The Evening Star MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1887.

Evening Star, Issue 7183, 11 April 1887, Page 2

The Evening Star MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1887.

The Premier left Wellington for the South by the Mahinapua. Dysentery in an aggravated form has made its appearance at Wanaka, and two fatal cases among adults are reported.

The Southland Protection League have revised the Customs tariff, and in many cases resolved to recommend the imposition of additional duties up to 25 per cent. At the City Police Court to day Matilda Redmille and Charles Boldt were each fined 5s and Mary Ann Money IDs for drunkenness. Mary Doyle and Bridget Lambert, for disorderly behavior, were fined L 3, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment. General Fulton was the presiding Justice. Charles Lahi, an architect, who recently arrived at Wellington from Sydney, called a meeting of his creditors on Thursday, and while the business was proceeding took passage by the Kaikoura and started for England in her. He is said to have between LBOO and L9OO with him.

Concerning a lady who visited this Colony a couple of years ago, the ‘ New York World’ writes;—“ The audiences of Mrs Longshore-Potts have been large and representative of the highest class of English society, many leading members of the nobility and one or two members of the Royal Family having been interested listeners. She has demonstrated the possibility of delivering popular medical lectures free from any trace of chicanery. Shehus astonished the best medical minds of the metropolis by her attainments. As might be expected, she is an advocate of dress reform. The ladies of England are raising a fund—which has already attained considerable proportions —to establish a memorial in America to the memory of Dr Joseph Longshore, her brother, the founder of the Women’s College of Philadelphia, the first institution in the world for the medical education of women. Dr Longshore-Potts will visit Africa and India this year, and may lecture in Boston and New York in 1888. Her income is said to be upwards of 15,000d0l a year.” Professor Bickerton, of Christchurch College, lecturing on “ The Progress of Industry,” said that the depression in Canterbury was attributable to the withdrawal of money which belonged to the Province; while the depression throughout the world was due to the invention .pf the reaper and binder, which, however, would .ultimately be an invaluable boon to mankind. The Colony labored under the following disadvantages.; Nominally high wages, high interest of money, heavy rentals, new conditions, small demand for manufactures, necessity for creating a reputation for local production, distance from manufacturing centres preventing mechanics from seeing improvements and deficiency in technical training. On the other hand, there were these advantages,:—Material brought here had to pay freight; a large number of patents could be worked here without royalty; manufacturers had not a* great stock of old machinery; protective; duty. To enable manufactures to be resumed here, he recommended a scheme by which the landlord, the capitalist, the workmen, and the managers should accept threefifths of their present subsequently sharing between them the profits in the ratio of the amounts previously giyen jjp. It is aot often that anybody receives top much money is mistake* from a bank tolier, still less often that a teller makes such a mistake twice in one day. S.uch a case has, however, been brought under the notice of the Napier 'Telegraph;’ A well-known contractor wont to his bank and asked for five L 5 notes, beside o&er cash. He got his bundle of notes and .coin, leffcthe place, and went and paid some of his men off. One of them, opening his roll, discovered that one of the notes, instead of being .a five, was a twenty. He mentioned _ it, and two other men discovered a similar mistake had been made in their case. The attention of the employer was drawn to the fact, and he then discovered that instead of receiving five fives, he had received five twenties—Lloo instead of L 25. He immediately retraced his steps, and informed the cashier of his mistake. The gentleman became so confused on hearing of his blunder that he scarcely knew what he was about, and instead of giving the contractor five fives, having the “twenty” still in bis mind, handed over twenty fives, making .as bad a blunder as before. The contractor shoved the money back again,' and told the cashier, he had put his foot in : it again. He eventually got the money he required, and left the bank-man so mixed dp that he did not know whether he was standing on his head or his heels. This Is a fafit.

Mr \V. N. Blair recently travelled along the North Island Central Railway from Te Awamutu to Marten, the whole distance, with the exception of eight miles, being easily traversed by pack horses. About 350 passengers went North and 4"0 South by the express trains to-day, in addition to a large number of excursionists who came to Dunedin at the end of last week and were returning to their homes. The special train to the bakers’ picnic at Moagiel consisted of twenty-five carriages and two engines, and conveyed about 1,100 passengers.

Mr Nancarrow made an excellent inspector of machinery, but will be a failure as a politician, if the electors of Te Aro should think fit to prefer him to Mr Travers or Mr Fraser. His “ first address on any stage ” must have been very entertaining. His style was decidedly original, and his greenness politically only too apparent. But on two points he declared himself without reserve—he is an uncompromising Protectionist and an out-and-out Ministerialist, lie is ready to “ tax everything, from blacking-brushes up to steam boilers, so as to put a stop to importation altogether,” lout with delightful contradiction he promises to make a specialty of encouraging shipping and improving Wellington harbor. He says land nationalisation is very beautiful in theory, but cannot be carried out, and Sir Robert Stout has got quite out of his depth on it. Contrasting the property tax with an income tax he said: “We have got into a fix and we must pay our interest. Let the people pay according to their means.” Leasing the railways to Jay Gould or Vanderbilt was perfect rot, as was the statement that the masses would suffer by Protection. He was decidedly opposed to giving the franchise to females. Women had quite enough to do in attending their domestic duties. It was un-English to make them eligible for Parliament, or to make electors of them. The honorarium was too much altogether, and he would vote for areduction of the Governor’s salary. Federation was an immense question. Even Lord Salisbury was not equal to it, and he (Mr Nancarrow) did not know it. There appears to have been some uproarious fun towards the close of the meeting.

Mr W. M. White had an exhibition of his improved rapid limestone filter in the Octagon on Saturday. It was tested by a large number of people in the course of the day with the happiest results. The admissions to the Dunedin Hospital last week were sixteen, and the discharges therefrom eleven. On Saturday there remained 109 inmates. There was one death (Charles Paterson) during the week. Among the last published list of applications for patents were the following: —Aurora type for printing in colors; an automatic selfdelivering cigarette and match-box; an improved method of using ammonia in the preparation of a washing fluid; an automatic safety apparatus for lifts; the use of boracic acid and salt as a fish preservative, A service of song entitled “The Musical Miller” was given in the Cargill road Wesleyan Church on Thursday evening by the choir, assisted by the Mornington Wesleyan choir and orchestra, and there was a fair attendance. The solos were given in good taste by Misses Lilly and Tyree and Messrs Moss and Lilly. Mr A. W. Lilly, jun., conducted, and Miss Palmer presided at the organ. Mr Barrett gave the connective readings. Rev, Mr Parsoason occupied the chair. It is intended to repeat the service at an early date. The Linden Lodge of Druids celebrated their fourth anniversary by a concert and ball on Thursday night in the Good Templars’ Hall, Kaikorai. The entertainment was the best that has been held in the district for some time. Mr A. H. Ross, M.H.R., was in the chair. Amongst the performers were Mr Densem, who sang “Rank and File,” which gained a well-merited enoore, and in response gave “ '1 he Little Hero. ” The other singers were Misses Nicholson, Justice, Beath, Mrs Lemon, and Mr Robinson. Masters M’Kechnie and Mr T. Bills gave step dances, and Mr Donovan a recitation ; a violin solo was given by Mr G. Beath, and the farce “ A Husband in Clover " completed a very successful programme, A torchlight procession of Druids in regajia and firemen, headed by the Roslyn Mill Band, marched from the lodge-pom to the hall.