Kniti, Mokan, Taumaranui, Karioi, and Pipiriki. From this point he went down the Wangamii Rivor by steamer for 60 miles, and thence up to New Ply month and back by train. From Wanganui tbrongh Palmerston North to Otaki he travelled on foot, and thenco to Wellington by rail. The total distance travelled was 726 miles, made up as follows :— By rail, 3SO miles ; on foot. 316; by steamer, 60. Mr. E. L. Bray is writing a book on New Zealand, and hia object in taking the journey was to collect information. Yesterday afternoon Mr. F. H. Tronson, who Was pulling in a small open boat, had an unpleasant experience in the harbour. A fresh north-westerly wind was blowing, and a choppy soa was running. Mr. T-ronson lost ono of his sculls, and his situation became somewhat 6erious. As tho boat was observed to be fast drifting, several young inpn, two of whom wore Mossrs. Duff and Bishop, put off iv another boat, and after some difficulty managed to tow tho craft to the whavf . The handicap road race from the Taita to Wellington, whioh the Cyoling Club held on Saturday afternoon, resulted as follows :—: — H. Jossup, Sniin, 1 ; H. Edmonds, 4^min, 2 ; D. Brand, ljnjin, 3. The distance was covered by Jesaup in 47min, by Edmonds in 47imin, and by Itr.xnd in 45min 15soo. Beckingsale was unable to Btart. Services in connection with the " Forward Movoment " were held as usual in the Rechabite Hall yefterday. In tho ovoning the series of addresses dealing with tho Bible and economic questions was continued by Mr. Bradbury, the subject being— "The economic significance of the year of Jubilee," with its bearing on the land question at the present day. At tho close of the address discussion was invited, and threo or four of the worshippers responded to the invitation^ Next Sunday ovening Mr. Evans wiil continue the series, his subject being "Labour." Various arrangements for tho winter's work in connection with the Movement, in the Bhapo of classes, lectures, &c, are now being perfected, and will shortly be put into effect. The Official Assigneo has received from E. W. Hayes, oircus proprietor, a statement showing the position of his estate. His debts, all unsecured, amount to £370 11s 4d, whilst his assets are set down at £273 158, consisting of circus properties in Wellington. The chiof creditors are— Carolan and Greeks, £5 4s 8d; K. Duvalli, £20 14s 7d; T. Ohmy, £83 11s 7d; J. Marsden, £11 ; D. j. Pearson, £15 ; Blundell Bros., £9 13s 3d; Jas. Kelly, £32 16s; W. Toohey, £26; F. Newiok, £25 ; P. Fagau (Dunedin), £6 10s : Rosa Wilson (Dnnedin), £26 6s ; Stewart & Co., £12 13s ; T. G. M'Carthy, £6 16s ; F. Styles, £12 16s; F. C. Huff, £5 1113 1 6d ; J. fehaw, £13 19s 6d ; John Blaok, £12 19s 6d. Tho Union Steam Ship Company has been advised that the s.s. Moa was successfully floated at Gisborne yesterday morning, apparently quite uninjnred. She leaves for Napier this evening. Mr. Daniel, looal foreman of the company, returns by the Mararoa on Wednesday. The Makara Road Board hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, there being present — Messrs. Cook (in the ohair), Sievers, and W. Trotter. The proposed dairy regulations were placed before the Board and approved, subject to a competent man being appointed as Inspector. Mr. Cook stated that the Hntt County Council had not obtained the necessary order re taking a portion of the proposed road under the Publio Works Act, and therefore the Board could not at presont proceed in the matter. Mr. Cook gave notice of a motion to strike a rate of id for the enrrent year. Messrs. Mqnaghan, Cook, and M'Manaman being the retiring members, the Clerk was authorised to call for nominations for Wards Nos. 1, 3, and 5. Accounts amounting to £8 7s 6d were passed for payment. The race between the Arawa Sailing Club's boats lonaand Spray was not finished on Saturday, owing to tho wind falling before the first round was completed. ' Now that the value of refrigeration in onr dairies is so universally acknowledged, everything relating to developments m refrigerating machinery becomes of supreme interest. Of tho large variety of refrigerating maohines that are boing offered for sale, J. and T. Hall's carbonic anhydride machine has attracted a good doal of attontion, and the excellent work it does is rapidly bringing it to a foremost place. A number of these maohines are now at work all over the colony, giving complete satisfaction. Messrs. J. and T. Hall have just received an order from tho British Government for fitting the large frozen meat store to be erected at Gibraltar. The order was given after the Government officials had made careful investigation into the suitability of various maohines, with a view to discovering the best, altogether apart from the question of cost. Gibraltar is one of tho hottest places in the Mediterranean, and the machines thero will therefore be severely tested. The Matron of tho Convalescent Home, Wadestown, acknowledges receipt of a scrap book from Miss Ella Johnston, and a box of tojs_ from Master Nomaan, for the

