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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 110, 10 May 1895, Page 2

Our report of last night's City Council meeting, a letter from Sir Robert Stout to Professor Morris in reference to the latter's Memoir of George Higinbotham, and various other items, will be found on tho fonrtb page. An extradition treaty with Germany is gazetted. The estimated population of the colony, exclusive of Maoris, oil the 31st March, was C 89.475. That of the Maori population was 41,993, making a total of 731,498. Twenty-one intestate estates were placed under the administration of the Pablio Trustee daring April. Dr. James is gazetted Health Officer for the port of Wellington. Constable A. A. Pennefather is appointed an Inspector under the Factories Aot. Mr. W. E. Dixon, of Sydney, has been appointed and is reoognised as Hawaiian Consnl - General for Australia and Now Zealand. The receipts of the City Counoil for the month of April were £2432 11s lid. Tno expenditure during the samo period was £4727 5s 4d. Ihe following was the state of the accounts at the Bank on the 30th ult : — Cr.—Balance City Improvements Loan Account, £8080 8a 4-1; balance Drainage Loan Acoount, £107,934 19a 3d. Dr.—Balance General Acoount, £11 592 9a 3d; balance Cemetery Account, £767 13s 2d; balance Te Aro Reclamation Account, £5180 2s 4d. The Tariff Commissioners have returned to Wellington from the North, where Mr. J. M'Gowan, however, stayed behind. The Commissioners have taken tho evidence of 1500 witnesses and covered about 300 miles of travel during their 95 days' commission. They are applying for extended time in whioh to prepare their report. Before the ordinary business of the City Counoil was proceeded with laßt evening, the Mayor referred to tbe death of Councillor Petheriok. The deceased, he said, bad been a worthy oolleague, and he* (the Mayor) felt tbat the death of one who had so earnestly and so efficiently discharged the duties of his office as a Councillor was deeply to be regretted. One could not apeak too highly of the earnest way in whioh tho deceased had always striven to serve his fellowcitizens, and what he had done for Wellington would Btand as an example to other public men. He moved—" That the Town Clerk be instructed to write a letter to the relatives of the late Councillor Petherick, expressing the regret of the Connoil at his death, and their sense of the zeal and faithfulness with whioh he oarried out his work in the Council during the whole term of his office." Councillor Tatnm, in seconding the motion, said that he had had a good deal to do with the deceased in oonneotion with the revision of the By-laws, and believed that he had always been thoroughly straightforward. The following rates for the ensuing 12 montfaa were struok by the City Counoil last night: —General rate, Is 3d in the £; Hospital and Charitable Aid rate, 3Jd in the £; Library rate, Id in the £. The usual water rates wero also struck. The Stipendiary Magistrate deoided a rather peculiar point of law yesterday. A claim for £8 3s was brought by the Evening Press Newspaper Company (in liquidation) against W. J. Lankshear, Btationer, who set up a counter claim for £7 2s 6d, paving the difference in Conrt. Mr. J. S. Bell appeared for the plaintiffs. Mr. Dean, counsel on the other side, asked for a non-suit, on tho gronnd that Mr. Bell had not produced any authority from the plaintiff company to sue, which he must have, it being an incorporated company. His Worship ruled that the defendant Bhould have taken steps to urge his objection immediately he reoeived the summons, and not have waited till the case for the plaintiff was closed. Judgment went for £3 3s 6d, whioh included costs. Mr. O. C. Hubbard has been appointed by the lobal oommitteo to take charge of the new aided sohool at Taratahi West, which opens on Monday next. The weekly meeting of the Trades Counoil was held last evening, Mr. A. Ward (President) in the ohair. Tbe President and Seoretary were empowered to wait upon Mr. H. Beauohamp, who is contesting the vacant seat on the Harbonr Board, and Messrs. Smith and Worth, candidates for the City Council, with a view to asoertain their views on the fair tender qneßtion. The Minister of Lands wrote expressing his willingness to receive a deputation on the subjeot of regulating tha burning of bush. The resolution passed by tho Knights of Labour in favour of legislating in the direotion of rating unimproved values of land, waa endorsed by the Counoil. The Johannesburg Star, of 6th April, contains a full account of the disoovery and oapture of the gold robbers near. Johannesburg, some particulars of whose doings, ci yen in a private letter to Mr. D. Ziman, we published a few' days ago. It seems to bare been a most astonishing- and -important »ff*ir. _ t

