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New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 3722, 15 October 1873, Page 2

Careless and reckless riding or driving is ever attended witli great inconvenience, and oftentimes with a considerable amount of danger. A reform in reference to this matter i 3 Tory necessary in this city, and the thanks of tho community at largo are due to Dr. G-oldsbro', who has set himself in a determined manner to abate this evil. Of late this gentleman has repeatedly laid informations against offenders, who defy tho rules and laws which regulate riding or driving within the city or municipal district. In every case the charge has been sustained, a fine inflicted, and an additional caution given to drivers of vehicles. Another case of this character was brought before the Bench at the Police Court yesterday, and Dr. Goldabro' stated that the laws with respect to driving were utterly ignored, and in consequence of this he had been several times placed in a moßt dangerous position. When a heavilyloaded dray was being drawn along the road, a light vehicle always had to be pulled into tho ditch to lot it pass, or else it ran the risk of being broken in pieces. As a rule, when draymen were remonstrated with, they replied in the most offensive and abusive terms. However, in the caso before tho Court the driver when spoken to was very civil, and explained that he thought the trap was being turned down a cross-street, and that was the reason he did not make room for it to pass. Dr. Q-oldsboro' was not desirous of unduly pressing tho charge. A fine of a nominal character was inflicted. It would be well for drivers of vehicles to remember that by negligence in driving they render themselves liable to a penalty of £10 and coats. After the repeated warnings that have been given from tho Bench and through the Press, it will avail a defendant but little to plead ignorance of the municipal or city by-laws. This is a matter in which, if persons acted with ordinary discretion and thoughtfulnesa, they would not do wrong, so that the plea that they were not awaro of the existence of a law to punish them for running the risk of endangering the lives or damaging the property of others, is one that the Bench should ever receive with extreme caution.

It would be satisfactory to learn whose fertile brain it was that evolved the plan of sending an agent from "Wellington and Otago to Canada for immigrants. What likelihood of Bucceas there is may best bo judged by reading the following paragraph extracted from the Dunedin Tablet: —Emigration from Queenstown (says tho Cork Examiner,) is proceeding on a large scale. As many as 1200 persons sailed for tho United States in the steamers leaving tho port in ono day. It is noted in tho home papers that emigration to Canada has very largely increased, owing fco " increased efforts on part of the Government." These efforts are stated by a report of the Canadian House of Commons to havo consisted in a groat measure in tho spreading of information regarding the Dominion, no loss thanl,Bso,ooo copioa of various publications containing such information having been distributed in Europe during tho year. " There was to show for this," writes the Canadian correspondent of tho Scotsman, "an increase in the number of immigrants who settled in Canada of 35 per cent., and as far this year, nearly 100 per cent, moro than last year."

"Man ancl Wife" (after Mr. Wilkie Collins'B novel) was repeated at the Prince of Wales Theatre, last evening, As already indicated, the interest of the piece ■ turns upon the compulsory fulfilment of a Scotch marriage contract, 'which a scapegrace young aristocrat has made with a young girl to the sacrifice of fortune and "friends. The fellow is a scoundrel of the worse type, and the victim is, of course, gontle, good, and virtuous. The dumb woman of the novel gives a very lurid light to the wliolo scenory and action. Tho sensation is of tho most absorbing kind, and aided by the expedient of visions. Tho wholo thing is very exciting and sensational, and will no doubt havo a run for EOine time.

A correspondent desires us to givo publicity to tho following receipt, which he Eays he has found to be a prompt cure for tho blight inscct in roso plants :—" A weak wash of soap and water, rather stronger than what usually results when washing tho hands, will at once destroy theso vermin if gently dripped on the buds, and then followed by slightly rubbing (ho buds with a soft shaving brush wetted in tho wash, or by using a few feathers tied together for thot purpose."

Fox, of Dunedin, appears to havo great confidence in himself, or his friends havo great confidence in him. Although recently defeated at Canterbury, at short distauces, ho has already matched himself against H. Grim stone, of Wellington, for a sum of £50 a-side, the distances to bo 4do, 500, and 550 yards respectively. The match takes place at Wellington on tho 10th of November, aud tho necessary deposits havo boen made.

