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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7632, 4 January 1887, Page 2

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: [PEBUNITED PBESS. ASSOCfIATION.'J '•/■•; -•-■•*; "'} r :±) '" :■•'' '-_"••' .' 'Aucki/^DjMo^day^^V'ffi-.^ 'At a meeting of the New • Zealand Iron,-/-*";.;;.' and Steel .Company to;day tfusj, company fy'&rp'rt was formally wound up. .■ • • .„'■.■..• :-'-'•; - : ' fcXQp '■'. Mr K. T. Booth, temperance .lecturer,' r ~V& was a passenger, by the' Marinosi, 'wKicli :■.- XAVh left this evening for San Francisco.;./, She ;-; r vi:f; took altogether 55 passengers. ■.'■■ „ *:. > ' : r ' ' , •' ;?M . The.Gov'ornor states he has received rm: .?/:;•'s' official ! communication. /relative, -to'-hia j, : .v.\ '■':■?■ rumored transfer to Mauritius, and knows.- ':,\&r nothing further than what is stated in the. -7 Vly published cablegram. >" . --'. , .. ' _. '•-'?'•' ,'V-Y;' v- ..The iVci« Zealand Herald is now. per- .••'/; ■ 'O manently'. enlarged . to"!,the size, of the; •'. r'i'v ■Melbourne Arguf. ' , '-"v'='.' •-',..', V ' -i-i^fci-r , A cable message from New York, dated *■*&'£ Vf: Deceraber3oth; received, in Auckland t;o-. f ' ■"•■".■: ■day, states that tlib" new- business of. tho":^- '-'■<, -^' Equitable Life Assurance' Society of .the ' '..•.:'-■; United States ; during 1 . XLBS6 .is. about' "'.'i, \:0 £22,000,000.' ,'..■.• V- .-'■■>\'' -;;.:•■' ■• T:\ -V"':-- 1 Witliairi Smith -*flergusbri,-;.n, medical ," > 1! -. v.'; man, but working at ,Mangawai.M a gnhfc-' -1 •,'•,; digger, b as .' been / m ade; ,a _ of a , ;' ";i-: '., . murderous assault, and lies in", a . critical ; ,'-;'.' o;?-J---condition. His niate,:; a/ roaii ; 'named .'-■ \'.r? ■ Price, has been arrested pn.suspicion. ,;-;.,;.','' » : ; ,\ ':,,'' , iy: Wanganui, Monday.-". ;''■ '« ■,: . William Turner; a. boy 12 years old, was..".: -. :' drowned seventeen mil6s up the. Wangauui :;•■;■,.': river on Saturday*.* ' He was .with a .picnic ? V :" >'Ay party, and bathed near tberapidsand was. '-.- *,' '■- /; carried Way. .Two.youns? mehtried'to ■>'.;,.. -y : save liini.butthe risk ; to; themselves Svas;^;.-; ■ I top great..': The. body was, dragged for to- ; V'-' ■- day, but was not foundl. Another boy's .''-v.'-'". body was, 'however,'. found ,tb-.dayiti the :*'. ■'"'.;■ riv.er opposite the town, arid,.the ; stranger' ••£",'; thing is thatno boy has been misse<J..,':Tlie']...\.,-, body found must have in the water .nine .}*!):/ ': of ten days. It 4ias been a-ecognisedby^'i ■/-.■' schdol-fellowsandvelatives'as that of a'lad. . ' . ; '-. named Nixon, but the supposed'ino'theiy a", ■' ;. ' ' widow, says that.it is ript,her;bpyVw.hpnr •; ' y '' she sent a :- week' or two lagp.'to'Martdn'to;-,..,- ■ ' •spend his school holidays;- ; ;•;* "S,':'* '*'.' ; >.-..;, ' ; • ■. Monday. •..-•'■-; v: ; Mr Caselberg's residence andworkshop \ -'-'.c.-at-at Worksop-road were burnt .'down ■b'e-:-^'^ ; tween 0. and -10 o'clock last .-night".*- y .The ';/■;. 'i\ loss is approximately, estiniate'd at £6000.';'; . •'"'-"•* Tlie buildiug was new and filled'with "cx n - '■;:-.