The Evening Star MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1887.

Evening Star, Issue 7350, 24 October 1887, Page 2

The Evening Star MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1887.

Our Tapanui correspondent wires Mr J. K. Cameron, the well-known manager of the Moa Flat estate, died this morning after a short illness. The ‘ Tuapeka Times ’ says that after making inquiries it finds that runholders, by sending their clips to port by road instead of by rail, can effect a saving in some cases of over 2s per bale. The Greenfield, Clydevale, and Hillend estates alone will send fully 1,600 bales to port this season. Yesterday evening at All Saints’ Church the Rev. A. R. FLtchett, preaching from Thessalonians i., 21—“ Prove all things: hold fast that which is good’’—reviewed the address by Sir Robert Stout, delivered at the Lyceum Hall, and reported in our issue of Monday last. We purpose publishing a condensed report of the sermon some time during the week. “Alone in London” continues to draw big houses at the Princess’s Theatre, every part of the house on Saturday night being well filled. The audience were, as usual, quite enthusiastic in their applause of the many good bits of acting and the excellent scenery wbfoh make the drama so genuine a success. The piece is evidently to have a long run, and that the management feel confident of this is shown by their giving no sign, so far, of a change of programme. The following is the text of a petition which is being signed in Dunedin for presen tation to the House of Representatives by Dr Fitchett, M.H.R. “ To the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives in Parliament assembled : The petition of the Dunedin residents who have hereto signed their names, representing all shades of political and economic opinion, showeth —That, in the opinion of your petitioners, the non-revision of the Tariff this session will cripple legitimate trade, encourage illegitimate speculation, and intensify the existing depression. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that you will be pleased to consider and revise the Tariff during the present session of Parliament.’’ At the instance of Mr John Willoughby, who feared that the death of his son, aged six years, had Leon reused by eating tinned fish, an inquest was held at Gardrona on the 12th inst. The ‘ Lake County Press ’ states that on the 11th the boy returned from school at dinner-time and complained of feeling cold, but he returned to school again, and nothing unusual was noticed. On reaching homeagain, however, he became cramped, and died before medical aid was obtained. Dr Money’s evidence was to the effect that death resulted from congestion of the lungs, and a verdict was returned io accordance with this evidence. The Master of the Hawks scandal, says a London paper, is not to be allowed to rest. Mr Banbury and Mr Bradlaugh have their eye on this remarkable sinecure, and the Secretary or the Treasurer will have to answer a series of questions of a very searching character. The allegation Is that of the sum of L 065 paid out of the Consolldated Fund for the total expenses of an ofdce now abolished, so far as work goes, the Master's salary was L 391, and the remaining Iwas intended to defray the wages of keepers apd the food of birds. But there are no keepers and m hawks at the present day, and the Master absorbs ttye whole L 065. For some time past (says ,the ‘Press!) a considerable amount of renewal work has been effected at the Addington .Railway Workshops to the rolling stock of our lines, and in view of the approaching busy season on Ojjr lines, when .the agricultural sjiows, races, cricket matches, excursions, and other festive occasions are expected, new and improved passenger carriages are being turned out. Some of these passenger coaches are superior to anything of a similar kind which has ever been imported, both in the neatness of their get-up and the comforts which i&ey offer, and the substantial character of •tjhe manufacture. The first class carriages are in themselves a marvel of workmanship and style, the finish also being of the highest order. The new smoking carriages combine Injury with convenience. The new coaches include a greater extent of space for passengers, a adder and more comfortable seMV and a more convenient width between the seats. The lighting is also unproved by the doing away with oil lamps, and planing in ,tlyp carnages -kerosene lamps with brilliant reflectors, so that persons using the line will in future on dull evening's be able to read with, comfort. Messrs Greenways, Smith, and Greenways, bankers, of Warwick and Leamington, .suspended payment on September 6. Messrs Greenways -(Says ‘ fhe Times’) is the oldest existing private banking firm in Warwickshire, and was established a little over a century ago by Whitehead and Weston. The announcement of the stoppage was received with incredulous surprise, and a crowd gathered round the doors of the bank to .read the .formal .notice, wliicb was as .follows “ We regret that in consequence of Messrs Glyn and .Co. having refused our drafts, are under the necessity of suspending opr payments:-rGreenways, Smith, ■ and Greenways. negotiations are pending with some of aur neighhqrii'for con tinning the business.” The suspension hj* Reefed the; whole of the local public institutions ajs by far the greater portion of the trading community, as the bank for many years has enjoyed a practical monopoly of the banking business in thO.' town and district. The greatest , .alarm and anxiety as to the extent .and amount of the suspension exist. In Leamington. the loss is confined to a smaller but is. still sefious in amount. Messrs iGreenways .were.treasurers to the^ County of Warw.ipk, the, Corporation Union and .School Board of Warwick, the local Building and the, local charities; and held large trust funds and Invested savings. ' The of the' suspension is due to heavy "oWigationfl on Qpntinental tramway under- <■ -**• I >:> K i-.T-’Uv’.l ffi l-> • »-• ’• > ~ P. t.i-ti.l -ri.i. ! ,■ ■ ■■■■• 1

