Evening Post. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1895.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 50, 27 August 1895, Page 2

Evening Post. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1895.

THE MIDLAND BAILWAY DIFFICULTY. . * Mb. Thomas Salt's apeeohto the debentnraholders of the Midland Bailway Company at the meeting held in London on sth July was a very strong one. In it he recapitulated the facts whioh had led np to the Bnspsnoion of operations, and did not minoe matters in speaking of the aotion of the New Zealand Government towards the Company. The report represents him as saying that "the Company had been terribly wronged." The Finanoial News, in a leader on the enbjeot, represents him as saying—" We hare been terribly robbed." That', at any rate, was the evident meaning of the words used by Mr. Salt. With regard to the abortive attempt at arbitration, when Sir Bbttce Bubnskdj! and' fcir Ohablto Lilmt met here a few months ago, and were unable to agree on on Umpire, Mr. Salt gave precisely the same aqoount of the disagreement as he gave when in the colony, and as appeared in our ooltunns at the time. He stated in the plainest manner that the Company's Arbitrator was willing to aooept as Umpiro either of two of the New Zealand Puisne Judges, or a business man in Melbourne who was willing to aot, or any Judge in any British colony or dependency, but that the Government Arbitrator would not- agree to any of these persons. It will be remembered that Mr. Sxddon emphatically denied this aocount of the proceedings, and was .given the lie direot by Sir Bbttck Buknbidb in a oommunioation whioh we published at the time. Mr. Salt's reoital of the wrongs of the Company, whioh, although strongly worded, can scaroely be deemed exaggerated, commanded the sympathy of the debentureholders, and it was agreed to-gtant the Company on extension of time for the payment of interest. In the oourae of his speeoh, as • showing how the aotion of the. Government towards the Company and in 'other matters has injured the reputation of the colony, Mr.SALT said "he held in his hand a private ' letter referring to a suggestion for raising money for a very interesting and valuable " undertaking in New Zealand, and the " reply of the gentleman, who was otherwise ftS"**, *° » n PP}y «m> money, was this— 1 ' The locality (New Zealand) is, nnder present ouroumstanoes, a vital objeotion, " at no man can rely on having his property " seoure who is nnder a New Zealand Gov- " eminent.' " Suoh is the oondition to whioh the present Ministry hoi rodaeed the oredit of the oolony. Commenting on the Premier* speech last year, when he told the House that the proposed agreement with the Company should be poised •us a mMKara of jn»Uao ud to preserve the

hononr of the oolony, the Finanoial NSWS remarks— "Apparently the N«w Zealand Parliament oared not forits honour, and we oan only hope that tfee'coloVy will soon find out the mistake which has been made " Apparently the Finanoial News believes that Mr. SeddoVi was Binoere in hiß advocacy of an equitable settlement with the Company, and is unaware of the fact that hod he really desired to do so ho could easily have oarried the Bill. People at Homo are not even yet tally posted in the dvious devioes of some New Zealand Ministers. The present position seems to be that Sir Robebt Hbbbebt, in whose hands the pnoice or an Umpire was praotically left, has nominated Mr. Bi,ak«, Q.C., M.P., formerly a Canadian statesman, as Urn» pl M?' * nat tne arbitration proceedings will be resumed in the oolony before the end of the present year, as the award has to be made by the 31st January next. The claim is for a million and a-half damages for breach of agreement, and we fully expect that a substantial verdict Will be given for tho Company, whoso ttafeo is a very strong one. If so, further olaims to a serious oxtent will be preferred by tha Company for damages tor the seizure of the railway by th« Government while the oase Was under -submission to arbitration. Altogether, the Government appears to have got the colony into a very pretty meßs with the Midland Company, and wo should not be surprised if in the cad it proves well-nigh as serious a matte* for the taxpayers as the Bank of New Zealand business. The oolony does not yet know the extent of its obligations to the present Premier and his Ministry. It is a pity that the Wairarapa Daily Times should write untruthful and stupid nonsense. Of the Local Government Bill it says: — II The oity has everything to gam and nothing to lose, the country loses everything and " gainspreoiouslittle. Whoever heardof tho | New Zealand Times and PohT praising the same thing ? A miraole has happened, for they agree that this Bill will mean a lot of 1 money for Wellington. The Post, in view " of the expected haul, magnanimously puts on ono side Party feeling." If the Daily Times had taken the trouble to read our remarks on the measnre, oread thought it worth while to confine itself to the