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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7404, 12 August 1885, Page 4

In an extremely interesting article which we publish to-day, Mr. G. A. Sala deals with the aspect of Sydney as they appear to "a new chum," and describes in his own agreeable and chara:teristic style his impressions of the metropolis of New South Wales, Our cable messages this morning state that intelligence has been received in Paris of a massacre of Christians in Tonquin by the natives of that country. The ivoyal Commission, recently appointed to enquire into the cause of the depressed state of trade in Great Britain, has commenced its labours under the presidency of Lord Iddesleigh. The majority of the members are said to hold views favourable to reciprocity. The German corvette Augusta is supposed to have been lost at sea while on a voyage to Sydney. The a.s. Wairarapa arrived from Southern parts and Melbourne yesterday, and by her His Worihip the Mayor, Mr. W. R. Waddel, was a passenger from Wellington. Mr. Waildel has been on a shore visit to the Empire City in connection with the opening of the Exhibition. Mr. Waddel at once recommenced his public duties, and was present at the meeting of the Harbour Board. The regular meeting of the Harbour Board was held yesterday, and a large amount of important business was transacted. A motion of which Mr. Devore had given notice, relative to decreasing the amount of excavation and concrete at the Calliope Dock, or rather asking for a joint report from the dock engineer and consulting engineer as to its desirability, was lost on the show of hands. Mr. Coates, Manager cf the National Bank, has received a telegram from the Bank Inspector, Mr. Dymock, of Dunedin, contradicting the Press cable message which appeared in our yesterday's issue, stating that the resolution of the directors to transfer £100, from the capital account to a contingent bad debt account had been cancelled. The Inspector's advices from London arc to the effect that at a special meeting of the shareholders the proposal ot tha directors had been adopted unanimously, Cecil A. Caspar, a young man recently in the employ of Mr. JR. A. Carr, broker, was committed at the Police Court yesterday by Messrs. F. L. Prime and M. Shea, J.P.'a, to stand his trial at the Supreme Court upon two charges of embezzling funds from bis employer, and on a third, on which he consented to be dealt with summarily, he was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour. Another very fair day's business was done in the stock and sharemarket yesterday. Bank of New Zealaud shares realised £21 10s, whilst Colonial Banks were asked for at 41s 6d. Union Insurance shares changed hands at 23a 6d, and several parcels of Auckland Gas shares realised £10 10s. Thames gas were in alight demand, 29s being offered. In mining shares considerable attention was paid to Cambrias, they selling at 20s 6d and 21s, closing with sellers at 225. Darwins realised 10s 6d, and closed firm with sellers at lis ; and the same may be said of Golden Crowns, which were sold at 6s 9d and 7s. Manukiu's realised 2a 4d to 2s 3d. Moanataiaris changed hands at 7s 61 when tho market opened, but as the day advanced they rose to 8s 6d and on to 9s 6d, at which figures business was done. They closed firm with sellers at the higher figure. Ivanhoe's were inquired for at 5a 9J, and Sutro's were sold at 2s. The y.s, Wairarapa, which arrived from Melbourne yesterday, brought one boiler and 75 pieces of machinery, which constitute a further shipment of machinery from Mr. LaMonte for erection at the Thames. The Wairarapa was also the bearer of a further consignment of tea, transhipped from the Tamsui at Wellington, and also of a quantity of cargo J transhipped from the Tainui at Dunedm fro London. Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co. arc the Auckland agents for the last* na nod steamer. There were in the lock-up last evenic 3 two prisoners, namely, James Ingham, fcr larceny, and a woman for drunkenness. Another case of supposed narcotic poison* i; g is current, in this case also a woman being the subject. The matter has been kept quiet, and no official particulars are known to the police.

