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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6811, 15 September 1883, Page 4

1 Oar cablegrams this morning state that Prince Bismarck is reported to be Seriously ill at Gastein, whither he had gone to Tisit . the Austrian Chancellor, Mr. Gladstone wlio since the prorogation p! Parliament has been enjoying a yachting cruise on the Scotch coast, has lefj; fpr a visit to Kor way. k Limerick medical man has been cpoijsiitted for trial, on a charge .'of conspiring to reorder.

The Ordinary meeting of the Board of Education was held yesterday. It was resolved to Send a circular to the head-master of the Girts' High School, and to the Chairmen of School Committees, for information of parents of children, calling attention to the dangers arising from the present style of dress. Mr. Brown, second assistant master at the Wellesley-street School, was dismissed for misbehaviour. It was resolved to ask Mr. Worthington, head-master "Wellesley-street School, if tie is the Henry Worthington appointed a member of the Paruell Borough Council, and if so to resign that, position— one cf the regulations prohibiting teachers becoming members of any public body, A. report of the meeting will be found in another column.

At the next meeting of the City Council Mr. Stevenson is to move, ''That a return be made showing the cost of the Auckland Fire Brigade during the precedingtwelve months, to include the coat of new iraterialg now ordered or work authorised to present date." Mr. Thompson is to move, " That the Engineer be instructed to report at as early a date as possible sis to the probable quantity of broken metal likely to be required for city purposes during the next year, and the best mode of providing it; also, as depots fpr storage of same in. the several wards of tie city."

The half-yearly meeting of the proctors of the Bank of New Zealand will take place at the bank, Queen-street, at nopn, onTharsday , the 25 th of October, when the directors' report will be read, a director elected, and Other business transacted. Candidates for the office of director must give notice is writing to the Board of Directors, such notice to lie left at the banking-house, Auckland, thirty days at least before the day of election. The books of the bank will be clpsed from Tuesday the 9th, to Thursday, the 25th October, both days inclusive.

A meeting-of creditors was fixed for yesterday in the estate of F: H. King (late a partner of J. W. Waller), hilt no ; creditors attended. The liabilities were set down at £1617, and the assets at the value of certain interests 5n machinery and boiler of the s.s. Greti, also £350 against the estate of tis late partner. A meeting of creditors has been held in the estate of Robert George Gibbons, jun., who was some time manager for Mr, yValler. The liabilities were set down at £4000 odd, and.,the assets £ISS7, alleged, to be due by J, W. Waller's estate. Tiere d a peculiarity in the schedules in the above case-. Mr. John Abbott appears as a creditor, but in the place where the amount ehould be there is th? word "udknown.

We understand that Major George is 6S* pected tp return by the mail steamer after next, in October. Mr. S. Morria will, 13 hfiped, have been able to leave so as to arrive by the steamer expected to-morrow.

Our Cambridge correspondent men o®that while there One of the Southern_me . bers stated that, during his visit in.Mi'c 6 , ' he saw apparently more business being ■ in Queen-street, Auckland, than he 111 in all the other cities in the colony-

A man named Edward Cain, ■ bronghfc from J9<-lenayille by C° n3 _ Naaghton, and who it appears, w escaped lunatic, was yesterday re-cam . D c to the asylum on the medical certißM Drs. Walker and Goldsbro'. The twelfth of Mr. PooUy's _Sataruay popular concerts comes off this _ fheatre Royal, and closes this season g* highlv deserving entertainments. lady and gentlemen artists make I we ■ sion a benefit to the entrepeneur U The act is a graceful one,, In his services in promoting a love of g<K» * among the general public, and the ex manner in which he has carried out n certs. The programme is an unusuaiy o one, and with the names associated wiw . shoftld draw a bumper house. of jdr. Pooley does not ceaso with to {ear of popular concerts, for a series o ■ competitions follows, after a for n g terval, particulars of which have PE j or in our advertising Columns. In? t ha bass and baritone vocalists, come . 29th inst, and as the audience s fre. adjudicators, it will be 0 t ron t. to see latent talerit brought to the The. Michaelmas ho ' id »y? will and near Auckland, and 04th inbe the week beginning Monday, - stant. ■