truth, it would have seen that in our very first reference to the Bill we took objeotion to the finanoial proposals on the ground that they would unduly favour old and densely-settled aontros of population to the detriment of sparselypopulated country districts. Suoh a pottoy we shall always oppose. We trttst -we are superior, in considering a question vitally affecting the colony, to any suoh selfish local feeling as the Wairatapa Daily Times most unjustly imputes to us. The true interests of the oities lie in the Battlement and progress of the country, and it would, apart from other considerations, be most shortsighted to advocate a polioy whioh wonld injure the country districts for the sake olf '' increasing city subsidies. It seems to be all too Teadity assumed that a reduotion in the number of looal bodies will be productive of reduotion in the oost of administering local affairs. Tho presont oost of administration is being prominently advanoed aa one of the reasons for the introduction of the Looal Government Bill and the initiation of a now polioy We are not at all sure that the result will be what is anticipated. No donbt there is an enormous number of offioers now engagod in thework of looal administration, but the majority of them only roocivo very small pay, and a great many combine other occupations with that of looal government. Under the new system, if it ever comes into operation, the number of persons employed in paid offices may be reduced, but Wo very mnch doubt whether tho total oost of administration will be much lowered. Tbe lan»o governing bodies will require large staffs, and will have to pay substantial salaries, for the duties will require oxclnsive attention. More than this,_ there is a great deil of work in connection with local government administration whioh is now done gratuitously by members of looal governing bodies, which under the new system -will certainly have to ■ be paid for. Tho large and important new powers proposed to bo conferred on local bodies will also necessitate Iho employment of additional and highly»paid skilled'assistants in many directions. Altogether we doubt whether the new system will prove cheaper than the one at present existing, and we shall not be surprised if it proves even more expensive m the matter of salaries. The Rosebery Government waa defeatod 1 on the question of the reßerre supply of small arms ammunition, and the subject has j been exhaustively discussed in Parliament ! since that, and also in the oolntnns of The Times and other Journals. Its importance is self-evident. If in England the fate of Ministers may hang oh tho question of how many rounds of cartridges aro 5n atcok, a similar question can soarcoly be deemed out of plaoe in this colony. N6fr rifles are being imported for arming the volunteers, certainly not before it was time, but rifles are of little use without ammunition, and steps Bhonld bo taken to ascertain that a proper supply of Martini- Henry cartridges is always kept in stock. From all wo can learn there is at present only a vory small supply kept on hand. In oase of emergency this might prove disastrous. It would be well if some member of the House would question the Minister for Defence on the subjoot, and' ascertain whether a proper reserve stock of ammunition iB maintained, and what facilities exist for keeping up the supply in case of necessity. A report is current that it is intended to clear the galleries of the House to-night, and to disouEß the Bank report with closed doors.. We sinoerely trnst that no such unwise course "will be attempted. It would be absolutely fatal to the Bank. The only way in whioh publio confidence oan now h= »«" stored or retained— either in tbe oolony br in London— is by a polioy of perfect candour. The public must bo satisfied that the worßt is known. Any suspicion of ooncealmunt — of there being still something behind undieolQued—would, under the oiroumstancet,, kill a stronger institution than th« Bank of New Zealand. No assistance which the oolony oan afford the Bank frill be of the slightest avail in maintaining its position unless publio oonGdeboe is retained, and this can only be secured by the fullest publicity and the utmost candour, so that the publio in Now Zealand as well as abroad may thoroughly understand the position, and be satisfied that everything is straightforward and above board. On the fourth page we publish reports of meetings of tho Wellington Raoing Club and th» Petone Borough Counoil, football netvs, and letters to the Editor. The total takings at the gates of Newtown Park during tho Wellington.Taranaki football match on Saturday amonnted to .