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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 1 October 1902, Page 3

w^&'j»^om^ iliU it !<&titos*!*m>& ; a^ittte*^nV itteitiiitt- ot 3@p^^^^|prl^'th^^n*^e^ meat behindthat gift o'f eggs waa worthy ii^'-D^tb^'^i^^ae^'re-idii^ tak^^f the gatkecwg.of memlyois of \ha J.vHu^hes^ and F. Pjraoi, who afrevre* ; lif^^ ■■? :-.* ; : ■ .*-•■■ ■'-•■■' ■ :t> - : n ?' tn; reply^o^ a r&aesttb^wnWbiJte jbpnMasonic Lodges of Wellington have intiinafediiat the Masons of the^ colony are making: •ispeoiai. effort themselves to raisenioney for tue establishurent of.an orphanage i for ebildren of members 0i ; theC proefft Kfw^«l|d*;faund tba¥ aasbnß ; were contributing individually to the VeteraoV BtumeJPund. v . An old^rench hidy in Mahe, one of the trchtlles Klandßj^who has jiißt CelebratherilSthbifthdayvtel^aninie^tinip jjwry about the iapture bs itbeislaiut?by'HiJ4;3. Orphena in. 1794.' ' M- delQaincy, tbjß Kenofi Guvttrijor aVthi linie, was apiHj&nted English Governor by the oajptaiQ offtne warship and oideced ic» hmat a Uiuon Jack; ■-■ XhisUe did, but'aß soon as the Briliehpraieeyhadrdisappeaiced up went the french tolours again, Fyr some >eai»rafter Mahewas vi itedby E|gHsh and Frencn wansb pa, and Ue ua;ttpnamy 4 6f the islaitd varied acoordingly.; Bot one d*y they' arrived sioialtaneuatly. Then there was a fight, in wbich the Britisher «vas sQceessiul. M. deQttifloy, who hid been watching the opferationa through a spy-glass, was quite equal tor- the opcaeion. Patting on-bis British uniform, ho received thevictorious QpmmjU^der wjtth * great show of wal~ 9jiae, an'dcongratulaited him on " notre vietoirie." * •\; f^ Oiiß^bich 18 oreaturg tome interest km called at^ the; Vfpneam MaKi»lratefs. [.Cpur^^ieh^n - William Henry Manning, inanager; sued -"the Rev John a. |V^i^^r|^ii)^^B'Bjpl^:'n)inut|B , who has taken liunedin by storm with hislec:i«b^for,!i99 i7s6d, as damages, for breach of contract, the damages being iai^o up'aa feUows r— To rent of Choral £Ull^ Christchurch, for three nights, j1.9 Mf: rent of; 4'h\atre Royal, lilnam, unn nlfht,>es 6s ji cost of telegrams, 8b 6d ; Bpeeisl ,ama^e fqr breach of contract aud lQb&i)tbvLiintsßa,Ms. Phuntid sets out tlkjitVa* Agreed '.on the 27th August, bliweett- thf»iparties that . the defendapb; etiould lecture for, him in Chriabchurch nd 'Ximaru that defendant aboolld reoeire aa remuneration for his services 50 per cent of tbe gross-total receipt?, and tbat plaintiff abottld receivo the other 50 per cent. Subsequently on the 271h defendant refused to carry out ti.e agreement. Ibe cftae was adjourned until the 6th inst to enable defendant to pall the proprietor Jof the hall in Gbxistcburch to .show that plaintiff inoj^i»dnoliajbili^|orthehaWttor^ r Incons6quence6f theteportaof St^diy dronkeuneisfe*^in* SunMßr; ~\ bout bftlf a? dozen coostaßles in plain clotfaea jrent to tbj^t seaside vtown recently. v^Everything t in each 6f |he^tb)^e?i#els|was in 4pple^el3^r^|:a S4*nMegi|ess, no reside ta enjoying a glasi, no doubtf uls. The conßtab^ T tt»m^lvei',ljri^to get drinks, but^were all ref uaed, and tney retuTLed to|^^a6ibsftli^ ? di|gußted. lie secrejtrof all tow i* said to be that. notartW^e-^yW settdowti, by; ome^ia^rfiefia^witK a^leaVdescrrpl Jdtf of ©»^nß»bT9:tr? : <rV ! Anvtfflfor; mwJe^yti W^ellington firm to bring from Premaotla a cargo ot jarrah, at tbsssolf?Sß!;pe&» m^iotofm eali^\;fa'BhoWand7ively dfaoosison W tb« ?^ll^gt6n IfarbHer 'Boatd^s last me^n^tTjieJie^Sc^fejrogtbife offer B^lMfch^fcis^ip^aßWimhg from Fremanfle fp^ Weßingt^n in ballast; and the qpptofiilißitjr "was * !