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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7772, 19 October 1886, Page 4

========= ] (; Oar cable messages this morning state ] that the French newspapers, in commenting J on the relations between that country and I England, deny that France is intriguing ? against England, or that she is seeking war. j They explain that her recent armaments are j intended for defensive purposes only. Le }, Temps reads the London Journals a homily on the necessity of adopting a more confiding and trusting disposition in their J| references to France, and of striving to £ promote a cordial understanding between * the two countries. Considering the com- ° plimentary allusions to perfidious Albion 8l with which the Paris Press teems, this ° admirable advice comes with exquisite grace B( from Le Temps. The St. Petersburg Gazette « is urging the Russian Government to send j an army to Varna. Hanlan claims the I ° championship on the ground that Beach I refused to row him in England, \h

)ro | A' the meeting of the Auckland Harbo . I Board, to be held to-day, the question of t in pilot service is to again come up for com for aeration. It is said that the Board intei CO. to request Pilots Sainty and Cooper to hai in the certificates that they hold as auth rised pilots, but this, we understand, ti ' Gr gentlemen named are not prepared to i ed unless they receive in return Borne doenme lie which will give them the power to act _ pilots for the port in the same manner , their present certificates authorise thet 116 Further reference to this matter will 1 at found in our shipping columns. The session of the Diocesan Synod was 001 on tinned yesterday, and after some preliminai fo- business, the debate on Dr. Maunsell be motion, re the appointment of ministers i 2<. parochial districts, was resumed. D .' Maunsell withdrew his motion in favour < rl the Rev, F. Gould's amendment, " that m- Standing Committee should be the Bishop ke council of advice in the appointment i 1( ministers." After a long discussion, $ amendment to this was lost, and so also wi a the motion itself on a division. A depot; tion from the United Kingdom Allianc »le headed by Sir Wm. Fox and Mr. Glove jj Q waited on the Synod to ask their co-oper, tion and support. The remainder of tb ce evening was occupied, up to ten o'clock, i ig aonsiderieg the report of the Pension Boarc of This was dealt with in committee, and wi not concluded when the Synod adjourned 1 °" ten o'clock. in le The Stark Purchase Commissioners cor ... tinued their sitting yesterday, and too ■"■ evidence of Mr. Yaile and other witnesses. ® The civil sittings of the Supreme Com 31 commenced yesterday, In two cases i 16 which confessions had been filed judgmenl jg were entered up, and one case was po«1 poned until the December sessions. Th case of Hori Eorikanui and others v. Henr l 8 j Lane was then called, Mr. Forwood an ;y Mr. Palmer appearing for the plaintiff ,y and Mr. Cotter for the defence. The plair tiffs, the native owners of a block of timbe land in Bay of Islands district, sold t '" the defendant the right to cut • kaui id timber off the block under an agreemen ie by which he was to pay £1 5s per tre j for each tree measuring over 2§ fee in diameter. The plaintiffs and defendan it ere agreed as to the total number of tree; e taken, but the dispute was as to the measure lb ment of the trees. The plaintiffs claimet that the defendant should pay for each tret ° which measured 2J feet in diameter at tht h stump, while the defendant contended tha l- the proper measurement was half way up thi q trunk, and that any tree which did no' • measure 3 feet at the stump he was noi entitled to pay for. This is the principa 1_ issue, but there are others as to his liabilitj it to pay for hollow trees, and there is also i lS claim against him for cutting down certaii totara and other trees. The case does noi possess much public interest. It occupied !S the Court all day yesterday, and there ii e little prospect of its being completed befon t this evening. k The Police Court was occupied for i considerable time yesterday with the hearinj e of a charge under the Police Offences Ac d against Frederick Yonge, a farmer at th< a Tamaki, who was charged with illtreating i a hunting horse named Ruahine by spurrinj it cruelly at the meet of the Papurangs '' Hunt Club, after the Horse Parade at Green f lane last month. Quite a host of sporting witnesses was called on both sides, and th< [ Courtroom was thronged with a crowd o: ' followers of the chase. After hearing the 8 evidence the Bench imposed a fine of 10s and J costs. Mr. W. Thome appeared for the 8 Society for Prevention of Cruelty tc c Animals, and Mr. J. H. Harris represented the defendant. 