£lO4 12s. A lady member of the Women's Sooial and Politioal League, who spoke at Mr. O'Regan's meeting last night, said she believed in Proteotion when it protected institutions like the Government Life Insurance Department, and taxed competing companies out. She was likewise in favour of protecting State monopolies up to every penny that could bo got. She was a Freetrader in the matter of products, but not a, Freetrader when it came to the question of men and women, and for this reason she was a supporter of Mr. Reeves' Asiatio and Other Immigrants Bill. As regards the last matter Mr. O'Regan said he refused to believe tbat the influx of Chinese and other aliens had anything to do with tho depression or misery said to exist. It was a stigma upon us to say that we were going to be drarged down by a few Chinese. Rather should it be said that we were going to raise them up. The monthly meeting of the Board of College Governors was held this morninsr. There were present -Messra J. R. Blair (Chairman), C. B. Izard, J. Young, H. D. Bell, A k H. Miles, Sir J. Heotor. the Mayor (Mr. C. M. Luke), and Roy. J. Paterson. Authority was given to the Chairman to deal with several applications for portions of the Rangitumatt Block, and it was also decided that no section shonid bo let for less than W per aore, and that in each the whole of the land must be taken up. The Chairman reported that the finances oontinued to be in a Batisfaotory state. Rents and fees unpaid amounted to .£478 13s 4d, whioh, added to the oosh balanoe in hand, increased the amount in oredit to .£909 0s 9d. Mr Miles expressed a hope that every effort would be made to collect the outstanding fees, amounting to JJ3IO. The Chairman assured the Board that the Seoretary was using every endeavour to get the money in This was all the publio business. Mr. J. Charlesworth, arohiteot, has completed the plans of the proposed oublio baths. At the meeting of the Publio Works Committee of the City Counoil last evening it was deoided to reoommend that Councillors Anderson, Myers, Penty, and Tatum be appointed a oommittee to oonsider them, and to report to the next meeting of the oommitteo. Two miteß named Frank and Harold Giles, who gave their ages as nine and eight respectively, came before Mr. Martin, S.M., this morning on a oharge of having stolen snven fowls belonging to Robert Wilkinson. As they hod only been arrested a short time previously, his Worship remanded them till to-morrow, in order that their parents might be communicated with. As however, he did not oonsider it desirable that they shonid see their parents in the meantime, he ordered them to be kept in custody, the police promising to see that the diminutive prisoners were made oomfortable. When the adjourned oase against J. Bagust. expressman, oharged with having nsed obscene language, was oalled, there was no appearance of the aooused, and his Worship ordered him to be imprisoned for 14 days with hard labour. The Publio Works Committee of the City Oounoil mot last evening, and decided to recommend as follows :— That the representations of the Wellington Builders' Association r« fees under the Building By-laws be referred to the City Solicitor for report to the next meeting of the Committee; that the report of the Markets Oommittee presented to the Counoil on 22nd May, with further report on 18th July, be now adopted by the Oounoil ; tbat the sum of £W be paid in full of Messis. Brown and Dean's costs rs Grant, road spring out of unauthorised expenditure, the proceedings taken having resulted in scouring revenue to the Counoil; that a special meeting of this Committee be held as soon as practicable, to oonsider the suit. gestions of the City Surveyor with respeot to the proposed Building By-law ; that the question of ereoting a retaining wall at the property of Mrs. Warren, BidwelLstreet, be held over till next finanoial year ; that the same course be adopted with respect to the request for work to be carried ont at Grassstreet ; that a lease of seotion 11 of blook 2, Te Aro reclaimed land, be granted to Mr. W. H. P. Barber at the upset prioe; tbat the City Solicitor be instructed to prepare a Bill for submission to Parliament to authorise the exchange of a small quantity of land with the Hospital Trustees in oonneotion with the works now under progress on the Town Belt at the baok of Wellington, terrace, We have to acknowledge receipt of tha first issue of the Pahiatna Argus, a triweekly journal just established by the indefatigable Mr. Joseph Ivcm, *

The report furnished by Mr. Wearne, formerly of Endeavour Inlet, on the gold disoorery at Karori, will be considered tomorrow, by the City Reserves Committee. The question of granting permits to mine on the Waterworks Reserve will be deoided by the City Council on Thursday. Many of our readers will remember Mr. James MoKaln Meek, whose remarkable ability as a penman was displayed in the Chronological Chart of New Zealand,. Masonic Chart, and other publications of a like kind some years ago. The old gentleman is now 80 years of age, and an inmate of the Ballarat Benevolent Institution. Notwithstanding his advanced age his skill and industry are as great as ever, and We have just xeoeived from him . two large lithographic sheets taken from pen-and-ink oharts prepared by him. The first relates to the -wreck of the Wairarapa, and is dedicated