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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2017, 7 July 1870, Page 3

A serious accident occurred the oth°r dav at View. \ workman named 11 arris was ascending a lad 'er. which was ulaeed Hci'iist the of the bouse which is hems* erected by Mr. M'icOorniick, when ttie joist acnin-'t which the ladder rested care way, and tlu> ni:in fell about 1G feet unto a heap of brickbat's. A chisel, which hid been left on tbe spot. penetrnred info the poor fellow's W. and caused exces-ive For a while ho lav insensible, but was shortly removed t-> his home, where he is attended by Dr. Wright. We understand that the bruises received are most excessive and severe.

Thf. following eases will occupy the attention of t'ie Justices tliis morning, at tlic Police Court : William H. Newenliain, on a charge of obtaining tlie sum of 20<. by false pretences from G. Avey; Joseph Storey. cliarced with stetding from the barque Island City a quarter of fresh b-'ef, value 30s. ; Josep'i Jamieson, for furi"uslv riding in Queen street ; and John Bleary, for b"in(; absent from the barque >chieha!l:on without leave. The mate of the Island City, who was discharged by the Justice', on Monday, is summoned to appear again, this mornino, to answer a charge preferred against him.

Shipment of Gold.—The Banlc of New Zealand. Orahamstown, shipped ysterd-iy. per "Williams, to Auckland 2,602 ozs. of gold.—Advertiser.

W k thouelit that the price of luncheons in Auckland could not very well come a : iy l.iw.T than they have done lately, hut it seems that we were mi-taken, for, according t") an aHverti-ement of Mr. Perkin*'. of the Occidental Hotel, on and after ~aturdiy next a free lunch will We provMed between twelve anH one o'clock. Ihe next thiutr wid be that t ! ie pub'ic will be offered a bonus to go and partake of their midday meal.

A soihfr in connection with the Cham -cry L ine Band of Hope will take t'l ice on Friday erening next, at the We«leymi Chapel.

John* Alwkst Chapman* has beeoma insolvent. The meeting of creditors of I homas Sydney Coppnck is adjourned unlil the 13th inst. Ihe choice of ATr. J.ilin Mowbray has been confirmed in the following estates : —Samuel Martin Green and John Black. B C. Hayles. Ihe choice of w. S. Macdonald in the estate of John Black has been confirmed. Ihivid Yerdon lluntor gives notice that he intends to apply for his order of diseliarue on the 111 h August. A deed of arr mgem?nt for the benefit of the creditors of George Bull has been filed in the supreme Court.

Notice is given elsewhere that the election of two members for the electoral district of the Thames, and of one for the district of Coromandel. will take place li.is month. The nomination for the 1 huine; will b ■ on the 21st inst., and the poll (if necessary) on the 27th mst. ; and for Coromandel the lominiti.in will be on i lie 9i h inst., and tha poll (if necessary) on the 2 lid July.

\x a meeting at Canterbury, Mr. Robis">n. of the Hank of .""outli U ales, stated that he had been informed by letters from home that the reason of tie depreciation in the price «t iN'ew Zealand flax, in the English market, was not to be attributed to ihe ami usefulness of the article, hut rather to a combination on the part of buyers.

We are requested by Mr. David ' Ik'ill sou to state, tliat the butcher's hl-ii-k ahout which there wa< a police case a few days heo, whs not taken from a slv.p in Sliortlari'l-s/reet, but from an allotment on tiic intake.

An inquest will be held at the Ijunatic \ svluin 2 o'clock today, upon the liodv of a Maori inmate, who died within the Asylum yesterday.

Shareholders of the Pouthern Enterprise Gold M ining (Company are requested to attend a meeting to be lipid on Saturday next, at the office of Messrs. ftees and Tyler.

A meeting of the shareholders of tha Cape of Good Hope Gold Alining Company, is advertised.

We learn from a telegram received at Sv dney, from Melhourne, that the Galatea, with H. K. 11. the Duke of Kdinburgh, has arrived safely at the Caue of Good Hope.

"\\ r E have to acknowledge the receipt of the following Parliamentary Papers:— Finnnrial statement, Papers relating to Armed Constabulary, Ueport on Government Buildings, Papers on Proposed Reunion of Otago and Southland, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure ofProvinces, Papers oi Conveyance ot Mails via Suez, Notes of .Native Aleetings in t'pper Wannnnui, Report of Native Minister's interview with Leading Waikato Chiefs, Papers respecting Intercolonial I'.xliibition in Sydney in August next, Papers on the proposed Intercolonial (..onlerence, Correspondence on ."-übmarine J eleyraph between Australia and New Publie A-counts ot' General Government tor ISOS-9, and of a opy <-f "An Act to alter the p inishweut in certain cases of High i reason."

Police matters were prettv slack teriiay. One man named Colons who assaulted a policeman and toiv his coat ! pleaded guilty and apologised. Ihe ; iip-.logv. however, would not pay for the I p ilii-eman's coat, and Mr. Collins was I ordered to j)ay £2 12s. 6d., value of the | coat, or to be imprisoned for a month, ! aud was sentenced to a month s imprison- • ment for the assault.

Again we will call attention to the disgraceful slate of the patiiway in i J per Symoiuls-strect. A tow showes ol rain render it utterly itnpas-able tor tem il s, and during the wh»;le \v;r.tei' it !.as been in about as b-ul a ec-itdi! i.in as it is posMbie to conceive. The DuneJin !■>!<■< his a mawkish paragaraph about the Maori ronvict'-. After saving that they are dyiii!,' from lii" ellects of the cold "climate, the writer says: -"Is there, we ask, in >'•» Zealand a Howard who will rise for the sake of humanity and ucteml these our helpless brown brother.-. "Helpless brown brothers indeed . Perhaps if the M-ul.tnentaltst who writes such sickly twad-tle had pa-d tbrouiih some Poverty May experience it would have brought him to a iiealthter condition of mind.

