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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7336, 23 May 1885, Page 4

An important decision, affecting owners and persons employed on board of vessels, was given by the Resident Magistrate yesterday morning, Accepting that decision as the present state of the law, owners will require to be careful as to the stability of the persons to whom they let boats on "charter." If the charterer neglects or is unable to pay the wages and ( disbursements of the vessel, then, although the owner is not " personally" liable for them, yet the " vessel" is, and a lien is thus created over her, to satisfy which the Admiralty Court, and in some cases the Police Court, has power to sell the vessel. ' The owner is thus in reality made* responsible to the extent of the value , of his. vessel. The crew . should also when shipping make enquiries as to whether the master has been appointed by the owner or the charterer, as it may' turn out,- in the event of the loss of the ship, that their remedy would be not against the : owner with whom they supposed they had contracted, but against some stranger who had chartered the

vessel, and of whose existence they were previously in utter ignorance. In the case of a charter the captain is in a worse position than his men, for although the statute says that he shall have the same lien, and remedies as them,,yet, as the inferior Court can only order the sale of the ship where the master or owner is sued, and the master cannot sue himself, he is therefore compelled to go to the Admiralty Courts, a serious expense both to himself and those who have ultimately to pay him. „

The Liberal party in New Zealand, as we knew it a few years since, is now split into fragments, and the story which we publish in another column about' the political intrigues of last year, is not likely to heal the rupture, or gather the fragments together again. The split, however, may lead to other and better combinations, and a new party may yet arise to save the colony from the policy of squander into which Sir Julius Yogel is again plunging us. The policy of last session shows that Mr. Stout is being carried off-his feet by Sir Julius Vogel, who is full of schemes and jobs that would have been denounced by the old Liberal party as very discreditable and demoralising. The coming session, however, is likely to see a strong effort made in the direction of stopping several of the jobs, especially those of the Waitnea and Duntroom railways. The idea ?of offering Sir George Grey a position as Commissioner for the King Country was a very ill-advised suggestion, and however much it may be contradicted or explained away, we have reason to believe that the information given to us on this point is substantially correct. r

It will be seen, from our cable messages this morning, that the Marquis of Hartington was, questioned in the House of Commons regarding the detention of the Guards at Alexandria. In reply he declined to disclose, at the' present juncture, the reasons which had led the Government to issue' the instructions referred to. He stated, however, that the massing of the troops withdrawn from the Soudan was being continued with the view of future complications elsewhere. An official contradiction has been given to the report that Russia had claimed to have an envoy at Cabal. Dissensions have arisen 'in the Gladstone Ministry in connection with the proposal to renew the Coercion Acts in Ireland. Consols have declined £.

A telegram, from Melbourne states that private advices from home report the sugar market to be somewhat excited, in consequence of statistics of the world's estimated crop showing a considerable falling off in the yield as compared with lust year. Prices are stated to have increased, but oar market reports from Sydney show no alteration in sugar quotations.

On Monday next all telegraph offices which open to the public on Sundays and holidays will be open from nine o'clock a.m. to ten o'clock a.m., and from seven o'clock p.m. to eight o'clock p.m.' The telephone exchange will remain open continuously.

The Board of Education in its annual report refers to school committees as follows : "The Board gratefully Acknowledges the assistances and co-operation afforded by sohool committees during the past year. It has been the constant endeavour of the Board to allow the fullest freedom to committees in the exercise of their functions, and to give due consideration to their wishes and recommendations. The grants voted to committees have for the most part bean expended by them with care and discretion; and due forbearance has been exercised by them in refaaining from making claims upon the Board at a time when the funds of the Board were low. The grants paid to cof»mittees during the year were —(1) Incidental expenses, £3425 8s 9d; and (2) for special objects, £1676 4s 5d : making a total of £5101 13s 2d. The total income of committees from all' sources was £5255 lis 4d, and the total expenditure was £4177 Is sd, leaving a balance of £1078 9s lid unexpended at the end of the year.. Reference was made in last year's report to the frequent disputes arising at the elections of school commitees, owing to the imperfect definition of the term ' housholder' in the Act,. It is satisfactory to report-that very few disputes of the kind arose at the elections held in January last, and that in no single instance has the Board found it necessary to order a fresh election."