mining telegrams were reived from the Thames yesterday :—•« Ne-v 'Since Imperial.—One hundredweight specini eiehth stope No. 2 section west No level. From the London " Strong Lbs g° ld winze No ' l reef \" All persons interested in the promotion j success of public libraries and reading ""ma will be pleased to learn that an effort "being made to utilise the Town Hall at ttnßsell, Bay of Islands, for this purpose. Mr R. Burrow, orthiu city, who holds »n appointment there as accountant in the office of ?? r E. Ford, J.P., seeing the necessity for ach an institution as the above, succerded ? oon vening a public meeting of the inhabitants a few wee^s a g°> and obtained the nromise the trustees of the hall to hand Uer the building for the purpose of a KeadZg.room and Public Library, for - which it was originally intended, as soon as the Library Committee were able to make a I oW Tae committee are making a special flffort. and their Secretary (Mr. R. Burrow), w bo is now in Auckland collecting subscriptions, hsui already met with very fair success. He has collected since Tuesday over £15, besides the promise of several donations of This is another instance of the liberality of the merchants and other gen'lenen of Auckland in helping forward any usefal cause. Mr. R. Puflett, of the Union S.S. go t has kindly offered to t'ike charge of. any of books until Mr. Burrow's return to Jsßsell by the Penguin on Wednesday next.

A considerable length of time was ocW pied at the Police Court yesterday hearing a charge preferred by the Inspector of jfuisanccs against Mr. Slater, lessee of the City Market, of neglecting to clean a yard in bis occupation. Mr. Theo. Ooper appeared for the defence. That a nuisance existed is beyond question, bnt the evidence went to show that it was not through any fault of Jfr, Slater, but because the drainage from a public urinal and closet was allowed to flotv through a concrete open channel in the yard. The complaint alleged that the nuisance was caused by a dung heap and a quantity of delayed fruit and vegetable matter. One of the witnesses, named Chinnick, stated that Jhe Inspector had asked him to bury three dead dogs in the dung heap, but he refused to do so. Mr. Goldie, however, denied this. The case was dismissed with costs £S 103.

Mr. Oppenheimer has made arrangements for despatching a party of twenty guuvdig?er3 by the e.s. Manapouri to Sydney, en p ou t; for New Caledonia, to work the concession which he has obtained from the French Government respecting the gumfiilds in New Caledonia. Some of the men are from Aratapu, Mangawhare, and Bay of Islands, and experienced in gumdigging. They will fce taken on from Sydney by the steamer trading from that port to Noumea. In a map made by an English engineer, Mr. West, of New Caledonia, so far back as ISGO, by direction of the Emperor Napoleon, it would seem that the gum forest was then known, as it is marked on the! map, "Grand Valines des Kaories." The gu»nfislds occupy the extreme south of the island, extending from the Biy of Bulari on the west coast to the Bay of Uinne on the east coast. Mr. Oppenheimer's party will go to work on the fern plains, leaving the bush gum for the present. His attention was first drawn to the ques-

tion of gum deposits in New Caledonia by the perusal of a book (published IS7S), in the library of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, entitled "Ln Colonisation Francaise, en Nouvelle-Caledonic et dependances, par Charits Lemire." M. Lemire was a memWer of the French Academy, employed by the Fiench Government to survey telegraph routes throughout the island, and in the course of his mission te came across the kauri forests in the south ■end of the island. In his Itineraire Kilometrique are mark- d the names of the places as they then were known, "Camp de la Transportation des Grand ICaories," "Forct de Kaories," " Col des Kaories," and fern plains with no trees. Mr. Oppeuheimer took occasion to verify the map_ by actual travel, and was sufficiently satisfied with what he aaw to warrant entering into the conceassion for ten years with the French Government. The French authorities are especially jealous about the deforestation of the country, owing to some Australian diggers having destroyed 3 number of fine trees, and Mr. Oppenheimer is under a penalty of £200 for every kauri tree that may be injured. He intends to send by December 50 to <50 tons gum to Auckland, under special contract. _ The fault of the gum thereafter obtained will be sent direct home by the Messigeries Maritime 3 line of steamers.

