BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 19th December.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 147, 19 December 1905, Page 8

BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 19th December.

Sailed — Zealandia, for Southern ports. Passengers for Wellington— Misses Caldwell, Willis, Nathan. Stewmt, Mesdames Caldwell and boy, K&than and boy, Stewart, Samuels, Mullin arid child, Davidson, Oreeholgh, Messrs. Nathan, Glover; Sheplty, OUlett, Mullin. ONEHUXGA, 19th December. Sailed — Rarawo, for New Plymouth. Passengers—Misses Law, Corry, D«rby - (2), Davi3, Harris, Strieff. Watt, Shund (3), Mesdttmes Corry. Hyde, Holman and 2 children, Julian, Rodger, Brailsford, Wall*. Bews, Hinman, Ward and, 4 children. Dr. Bews, Messrs. Witty, Hinman, Deraole, Julian, ChoDmnn, Knox, Munson, Hyde, Ross, Lome, Purdv, Ward, Brailsford. NEW PLYMOUTH, 19th December. Arrived— Botoiti (12.40 p.m.), from Nelson. Sailed— Takapuna (noon), for Wellington. BLENHEIM, 19th December. Arrived— Blenheim (12.30 p.m.), from Wellington. To sail— Opawa and Blenheim (9.30 p.m.), for Wellington. ' MOTUEKA, 19th December. Arrived— Manaroa. (12.35 p.m.), from Wellington. NELSON, 19th December. Sailed— Pateena (1 p.m.), for Wellington. PORT ROBINSON, 19th December. Arrived— Baden Powell (1.35 p.m.), from Wellington.