At the meeting of the Mercantile Marine Association and the Chamber of Commerce, held at the Harbour Board offices on the 14th inst., it was decided to send a letter to the President of the Seamen's Union containing the resolutions passed at the meeting named. Yesterday Mr. Von der Heyde, the Secretary of the association named, received a reply, stating that the letter would be taken into consideration at a meeting of the Seamen's Union to he held on Monday next. ,

The following telegram was received yesterday by the Legal Manager (Mr. D. 6. MaoDonnell) from the mine manager of the Sew Find Gold Mining Company "No. 1 reef to hand, showing fair gold in drive north from level, which may prove drive to have reached No. lon Arizona ran." The result of this telegram was to advance shares from Is to 3a. At the latter figure business was transacted.

Messrs. Mark Rawlings and John H. Harrop were yesterday appointed auditors for the Borough of Parnell,

The first of a series of lectures and enter* tainments in aid of the Newmarket Wesleyan Chnrch was held at the Newmarket Hall last night, when the Rev, J. S. Hill delivered a very interesting lecture on the Tabernaole. The Rev. Mr. Bivin presided, and there was a fair attendance, considering the shortness of the notice, and the threatening state of the weather. The Grafton choir was in attendance, and sang several anthems, and an -amusing, instructive, and intellectual treat was enjoyed by all present. The lecture, we may add, wits illustrated .by diagrams. At its close a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to the Rev. Mr. Hill,

At the meeting of the Board of Education yesterday, . Professor Tucker, referring to the annual report which had been laid on the table, said ha was rather startled to see that, Recording to that report, the teaching of the district was gradually, getting into the hands of female teachers. He noted that there were only 14 male pupil teachers, whilst there were 173 female pupil teachers. The folllowing is the classification of teachers :— -

The roll of members of the Auckland Parliamentary Union can be seen at Mr. W. McCullough's office, High-vtreet, and also at Messrs. Hughes and George's office, Short-land-street, v* here members can inspect the same, and rectify any. errors or omissions. The elections have been delayed pending the return of the Speaker of the Parliamentary; Union, Mr. C. E. Button, from the South. Mr. Button has now returned from Wanganui, where he has been engaged in the legal business conneoted with the Bryce-Rusaen libel case, and the elections may now be expected to take place next week.

A farther deposit has, it is stated, bean made in the boxing matoh between- JR. Matthews and E. Donovan. Matthews is* sued a challenge to knock any man of his weight oat of tim» in foar rounds, and Donovan has accepted the challenge. The recent disgraceful play of pugilism in the Theatre Royal has rather damped interest in contests of this, sort, but we are informed that this match will be very different from the last one. . . : , ; ' ; • ''

. We are requested by Mr. Witheford to acknowledge a donation of two guineas from Dr. Kenderdine towards the Gunboat Fund, Mr. Witheford has . arranged to open a bank account in the name of the Ponsonby Gunboat Aocount, into which all monies received will be paid daily. ; " X'->

In Superintendent Thomson's letter re the working of the" Contagious Diseases Act published in yesterday's ;< issue, the word "first" was inadvertently' omitted, whioh considerably altera the effect of-"" the sentence. The passage referred to should read that of the - "first 53 prostitutes medically examined at ; the Lock Hospital here, ho less 'than 20 were found •to be diseased, etc." , * ' "*" , The Ponsonby Choral Society Committee, we , understand, intend, repeating A "St. Paul" after the Chofal Society's concert. A number of friends have promised their assistance.

