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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6000, 9 February 1881, Page 4

There was no sign of the mail steamer from San Francisco at the time we went to press. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Harbour Board was held yesterday. Mr. Masefield carried a resolution, instructing the Secretary to make out an estimate of means available for interest and sinking fund on the payment of a further loan to build a large dock. The rest of the business was of a routine character, and will be found detailed in another column. The tender of Mr. S. McCroskie was accepted for repairs to the dredge at £152. His Honor Mr. Justice Gillies sat in chambers yesterday. An order-was made lirecting the police to hand over the money r ound in possession of John Purcell to the Trustee in Bankruptcy. His Honor declined x> make an order to prosecute, onthe ground ;hat the affidavits were not sufficient. J. H. Parker appealed against a decision of the ;rustee of the estate of J. B. Robinson. The ippeal was dismissed. Several applications :or probate and letters of administration vvere granted. Referring to our remarks in reference to the method of distributing water at the stand-pipes in the city, we learn that these stand-pipes are constantly being broken and damaged by reckless carelessness, and in some neighbourhoods by children and the larrikin element. The one at the Post-office in Short-land-street is being constantly repaired at considerable expense. Some time since, the Council resolved that when these standpipes were mischievously broken by children or others, without any interference on the part of the residents and on-lookers, the supplies should be turned oil for a time, it would then probably result in tbose interested taking some little notice, ar d endeavouring to prevent this wanton destruction of public property, particularly when it affected their convenience. We hear that the working committee of the Society of Arts have secured the Choral Hall from the Ist to the 14th of April, for their Art Exhibition. The society is profressing rapidly both in numbers and inuence ; and the forthcoming exhibition bids fair to surpass all its predecessors both in the number and the quality of the exhibits, and in all the other details of its management. Public interest in art matters is steadily increasing in Auckland, and the day is not far distant when the annual exhibition of the society will become a matter of wide-spread interest. In our report of the half-yearly meeting of the Bay of Islands Coal Company, in yesterday's issue, a complimentary notice was omitted. Mr. Firth, the Chairman, spoke in the highest terms of the able and energetic manner in which the affairs of the colliery were conducted by Mr. Moody, the General Manager. The Australian eleven have still' three matches on their programme before coming to Auckland, at Nelson, Wanganui, and Napier, but it is possible, we believe, that one of these may be omitted. The match is appointed to take place here on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 21st and following days, of the present month. The selection will be made from the following list:— J. Mumford, J. Testro, G. Lankham, W. Lankham, jun., F. Dufaur, C. MacCormick, T. Cox, M. Stewart, W.'H. V. Bindon, W. Robinson, J. Colbeck, A. Beale, J. J. Roach, D. Lynch, J. Arneil, S. King. M. Isaac, T. Macky, C. Bowden, W. Porch, N. Porch, F. Poreh, R. Whiteside, C. Creeks, J. Wood, C. Gleeson, W. Swanson, G. Carter, F. Buckland, W. S. Ivens, and R. J. Yates. We understand that the committee' are having the wicket prepared for the match, such as watering and rolling the ground everj evening. Mr. Blewden, the contractor for the citj drainage works, has made a start with his contract. About a dozen men commenced yesterday to break ground near Jacob's Ladder, and had made a trench by evening on to Mr. Fallon's shed, near the railway station, underneath which the drain will be carried. Nobel's giant powder is being uset" to loosen the formation of the clay, and the work of blasting is being carried on expeditiously and efficiently. Mr. Blewden is determined to take advantage of the spell of fine weather to make headway with the contract, for the completion of which eight months is allowed. A rather unusual application was made yesterday by Mr. E. Hesketh to the Judge of the Supreme Court sitting in chambers. It was an application to set aside an appearance to a demurrer, which was argued iii Wellington, on the ground