7 3 It is announced that the Auckland Museum e will be closed from to-morrow to Saturday for the annual cleaning and re-arrangement oi 1 specimens. These is little to add to the account of the Symonds-street fire in yesterday's issue. Mr. McCarroll's stock was insured for £700 in the Norwich Union, and Mr. Sped ding's, ' it is stated, was uninsured. Mr. Winstone, • who lives opposite the site of the premises . burned down, kindly received into his house , for the night Mr. MoCarroll and family and Mrs. Baird. Mr. Beveridge, of the City Engineer's department, furnished the men of the Fire Brigade with tea, coffee, and other refreshments, and Superintendent Hughes, on their behalf, desires to return thanks. As the tenders for the erection of the Sailors' Rest were regarded as too high, though they ranged down to £3549 from £4987, Mr. Bartley, architect, is engaged in preparing fresh plans on a modified scale. The passes by rail to Waibato having been stopped by order of Minister of Works, the Town Clerk, who issues these passes on behalf of the Mayor, wired to Wellington on the patter, and has received a reply in tilt ct that a few extra passes may be issued, prcvided the cases are deserving. Those whs desire to obtain a pass must in future bring to the Town Clerk a certificate from some one known in the town, as to the time of non-employment, and work they are seeking. In connection with the Great Barrier murders a Southern contemporary says that there is here a question which has yet to be dealt with. At present neither the Government of New Zealand nor the Admiralty of the Empire are prepared to follow murderers to the bitter end regardless of all considerations of expenditure. It follows that any man with a purse long enough to command steam facilities, oan do any hideous deed of murder he pleases, and escape scot free out of sight in some far but pleasant country. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Edu-. oational Institute was held in the Auckland Training College, Wellesley-street, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. E. M. C. Harrison (of Beresford-street) was appointed chairman vide the late Mr. Gurr. Messrs. Harrison, Leonard, and Gifford were elected delegates to attend the annual Conference at Christchurch. Mr. McArthur then spoke in favour of the delegates being left free to act as the business of the Conference arose, and to use their own discretion in voting on the various subjects. It was, he said, a poor compliment to send gentlemen to represent them, and at the same time to restrict them beforehand to any particular line of voting. He was followed by Mr. Bourne and Mr. Wortbington, who spoke in a similar strain. Mr. McArthur also thought that the action of the Conference should be watched closely with reference to the pupil teacher system. He feared that there was an inclination in other educational districts to admit such teachers at an age altogether too young, and drew a doleful picture of the poor unfortunate aged thirteen attempting to do anything at all in the way of teaching. The Chairman also related his late experience in a neighbouring colony where he had aotually seen the system at work.. On the proposal of Mr. McArthur, it was agreed that no pupil teachers shonid be employed below the age of 15 at least, and no candidates should be indentured until they have undergone successfully a term of probation. The meeting closed after having instructed the secretary to write a letter of condolence to Mrs. Gurr. A special session of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Good Templars of the , World will be held in Auckland shortly, for the purpose of conferring Right Worthy Grand Lodge degrees on qualified applicants. Brother Sir William Fox ' has received a communication from England ' empowering him to confer such degrees. A gentleman, who has recently made a ' tour of nearly all the townships and settle- * ments on the East and West Coasts of both Islands, from Auckland to Inveroargill, i states that he came back to Auckland feeling 1 satisfied that, notwithstanding the prevalent 1 cry of dull times, that it was in a healthier ' and sounder state than any other place he i visited during his tour. * I In the course of his address to a jury at Wellington, Mr, Jellicoe referred to the Crown ] Prosecutor as the bank's" solicitor (Mr. ] Bell being solicitor to the bank.) Mr. Bell ] objected to this, an His Honor Mr. Justice Richmond expressed an opinion that Mr. Jellicoe's conduct was not only grossly un- I professional, but also very ungentlemanly. * Mr. Jellicoe remarked that he presumed he r knew his duty. "I thought you did," replied s His Honor, "but I cannot think so now. 8 However, I don't suppose my rebuke will * have any effect upon you." t A lively little scene occurred between e learned counsel in the Wellington Supreme j Court. Mr. Jellicoe complained to Judge j Richmond that Mr. Bell, the Crown Prose- jg sutor, had called him "the greatest ]y scoundrel unhung," Mr. Bell denied having p ised those exact words, but was exceedingly j lorry for the sotto voce expression he had n ised. The learned judge, by a little q lelicate flattery, succeeded in pouring oil a , m the troubled waters. It There were no prisoners in the lockup 14 last evening. tl

