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Evening Star, Issue 6919, 4 June 1885, Page 2

The San Francisco mail will arrive by train to-night, and will be delivered at the Chief Post Office between 8.30 and 9.30. Five children in a family at Sydenham (near Christchurch) were taken ill on Tuesday night after taking an ordinary meal, and it is surmised that so»,€ o,f the food was poisoned. Medical attendance w w promptly obtained, awl they were soon out of danger. At the Lyttelton Police Court yesterday Joseph Spencer and William Collins, seamen belonging to Jt|je ship SouVar, were charged with foroaehing cargo. It appeared that, owing to their nefarious practice* on the voyage out, the ship .a narrow escape from being burnt at sea. They explored the hold with naked lights, and once left a candle burning on a case of candle*, which wat cue of nearly 300 such cases placed just above a large quantity of spirits. The lighted candle wvrpt down, and charred the case on which it stood., ),tit fortunately the fire did not spread. They v.vir.i sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

" Fatinitza" was produced by the ■ juvcnjle opera company at the i'iinocss's Theatre las£ evening, and it attracted a large audience. Tjie prjormance was fully up to the standard of exteltee achieved by the company in the operas whtok fc?- ve already been given, and the audience 6etiiu4 well satisfied. The same work was performed by the cci&rany during their previous visit to Dunedin, *,c Jhat there is no need to enlarge upon its gcgd points. It is very interesting both as regatds jts construction and music, and it has the reeoh.wcndation of being original and novel in every Miss'lie jybrme took the part of the war, correspondent Hardy), and to her efforts no little of the success attending the performance ik &te. The other characters were played with credit. " Fatinitza "isto be repeated this evening.

Mr C. Rous Marten lias been appointed editor of the ' New Zealand Times.'

Mr Kelly has filed a petition against the return of Mr Sheehan. Corrupt practices are alleged. Messrs Pavat.) (Pratt), lane Tikitu, and Iloani Paratene Have been nominated for the .Southern Maori seat in the House.

-At the Geraldine Police Court on Tuesday Samuel Treiigrove was committed for trial at the Tiiiitiru sefciion next sveek ioi wife murder.

The Government intend toaxk the citizens ot Wellington to take charge oi the local hospital, pending legislation in reference to hospitals and charitable aid. The East Invercargill Licensing Committee refused to renew the license of the only hotel iu their distri.-t. They acted on a numerously-signed petition. The Christchurch Chamber of Commerce ha\ c declined to send a representative to the South Sea Islands by the Janet Xiccol, but the Industrial Association of that place will send Mr T. Pavitt as their representative. The Hon. K. Richardson has intimated 10 the chairman of the Kaiapoi Borough Council that steps will be taken to provide in any amended Militia Bill which may be brought before Parliament to exempt efficient members of Fire Brigades from enrolment on the Militia rolls.

While Mr Fulton, M.H.R., was driving home from the Mosgiel railway station last night a horse -idden by a Mr M'Connechy slued, and cama in contact with the buggy. Mr M'Connechy, who received a compound fracture of the leg, was conveyed to the Dunedin Hospital by Mr Fulton. The City Licensing Committee to-day granted a renewal of the license for the Australasian Hotel, but refused the transfer of its license to the Leviathan. A ten o'clock license only was granted to Wain's Hotel, Princes street; and a renewal of that held for the Golden Age was refused. The Auckland Salvation Prison Gate Brigade give about 100 meals per week to the destitute. From thirty to fifty beds are supplied weekly, while from five to ten persons are admitted into the home. It is doing a good work, and the movement is supported by persons of all shades of opinion.

The Colonial Treasurer has proposed to the Government Association Board that the latter's investment shall be limited to four classes, viz., loans on policies, Government securities, authorised debentures of local boards, freehold mortgages; also that the Boards shall be bound to invest two-fifths of their entire assets in Government securities.

A five-roomed dwelling-house at Roslyn, the property of Mr Robert Mahone, was destroyed by fire shortly after eleven o'clock last night. Mrs Mahone had for two or three days past noticed a smell of something burning, and believes that the (ire arose through a defect in the fireplace. The whole building was destroyed, with its contents. The house was insured for L 250 in the New Zealand Office, but there waß no policy over the furniture.

The night alarm in Port Chalmers for the mustering of the local Volunteers was given at 9.45 p.m. yesterday, and the first to put in an appearance were the local firemen, who, headed by Captain Mitchell, turned out in two minutes. The L Battery and \av;\l Artillery were very prompt in their movements, as within fifteen minutes from the first gun being fired both companies had assembled in front of their drill-shed. Headed by the band they marched to the railway station, and were conveyed to town by train.