to Sir Robert Stoat. A moat artiatio border surrounds it, and at the top is a picture r>t the Wairarapa under steam, while i>. another place she is shown on the rocks. The names of passengers and orew, and a variety of interestIn!; information relating to the wreok, are given, and the centre is oooapied by some excellent original versoß, " Only a Stewardess," referring to Miss MQaaid, the heroine of the wreok. The second and larger sheet furnishes a oompletc history of the City of Ballarat past and present, with a variety of valuable information and many interesting sketches. Mr. Meek iras really one of the founders of Ballarat, and was engaged on the sheep run it then was, at the time of the disoovery of gold there. Many of Mr. Meek's old New Zealand friends will be glad to obtain these souvenirs of the old gentleman. Arrangements are being made for carrying out the experiment of lighting the cars on the Manawatu Bail wa^ by means of electricity. Thie plaut Is being ereoted under the supervision of Mr. Fulton, the company's ■engineer, and a trial will be made this week. Some of the wreckage lately found on the beaoh between Foxton and the Rangitikei Biver, inoluding a sternboard with the word " Comet " painted upon it, was brought to Wellington by the Queen of the South this morning. A large English mail is coming from Australia by the Rotokino, due here from Sydney on Thursday. Chinese residents in Wellington set forth their view of the Anti-Chineae agitation in plain terms in their petition to the Houeo of Representatives, tho text of which is adver. tised on the fourth page of this issue, together with a reprint of the letter from a Chinese resident at Grey month, wnioh we recently published in onr nevre oolamns, oritioistng utterance!! at an Anti-Chinsse meeting in Wellington. The local members of the Bieoutive of the Munioipal Association met yesterday afternoon, tho Mayor of Wellington in the ohair, and decided that the next conference should not be held until next year, unless the Local Government Bill should seem likely to pass thiß session. The following changes have taken placo in tho New Zealand Shipping Company's sea service : —Mr. Weston, late chief officer of tho Waikato, is now chief officer of the Aorangi. Mr. Kiddle, late seoond officer of the Kaikoura, has become chief on the Waikato. Mr. Terry, formerly of the Kaikoura, has been promoted fv.ot-ep, and sent ! to the Aorangi. Messrs. Jasjgard (chief offioer) and M'Kollar (third officer), of the Kaikonra, were remaining by that vessel in London when tho mail left, and it was reported that the Spanish Government was likely to charter her for the carriage of 1 troops to Cuba. Apparently the negotiations in regard to tho liimutaka came to nothing, as that steamer left Plymouth on Saturday for Wellington. Yesterday afternoon Andrew 6. Lockhart, who had been arrested by Acting-Detective Gantley 6n a oharge of false pretonoeß, was remanded for a week by tho Stipendiary Magistrate, on the application of SergeantMt,jor Ramsay, who stated thai several other charges against the accused were pending. Bail was fixed at two sureties of £10 each. In the case of the boy John Jenkins, charged with the theft of some books, who was yesterday oonvioted and ordered to be sent to the Burnham Industrial School, a re-hoal'ing Waß granted oh the application of Mr. Baldwin. The oafco will come up again on Friday. The General Committee of the AntiChinese League met last evening 1 . A oommitfcee of four was seleottd to go out to the Hutt and interview farmers in referenoo to growing vegetables for the oity supply. It was deoided that a meeting should be held at tile Hutt on Saturday, 31st instant, to discuss the matter. Another sub-committee of three was set up to refute the statements in the Chinese petition to the House. A very respectable-looking elderly woman named Klizabeth Dark appeared before the Stipendiary Magistrate this morning oharged with the theft of a piece of dress material, valued at 455, from the shop of Christopher Smith, Cuba-street, and of three pairs of shoes, valued at 18s. Her husband had deserted her, and she had lately taken to drink, and tho offences obarged were said to have been committed while under the influence of liquor. Hia Worship remanded har for a week for enquiries. P. Joyce, on remand for the theft of on overooat of the valuo of £l, the property of James M'Grath, was Again remanded for a week for further enquiries from bis up-country employers as to his character. One drunkard, a seaman, was fined 10a. The fine was paid by an offioer of his ship. The Hot. J. R. Glasson, with Mrs. Glasson and a large party of members of the Terrace Chtuttb Christian Endoavbur Sopiebr. visited the Homo for the Aged Neddy, Adelaideroad, last evening, taking with them frnit and pastry, and entertained the inmates with a most enjoyable conoert of vocal and instrumental music. The Superintendent and Matron desire to thank all the members of the party for the pleasure they gave the old folks. The directors of the Metropolitan Pormanent Building and Investment Sooiety have deolared an interim dividend of 4 per ceut. for the half-year ending 15th inst., calculated npon the February balanoes of subscribing members. In view of the lowering of the interest rate and tho abolition by the sooiety of procuration fees, this return will bo looked upon by members as very satisfactory. Sitting in his oivil jurisdiction this morning, Mr. Martin, S.M., entered up judgment by default for the following plaintiffs :— H. J. Bodgers & Co. v. Maria Grant, 18s 6d j H. P. Littlewood v. George Leitoh, £4, 15s 3d j Hodgson Bros. v. Henry Tee, .