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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1898, Page 5

We learn from a private source that literary veuturos arc booming in Sydney. A company is being floated k> bring out a monthly art and literary magazine, the first issue being due about, September next. Messrs. Wm. Brooks & Co. (with whom Mr. XV. 11. Souter, the \\dl-kno\ui and popular Bulletin artist, is now associated as a partner) also announce a Christmas Annual in the best style as to illustrations and literature, and similar in sizo to The Sketch, with 30 pages of reading matter and 10 pages of pictures. The contributors who have already piomised stories and verse include Henry Lawson, " .Banjo " Paterson, Louisa Mack, Ethel Turner, C. Brennan, J. LiR Gay Uivreton, Arthur Adams, Kenna, and X J Brady. Among the, artists will be Prank Alahony, Lambert, Julian Ashton, Tom Roberts, several Melbourne men, and Mr. Souter himself, it is proposed to issue some 20,000 copies in tune to place on the English bookstalls, as well as those of the colonies. in the Magistrate's Court this morning Ihe man Victor W like, alias- Ilepworth, came up lur .sentence on a clnrge of obscenity, and was further charged with the thelt of a small cabinet. Sergeant O'Donovan said be aocostod the pri.si.iier at 11.45 last Friday w»lit by rft. (Jt'orgo's Hall, on Lanibton-qu.-iy. and be was carrying a sack which contained the cabinet. \\ lute at first refused to allow witness to see what was in the b-ig, and he was escorted to the police station. There, when asked hou he came into possession of the cabinet he replied, " I stole the thing, if you want to know," and would say nothing else oil the subject. Mr. Kenny, S.M., told the accused it was for him to prove that ho had come mto possession of the cabinet honestly, and the police would make an}' enquiries required. Alter some hesitation White, said he, had got the cabinet and also another found at his lodgings from the carpenter of the schooner Morning Light. To euable this mau to be called as a witness the prisoner was again remanded till to-morrow. To the petition of the Shipmasters' Association asking that a master's certificate of low grade be granted to Captain Kennedj', who was in charge o[ the sleaamer Stella when she collided with and sank the barque "Wailemata, near Auckland, some few months Jigo, the Marine Department has replied that it has no power to issue a certificate, as the one cancelled was issued in Tasmania. It will, however, recommend the Marine Board of that colony to grant the petitioner a chief officer's certificate after a term of nine months has elapsed from the time of cancellation. Last night a visitor to Wellington was assaulted on ' the reclaimed land, near Victoria-street, a woman playing a prominent part in the assault, and,, it is stated, acting as decoy. The person attacked was robbed of his watch and chain, and then the assailants were obliged to decamp, some passers-by having arrived on the scene. A copy of the London Daily Mail's Gladstone Memorial Number comes to us from Messrs. H. Baillie & Co., and admirers of the G.O.M. must" be grateful for the enterprise which has presented so much Gladstoniaua in so presentable a form. The 48 large pages contain a selection of the best photographs and historic drawings from the illustrated press during the statesman's life, together with accounts of his boyhood, youth, and manhood, his oratory, family life, public life, and place as a G.O.M. Pride of place is given to a poem by Sir Lewis Morris, and a striking photogravure, showing Mr. Gladstone writing at his desk, is given away as a supplement. This morning Mr. H. R. H. Oswin, who has been promoted to the Reserves Agency Branch of the Public Trust Office at New Pl3 r moutb, left to take up his new duties, and was given a hearty send-off. His fellow clerks at the head oflice presented him last night with a handsome silver-mounted black travelling bag and ,9. case of razors. Mr. M. C. Barnett, accountant, made the presentation, and cheers were given for Mr. and Mrs. Oswin. The fortnightly meetiug of . Court Sir George Bowen, A.0.F., was held last night in the court-room, Tory-street, Bro. A.Rose, C.R., presiding. Bro. John Hutcheson, M.H.R., on behalf of the Court, presented Bro. W. Ferguson, P.C.R., with a hand-somely-framed Past Chief Ranger's certificate and neck ribbon. Four new members were initiated. At the conclusion of the business the monthly ** social " for Foresters and their families was held. Bro. W. Ferguson acted as master of ceremonies and Bro. Foden supplied the dance music. To-morrow evening the court will celebrate its 30th anniversary by holding a banquet in the Foresters' Hall, Tory-street. The affair promises to be very successful, and members of other courts are invited to be present. When the two men Conrad Basan and David Courtney were before the Court yesterday, charged with being " a rogue and a vagabond " and "an idle and disorderly person " respectively, they were remanded, on Mr. Wilford's application, till 9.30 o'clock this morning. At 9 50, when Mr. Kenny, S.M., was hearing auother case, Mr. Wilford asked that the two cases he was interested in should be again adjourned, as he was engaged in the Supreme Court at 10.30, and it was only fair that the men should be given every opportunity of defending themselves. It was tlren announced that two Justices were in attendance waiting to hear the two cases, and Mr. Kenny intimated that, under the circumstances, the application had better be made before them. His Worship had no doubt they would grant the request of counsel, and requested the Clerk of the Court to explain the position to the Justices, who were sitting in the Clerk's offiqe. Accordingly the application was repeated before Messrs. Bannister and Arnold, who, however, could see no reason for adjourning the cases, as they had been specially adjourned till this morning to suit Mr. Wilford's convenience. Counsel replied that he was ready to proceed with the case at 9.30, but no Justices came till 20 minutes later. However, the matter ended at that stage by the Bench ordering the cases to be called, and Mr. Wilford left the roorti, after advising his clients to proffer no defence and make no statement. They followed his advice when the cases came on. Detective Broberg gave evidence as to the character of Basan, saying he was a notorious member of the criminal class, lived in the company of thieres and loafers and on a woman's prostitution. As Detective Nixon was about to be sworn, Mr. Wilford returned, in bis Supreme Court robes, and, addressing the Bench, complained that a gross injustice was being done, and continuing hotl}', designated the conduct of the Justices as " absolutely scandalous." They were denying the two men a fair trial, and it was nothing short of a scandal and a crying shame that two men in a British colony should be denied justice. The Bench expressed regret that Mr. Wilford should have so addressed the Court, and suggested an adjournment for a quarter of an hour to enable another solicitor to be instructed. Mr. Wilford characterised such a short adjournment as absurd, and then again asked if the two men were to be given a fair and just trial or not. A discussion followed, in which the Bench, counsel, and Inspector Pender participated, and eventually the cases were allowed to stand over till S}.ls this afternoon. The Loyal Wellington Juvenile Lodge, 1.0.0. F., "M.U., met last evening, Bro. M'Cluggage, N.G., in the chair. The halfyearly balance-sheet showed that the total funds" amount to £265, and the membership totals 44. During the past half-year 17 members have been drafted into the adult lodge.