The poll for the election of thres members of the Onehunga Borough Council was taken on Thursday, with the following result W. Stevenson, 102; P. Clark, 92 ; D. Hill, SG ; A. Black, 63 ; E. Earle, 62 ; J. Sullivan, 22. The first three gentlemen were therefore declared duly elected. Mr. Hill was one of the retiring members, the other two, Messrs. Stevenson and Clark, are " new blood." There W3S only one informal vote.

The singular spectacle of ten little boys, ■whose ages ranged between eight and thirteen years, being placed at bar to -answer an indictable charge, was witnessed at the Police Court yesterday. It appears \,hat tbe Messrs. Tole own a house situated in the centre of a four-acre paddock, which is unfortunately close to the Ponsonby Public School. For some time past the hOU3e has not been occupied, and the schoolboys, not content with - playing in the ■paddock, wrecked and destroyed the house, smashing all the doors and windows, and destroying and filling up a well. The evidence, however, failed to show that these special boys charged had anything to do with the mischief, and they were dis•charged.

The polemical discussion between Messrs. Brown and Hutson upon 11 Conditional Irn* mortality," which has been proceeding in , the Theatre Koyal during six nights, was concluded last night with thanks all round, no vote being taken nor any test applied to ascertain the comparative success of the two debaters. The proceedings w<?re orderly and decorous throughout. The Chess Tournament at Abbitt's Opera House was referred to in terms ot disfavour by both the disputants. Mr, B-own taunted •the orthodox Presbyterian Church with *" going to the stage to raise money for the purposes of their Church." Mr. Hutson accepted the impeachment, exclaiming "It "is tree, and more shame t J the Church that it should be so." The audience assembled "to hear the polemical contest was larger than on any previous night. There were probably "between 800 and 900 persons present. The tenor of the arguments and proceedings is reported in another column.

A curious prosecution, under an old Act of CCharles 11., came on at the Police Court yesterday. Two photographers were sued for staking photographs on Sunday. They ad--mitted taking the photos, but denied that it wa3 an offence under the Act, pointing out -.that at the time the Act was passed photo-

graphy was not known, and that there were , certain exemptions. One of tke defendants •3tated that cases of a similar character had 'feeea heard m England and dismissed, and •they thought the law that held good in 'England would be good in New Zealand. His Worship the Resident Magistrate reserved his decision on the point raised, g

We notice, by advertisement in another column, that the first sale of allotments in She Surrey Bills Estate will be held by ■ Messrs. Tonks and Co., on Wednesday, October 8. We believe very liberal terms will -be offered to purchasers.

The Opera House will be re-opened to-night by a strong dramatic company for the production of a series of first-class dramas. The •season will commence with Boncicanlts drama, "The Shaugbraun," with Mr. E. B. Russell in the title role. In the character of Conn, the Shaugbraun, Mr. Kussell already made for himself a high reputation, and many judge his representation of the part to equal anything seen in the colonies. ■Supported as he will be by the excellent -company who played with Mr. Sheridan and Miss Davenport, the play should prove a legitimate success, and we have no doubt it -will be largely patronized. The New Zealand Insurance Company have made sundry alterations in the Exchange section of the Insurance Buildings, owing to the increasing business of the company necessitating further office accommodation. The front has been taken cut of the two offices on tbe ground floor (south side) formerly occupied by Mr. Joseph Newman, and | the stairway on that side has also been thrown in. This has brought out tbat section five feet into the promenade. Thiß portion has now beeD absorbed by the company itself, and devoted to giving increased facilities for the "transaction of itß own business. On the gallery section, the staircase and also been utilised by throwing the whole into -one. The partition between the office and landing has been taken down, and the apartment made into one large office, which is now occupied bv Mmus. Keala and Son