An impudent robbery was committed last evening at the City Hall. Some person slipped behind tho stage and stole a Oliver caso and some other valuablo things belonging to Mr. Chapman, tho wizard. Information was at once given to the police, who wo hope will bo ablo to givo an account of tho thief before long. The only occupants of the cells at the Police Station last night were One person 011 charge of drunkenness, aud a sailor, who had been arrested under tho Morchant Shipping Act, for disobedience of lawful commands. Nelson has not escaped tho sovero weather experienced horo during last month. Says a Nelson contemporary, "bo severe a September is not remembered by tho oldest inhabitant." Tho Diocesan Synod was dissolved last evening. Its term of office having expired, a meeting of tho Synod will not tnlco place until a fresh clectiou, of members has boon mado. .. Edward G-. Wright is advertising in tho Southern papers for fifty navvies, "■ wages ono shilling nn hour. Constant work and huts provided. Terr -little broken weather."

The rotnrn Hid on tho table of tho Uonsc of Keprcscntutivfj i h<jws that Ministers received during ' tics . i:\-t three years nearly 212,000 as trave'.'.v.;§ '-rWKW «nd «tVM«

Mr. Wilkie Collins's novel of the "New Magdalen" has been dramatised at Sydney. This is what the Sydney Evening News B&yB of it:—" The popular topio. of the day being immorality in all its phases, it is perhaps not to be wondered at that the popular play of the day should be the adventures of a very immoral young woman. The never-failing favorite, ' East Lynne,' which has so long held 1 tha pride of place' in'fcliis class of dramas—per? haps best described as the delicately improper or harmlesslv vicious —iB likely to find a formidable rival in Wilkie Collins'a 'New Magdalen,' as dramatised, we Bhould say, for the especial benefit of all weak-minded women, and the pocket-handkerchief makers. Times must bavo changed indd)d in Morrie England when tho moral ■ of books like the ■ New Magdalen' can find approval. It is simply a story of triumphant vice, while poor battered and defrauded virtue is made to change parts with her degraded sister —wear ' her own deformity,' and finally get turned out into the cold. As for the Magdalen part of the business, there is very little of that until a handI some young clergyman appears upon the scene, and effectually reforms his fair penitent by the agreeable process of marrying her; Altogether, for those who like to see everything turned upsido down, right and wrong change places, and human nature represented as something that human nature never was, or at any rate never should be, the 'New Magdalen may be safely recommended as a play in no respect likely, to disappoint them."

A good deal of money is spent in Melbourne, and a good deal is saved. Nobblers, theatres, concerts, tailors, milliners, and jewellers take their share; bat savings banks and bailding societies are also busy, vide Mr. Archer's " accumulative" statistics. Here, are a few figures. In the Post-office Bank there are 30,128 depositors, whoso average account is £18 Os 9d, their total being £543,430 ; in the General SaviDgs Bank there are 22,621 depositors, whose accounts average £38 2s sd, or a total of £862,308. The enormous sum of £3,240,926 was loaned out last year on mortgage. In addition to this, the building sooieties have 16,500 members, and their assets are stated at £1,853,375. Last and greatest come the trading banks, with deposits not bearing interest, £5,305,000, and deposits bearing interest, £6,992,000, or a total of £12,200,000. No other community in the world has so much money in proportion in its banks as this, and it would be a great deal better if we had less—that is, if individuals saw their way to private investment in trades and industries. Trade would be more brisk, and the country would be more prosperous. To the political economist, it looks as if we were too much driven to bury our talent.

Xn ft few remarks upon the Bev. James Hill's lecture upon Spiritualism, as delivered in Auckland, and now published in pamphlet form, the Nelson Examiner thus writes:—" If every clergyman who undertook to expose an ignoble and grotesque form of superstition were to set about his task after the fashion of the Bev. James Hill, sneers at clerical disputants would lose most of their point, and, probably, much of their frequency. With a courage that is conspicuous because of its rarity, Mr. Hill lays aside gown and Btarched band, and steps down from his pulpit to enter the dusty arena of open controversy. Disdaining to make use of the well-furnißhed armoury of theological invective, he employs pure reason as hi 3 sole and sufficient weapon. Nay, so far does he carry the spirit of fairness, that he appears at the outset to handle the worthless potsherd that he is about to demolish tenderly and reverently, as though it were some precious vase of porcelain that he waß striving to preserve."