■ y-. pensive furniture, -plate",- and books;':-. The-A* ■:-,•■..'■'.' fire originated in the'.upper.fidori'Jneartlie.'- V-' ;' heating ' apparatus;"of • the -batli-'ropm.' . ■■"•i..- ■■'[. Insurance on '"Mr" eaßelberg'sii; house,,: ;>•..;' ' £1400,' on -the furniture £600, .'and dpi the.;.', v : ~j-k library ' £200, all-in-Hhe-Nationaloffiqe, ;•'; -•'•:*'■ which is understood, to be re-insured for' 1 -.:'* ,f £1200 -with.the United office.' r .-*v- >' :.; .':-*,*; . ; ;r;'-£; -. - ■'- ." •'.'.', Wellington, : Mondayj c.v > ; % '.' A man nanied'Burns' wajked:put of : a' '', -iv: '■ windbw.at Gear's meat shop Cdurlng.' his J v -. : :: * ,!■ sleepj'and smashed his leg badly.- •■/ ■*:'"•) r.* l^'-": ; Mr Tregear, „authpr.;'br "Aryan iMaon, 1 ;-,; 1 .-^^. '■ received rnotice.by'.'the-lastyinail.of. His -'-v-vV apppintmerif.as >. Fellow* pf ,the, Roy&l.y'.'vC , 'Geographical Society/ ';•■;.:. t/V-i'^'i' . ! ;i> '/.-'•'. .'/.:/ •-'. . The .Taranaki "people' are'Lyery.^well^ "( ; i -- : I pleased,*\vith the new. train an:angements, .t-- ;, *i: ■] ."■ and the'tiafnc on -the throupih" trairis'to ££■: ','•■■;. New Plymouth: has 'been ' much.:larger>,. C>.\. than expected.' ..'lt is not likely that these;v'A ■.: ' trains v/ill" be,. interfered -with^at present,'-.,-'.";'' },' but an arrangement will be made .by the > ; /,', , Public'; Works -Departments to) .include'" j^ v --x.' .Foxton /in .tlie benefits', of .the 'tlirdugb.;;^*.---communication.'.^"/,; ■■'■: Jr*- ;,;:}■ ~:" i -':i-:':W:'.;'.' l - The -official record pf:tho-.WeDiri^U>n'\ ; -i->.;'-: • Exhibition', was: circulated., this ,moming;^, -:••;,.. j. It is a yolume !6f ,350.; pages, :with;U pre-i.i "'•■"'.: y face by . Sir ■ Julius.' Ybgel; " andi.includes''! ■'/.;'; 3 the three.prize'essayi"on'the'industrie^,pf ; ::'; ? ,v ', New Zealand;, •-.■ ,■ '"• .''o' i'S^; r i\J-'j~ :^ * - The . Customs ; revenue ior -y ti \ ;-y 6 amounted to £109,325. 14s lOdj . as;against- ?.;.'/.■■■ £113,380 16s ,'lOd for thecbrreaponding .-/-:■ : period of lSSS.'andifOg.Sgy^^d^for; ;.?v. ' November, 1886. 'J 'lhejarapunts collected'; -.;g;l at' the. principal ports durin'g;rl)eceml-e';. ! ,.,: ; v last were— Auckland £22,621,- Wellington ;\. ?. •■• £19,947,'- Lyttelton". and.;.Christchui-chp*-' ; . £16,052, Duneclin . £26,770."^. ".The .t0ta1 fi: T ,} 'V ievenue'-for-.the' nine 'months-'eiided .the,;^:;' ■','• lt 31si of December ,was v '£961',252 17s ?d,' 0*,%,. -';' n a deficiency on the pvopprtionate 'estimate,',. ' ..i d for the year of [ £96i247-:".!fa:i3d:, y '.Thef.f/'J revenue • for , the' j. corresponding nin6./'; = , . montlis of 1885 > was-£1,065,837.',125.;>The;;:-. : :--v, . . actual '• falling 5 - off 'on- tlie'".las't '■} thi-ee ■.;-, v quarters compared /with tlie corresponding/''. *•'•' t i period of ,1885 is therefore £104,584 14s!3d. >' -, V r ? ■ The beer .duty received at v tlie^yaripus ;";rt places' in'the colony j. for ; v the' ,:niohth v : v Ik n of December, last , was- i £6313 v:11s lid,"/;. > 'o or £5S less than the.- corresponding mqntn '-.sj is of the previous year.'.' -The; amounts "col- •-.