Jabcz Mather, commission agent, trading as Mather and Co., has filed a written statement aa to the causes of bia insolvency. Be says he arrived in Wellington in March last year, at which time he had £80 in cash, .£4O of which was borrowed money. He joined i'dwin Butler in the commission lustfess, under the style of Ma'her&Co , but last June I Sutler retired, the debtor paying him .£50, ! | altbongh Butler had paid nothing to join the partnership. Up to that date the firm had made .£97 in commissions, and its prospects then appeared good. Business improved and by the end of October debtor had made .£ll4 in commissions. 1 hint's began to fall off, and pending transactions were not completed. Debtor then bought cigars and woollens, but although he had experience in each of these commodities no good was effected, owing to stagnation in trade. From October last year to date of filing the bankrupt only mado .£l9 7s in commissions. Messrs. Kbrman & Co., Auckland, subsequently recoverod judgment for £29, and this together with costs swelled his liabilities to that firm to about .£4O, which he had to pay. Other creditors pressing their claims, he had no option but to file. Just before the s.s. Omapere wa3 to have left for Lyttelton on Saturday niijht, Mr. Hudson, second officer, was handing some luggage down the after hatch when he overbalanced himself and fell iuto the hold— a. descent of about \i feet. He received two very severe scalp wounds, which ' were dressed by Dr. Mackin, and was afterwards removed to his own home at Newtown. Today Mr. Hudson ib progresi-ing very favourably, but it will be some time before he is able to resume duty. The accident delayed the departure of the steamer for an bouand a half. A leading firm in Manchester contemplates building a line of steamers to trade direct between Manchester and New Zealand. Tho Stipendiary Magistrate gavo judgment to-dayin the case in which Joo Barrett laßt week sued Alexander Angus for recovery of .£2O, amount of a promissory note made by Mr. Coates, 'solicitor, soaio timo since, and endorsed by defendaut. His Worship's decision was in favour of tho defendant. It appeared, ho said, that Coatcs was proceeded against by Mrs. Barrett on a criminal charge, which wa?, it seemed, unfounded, and on her withdrawing the information I oates gave Barrett two or three bills for .£2O each, one of which tho defendant endorsed. The consideration for giving tboso bills was an illegal one, and could not be recovered upon, and therefore judgment would be given for defendant. Mr. Tanner received judgment for plaintiff, and Mr. Bunny for defendant. Owing to tho stiff nor'-wesborly breeze yesterday, there was but a small attendance on the Thorndon Esplanade during tho performance by Jupp's Private Band, and the collection which was made for tho benefit of some needy musicians wss not large. The baud intends playing for the same object at IS ew town Park on Sunday next. The Hunt Club had a capital run with tho hounds on Saturday afternoon between Tawa Flat and Porirua. The meet took place at Mr. Earp's homestead, where the party were hospitably entertained. The country traversed was pretty rough, and Beverai of the jumps were rather stiff, causing two or three spills, none of which, however, were very serious. No ladies turned out on this occasion. The meet next Saturday will be at Waiwetu. Mr. Al. Burton, advance representative o s Mr. Harry Lyons' Operatic Burlesque Company, arrived in Wellington yesterday from Dunedin, to arrange for an early oponing of tho company. News has been received that at the opening performance in Dunedin on Saturday evening there was a packed houso. The Hawkes Bay Herald says : — An old proverb affirms that " any oxoubo is better than