i The total value of imports to the colony ! during the March quarter was .£1,755,672 In the corresponding quarter of the previous year it was £\ ,810 616. Auckland roso fiom 4378,3i<t to .£387 502. Wellington hj, reused from .Cl6d,fi4 1 > to .£186,037. Lyttelton fell from X 336.815 to £-273.981, and Dunedin fell from £4J1,7;<0 to £377,477. The total ex. ports amonnted to £3,56-1,840. In the corresponding qnarter of last year the value was £4,006,378. Auckland's exports fell from £417.623 to £365.019; Wellington's from £735,103 to £540,793; Lyttelton'sfrom £728,181 to £72,107 ; and Dunedin's rose from £378,472 to £429,671. Ah Chang, storekeeper, Hawera,has been naturalised. We understand that Councillor Tanner will be a oandidato for the vacancy on the Harbour Board. Mr. Percy Blundell, who has resigned his position in Messrs. Johnston &Co.'s shipping office in order to take up his residence ia Western Australia, was presented yeßterday by the members of the staff with a revolver as a mark of their esteem, and hearty good wishes for his future wero expressed The position of Chief Steward and Seoretary of the Wellington Working Men'B Club has been filled by the appointment of Mr. David Collins, of the Union Steam Ship Company's eervico. Mr. Collins has been in the Company's service for many years, having at various times filled the post of Chief Steward of several of the steamers, inoluding the fiotorua, Penguin, and Rotomahana. He is at present relieving Mr. Duke, Chief Steward of the Manaponri. Mr. Collinß is held in high esteem by the Company's officials and the travelling public and his appointment has given great satisfaction. Councillor Anderson induced the City Council last evening to agree to ask the Commissioner of Polioe to station two or three more constables in the outskirts of the oity. Constable Stephenson, of Napier, leaves for Sydney by the Wakatipu this afternoon for the purpose of bringing over Mrs. Laws, arrested on a oharge of stealing money belonging to the Rechabites in Napier. The City Counoil has decided that the Pablio Library shall remain open on the Queen's Birthday. An interpleader case was heard in the Magistrate's Court yesterday to determine whothor tho Commercial Trust and Loan Company of Wellington was entitled to oortain horses and plant over which the company hod a bill of sale, and which had been seized under an execution at the instance of H. M'Guire under a judgment whioh he had obtained against C.S. Greaves, Owen-strOet, Newtown. Mr. Skerrett appeared for the execution creditor, and Mr. Jellicos for the claimant. In the bill of sale Greaves was described as " of Wellington, dairyman," whilst in the affidavit verifying the exeoution he was desoribed as " of Newtown, dairyman." Mr. Skerrett contended that the bill of sale was vitiated in consequence of the locality of the stock being wrongly stated. Mr. Jellicoo submitted that as there was no intention to deceive, the bill of sale was perfectly good. His Worship took time to consider the position. Mr. William Walker, first officer of the s.B. Upolu, who has been studying at the Trinity House Navieation and Steam fc'ohools, Wellington, yesterday passed his examination for an ordinary certificate of competency as master in the mercantile marine. It is the intention of Councillor Tanner to move as follows at the next meeting of the City Counoil: — "That a Committee be appointed to consider and devise, if possible, a better and cheaper method of obtaining road metal, such committee to consist of the May or and Councillors Barber, Penty, Anderson, and the mover." An incorrigible drunkard named Mary Wakeham was to-day sent to gaol for seven days by tho Stipendiary Magistrate, in dofault of paying a fine ot 40s, whilst Margaret Robinson received a sentenco of 48 honrs for being drunk, in lieu of paying a fine of 10s. The first general meeting of the shareholders