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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 109, 9 May 1895, Page 2

If the Government can openly borrow in the London market at something anger 8^ per cent. — and it is understood that Mr. Ward has informed his colleagues that the colony can obtain as muoh capital as it desires under that prioe-what possible justification can there be for the Government borrowing money at call in the colony at 4 per cent. P Surely the time has now come when the Post Offioo Savings Bank interest should be rednoed. It oannot possibly pay the colony to giro 4 per oent. for money at call, and its doing so through the medium of the Post Office Savings Bank is a serious obstacle to the reduction of interest by the Banks and other financial institutions. Cheap money, in fact, is an impossibility while the Government thus keeps the price np. While the Treasury was in urgent need of the money to keep things going, there may have been some justification for continuing to offer 4 per cent, as an attraotion to Savings Bank depositors, but now that this necessity has passed away the rate Bhonld at once be reduced, as a matter of justice to the general public. On the fourth page we publish a report of last night's meeting of the Orohestral Sooiety, a letter to the Editor, and various items of Australian news. The true objeot of Mr. Ward's visit to London will, it is understood, soon beoome public property. It was undoubtedly to enliat British capital in oertain oommeroial undertakings in this oolosy, and advioes recently received are to the eff eot that he is likely to suooeed in that objeot. The plans of the shelter sheds in front of the General Post Office were prepared by the Harbour Board Engineer (Mr. W. Ferguson). Mr. John Smith, Jan., has deoided to become a oandidate for the vaoant seat in the City Counoll. He publishes an address to the ratepayers. Mr. W. G. Etneny started to-day the erection of the new Oommeroial Travellers* Olub-rooms in Hunter-street. - •

Amongst the recommendations deoided upon by the Public Wo. ka Committeo of the City Council last night, nai one that the Government be asked to allow the gato at the Syduey-slreet entrance to thn Parliamentary Grounds to remain unlocked as heretofore, tho public being now prevented from going through the grounds after dark. t^The business on the oriminal Bide of the Magistrate's Court this morning consisted of the punishment of two persons for drunkenness. Mr. Martin, S.M., presided. There is a genoral feeling in town that some recognition should be made of the gallantry shown by Mr. Moroney in reaouing the Patricks from their burning house during the Tory-place fire. If the matter is within the scope of tho Eoyal Hnmano Society of Australasia -and presumably all efforts of rescue are— the matter should be brought under the notice of that body. Councillor Myers intends to move at the meeting of the City Counoil a fortnight hence—" That the Council take into consideration the atfvisableness of a scheme for the inauguration of a paid permanent Fire Brigade, the cost of the same to be borne in equal proportion by the Government, the Corporation, and the insurance companies." Mr E. Fooke met with a most unpleasant accident this morning. Re was attempting to pull down one of the office windows, when the oord gave way, and out two of the fingers on hia right hand very badly. Mr. W. C. Fitzgerald dressed tho hand. Mr. J. H. O. Sohwartz, who presided at tho annual meeting of the Orchestral Society last night, spoke of the apathy displayed by Wellington instrninentalists, and said that it appeared marvellous and incomprehensible to him that in a city like this, with a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants, comparatively so few found it worth their while to become members of the Sooiety. The ladies of St. Peter's Parish held a largely-attended meeting at the Parsonage yesterday afternoon, to make arrangements for the annual " aooial" in connection with the approaching dedication festival. The Rev. W. C. Waters presided. Letters wore received from a number of ladies who were unable to attend, bnt who promised to assist at the affair. It was decided to hold the " social" on Tuesday, 2nd July, and various committees were appointed to carry out details. A