none." The accuracy of the assertion ia open to question, but the Government do not appear to thiuk so. Hence they have formulated a remarkable defence for their callousness in failing to act when called upon to send a steamer in search of possible survivors from tho wreck of the ill-fated Grecian Bond._ The defence, if the flimsiest of flimsy sophisms deserves to be dignified by that name, is published in the Government paper in Wellington. . . . Considering it was tho duty of "the constable at Wairoa (who first reported the wreckage coming ashore) to go along the ooast, the wisdom of the Government in sending him a telegram on tho off chance of him being snugly at home to receive it was not of a brilliantly startling kind. But even lack of sense cannot bo efficiently ploadod by the good Government that loves the people. Applications were mado in Napier to the Collector of Customs to hire one of the small steamers in port, and he sont an urgont wire asking 'the Government for iiibt-uctioue. Up till 1 o'clock that day, when .Mr. G. E. G. liichardson sent tho Fanny out at his own cost, the Colloctor of Customs had not oven received a reply to his telegram. Tho fact is that gross negligence has been displayed, and the Govornment, ashamed of tho way in which they came out of the wretched business, have no excuse except a miserable plea which really amounts to " not guilty on account of insanity." That is to say, the plea is " Perhaps we ought to have done better, but we wired to a constable at. Wairoa, and as he was about his duty elsowhere he did not get the telegram. Consequently ho did not roply to it, and we did not reply to the appeal from Napier." A Christohurch telegram to the Oamaru Mailsaya:— " Tho rational dress movemtut came before tho Board of Governors of Canterbury College recently. The College Committee reported that a lady ctudent, one of tho pioneers of the movement, well known in Oamaru, caused some distraction amongst tho othor students by attending lectures in knickerbocker ooßtume. The Board discussed the matter in committee, and resolved that tho students be not allowed to, attend lectures at Canterbury College in any but the customary dress. The next meeting- of the Dress Reform League is awaited with eager expectation." The question as to -what is a skeleton key engaged the attention of Mr. Perry, P.M», and a full benoh of magistrates in the Hawthorne (Melbourne) Court lately. John Yenning, & sewing machine repairer, was oharged with the larceny of some plumbers' tools belonging to John Mahon, of Kew, and having housebreaking implements in his possession. The implements consisted of a small screw-driver and a common door-key, the oentre wards of which bad been filed away. Sub-Inspeotor Young submitted that the mere possession of fauch articles by the prisoner was sufficient grounds for a conviotion, but tho Bench declined to accept that view of the matter. Mr. Perry, P.M , said the screw-driver was of a size likely to bo used by prisoner in his business, and ho was not inclined either to regard tho key as a housebreaking- implement. Both prisoner and hia wife Bwore tho key had been in use in their houso for over three years, one of the wards having been filed away to work eeveral looks owing to tho proper keys having gone astray. Prisoner was discharged on both counts. A miner named Thomas Johnston met with very serious injuries last Tuesday whilst at work in the Victoria mine, Thames. Johnston and a man named Charles Butterworth were working a block of ground on tribute, and had drilled a hole in their stope. After charging it with powder But'erworth left Johnston to set fire to the fuse, and went back to the shaft. Johnston set fire to tho fuse, and then got down to the drive, where he waited for tho explosion. After waiting two or three minutes, and not hearing the fuse " spit," ho climbed back into the stope, but just as he got there the charge exploded, and be received the fall force of it on the right side' of the face and the head He was conveyed to the Hospital, where it was found that tho injuries consisted of a compound fracture of the right cheek-bone, which necessitated the removal of the eyeball, as the bones that formed the sockot wero shattered. The brain was considerably exposed, but the covering was found to be intact. The bones of tho no3e wore shattered, the lips cut, and the scalp