>;,.;■: id lected at'the-four'/icßief -centres; were— >.;■.• ■: ■ ■•-■•■ Auckland . £1357, Wellington^ ". £605,';; . ,;* Chvistcbuvch £1296,' and ; Diinedin £12751; - iV;: - r The duty 'collecjje'd for; the /.first three l'y^-, - quarters of the financial.year ended- 31st .;;*,"-:> December last, was £38,210,-. Pr a. .de-v^ ficiency oh' the* pfoportidnate'estimate foraftfe the year 'of £,3039. .. This amount'cpllected : |^3j; at ■ during.'the first", three quarters of 1885 wasv'.^* ■• J6 . £40,320, or '£2l2o; more than during^hej-iy,---..i. corresponding' period of 1886.' '■•',"' ;■ •';'>fl*.--vi ! ?'-" " /Te.Whiti'-waß;releasedVfroni!f^L;tp;-:{:^ 1 i day, arid •was ;.met : by some' -half-dbzen;"4; 7~\ natives'. He:,ihtend3;to.\make':a- shprt;r /i,' stay.at the Hiitt and then* go oh\to Pari-?; J* :' er baka. . The fine' of i£loo wMoh.waa im-;;?^ cc posed -on Te Whiti'in addition his Ajg sentence of, imprisonment will ,not ; .b,ai>^c en forced so long as ■ his behavior is good; ?' £_:;•&' The amount of property; tax paid 'at'tbe V/fyft < - ■ Wellington office lip to 'Saturday^ and the ; ■■' vi amounts paid at the^several post ; offices iti "'-\, : \- '., *. ,the colony, advices respecting which were v; - ' .' received 'to-day.- 'by tlie '.<. Commissioner, V. •.-.-'.■ make' a total of £171,000 sorfar received, r . ' : le The Minister for- Public, Works has, at ' A ;■: le the request of the directors of the Midland. 'V?*; X i 'Railway Company,' consentecl'to ,turn the - ; : L ". first, sod of the ..company's line, ' which->; V^ starts' at 'Brunnerton. : Mf- Eicharflson"; "t-'f .'. l( * will for Greymouth for that purpose •" 'I. le . in about three weeks' time. • ■ . ; ■■' •'.'•; ; '••'".'. ' .-i .- ■ It is intended by the Defence Depart- ■'■?'] •-* ment, to place' certainofficers throughout i\, t the colony in charge .'of, the varions naval'* ..';- '. artilleiy batteries,- the guns of. which they ". '.' will be expected to man. should ah emer-.v,;-.'"". • gency arise.-• Should- tlie '.officer^. ;com-;' ; '; : . ■ is manding the different batteties' desire .itj;^.'' : '.' : c- the Government will probably ari-ange;for : \' : \ ?! a certain number of men to iearnltorpedo-: "^ >n drill. The' question of re-brganisirig the -..^ m Volunteer force in the colony lsjinder the . j .:' of consideration' of the Government.''' '- , "-. '-. '. ■'.; io Mr Justice ■ Richmond ■« ill preside - at. : :■ il- the crhninal sittings of the Snpreme.GoUrt,'"' . ; ; ' which commence tb-mp'rrow.^ l O,Wing;- to .',. ■ . the 'indisposition of Mi.BelU.tne ; Crown .-' cases will be conducted by Mr.Gully, ■:',*■ ■■' , : Mr :Price Williams, an." .English, capi-' '■- " , talist, before he left;bought all the mineral •;.-; leases at CbllirigwoodJie* could acquire. - ..' at The first thing to be ;dprie will ,be to run . ' out a wharf into twenty-five feet, bf.jyater," ' , . at a cost of some £30,000.' ', V '•'"■''•'•■ 1 The Government, will probably give the. ■ ' ' • contract, for steel fails at a price, less, than ■-„ is now paid.. ! .-■ ' - ; ;-' ; .■,'.- .- ' ,''■'-' '."■' :■ "_ : :.