vi&ifc to the Home for the Aged Needy was paid last evening by a. contingent from the Boys' Brigade, who gave a capital entertainment. The band, under Mr. Herd, played several selections, and the boys sang Hold the Fort,' ' also going through variouß exercises. The entertainment was 'highly appreciated, and Captain Davis and his lads were warmly thanked by the Superintendent (Mr. Short) for their kindness. Captain Davis and Bandmaster Herd responded. Owing to shortness of funds a number of the boys wore unable to appear in uniform. Maurice George Hering, a tutor, was oharged in the Magistrate's Coart yesterday afternoon with failing to maintain his wife. Mr. Gray appeared for the wife, and stated that the parties wore married in Paris fonr years ago. Defendant and his wife wore to have left Wellington for Sydney last month, but on the day fixed he disappeared, and sho did not see him again until Friday last. Mr 8. Hering admitted in oross-oxamination that blio was now in possession of £500. Dr. Fiudlay, for the defendant, submitted that as tho woman was possessed of moans it was not necessary to go on with the case. Mr. Martin, S.M., decided that that was a point which should be argued to-morrow. In a prootice football match at Petone yesterday, a player named Osbourne met with a nasty fall, and fractured his collarbone. Dr. Hislop was present, and attended to the injury. The statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the Musical Festival held last Ootober is now to hand. The receipts from all sources amounted to .£825 8s 4d. In payments to vocalists .£IGI 14s was expended, in payments to instrumentalists j£U7 Is GJ, in rent of Opera House £80, and in advertising £86 Out of the prooeeds ot the benefit to the condnctor and secretary £i~> was surrendered by them to the fands. The total expenditure comes to JEB2S 8s 4il, and there ia still balanoo due on accounts of £6 19s Bd, against which the society has assets worth abont .£4O in the shape of tubular bells, staging, sounding board, music, &o. Messrs. J. S. Jameson and L. H. B. Wilson, auditors, certify to the oorrectneas of the balance-Bheot. Mr. and Mrs. James Dealy, of the Bailway Hotel, Thorndon-qnay, whose marriage at Dunedin was rooently announced in our columns, were entertained at the hotel last evening by a number of their friends. Mr. Dealy was presented with a silver tea urn and a silver-monnted set of carvers with ivory handles, while he received an address from the employe's of the Government and Manawatu railway lineß. A man named George Herbert fell 30ft down Hall's quarry in PoIIiUPb Gully yestorday. Some ladies went to bis assistance, and a passing expressman took him away for medical attention. Dr. Ewart attended to him, and tbo sufferer is now progressing favourably at his own home in Hornerstreet, Newtcwn. The Public Works Committee of the City Council met last ovening and decided to make the following recommendations : — That prior to taking any action in the matter of Angus - avenue, the propertyowners thero be requested to send in a formal application to the Counoil to take ovar tho street in the manner provided in the Municipal Corporations Act; that consont be given to tho right-of-way at Orientaltorracp applied for by Messrs. Levi and Bolton, on oopdjtion that only one building bo erected on the section which the right ofway is intended to serve ; that ths portion of Victoria-Btreet in front of Te Aro railway station be formed to its full width ; that the embankment in front of Mr. W. K. Bedstone's property, Hawker - street, be removed; tbat tho City Surveyor bo struoted to report npon the practicability of providing for the more effective drainage of Nelson-street and its locality; that the arrangement proposed by Messrs. Skerrett and Wylie with respect to the water from the Grant-road spring, be carried out if the City Solicitor advises that there are no legal obstacles to prevent it; that the request of the residents of College-terrace for the footpaths to be asphalted, and offoring JBS towards cost of same, be referred to the City Surveyor for bis report ; that the request of Mr. C. H. Jones for relaxation of the Building Bylaws in respect of a shed proposed to be created on the Thorndon reclamation, be not granted ; that tho claim of Mr. A. Gray, on behalf of Misa