Mr. Suiter, Mayor of Newmarket ' day accompanied Mr. Coom, Railway R - t neer, over the Newmarket reserve with 8 '" i view to examining what could be* do • , the way of laying off a road at each aid! '» , the railway to connect the old Manuk Road with the new main road, to that th" ! present dangerous crossing might be inanently closed up. Mr. Suiter taidT* ' thought no objections would be urged ag»" 1 Giving the Government SO feet at each i of the rails. It will be recollected that lu Minister for Public Works referred or matter to Mr. Coom, and intimated that'f ! this could be satisfactorily done he w M . withdraw his opposition to the Bill for ,u . ing the purposes of the Newmarket , so that it might be made a borough eudr/ 9 inent. w * A new Roman Catholic Church ig to h erected at Buckle-street, Wellington f the accommodation of residents ac Te A° r and Newtown. 1 Mr. Farqahar Macrae returned yesterda from a visit to Dnnedin, where he has be/ arranging for the transference of his wife and family to Auckland. Mr. Macrae intend! at once to commence practice in Auckland as barrister and solicitor. At a native meeting held at Parawai last week the daughter of one of the prominent chiefs was accused of having maligned another member of the tribe, and, the defamiticn being proved, the offender was mulct to tie tune of about £30. The Wellington Times, in its criticism of the performance of the oratorio of " Elijah" at the Exhibition, says:"lt was a great advantage to have the aid of so gifted and accomplished an organist as Mr. N#viu a Barnett, under whose able manipulation the new crgan was heard to very satisfactory effect." ' Mr. Neville Barnett, organist of St. Matthew's Church, has been prevailed upo a to remain another week in Wellington. flj recitals, &c., have given so much pleasure that he has found it impossible to resist the pressure brought to bear upon him to give performances in other parts of the city. The Newton football team, which played a match at Whangarei on Saturday with tha local club, had a very easy victory over them, winning by 8 points (four triei) to nothing. On Wednesday, the 19th instant, the Auckland Provincial Beekeepers' Association will hold their next meeting at Pukekoha, in the Roman Catholic Schoolroom, at half. past seven p.m. This is the first of a serial of lectures which will he held in the evening for the convenience of beekeepers whose occupation interferes with attendance at afternoon meetings, and we trust will be u-fc'.l attended, as the meetings of the Auckland Provincial Beekeepers' Association are always both interesting and instructive. The Thames Advertiser has the following : —" As the promised Hikutaia section of the Thames-Te Aroha railway is now partially provided for, it behoves the inhabitants of the district to agitate for the continuance of the line to the southward end of the Valley, so a3 to render the past and present expenditure of Government moneys productive of revenue to the colony. On Saturday after, noon Mr. W. H. Crick was engaged in obtaining eignatures to a requisition to the Mayor and County Chairman and members '.if both corporate bodies, praying that a public meeting be convened to consider what steps shall be taken to get the Thames Valley railway opened for traffic, by inducing Government to place a sum on the Estimates (1) for completing the formation of the line as far as the tenders at present extend, by letting a second contract for the bridges over the creeks and rivers ; and ('J) to provide for the survey and preparation of working drawings for the continuation of the line to Paeroa or Te Aroha." The case of H. W. Brabant v. Michael Kiely, for personation at the late Tauranga election, came on at Paeroa, Ohiuemuri, on Monday. After hearing the evidence of nine witnesses the accused was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court. Bail wa> accepted in two sureties of £50 each and accused in £100. R. Willis, who was convicted ofl«.._y at the Police Court a few days ago, writes in reference to Mr. Thomson's statement that he had pointed a pistol at a young lady; he says that Mr. Thomson did not make the statement in his hearing, and that it was not true. Mr. Thomson made the statement in the hearing of the Court. The Board of Education have placed at the credit of the City Schools Committee school fan ! account at the Bank of New Zealand , £177 10?, being school fund allowance for the half year ending December 31, on account of schools as under :—Wellesley-street, £70 ; 1 Beresford-street, £50; Nelson-street, £30; i Franklyn-road, £15 ; Howe-street, £li IDs. i Among the passengers who arrived by the Wairarapa yesterday was Dr Wm. R. Erson, brother of Dr. Erson, of Otahuhu, who came to New Zealand in medical charge of the steamer Tainui. On severing his connection with the ship, Dr. W. R. Erson received a presentation and handsome address from the officers and passengers. Dr. Erson will commence practice in his profession in Onehunga and surrounding disi tricts. The question of home lessons cropped up at the City Schools Committee last night at the instance of Mr. Mc Master, who said that three parents had made complaints privately on the matter. If there were undue pressure on the children intellectually, in the shape of home tasks, he thought it should be remedied. Mr. Hannan thought that the borne lessons did not seem to be overdone, or so many children would not be seen running about the streets at night, The Chairman said he would like to see the three parents make specific written complaints, and then the committee would hart something to go by. It was not advisable to do anything in the way of interfering with the home lessons of the children, at least, without a conference with the teachers. The annual examination for district scholar- ' ships commenced in Auckland, Hamilton, and the Thames yesterday. Mr. A. McArthur, Principal of the Training College, assisted by the students, supervised the Auckland candidates, who numbered : Boys, 71, and girli, 75 ; while Mr. J. J. Roach conducted at the Thames, and Mr. V. E. Rice at Hamilton. The subjects examined in yesterday were • English grammar, geography, and political i economy ; while for to-day the papers will i be upon arithmetic and English composition. i It is expected that the examination will not I conclude until Friday afternoon. ' Some time ago a Mr. Nicholson, of Bakerstreet, went into the school-ground of the • Nelson-street School, while the children • were at club-drill, and directed one of his daughters to put down her club, considering 1 the exercise too much for her in her delicate i state of health, ard further expressed himi self somewhat strongly on the matter. The - head teacher brought the affair under the s notice of the committee, and Mr. Nicholson ■ made an explanation, and defended his conduct. It was resolved last night at the 3 City Schools Committee that in view of hi« explanation, and at the request of the head [ teacher, to take no further steps in the way [ of prosecuting him, although there was no 5 doubt he had been guilty of a breach of the 3 Act by entering upon school premises and interfering with the exercises of the children 5 while in charge of their teachers. 3 The Inspector of Prisons, in his annual ' report on the prisons of the colony, shows ■ that there is a slight decrease in tho number ' of juvenile criminals received during the • year, those under ten years of age being 1' ' in 1884, as acainst 25 in 1883; but in those • from ten to fifteen years of age there was an 1 increase of 13 on the previous year, _the numbers being 118 in 18S4, as against 100 m 1 ISS3. In the number of those from fifteen 1 to twenty thero was a decrease, the numbers 3 being 261 in ISS3 and 258 in ISS4, giving , a total decrease during the year of two P rl " soners under the age of twenty. The dej crease is small in number, but when t * 1 increase of the population is taken into aci count, its relative proportion assumes mor . importance than the mere numbers iudica e. The dates at which the quarterly licensing meetings for Auckland wards, acd Parnell, have been fixed as f°''° w .® ' t 1 The following are to be held at the hesi - _ i Magistrate's Court : Auckland South, V • tember 1; East, September 2 ; Xaranga ap > ■ September 4 ; Ponsouby and Parnell, ."T * tember 5; Auckland North and Gralton, . September 7,' and Newmarket at the Pib Hall, September 8. The meetings me» 1 instance take place at noon. Inspector Kiely arrived yesterday fro® i the Thames, and will remain in charge ont i Auckland till the return of Superintend g : Thomson from his official visit to the stati on the East Coast.