that the writ iu the action was issued in Auckland. The curious part of the case is that there was even a judicial decision of the Siypreme Court, on the demurrer, in Wellington. His Honor granted the application, which will have the effect of annulling the proceedings in Wellington. There will be found in our obituary list a record of the death of Robert Glover, a local actor, who was at one time very popular. The deceased was the son of Mr. Edmund Glover, formerly of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, an actor of considerable merit. Mr. Robert Glover was only-32 years of age. He married an Auckland jafdy, whe is known on the New Zealand stage as Miss Jessie Raymond. I- We have been requested to mention the it case of Mrs. McLaughlin, whose husband died recently, leaving his widow and foui i very young children unprovided for. The deceased was in the employ of Mr. Shipley, who will receive subscriptions on behalf oi y the widow and family. Ls On Monday evening the opening meeting n of the St. David's Sunday-school Band oi 0 Hope was most successful. Nearly 200 perj sons were present, and CO names were ,1 received for membership. Mr. Jenkins, oi ( i Newmarket, occupied the chair, and pointed out the advantages of early abstinence. Mr. J Solomon Heraus gave an address' on the importance of vaccination. Songs were . rendered by Messrs. Hirst, Hagan, Mc'i Donald, Matthews, and Littlewood, and reci- • tations by Messrs. J. and W. Robertson. 13 Miss Mcllwain accompanied on the piano. 1 This important branch of the temperance 'I work is spreadinz fast, and we understand a , 3 meeting is called to establish a Band of Hope [ t Union, for Auckland. is Two seamen had a good set-to at fisticuffs d at the corner of Shortland and Queen-streets )f about midnight, to the delight of an ad- \ miring crowd. Constable Dews succeeded e in providing them with accommodation in it the police cells until the Court sits this v morningt

expected back from "Waikato aYirmt- i nek It is understood steps will be taken with regard tithed fer of the Kilukihi niausC *£&£ formal act of cessiou Mill probably take nlw at a later date. . * Mce While the Visiting Justices and the new Inspector of Prisons are discussing question--of prison discipline at Mount Eden. Gaol if' might be well to endeavour to solve \h problem why the Mount Eden institution iso attractive to a certain class of offenders" On Monday last a man was sentenced ta imprisonment for drunkenness, who mast have been convicted from thirty tofortvtimes, and spent in all about five years in prison. ■'"■.'.-•. An extraordinary meeting of the parish ioners of All Saints' Church, Ponsonby; took place Last evening, to consider the financial position of the church. Mr. Calvert preided. A report of the proceedings wil] [hs bund in another column. The moral of the vhole affair is, that in ecclesiastical, as ia n-ivate life, "He that goes a borrowine ;oes a sorrowing." ' b, A fishing match took place between 1L EL Keane, waterman, and Mr. King, hotelseeper, yesterday. They started off about 3 o'clock in the morning, and returned at 4 :n the afternoon, the scene of the operations being round the North Head. Mr. Keane proved victor, having caught four and ahalf dozen to his opponent's three and ahalf dozen. A team of footballers, in which all the colonies are to be represented, is being formed by Mr. Macnamara, of Sydney. It is proposed to play first, in Sydney, 3lelbourne, and Adelaide, proceeding to England in time for the commencement of the English football season. The team will consist of twenty players, of which New Zealand contributes a quarter. The Melbourne Association game will be played in Adelaide and Melbourne, as that game attracts crowds in those cities, but the Rugby Union rules will be adhered to in England. It is fully expected the united strength of the colonies will be able to hold their own in England. It is expected Messrs. Sweet, Hamerton, and Murray, of Duuedin, will join the team. The Auckland footballers have beeu asked to nominate some of their number as candidates for admission to the team, but it is unlikely any action will be taken in the matter. The minds of the seamen and ilrsmeu on the Union Company's steamships arc rather unsettled just now by the question of hours and wages. A large number of the Arawaia't hands proceeded to drown the care which the unusual mental effort of endeavouring to think out the subject involved yesterday, and, like true Englishmen, to demonstrate that, although they were determined not to be trampled