Guthrie, for compensation in respect of an aooidejjt in Majonbankssti'Oet, bo not entertained, tho Committee being advised that no liability attaches to the Corporation in the matter ; that att eleotrio lamp be erected on Ohiro-road ; that consent be given to the erection ot a verandah for Mr. T. Harmor, in Biddiford-Rtreet ; tbat Messrs. Cable & Co. be informed that the case in the Snpremo Conrt to decide as to the liability for repairing the eastern portion of Banny-stroet will shortly be heard, and that the Council oannot undertake any work there till the deoision of the Court has been given, also that they be advised to apply to the Government in the meantime ; that the application of Mr. G. Glover, re flooding of his premises at Oriental Bay by storm water from the Town 1 Belt, be further considered at next meeting of iho Committee, full particulars then to bo ' laid before tho Committee of the terms upon t which permission was given to the Trustees of the Convalescent' Hojjie to form the rood ' through the Town Belt to their property. 1 While a football practice was going on at ■ Petone yesterday the clothes of two Petone residents were gone through, and sums of 4s ' and about £1 abstracted. Later in the i afternoon, on being taxed, the half-caste • lad concerned in the recent attempt to rob > Mr. T. J. Leightou's till oonfessed to the > theft, and refunded 6s 3d. It is high time : that this young soamp was looked after. We have to acknowledge receipt of a copy . of a pamphlet entitled " The Most Important i Question of the Day — Money and a Domeßtio { Currency for New Zealand," It is a report of a lo3ture given by Mr. W. Sievwright, ; the well-known barrister and solicitor, and io published by E. A. Hagg9n and Co., WoodriUa. There was a large attendance at the ad1 journed meeting of the Wellington Uolf Ulub in the Academy of Fine Arts last evening, Mr. L. Tripp being in the obair. Mrs. H. D. Bell and Miss Dunoan -were eleoted 1 captain and seoretary respectively of the 1 Ladies Committee, and it was deoided that 1 they and Mosdames G. HutohUon and A. Crawford should form the oommittoe. The following were eleoted "members of the Clnb Committee— Messrs. D. K. Caldweil, D. B. Howden, L. Tripp (seoretary), and J. 1 Dnncan (treasurer). The eleotion of a captain was deferred. Instructions were given for the leace of a portion of the Miramar 1 estate for the pnrpoioo of the club. The Popular Conoert at the Skating Bint last evening attracted a large attendance. , The programme opened with the Neapolitan song " Finiouli, Finioula," sung by Misses , Bose Blaney and Laura Fisnsr and Mr. , Stebbing. The only other ooncerted number was the duet "Friendship," by tho two ladies. Miss Clarioe Brabazon was reoalled for each of her pianoforte solos, which she played brilliantly. Misa Blaney's programme numbers were " Kathleen Mavourneen " and "Within a Mile," and she had to add "Killarney" and "Comin' throngh the Bye" before the audience was satisfied. Miss Fisher was also reoalled for "The Three Fißhers" and "Out on the Books," i adding " Dublin Bay and " Don't Forget." Mr. Stebbing was reoalled for " Comrades," > and Bang an exceedingly pretty composition of his own, entitled "Mavourneen.'' ; "Around the Camp Fire," by the same singer, was another good number. Mr. F. 1 M. Alexander was down on the programme for no less than four reoitations — " Kissing Cnp," "Rubinstein," "Karl the Martyr, 3 and " Love in a Balloon," ranging from the pathetic to the hilarious. His reoitals were : very effeotive, and he had to add two more numbers — " After Marriage" and " Keeping His Word." Miss Cimino and Miss Clarioe Brabazon were the accompanists. Altogether, it was a.aonoert of quite exceptional ; eioellenoe, and well deferred tho warm oppreoiation bestowed on it by the audienoe. A sooial gathering was hold in the Free Methodist Schoolroom last evening, on the eye of the departure of Mr. J. Varooe for England, via Australia. Mr. Varooo has for i several years been oonneoted with the ohuroh ohoir, which, together with over 100 friends, assembled to wish him ion voyage. A capital musical programmes of about 14 items was gone through, refreshments were handed round, and games indulged in. Mr. M. Marons, late manager of tte Belle Coleoonoertsin New Zealand, is about to bring through the colony Miss GwenDanes, an elocutionist of merit, who will give a series of drawing-room entertainments on the German-Beed model. Amongst the artists with Miss Davies will be Herr B. Euhl a slide trombone player, and Herr G. Handle, a viola virtuoso. . M^ Eoberfc Bjiid, late steward of the Working Men's Club, has purchased Mr. B. Walker's interest in the Britannia Hotel. Willis-street, and has entered into poisei' •ion, i >„" '