The .supply of water at the Seaclifl Lunatic Asylum has about failed, the reservoir, which i* gradually drying up, containing insufficient tor more than a few days. We understand that at the time the reservoir was constructed it was pointed out by the Asylum authorities that the reservoir would yield an inadequate supply, but a deaf ear was turned to all representations. In the present contingency water will have to be carried by rail from Duuedin, and all washing sent to the City laundries, while many other inconveniences which will at once be understood will have to be endured. At the (Jamaru District Court yesterday Judge Ward dealt with an appeal from a decision by Mr Robinson, R.M., who fined onn Uowning L'2o for sly grog - selling. The appellant's counsel contended that under clause 171 of the Licensing Act a witness's evidence must be corroborated in order to ensure a conviction. Judge Ward ruled that whore the evidence relied on was that of an informer, it might be necessary to have that evidence corroborated, but in this case the informant was not a person of tl)at description ; in fact, there was no evidence to show that he had ever been connected with a similar case before. The appeal was dismissed with costs. A Napier telegram recently recorded the singular death of a child from burning by carbolic acid. The pupers to hand give the following account of the accident:—" The infant's name was Edmund Cottrell. From the evidence at the inquest it appeared that the child's mother, on Sunday morning when preparing to bathe the child, reached up to the mantelpiece to take down what she supposed was a saucer containing soap. The saucer tilted a little, and some of the contents foil on the child. By some strange mishap the saucer usually containing the soap had been replaced by one containing carbolic acid, used as a disinfectant in consequence of the presence of rats. The mother immediately wiped the acid off the child's body with a towel, applied kerosene, and promptly sent for- J}r de Lisle, who was quickly iu attendance, and the usual remedies. At night the child was taken with convulsions and died on Monday morning. A verdict pi 'Accidental death' was returned."

The teohnical education movement appears to be progressing with great strides in England, The London correspondent of a contemporary writes: —"The year has witnessed considerable advances in connection with, tho teohnical education movement. The lino' building in South Kensington which is to be the headquarters of the institute is progressing towards completion, and will be in good working order before long, with full glasses for the instruction of both students and teachers. The Finsbury College has long been conducting classes with very gratifying results, and there is keen competition for the scholarships. Technological classes in connection with the London Institute are formed and in course of formation all over the country ; and by-a«fd-bye. perhaps, we shall have no import"' SMIQO} of sv r v grade without its technological classes and %b»ol°gical examination. After that wp shall all be teaching our children * trade at the same tune that wo arc teaching ftm geography and the multiplication tabic,'• A reporter of the Auckland ' Stav' iately interviewed the matron ol the Women's Refuge, mid in the. course of conversation asked if there wa» really much destitution in Auckland. Her reply gave him to understand that there was more than \tu generally beliovpd, although it was not so much caused by want of employment as by drink. •'lndeed," fiddcd l>fr« Hutchison, "if you could onlv see «eme r,i t|,u miserable and wretched 'houses that 1 have visitA-V, where the children am starving and deserted by both father and mother while on their drunke; 1 your heart would bleed for the little oi«*. / could tell you of six or seven little chHdr.u 1 fv •• wretched house without a. morsel of food, 5.114 no one near them to look atvr-r thorn. }v*.d owly half a loaf of bread an.oui-st them for two whole days, and you may lma»|n« their del Hit when I carried them some food from theliUf''ber's. That was in Newton, but worse arn frequently to be met with in town. As a"rdo, &%> are all the immediate results of drink." Wne pitiable case was related, " A lfttle girt, - Mrs Hutchison, "only ioiittfen years of ace. came to me recently and gave i.arseW up She hail a comfortable home, but her ■step-mo' h"r ind herself did not get on well, and she'raii &w*y from home. For several months she had nowhere vO li'/P but m the Domain, and she slept them night. ftitPf nudit in all weather. At last she grew weary of her life, and came to the Home." Wc expressed surprise at the statement that thegfiThad fcf:id in the Domain for two or three months, but Mi. Hutchison said this was nothing exceptional.' ' ,f people, she added, were compelled through force o? circumstances to sleep there every I nigl\t.'

Imperial Building and Investment Society's payments to-morrow.

Independent Church Mutual -Improvement Society.—Lecture on " Electricity " postponed.

Another concert and dance wiR be held in the Garrison Hall by the Naval Ban 9 on Saturday evening,

Lecture by Mr T. K. Stdey—" A Tour in Ota«u and Southland "—in Caversliam Presbyterian Church this evening.

Mr Frystch, an accordion soloist, will give exhibitions of his skill at the Lyceum to-morv«w and Saturday evening!!, He will be asoiated by other performers. We are indebted to the 'Press' for a report of the Hon. W. address to his constituent... Why the Agency overlooked it requires to be explained, The amateurs who played in '' One Hundred Ihousand Pounds " and "Jack's Device" last week have agreed to repeat the entertainment at the Piincess's Theatre next week for the benefit of St. Matthew's school building fund. The 'Presbyterian' has ju»t concluded the sixth year of its existence, but the editor doubts whether it will live much longer; indeed, he admits that he is now " busily occupied in the labors of a committee appointed to hold a -post i/tiirkm examination.' 1 Beginning with a monthly circulation of 2,200. the publication has gone downhill steadily till it is now about "the point of financial submersion." It could manage to pull along if people would only pay up, but too many allow their subscriptions to get in arrear, and no real support comes from the Church itself. Unless SOO new subscribers arc obtained the publication of the 'Presbyterian ' may be suspended at any time during the current year. The editorial concludes thus: "The situation is to be viewed in its broad public aspect, and in the light of the shameful and humiliating fact that the largest, wealthiest, and most influential Church in the south of New Zealand could not, through more apathy and supineness, support a monthly periodical."