It would appear that the Miranda Coal Company; have a property of very great value. I For many years it; has been believed* that th<> ' place where the mining operations are being carried on by this company there was ft » vast basin of ooaL The recent experience of the company is confirmatory of this opinion. Not long ago it was stated that they bad got to the bottom of the coal seam, whioh was found to be 43 feet thick. At thai- depth a thin seam of imperfectly formed coal was met with, and then the good coal was got again. They have now sunk 64 feet through good coal, and there is no appearanoe of the bottom of the seam. "

' We reprint a sentence of the opinion of Sir Frederick Whitaker, in regard to the supposod disqualification of Professor Aldis, as it was incorrectly printed in our yeaterday's impression:—"Substitute the latter [the approved] meaning for the word [eligible] itself,, itnd the proviso would read that no Professors shall be qualified to be chosen or elected to hold office as members of the Council. The Chairman of the Education Board is neither chosen nor elected, but nominated by the Act."

i At the Police Court yesterday William Bibby, on remand from 15th inat., was committed to stand his trial at the next criminal sessions of the Supreme Court, commencing on Jaly 6, upon a charge of breaking and entering the window of Messrs. Beid and Gray store, Customs-street East, on' May 12, and stealing 60 files and 4 spanners. From the evidence it appeared that tiie window, which, had no abutters, was broken, and the tools lying three or four inches from the glass abstracted. The spanners or screw wrenches, which were quite new, and valued at 10s and 5s each .wholesale, were sold at the pawn offices for Is 6d aud 8d each by the accused. Patrick Tierney, a cab-driver, charged with stealing two carriage-lamps from a baggy in the Market stables on Wednesday, was remanded to Tuesday, andl admitted to bail in his own recognisance!! of £10, and two sureties of £10 each. Messrs. W. B. Waddel (Mayor) and G. Holdship were the presiding Justices.

Our Mauka correspondent writes The many friends of the late Mrs. Fletcher, of Onehunga, will be sorry to hear that she is now nc> more. She may be said to be one of Auckland's early settlers, having arrived in the ship Victory, in February, 1851, with the late Mr. and Mrs. Crispe, of Mauku, with whom she had been a faithful servant in the old country, and decided to cast in her lot with them in the new, and remained with the family till she married, some years after. She leaves a family of eight sons and a daughter, all grown up—-good, hardworking, and industrious settlers. Her complaint Was cancer, from whioh she had been suffering for over a year. Her sufferings were borne with great Christian fortitude. Her end wiie one of peaceful happiness. During her suffering she was shown great kindness by her friends and neighbours.

Those who are in the habit of travelling On our Auckland railways should remember that a new time table comes into operation on the Ist of Jane. As there are several important changes, our readers may be glad to have their attention drawn to the same. The passenger train for Waikato will leave Auckland at eight a.m., arriving at Te Awamutu at five minutes past two p.m., Morrinnville and Cambridge a quarter past two. The present twenty minutes past six train will only go as fur as Mercer, and a new goods train will leave Auckland with passenger carriage attached, at a quarter to twelve, and running through to Cambridge and Te Awamutu, reaching those places at twenty, minutes past seven, p.m. and ten minutes past seven respectively. The passenger train will leave Te Awamutu at ten minutes to ten, a.m.; Cambridge, a quarter to ten ; Morrinsville, a quarter to ten for Auckland, arriving at twenty-five minutes to five, p.m. A new goods train, with passenger carriage attaohed, will leave Te Awarauta and Cambridge at twenty-five minutes" to three p.m., for Auckland, arriving at five minutes to ten p.m. There are several other minor alterations which will require attention.

The total loss sustained by the fire at Messrs. Garlick and Cranwell's factory on the 16th instant, has been ascertained to be £2103. The insurance companies interested paid their claims yesterday, furnishing the firm with £1000. Had the policy for £1000 in the- London, Liverpool, and Globe not been allowed to lapse by oversight, the firm would have been recouped their loss almost wholly, but as it is, they are losers to the extent of £1103, besides having their business divided in five different places. There is a suspicion that the fire was not accidental, and the police are working up the clues which they have obtained. in all oases of workshops where there is a more than ordinary danger 'of fire, arising from the inflammable articles employed, or any other cause, it would be desirable to have a series of pipes with curved ends pointing to the centra of the room or apartment, whose contents are peculiarly liable to danger from fire, in connection with the water service system of the city, and capable of being operated from the outside. By this means water would be brought into immediate contact with the burning matter, if necessary, Without making any opening in the building- on fire, by which a draught would be created by the admission of fresh air. There should be no difficulty in giving effect to a scheme such as suggested above.