Cable advice was received from London by the Wellington police to-day stating that a man aamoj Samuel M'Shane had been, found in possession of property stolen from the shop of Morris Fruhauf, pawnbroker, Willis-street. M'Shane arrived in London by the Paparoa, which sailed from Wellington two days after the robbery occurred. In consequence of the cable message two informations were laid against M'Shane, one charging him with having stolen property from the shop of Mr. Fruhauf, and tho other charging him with having received stolen goods. Extradition proceedings were subsequently taken before Mr. W. P. James, S.M. i'Shane is said to be a married man whose wife and young family reside in Wellington. He is a tailor by trade, and for some three years was employed by one of the leading tailors in Wellington. Chief Detective M'Grath will go to Lozdon to bring M'Shane back. • A Press Association telegram from Christchurch says it is understood that the decision of Cnbinet in regard to the .four postal officials at Christchurch who were suspended owing to .the voucher trouble will be definitely announced tomorrow or on Thursday. On Friday last a paragraph in the Evening Post suited that, although Cabinet had a fortnight previously recommended his Excellency the Governor to commute the death sentence passed on Lionel Terry for the murder of a Chinaman in Haining-street, no reply had been received from his Excellency. This item of news was evidently telegraphed to Auckland, because on Saturday a message arrived from Auckland to the effect that Lord Plunket had not received the Cabinet's recommendation. This intolerable and painful position was obviously due to some Departmental somnolence, and the vital document was, it is surmised, reposing in a pigeon-hole while the days passed swiftly to the statutory date oS execution. The omission was hastily rectified, and on Monday the suspense was ended, and the Governor's approval of the commutation of the sentence was received. The sentence of life-imprison-ment carries hard labour with it. The annual firing competition, which was instituted amongst the school cadets of the colony three years ago, has this year resulted as follows :— North Island : Onehunga, 735 out of a possible 840, 1 ; Mount Cook. Wellington, 677, 2; Lower Hutt, 673, 3. South Island: Waimate, 642, 1; Kaiapoi, 636, 2; Fairlie, 632, 3. Onehunga and Waimate won the respective competitions in 1903. Last year the respective winners were Wellingtonterrace and Oamaru North. At Northland to-morrow afternoon and evening a Christmas tree and sale of work will be held at the schoolroom. In the evening an interesting concert programme will be presented. Admission will be free in the afternoon, and by silver coin in the evening. Ths proceeds are in aid of the Anglican Church furnishing fund. The X brand of jam 9, preserves, and other table delicacies manufactured by Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Co., of Nokoii, havo gnined a good reputation throughout New Zealand. This year the firm have added a number of new lines to thoir list, and guarantee the quality to be superior to any yot offered to the public. A special advertisement in this issue gives particulars of tho loading lines. To-morrow, at 2.30 p.m., Messrs Wm H. Turnbull and Co. will sell in their rooms, 3, Panama-street, five Kilbirnie building allotments, details of which will bo found in our auction columns. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. announce an auction sale of 200 and 400-gallon iron tanks, to be sold on the vacant section at the corner. of Grey-street and Feather-ston-streot, on ThursAry, the 21st inst at noon. '' Tj Mr i /• ., M ' Parland > proprietor of the Hotel Cecil, announces "elsewhere that the usual Christmas and New Year hampers are being packed this year. Messrs. Macdonald, Wilson and Co. will sell to-morrow, commencing at 10.30 0 clock, under distraint for rent, 500 volumes of new books comprising standard works by well-known authors and other books. Tho advertisement gives Bcmf details respecting the collection. At. 2 o'clock tho firm will sell 20 handsomely framed bevel-edged mirrors of various sizes; 100 well framed engravings and pictures also household furniture, etc., as detailed. On Thursday, at 1 o'clock, at the residence- of Mr. H. C. Smith, 22, Webb-street, the firm will sell the whole of _ his household furniture, details of which are advertised i The Wellington Steam Ferry Company's steamers will run. special excursions to Day's Bay to-morrow at the usual hours. A special steamer will leave town at 12.30 p.m., returning from tho Bay at 1.30 p.m. Full time-table appears in another column. Messrs. Ritchie and Co. invite buyers of Christmas and New Year gifts to inspect their large selection of seasonable novelties at tho Crystal Palace, 109, Lambton-quay. Messrs. Stewart Dawaon and Co. will, for tho remainder of December, close at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and' will open on Saturdays until 10 p.m. Messrs. Sidoy, Mcccli and Co. advertiso ' gale of tailor's stock and unclaimed suits, etc., on tho premises of Mr. S. Cohen, New Zealander Hotel Buildings, Mannersctreet, to-morrow, commencing at 11 a.m The same firm also advertise particulars of. a sale of silver and c.p. ware, which is described as boing suitable for Christmas presents, abo new bicycles, elc, etc. Tho sale will be hold iv I heir rooms, Mannersstreet, on Thursday, 31st December, com-moncinje-at 1.30. jstuurg, >

Mr. W. F. Shortt will sell the contents of a seven-roomod house, billiard table, etc.,, at his mart, Willis-street, on Thursday, at 2 o'clock. Full particulars are advertised. Messrs. Macdonald, Wilson and Co. will submit to auction to-morrow at 2.30 o'clock, at their Exohango Land Mart, under instructions from Mr. Fin-lay M'Leod, who is leaving Wellington, his balcony residence containing seven rooms with modern conveniences, and land 30 x 100, situate No. 26, Hankey-streot ; also newly-erected eight-roomed residence with land having a frontage of 58ft 3in to Central-terrace, Kelburne, and 81ft 7in to Moxham-avenue, by a long depth of 190 ft. Full details of these properties appear in our auction columns. The firm advertiso for urgent 6ale a five-roomed one-story resideuce near Pirie-street. To-morrow Messrs. Thomson and Brown will offer by public auction at their rooms, Hunter-street, a six-roomed residence in Mortimer-terrace; two sections in Beautiful Karori, each having a frontage of 50ft to Peers-street; also Sections Nos. 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, each having a frontage of 66ft to Pwkval,e-road, Karori. On Friday, at 2.30 p.m., tho firm will offer about 40 oil paintings on behalf of tho wollknown artist J. B. Palamontain, also a now piano just landed off the steamer, which must be sold to close accounts. The British and American Hardwaro House is making a special nightly display of mechanical models. The shop will bo lit up this evening from 7 o'clock, when tho modols will be eccn at work. Tho electrical answering machine is said to bo an entertaining and instructive novolty.