Yesterday James Ingham, who has served several long sentences, and is well known to the police, was arrested by plain-clothes Constable Herbert, after a series of amusing adventures, on a cliaige of larceny of a suit of olothes, value £2 12s 6d, from the premises of Messrs. Hannken Brothers, on the previous evening. Shortly after the clothing was missed the police were made acquainted with the theft, and later in the evening they received a telephonic message from Mr. Asher, pawnbroker, stating that Ingham had pawned the clothes at his establishment. No trace of Ingbam was obtained throughout the night, but yesterday morning Mr. Asher telephoned to the police station that Ingham bad been descried again. Detective Hughes, Sergeant McMahon, and Constable Russell started in pursuit. When Detective Hughes was going up Lome-street he caught sight of Ingham, who bolted incontinently, jumped a fence into an allotment and through to Waketield-street, and thence into Mountstreet and Symonds-street, en route for the Domain, with the above three officers in hot pursuit. It was a "weight for age " affair, but the pace and the distance was too much for the detective, and while he was holding up a fence, with "bellows to mend," Ingham was lost sight of by the whole party. While this was going on, Constable Herbert heard of the affair at the station, and took up the running on his own account. Striking the scent warm, he headed for the Domain, where he came up with Ingham snd young Asher. The latter had hung on to Ingham all the way, occasionally seizing him by the coat, when Ingham would try to strike him. These episodes, however, had retarded Ingham's flight. Just as Constable Herbert came up, Ingham had pulled up and was shaping at Asher, with the intention of striking him for dogging his footsteps. The constable bore in and speedily handcuffed Ingham, who was taken to the station.

Some time ago a paragraph appeared stating that a boy named Farrell, who had passed second in the first-class at the Thames High School, when it was examined by Professors Tucker and Brown, had failed to pass the necessary preliminary examination to qualify him for entrance into the Auckland Grammar School. Last night the Chairman of the City Schools Committee (Mr. Gorrie) brought up the matter afresh, as the incident had been quoted at a committee meeting. He said the statement was to some extent inaccurate. The boy was second in the second class ; the difference did not materially affect the argument, which was based on the incident, but in fairness and as a matter of accuracy, he desired to mention the matter.

It is rumoured that the Salvation Army mean to attend at the Opera House en ma see to manifest their indignation at the manner in which they are travestied in the " Pearl Divers," by making a counter demonstration amongst the audience. Should such a contretemps occur — although Messrs. McM»hon and Leitch will do all in their power to frustrate it—there is sure to be some fun in it for the audience. Last night the Opera House was crowded, and the performance was repeatedly applauded, tha several spectacular scenes rousiug the large audience to a pitch of enthusiasm.

Sergeant Clarke, of the Water Police, was busy yesterday in endeavouring to establish the identity of the body found in the harbour the previous day, and it is believed he has done so, though the evidence was not in time to be submitted at the coroner's inquest on the unfortunate man. There is little reason to doubt that the drowned man is George Alcott, alias Martin, formerly an inmate of the Old Men's Refuge.