lacerated in several places. During the operation quite a handful of bones were removed from the faoe and tho socket of the eye. Whilst hid wounds were being dressed Johnston remained unconscious, but was talking all the time about his mate. Dr. Williams considers the case a very serious one, but hopes that as the unfortunate man is possessed of a strong constitution he will ultimately pull through all righ 1 . There appears to be no blame attachable to anyone but Johnston himself, whilst with him it was a dqdire to get to work again as quiokly as possible that mado him so anxious about tho shot exploding. . In the Manx Chancery Court at Douglas recently the Clerk of the Eolls gavo judgment in a petit-ion of the Attorney General •for a Mandamus to compel the Douglas Magistrates to issue a summons against a militiaman who camo reside in the Ible of Man, and who had failed to attend tho annual training. The Justices had refused to issue a summons under the Militia Act, 1882, on tho grounds that such Act was an Act of tho Imperial Parliament which aid not expressly state on the face of it that it was applicable to tho island, and was, therefore, not applicable. In giving a lengthy deoision, the Judge held that Imperial A eta, unless it was expressly stated on the face of them that they were applicable to the island, were not operative there, and this being so, the Justices wero right in the conrse they pursued. In the course of the argument referenco had been mado to the serious consequences that might ensue if it were held that tho Militia Ant did not apply to the_ island, but the Court had nothing to do with those consequences, and was not responsible for them. In support of his decision tho Judge quoted Coke, Selden, Blackstone, aud others to the effect that the island was nn ancient and absolute kingdom. A meeting of the creditors of the Wellington Co-operative 'Bus Company is convened for this evening. A tpeoial summoned meeting of Court Eobin Hood. A 0.F., is called for to-night, to consider the report re tho dispensary proposal. The annual mee'ing of the Orchestral Society will be held at the Dresden Piano Company's rooms to-morrow evening. A. H. Logan & Co., sharebrokers, land, estate, financial and commission agents, have an advertisement elsewhere as to their business. T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co. sell to-morrow, at half-past 2 o'clook, a valuable shop property situate in Tory-street. John Solomon will sell to-morrow, at Noble Campbell & Co.'s late premises, Lambt<m-qu*y, drapery, crockery, 4c. Francis Sidey & Co. will sell to-morrow, furniture, %c. W. P. Shortt will sell to-morrow, sundries. Jambs Smith did well for his customers at the great dr&pery sale held in Auckland last week. His two special buyers managed to secure the very cream of the lots out of the .£85,000 stock. These bargain lots are now offered for sale at Te Aro House. James Smith likes to do the thing well, and in conjunction with thia bargain lot sale I he offers a bonus discount of 10 per cent, on I all hia new winter imports whue the sale lasts at Te Aro Honse. This week some 80 cases of winter dresses, millinery, and mantles have been opened, ao that customers at the eale can seoure their

of 2s in the £ discouut at Te Aro House. — Advt. Where has the money gone ?. This certainly is a very pertinent question ; but when people find that they get valuo for ILeir outlay, there is no uncertainty as to what brand they will buy next time. The " Matchless " Brand Teas are growing in public favour daily, and the increase in the demand for them is notorious. Their fine flavour and exceptionally good qualities are unequalled. —Advt. Bicoqntbing the growing demand for a better class of gun in this market, Messrs. Wilkias & Field have thia Beason imported a few of W. W. Greener's famous " Foresters " and " Dominion " guns The maker's certificate and paper targets showing the pattern and number of shots placed in a 30in circle by each barrel accompanies eaob gun. This maker's weaponß are too well known to every sportbman to require any comment. They have also a few copies of W. W. Greener's latest book, •' The Breechloader, and How to Use It," price 2s 6d. Ab the supply of the above is limited, we would advise our sporting readers to make an early call. Their stock of guns and sporting gooda is, as usual, large and well selected.—Advt.