-The annual gathering of the Bands "o Hope, advertised to take place on Monday next, in the St. James'B Hall, promises to be very successful. There are three hundred members to take part in the singing, which, as on previous years, will form the attraction of the evening. The exercise songs performed last year will be remembered by .all who heard and witnessed them ; and, though the exercises this year are of a somewhat different character, the chief attractions will be retained. Mr. Frith has spent much time in preparing the members, and he expects good results. Mr. T. Spurgeon is to preside, and Rev. A. J. Smith will address the gathering, besides which an excellent programme of recitations and dialogues has been prepared.

A discussion took place yesterday at a gold mining meeting— of the Caledonian Low Level Companywhich is instructive. Some of the directors, who have long been connected with the mine, were openly charged with endeavouring. to transfer their shared for the express purpose of avoiding calls which were being made by them upon the general body of shareholders. One of the direct on very warmly denied the charge, but it wan admitted that they had transferred a large number of shares. A report of the proceedings appears elsewhere.

" Outride educational establishments and school* are seeking to attach the boys and youths of Auckland, and advertisements frequently now appear in our columns setting forth the advantages of such establishments. To-day, Christ's College, Christchurcb, offer two scholarships for competition, and several medical prizes and scholarships at Guy's Hospital, London, are also advertised. The particulars and details are given in our advertising columns.

A meeting of the provisional Board of direotors and shareholders of the Auckland and I3ubnrban Building and Investment Society was held yesterday afternoon in the office of the society. Queen-street, for the purpose of appointing directors and the transaction of general business. There was a full attendance. Mr. E. Spratt was voted to the chair. The following gentlemen were elected the first Board of Directors of the society:—Messrs. James Mason, W. McMillan, R. C. Greenwood, R. H. JDuder, Richard Spratt, £. W. Morrison, Alfred Kidd, ' William McCullough. As the number of directors by the rules of the society are cine, this leaves one yet to be elected. The election of President and Vice-President was also clef erred. ; Mr. S. Jackson, jun., was appointed aolioitor, and Mr. P. M. Grant manager of the society. The society will probably commence . operations on the Ist June, x and has already reoeived very substantial support from the public, the manager having received numerous applications for shares, not only in the city, and suburbs, but also from the country districts. Prospectus and particulars will be advertised in a few days.

Thei pride of the Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette of New Zealand has now been reduced to one guinea per year, and as will be seen ry advertisement in another column the local sdvtace sheet is now issued separately in Auckland weekly for half-a-guinoa per annum. . ■ *

The s.B. Qlenelg left for the wreck of the s.s. Maogregor yesterday morning, with a scow in tow. ' It is believed that with the change of wind : the workmen will be enabled to resume operations towards the raising of the stranded vessel.

■ The , Helensville Timber Company have declared van, interim \ dividend for, the Bix months at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, -I," •; ' :-i

A number of the Auckland architects are busily engaged on competitive designs for the new Customhouse, : corner of Albert and Customs Streets. ~ The designs have to be in Wellington by the Ist pro*.

Lower Symonds-street is fast getting filled up with handsome villas, owing to its prox. imity to the city. Plans are being prepared for some fine new erections.

Owing to Monday next being a general holiday, no . oargo will be received by the North Shore Ferry steamers on that day.

The associates of the Girls' Friendly 80. ciety are invited to meet Mrs. Awdry (VicePresident of the Central Council, London) at Biahop3court, on Monday next.. .

The alterations at the Post Office buildings are drawing, towards completion. The por. Hons intended for the accommodation of the public are already being utilised, but the interior alterations are not yet completed.