£l4 2s ; Brisooo, M'Neil & Co. v. Andrew Robertson, 420 Is 8d; D. Asher r. P. W. Moor, .£3 6s j Henry B. Waroup v. J. N. Tonng, .£1 12s Gd; Commercial Agenoy (Cimitod) v. Joshua Cuff, £5 it; J. J. K. Powell v. Patriok Daly, £1 8s : Cook 4 Whittaker v. John Spenoor, 14a ; same v. John H, Rush, 17s 01 ; same v. John Llewellyn, 10s 6d; same v. George Hill, 12s j same v. Thomas Trasfc, 13s 6d; same v. Alfred Morgan, 14s 6d; same v. N. Bash, 6s (costs only) ; Cook and Gray v. B. Bond, 12s 6d In the judgment summons case of H. J. Bodgers & Co. v. James Oliver, defendant was ordered to pay £1 19 a 9d, or undergo four days' imprisonment. A re-hearing was granted, and fixed for 10th September, in the oase of J and T. Meek y. E. J. Stinden, a claim of £1 10 a, on oondition that the defendant paid into Court the amount of the judgment and costs within 48 hours, and also paid the ooats of the applioation, £1 Is. A telegram from Dnnedin" states that at the fifth performance of " The Land of the Moa" there over 1000 people paid for admission. There are to be eight performances in all. Letter* from Fitzgerald Brothers, the well-known oirous proprietors, dated from London, are to the effect that they made only one engagement in the United States— a star rider named Bulow. After Canada they got to London, and there they bought the "Talking Horse" (whose conversation with Commodore " ought to be interesting), also securing the Hanlon Family of Btar aorobats. In Paris they got Madame Antonio, a sensational artiste, who inter alia falls backwards from a pedestal 100ES high. A number of other first-rate artists are coming, and the new company will open in Auokland some time in September. The managers and some of tho best people are at Papatoetoe, near Auokland, in winter quarters ; and Herr yon dv Mehden, bandmaster, is engaging a large band for the new season in Australia. Those who have marvelled at the wonders of stage meohanism abown them so often by Mr. Bland Holt will regret to learn that the man who has been responsible for so much of it has just died at Melbourne, in the person of Mr. Herbert John Winning, the olever mechanist of the company. His age was 43, and hia funeral was attended by the members of the company. Dr. Young attended the Boys' Institute last evening, and delivered a leoturo before the members, on " The Human Structure, the Masterpieoe of the Creator.*' A skeleton was lent by the Hospital authorities, and Dr. Young, whose remarks were most attentively listened to, also exhibited specimens of joints and musoles. The weekly Temperanoe Penny Beading entertainment was given in the Forward Movement Hall last night to a large and appreciative audience, Mr. D. Gain presiding. The programme, which was an excellent one, comprised songs by Missos E., 0. and M. Bedstone, Mrs. Bell, and Mr. Griffiths ; duets by Mißses B. and M. Bedstone and Mr. Bedstone, a quartet by Mjbs Bedstone, Mrs. Bell, and Messrs. Bedstone -and Kinnaird (enpored), a piano solo by Matter Light, a reading by Mr. W. J. Weeton, and a reoitaiion by Mr. J. H. Helliwell (encored). A hearty vote of thanks to the performers was carried on the motion of Key. W. A. Jirans. a The Orohestral Society's oonoert takes Elaoe to-night, at the Opera House. The imtly oirole and pit are to be, thrown open to the public, ard day tiokets can be purchased at the Drestlen and. Messrs. G. F. Parson*' and jB. J. King* music shops. . At this week'a meeting of the Southern Cross Society, advertised for Thursday evening, there will be a discussion upon the question of equal pa/- to men and women for work of equal value. The orchestra in oonneotion with Mr. Maughan Barnett's Musioal Sooiety holds its first praotioe on Thursday evening at the Dresden Booms. Arrangements are being made with the manager of the Dresden Piano Company to seoure the room permanently for one evening eaoh week for the orchestral rehearsals. " „. '. The programme for Mr. Maughan Burnett'* oonoert in the Art Gallery to-morrow afternoon will comprise works' by Beethoven, Sohubert, Jensen, Hartog, A. F. Hill, and Manghan Barnett. Madams Bvaleen Carlton and Mea»ra.iA. F. Hill and Maughan Barnett will be the performers. All holder* of petitions in pnav* of having tho Mount Cook Gaol Beierve utilised for University purpose* are aiked to gat the papera filled up and returned to s>r- Chappie by Friday morning.