ftMiii gr * nd fftn °yd^Mibimlfr sss^ : the Friday .veiling la«t at th^otil^W -end Lodge Harmony, .»*<? J*^i*fi -end Lodge Harmony, B.C. The ra „ M «o^ land large and fashionable gaff' *" *»4 tho. being present, and the ball ro„« btmt 20$ the a very brilliant and striking ™>>t£ •do queens, duchesses, tempi,?, JJ?<*, u lent danced over the waxed a oop *° thel 'S tas those present were Brother Ti,. t Am "n B ras W.M. of Lodge Harmony, who /**«*? ; em. mantle and insignia of fc?,Slthe I be plars of the Constantino order Ift* C breast was decorated with varin! d wt 5e ion- ' ° rd ß, Hi " di ß nit y M Knight TeZi Mi, ° ai ° »- position in Masonry, did nr £ * pUr . & eIR worthy and genial doctor from fin P - r6TeQ £ ■ n B t lf i° * he utaioßt sn Promotine th I** •*»■ Dr of the guests. Bro. the Rev. I ojSfW"* rot sUired5 Uired in the 18th century R n lhvet^ rpl degree. Amongst the other char^f 6 , 0^ th , we noticed Bro. Dr. W. R & ter< W °P'« surgeon, Mr. Wasteneys' as Itt»»s1 tt »»s ' of officer, Mr. Wo. Water! as 0 "" «< was Bush as clown (in which character h h e 9 °' « ™ considerable amusement), Mr TnL ore *ted »**■ officer, and Bros. McCu lo u J T M »N ice, Walker, and many others £ ?u m nnyr Wk W, tume. Amongst the ladies there C ct »' "a* many handsome and appropriate re TB fJ the Miss Pearse appeared a P a CnlVn .» Miss Eva Irvine as Snow, Sj'*. ird - Folly (and the brilliancy of S. ,8 » * was attracted much attention); Mis, P Co,tn lat English lady, and there were me M** costumes which were graceful an 1 hep on- The success of the ball was lareel* a % 30k exertions of the M.O.'s Bro Vr totb » ~ Bro. Wallace, who with the W M aS* a " d . brethren left no stone unturned V, otie ™* the general happiness and p 88 * "J* » guests. Dancing was kept up S. fth ' "™ until "the wee sma' hours "I? "*» Che f e P arated for their various homes wiV" ™ hearty good luck to Lodge Harney * «* md A At the Police Court yesterday U ff S( Arnold was remanded to Whanearoi " lin- charge of stealing a blanket, a lid ° a * ber Andrew Butler was bound over in h »* d to recognisances to be of good behavior fn^' uri months for stealing a rail from th. v < 8 ent market Railway Station on Sunday ree charge of perjury against Joseph BaJ'i A eet case heard last week in the R.M Com* ln a m adjourned for a week on the apnlieati„ **', Bea Mr. W. Dignan for the prosecution * ° f re- A meeting of ratepayers and others in ied terest«d in the maintenance of th. V ree North Road, was held last evening inn ;he Mount Albert Hall. Mr. A. K r , lat presided. There was a good attend*. ;he Mr. Spragg moved, "That this m *£ lot would respectfully request the Mount Alb ! lot Road Board to reconsider the imposition » Dal the toll on the 'bus and similar traffic, e ' r l tty such as they wish to prohibit altogether'' i a He considered it was very unfair to tax «J lin omnibus traffic, considering the vervei i lot lent service they had at present. Mr M ed lard, in seconding the proposition *rcL!i is to the low omnibus fares as at J25 )re charged compared with the charges formal, in existence, and explained fully to tJ a meeting the advisability of adopting £ ng Counties Act, which would enable the B*S Urt Board to raise funds for the maintenanc Z ;he the roads in a more equitable mariner than hi , a reverting to a feature of a bygone age Th ng motion was carried. Mr. Bollard then urn ga posed the next resolution, '«That this meet. ,„. log request the Road Boards of Mount ng Albert and Avondale to call .meeting of h ; he ratepayers for the purpose of considering th of advisability of bringing the Counties Ac ,he into force." The motion was seconded by nd Mr. Tucker. The Chairman, in supporting he the bringing of the Counties Act into opera! to tion, explained that when the Counties Act ed became law he had been elected member of the riding, and also chairman of the Council and regretted it had not been adopted then* • m as the district had lost several valuable •J endowment?) in consequence. This molar ot was also carried. ■ he T f mOD the tourists ho proceeded to t n » Lake country yesterday was sir Robert 0 ■ Fowler, who arrived by the Mararoa noil , steamer. 