of the Masonio Newspaper Company (Limited) was held in tho Masonio Hall last night— Mr. is. T. Gillon in the chair. The Provisional Directors reported tbat the company had been registered and the purchase of the Craftsman completed. The paper would be published on Ist June in Wellington. The following were elected directors : — lleaars. E. T. Gillon, George Wilson, H. J. Freeman, R. Fletcher, R. C. Hamorton, and H. Baillie. The Rev. Mr. Ronaldson renresents the Grand Lodge on the Directory. At a subsequent meeting of tbe Directors, Mr. H. J. Williams was appointed Editor, Secretary, and Manager. The firßt call of 5a per share was made payable on tbe 3rd June. Mr. Percy Muter, of tho Govornmont Insuranco Department, was married to Miss Elizabeth Sidey at St. James' Presbyterian Church yesterday, by ihe Rev. W. Shirrtr, brother in-law of the bride. The bride's five sisters acted as bridesmaids, and Mr. C. D. Morpeth was best man. Mrs. Sliiror, a sister of the bride, played Mendelssohn's " Wedding March." The bride waa given away by her father, and wore ivory white Duchess satin. The church was crowded, and the bridal party was entertained at the residence of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Muter spend their honeymoon in Australia. Tho recent benefit concert to Miss Laura Fisher realised £62 10d net. Tho Justices who heard a number of oivil cases in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, made, unintentionally of course, a number of wrong entries in the oivil record book, which wero not discovered by Mr. W. P. Jamea, Clerk of tho Court, till some time afterwards. One entry made by mistake was tbat rolating to tho oase of H. J. Toung v. T. C. Peers for £55 ]53 Bd, whioh was naturally takon as being correct by our reporter, who stated that judgment was given for the plaintiff. The correction which now appears in tbe record book states that the case was, on the application of Mr. Uindmarsh, adjourned to 6:h Juno on payment by defendant of £1 10s Gd oosta. The oase is defended, and the claim is disputed. Mr. C. ,F. Worth announces to-day his candidature for the vacant Te Aro Ward seat. The Wellington Scenery Preservation Society is causing to bo circulated a petition to tho City Council in respect of the cab shelter. The petition sets out that the piece of land was intended to be kept op an as a public street, but special authority was given the Council to plant any portion of this street and erect certain conveniences thereon. Clause 3 of the Wellington Corporation and Harbour Board Streets and Lands Aot, 1892, undor which the Government was empowered to grant the piece of land to the Corporation, sots out : — " It Bball be lawful for the Governor to grant to the Corporation, as and for a public street, the land defined in the first schedule. . . The Corporation shall first pay into the Public A ccount of the colony the sum of £996, being the cost of the reclamation of the said land from the sea, and other works connected therewith. It shall bo lawful for tho Corporation to plant with trees or shrubs any portion of the said land, and to fence in the area so planted, and to oreot any pnblio conveniences thereon." The petition continnes. —" 3 That the erection of the unsightly sheds for the purpose of providing a cab shelter forma no portion of the scheme or object for which the land was set apart ; and tbat snch sheds, by reason of their exposure to prevailing winds, are totally uusuited for their alleged purpose. 4 Tbat, as your petitioners learn that the Government decline to give a title to the land until the eaid sheds are removed, your petitioners urge the removal of such sheds, so that the original purpose or object for whioh the reclamation was effeoted may be attained, and so that the present planting season may not be lost " It is the £996 above referred to whioh the Premier has refused to accept from the Counoil, on the ground that the conditions under which the land was given have been broken. A copy of the petition lies for signature in our publishing office. The Seatoun Road Board met yesterday afternoon. Present -Mesßra. C. X Zohrab (Chairman), A. D. and H. D. Crawford, and E. H. Beere. Messrs. A. and C. Crawford wrote offering to dedicate the road along the beaoh from the Pilot Station to Seatoun as a public road, provided the Board would undertake to fonoe