upon by their employers, they were in the words of the late Thomas Carlyle, slaves to the pewter-pot. It kept the police busy hunting them up, to resume duty by the time the vessel sailed. A narrow escape from fire took place neat midnight, at an oyster saloon in Victoriastreet, above the Cottage of Content Hotel, kept by a partially-blind fish-hawker named Lucas. Another inmate of the house, name<] Violet Goodman, while carrying a lighted caudle up the passage accidentally broug'ui the flame in-contact with a screen whicl divided the dining-room from the passage. and in a moment the screen was in flames, Constable Kennedy happened to be on the opposite side of the street at the time and h< rushed across, in company with two othei men, and extinguished the flames. Mr Lucas, who was in the adjacent hotel, a; once turned out on the alarm being given t( assist. As for the female she felt it incum bent to "go off" in hysterics, and the con stable had more difficulty in subduing hei manifestations than in extinguishing thi fire. The Bay of Plenty Times states that ai attempt was made to raise the s.s. Taupo 01 Thursday, by means of the two barques Martha and Clara Hargreaves. These vesseb were placed one on each side of the Taupo and the whole bound fast together -witl wire ropes. As the tide rose the Taupo wa gradually lifted a distance of nearly thw feet, when the wire ropes broke, and th vessel sank back to her former position. : is thought that the ropss were cut by.tl Taupo's keel. "We understand anothi attempt is shortly to be made. City ratepayers are reminded that appea against their valuations for ISSI-2, requii to be lodged with the Town Clerk on < before the loth instant, and a copy of tl same, with the" Judge of Assessment Cour seven days before the sitting of the Cour viz., the 16th March.. Several gentlemen were engaged yesterda in canvassing the town for signatures, pra) ing the City Council to set aside four acn of the Albert Park reserve as a cricki ground. At present, the Council are adve tising for plans for laying out the ground. The Thames Advertiser has the followir respecting the late Thomas Seon:— "V regret to hear of the death of Thomas few news of which has just been received. B learned his trade at Messrs. Fraser an Tinne's, where he was a great favouriti Since leaving the Phcenix Foundary be Iμ done ample justice to the firm who taugl him his trade. He left Auckland as enginee on the Nebraska, and by reason of his stead habits and close attention to his duties, h was much valued by the company. He me with his death while shooting game i Japan; both barrels of his gun burst a once. His father, Captain Seon, at presen harbourmaster at Hokianga, is well know as an old Thames skipper, and mod sympathy is felt for the loss of his son." A splendid specimen of free gold, obtains from anew find near Tapu by Mr: Keave the well-known prospector, w.is seen o Saturday. The stone would give a yield < lOozs. to the pound, and is from a small br very rich leader. The Mclsaac Brother; well-known Tapu prospectors, have hastene to the locality, attracted by the excellence' the discovery. —Thames Advertiser. Six Celestials proceeded on board tl s.s. Arawata yesterday, bound for Sydne; and found their way to the steerage.. The earned no superfluous luggage, one's baggaj being stowed in an American bucket, J leading features of another's being two lonj ' handled shovels, and the remainder forme no remarkable contrast. A fellow-countr man introduced- them to one of the for. cabin stewards, and solicited his kind oine on the voyage, as even the Children of t.. Sun do not enjoy immunity from sea-sicl ness. That individual suggested, by way of joke, that they should go to the saloon. It practical-mindecT Chinamen thought tins e: cellent advice, lifted up their luggage,- an walked towards the cabin. J* ear to U door thereof they encountered. Captain Ml clair, who inquired if they were goin ashore again. "Xo," laconically answere the spokesman, and they continued tne march to the amazcincut of the woitn skipper. The look of horror and wsgus that took possession of the countenances < the dandy waiters as the Chinamen meO. mt the cabin was a sight not to be easily lo: gotten by those who beheld it, Hiey « garded the citizens of the Flowery Land wit disdain. The Chinamen were afterwarc seen paying the difference m the passa,. money. The fashionably gor-up Stewart were also seen handling their er daintily, it is true-ami removing it f ami's length to the state-rooms of tneOeie, tial voyagers.