8, e. . A Preliminary meeting of the promofon es of a Temperance Hotel in Auckland will Be be held to-day, at two o'clook, in Mr. id John Lamb's 'premises, Queen-street Wharf ;y opposite railway station. Mr. Matthew of Burnett has promised to attend, and nil Br probably be able to furnish the meefe? 8) with valuable information as to the working of such institutions in the Amtraha ie colonies. *> Yesterday the Tramway Company commenced the summer service time table, n namely, a ten minutes' service from ten a.m. to five p.m., and from that hour to six p.m,n practically a five minutes' service from 3, Queen-street, so as to enable people engaged in in the city to get expeditiously to their n ( suburban homes. The company have ini« in tiated a charge of one penny for transfer 1, tickets to Newmarket from Ponaonby, and ie , vice versa, travelling the whole journey from ;e these points for fonrpenca instead of threeii pence. This step is not taken for revenue ie purposes, but to put a stop to a practice •e J which has grown up of persons taking transfer tickets on the offchance and never using ir them. A large number of transfer tickets lt have been applied for, of which only a email e percentage ever comes back into the hands ~ of the company. What becomes of them is ,{ not quite clear. It is believed the new re--8 gulations will stop this sort of thing. >• It has transpired that Mr. O. F. Sherwood, y of Auckland, who went to Samoa some i months ago in connection with some land f there, was, prior to returning to Auckland, t arrested on board the s.s. Explorer, on the Bth instant, by a boat's crew from the United a States corvette Mohican. After being de- , tained some time he was landed and told 1 that he was again free. He states thai he . was subsequently treated by Captain Da?, of f the Mohican, and Mr. Bates, the United i States Commissioner, with great consider* , tion, and placed upon the mail boat. A3 no 1 charge was preferred against him, Mr. . Sherwood is at a loss to account for his • arrest, which he states was done at the 1 instance of the United States Consul, Mr, i Greenebaum. Mr. Sherwood has placed the i matter under the notice of the English ; Foreign Office, and proceeds to London end, , if necessary, to Washington in connection i with the affair, which will lead to a claim for damages. A requisition is in course of signature re« questing Mr. Warnock to allow himself to be re-nominated as Mayor of Newton Borough. A similar step is being taken by other ratepayers in regard to Mr. Frederick Hastings, who is also requested to stand for the Mayoralty. There is thus every probability of a hotly-contested election. A letter written by Mr. Watt, missionary at Samoa, was read on Sunday evening, at theserviceat St. James's Presbyterian Church. It gave some interesting information respecting New Hebrides affairs. Messrs. Leggett and Marton, missionaries, are expected at these islands shortly, and another missionary was to leave home in June. It was feared that the action of the French would add to the difficulties encountered by the missionaries. As the Dayspring missionary vessel is getting too small for requirements, an effort is to be made to procure a larger sailing vessel, and occasional visits by a steamer. The usual weekly meeting of the Gospel Temperance Mission was held in the Protestant Hall on Sunday evening. Addresses were given by Mr. R. S. Abel and Mr. M. Burnett, who gave one of his characteristic sketches," the subject of which was "Undaunted Dick." The Bay of Plenty Times of Saturday las' says:— " The recent frequent rains, combined with a genial, temperature, have had a most beneficial effect on the feed in this district. The volcanic dust seems to have already made its mark in the increased vigour and bright colour of the young grass." Miss Flora Power (daughter of Mr. E. S. Power, formerly of the Thames), who is only 16 years of age, has just taken First Class ; Honours in music at Trinity College, London. The annual meeting of the Northcote Lawn Tennis Club was held in Mr. Linda Hall, Northcote, on Saturday last, whea the majority of members attended. The balancesheet and report were read and adopted, showing the club to be in a fairly satisfactory condition. Fifteen new members were proposed, and balloted for, and all we re sleeted. The following officers were then elected for the ensuing year President : Mr. C. E. Button. Captain : Mr. E. S. v. Mowbray. Secretary and Treasurer : Mr. E. Purdie. Committee of Management: Mesdamea Brassey and Hitchcock, Mie/se» Purdie (2), Messrs. Arthur, Brassey, ajid Jackson. The club this season plays upon) a new piece of ground, leased from Mr. Osborne, prettily situated near the wate* and very central for all members of the club. It is hoped that by the end of the year tho Northcote Lawn Tennis Club will be one oi the principal dubs of the district.