We understand that there is a doubt as to the building regulations having any reference to wooden walls in wooden buildings in the outer area—that is, the area outside what is known as thu " fire block," and it would be well for the City Council to take 4he question into conside ration, and make it clear as to what is intended. For instance, a 9 inch brick wall is not allowed, but brick Dogging in between the studs is allowed, and architects are in doubt what to do, the decision apparently being left to the discretion of (;he Building Surveyor, rather than to a uniform regulation on the subject. The consequence is considerable dissatisfaction among the architects generally.

A strong whirlwind, of singular but i.appily harmless character, occurred yesterday at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, at the corner of Cook and Vincent Streets. All at occe the dust .gathered in the centre of the street, and began to whirl, and then amended in a column to a height of about 150 feet, when it spread out like a cloud. Bits of paper were seen flying high above the cloud of dust. When the dust began to asoend it appeared as if it waß an eruption bursting out, as it looked like black smoke. Several of those who were near ran away to get out of danger. A baker's cart was clo-e at hand, but the horse was evidently frightened, and stopped. The circle at the bottom was about twenty feet in diameter, and the ascending column about four ieet. The phenomenon lastod about five minutes. One singular feature was, that it did not travel along, as whirlwinds usually do, but kept to the one spot till it subsided, and another was that the spectators, standing only a few yards away, felt no wind whatever.

In our obituary columns to-day will be found the name of Mr. John Hennelley, of Shortland, Thame?. In 1860 he came to Now Zealand from Australia, where he had been since 1556, and was at every rush from the opening of the Otago field to that at the opening of the Thames. Mr. Hennelley was deservedly respected and esteemed on the Thames, t upon which he has been a resident almost since its opening. Mr. Hennelley was married to a daughter of the late Mr. Pe:er Grace.

There are on view at Mr. Leech's, Short-laod-stret-t, two fine oil paintings, just arrived from Christchurcb, executed by that well-known artist, Mr. John Gibb, The first is "Old Governor's Jetty, Lyttelton Harbour," and the second, "On tha Beach, Lyttelton." The paintincs possess the best characteristics of Mr. Gibb's style, and tho last named has been especially admired.

There were two prisouers in the lock-up last night, both for drunkenness. One of them, Mis. Theresa Hano, came to the doorstep of the police station to obtain that repose which the domestic circle failed to a fiord, and Detectiva Twohey and Constable Hob-on coming along responded to the silent appeal thus made to them, and "run her in."

Mr. D. Ross (late of Dunedin), the architect to whom was awarded the premium for '•lie best plan of the proposed Harbour Board offices, has during the present week returned from Dunedin. He has nearly completed the working plans and specificai ions for the abovo offices, and they will be ready for inviting tenders in about ten days.

The monthly meeting of the Auckland Institute takes place on Monday. Papers will be read by Captain J3r'_un. Sir. Cheeseman, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. G. Moore, and Mr. \V\ D. Campbell. A meeting for the purpose of forming a local Cricket Club "or the Rerauera and Epsom districts, is to lie held in the Newmarket Hotel on Tuesday next. _ . . A teacher for the W hangarei -@'gh School is wanted. A meetiog of the ratepayers m'the Waitakerio East district is convened for the afternoon of ih ■ ?2nd inctant, at Hen'lersOD, for the purpose of considering the rate struck by the Waitemata County Council. A bazaar is to be held at Wark worth on tl.s 25th October, in aid of tho Freemason's Hall. A promenade concert is to be held iu the evening. Contributions for tuo buzlar are invite.l from all friends of the craft.