-■■£Z~--'-"- : --- _' Turn——— .^ The annual meetmg of the'Haiiraki Sawmill Company was -held at the office of Messrs. Nathan' and Co. yesterday. ATr Nathan, the chairman, read the balancesheet and auditor's report, which were adopted. Mr. Nathan was re-elected a director/and Mr. Baker auditor. Tenders were received for a new boiler. Messrs. A. and G. Price's tender, being the lowest, was accepted. \ ■'■, Edward A. Drury, who was sentenced to find bail to keep the peace for six months for striking his wife about a fortnight _ago, a passenger by the Southern Cross for Levuka, yesterday. Having failed to find two persons sufficiently confiding to nsk £25 each on his good behaviour, he had to remain in custody, but having previously paid his passage to Fiji, he was al owed to Proceed thither, two members of the police force accompanying him to the steamer to see him off. ■ A correspondent sends the following, which the respected incumbent of bt. T\.ri+tlipw's parish can no doubt answer : — P tion with the Rev. Mr. Tebbs' zealous advocacy of Bible teaching m schools I would like to ask the following question :-Is it a fact, or is it not that from the day of his induction to the charge of St Matthew's, he has never entered <5t Matthew's day school to impart a single Scripture lesson to the children ? I pause for a reply." Mr Brinstead has presented to the Auckland 'Museum an ingeniously constructed model of the ruins of ****«*« Og* Hampshire, the property of Mr. ThistleSwayte, Southwich Park. During the Napol3 wars it was used for the custody of French prisoners of war. The model shows the Roman walls of circumvallation, made of flints and filled in with chalk and binding courses of Roman tile about a foot square, . and 14 inches thick, which is supposed to be 2000 fears old, covering an area of S acres | Also the flanking towers land-post and water-post entrances with, the keep and citadel 100 feet high, and walls 8 feet tnick. There arc shown as well Queen tower drawing-room, oratory, and banquettin" hall. The parish church occupies one corner of the square, the doors and windows at the west, and is stated to be one of the best specimens of Roman architecture m England. Three of the Auckland Telegraphic Team in the forthcoming rifle match were out practising at the Mount Eden ransre yesterday morning. Messrs. Kearns, Bloxome, and Lumsden made an average of S over centres in the 15 shots, at the 200, 400, and 500 ranges, which is very creditable shooting. a"meeting was held yesterday in the office ofMr. D. G. Macdonnell for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming Major Green's claim at the Tiki into a company. It was unanimously decided to form a company at once, and a meeting will be called to carry out final arrangements at 4 p.m. to-day. - • A correspondent writes : —" Now that the dates for the match between the Australian eleven and the Auckland twenty-two are announced, wcrald it not be well ' for our citizens, to imitate our Southern friends in the way of encouraging local cricketers by offering trophies to" the highest scorers on either side; also for the best average at bowling. Our fellow-townsmen are always to the fore in providing cups, prizes, &c, for boat-racing, pulling, and athletes generally, and are not our cricketers worthy of the same generosity ?" In another column will be found an announcement informing the public that Hesketh and Aitken have purchased the seed and manure business of Mr. Alfred Buckland, at the Haymarket. Mr. Buek!and recommends them to his friends as " reliable careful business men. A : meeting of the creditors in John ■Puicell's estate is convened for two o'clock to-day, at Mr. T. Jlacffarlane's ofßce. Mr. William Ireland has been appointed registrar under the Dog Act for the. West Tamaki Highway district, and Sir. John Lawrence has been appointed to discharge a similar duty for the Point Chevalier Highway district. Mr. W. T. Bagot is appointed for the North Shore district. The annual meeting of the members of the "Working Men's Club is advertised to be held on the 14th instant at eight o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the balance-sheet and auditors' report, election of oflicers, etc. -