Representatives of the fire insurance companies of Wellington met yesterday afternoon to consider what aotion should be taken in view of the frequent outbreaks of fire at Palmerston North during the past few months. Mr. F. H. Pickering (Imperial) occupied the chair. A oommittee, oonsisting of the Chairman and Messrs. W. Gill (Alliance) and G. H. Harbroe (Commercial Union), was set up to visit Palmerston tomorrow and bring up a report at an early date. The opinion of the Chief Justine was sought yesterday as to the construction of a marriage settlement made by William Edward Toxward, of Pahiatna, under whioh he had settled the whole of his interest under his father's will upon trust, the income to be payable to his wife dnring hor life, and afterwards to be divided amongst the ohiidron, if any, of the marriage. The settlement oontained a clause that tho trustees (the Rev. C. S. Ogg and Mr. John Kirkoaldie), with the oonsent of the plaintiffs, (Toxward and wife) mi^ht assign the trnot property to the plaintiffs free from the trusts created by the settlement, the reason for making the settlement being a personal one as far as Mr. Toxward was concerned, whioh might not continue. Mr. Jelliooe, who acted on behalf of Mr. Toxward and his wife, submitted that there was power to determine the oontraot, and it was imperative that tho' trustees should exerciao that power when called upon. Mr. Hislop, for the trustees) maintained that the olausa gave mere power, which need not necessarily be exeonted. His Hononr reserved his decißion. The District Coroner (Mr. Ashoroft) held an inquest at the Upper Hutt yesterday upon the body of the lad Herbert Perkins, who met his death while out shooting on Sunday afternoon. The boy was 14 years of age, was an orphan, and was in the charge of a distant relative named Joseph Bowyer. Bowyer stated that the gun with which tbe boy was shot belonged to him, and was kept in an outhouse. Deceased, however, had no right to take tho gun. It Was not fit to use, a sorew being missing from the hammer, and the trigger being light in tbe pull. Tho gun wonld go off at half-cook as easily as at full- 000k. The boy had been cautioned noS to use it until it had been mended. Dr. Purdygavo evidence that the shot entered the deceased's ohm and blew his bruins out, death being instantaneous. The jury, of whioh Mr. E. Wilkte was foreman, returned a verdiot of Accidental Death, and added the .following rider :—": — " That no person should be allowed to bo in poßeesaion of a gun without a license, and that no license should be issued to persons under 16 years of age." A heavy sea was running in the harbour this morning. The Government launoh Ellen Ballanoo hai to abandon her usual morning trip to tho fortification!", and run baok to the wool Jetty. The launoh Ithaca made a vain attempt to come round from Evans' Bay when the wind was at its height, and had to return to its anohorage. The gale, however, abated suddenly. * His Honour the Chief Justioe gave judgment this morning on the law points raised for the defence in the oase of Wood v. the Wellington Woollen Company, a olsim for damages for 'wrongful dismissal. The question raised was — Where there was a general hiring at a yearly salary, and the service Continued after the first year, did the hiring in eaoh year After the first oome to an end of itself as the first year did, or was the hiring in eaoh year determinate only by notice expiring at the end of the current yeaf > and not determined by the expiring of the year p In his Honottr'B Opinion, the hiring at the end of tho second and subsequent years did Hot oome to an end of itself. The 'contract was for a yoarjjf tho parties don tinned alter that 'year to employ and to Berve respectively, there was an implied contraot to oontinue from year to year so long as tbe parties pleased. IF a party did not signify his pleasure during any ourrent year the hiring continued into the succeeding year. In addition the pleasure of each party shonid bo signified at a reasonable time before the expiration of the ourrent year. In a similar case tho law was stated to be that as tbe parties wero bound to the end of the first , year, the position Was the . sataie Jh all the subsequent years. _ When any year had ttommenoedthe service, was to run on to the end. This