Numerous applications are made daily to the Immigration Officer for permission to nominate assisted passengers. All these have to be refused, owing to ins traction* from Wellington. The families which were separated through the sudden stoppage of immigration have now been reunited, consequently immigration matters are again at a standstill.

It is rumoured that the Licensing Committees at the forthcomingilicenßing meetings intend to give some of the hotels the " happy despatch," on the grounds either of not having sufficient accommodation or of not being wanted.

The alterations and additions at Mr. B. H. Bartletfs photographic establishment hare just been oompleted, at a cost of over £1000. Mr. B. A. Watson wa<i the contractor, and Mr. H. G. Wade architect. The new photographic gallery is 47 feet by 38 feet (with view studios, etc. is constructed on the moat approved principles, and fitted up in the best style with the latest appliances in use .on the Continent and in America. The approach to the gallery is through a conservatory. At the foot of the grand staircase is a ladies' retiring room, fitted up with every convenience, and the walls of the approaches are adorned with photographic sketches of British and Continental scenery of .the. choicest description, and pictures illustrative of Egyptian social life and scenery. There are also some' fine copies of celebrated paintings. No expense has been spared in making the establishment one of the most complete and beat equipped' in the colony. The decorations have been executed by Mr. John Henderson, and reflect great credit upon him. The instruments are all new, and among them is cue, which is the largest yet constructed, by Marrion and Co., and Ross, of London. Photos 30 inches by 24 inches are taken direct without enlargement, and those which we inspeotcd were beautiful specimens of the photographer's art. The firm is also executing a new style of painting in opal, water colour, and oils, and the new style of framing now so much in fashion on the Continent. During Mr. Bartlett's recent visit to Europe he procured all the leading specialities in photography, and these will now be submitted to the Auckland public.

The committee of the Ponsonby "At Homes" have been appointed for the present season, namely, George Cruickshank, A. Davore, G. S. Jakins, C. Macindoe, T. T. Masefield, J. H. Upton, D. F. Evans, Dra. Evans, Dawson, and Hope Lewis. The first "At Home" will take place on the sth proximo, and application for tickets should be made to the Secretary. . .

The weekly state of the Auckland District Hospital for the week ending May 21 is as follows :—Remained last state, 98; admitted since, 10; discharged since, 12 died, 1; remaining at present, 74 males, 21 females —total, 95* Out patients, 4.

There were in the lock-up last evening, three prisoners, one a man, on a charge of drunkenness, a woman named Kid for obscene language; and a man named Jacob Solomon on a charge of having no visible means of support. He has, it seems, been annoying Rabbi Goldstein and other of his co-religionists, by begging and other acts of mendicancy.

Mr. J. Banna desires us to state that he is in no way connected with the concert to be given at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening next.

The annual public meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association, prior to the opening of the winter session of lectures, classes, &c., will be held next Friday evening in the" lecture hall, when addresses will be delivered by the President, Rev. J. S. Hill, Professor Aldis, and Revs. R. Bavin and C. Worboys. The friends of the association are cordially invited.

"Impulse" was repeated at the Opera House last evening by Mr. Wybert Reeve and his comedy company. To-night, Mr. H. J. Byron's play " The Crushed Tragedian," will be produced, and will no doubt attract a large audience.

We are.informed that the late Mr. Walter Dowdea assured his life some years ago in the Australian Mutual Provident society for £500. Be paid In premiums £282 19s 7d, and bis total hones additions amounted to £313 2s, being £30 2s Sd io excess of the total premiums paid, which shows that hit assurance of £530 2s 5d actually cost him nothing. Such fats at these deserve publicity, to enable people to realise the surpassing advantages to be obtained from this society. ' •

Wale. Female. Total. Head teachers .. .. .. 160 77 246 As»i«tint teacher* .. ... 29 75 104 Pupil tcacher* 14 173 > -- 187 Sewing teachers 49 49 Visiting teachers .. .. 7 .. 7 Total .. .. .. .. 219 374 * 693