The Wanganui Chronicle of a recent data gives the following aB a clever trick : —We are told that last week the agents of two rival Life Insurance Institutions met in the same village, one of them taking a room and expatiating upon the advantage and necessity of every one insuring his life, the other agent comfortably seated himself in his arm chair, in an adjoining room. The eloquence of the lecturer seemed to have had some effect upon hi 3 audience, when a party walked up to one and another casually, and upon ascertaining that they Jolt inclined to take out a policy, shewed then into the room where the rival agent sat, and where the proposals were ready for signature, and which were duly attached. We are told that some six proposals were obtained in this manner the parties being, quite satisfied so long as they were insured.

The Waikato Times is glad to announce that some carp have been successfully introduced into-the Waikato during the past week. The success in transporting young fish 100 miles by coach is due to the great care of Mr. P. McG-overn. He secured four dozen from the Acclimatisation Society's ponds in Auckland, on Tuesday. He put them carefully into a kerosene tin, with holes bored in the lid j he put some watercress into the water, which he changed frequently. On "Wednesday morning he started by coach for Hamilton ; tho water was renewed from running streams five times during the journey. The result exceeded the most sanguine expectations of Air. McGrovern, ho having succeeded in arriving at his destination with every fish alive and apparently well. Dr. Carey has had them turned into a lake on his farm. Tho M> uce Herald?s peripatetic ia consumed by a desire to know who designed the Mataura (Olago) post and telegraph office. - As an architectural monstrosity, he says it is far and beyond anything that eccentric genius ever, in its wildest dreams, conceived. The peripatetic has travelled over pretty nearly the whole of New Zealand, and a great part of Australia, but never saw anything so grotesquely hideous. Seriously he a?ks—is it absolutely impossible for the Government to construct a building, the chief cost of which shall not bo devoted to making it ostentatiously ugly? Judging by the light of great experience on that subject we reply in the affirmative. The Thamos Evening Star's Tauranga co respondent telegraphs as follows: —"A mfnamed Bouse, travelling overland from Nap?j has just arrived, and reports that ho was st-£ up about ten miles from Opepe by self-ct> e « friendly natives. no cash propriated two suits of clothes and left*n m semi-nude. Bouae is a resident of the Thames." It is pleasing from timo to timo to h't of tho Buceess of young men belonging t provinco in tho pursuit of their lerary studies in the old country. Mr. Tho as E"Cheoseman, son of Mr. T. Cheeseian, of Bemuera, was, in the mouth of Jy-9 last, elected a member of the Bini:cean'^ oc i e ly> ondon. j. The Supreme Court was occupied esterday with the trial of Peter Boylan, chnied with causiug the death of his wife, at he BovaV Il'jte), Oil the 18th of July last. The trial had not concluded when the Courirose, and. will be resumed this morning. " Tho usual sitting of tho Distric Court, fo?' tho settlement of gold mining scedulos, was held yesterday. The business <"• »°r tho most part, of a routine and form' character. Dr, Gnrr, on Sunday and is dis* coursing and drawiug good hou a in Charleston. One house in aid Hospital roalised £25. , Mr. Chapman, the "■apiritift" " magician,' and " prestidigitator" will gi* his last seance this evening at tho City Hull '■< Blanketing and shirting : !»?*• manufactured at the Mosgiel Woolle -i^-il'^.Otago.

Tho transfer books of K.urtvaui Go d Mining Company will be c>sed from 110011 ot to-day until noon of to-m r '°^i.' w ' ,en n dividend of 2s 6d per share T U'be payable at the office of tho company, Sl-rtland-street. Notice is giron that tli half-yearly meeting of tho shareholders of tV South British lire and Marino Insurance «»npany of New Zea-land,-will bo held at fr9; Company's offico-on tho 17thproximo, at 2'.s™- ~ All oreditors iu the 'bedside Gold SJnung Company aro request^* o prove their dobts before tho District C^ fc » on or beforo the 17th proximo. , • j , Notice is given t'J? Thomas Macunr.tmOj Provisional Trustee',? 1 Bauki'iipi'\v> has ,>ocomo trust?? of ° ®' , wrighfc, ' /