was to oontinue until one of the parties, determined the engagement by reasonable notice, expiring at the end of the current year. And in another case it was_ stated that if either party should be inclined to change his mind, he Bhonld give the other - half a year's notice before the expiration of the next or following year. The texi>booka stated ihe law to be that the hiring of the year succeeding the first was determinable by notice. His Hononr did not find any case questioning the opinions expressed in the first-mentioned case, whioh opinions seemed intended to have a goneral application to yearly hiringa where there were no special terms. The defendant Company's motion that judgment be entered up on its behalf was therefore refused, 10 guineas oosts being allowed. The usual meeting of Court Lady Glasgow, A.0.F,, was held last evening, in the Foresters' Hall, Lambton-quay, C.R. Sister Gibbs presiding. Sisters Irask, of Court Star of Nelson, paid tbe oourt a visit, and were heartily welcomed. The Foresters' fire waa given in their honour. The Sooial Committee reported everything in readiness for the " sooial " on 3rd September. The tilohthly sooial gathering in oonneotion with the Druidid Order takes place at Thomas 1 Hall to-morrow evening. A 'bus has been engaged te leave the hall for Newtown at midnight. The anrinal meeting of the Wellington Art ,Clnb is <« W.tiaed to be held at tho Art uallery to-morrow evening. Wo are requested to call attention to tbe sale of travellers' samples which C. Smith has purchased from tho well-known Glasgow merchants Messrs. Stewnrt and M'Donakl, at a very large discount. Tbe whole lot mil be sold at Glasgow prices until Saturday next. Inglis Bros., Willis-street, bave jnst made a considerable addition to their stock of bicjcles, including several for ladies' use. Others are expected ia a tnn days, together with a stock of cycle accessories. S. Dunks aud Son hare an adVertiiement in another oolumu of interest to the plumbing trade,They also notify to the public generally that they execute electro-plating in all its branches, making bicycle fittings a speciality. George Thomas and Co. will sail to-morrow, fruit." Freeman E. Jackson mil sell to-morrow, at Johnsouville, stock. Spring cleaning iB to the ordinary male ratepayer a time of sore trial and tribulation. The best regulated household becomes thoroughly disorganised on this annuallyreourriug oooasion. The smell of soapsnds pervades the dwelling, and cold dinners are the order of the day. It is with a feeling of relief, therefore, that we announce that our spring oleaning is over, and the warehouse is now spiok and span to reosive the lovely spring and summer goods whioh are pouring into the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouso, Te Aro House. It may be Btated at once that these goods far exoeed anything that has ever been shown here. There is a rich treat in store for the ladios of Wellington when they oome to inspect the exquisite now -dress fabrios, the very tasteful and elegant blouses and costumes, tbe brilliantly-designed Parisian millinery, and the bewildering display of novelties in cotton piece goods, whioh may now be seen at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House. It has been the oustom in years past to inaugurate the season with a grand promenade display of the now goods. This will be done on the present oooasion, but on a scale far surpassing any previous effort. The entire establishment will be devoted to this exhibition of the soason's fashions, and it is quite safe to promise the most brilliant display that has ever been made at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro Houso. — Advt. Without a doubt one of the most magnificent displays of Electro-plate Goods ever shown in Wellington is being made this week by Messrs. Wilkins * Field. It oomprisea a oompleto set of samples (amounting to several hundred pounds) from one of the best and largest manufacturers in Great Britain. Aa these goods have 'been purchased at a heavy discount off English prioes, they will now be sold at fully 33 per cent, below their intrinsio value. Inspection ia cordially invited, and we wonld reoommend intending purchasers to call at an early date, so as to seoure the first selection. See the display in the window. — Advt.