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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 83, 9 April 1894, Page 3

Joh. E. Lindberg, the Cheap Draper, Cubastreet, informs vi that his tale of goods seized in transit was well patronised on Saturday. The title will be oontonued to-morrow.

The next sitting of the Bankruptcy Couri is to bo held on the 14th proximo. The number of persons who have signec tho membership list of the circulating brand of the Public Library is about 150, but ur. to the present ODly 76 have paid tho cub soription. The reference library will, it it expected, be thrown open early next month. The Native Lands Court at Moawbangc has dealt with the ma'or portion of the Awarua block (130,000 acres), cutting off 50,000 acres of tho Government purchase, and awarding the rest to the native owners. Judgo Edger is back in Wellington after haviDg closed the Court. The Government land will be surveyed and -offered for settlemont as soon as possible. As the resnlt of a recommendation made by Mr. Murrell, manager for the HuddartParker Company in New Zealand, to the head office in Melbourne, it has been arranged that the crew of tho s.s. Tasmania shall be placed on the same footing in regard to wages as those of th« Union Company's steamers, viz., £8 per month for firemen and £Q for Bailors. As bus already been stated, tho rates hitherto paid on tho Tasmania are Ihoso fixed in all articlqa signed in Australian port*, but on attention boing called to tho higher soale prevailing on the Now Zealand cc.i6t, the management have readily agreod that it shall be adopted. Tho new arrangement takes effect immediately. The liabilities of Margaret Morrison, settlor, according to her statement to the Official Assignee, amount to £78 0s Id, whilst her assets are nil. Her secured creditors are the Empiro Loan Co., which holds property valued at .£27 for a dobt of £16. Ai: the debts are small. The Newtown Bowling Club is to send two rinks of juniors to the Wellington Bowling Club's green on Saturday next to play a match with two rinks of the latter club. The Tborndon Bowlfug Club has acoopted the challenge from the AVellington Bowling Club (represented by Crombie's team) to play for the Kdwin Challenge Badges. The match is to tako place on the Thorndon green on Saturday, 21st inst. On tho saino day the return j amor match between four rinks from Thorndon and four from the Wellington Club is to be played on the Wordsworth-street Green. Lato last night a tussle took placo in the Central Police Station botween a young man named Burgess on tho one part, and Detective Campbell and Conbtablcs Forster end Warneford on tho other part. Tho affair arose out of Burgess being arrested by tho police in tho station on suspicion of being of unsound mind. It appears that Burgess had daring the day stabled a horse in LanoV stables Sydneystroot. Last night hw re-entored the stablcß, and stating that he was a policeman, endeavoured to apprehend one of the omployds "' in the Queen's name " on some imaginary obarpe. The employ^, though a rory powerful man, considered discretion tho better part of valour, and agreed to accompany the eccontrio pettier to tho police station— the more readily persuaded as Burgess flourishea over his hnad a heavy hunting crop, A whispered confab between Burgess' captive and the wntchhousokeeper revealed the trpo state of affairs, and Burgess, after a stiff struggle, was secured and lodged in tho cells. To-day he was examined by Dra. Maokin and King, on whoso certificates he was committed to tho Lunatic Asylum. An accidont which ocenrrod to the gear of tho steam dredge No 222 thiß morning will delay dredging operations for two or three days. A link in the buoket-chain broke, causing the droppage of all the buckets to the bottom < f tbo harbour. They wero partially secured when a pin gave way, with tho same result as before. A direr is now employed once more fastening on the gear for the raising of the buckets. The Stipendiary Magistrate to-day gave judgment for plaintiffs in the following civil oasfis : — T. S. Lambert, v. P. H. Ferguson, .£11 15s ; Cadbury Bros. t. M. J. Skinner, 7s ; Lattey, Livormore & Co. v. M. J. Skinner, £14 0s 2dj Butler Bros. v. J. H. Jenkins, 14s. A mob of 250 sheep will be brought over by tho s.s. Manaia from Port Lagar tomorrow for the Wellington Meat Export Company. The steamer leaves Motneka for that purpose at 9 to-night. On Saturday night Detective Campbell arrested, on warraut, a man named Henry Harness, described as a. labourer, on tho charge of cheating at "a certain game of chance," at Porirua, on the 25th March. Mr. Martin, S.M , released tho accused on bailtwo sureties of JE2S each— »oon after his arrest, to appear in tho Magistrate's Court next Friday . The case is likely to present some peouliar features, owinpr to it being alleged that the aconeed — who is not a volunteerwas found playing somo game in the volunteer encampment, where he was arrested by the military authorities, and was for a time detained, instead of being at once handed over to the civil power. Thero was a complete change of programme at the minstrel performance at the Criterion Theatre on Saturday evening, when Messrs. Caselini, Gregory, Cowan, Greenhalgh, and Ljnch, and Misses Melville, Shepherd, and Mack ay gave new items. A farce conoluded tho performance. There was an orchestra led by Mr. F. Kearsley. The " eacred oonoort " last evening was crowded.