« good one ; fbr^pheap freight. As the Board had prenooßly W per tOO feet ior itorab, which raf,u>edfo* "paving hrc^loDy^to^id'o^tdde^OParti^ im^^affcßd ah«re,f as? not a na^eVoimb^; wh^hTwould be bu for patingsi ritf r F^rgugp'n replied that Ne.w ißalai.d> nad- ap timber equal to Jarrah :or tbe^Tiurpoee;,, li(atai> Inev beaD or na-tive-timDerß, had not* proved, • ;a,; succei». Raia was b^it a aimlciiint quantity ooj^doiotbeobt^in^d, fiom tbe mHi^£¥£^tb*k h** l duimlfjdwifeu^iear >e tke entrant* tO-tw ilueenfs WhaiC audit haC woin' very well; S'eveMl meu.bers cf the> board thonghf that the !wios otter to supply ja^brsiioulH: n^t be taken, bnfthat if ib« timber was required tenders should l&ejwlledforj The offer wab notaceepted. • ttae'thatthedeptte of water over the Falcon shoal at. the entpnice to the narbour i$ gettipg less and lejjg every imonthT', was i-dnw^on a^Xed by" Mr T. Wllfora at the last meetinflf^f the Wellington Harbour Board* He said there was a report abroad to that effect. Tbe Secretary (Mi *>rguson) replied that sounding? were taken five weeks ago by lie Harbourmaster, who found the depth of water exaotly. the same as it was 12 months agov There were two- shallow patches, along tbesboaj^but as they were <k> large to be rem'edied by direre^be new dredge would beset to work to spread the stuff. It was intended to put :down aaecoud baoy on the Ward Island side of the shoal in order to mark the pasßage more clearly ttere was no nede for any anxiety m the matter. , A circular letter from the Snrveyor General on the subject of encouraging forest conservation by bona fide settlers came before the Wellirtgton Land Board last week. The matiernaving been raised in Parliament, it was thongbt advisable,, the Surveyor-General said, that Land Boards should, consider it in order that Crown tenants might, as far as practicable, he allowed to utilise valuable tin:' berdpjtn their Beotions and- io conserve areas for, shelter or • rnamental purposes, )* the^Jßpard'B /pealing, aa in the past, witb each case upon its merits, and putting a liberal construction upon the improvement conditi nb of the La-d Act; also in seeing tbatth«y are earned out with due regard to, the latitude giyea by section 144 o the Aol of 1892, ai d clause fiofthe amending Act of 1895. The Board io.timatei that, the contents of the circular, coincided with its views, and each, case would be considered on its merits. As the outcome of a repent interview between the Chinese missionary at Wellington, Mr Daniel Wong, and Mr Webb, CL^irman of the Hospital Trustees), the Chinese resident3 of the city and district have again subscribed I'andeomely to tbe funds of the hp^pital, , the amount collected this year beißr 10Q guineas, which ; will carry a, Government ; subsidy of in tb>|£ i. x Ii i» niterestang to note (saj£ the. < ':-Poal ilftbat the, .ehinese resideßfe have given to the^ospitalTrußtees'dar ing tie laBJ; ten or eleven years a sum elightly under JB4OO. MBSsrs Dye Chnir ana Wah Kee have taken great iu^ereai jn tbe mntter r and have personally col lectedalargjß^rtionbf the amount pi

Among the pweengeVa on, the dire ,teamer K Rimut%. ariiviPK from H bart, are <^Ir H. Bawthorne, (Karc &Club>, Private Head (WellinKU Highland Rifles), Bandmaster Kit S>£maru),and Mr J/£. WUwn (Woa vilte), members of / tbe Bieky 3 ie»in/ 1 G. Hyde <Maaterton), Sew Zealand champion rifle shot, is to leave Sydney fi Wellington to-day. The careless way in which people fi \kp^and sign printed forms is sometimi rexeiiipliaed before the Qld Age Pensioi mwiib nfegiatrateTeferred recently to the cftee< a gdld miner applicant, who bad, «ccor( ingr'tqhis own^ de<daratibn,.l^ce foJlbwe fgqli rushes but of jbbe colony 1 , yiifr tw jen|iemon who eighed dgclaratiotlß i ;iWpjkjrt of the appb'cation cheerfoll Affirmed that tbe applicant had not bee ■unt : ;of the colony within the period. w A valuable piece of jlaori carved vox, $n' (he shape of a pdhpou or wall sla] |&|in v a house in Tologa Bay has ja'at beei placed in the Auckland Museum. It Wd: iakoh ttjk£6 "hdase^^icbvibeltogretf^ kshiuftaineßS who wben a girl witrießsec the lauding of Captain Cook' at Povertj Pay and received a gift- of beads .f rone the jt<eat navigator. J, Willing to. Lieutenant Herd, of the :%elli'.gton Garrison Band, the rua^ agei pf tine of the largest ma-ical firms in .TCiondonsays.:— " SinceLthe death of the Queen trade has greatly revived, and the &ing, being fond of Uoaidon and also of gaiety, has unlocked the purse-strmgs of he 'nobility, and caused money to no w Sbiob under the old reign wtts hoarded."