Last night, at the City Schools Committee, an application was received from a teacher for a month's leave of absence. The application was backed up by a medical certificate, and as the doctor had to earn his fee, the c«rtificite was dressed up in professional phraseology ; it stated that the applicant was "suffering from hemoptysis." The mystic iocument went the round of the committee or perusal, amid incipient symptoms of lockjaw. They had heard of Captain Barry's suffering from "an attack of plumbago," but they gave the haemoptysis certificate up as a conundrum. Ultimately it was decided to give the teacher a "show" for a month, haemoptysis or no haemoptysis.

The police seem latterly to have taken a dead-set at professionals. The other night they interviewed " The Siamese Twins,"and accommodated them first at the lock-up and subsequently at Mount Eden for a month to come. Constables Bullen and O'Brien caught sight of " The Boneless Eoy" at one o'clock this morning, and gave him a pressing invitation to put up at McConnell's Villa for the rest of the night, which he accepted. He interviews His Worship this morning.

The Christchurch Frees, in a leading article, says :—"The Government plan is to go on with the railway, and trust to the operations of the Native Land Disposition Bill to provide country for settlement. We have no hesitation in saying that if this course is pursued a heavy burden will he imposed upon the taxpayers of the colony. They will be called upon to pay some £60,000 or £80,000 a*year on account of the railway to enable the native owners to extract exorbitant rents from the Europeans."

The other day a boy was arrested by the police, a pupil of the Beresford-street School, on the charge of being concerned in one of the petty larcenies of children's overcoats which have recently taken place at that school. When brought up at the Police Court he was discharged on payment of costs. The head teacher has since refused to receive the lad back into the school, hut the City Schools Committee, not being satisfied from the issue of the case, as well as the respectability of the parents of the boy, that a larceny was intended, have appointed a sub-committee to investigate the case. If the enquiry is satisfactory the boy will be re-admitted.

Two accident cases occurred yesterday. The first was in Ponsonby, where a lad named Cossar was thrown from a horse, and got cut on the forehead. The second happened to a boy named Delahay, son of a gaol warder, who fell from a cart and the wheel went over his hand, crushing it badly. He was taken to the Hospital, where he was received into the accident ward, and his thumb amputated by Dr. Bond.

A party of City Council workmen are at present engaged in forming the northern pavement of Customs-street East. This frontage of the street has hitherto borne a dilapidated appearance, being covered with litter and rubbish of all sorts.

We would again call attention to the lecture of Mr. E. A. Mackechnie, under the auspices of the New Zealand Art Students' Association, on "Turner, the Colourist," which will be given this evening at the Auckland Institute at a quarter to eight p.m.

The Auckland Tramway Company hare settled the case of Mrs. Ross, of Ponsonby, in which £500 was claimed as damages for a broken wrist, arising oat of a skidding accident in Wellesley-street. The sum paid v/bs about a fifth of the amount claimed. " A sprained ankle case" is the latest the company has on hand—a small matter of £50 claimed. On this tariff it will shortly be necesary to revise proverbial phraseology, and the phrase "a blessing in disguise 1 ' come to mean a tramway accident. Poor old Brown, who was smashed up by a locomotive at the Auckland railway station, and has been sent adrift into the world again unfit to earn his lining, without a penny of compensation from Government, bemoans bis hard fate that he was not telescoped by a tramcar, as he would now have a tidy balance at the bank, and be living in the lap of luxury.

Messrs. Rignold and Alison have commenced an action against Remenyi, the violinist, for £2000 damages for breach of

contract.

Mr. Josiah Martin will deliver his lecture on '• Relics of Unwritten History," i lustrated with numerous limelight views, on Friday evoking, in the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Kenton will deliver his lei tnre on "The Times and Writing of the Patriarch Job," on Friday week, 21st instant.

The ladies of the Beresford-street Congregational Chunk have been industriously engaged preparing useful articles for family servicOj to be disposed of this evening at their social gathering to any friends who may fael disposed to possess them. As there is no charge for admission, an opportunity occurs for the careful investment by heads of families and others. The proceeds of this sale «re to be devoted to missionary objects, being a further inducement for the exercise of charitable expenditure.

An extensive sale of household furniture, platodware, china, and glassware, pictures, tic., one of lieatty's golden-tongueU 24-stop combination organs, a very superior instrument, and a lar<e assortment of household requisites, to-morrow (Thursday), at residence of Mr. Philliprlwho is removing to furnished house), O'Rorke-street, Albert Park. Vide advertisement.

Boxing.—Mathews and Wilkinson met last night at the Clarendon Hotel, and arranged for a match, Marquis of Queensbury rules, to a finish for £30 a-side. The first deposit of £10 a-side was paid over to Mr. Frank McGahey, who was chosen as stakeholder; the final depssit of £20 a-side to be made no later than eight p.m. on Saturday night next, the match to come off ii) soon u some suitable place can be secured.