■yVk are compelled to liold over a number of letters, lneetint; at tlie Bay of Islands, and some local matters.

CArT. H. H. FkaSCTS. formerly of the Taranaki. in the employ of the New Zealand Steam >'avii;»lion Company, has been appointed master ot the baupie Albert Victor, h new vessel recently arrived at Melbourne from London.

Accklanu PKKst:vn:uv. 1 hefpiarterly session was held yesterday. Several mattfrs of importance to the loi'hl cnurcht'S were discussed. \ rather important question as lo cintditication- of liiiui-ters was debated. ami the Presbytery refused to take oil trial for license an unquamied person at the su-.-e-tion of tin- inhabitants of pari icular districts. Leave was nivca toettiivori tlio srliool-houso ruijoinin>r St. J,.mess Church. Wellingtonstrrot, into a manse. The "l.iebe lias intuli- an i-xeellent run from the Soutli 011 tins oera-ton. \\ e yesterday received by her through the courtesy of Air. chiet ('ilicer, .Melbourne pay "• r s to the 2.b\l tilt., whieh were i;Ot Iron, tiie li :iiii;ito!() at the where tlieyesscls passed one another. The dates ha i, however, 'oei 11 antieipate.l by the City of Mellion-tso, whieh arrived yesterilav from Sydney, Melbourne tiles to the 25 h ult.

Thk Police Court whs aeain delayed yesterday morning by the non-arrival ot the expected justices. \\ hilst tlu> t>o- - are so tornl ot creating >T.l s.. cannot a few eligible candidates be foti:d. who have nothing iu the wide world to do, and would attend for the sake of killing time, if not through a sense ot duty.

Mb. 1!. IT. ButTLEcr, of the 2s"tnv Academy. received ill*' appointment of photographic artist to his Excellency I?ir George Bowen.

A DRAMATIC E.NTEIUaINMENT 101' tliC benefit of Mr. .1. H. Clill'ord will take place this evening, at the Parnell Hal).

Wi have received a copy of the l'nuislinient of Treason Aet. IS/t). I I V which the horrible sentence ot drawing, and QU irteritm 1 - abolished, and simple hanging substituted.

Bckglahv at the Karaka. —On Monday niixlit the store belonsrins; to Captain Pye, nt the foot of the karnka. was broken into, and six s'l-pound hugs of flour and twelve hams stolen. Entrance had been made in a verv easy way. One of the entrances was by a loldint' door, secured by a bar running ab ut; the back, and the "thieves lii'd. by putting some sharp instrument between the doors, rai-cd the bar, and walked in.—Adccr-

'The sleepers which liave for siime time past lain stacked at Tararu. Grali'imstown, and Siiortlaud, and which were intended to be used in the construction ol the proposed railway b>e ween iShorthn.d and Grnhrnnstown, were yesterday sold bv auction by Mr. S-kene. They were sold in lots, and Mr. !■. Thomas bought them for a total sum ol i.'22L 2s. lOd. The timbers will prove extremely useful for mining purposes. lhcre were in nil 6202 pieces.—Adrer!i <cr.

Death ok Mi. H. P. St\kk.—We resrel, to have to record the death of Mr. H. I*. Stark, wliieh occurred at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Imperial Hotel, Pollen-street. He had for some weeks past been suffering from nn attack of gastric fever. Peeeased was a resident in the province for about fourteen years, and for a lont; time carried on business in Auckland as stock and sharebroker, land agent, and auctioneer.

The building and machinery of the Ma Saw-mills were sold yesterday, in the bankrupt estate of P. V. Hunter, for £185. Mr. Gibbons, timber merchant, vras the purchaser. The engine and boiler sold for £180, and the buildings for £5. A circular saw sold for £20, a planing machine for £80. and other plant equally low.—Thames Advertiser, July (5.

The third number of the Christian Times has been laid upon our table. On a former occasion we have referred to this periodical, and we are glad to sec llint it find-; ;ud merits support. The objects of this r.-jgazine are excellent, and on that account we must wish it a large circulation. One of the best things in the present number is a paper by the Kev. K,. TV\ Dale, on theatrical amusements-. If we were all possessed of Mr. Dale's charitable spirit, we should live in a happier world.

Fkom a private letter received in town yesterday, we learn that it had been the intention of the natives at Aotea to have seized the lirJustry, schooner, but at the time she entered the Aotea i i arbour there were not enough Haubaus to make it a safe act. most of them being at Tokangainulu.

Complaints have reached us lYom the WaiUato districts to the effect that the steamer linngiriri is at present plying on the river without a certificated master or engineer. We are aware that some kinii of a ceremony exists in this colony, by pinging through which a master receives a steam certificate, und it the lives <>l passenger*'- are any safer for the proces-i, we think it is very ffrunj for :iny man to be allowed to lake charge of a steamer who is not certificated, lo those who in this instance complain wc would saj*, there is the Jaw, put it in motion.

Mh. Thatcheb, the celebrated improvisatore and comic vocalist, is a passenger for Honolulu by the City of Melbourne. We have no doubt that the Hawaiians will afford material for Mr. Thatcher's genius.

Guatuitiks to soldiers settling in the colonies, under the provisions of (lie >;oy.i! Warrant of 18(!0, wiil in future be paid locally by the Control Paymaster, without previous reference to the War Office. He will be responsible that the voucher representing the issue in his accounts is supported by a [■eitilic! record of the soldier's services, by a medical certificate of his fitness to become a settler, and by the authority of the general oiiiecr commanding, or the Governor of the colony.