it. The matter was Jeft in the hands of the Chairman and Secretary, to report at next meeting as to the legal position. It was deoided to inform a person depositing sand on the Seatoun road that if any aooident happens he will be held responsible. A tender of £15 was accepted for the removal of slips at Seatoun. An application by the Garrison Band for SermissioD to play on the Baßin Reserve on le Queen's Birthday has been referred to the Mayor (Mr. Luke) and the Chairman of the City Reserves Committee, with power to aot. The individual dribbling event on the programme of tha Wellington Club's Football's sports, postponed from Saturday, has since been got off , with the following result:— J. Murray, 1; J.,Roe. 2: V. Meredith, 3; A. M. Stuart, 4; H. Daore, 5. Time, 55 3 sseo. The competition for the Levin Shield is now completed, the highest aggregates being — H. Daore, 25 points; H. Sutton 18 points ; and A. M. Stuart and V. R. S. Meredith, 17 points. Daore is thus entitled to hold the shield for one year. Notioe is given that the head oflioe of the Citizens' Life Assurance Co. (Limited) has been removed from the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Buildings to the Union Steam Ship Co.'s Buildings. The weekly meeting of the Wesleyan Literary and Debating Fooiety was held in the Taranaki-street olassroom last evening, the Rev. W. Baumbor in the ohair. The journal, comprising a paper on "Party Government," original poems, and tales, waa read by the editor, Mr. J. H. Haslam. Next Thursday evening will be devoted to elooution. The Moaty n-Dalziel Company g ave another performance of "Ransom" at the Opera House last evening, when Miss Mostyn's impersonation of Tom Chivey was most highly appreciated. This evening "Cast Adrift " will be staged. " Cast Adrift " is desoribed aB an emotional and sensational drama of London life, ohook full of burglars, murders, forgeries, low comedy, pathos, oomio songa, love, and mystery. Miss Mostyn is once more the interesting youth whose devernese and native 'outeness prevails when adult virtue loses its head and its oharaoter, and as N.ibs, a shoeblack, she keeps moving the wheels of the dramatic ohanot. "Cast Adrift" will be played tonight and to-morrow night. The Star of Wellington Lodge, 1.0. G.T., w ir^? eHy aeßsiol » !*«* evening, jn the Free Methodist Sohoolroom, Courtonay place. A brother was admitted on olearanoe, and one on the restoration ceremony. It was deoided to register' the lodge under the Friendly Sooieties Aot. It was stated that the Distaiot Lodge wonld be held next Toesday at Newtown. It was reported at a meeting of the Eight Hours Demonstration Committee last night that tioket* for the' "social" on the 23rd were selling well, and that % number of weltknown vooallsts had promised to assist.

Amongst theoontents of to-morrow's Supplement will be the following :— New '■orthall 6>ong " Kia Kabi," A. Soldier's Ho-n.nr, The Forth Bridge and the Frost, Moii.-'iii Embalming-, 3enWi>tpranclMiorobc-.-<, Cnmll-'s at Se.i, an evLora Chancellor on Temperance Liw, Kniive African Supersti. tion, Tha Missing Link, What " She " Can Do, Americanisms, A Soldier's Request, About Japan, Fnzzle Column, LadW Column, Temperance Column, Tit- bits, News in Brief, Wit and Humour. Tho s.s. Torranora has taken on board some three miles of cable to replaoe the broken portions of the three-core cable, and will sail to start operations as soon as the weather euits. Messrs. Logan and Smytho and Captain Gray were at Lyell Bay making necessary surveys this morning. Some time yosterdav afternoon a Drisoner of the Crown named Joseph M. Foggan, alias Mason, esoaped from the works at Monnt Cook Prison, where he was engaged with the hard labour gang. Foggan is 28 years of age, and was undergoing two sentences amounting to seven years imprisonment — one of four years for burglary committed at Napier, and the other of three years passed at the last Wellington Criminal Sessions, for breaking into and entering' a house at Feilding. About 2.30 yesterday afternoon Mason, it is said, was seen on the prison grounds by a warder, but on mustering tho men at 4.30 p.m. he was missing. Diligent search was made, but only his prison clcthes were found. Information has been given to the authorities to the offeot that a man dressed in civilian clothes, and answering to the fugitive's description, was