' \ . ".'OamXru, Monday.- ..: .The attendance, at the Caledonian . ' Society's games and Carnival was/the.., ■;; largest ever:. seen on !tli© ground. ; The •. events were well contested.'. On the first r .. day the -principal. racing' event, the, half- ■ mile handicap, was. won 'by A. E. Thoinp- ... " .. son, and. the. 3-mile bicycle .race by Henry, of Dunedin. ,On the second day the bicycle races, ,2 miles aiidT mile, were won by Bignall and . Thompson irespecy '■ tively. The cup for dancing; was, won by . Burt, of Duneihn, anil, the cups' tor bag- '. . , pipe music ' by Cameron arid Pinlaysoa respectively., ' '"..-." .'..Vv... . * ■•■ TriiAKU, Monday. .- „ - , Tl>eSouthCantei'bui-y,Caletlonian gaiiiga ,". were commenced to-day. iThe.meeting '.-'." was"' very successful.-" The' weather was ■'.',- excellent. About 6000 people were present. •• • The events were well contested.'., ■•/ '/> •! : " ■'.. . Dunedin; Monday, f.-To-day was alniost generally observed v •' as a- holiday, and -the, weather" being-fine, ''"' ' the" town was , 'almost "deserted.' 1 -The' Caledonian sports were, largely attended. ','> - Julion, of the permanent Artuleryi.mado a record in vaulting, with the'nole, clearing ;■.: : 10ft 10in, ■Gi Grant : being. only one, inch ; ;. ; behind. Julion also, took 'first prize for . '. putting a 1011) ball .33ft-' lin"; , hop, step, '■'... and leap, 43ft 7iri, J.-"- DUuii', brother' of ; : the champion,' -'.won the-'. middle weight "• ■•■:■ wrestling. The Caledonian Handicap, , ' ' four distances', was won by" J. Irving,; with - . - Houston second. . .-.'■';■; . '' ■" - •'' -.'"• An' unsuccessful search was. made yes- ■ ■■ terday and to-day for. the body, of the man ;-.-.'■" lost from the Tekapo. . There. isno truth ; , •-":. in the statement that one ' of; the "crew."-' ' J jumped over after him. ■■■..-•. ' ;V ■'-- -*„. < A wrestling' match for £50, "a side and." /" : . the 'light-weight championship" lias" Leon -/,Vcarranged' between J. (brother of the .' . ; • champion) and Titfen. . ; ■', ■ .■ .''.-. . '. ; .\ ' .'■■' "v The, faith healing., mission '"whicli' has '•'_, '.- •: ' been conducted '.by the Rev-.' Mi^Dowie, :"..', of Victoria,; was concluded to-night. j"A<; ■ ■/. '.•yery large number of "persons,- who.alle^ed?;^' they had been snffenng from l ; almost all:-,: ]-> iniaginable coiiiplaiiits; came forward to;, r. ' -;.; state that they hadbeeri cured./' ; ! >> - ' v' ; ' V.. ;'-.'-?. . ' '•■ ■'. •" ' ..iNVEncARGiLLJ Mmiday.. '..;'; v . The Bluff regatta was got off succesfally ..;;;')■;' •to-day." In the. four-oared- outrigger. a;:;'.;r scratch crew, beat the Awania Club s prew. : . Jy which competed 'at Port. Chaltners.v',The' ,' C 'new. Auckland cutter Heather Belle won s:^:-: ' the cutter race-by' one minuteVfrom the ; ,'M\& Satonni, whicli was first last year.^ NTherev; : : ; ; .-f were about 5000. people present... r No;ao-, i ,;;;.;C 1 cident occurred." . '. r '. ' '." ' \ v. L ,"■: , ■ ■ .-. .'■•:- ~?- V.-,; 1 -.- _^ ' ' - ' - • i;-V •'--•.■.■>-» .