An alarm of fire was raised this morning. The Brigade turned ont and proceeded to Pirie-street, where some rnbbiah was fonnd to do alight. As there was no danger to property, the Brigade at once returned to the station. A soheme similar to that of Mr. D. J. Nathan for a Now Zealand Meat Export Trnst, is on foot in Victoria. The Australasian Trade Review of the 29th ult. says: — Iho Maffra Agricultural Sooiety held a meeting during the month to consider a scheme for establishing a Heat Export Trust. It was decided to ask Government to pass a Bill under which trust 8 could be formed among farmers and varions distriotß, and a general rate levied upon all sheep and cattle in the colony. It is proposed that the trnst shall raise money by the issne of debentures to be guaranteed by the Governmont, and shall undertake the ereotion of freezing works and stores. These debentures would bo redeemed out of the money raised by the proposed tax on stock. A counter meeting was held in Maffra to protest against the formation of the trust. Me. Peter M'lntyre, late mate of the b.s. Manaia, who has been studying at the Trinity Hod bo Navigation and Steam Sohoqls, Wellington, yesterday passed hia examination for a certificate of competency as mate of a home-trado passenger ship. At the annual meeting of the Pahautanui Library subscribers, held last Saturday, a satisfactory balance-sheet was submitted. The following officers were elected for the enßuing year : — President, Miss Dowdesnell j Seoretary and Librarian, Mr. Walter Leslie ; Treasurer, Mr. F. Death ; Committee, Mrs. W. Leslie, Messrs. A. M'lntosh, junr., Pearco, and Bobertson. A company has boon formed in Greymouth which has purchased the Public Hall, and intends to convert it into a theatre capable of seating 1500 people, and with a stage 44ft by 30ft. The new hotel at Wereroa, near Levin, regarding the license for which there has been so muoh agitation, is now almost completed. The license will be again applied for at the meeting of the Otaki Committee next month. Mr. A. R. Pollock, late chief steward of the Tanpo, and son of the ohief steward of the Wakatipu, has severed his connection with the Union Steam Ship Company, having accepted the position of chief steward of the Shire liner Perthshire. Large numbers of people have dnring the last few days visited the Waxworks Museum on exhibition at the old Catholio Times office, Willis-street. There are representations of Her Majesty the Queen at home, the Duke and Duchess of York, and some leading men of the day. On Tuesday Mr. J. Nicol, fourth son of Mr. A. Nicol, of Puhautanni and Horokiwi Valley, waa married to Mi3s Kmma Tggulden, of Pahiutanui. The parents o£ the bridn and bridegroom eutortainod some 50 guests at a prettily-displayed breakfast after the ceremony, and an enjoyable dance was given in the evouiiiff, whoro the bride and bridegroom received the congratulaiiona of about 150 of thoir triunds. Sir Eobert Stout faced a crowded audience at the Ballasco Hall last night when he rose to deliver his lecture on " A Night with a Novelist," in connection with the Forward Movement Literary Society. The author with whom he dealt was Carl Emil Francois, the Galioian novelist, with speoial reference to his books " A Battlo for the Bight " and " The Chief Justice" Both these Sir Eobert sketched, the formor at considerable length, and with groat clearness. It tells the story of a Galioian leader who, proa led by a great wrong done to the communal village of which he is a chief , and his failnre to got justice done by either courts or Emperor, forsakes home and family, and becomes an outlaw on the Carpathians, placing himself at the head of a band whose aim it is to punish wrongdoing all round the countryside ; until, finding himself betrayed into committing an act of injustice, he disbands his followers, makes atonement for his own fault by delivering himself up to the authorities and surrendering his own life. 