observed about 3 p.m. coming down Mount Cook towards the city. Scouts have been sent out in all directions, and as other precautions have been taken, it is inferred the man will not long enjoy his liberty. Tha Government is in communication with the Queensland authorities in regard to the outbreak of plearo pneamoniaon tbe s.s. Perthshire, and the question of stopping the importiou of stock from Queensland will be considered. Meantime the Agent-General is to be asked to mako it clear that the oattlo do not oome from New Zealand. The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the case of the Jutland Flat Gold Mining Company v. M'lndoo. The Court is now hearing an appeal against the deoision of Mr. Justice Riohmond in the oase of Airini Tonore and others v. Davy (Chief Judge of the Native Land Court), Winiata, and others. This is another phase of the dispute as to the title of the Mangaohane Block, Inland Patea. The Chief Judge of the Native Land Court had admitted tho olaim of Winiata, te Wliaro and othors to a share iv the block. Mr. Justice Riohmond then granted a writ of prohibition on the ground that the Chief Judge had no jurisdiction, and it ia against this decision that tho appeal is now made Tho Chief | Justice, Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Denniston are on the Bench. The appellants are represented by Sir Robert Stout and Mr. Morison, while Messrs. M'Lpan (Nanier) and H. D. 801 l are for the respjndents. The following nominations have been received for the four vacancies on the Seatmin Hoad Board:— A. D. Crawford, nominited by H. P. Raweon and C. E Zohrab ; H. D. Crawford, nominated by K. H. Beere and C. E. Zohrab ; E. H. itoero, nominated by C. E Zobrab and A. D. Crawford ; 0. K. Zohrab, nominated by H. D. Crawford and B. H Baore.- Nominations close on the 14th inst. A project has been act on foot to provide an outing on Queen's Birthday for the poor children of the oity, and also to entertain them at a festive meal. Tho Mayor and some prominent citizens have the matter in hand, and intend to call a meeting of ladies and gentlemen to make definite arrangements. Ihe expenses aro intended to be borne by private subscription. It will probably bo remembered that some months ago it was cabled that the President of the Transvaal had presented a magnificent diamond to His Holiness the Pope. It was reported to be tho largest diamond in tbe world, and to weigh 971 carats. By recent English and Capo papers* we find that tho report was a stupid hoax. No such present was mad", nor is any such diamond as that described known to exist. Mr H. Hanson wrote to the City Council last evening stating that he had reason to bolieye the vinegar sold by three firms in Wellington was adulterated, and he suggested that analysis should be made. The Council decided that the Inspeotor under the Adulteration Prevention Aot (Mr. Doyle) should get samples of the vinegars analysed. In addition to the classes already started at the Boys' Institute, Mr. S. E. Wright, the Wellington agant for Gregg's light line phonography, has started and is teaching gratuitously a class of 16 boys. The students are making good progress, and after they have had six months' tuition Mr. Wright is willing' to sot them against any other boys who have been learning Pitman's system for 12 months We hear that Mother Aubert's " Wauena " lms found its wav to Madagascar, ana is to be tried there in the French army during the war. E. Fearce, of the Boot Arcade, calls the atten. tion of footballers to his special line of football boots. Murray and Casey, Culm • street, annouuee tbat tliey bare just opened up a nice assortment of ladies' celebrated CB corsets, which they are soiling at very moderate prices to effect a quick sale. Their windows will be lighted up this evening, from G to 9 o'clock. A. G. Taiue and Co. will sell to-morrow, at their yards, tho steeplechasers Langar and Mirth ; also, by order of tho bailiff, some good hacks, saddles, and bridles; and on account of other vendors, Hr3t-class draught and harness horses. Townsend and Paul will sell to-morrow, horses, dec. I'rancis tiidey and Co, will soil to-morrow, mutton, furniture, &c. ■flr. P. Shortt will sell to-morrow, at 11 o'clock nnd 1 o'clock, furniture, musical instramenti, fane; (roods, and sundries. George Thomas ana Co. will sell to-morrow, fruit.