Mr Wardrop having decided not to offer j himself for re-election, Councillor Sullivan will be a candidate for the mayoralty of South Dunedin. Adjourned meetings of creditors in the estates of E. M'Ulashau and F. Porter were to have been held this afternoon, but botli fell through, there being no appearance of the parties interested in either estate. The anniversary services in connection with the Moray place Congregational Church were held yesterday. In the morning the Rev. A. North preached; the Rev, J. Beckenham addressed the Sabbath school children; and in the evening the Rev* J. Beckenham preached from the Psalms, xxiy., ,‘!-G. The collections amounted to L 76 16s. - The Union Steam Ship Company have received cable advice that the officials at Hobart announce that there are only four cases of smallpox now in Tasmania, and no fresh cases since the 12th iust. The Melbourne Health Board have decided to abolish quarantine after the 27th inst., provided that no fresh cases appear in the meantime. Messrs Reid and Son, of Newcastle, supplied to order a quantity of plate presented at a cost of L 2,500 by the coal-owners of the north of England to Sir Humphrey Davy, as a testimonial for the invention of the safety lamp. The firm had a desire to exhibit the plate at the Newcastle Exhibition, and made application for the same. They then learned that the plate had been sold to the Mint for its intrinsic value, and had been melted down. The plate was left to the Royal Society in 1868, and out of the proceeds of melting the society obtained sufficient money to pay for the Davy medal awarded every year by the society. On the face of it this seems a curious disposition to make of plate subscribed for as a compliment; but it is probably the road that a good many foundation stone trowels, leave-taking salvers, and other respectful heirlooms follow. Thomas Emsley, convicted at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on a charge of using indecent language to a little girl in Prince Alfred Park, has escaped the flogging which Mr Abbott, the Magistrate, intended should be administered to him. Mr Abbott was unable to secure the attendance of a second Magistrate, whose presence was necessary to enable the flogging to be ordered, and he proceeded to deal with the prisoner, whom he addressed as follows; —“ As you see, it requires two Magistrates to flog you, but I can tell you this that if I were the father of the little girl and had heard you emit the awful and shocking words which are attributed to you, there would have been no need for troubling even one Magistrate. I would not have left a shred of skin upon your worthless back. You appear to be a lascivious brute, and a blackguard of the most depraved and degraded type, a disgrace to the name of man. If I had another Magistrate beside me I would give you thirty lashes. You are fined L 5, or three months’ hard labor. I only regret that I cannot make it three years.”

A Masonic notice appears in our advertising columns.

We remind our readers that the Mammoth Minstrels commence a return season at the Lyceum Hall on Wednesday evening. The anniversary tea in connection with the Moray place Congregational Church will be held in the Choral Hall to-morrow night. The Calcutta and Foochow Tea Company’s advertisement appears on the fourth page of this issue. It wai accidentally omitted from Saturday’s paper. We have to apologise for inadvertently announcing Dr Belcher to preach at St. Matthew’s last evening. He preached the previous Sunday, and will, we understand, preach again nest Sunday. The admissions to the Dunedin Hospital last week were twenty-three, and the discharges therefrom eighteen. On Saturday there remained 110 inmates. There were three deaths —Janet Falconer, Andrew Mercer, and Frank Smytho—during the week. Mr H. B. Muir, who is leaving the ‘ Herald ’ office, with which he has been connected since its commencement, to enter into part-proprietor-ship of the Timaru ‘Evening Mail,’ was the recipient on Saturday afternoon of a silver pen and pencil from the lads engaged in the office. In the evening the companionship, together with some friends from other offices, assembled in Carroll’s Hotel, whee an excellent repast was provided and an enjoyable evening spent. Mr Baird occupied thp chair, and djr.ring the proceedings Mr Brown, the manager, presented Mr Muir with a useful volume bearing the autographs of his late fellow-workmen and of several others who were desirous of sharing in the appreciation of Mr Muir’s usefulness.