'lhe ethical teaching which Iho lecturer deduced from the two books was that pirfcot justice is the highest of pocial and public virtues At the conclusion of the address, on the motion of Messrs. J. H. Hclliwell and E. Beaglohole, Sir Bobert was awarded a hearty vote of thanks. A meeting for the formation of a local lawn tennis club was held on Saturday night at Pabautanui. Some 20 members were enrolled, and the meeting adjourned for a week to arrange details for laying down an asphalt court. lhe Stipendiary Magistrate entered np judgments for plaintiffs to-day in the following civil cases : — H. G. Young v. Thos. C. Peers, .£55 15s 8d ; G. W. Smart v. J. G. Lusty, claim £17 11s, judgment for £4 Is 2d ; samo v. M. A. Robinson, claim .£25 14s, jndement for .£l2 19s lOd ; same v. W. Walsh, claim £15 10s, judgment for £9 Is 9d ; I). Garbes v. Aporo Hare, £3 3s ; W. K. Cook v. J. Curtiß, £5 0s sd ; Cook & Gray v. Hugh Taylor. £2 16s j same v. P. BumBey, £1 5d lid ; D.I.C. v. C. A. Newman, £2 Is Id; Empire Loan Company v. J. Swindalo and W. Cuthbertson, £1 10 a; Gear Company v. J. F. Buller, £6 Is Id; W. C. Gasquoine v. T. Lambert, Ml 6s 8d ; Townsend & Paul v. Maaka Pakehi, £1 2s 7d. Orders under judgment summonses were mado as follows : &. J. M'Kenzie v. I). Prime, £10 10s sd, payment at the rato of 2s Gd a week ; Briscoe, MacNeil & Co. v. W. Cooper. £46 4s 2d, payment forthwith or two months' imprisonment, warrant to bo suspended if 103 a week bo pMd ; same v. D. H. Mackay, £23 15s 2d, payment forthwith or ono month's imprisonment to be suspended if £10 be paid on 23rd iost. ; C. A. Annison v. I. James, £30 13s Gd to be paid in seven days, or two months' imprisonment. Tho Cornish Telegraph records that at a meeting of the Penzanoe Town Council a letter was received from Eev. W. Colenso, F.B, S., a former resident of Penzanco, conveying the intimation that the writer had decided to remit to the Mayor £1000 to be invosted by the Council in Government securities, the interest to be divided annually among the poor of Pcnzance. The Council decided to forward a letter of thanks to Mr. Colenso, and to draw up a scheme for the distribution of the money, to be submitted to him for bis approval. Wo presume thiß refers to the B«v. Mr. Colenso, of Napier. An advertisement calling the attention of women to a proposed women's lodge in connection with the Oddfellows of the American Constitution appears in another colnmn. As this Order stands amongst the foremost as regards financial sonndnesa, there should bo no difficulty in founding a strong women's branoh. Tho Bebekah Degreo is not necessarily confined to women, as male members of the Order may also take it. The exhibition of boxing, acrobatism, tumbling, fencing, singlesticks, wrestling, statuary, and general gymnastics which has been announced for some time in connection with the Wellington Amateur Gymnastio Club, will take place at the gymnasium this evening. Wo are requested to remind members that they will be only admitted on their membership cards, which must be produced at the door. A special stage has been fitted up for the statuary display. Mr. .Robert Parker is to give an organ recital at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral this evening, tho programme consisting of works by English composers. The choir will sing anthems by Dr. Wesley, Mr. Trimnell, and Mr. R. Parker. A social gathering in connection with tho Kilbirnio Churohroom is advertised for tomorrow ovening. The hounds of the United Hunt Club will moat at the Kilbirnio Hotel on Saturday afternoon. It is announced that a Catholio " social " will be held at tbo Skating Sink on 6th June for the support of Christian education ; and that a meeting will be held in St. Patrick's Hall on Snnday afternoon. A. O. Taiua and Co. advertise that the time for receiving tenJers for the erect on of their neif yards at Lower Hutt expires at 12 o'clock tomorrow. E. J. King, pianoforte tuner, calls attention to tho various purposes for which bis services are available in connection with the purchase, exchange, or tuning of such instruments. A. 6. Tame and Co. will sell to-morrow, furniture, &c. W. P. Shortt will sell to-morrow, drapery, furniture, &c. Townsend and Paul will 101 l to-morrow, /ruit, &c.